FRANKFURT, Germany – Harman’s Soundcraft is taking its “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) training to Prolight + Sound 2013 in Frankfurt. Hosting the sessions will be Harman’s Gert Sanner (pictured here) and freelance engineer Mathias Lunau.
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Robert “Bob” Zildjian, founder of the Sabian Cymbal Company and a prominent figure in the global percussion industry for six decades, died on March 27 at his home in Brunswick, Maine after a brief battle with cancer. He was 89 years old. Endowed with a sharp intellect and a cutting wit, he applied his boundless energy to expanding the percussion industry in the years following World War II, first at The Zildjian Company, founded by ancestors in Turkey, and later at Sabian Cymbals. He often remarked, “The business is the family, and the family is the business,” and the lines between his personal and commercial life were blurred.
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DUBAI, UAE — Meyer Sound named Chris Mead Middle East technical support manager. Based at the Meyer Sound’s Middle East office here, Mead will be responsible for providing technical support to customers throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Indian sub-continent.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman Professional named Henry Goldansky Director of Engineering, Loudspeaker SBU. Goldansky will report to Bryan Bradley, VP and GM of Harman Professional’s Loudspeaker SBU.
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VIENNA, Austria – Harman Professional named Kent Iverson director of marketing and product development for AKG. In his new position, Iverson is responsible for all product management and marketing and reports directly to AKG general manager Jürgen Bopst.
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Eminence Speaker LLC intros D-fend™ SA300, a fully programmable stand-alone unit designed to protect passive loudspeakers from excessive power conditions. A patent-pending technology, D-fend™ allows maximum driver performance while ensuring damage-free operation. D-fend eliminates worries about blown speakers, HF drivers or crossovers. Or even worse: fire caused by excessive heat, protecting both your system as well as your venue and audience
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SYDNEY — Opera Australia, which garnered plaudits from last year’s introduction of the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, a series of productions that take place on the harbor waterfront, recently presented Georges Bizet’s classic, Carmen. The audio included 3D processing from Iosono.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Northview High School wanted to move from an analog to digital mixing console, and also to increase the number of inputs for the school’s 750-seat auditorium within the Max Colley Jr. Performing Arts Center. Bob McLaughlin at Central Interconnect provided a Soundcraft Si Performer 3 console from Harman.
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AUSTIN — Management at the Cedar Street Courtyard music venue here hired consultant Steve Durr, who turned to Bose’s configurable RoomMatch gear for a combination of sonic pleasure for venue patrons while minimizing the audible noise heard by neighbors.
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VIENNA, Austria — For the Regions of Climate Action (R20) conference that took place here Jan. 31-Feb. 1, local broadcast company RadioMax hired freelance audio engineer Andreas Putz, who made good use of his Allen & Heath iLive-112 modular surface and iDR-48 MixRack loaded with a Waves network card.
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By George Petersen
MIDDLETOWN, WI – Longtime pro audio industry veteran Earl “Buzz” Goodwin passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 after a long bout with cancer. He was 62. Born on January 1, 1951, in Lynn, MA, Buzz developed a love for music very early in life and was a talented guitarist/singer/songwriter both as a solo artist as well as with bands such as Silverado, which he co-founded in 1973 with Carl Shillo. Silverado signed to RCA Records in 1976 with the debut album by the same name and had some chart successes with followup LP’s on RCA and CBS.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman Professional named Vince Grieb Senior Director, Operations for its Loudspeaker SBU. Grieb will report to Bryan Bradley, VP and GM of Harman Professional’s Loudspeaker SBU.
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