CHESTER, PA — Community Professional Loudspeakers recently promoted Steve Goodwin, Julie Henn and LizAnne McConlogue within its Sales and Marketing division. Goodwin, pictured here, was named Latin America sales manager. In addition to his current responsibilities as marketing services manager, Goodwin will now handle all sales for Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Read More »BREA, CA – Altinex is launching a free webinar training program on its AVSnap AV system design/control software, coinciding with the release of AVSnap Version 5. The seminar series starts Friday, Jan. 13, and continues on Fridays for 12 weeks, through March 30. Each session, led by Jack Gershfeld, author of AVSnap and President and CEO of Altinex, will last about an hour.
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CHICAGO — Eighth Day Sound director of touring services Owen Orzack was already planning to use Professional Wireless Systems’ Helical Antennas for Lollapalooza at Chicago’s Grant Park last summer. PWS, meanwhile, was putting the finishing touches on its new Domed Helical Antennas. Acting on the recommendation from PWS GM Jim Van Winkle, Orzack gave them a shot, and Eighth Day Sound has since included them on tour with The Fray. The domed units, now available for sale, were also put into service at the Austin City Limits Festival in September.
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Kaltman Creations’ paddle-shaped IWxANT Amplified Directional Antenna, for use with Invisible Waves IWx systems for amplified, directional RF analysis, promises 10 dB of additional gain through a calibrated onboard analyzer. The inherent directional characteristics of the LOG Periodic antenna allow for directional analysis while excluding background RF. The IWxANT features a bias “T” power injector with DC blocker (SMA connections); 12V power supply (for applications other than with IWx); a BNC to SMA adaptor, an SMA to SMA jumper and microphone stand mount. Specs include 450MHz to 870MHz frequency range, with usable gain up to 950MHz; 50 Ohms impedance, close to a 100-degree beam pattern; 3dB or 10dB gain select options and a BNC connection (BNC cable not included).
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NEW YORK — Bob Moses, longtime AES member and officer, accomplished product designer, technologist and pro audio industry advocate, has been named executive director of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), effective Jan. 1, 2012. AES president Jan Abildgaard Pedersen made the announcement Dec. 20.
Read More »FOOTHILL RANCH, CA — Renkus-Heinz recently announced their quarterly EASE Level 1 Training Class schedule for 2012. Classes are scheduled on Feb. 20-22, May 14-16, Aug. 20-22 and Nov. 12-14, 2012. The three-day classes, held at Renkus-Heinz headquarters, are led by application engineers Jonas Domkus and Jim Mobley.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel — Giveon Electronics Ltd. is celebrating 75 years as a Shure distributor. The company has been distributing audio products since 1934, and began its affiliation with Shure just two years after being founded.
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POTTERS BAR, UK — Harman named production and operations veteran Harry McGee to its Mixer, Microphones and Headphones business unit for Soundcraft, Studer and AKG-branded gear.
Read More »NASHVILLE — JoeCo Limited has announced that, following years of distributing the BlackBox recorder in the U.S., Nashville-based Full Scale AV will now also distribute the JoeCo product range in Canada.
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ALLIANCE, OH — Paladin Professional Sound provided the design and installation for the stadium at the University of Mount Union using One Systems gear. Two One Systems CrossField Arrays are now on either side of the scoreboard and a 112IM speaker was installed beneath the awning of the home bleachers to provide home side fence coverage. The system covers a throw distance of more than 400 feet.
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LONDON — SSE Audio has been supporting performances by Arctic Monkeys and Example with Lake’s new LM Series digital audio system processors – LM 26 and LM 44. Simon Gladstone, Technical Manager at SSE, credited the processors for audio quality, flexibility, and an intuitive graphic interface.
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LONDON — In what has been called one of the largest live recording projects to date, FOH engineer Gary Bradshaw has used a total of eight BlackBox BBR64-MADI Recorders to capture 2 x 256 channels of audio for George Michael’s Symphonica Tour.
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