NEW ORLEANS — Sound designer Michael Paz turned to Outline’s iMode technology for the networking backbone at the renovated Little Gem Jazz Saloon, a nightclub/restaurant in New Orleans’ historic “Jazz Alley.” There are two separate performance spaces one floor apart, and Outline’s iMode can be used to monitor, control and run the same program material through both systems simultaneously, Paz noted.
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HELSINKI, Finland — Finnish string quartet Meta4 has invested in four DPA d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones, which they are using to capture the sound of two violins, a viola and a cello.
Read More »ATLANTA — Alcons Audio, based in the Netherlands, named Griffith Sales as its independent rep firm for the southeastern U.S., including Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
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NEW YORK — The game show, Wheel of Fortune, is celebrating its 30th year in 2013. The producers recently aired a series of episodes that were taped earlier this year in New York’s Madison Square Garden. PRG supported the needs of that week-long shoot with more than 230 VUE Audiotechnik i-Class loudspeaker systems.
Read More »Allen & Heath will be hosting live digital mixing training sessions in booth #742 at this year’s InfoComm show in Orlando FL June 12-14. Product training specialists will be instructing users on Allen & Heath’s newest digital mixer, the Qu-16 and Me-1 personal monitor mixer.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel —Waves Audio added three product specialists to its global staff. The new hires include Kevin Stanley (for Southeast Asia) and Johnny Mann (southeastern U.S.). Rejoining Waves is Michael Pearson-Adams (North America).
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KERNERSVILLE, NC – Summit Church here recently underwent a technical upgrade that included new 60-inch LED displays, new lighting fixtures and an audio system upgrade. For the latter, Audio and Light (Greensboro, NC) provided Aero Series 2 and Artec gear from D.A.S. Audio.
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HOLLAND, MI — For the 2,800-seat, fan-shaped sanctuary at Central Wesleyan Church here, Dallas-based Acoustic Dimensions specified L-Acoustics’ KUDO gear. Locally-based Parkway Electric handled the installation
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PERTH, Australia — His Majesty’s Theatre here installed a Riedel digital intercom system to prepare for Australia’s “digital dividend,” which mandates the release and eventual auction of 126 MHz of contiguous RF spectrum. That move affects wireless microphones, in-ear monitors, and RF communications systems.
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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL — After 18 years in Glenview, IL, GCS has relocated to a new warehouse here, also in the Chicago area, that quadruples their space, doubles their docks, and adds a rail spur. The company also took delivery of another 28-box NEXO GEO T speaker system, bringing their inventory up to five arena-sized rigs.
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NEW YORK — Production Resource Group (PRG) supported a production of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s electronic Oktophonie in late March at the Park Avenue Armory here with a Meyer Sound speakers and a DiGiCo SD8 console.
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VANCOUVER, BC and HALIFAX, NS, Canada — Montreal-based Solotech announced new sales and integration offices in Vancouver and Halifax on May 1. The Vancouver office will be led by Brian Konechny and Larry Medwin. The Halifax office will be led by Eric Bourgeois and Bill Lawlor. Solotech also added Rob Lanthier to its Ottawa office staff.
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