VIENNA, Austria — Harman’s AKG named John Batliner US AKG Sales Leader in addition to his role as Senior Director, Sales, Amplifiers BU. Batliner will be responsible for developing the new US AKG sales structure, driving AKG sales revenue and working closely with channel partners and dealers in the U.S.
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Mega Systems is now distributing Biema’s MAX series, including the MAX 12 (pictured here), MAX 15, MAX 215 and MAX 18. The MAX 12 and 15 offer LF woofer/HF compression drivers measuring 12/1.77 and 15/2.06 inches, respectively. The MAX 215 doubles the number of woofers found in the MAX 15. The MAX 18 has a single 18-inch low frequency woofer that produces sub base frequencies. All can be mounted vertically or horizontally for permanent installations. The MAX 12, MAX 15 and MAX 215 also can be used as a monitor and are pole-mountable. The MAX 18 can be flipped on its side and has pole cups for both positions.
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NEW ORLEANS — After an extensive nine-month, $10.5M renovation project, the Civic Theatre, the oldest surviving theatre building in New Orleans, has officially reopened its doors after sitting dormant for more than three decades. To bring the 107-year-old, 15,000-square-foot performance venue up to today’s production standards, Solomon Group, a new L-Acoustics Certified Provider for install and rental markets, specified and integrated a KIVA-KILO loudspeaker system into the space.
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ALLEROED, Denmark ― Rune Slot, live sound engineer for Danish rock band D-A-D, has turned to DPA Microphones to deliver the loud, punchy sound for which the band is famous. Slot has been on tour with D-A-D for most of this year, taking in countries such as China and the U.S. as well as Europe.
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FLINT, MI — Fueled by the massive success of their sophomore release, Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be, Michigan metalcore giants We Came As Romans have hit the road in support of their third full-length album, Tracing Back Roots. WCAR tour manager and FOH engineer Bryan Campbell is using PreSonus’ StudioLive 24.4.2 digital console for WCAR’s upcoming third tour of the U.S. and Australia.
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LAS VEGAS — The FRONT of HOUSE web servers are once again laboring under the strain of a digital deluge of votes cast for the 2013 Parnelli Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year award, but they’ll be getting a rest after this Friday, Aug. 30, at 5 pm. That’s the deadline for FOH readers to cast their votes narrowing the field of 30 regional companies now on the Hometown Hero ballot down to six regional winners (five U.S. regions and all of Canada).
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GUANGZHOU, China — Ruifeng Audio, based here, is marketing its pro audio products under the LAX brand, and has signed on audio industry veteran K.M. Malik, who will serve as the brand’s “ambassador.” Pictured here, from left, is Timon Linke of LAX and K.M. Malik.
Read More »CAMARILLO, CA — Waves Audio is continuing its new Master Class event series from WavesLive, the live sound division of the company, with upcoming mixing workshops (slated for Sept. 5) at Delicate Productions in Camarillo, CA. This event is the second in a series; the first was recently held at Maryland Sound International (MSI).
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman named David McKinney senior director, China operations. McKinney, who has been based in Malaysia since 2003, previously served as director of sales for Harman’s Signal Processing Group and, more recently, led the startup for the Professional Division’s regional sales office there. He has also managed the establishment of Harman’s direct distribution business in India.
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CAMP MATHER, CA — The wildlands fire that charred 180,000 acres including parts of Yosemite National Park also forced the cancellation of the Strawberry Music Festival that had been set for Aug. 29-Sept. 2. Now in its 32nd year, the Strawberry event, which focuses on acoustic genres including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk, swing, rock, Cajun, Celtic and gospel, normally takes place twice each year, over Memorial and Labor Day weekends.
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NORFOLK, VA — The multi-purpose Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, colloquially known as “The Ted,” has undergone a comprehensive upgrade with an end-to-end installed sound system from QSC for its tenth anniversary. The audio system overhaul at the arena, which seats 8,639 for basketball games, comprised of two separate QSC WideLine-8 line array systems as well as AcousticDesign Surface Mount and Ceiling Mount loudspeakers powered by PowerLight 3 and CX Series amplifiers, with a Q-Sys Core 500i handling all signal distribution and system processing.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — AV consultants Mozaix supplied CityLife Church’s Manningham campus with a Soundcraft Si Performer 3 mixing console. CityLife Church also acquired a Shure PSM 900 personal monitoring system for use in their main campus in Knox. Pictured here with the console are church volunteers Petrina and Elsa.
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