LOS ANGELES – Matt Napier is monitor engineer for Kylie Minogue and has been with her since the summer of 2010. His mixing console of choice is a DiGiCo SD7, chosen for its ability to expand with the tour's needs. "The SD7 has done a fantastic job so far. It's done everything we hoped for," Napier said, at the end of the U.K. leg for Aphrodite – Les Folies, which proceeded on to the U.S.
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FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – The acoustic challenges at the 50-year-old sanctuary at Ft. Lauderdale's First Congregational Church start with a 55-foot ceiling and stained glass that serves as the back wall of the church. Sound Planning's Dave Armstrong used an Electro-Voice EVH-1152D/64 loudspeaker with horn-loaded woofer to meet the church's acoustic needs and budget constraints.
Read More »ROCHESTER, NY – Lab X Technologies has granted Biamp Systems a license to utilize its IEEE 802.1 AVB Audio Platform for use on Xilinx FPGAs. Lab X's AVB Audio Platform offers manufacturers high-channel capacity audio implementation based on the international standards of networked connectivity.
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FRANKFURT – A network of Midas PRO9 andPRO6 live audio systems and an analog XL4 was used at FOH and monitors respectively for the recent PRG LEA German Live Entertainment Awards held at the Frankfurt Festival Hall during Prolight+Sound.
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Three new Digitool digital audio processors from Peavey Architectural Acoustics bring nWare processing and network control to mid-market contractor and live sound reinforcement applications.
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Waves' SoundGrid Compact System for Yamaha consoles includes everything Yamaha users need to process their live performances using Waves plugins, as well as the tools to capture their performances into a DAW.
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dbTechnologies calls the DVA T12 a step up from the DVA T4 line array system. It has more power and greater range than its predecessor, yet maintains the T4's active three-way design and ease of set-up. With new neodymium speakers and digital amps, the T12 offers a total 1,410W in output power. Together with DSP and AD-DA transformers, it promises high-definition sonic images and ample SPL for large sound reinforcement applications. The DVA T12 weighs in at 63.8 lbs, features an integrated RDnet port and is hardware compatible with DVA T4 systems.
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Riedel Communications' MediorNet Compact promises the flexibility of a real-time media network, including integrated signal processing, at the cost of simple multiplexing point-to-point products. Its network bandwidth of 50 Gbit/s allows for bi-directional transport of 12 HD-SDI signals, dozens of MADI streams or GBit-Ethernet signals and hundreds of audio channels or intercom ports.
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Tannoy's DVS series surface mount speakers for fixed installations include the DVS 4/DVS 4t (10.91" x 6.71" x 6.52," 3.96 lbs.); DVS 6/DVS 6t (13.41" x 8.36" x 8.52," 6.83 lbs.; pictured here); and DVS 8/DVS 8t (17.78" x 11.42" x 11.65," 11.67 lbs.).
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Soundcraft Vi Series consoles with VM2 (Vistonics Microphone Monitoring) offer users the ability to monitor the status of any Harman HiQnet-compatible AKG radio mic directly from the console surface.
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ORLANDO, FL – Show System Integrators provided a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console for the new worship and education facility at Harvest Bible Chapel. Looking to upgrade from its previous system in a smaller space, the chapel's sound engineers now rely on the console's 96 channels.
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NEW YORK – More Midas digital consoles are being used on Broadway productions. For Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert at the Palace Theatre, there’s an XL8 at FOH. A Pro3 has been installed at 42nd Street Inc.’s New Victory Theatre. And for the Broadway-bound production of White Noise, produced by Whoopi Goldberg, there are Pro9s at the FOH and monitor mixing positions.
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