FLERO, ITALY — Around one hundred international guests recently attended a series of open days, product demonstrations and technical workshops hosted jointly by Outline s.r.l. and Cadac in Brescia, near Lake Garda in northern Italy.
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HEBDEN BRIDGE, U.K. — Longtime Calrec customer Maryland Public Television (MPT) has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Audio from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its mix of “America’s Veterans: A Musical Tribute,” an hour-long concert that was broadcast live on Maryland Public Television in Fall 2012. In order to mix the award-winning production, MPT used both of its Alpha 40-fader consoles, with two operators per console.
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PARIS, France — MF Audio, founded in 1998 and based in the North of Paris, is a full service live event production company providing sound, lighting, and staging solutions. Recently, MF Audio invested in a new Adamson Energia E15 PA system to add to their previous investments in Spek-Trix, Y10, Y18, and Metrix systems.
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LAS VEGAS — It’s Oct. 1. It’s shut down. It won’t reopen until the middle of next year. No, we’re not talking about the Federal Government, just the Parnelli Awards’ Nominations form. The Parnelli Board of Advisors have reported to work as usual, and they’re now busily tallying September’s nominations and working toward the final Parnelli Awards ballot, which should be online later this week. We’ll be providing a ballot link in next week’s newsletter. Parnelli voting will then be open until Oct. 31.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Smithsonian’s museums, galleries and National Zoo were closed to visitors by the shutdown of the U.S. government on Oct. 1, as were the U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center, National Mall, National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress and National Archives. But while the Kennedy Center is also limiting hours of visitor access, its concerts are going on, thanks in part to the private/public partnership that pays the bills.
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WOODINVILLE, WA — For the fifth year in a row, Mackie is a Platinum Sponsor of the HOW-TO Church Sound workshops, presented by Fits and Starts Productions, LLC.
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LA CROSSE, WI — For the new Weber Center for the Performing Arts here, an $8 million facility, Commercial AV Systems of Onalaska, WI designed and installed a sound system centered on four SymNet Radius 12×8 processors..
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SINGAPORE — Harman Professional announced the promotion of Thomas Marcher to lead all sales and support operations for its professional audio and lighting technologies in the Greater Asia region, based here. Marcher joined Crown Audio as sales director, Asia in 2008. Prior to Harman, Marcher held Asia regional positions with TC Electronic and Klotz Digital. A native of Denmark, he began his career with TC Electronic in Denmark in 1996.
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OLD LYME, CT – Jonas Productions, Inc., a specialty audio and backline services company with offices in Indianapolis, Las Vegas, and Sydney Australia, recently adopted the new Digital 9000 — Sennheiser’s wireless system that was introduced at last year’s IBC after more than 10 years of development.
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PITTSBURGH, PA – Rock N’ Road Audio in Atlanta GA provided Chad Singer, PM/FOH engineer for the band Kansas, with a DiGiCo SD10 for the band’s big gig at Benedum Center here on Aug. 17. Singer upgraded to the SD10 from the band’s SD8 to handle additional production inputs for the show. The control setup included the SD10 an Optocore fiber snake with a DiGiRack on a MADI snake.
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JALISCO, Mexico – Elipsis Audio has chosen DX2 as its sales representative for Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. David Gerety and Dave Roberts of DX2 came to the attention of Elipsis Audio. Elipsis Audio makes loudspeakers, digital processors and amplifiers, integrating design and manufacturing under one roof. The company anticipates launching a variety of new products in the near future.
Read More »ALACHUA, FL — Sacom Digital Wireless Microphones named Audio Associates as its manufacturer’s representative for the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region. Joe Blacker, and his team at Audio Associates, will now offer Sacom products to potential customers in the region.
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