BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, U.K. -.After a one-year break, it was business as usual back at Worthy Farm site for this year’s Glastonbury Festival. RG Jones once again turned to the tried and true Martin Audio W8 Longbow system, which again dominated the Pyramid Stage.
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Cerwin-Vega’s P-Series, promising high levels of power, bass, and clarity for DJs, solo acts, ensembles, bands, presenters and others, includes the P1500X (with 1500W peak power, 15″ low-frequency driver, 1.75″ high-frequency driver, and built-in 3-channel mixer; pictured here) and the P1800X sub-woofer (with 2000W peak power and 18″ low-frequency driver).
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Aphex updated the company’s Audio Xciter app for the Android platform of smartphones and tablets, giving Android users the ability to listen to WAV, M4A, WMA and AAC files with sample rates from 8kHz all the way to 48kHz. Additionally, MP3 files are now supported at bit rates of 96 kbps to 320 kbps.
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ANAHEIM, CA —Acoustic Dimensions, TC Furlong and AMT Systems provided a Meyer Sound Constellation system with MICA line arrays for Eastside Christian Church, which offers its congregation a 1,765-seat auditorium here in a space formerly occupied by Boeing Defense Systems.
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HERNING, Denmark —Team Teatret, a theatre company, built a cube-like structure in the pavilion of the MCH Messecenter Herning exhibition center here for its one-man production, Dokumentaristen. Ingvar Cronhammar, the theatre company’s sound engineer, chose K-array gear for the unique performance space, including 12 KP52s, four KMT21s, two KMT18s and a KA10 amplifier.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA – Hosa Technology, a manufacturer of analog and digital connectivity products for musicians and AV pros, has received ISO 9001:2008 certification. Hosa’s ISO project commenced in May 2012 and the company obtained certification on June 20, 2013.
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NASHVILLE – Live sound engineer Matt Fitzgerald is using a DiGiCo SD10 console for monitor mixing on this year’s Frampton’s Guitar Circus tour, which features a long list of accomplished guitarists along with Peter Frampton. Clair Global providing the consoles and full stage package.
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OXFORD, U.K. — Solid State Logic named industry veteran Jay Easley vice president of Live Consoles in the Americas. Easley, most recently with Midas/Klark Teknik, will work closely with the company’s U.S. operation, SSL Inc., to assist with the studio console company’s push into North and South America’s live music marketplace.
Read More »LAS VEGAS, NV – Four-time Grammy Award winning recording engineer, producer, arranger and song writer, James “Bonzai” Caruso, is the featured speaker at the inaugural “Inside the Studio” at IADT (International Academy of Design & Technology) Las Vegas on July 11, 2013. Sponsored by the IADT Audio Production department, the open forum Q&A and “meet & greet” session is at the school’s new industry-standard recording and mixing studio, Vegas View Recording. The event is free and open to the public.
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ARLINGTON, TX – As a global set of conferences operating under the slogan ‘ideas worth spreading,’ TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conferences focus on the convergence of the three fields that comprise its name. The TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations, and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis. Recently, the TEDxUTA event was sponsored by The University of Texas at Arlington and, to help ensure consistent audio quality for this real-time streamed over the Internet event without a maze of cables, a pair of DNTBOB 88 Dante breakout boxes from Rio Rancho, NM-based Lectrosonics were placed into service.
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NASHVILLE — For this year’s CMA Music Festival, held at Riverside Park here June 6-9, Morris Light & Sound provided new NEXO STM line arrays, PS15s, RS18 Ray Subs, 4×4 NXAmps, 45 N-12 line monitors, Yamaha CL5 digital consoles and Rio3224 input/output boxes, all connected via a Dante network.The event drew a record 44,000 the first day and more than 162,000 for the four-day span.
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BEDFORDSHIRE, UK – Cadac has announced an expansion of its marketing team with the creation of dedicated brand development and brand marketing positions, and the appointment of Richard ‘Fez’ Ferriday and James Godbehear, respectively, to these positions (pictured here, L-R). Both had previously held similar positions at Midas/Klark Teknik.
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