NASHVILLE, TN — SES (Special Event Services) named Chuck Young as the general manager of the company’s Nashville location. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC, SES has additional locations in Nashville, TN, Concord, NC and Sacramento, CA. The company provides audio, lighting, video and rigging for a variety of projects.
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COSTA MESA, CA – Christophe Anet joins QSC Professional as product specialist, EMEA. He joins QSC from Genelec Oy, where he held several positions including education/training manager and technical editor. At QSC, Anet will provide product demos, training and education, along with tech support for the company’s channel partners.
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SULPHUR, LA – Deep South Productions (DSP) – a full service provider of sound, lights and backline equipment – invested in the full d&b J-Series system for country singer/songwriter Frank Foster. The artist has since been counting on DSP for all his touring technology. DSP owner Marvin Simon tells the story of how they weren’t getting the support they wanted from an old system, when Joe DiFalco from d&b took the time to learn what they needed in their audio inventory. Since that initial investment DSP has also added the V-Series.
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ALLEROED, DENMARK – For French artist Jeanne Added’s first pop tour, sound engineer Gilles Olivesi chose DPA Microphones – specifically the d:facto – to reflect the power and emotion of her voice. Olivesi was looking for a “very flat microphone that wouldn’t try to enhance anything in her voice,” he says, adding that the d:facto “keeps her voice sounding natural.” Added’s tour continues through the end of 2017.
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AMSTERDAM — The OCA Alliance, the AV industry alliance promoting awareness and adoption of Open Control Architecture, also known as OCA and standardized as AES70, will feature new examples of how this technology is evolving at ISE 2017 in Amsterdam Feb. 7-10.
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FLORENCE, ITALY – Powersoft has appointed Klas Dalbjorn as product manager across the entire product portfolio for the amplifier manufacturer. With 24 years of experience… Read More »Klas Dalbjorn Takes on Product Management Role at Powersoft
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LOS ANGELES – Indie-rock band Local Natives carried Allen & Heath’s dLive S Class digital mixing system on its 2016 tour across the US and Europe. Monitor engineer Laurence Eaves provided the five-piece band with 12 separate in-ear and wedge mixes from 48 on-stage sources, using a dLive S5000 Surface with DM64 MixRack. The band is currently preparing for its 2017 tour.
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Countryman Associates plans to showcase a full range of detachable connectors for the B6 Omnidirectional Lavalier at NAMM 2017. The new connectors, available now, address the company’s single most common request: to enable the B6 to quickly and easily switch between different brands of transmitters, recorders and other audio equipment.
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ATLANTA – The semi-annual Bronner Brothers International Beauty Show is a three-day professional beauty industry event with more than 30,000 beauty professionals attending for education, workshops and entertainment. The show culminated with the televised, legendary hair battle on the main stage. Locally based AEE Productions provided an Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) KF line array sound reinforcement system for the show’s entertainment and fashion events, including the televised competition.
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MANCHESTER, UK – VME provided a Martin Audio MLA System for Anthony Joshua’s latest International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Heavyweight Championship defense at Manchester Arena. FOH engineer Mike Bell says, “The broadcast mics are so sensitive that it’s vital we are able to deaden the sound around the ring and then begin the coverage from the VIP section,” he says. “Having that level of control with MLA is incredible — we would not be able to put these microphones out over the PA with such clarity if it was not for this system.”
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HULL, UK – To celebrate its title as the 2017 UK City of Culture, Hull entertained residents and visitors with a week of innovative and… Read More »Tube UK Impresses Public, Penguins for Hull UK City of Culture Event
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ELGIN, IL — Harting Americas President and CEO, Jon DeSouza will be featured on the TV show, Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland. The segment covers trends in manufacturing, such as reshoring and IoT, and how the company’s durable, reliable connectivity products support these trends. The show will air on the Fox Business Network on January 15, 2017 at 5:30pm ET and Bloomberg International on January 22, 2017 at 7:30am GMT, 10:30am CST D.F. and 3:00pm HKT.
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