LOS ANGELES, CA — The Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) began when iconic music venues along the famous boulevard banded together for a collaborative live music event. It has since expanded into the street, and for 2013 edition, Sound Image supported Linkin Park, Street Drum Corps, Finch, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and AWOLnation with Harman components including a JBL VTX system and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers.
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The G-TOUR SIEXP series of cases from Gator Cases are designed to transport Soundcraft’s Si Expression series, including the console-maker’s 16, 24 and 32 channel boards.
Read More »DALY CITY, CA — The Avid S3L, a brand new modular, networked design for live sound mixing, is now shipping. Avid S3L promises the performance, sound quality and features that countless live sound professionals have come to rely on in a system architecture that’s built for the future. The new modular Avid S3L System is comprised of an innovative high-performance HDX-powered processing engine running VENUE software and AAX DSP plug-ins, scalable remote I/O, a compact EUCON-enabled control surface, and Pro Tools® software for integrated live sound mixing and recording.
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BALTIMORE — DiGiCo, Event Tech and Group One, Ltd. are joint sponsors of a two-day Masters Series seminar set for Baltimore Aug. 27-28. The free two-day event is designed to give new and advanced DiGiCo users everything they need to get a show up and going. It will be held at Event Tech’s facility at 7601 Brandon Woods Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21226; 410.360.5006.
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NEW YORK, NY — Masque Sound promoted Stephanie Hansen, who first joined the company in 2004, vice president. She will also continue to perform in her role of general manager, a title she has held since 2008. Her new position includes an expanded focus on the development and acquisition of new business.
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ANDOVER, MA –– Fishman named Bill Norton VP of Retail Sales. Formerly a professional musician with a background in global distribution and sales, Norton also spent several years as Chief Operating Officer at New Hampshire-based Earthworks Microphones before joining Fishman.
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – Whisky A Go-Go, a nightclub based here, is known as the launching pad for a variety of high profile acts over the years. The venue recently added its first digital mixing consoles – Behringer X32s – at FOH and monitors. The consoles got high marks from Leonard Contreras, production manager and front of house engineer for the club.
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OSAKA, Japan – The Hibino Corporation, one of the biggest entertainment production companies in Japan, has purchased Martin Audio’s Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system. The purchase includes four MLA System 36 rigs plus an additional four MLD downfill and four MLX subwoofers. This gives them a combined inventory of 92 MLA, 8 MLD, and 52 MLX enclosures. The new system promises to cover venues like Nagai Stadium in Osaka (pictured here) without requiring the use of delays.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — At Summerfest 2013, Clearwing Productions provided an Outline GTO-based speaker system to support the audio requirements at Miller Lite Oasis Stage. Featured acts and genres at the 15,000-capacity venue ranged from Diplo (EDM), Dropkick Murphys (Celtic punk) and Imagine Dragons (rock) to Leann Rimes (country) and Nelly (rap).
Read More »WEST CHESTER, PA — Aviom, based here, announced a licensing agreement with Portland, OR-based Audinate to integrate Audinate’s Dante digital audio networking technology into the Aviom line of personal mixing products. The agreement promises to simplify the connection of Aviom personal mixers to digital consoles that offer Dante connectivity.
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Telefunken Elektroakustik adds two new dynamics for instrumental and vocal miking. The new “Shorty” compact M80-SH provides the bright, open sound of the standard M80, while the new low profile “Shorty” M81-SH produces the darker, richer tones of the M81. These alternative lower profile versions with built in mic clips are ideal for tight applications where a lower profile microphone with right angle XLR cable is preferable. Both have a $249 MSRP and include a 5-meter XLR cable with a right-angle female connector.
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RF Venue offers a range of accessories to optimize the performance of any pro wireless system. The CP Beam™ antenna (left in photo) is a circularly polarized beam antenna designed for long range operation with wireless microphone systems, IEMs and other UHF devices from 468 to 740 MHz and 950 MHz. The RF Spotlight,™ a 19-inch diameter hemispherical antenna, is designed to be used on a floor in conjunction with wireless mics, IEMs, IFB or other 468 to 740 MHz units. The Diversity Fin™ antenna, intended for use with wireless 468 to 740 MHz UHF receivers, incorporates dual branch diversity reception and makes use of orthogonal, directional LPDA and bidirectional dipole elements for improved performance.
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