Electro-Voice’s RCM-28 DSP and network module, an enhancement for Tour Grade power amplifiers, is a dual-channel digital control module with DSP processing capability equivalent to one channel of the Electro-Voice Dx46 system processor.
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MONTREAL — SF Marketing Inc. (SFM), a distributor of EAW gear, recently launched the Canadian EAW Touring Systems network website at www.cets.ca. CETS aims to facilitate communication among the members of the Canadian EAW touring systems community and to develop a comprehensive national registry of EAW touring systems in Canada.
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BRIGHTON and SUSSEX, U.K. — The organizers of the Shakedown Festival and the new Love Supreme Jazz Festival will be including Flare Audio Ltd in their gear lineup for 2013, according to Flare. Pictured here is the Space X5, Flare’s new touring line array system.
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VAL DI FIEMME, Italy — Trento, Italy-based Jam Session and PFM Showstructure teamed up to support the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship that took place here in late February and early March with a K-array sound system sourced through Exhibo, K-array’s distributor in Italy.
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PRINCETON, NJ — Reid Sound Inc. upgraded the sound system in the Hun School of Princeton’s 350-seat proscenium theater, used by and for the school’s 500 middle- and high-school-aged students. The installation included a pair of Danley Sound Labs SH-50 loudspeakers for the center cluster, a pair of Danley Sound Labs SH-95s on both sides of the proscenium and a single Danley TH-118 subwoofer.
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LAKE PLACID, NY — For the new Conference Center at Lake Placid, Starr Entertainment Group designed and installed an AV system that includes Ashly ne8250 eight-channel network amplifiers. They deliver 250 watts of power to 104 zones of distributed audio speakers.
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Behringer’s Europort iP40PRO is an all-in-one portable PA system with full Bluetooth connectivity promising cutting-edge audio coupled with ease of operation. The iP40PRO can handle gatherings of up to 250 people.
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Allen & Heath has released an interim firmware update for its iLive range of digital mixing systems, v1.91, containing a series of presets created by well known sound engineer and regular iLive user, Ben Booker. Pictured here is a screen shot of the Dyn EQ.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Symphony resumed mediated negotiations with Musicians Union Local 6 on March 29 after the orchestra’s East Coast tour, including stops in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center, were canceled due to a labor dispute.
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MILFORD, NH — In May 2012, FOH engineer Lachlan Carrick joined Gotye (a.k.a. Wally de Backer) on his world tour, and he brought Earthworks Gear along for the ride. Carrick opted for a dozen Earthworks mics to cover the instruments on stage, and he’s using an additional Earthworks M30 measurement mic in the FOH booth for analysis.
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NEW YORK — Sound designer John Shivers and collaborator David Patridge turned to Masque Sound for a custom audio equipment package for Kinky Boots, which is slated for an opening night April 4, 2013 at Broadway’s Hirschfeld Theatre.
Read More »WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Guitar Center named Mike Pratt CEO. Pratt, who assumes the postion April 1, also joins the company’s board of directors. He succeeds Marty Hanaka, the company’s interim CEO, who will remain on the board and assist in the transition.
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