VANCOUVER, BC – Radial Engineering, which had a booth at Sweetwater’s Gearfest event, was approached by active duty serviceman Leo Smith, who related his experiences using the company’s Bassbone in hostile environments. The company relayed Smith’s experience as a testament to the product’s durability.
Read More »NASHVILLE, TN – The Blackbird Academy, an educational facility being launched by Blackbird Studios owners John and Martina McBride, will be offering instruction in both studio and live sound engineering disciplines. The school will offer 24-week, 720-hour courses in studio recording (with a M-F schedule starting Sept. 30, 2013) and live sound engineering (starting January 6, 2014). The Live Sound Engineering program, created in association with Clair Global, promises to leverage Clair’s experience in live sound along with its audio gear.
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BAIE D’URFE, Quebec, Canada – Community Professional named Erikson Commercial, a division of JAM Industries, as its distributor for Canada. Pictured here at center are Loren Robinson, Community Professional’s regional manager for Western US and Canada, shaking hands with Christian Bouchard, VP, Erikson Group. Along with audio products, Erikson Commercial, a 40-year-old enterprise, distributes lighting, video, system control and automation products along with music equipment to Canadian markets.
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CHESTER, PA — Timothy Dorwart, CEO of Community Professional Loudspeakers, died July 15. Dorwart, who was named Community’s CEO in March, was credited with a successful turnaround at Stanton Group that began with his appointment as CEO there in 2007. He also held director and VP positions with Bose Corporation and DMX Music. Dorwart came to Community from Gibson Guitar Corporation, where he held the position of General Manager, Pro Audio and guided the integration of Stanton Group assets to form Gibson’s new Pro Audio Division.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — James Dunkley, FOH engineer for Anthrax, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and Amon Amarth, is one of a number of up-and-coming live engineers turning to live tools from Waves Audio. The plug-in provider recently provided this account of how Dunkley is leveraging its products.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Although Insomniac CEO Pasquale Rotella had been discussing a two-weekend format for the sold-out Electric Daisy Carnival event here in 2014, Rotella has since indicated via Twitter that EDC 2014 in Las Vegas will most likely remain a single-weekend, three-day event.
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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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