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Telemundo’s Singing Contest for Kids Relies on PWS Systems for Frequency Coordination

Telemundo’s Singing Contest for Kids Relies on PWS Systems for Frequency Coordination

ORLANDO, FL — Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) provided all wireless equipment and frequency coordination for Telemundo’s singing competition, La Voz Kids. The show, which features approximately 140 young vocalists between ages 7 and 15 who compete for a recording contract and a cash prize to support their education, recently kicked off its second season at Universal Studios Orlando here. More than three million viewers watched and listened.

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Nine Inch Nails 2014 European Tour Gets Adlib Support

LONDON – Adlib supplied an L-Acoustics K1 sound system and Systems Engineer Tony Szabo for the recent U.K. and European legs of Nine Inch Nails’ 2014 European tour. The sound system included a front hang of 14 K1 speakers with four KARA downs and an array of eight K1 SB subs flown L-R near the main hang, plus side hangs of 10 K1 and four KARA downs. On the floor were 18 SB28 subs with KARA fills on top. All speakers were driven by L-Acoustics LA8 amps and controlled using LA Network Manager.

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Riedel Provides Communications Solutions for Red Bull Air Race

Riedel Provides Communications Solutions for Red Bull Air Race

WUPPERTAL, Germany – For the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, which ran annually from 2003 to 2010 before returning in 2014 with races held in Abu Dhabi (Feb. 28), Rovinj, Croatia (April 12) and Putrajaya, Malaysia (May 18), relied upon a signal distribution system built by Riedel engineers for video, audio, communications, and data. The MediorNet real-time media network includes seven MediorNet Compact frames and three MediorNet Modular frames. Technicians interface audio signals via MADI and Riedel’s RockNet digital audio network solution in combination with MediorNet to integrate the event’s main mixing console, located in the OB van that provided the big-screen mix for the live audience. Riedel also supplied the wireless video links and HD cameras for the racing planes’ onboard cameras, thus enabling pictures to be delivered from the pilots’ perspectives.

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Chinese Horse Event Relies on Discreetly Hidden K-array Gear

BEIJING – Sennheiser China supplied a K-array audio system for the opening ceremony of Beijing’s 2014 International Akhal-Teke Horse Association Special Conference. One of the key requirements for the event was that the system remain largely hidden from view. Although already sleek in profile, the speakers were disguised as spectators, and as a result almost blended into the scenery’.

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Franz Ferdinand Tours With Allen & Heath’s iLive

Franz Ferdinand Tours with Allen & Heath’s iLive

ROTSELAAR, Belgium – Franz Ferdinand’s monitor engineer, Tom Howat, selected an iLive modular system for the band’s recent tour. Including an iLive-112 Surface and iDR10 Mixrack with additional PL10 remote controller, the iLive monitor system manages six wedge mixes, five stereo RF IEM mixes and one stereo hardwired IEM mix, three effects sends and two mixes for FOH.

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Sardis Media Adds Yamaha QL1 For Fortune 100 Clients

Sardis Media Adds Yamaha QL1 for Corporate Events

GRAYSLAKE, IL – Sardis Media, based here, recently took delivery of a new Yamaha QL1 Series Digital Audio Console for use on their corporate A/V projects. For more than 30 years, Sardis Media has produced videos, meetings, and special events for Fortune 100 corporations, non-profits, and associations. Clients include Advisors Excel, Motorola Solutions, Baxter, MorphoTrak, RustOleum and RZIM. The company purchased its QL1 from Reach Communications of Brooklyn Park, MN.

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Joe Bonamassa Tours with K2, Other L-Acoustics Gear

Joe Bonamassa Tours with K2, Other L-Acoustics Gear

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – For the initial North American leg of a world tour featuring blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, Special Event Services (SES)  provided a sound system versatile enough to perform well for acoustic sets, electric sets, large theaters and small arenas in the U.S., Europe, and Australia: L-Acoustics’ new K2 system.

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In Memoriam: Bruce Glimpse, 57

In Memoriam: Bruce Glimpse, 57

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Glimpse, whose long career in the live event production industry since the mid-1970s ranged from stints as tour truck driver, production manager and monitor engineer, died June 12, 2014. He was 57. In recent years, Glimpse’s audio gigs included work on Wheel of Fortune’s location-themed shows, including the “Boston’s Got Game” episodes, the shows taped at the Palazzo casino in Las Vegas in 2010, the “State Fair 4” and “Great Northwest” shows, and the shows taped at Madison Square Garden, among others.

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Tannoy CMS 3.0 Loudspeakers

Tannoy has released CMS 3.0, the third generation of its in-ceiling loudspeaker system. The new driver features Omnimagnet™ technology and a unique Torus Ogive Waveguide™ assembly to deliver more consistent and controlled directivity, with notable improvement in higher frequency ranges. The brand new design also delivers improved time alignment and greater coherence between LF and HF for enhanced performance both on and off-axis.

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Lightware UMX-TPS-TX140 and WP-UMX-TPS-TX130

Lightware UMX-TPS Range

Lightware Visual Engineering’s new UMX-TPS product family features HDBaseT extenders with stand-alone, under desk mount and wall plate models.  The full range of products, offering various connector options, were featured at InfoComm 2014. The UMX-TPS-TX140 extender transmission unit can connect to a single receiver or any of Lightware’s matrix switchers via an HDBaseT board.  The extender features VGA, HDMI, DisplayPort DVI-I inputs with a single HDBaseT output for a 4×1 video switch combined with signal extender.

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Shure QLX-D Digital Wireless Systems

Shure QLX-D Digital Wireless System

Shure’s QLX-D Digital Wireless System, featured at InfoComm 2014, combines professional features with simplified setup and operation for live and installed sound applications. The system is designed to combine top wireless performance with 24-bit digital audio with networked control. It is also compatible with Shure’s intelligent rechargeable battery technology.

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