LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announced that Kenton Forsythe will receive the Parnelli Innovator Award, honoring his influential career in the pro audio industry. Forsythe will receive his Parnelli Award at a gala dinner on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Peabody Orlando.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The sound design team for a six-week revival of the 1971 musical, Follies, at Kennedy Center, included theatrical sound designer Kai Harada, engineer Patrick Pummill and assistant designer Jana Hoglund. Harada chose a Stagetec Aurus digital console and Nexus digital router to achieve a "natural" sound image. Follies garnered seven Tony Awards when it originally opened on Broadway.
Read More »NEW YORK – The American Theatre Wing announced the winners for the 2011 Tony Awards, which were televised live on CBS June 12. The winner for Best Sound Design of a Play was Christopher Shutt for War Horse; nominees included Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Simon Baker for Brief Encounter; and Ian Dickinson/Autograph for Jerusalem. The winner for Best Sound Design of a Musical was Brian Ronan for The Book of Mormon; nominees included Peter Hylenski for The Scottsboro Boys; Steve Canyon Kennedy for Catch Me If You Can; and Brian Ronan for Anything Goes.
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DANA POINT, CA – Dutch loudspeaker manufacturer Alcons Audio formed Alcons Audio USA, based here. Alcons Audio USA will be headed by David Rahn, who had previously served as national sales manager at Renkus Heinz, and Pauline Ortiz y Pino, who was named business development specialist.
Read More »WEST HARTFORD, CT – Legrand, North America has completed its acquisition of Middle Atlantic Products Inc. The Fairfield, NJ-based company has become Legrand's Commercial A/V division.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Martin Audio and On Stage Audio are sponsoring a special training session for the MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array) system, led by training manager Ferrit Rowe, at OSA's office here from June 28-30.
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LOS ANGELES – Alfred "AL-Tee" Williams, currently with R&B artist Jay Sean, has worked as a FOH and monitor engineer with Kool and the Gang, The SOS Band, Tank, Rachelle Farrell, Angie Stone and Fantasia, among others. He's been using the Yamaha PM5D for some time now, and it's still his mixing board of choice.
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WINNIPEG, MB, Canada – The Centennial Concert Hall, part of Manitoba Centennial Center, is the longtime home of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Manitoba Opera and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
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Waves Audio's MPX Master Tape plugin was developed in association with producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Kiss) as part of an ongoing series of collaborations. The MPX Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare machine consisting of an Ampex 350 transport and 351 electronics. With adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow and flutter, along with noise parameters, the MPX provides comprehensive control over the contours of any sound. Waves has also added a flexible slap and feedback delay, well-suited for rock, dance, dub and other styles. For recording, mixing, mastering and more, MPX promises to bring the richness and warmth of real tape saturation to any DAW setup.
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SEATTLE – The Makepeace Brothers – Aidan, Liam, Finian and Ciaran – are touring in support of their recent album, Slow Down Feel Love. Citing the "constant source of stress" of "not knowing if we would have a good PA on any given night," Finian Makepeaced noted that the band opted to acquire its own gear from Harman – two JBL PRX635 3-way powered loudspeakers for the main system, two JBL PRX615M powered speakers for monitors and a Soundcraft 16-channel FX16ii digital mixing console.
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HOUSTON – Lakewood Church has outfitted each of its two main audio control rooms with a pair of KK audio labs DS-8 eight-inch, two-way powered audio monitors. The two identical rooms, designed by the Russ Berger Design Group and featuring Euphonix 5-B digital mixing consoles, both handle on-air broadcast duties as well as audio post production, and are additionally tied to a music recording studio.
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