BELTON, TX – For the 6,559-capacity Bell County Expo Center, Sowden & Associates designed a system using weather-resistant Community M4 drivers in PC494 and PC1594M horns, augmented with R6 bass horns for the low end and powered by QSC PL380 amplification. Electro-Acoustics installed the gear within the 100,000+ square-foot venue.
Read More »OLD LYME, CT – Connecticut governor Dannel P. Malloy recognized Germany-based Sennheiser on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its U.S. subsidiary, which is based here.
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CASTELLANA GROTTE, Italy – Casa Musicale Luisi provided Meyer Sound MM-4XP and UPM-1P loudspeakers for Hell in a Cave, which depicts Dante's Inferno in the well-known grottos here. Giovanni Bugari of Grisby Music, Meyer Sound's Italian distributor, designed the system, and Giuseppe Saponari, president of Offician Musicale, was the sound designer for the six-zone production.
Read More »EDISON, NJ – RCF USA, Inc., joined by its sister company dBTechnologies, recently moved into new warehouse and office facilities here. The 22,000-square-foot facility, centrally located on the East Coast, was chosen to accommodate both current and future needs of the company. RCF and dBTechnologies first established a U.S.-based operation in 2005.
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BUENA PARK, CA – Monitor engineer Robert Bull is known for mixing artists such as Martina McBride and Michael McDonald as well as television shows such as Nashville Star. Bull has mixed on it all, both analog and digital. When he needs to take the digital route, he requests the Yamaha PM5D.
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BALTIMORE, MD – Event Tech named Chad Houseknecht, longtime production manager at Nightclub 930 in Washington, DC, as the production and rental company's new warehouse operations manager. The company also named John James, another industry veteran, production manager. James has been involved in the technical side of special event production – designing audio, lighting and temporary power systems – for 20 years.
Read More »CONCORD, CA. – D-Tools recently launched an online forum for users of D-Tools' System Integrator software. It provides D-Tools customers and manufacturer partners with a platform to communicate with other software users and the D-Tools support team.
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Waves Audio's Bass Rider plugin is designed to ride bass levels automatically. A companion to Waves' Vocal Rider plugin, Bass Rider promises perfect bass levels without changing the natural sound of users' bass. Optimized especially for the frequency range and envelope characteristics of bass instruments, Bass Rider covers all the "basses:" DI, amplified, acoustic, synth, upright, etc.
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LAS VEGAS – FRONT of HOUSE readers have just a few days more to vote the 2011 Parnelli Awards, including Sound Company of the Year, Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year, FOH and Monitor Mixer of the Year and all the other individuals, companies and Indispensable Technology products nominated for a Parnelli Award this year. The votes will then be tallied and awards presented Oct. 29 at the Peabody Orlando at 8 p.m., following a cocktail reception at 7 p.m.
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WOODLAND HILLS – American Music & Sound named Dave Hetrick national sales manager for BeyerDynamic, Fostex, and Alpine in the U.S. Hetrick is a singer/songwriter/musician with experience in the recording and engineering world. Prior to AM&S he was director of worldwide sales for KRK/Cerwin Vega Group.
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SELLERSVILLE, PA – DSB Audio Systems designed and installed an upgraded audio system for the Sellersville Theater that includes four Meyer Sound JM-1P arrayable loudspeakers. The venue, built in 1894, seats 300.
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MIAMI – HED South and Michael Chafee Enterprises provided a low-cost solution to help the performing arts department at Miami Country Day School (MCDS) enhance the sound of the new audio system at the school's amphitheater with a Symetrix Automix Matrix 780 processor.
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