MINNEAPOLIS — CNTRL: Beyond EDM, a touring series of lectures and performances at various northern U.S. and Canadian venues last fall by electronic musicians/DJs Richie Hawtin and Loco Dice, traveled with Sennheiser’s gooseneck microphones, various DJ software to demonstrate DJ techniques and K-array’s compact and lightweight KR200S loudspeaker system.
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ROCHESTER, NY — AAA Sound upgraded the sound system at the cafeteria at John Marshall High School here recently with an assist from an Ashly Pema 4125 integrated processor/amplifier combo and an Ashly RD-8C remote fader user interface.
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PUNE, India — Yash Audio Visual installed Turbosound’s switchable active/passive two-way TCS-122/64 speakers and TXD-218 dual 18” subwoofers in the new auditorium at St Helena’s Girls School here. Mumbai-based Narain Pro Audio Lighting Pvt Ltd. provided the gear.
Read More »STAMFORD, CT — After completing its acquisition of Martin Professional A/S of Denmark, Harman announced on March 6 that Lars Dige Knudsen, a 17-year Martin veteran, most recently as CFO, would be taking over for Martin’s previous CEO, Christian Engsted, who has left the company. Knudsen’s new title at Harman is Vice President, General Manager, Lighting Strategic Business Unit. Harman also announced that Villads Thomsen, a 14-year Martin veteran, most recently as VP Sales/EMEA, had been promoted to VP of Global Sales for the Lighting Strategic Business Unit.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis recently upgraded with a myMix monitor mixing system consisting of 17 myMix mix stations, three IEX 16L-A input expanders and a myMix Control/networking interface. The facility’s master audio engineer Ross Anderson talked about how myMix helps the staff produce consistent, quality live theater.
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LOS ANGELES – The 85th Academy Awards, held Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, featured a sound reinforcement system designed by Pat Baltzell of Baltzell Audio Design. ATK Audiotek deployed the gear for the system. The main PA included 30 JBL VerTec VT4889 speakers and 16 VT4880 subs, with 16 VT4886 elements for side fills and six JBL MS28 loudspeakers for under-balcony coverage. Sixty-five JBL Control 25T surface-mount loudspeakers were also temporarily installed under audience seats in the VIP seating area.
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DENVER — Akustiks specified an L-Acoustics audio system for the 2,634-seat Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Performing Arts Complex that includes ARCS II and KIVA gear for the venue’s in-the-round layout. AVDB Group supplied the system, which was installed by Steve Kuberski and Mark Herron at Mood Media (formerly known as Muzak).
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SAN LORENZO, CA — For San Lorenzo High School’s outdoor stadium, the San Lorenzo Unified School District contracted with Hayward, CA-based Lloyd F. McKinney Associates to manage the installation of a new sound system. The 1,500-capacity stadium has been equipped with Technomad gear including four weatherproof loudspeakers and a pre-wired signal processing equipment rack.
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AUSTIN, TX — For Hope Presbyterian Church here, Dickensheets Design Associates specified a loudspeaker array composed of three different Bose RoomMatch modules —RM9010, RM12040 and RM9060 loudspeakers — powered by PowerMatch amplifiers. The system, installed by Ace Audio Communications, also got the thumbs-up from the church’ s music minister, musicians and pastor after attending an in-church demo arranged by consultant Ken Dickensheets.
Read More »HANOI, Vietnam — Harman’s Studer has appointed Danmon Asia as its distributor for Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. The agreement includes distribution of the entire Studer product range including OnAir and Vista audio mixers, Stageboxes, RELINK interfaces, D21 MasterSync and MultiFeed distribution equipment and the CMS Call Management System.
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BURLINGTON, MA — Avid announced plans for a webinar hosted by Robert Scovill that will feature Ken “Pooch” Van Druten, pictured here, on March 6, 2013 at 10 am PST/1 pm EST. The free webinar will focus on Van Druten’s career in live sound mixing and take a close look at the award winning engineer’s systems, workflows and usage of Avid’s VENUE consoles.
Read More »GLENDALE, CA — Riedel Communications named Emily Tang Carter and Tyrone Carter as system and support engineers, and Jing Pu Carter as service and support engineer. These new Riedel team members, based at the company’s offices here, will provide direct email and phone assistance as well as on-site support.
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