LAS VEGAS — If you haven’t yet cast your vote for the 2013 Parnelli Awards, you have a few more days, but the final witching hour, noon PST on Oct. 31, is approaching fast. Also going fast: tickets for the Nov. 23 ceremony at the Las Vegas Mirage featuring host Micky Dolenz and Parnelli honorees George Travis, Eric Pearce, Mark Engebretson and Mo Morrison.
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SEOUL, KOREA — Allen & Heath’s Korean distributor, Sama ProSound Co., Ltd, recently installed a GLD-80 digital mixing system and ME-1 personal monitor mixer in Gunpo Sungjang Church in Gunpo-si near Seoul.
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PLANO, TX — The new Dark Hour Haunted House here is making use of an all-QSC Audio multi-zone sound system controlled by dual redundant Q-Sys Core 500i processors. The high-tech haunt includes three spooky realms—Dominion of the Dead, Coven Manor and Voodoo Vengeance—all outfitted with a variety of QSC Audio active K Series, KW Series and KLA Series Loudspeakers, as well as AcousticPerformance and AcousticDesign Loudspeakers driven by CX Series and PowerLight 3 Series Amplifiers.
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SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Newmark Education, based here, supports students with autism, Aspergers, and other developmental issues. The school recently added a Mackie Onyx 1640i 16-channel mixing console, chosen as a good fit with the school’s overall educational mission.
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LUTON, BEDS, UK — Cadac has signed an agreement with Waves Audio to license Waves SoundGrid technology. The deal is intended to allow end users to benefit from integrated solutions that include both companies’ products. Pictured here: Cadac’s CDC Eight 32 console.
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TORONTO – Vaughan, Ontario, a Toronto suburb, has been expanding its bus routes and shelters for residences. Designed by IBI Group, the shelters make use of K-array KT20Cma 2” point source self-powered compact speakers.
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NUENEN, The Netherlands — Hoevenaars LGV BV, a live event production company based here, added Adamson Systems Energia E15 enclosures to their production inventory. The new line array systems were promptly deployed at the “We Love The 90’s” concert held in Goffertpark Nijmegen. More than 23,000 attended the 8-hour festival featuring the music of that decade.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA—Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Seminars (YCATS) will hold training sessions in Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 5, 6, and 7 and in Beltsville, MD on Nov. 12, 13, and 14. Pittsburgh and Beltsville sessions will include M7CL for Beginners, M7CL for Experience Engineers, CL Series Operational Training and Digital Audio Networks for Engineers.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio now offers DiGiGrid MGB Coaxial and MGO Optical MADI Interfaces for its SoundGrid protocol. Waves SoundGrid is currently used for artists including Beyoncé, Rihanna, Shakira, Bruno Mars, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay and others. DiGiGrid MGB coaxial and MGO optical MADI interfaces let users plug any MADI-enabled device into the power of the Waves SoundGrid networking and processing platform.
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LONDON, UK ― Blitz Communications recently placed an initial order for 20 DPA Microphones’ d:fine headset microphones for corporate event support, choosing the gear on the basis of comfort and audio quality.
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PORTLAND, OR – White Eagle Café and Hotel, which opened in 1905, is now owned by Mike and Brian McMenamin, who also run a variety of microbreweries, hotels, and music venues across Oregon and Washington State. The brothers and the hotel’s production staff recently worked with Eric Iverson of Rose City Sound on an audio upgrade that centers on a VUE al-4 line array.
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WEST SUSSEX, UK — UK sound contracting company RG Jones has installed a TurboSound Impact audio system at the historic St Mary’s Church in Petworth, West Sussex, choosing the gear in part for its enhancement of spoken word intelligibility and also for the ability to color-match the components so they blend in with their surroundings.
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