EDISON, NJ — The Hotel and Event Production Services division of AVI-SPL has recently added 52 of the RCF TT052a dual 5” active two-way speakers into their rental department portfolio. A key selling point, along with performance, was the ultra-compact size of the units. A single road case can house six units plus pole mounts and other necessary audio gear in a 22 1/2”x30” total solution package.
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BEDFORDSHIRE, U.K. – Clair UK’s first outing with their new Cadac CDC Four compact digital live console, paired with the new Clair iMicro small format line array, allowed for plenty of toe-room for the recent Footstorm dance tour through the U.K. and Ireland for production company Accept Management, without sacrificing full-scale sonic performance.
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CHIBA, JAPAN — For the second year in a row, Comestock provided RCF to support Japan’s Big Beach Festival (BBF) at the Makuhari Seaside Park here. The BBF featured Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) and Basement Jaxx as headliners. Comestock provided active RCF TT+ Touring & Theatre Systems for three stages at the event.
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VOORHEES, NJ – Eastern High School, a regional district school here with 2,100 students, has a competition-sized gymnasium used for multiple indoor sports and other events. Eastern High, working with JD Sound and Video, upgraded its previous sound system with the Community R-Series model R.5 loudspeakers and iBOX model i215LVS subwoofers.
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DUBAI, UAE — Audio designer Joe Chidiac of Pulse Middle East was looking to create a focused, high energy dance floor sound field for Café Del Mar in Meydan Beach here. He found a solution in the form of a Turbosound Aspect TA-500 three-way point-source loudspeakers.
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DERRY/LONDONDERRY, Ireland — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that Production House, Ireland’s leading supplier of professional audio systems, used an extensive RockNet real-time audio network to support the finale of “The Return of Colmcille” — a landmark production of the 2013 City of Culture celebrations in Derry-Londonderry.
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LITITZ, PA — With over 50 international dates on the horizon in support of her latest outing Girl on Fire, Grammy award winning artist Alicia Keys has surrounded herself with an adept team of engineers with support from Clair Global and DiGiCo mixing systems. With a total of five SD racks (two for FOH, two for monitors, and one for opening artist, Miguel), they’re also carrying a pair of SD10s (one at FOH and monitor world) to handle the eight-member band including the headliner.
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BANGOR, Northern Ireland – MGA Communication Ltd provided a site-wide RCF communication network for the Bangor Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex, a new sports facility located here. The complex houses Northern Ireland’s first FINA standard 50 meter swimming pool.
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NEW YORK – Nathan’s Hot Dogs’ Fourth of July celebration on Coney Island in Brooklyn is now in its 98th year. Along with an estimated 40,000 packing the corner of Surf and Stillwell in front of the original Nathan’s location, more than 1 million now view the event on ESPN. Amawalk, NY based Audio Production Services supports the audio needs for the event. This year they provided a combination of RCF TTL31A active line arrays with dB Technologies DVA-T12 and DVA-T4 boxes and, for stage coverage, a combination of dB Technologies K70 compact active speakers and DVX DM12 monitors.
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5 Star Cases’ revised range of ‘Industrial Rack’ products is aimed at professional sound, lighting and video applications. They can also be used to house telemetry and telecoms equipment for installations and mobile use.
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NILES, IL — Shure Inc. announced that Avi Vaidya, senior vice president of product development and chief technology officer has been promoted to executive vice president of product development and chief technology officer.
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