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St. Pete Times Forum Upgrades with Dolby Lake Processors

St. Pete Times Forum Upgrades with Dolby Lake Processors

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. has upgraded its sound reinforcement system, including the installation of two wirelessly controlled Dolby Lake processors to manage the venue’s new flown multi-zoned L-ACOUSTIC speaker setup. Recently taking to the ice to check out the new audio system were (l-r) Charlie Lawson, audio director, Audio Visual Innovations (AVI); Michael Cooley, sound engineer, St. Pete Times Forum; Dan Palmer, national sales manager, L-ACOUSTIC; and Michael Reeves, sales director, Dolby Laboratories’ Live Sound Group.

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d&b audiotechnik US Relocates

ASHEVILLE, NC — In a planned development predicated on a mix of feed and need, d&b audiotechnik US has recently moved premises to Asheville, NC. Company president Colin Beveridge stated that the move was meant to "enable us to rotate a much bigger stock, which will in turn speed order processing and enhance our customer service.” The move is expected to bolster both output and training capabilities.

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Green Valley Takes Midas Touch

LAS VEGAS — Green Valley Ranch Resort, Spa and Casino is gearing up for another season of entertainment with the delivery of two Midas XL8 digital live performance systems. The XL8s, from AVDB Group (Audio Video Design-Build Group) of Phoenix, Ariz., will be installed in the resort’s new entertainment lounge “Ovation,” opening in May.

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L-ACOUSTICS 8XT Coaxial Loudspeakers

OXNARD, CA — The new 8XT and 12XT from L-ACOUSTICS are single-point-source coaxial loudspeakers. The 8XT measures 16.6 inches H by 9.8 inches W by 10.6 inches D and weighs 24.2 lbs. Operating on a frequency bandwidth of 65 Hz to 20 kHz, this response can be lowered to 32 Hz with the addition of the SB118 subwoofer.

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Two Guys Assume The Lotus Mix Position On Soundcraft Vi6

RAINBOW CITY, AL — Gone are the days when corporate productions involved a simple slide show and hand-held microphone, so Dave Zammit, owner of Two Guys Audio Service, Inc (A Florida Corporation operating out of Rainbow City, Ala.), has recently added a new Soundcraft Vi6 digital live sound console to its inventory.

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Dynacord Cobra Celebrates with Charlie Daniels

BONITA SPRINGS, FL — The city of Bonita Springs recently celebrated its seventh birthday with its annual “Celebrate Bonita” free festival, this year featuring headline acts the Charlie Daniels Band and Emerson Drive. Tech-Tronics of Fort Myers, Fl., deployed a Dynacord Cobra system for the event with a ground-stacked horizontal sub arc of 16 Cobra PWH boxes. Five vertically stacked Cobra Top boxes per side were deployed.

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Tips & Tricks

Open Up the Middle

[Welcome to a new FOH feature. In Tips and Tricks we will have sound folk of all shapes, sizes and genders tell us how they accomplish specific tasks. In the first installment we get a dose of compression advice. Got a tip or trick that works for you? Send it to [email protected].] 

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Ending the Power Trips

It may not be as sexy as a new line array, but it’s time to upgrade your power cables.

I pretty much have myself converted, and Bill Evans is almost converted, but have you converted to using the “correct” power service cords per the electrical codes? 

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Ten Summer Season Tips

We are embarking upon the high season of live sound production, and it is good to think about the items that will be plaguing us and our crews during this time. This article is a compendium of ideas from the authors and a call to action before the summer gigs become imminent.

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Training the Faithful

This is the scenario: You contacted the right people at a particular house of worship, sold them on a sound package for their sanctuary, installed the system professionally and got paid well for your work. Now what? I would think that you included some training of the staff or volunteers in your bid. But what is going on with that sound system six months later? Or a year or two from your original installation?

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L-ACOUSTICS, Yamaha, Future Sonics

L-ACOUSTICS P Series Powered Speakers
Jamie Rio

I have written many times in the past about the joys of a small sound system — especially one that sounds great and can reach a lot of people. Of course, the whole concept of “small” is very relative. However, if your mains are the size of your grade school lunch box and your subs are the size of a milk crate, we would definitely call that small.

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