LOS ANGELES – Lawo North America Corp. (Lawo NA) named Jim Duvall, based here, product support manager. Duvall has considerable experience on broadcast productions, post production and live events. Prior to Lawo, Duvall worked as senior audio Engineer for Sky TV New Zealand, where he worked extensively on Lawo consoles.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Concept Audio, based here, announced that, excluding the Shure DIS product line, it has been named a distributor of Shure products in Malaysia since March 1, 2014. Staff members are pictured here.
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SINGAPORE — Allen & Heath announced that Electronics & Engineering Pte Ltd (E&E) has been named as the new Singaporean and Malaysian distributor for Allen & Heath. Pictured here, from left, are Bardy Hayes and Alex Schloesser, Global Market Management Inc.; Gary Goh, E&E; Glenn Rogers and Debbie Maxted, Allen & Heath; and Kelly Trader, Global Market Management Inc.
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Allen & Heath has released a new firmware update for its Qu Series of compact digital mixers. Downloadable from the website, v1.4 introduces several new features, including multiple access user permissions, Windows drivers for multitrack streaming, per scene recall filters and FX user libraries.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems named John Lamberson regional sales manager for the Great Lakes region in the U.S. Lamberson will be responsible for sourcing new business opportunities while supporting the company’s existing client base with sales and customer service initiatives. Based in Illinois, Lamberson will report to Biamp’s Read Wineland.
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SAN JOSE, CA — To enhance the audio support for participants and listeners in its various services and theatrical programs, Cathedral of Faith here is relying on an assortment of H6 Headset and E6 Earset microphones from Menlo Park, CA-based Countryman Associates. Pictured here is one of the church’s theatrical productions where the Countryman gear is put to good use.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA—Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announced the first Midwest demos of the new Yamaha QL Series Digital Consoles, which are priced to bring such CL console features such as all-in-one mixing, processing, and routing capability within reach of those with small- to medium-sized budgets. The consoles target applications from live tour sound to house of worship installations, corporate AV and speech applications. TC Furlong Inc. is helping host the free demo events.
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VANCOUVER, BC — San Francisco-based McCune Audio/Video/Lighting collaborated with Arup Acoustic Consulting on the system design for the TED2014 Conference here, supporting the multi-faceted needs of the event with a Meyer Sound M’elodie P.A. system and DPA Microphones.
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BALTIMORE — For the National Aquarium’s Blacktip Reef, a replicated Indo-Pacific reef ecosystem, Electrosonic worked with Nelson White Systems of Towson, MD to support the exhibit’s audio needs with QSC Audio gear including a Q-Sys Core 500i Integrated System Platform, AcousticDesign Loudspeakers and CX Series Amplifiers.
Read More »CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — The NSCA Education Foundation noted that the fundraising challenge initiated by Shure Inc. has been met, and more than $50,000 has been raised for the NSCA Education Foundation.
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SAN DIEGO — With their highly anticipated summer tour kicking off in just a few short weeks, Neon Trees are keeping busy polishing their trademark sound to a mirror-like finish at their Provo, Utah studio. Along for the ride on this year’s tour is a unique cross-stage monitoring and front-fill solution designed around VUE Audiotechnik’s al-8 and al-4 line array systems. (VUE components can be seen here with bassist Branden Campbell).
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GAINESVILLE, GA — Danley Sound Labs recently hosted one of an ongoing series of training sessions attended by some of its international distributors. Key members of Finnish distributor LF Imports came to Danley’s headquarters here in February, followed in March by members of Singapore distributor The Soundsmith and German distributor Carsten Eichstaedt-BLL-Veranstaltungstechnik.
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