FRANKFURT, Germany — At Prolight + Sound 2012, Mackie featured a new range of gear designed to meet the global customer demand for passive systems. The new system is composed of three different series of products: S500 Series Passive Loudspeakers, FRS Series Power Amplifiers and the SP260 2×6 Speaker Processor.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — JoeCo Limited introduced the latest product in its BlackBox range of multi-channel live audio recorders and players in the form of the new BlackBox BBR64-Dante Recorder. It can record or replay 64 channels.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Harman’s JBL Professional introduced its STX800 Series portable loudspeakers, designed to bridge the gap between lighter-duty portable PA speakers and full-size tour sound systems. Harman touted the six STX800 passive loudspeaker models for a combination of sound quality, road-worthiness, power handling capability and integration with Crown’s VRack amplifier V5 level processing and JBL HiQnet Performance Manager software.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — At Prolight + Sound 2012, Furman exhibited the first power management solution for the EMEA market to be compatible with the company’s BlueBOLT hosted remote power and energy management platform: the CN-3600S E SmartSequencer.
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SYDNEY — L-Acoustics Rental Network Agent and Certified Provider Norwest Productions, based here, has added 74 KUDO cabinets and 16 LA-RAK amplified controllers to its existing inventory, which already includes 118 KUDO boxes.
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WILLEBROEK, Belgium — On March 16, AV rental system provider AED Rent and Harman’s JBL Professional hosted the VTX System Listening Experience for more than 240 pro audio attendees at the AED Demohall at AED Rent’s global headquarters here. The event included a demonstration of JBL Professional’s new V25 line array loudspeaker in a left-right format, powered by Crown VRack amplification with V5 processing, and mixed on a Soundcraft Vi6 console.
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CHESSINGTON, U.K. — For the past 10 years, DiGiCo has been hosting onsite training at its UK head office, as well as with various distributors and a number of locations around the world. The company is now complementing those efforts with the new DiGiCo Online Training on digico.tv.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany — Four Audio, a German manufacturer of audio and loudspeaker management systems, incorporated Audinate’s Dante digital media networking technology in Four Audio’s new DBO1, a Dante-enabled breakout box with 8 analog output channels featured at Prolight + Sound (Hall 8, E36). DBO1 lets the user to go from Dante to analog signals in a small 1U box.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — DPA Microphones launched its handheld d:facto vocal mic at Prolight + Sound 2012 (Hall 8, Stand F22). Building off of the DPA cardioid 4011 microphone, the company says the d:facto is well-suited for use in both live performance and studio recording.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — A decade after the launch of the D5 Live, DiGiCo launched its new incarnation, the SD5. The company noted that, while the SD5 fits directly into the D5’s shoes, it leverages advances related to DiGiCo’s Stealth Digital Processing and the company’s ongoing efforts to garner user feedback.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Seven months after first unveiling its CDC8 digital production console, Cadac launched a complete CDC8 series production system at Prolight+Sound 2012. The company also offers a 16 channel variant, with identical processing, channel count and I/O capabilities, and an Ethernet connected 16 fader ‘sidecar’ expander module, enabling expansion of the control surfaces of the CDC8 console, or dedication of I/O channels on the desk to sub mixing, monitor mix or other discrete applications.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Auralex Acoustics, Inc. featured its new SonoFlat Grid panels at Musikmesse 2012 (Hall 5.1, Stand D43).
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