FRAMINGHAM, MA — Dr. Amar Bose, founder and chairman of Bose Corporation, design engineer, holder of many patents and professor at MIT for more than four decades, passed away July 12, 2013 at his home in Wayland, MA, at age 83.
Read More »OTTAWA — Coinciding with the 2013 edition of the Ottawa Bluesfest in early July, Cheap Trick’s management filed suit against the festival organizers to recoup $1 million in gear damage and other costs related to the collapse of the festival’s stage structure in 2011.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib supplied an L-Acoustics KIVA system for Newcastle, U.K.-based R&B Group. The gear package includes 18 L-Acoustics KIVA WST enclosures, six L-Acoustics 8XT speakers, four L-Acoustics SB15m subs, eight SB18 subs, flying frames and a stacking system, along with six L-Acoustics LA8 amplifiers and a Soundcraft Vi1 console for control.
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NAPA, CA – For the BottleRock Napa Valley festival, held here May 8–12, 2013, Delicate Productions provided their Martin Audio MLA system. The main stage setup included a L/R hang of 16 MLA and 4 MLD downfill cabinents, 12 W8LM front fill, 24 ground-stacked MLX subs and 16 MLA Compact enclosures. Delicate also provided an MLA Compact system with DSX subs for the second stage, Martin Audio W8LC for the third and comedy stages and a smaller trapezoid WT3 system for the local stage.
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HANOI, Vietnam – For Hanoi International Fellowship (HIF)’s 200-plus capacity sanctuary here, Singapore-based Soundsmith Solutions Pte. Ltd. designed a new system using Danley Sound Labs SM-80 and SH-micro loudspeakers and TH-mini subwoofers. The gear was chosen in part for its promise in meeting the facility’s challenging requirements for pattern control.
Read More »Ashly Audio notes that all its processors and amplifiers with Ethernet or RS-232 control capability are now compatible with Key Digital’s Compass Control Technology, which allows end-user control from Apple’s iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, and iPod Touch wireless devices.
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MONTREAL, Canada – Solotech recently purchased its third Meyer Sound Leo linear large-scale sound reinforcement system. The system adds to Solotech’s growing rental inventory of more than 2,000 Meyer Sound loudspeakers. Solotech was the first rental company to invest in a LEO system, purchased to support the ongoing Michael Jackson: Immortal World Tour, now nearing three years of production.
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BANGOR, Australia — Ian “Woody” Woodhouse, a veteran of Australia’s pro audio industry who had spent the last seven years with Technical Audio Group (TAG), died July 12 after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services are to take place July 17 at 10 a.m., Salvation Army, 11 Pilliga Place, Bangor, New South Wales.
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Fulcrum Acoustic’s TQP48 4×8 Level 1 TQ DSP Processor, featured at InfoComm 2013, is the company’s first signal processor. Featuring 4 inputs and 8 outputs, it is designed to offer full support with Fulcrum Acoustics’ FIR-based, Level 1 Temporal Equalization (TQ) loudspeaker settings. Fulcrum speakers tuned to Level 1 promise exceptional audio clarity and a less fatiguing listening experience at high SPLs.
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