In Memoriam: Winfield W. “Buz” Ward III, 59

Winfield W. “Buz” Ward III, age 59, who had worked in the music touring industry for more than 30 years, passed away June 20.

SAN MARCOS, CA — A non-denominational church called theMovement opted to use Soundcraft’s Si2 digital console as the heart of its recent sound system upgrade. The church was making the transition into digital for the first time and chose the Si2 based on sound quality, DSP power and ease of use.

CHICAGO — The band members of Of a Revolution, more commonly known as O.A.R., have gotten used to using Shure UHF-R wireless among the components responsible for capturing their sound.

WHITINSVILLE, MA — When Coffeen Fricke and Associates, Inc. faced a challenge for the audio system for Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles, they went to several manufacturers of sound technology seeking a solution. EAW was chosen in part for their ability to come up with a customized solution.

CRANFORD, NJ — Mike Sinclair of Audio Incorporated said Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC8 digitally steerable array loudspeakers have proven to be a good fit, aesthetically and acoustically, for the 600-member congregation at 1st Presbyterian Church.

ORLANDO — Harman International Industries announced an agreement between its BSS division, and Netgear to launch the first AVB (IEEE Audio Video Bridge) switches for networking multichannel audio and video over standardized Ethernet.