LOS ANGELES – Completed in 1955, Loyola Marymount University's Sacred Heart Chapel has tall stained glass windows, long hanging chandeliers, terrazzo tile and concrete and marble pillars. They all add to the 1,000-capacity church's architectural appeal – and to the challenged that faced Simon Productions, the Winnetka, CA-based soundco tasked with an audio system upgrade.
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AMSTERDAM – Soldier of Orange, a musical adaptation of the 1977 Dutch film, Soldaat van Oranje, is a moving experience for the audience – in more ways than one. For starters, the entire audience – more 1,100 people – revolve around the stage on a turntable that measures 33 meters across, making 30 stops during each performance.
Read More »SANT'OMERO, Italy – Music Group named Proel as their distributor for the Behringer and Bugera brands in Italy.
Read More »PORTLAND, OR – Audinate and Red Rocks Audio SL have agreed to incorporate Dante technology as the default digital networking solution for all Red Rocks Audio future products and designs. The first of these products is scheduled to launch by Q4 of 2011.
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CHICAGO – Since its debut in 1901, the Chicago Auto Show has emerged as North America's largest automobile exhibition. Now staged at McCormick Place, PRG supported Chrysler Group's audio needs with L-Acoustics gear.
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LONDON, U.K. – Entec's sound department has completed a d&b sound installation at Stationers Hall, a grade one-listed building near St. Paul's Cathedral. The main hall is equipped with four d&b E8 loudspeakers. In the nearby Court Room, there are two more E8s, and for the Stock Room, two d&b E0s.
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NASHVILLE – J Sound Services recently designed a complete audio system for event planner Ovation, hired by the National Wild Turkey Federation for a corporate event featuring a concert by Trace Atkins, The Band Perry, and several other musical acts.
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TOTOWA, NJ – APB-Dynasonics named Eric Oppenheimer as U.S. sales manager for its brand of professional audio mixing consoles. Oppenheimer, who will report to company vice president Chuck Augustowski, will oversee the APB rep team and manage day-to-day sales operations. Augustowski, one of the company founders, will now concentrate on long-term growth and worldwide company strategies.
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ASKIM, Norway – Rainbow Events AS, a Norwegian production company that coordinates concert tours for major national and international artists, recently added a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixing console to its inventory.
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BARCELONA – The directors of the Ateneu Barcelonès cultural center recently renovated the institution's mid-size auditorium, which is used conferences, lectures, concerts and movie showings. PRO3&Co, the exclusive Symetrix distributor in Spain, supplied a new Symetrix Jupiter "zero learning curve" DSP. Joan Pau Vaquera, technical director at Barcelona's Base 2, led the system installation.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus – Prosonic audio lights LTD, which recently installed a new Adamson system in the recently-built in the Latsia industrial area, led a two-day workshop at the venue, giving new and existing customers the chance to talk directly with the manufacturers.
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Avid's VENUE IO16 Option Card for the VENUE SC48 is now available. This optional analog and digital I/O expansion card promises to enhance workflow flexibility and mixing options by enabling customers to connect to outboard gear such as automixers, EQs, dynamics and multi-effects processors and digital music players directly to the VENUE SC48 console.
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