BERLIN — IT Audio, founded last fall by Til Schwartz and Ivo König, recently installed a Meyer Sound system in the O2 Blueroom, a VIP reception room in Berlin’s O2 World arena. Designed by architects Schmidhuber+Partner, the O2 Blueroom primarily serves O2 World’s main sponsor, Telefónica O2 Germany, which is the German subsidiary of European telecommunications company Telefónica Europe.
Read More »LONGMONT, CO — DPA Microphones has joined the METAlliance Pro Partners. "When invited to join the METAlliance by founders George Massenburg and Chuck Ainlay, we needed to look no further than their mission statement to see how closely aligned in philosophy they are with DPA Microphones," said DPA president Bruce Myers.
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ANAHEIM, CA — To mark its 20th anniversary, Behringer chairman and CMO Uli Behringer and CEO Michael Deeb unveiled 20 new products at a celebration at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel, including new live and recording mixers, studio monitors, computer audio interfaces, power amplifiers, loudspeaker systems, commercial speakers and a new DJ mixer. The event also served as the debut for two tube guitar amplifier heads and two bass amp heads under the Bugera brand.
Read More »WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has introduced an amendment to the $800+ billion stimulus package before Congress that would deny any “community park, museum, theater” or “arts center” from receiving any money to use for “renovation, remodeling, construction, salaries, furniture” or “rotating pastel lights,” among other items
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LAS VEGAS — Tube-Tech launched a new Web site at www.tube-tech.com to provide visitors with news, links and information about the company’s products, distribution, users, insider tips and tricks, the company’s history and its design manifesto.
Read More »TORONTO — If you’re enjoying a balmy January in Brazil or Singapore, what would make you fly into Port Perry, Ontario, and brave some of the coldest and snowiest days of the winter? Some of the 30 attendees at Adamson’s Distributors Meeting traveled that far, convening at Adamson headquarters and Port Perry’s town hall, which also houses the local community theatre.
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The new d&b audiotechnik's T-Series is a small line array system that is also designed to work as a stand-alone point source system. The T10 cabinet (18.5” x 7.8” x 11.8”) is a passive 2-way design that houses two 6.5" drivers, a 1.4" exit HF compression driver and can be used either as a compact component in a multiple cabinet line array or, by rotating the horn as a high directivity point source loudspeaker. The HF driver is fitted to a waveguide horn producing vertical line source directivity with a 90° horizontal pattern that is maintained down to approximately 600 Hz. An acoustic lens placed in front of the horn widens horizontal dispersion to 105°; rotation of the horn by 90° relative to this produces an accurate point source dispersion transforming a vertically oriented T10 into a stand-alone full range loudspeaker with 90° horizontal and 35° vertical directivity pattern. The T-SUB shares the same width and integrated rigging fittings as the T10 for deployment either flown at the top of a T10 array, in a separate column or it can also be ground stacked. The T-Series is designed to match with d&b D6 and D12 dual channel amplifiers,
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HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese PA company Fantasies Show & Light selected Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system for a recent tour visiting 10 cities in Vietnam called Rock Storm. Masaaki Azuma, the tour’s show sound director, has also handled sound control for Madonna, Oasis, Under World, Metallica, and Fuji Rock Festival.
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CHADRON, NE — Chadron State College’s athletic facilities had been limping along with antiquated 40-year old horn systems, which finally got pulled to the sidelines recently. For the school’s Softball Field and Don Beebe Stadium at Elliot Field, they were replaced with Community R-Series loudspeakers.
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NEWARK, NJ — "Big Mick" Hughes' tenure as front-of-house (FOH) engineer for legendary heavy metal phenomenon Metallica is almost as long as the band's existence. "This is my 25th year. I was 25 or 26 when I started with the guys, and I'm going on 51 in a minute," said Hughes, pictured here, left, with Gary Boss and Paul Owen.
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WASHINGTON, DC — An orator’s message is ultimately only as effective as the audio gear conveying it, and for 18 minutes, the live sound industry helped Barack Obama deliver an inaugural address to listening audience of truly epic proportions, with well over a million gathered at the National Mall. “To the best of my knowledge, this was the largest amplified event in human history,” said Robert Goldstein, president of Maryland Sound International (MSI), which handled the audio, with Clair Global providing delay speakers.
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KISSIMMEE, FL — For any sound crew, outdoor music programs are tough enough, as they require extra care to avoid wind, condensation and the unavoidable issue of something being dropped at the most inopportune time—usually when changing the setups between the opening and main acts. But Ted Morgan, pictured here, and his crew were able to run the show smoothly, and his gear, including products from Lectrosonics, survived some serious abuse.
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