BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems noted that, following the retirement of Read Wineland, Michael Frank moves into the role of Eastern North America sales development director; Mark Wentz moves into the position of regional manager for the South Central territory; Ashley Smith joins Biamp as the area manager for South Texas; and Jay Paul becomes the company’s new Mid-Atlantic regional manager.
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NEW YORK — For New 42nd Street Studios, a rehearsal space and performing arts complex, director of production David Jensen chose FBT’s Archon 112’s and 115’s for a project that upgraded the audio gear used for eight of the studios. Italian Speaker Imports supplied the gear. Jensen consulted with Simon Nathan, owner of Audio Production Services and a longtime associate, on the audio gear selection.
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PARIS — The Plaza Athénée Hotel’s luxury Bar du Plaza Athénée features a new Amadeus speaker system designed by scenographer Etienne Berard from Atelier A/V. The system is designed to complement the bar’s modern, comfortable and stylish design.
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NICHINAN-CITY, Japan – For a 200-capacity recital area at Wakasugi Nursery School, Masaki Morimoto, co-owner of Morimoto Naniwa Sound Projects, specified an Ashly Audio ne24.24M processor with an Ashly FR-16 remote fader controller for adjusting input and output levels along with Ashly’s iPad control for scene selection.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — Faith Miracle Temple installed a point-source Danley Sound Labs sound reinforcement system within its 1,100-capacity sanctuary. Don Ludwig of Ludwig Marketing, acoustician Doug Jones of Danley Sound Labs and Integrated Systems Group-STL (ISG), based in St. Louis, teamed up on the project.
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COSTA MESA, CA and DUBAI, UAE – QSC announced that it will be teaming with Dubai-based AV marketing & sales consultancy VIVID Audiovisual Media. Pictured here, from left, is Chris Hellmuth, Managing Director of Vivid and Glen Harris, QSC Director of Sales EAME (Systems Group).
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LONDON – British heavy metal band, Bullet For My Valentine (BFMV), recently supported Slipknot on their latest tour, Summer’s Last Standing, carrying Allen & Heath mixers to manage FOH and Monitors. Comprising a GLD-80 at FOH, with an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmount Control Surface for monitors, BFMV’s FOH Engineer, Dave Nutbrown (pictured here, right), and monitor engineer, Adam Boole (left), connected the systems via ACE using a single CAT5 cable.
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan – Aiming to bring a “taste of Vegas” to Kyzylorda in Kazakhstan, the Aray Club was recently equipped with a NEXT-proaudio sound reinforcement system, distributed by the manufacturer’s Kazakhstan distributor Sound Light Systems.
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MONTREAL – Solotech (Montreal) has recently installed a Yamaha Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) system in two new pubs in and around the Montreal area, Ye Olde Orchard Pub and Lord William Pub (pictured here). The pubs each can comfortably seat 200. The CIS system is almost identical in both pubs consisting of one MTX3 processor, five DCP1V4S digital controllers, three XMV4280 amplifiers, 16 VXS8 speakers, two VXS10S and four VS6 speakers, two IF2112 and one IL1115 Installation Series Speakers, two P5000S-CA amplifiers, and two DXR8-CA speakers used for band and DJ monitors.
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NEW YORK – When the SGI-USA New York Culture Center needed a major sound system upgrade in its main auditorium, project consultants SIA Acoustics recommended the VUE Audiotechnik al-4 Subcompact Line Array System, which was then installed by systems integrator Panavid, Inc. The installation at the Buddhist organization’s Union Square center in Manhattan features custom-painted white VUE al-4 speakers paired with VUE V4-i install versions of the V Series systems engines.
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CHAMONIX, France – The SkyWay at Mont Blanc is equipped with an evacuation system by RCF, with the contribution of the installer company CED Impianti. A digital system RCF DXT 9000 certified in accordance with law EN54-16 was used.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The new restaurant, Cala, is chef-owner Gabriela Cámara’s first U.S. restaurant. Among San Francisco’s most highly anticipated restaurant openings of the year, Cala is also one of the first new restaurant projects to address sound design as a key component of a new build. The new Civic Center neighborhood restaurant is the first in San Francisco to feature Meyer Sound Constellation and Libra acoustic systems, implemented to combine ease of conversation and a desired level of “buzz.”
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