SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL – 7,200-capacity Willow Creek Church upgraded its sound system seven years ago, but not the amplifiers for the main sanctuary's six Danley Sound Labs TH-115 subwoofers. The church's audio crew is now using just two Powersoft K3 units to replace the previous six amps. Along with reliability, the new units feature digital signal processing and network control.
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CASTROREALE, Italy – The Castroreale Jazz Festival, a series of four shows featuring an international variety of jazz artists staged at this historic Sicilian village last summer, was heard via a sound system that included Proel Axiom, Edge and Powersoft gear.
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HOUSTON – Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division named Nicolas Betancur as its new field sales engineer, communications – South. Betancur, who has worked for Bosch since 2006, will be based in Houston, Texas, and his responsibilities will include system design and sales support for Bosch Public Address and Conferencing, Electro-Voice, and Telex Intercom and Radio Dispatch customers in the Houston, San Antonio, and southern Louisiana areas.
Read More »OREM, UT – Eighth Day Sound Systems of Highland Heights, OH recently became rental and production management software provider Flex Rental Solutions' 100th customer. The software is used by rental and production companies in 10 different countries, in niches ranging from corporate event production, concert touring, special event rental to network television production. Customers 99 and 101, which also signed up on the same day, included Production Services Ireland and SR Audio.
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NOBLESVILLE, IN – Klipsch, based in Indianapolis, announced that the 24,000 capacity amphitheater formerly known as Verizon Wireless Music Center is to be renamed the Klipsch Music Center. Klipsch noted that the change in name is linked to its partnerships with Live Nation Entertainment in Miami and New York City.
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WICHITA, KS – Clearwing Production's Phoenix location provided an L-Acoustics KIVO-KILO loudspeaker system for the Music Theatre of Wichita (MTW), which staged five productions at the 2,195-seat Century II Concert Hall this past summer. Clearwing's Almir Lejlic and Dave Temby used nine KIVA elements flown beneath two KILO cabinets per side. The setup precluded the need for a balcony delay system.
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KIEV, Ukraine – Maidan Square, the main square of Ukraine's capital city, became the focal point for Maidan's, a concert and dance event produced by Inter, a Ukraine-based TV network, that extended over a 10-week time frame and involved about 3,000 dancers competing for a grand prize valued at $124,000.
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TORONTO – Kingston Road United Church (KRUC) is part of the 3,500-congregation-strong United Church of Canada – the largest Canadian Protestant denomination. Although these churches are not typically known for cutting-edge audio gear, KRUC is now home to a Tannoy VQ60 and VQDF, hung as a center cluster, 27 feet high, close to the center of the room between the pulpit and the lectern, in front of the proscenium opening.
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SYDNEY – Dave Samwell, sound engineer for Liverpool-based indie band The Wombats, specified a Soundcraft Vi6 console for the band's recent Australia tour. Samwell credited the console for its compact size, ease of use, and user layers, which helped the supporting band's engineers get up to speed quickly. JPJ Audio provided the console and other audio gear for the tour.
Read More »JESSUP, MD – Automated Processes, Inc. (API) named ES-Pro Audio regional distributor in Germany and named a number of new dealers in that country. The distributor and dealer names and websites follow:
Read More »REDMOND, WA – YCATS (Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Seminars) training sessions will take place at Overland Christian Church Nov. 8-10 from 8am to 5pm each day. The classes include advanced instruction for users of Yamaha's M7CL digital console; a workshop for the LS9 digital console; a digital network and systems design clinic; and a showcase of NEXO speaker technology (GEO Series, PS Series, 45N12, RS Series Subs, GeoSUB, and NXAMP). The seminars are open to all audio professionals and free of charge.
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SEATTLE, WA – Symetrix named Jeff Sondermeyer director of engineering and chief technology officer. Prior to Symetrix, Sondermeyer worked for nearly 20 years at different companies including Peavey Electronics, Mackie Designs and Analog Devices (ADI). At ADI, where he served as as senior field apps engineer, Sondermeyer helped Symetrix integrate ADI's Sharc and Blackfin chips into Symetrix products.
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