NEW YORK — San Francisco-based sound artist Bill Fontana has completed a sound sculpture entitled Panoramic Echoes in New York City’s Madison Square Park. The sonic art project uses four Meyer Sound SB-1 parabolic long-throw sound beams to project sounds into the park from distant buildings in multiple directions.
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FOH TV's coverage of the Rockboat Cruise. We give you a little face time with Andy Levine of Sixthman, for some backstage talk that didn't… Read More »Rockboat Cruise Interview – Andy Levine
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC — Harman International Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HAR), parent company to the Harman Professional Group whose brands include JBL, Lexicon, BSS, AKG, dbx, Soundcraft and Crown, announced April 26 that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners (GSCP) in a transaction valued at approximately $8 billion. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Harman board of directors.
Read More »WASHINGTON — Harman International Industries, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &… Read More »Harman International to be Acquired by KKR, GS Capital Partners
Read More »FOH TV's coverage of the Rockboat Cruise. We give you a little face time with Bobby Carrol of Crossover Entertainment Group, for some backstage talk… Read More »Rockboat Cruise Interview- Bobby Carrol
Read More »I try not to take gigs in Vegas. Long story — but there is a bag of cash, a couple of wiseguys a stripper and a broken down XL4 involved. If I told you they would have to take me out of witness protection, so there you go. Anyway, through a string of dubious events, I found myself working a freelance gig in Vegas. The gig was designed to help bring people in for a much larger event. It seems to me that if you need small events to "spruce up" the larger event then more than likely the main deal needs to be re thought — That's a whole other thing — Anyway, my job was production manager for the live concert portion of this "big event".
Read More »Bill Evans has told me that I can Blog for FOH Online. I’ve never Blogged before (is that a word), but Bill tells me I can write about anything related to our business. How’s about getting to the gig? If anyone ever tells you that you’re lucky because you travel to so many exciting places, hit them over the head with an Atlas mic stand and let them read this. The gig is often easy. It’s the commute that kills us.
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MUMBAI, INDIA — Indian sound reinforcement company Sound.com recently provided a VerTec line array system for the annual Femina Miss India pageant. The event was held April 8, 2007 at the Bandra Kura Complex in Mumbai.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Front of House magazine has launched the totally redesigned FOH Web site! This dynamic new design allows easy access to the latest news in audio world and the exclusive stories from our current issues to keep you abreast of our ever-mobile industry!
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Telex Pro Audio Group President Matthias von Heydekampf has resigned from Telex’s new parent company, Bosch. In a coversation with FOH on Friday, April 20 Heydekampf cited personal reasons for leaving, and said he was still very pleased with the direction Bosch was taking Telex, now Bosch Communications Systems.
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TOTOWA, NJ — The new ProRack House and Monitor small-format mixers from APB-DynaSonics incorporate 16 total input channels in 10 rack spaces. Both the ProRack House and Monitor mixers feature an audio design that, like the Spectra Series, includes minimum phase-shift circuitry, expressive EQ sections and integrated mic preamps in a proprietary front end circuit.
Read More »ASHLAND, MA — Soundwave Research Laboratories, Inc., technology developers and makers of Crowley and Tripp brand microphones, will soon offer licenses and technology packages to other microphone manufacturers.
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