Happy Birthday: Leo Beranek Turns 102!

Born Sept 15, 1914 in Solon, Iowa, Dr. Leo Leroy Beranek has long been considered the industry’s leading expert voice on acoustics. This former MIT professor and founder of Bolt, Beranek & Newman (now BBN Technologies) has been a monumental force since his first publications in 1939, but it was his 1954 book “Acoustics” that still remains a classic in the field and has been updated over the years, and the current 2012 edition, “Acoustics: Sound Fields & Transducers” is still required reading for anyone seriously interested in the nature of sound.

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LAS VEGAS — The 2016 Parnelli Awards gala, hosted by Grammy nominated composer and guitarist Adrian Belew and honoring Richard Fernandez, Danny O’Bryen and Greg Mackie, is once again trending toward a complete sellout. As of mid-September, just two weeks after the Parnelli Awards ballot was finalized and made available online, the voting has been fast and furious, with reservations for the Oct. 22 event continuing apace. Voting from readers of FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN magazines will continue until Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.

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[caption id="attachment_125202" align="alignnone" width="800"]Comedian Sinbad will return to host the 32nd annual TEC Awards[/caption]

CARLSBAD, CA – The NAMM Foundation has announced the technical and creative nominees for its 32nd Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awardst. Comedian and actor Sinbad will return to host the event, held January 21, 2017, during the Winter NAMM Show. The NAMM TEC Awards are bestowed annually in celebration of the pro audio community by recognizing the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind today’s sound recordings, live sound, films, television, and video games.

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MIAMI – The Belen Jesuit Prep School recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system in its theater, deploying loudspeakers from the Event Series of D.A.S. Audio. Total Audio & Visual Solutions oversaw the installation.

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BATON ROUGE, LA — Baton Rouge based Premier Production & Sound Services, LLC has teamed with JBL to create the PSS/JBL Louisiana Entertainment Artist Recovery Program. After the recent flooding in the Baton Rouge and surrounding areas, many local musicians, DJs and entertainers lost their audio equipment. This program will provide no cost use of JBL EON612 Stage monitor Powered Speaker Systems to those affected by the flooding. 

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NEW YORK — New York University School of Law selects the Shure DDS 5900 Digital Discussion System for the multipurpose meeting rooms in the Law School facilities. The system combines a microphone, loudspeaker, interpretation audio and user controls into one integrated system for sound in any sized room.

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DENVER — Bassnectar filled the stadium that is home to the Colorado Rapids soccer team in the Denver suburb of Commerce City with its EDM beat on July 30. Brown Note Productions supported the concert with a d&b audiotechnik sound system for some 24,000 attendees.

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PORTLAND, OR – Ear Trumpet Labs is a small family business which handcrafts each microphone in a workshop in Portland, OR. When it celebrates its fifth anniversary this fall, its year will include high sales growth, placements with a slate of top artists and a new product launch.

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SOUTH GREENSBORO, NC — The Church On 68 recently replaced their sound system because of its uneven coverage. Selah Media Productions designed and deployed the new system, drawing from the catalog of WorxAudio Technologies to bring new energy to its services.

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance announces two upcoming training classes for live event professionals. One is in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 20, one day before the LDI 2016 tradeshow opens, while the other is on Monday, Nov. 28, one day prior to the Event Safety Summit in Lititz, PA.

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NEW YORK – The ESTA Board of Directors has honored two groups of volunteers with the Volunteer of the Year Award: the Technical Standards Program’s Stage Lifts Working Group and the ETCP Subject Matter Experts for the Portable Power Distribution Technician Certificate.

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