Carl Massano, creative director at SKB Corporation, passed away on Dec. 2, 2009 after a lengthy illness. A graduate of Queens College, CUNY, Massano founded Massano Design with his wife, Carolyn, where he began producing graphics for SKB Corporation. In 1992, SKB acquired Massano Design.
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SANTA BARBARA, CA — MV Pro Audio president Michael Marans announced that Brad Strickland has joined the company as director of sales. Strickland, an audio industry veteran working on behalf of Korg USA, Ilio and others, has spent many years involved in sales, market development, advertising and promotion, artist relations and logistics and planning.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — DiGiCo and Group One Ltd. announce the relocation of its southern California office, which has been operating since 2003, to Las Vegas. The new office, led by Taidus Vallandi and Amy Vallandi, is at 1542 Juniper Twig Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89183; 702.269.8202; 310.531.7342 (Fax); 310.980.6356 (Cell.)
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APOPKA, FL — Jerry Harvey, a designer of personal monitors who had his beginnings with Van Halen and established Ultimate Ears, may have founded a new company in 2007, JH Audio, that dealt with aviation headsets. But Harvey, a pilot since 2003, is circling back to the world of live sound.
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Waves Audio is now shipping Vocal Rider, the first of Waves’ series of new Mixing tools. Vocal Rider automatically rides the levels of vocal tracks. Instead of manually riding a console fader, or drawing in every level change on a DAW track, Vocal Rider does it automatically.
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SALT LAKE CITY —The Harman Music Group promoted Craig Paller from vice president, domestic sales, to group-wide vice president, worldwide sales. Paller will be responsible for strategic planning and sales initiatives for BSS Audio, dbx Professional, DigiTech and Lexicon Professional.
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BALTIMORE — The Church of the Redeemer, which dates from 1858, features soaring ceilings and ornate wood and glass. Like other 19th century structures, it can take your breath away — but it can also hinder intelligibility and musical performances for listeners in the back pews with a reverb of well over a second.
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ATLANTA — Turner Field, home to the Atlanta Braves, was updated for its most recent season with more than 400 weatherproof Danley loudspeakers. The speakers featured customized rigging and coverage patterns to fit in the old speakers’ positions.
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WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA — Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, the country music duo called Sugarland, have been touring North America with their band, using more than three-dozen channels of Sennheiser wireless vocal microphone, personal monitor and instrument systems.
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SAN DIEGO — The Old Globe theater produces 15 plays and musicals on its three stages each year and is currently hosting Sammy, based upon the life of Sammy Davis, Jr. John Shivers and David Patridge designed the production’s sound.
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BERLIN — For the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Riedel Communications delivered a comprehensive audio, video and communications distribution network for the multiple stages and video walls used at the event and the various departments.
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LONDON — Outline’s Butterfly VLA was again requested by both the BBC and London’s Roundhouse for the 2009 Electric Proms season, which featured Robbie Williams backed by a 34-piece orchestra plus his own touring band on opening night. Producer Trevor Horn was playing bass and directing the band.
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