ANAHEIM, CA — Paul Dexter, owner of 7K Solutions, used a Symetrix SymNet Solus 16 processor to create a system with 12 open inputs that could automix itself at St. Anthony Claret Catholic Church, based here. The SymNet Solus 16 is an open-architecture, stand-alone unit that provides 16 mic/line inputs and eight outputs.
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LAS VEGAS — The 2012 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity Classic, which will take place Thursday, Oct. 18, and the 2012 Parnelli Awards Dinner, set for Saturday, Oct. 20, may be a month away, but judging by the pace of registrations streaming in, both events could set new attendance records. To ensure that you don’t miss out, be sure to sign up for both of these sought-after events. Go to parnelliawards.com today!
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SAN FRANCISCO — Construction is underway with a four-month countdown to a grand opening on January 21, 2013 (Martin Luther King Day) of the SFJAZZ Center, a new, state-of-the-art performance venue in the heart of San Francisco. Located at 205 Franklin Street, the SFJAZZ Center will be a hub of art, music, culture, and community in the Civic Center performing arts district, already home to Davies Symphony Hall, the San Francisco Opera House, the Herbst Theatre and the historic Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
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GLASGOW, Scotland — Looking to optimize intelligibility within a difficult acoustic environment, TG Baker specified Tannoy QFlex for the upgraded audio system at Glasgow Central rail station, which serves 34 million people annually.
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CARHAIX, France — The four-day Les Vieilles Charrues, one of France’s largest festivals, drew a crowd of 244,000 with headliners including Bob Dylan, Sting, The Cure, Garbage, Portishead, LMFAO, Kasabian and France-based artists including Thomas Dutronc, Zebda, Orelsan, Amadou et Mariam, among others. Audiolite’s gear for the event’s main stage included E15 loudspeakers from Adamson Systems Engineering.
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TARZANA, CA — Harman recently supported the Artists for Autism benefit here by providing a JBL VRX PA system for the day-long event. Held at live music venue Petie’s Place, the Artists for Autism event featured performances by Resurrect the Machine, Ronny North, the Back Beat Brawlers and Jeff Iftekaruddin. All proceeds from the event were donated to the Autism Speaks foundation.
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GARLAND, TX — Kevin Deal, account manager at the Dallas office for Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), worked with GC Pro affiliate DJ Sound & Lighting and Kahn Nguyen, a music consultant, on the recent installation of a new sound system for the new auditorium at Mother of Perpetual Help Parish Church, based here. The installation included 15 DAS Aero 8A line array boxes, six DAS Avant 118A subwoofers, eight DAS Avant 112A floor monitors and an Allen & Heath iLive T112 analog console with IDR48 mix rack.
Read More »OXNARD, CA — L-Acoustics announced demos this fall in the Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Houston and New York areas. The demos will focus on L-Acoustics’ new constant-curvature ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS systems. Also featured: L-Acoustics’ Coaxial (P and XT Series) and Variable Curvature (KARA and KIVA) systems and technologies.
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NANAIMO, BC — Fifteen years ago — in 1997 — Barry McKinnon of MC Squared System Design Group of Vancouver Don Crocker and the team at Victoria, BC-based Sound Source & Lightrix designed and installed a loudspeaker system at BC Ferries’ Duke Point Ferry Terminal here that included five PC1542M and three PC1564M long-throw, pattern-control horns. A recent check determined the system components are still performing well, despite exposure to the harsh Canadian elements 365 days a year.
Read More »NEW YORK — Seeking a small, discreet capsule that could deliver transparent sound quality, Clive Goodwin, sound designer for Once, specified DPA Microphones’ 4060 Omnidirectional Miniature Microphones. The musical, based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, won a 2012 Tony Award for best sound design (in the Best New Musical category). Supplied by Masque Sound, the new microphones are being used with Sennheiser wireless systems.
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BUDANG, South Korea — The Global Mission Church, (Jiguchon), based here, offers worshippers 14 services every Sunday, additional worship services on Wednesday and the main church and satellite campuses host a variety of other gatherings during the week. The church leadership opted for a DiGiCo SD7 console with an EX-007 expander to handle its unique array of audio mixing needs.
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LONDON — Developed more than six decades ago, AKG achieved an international breakthrough in recording and broadcast technology with the introduction of its first dynamic microphone, the D12. This first-of-its-kind microphone became a staple studios and performance stages around the world, setting the standard for voice transmission in the 1950s and ’60s as well as becoming a standard for capturing low-freuency, high SPL sources such as bass drums. At the PLASA 2012 show, AKG debuted the new D12 VR, a large-diaphragm cardioid microphone intended specifically for kick drum applications.
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