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GC Pro and The Stopper Group Enhance Salerno Winery’s Sound

GC Pro and The Stopper Group Enhance Salerno Winery’s Sound

RAMONA, CA — Salerno Winery, located in the historic Ramona Valley American Viticultural Area, is a boutique winery that opened in 1998 by former opera singer Herman Salerno and his wife Rose. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) and The Stopper Group recently provided a multi-zone distributed audio system that includes 18 JBL Control 25 speakers, a QSC power amp, QSC powered speakers, a Mackie mixer, and Radio Design Labs preamps and switchers, as well as all mounting hardware, brackets, connectors and cables.

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JBL Essence

VER Tour Provides JBL VTX, Crown I-Tech Gear for the Essence Music Festival

NEW ORLEANS – The 19th Essence Music Festival, held here July 4-7, drew big crowds with headliners including Beyoncé, Maxwell, New Edition, Keyshia Cole, LL Cool J and Jill Scott. For the main stage in the Superdome, VER Tour Sound (VER) provided a JBL VTX line array system powered by Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers to overcome the challenge posed by the venue’s 125 million feet of cubic space.

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POD HD Pro X

Line 6 POD HD Pro X

CALABASAS, CA – Line 6, Inc. recently introduced the new POD HD Pro X guitar multi-effects processor and studio interface, replacing the POD HD Pro. Like another recent introduction, the POD HD500X, Line 6’s POD HD Pro X features more DSP processing power than before, giving musicians greater flexibility for creating complex signal paths and unique, intricate tones.

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Nicolas Billot

In Memoriam: Nicolas Billot, 30

VALENCIA, Spain — Nicolas Billot, marketing manager at Equipson, based here, died Sept. 24 in a traffic accident as he was heading home after a day at work, according to Juan Jose Vila, vice president of product & marketing at Equipson. Billot was 30 years old. “It’s a huge loss,” Vila said, of his friend and colleague, “who had a full life ahead to live. This has been a full shock for all of us, and we are very dismayed for this unexpected misfortune.”

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Steve Johnson, Community Professional CEO

Community Pro Names Steve Johnson CEO

CHESTER, PA — Community Professional Loudspeakers named Steve Johnson CEO.  Johnson has more than 25 years of engineering, marketing and management experience in the pro audio and communications industries. Prior to Community, Johnson held executive positions at Bosch, Harman and Shure.

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AERO 12A

D.A.S. Audio Announces Manufacturing Milestone

MIAMI – With more than 40 years in the industry and an extensive background in sound reinforcement solutions, D.A.S. Audio continues to hit milestones. In July the company announced that it had manufactured the 10,000th unit of its Aero 12A powered line array systems. The unit, painted gold, appears here with D.A.S. Audio staff members.

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Musicians at the 2013 Hot Springs Music Festival perform with Shure microphones

2013 Hot Springs Music Festival Crew Relies on Shure Mics

HOT SPRINGS, AR — Each year, more than 200 international musicians collaborate to put on more than 20 concerts for an audience of 10,000 at the Hot Springs Music Festival. This year’s festival, held from June 2-15, included the use of a variety of microphones from Shure including the KSM32, KSM44, KSM313, Beta 181, Beta 27 and VP82, among others.

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The Glass Menagerie, Bolger Smith - Photos by Michael J. Lutch

Broadway’s “Glass Menagerie” Supported by Masque Sound

NEW YORK — Masque Sound provided a custom audio equipment package for the latest production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie. The production is currently playing on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. It officially opens on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, and its 17-week run is slated to conclude on Jan.  5, 2014.

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