KIRKLAND, WA — Lift Distribution, based here, was named best distributor for Czech Republic-based KV2 Audio’s products in the Asian Pacific region for 2012. Lift Distribution also distributes KV2 Audio products in the U.S. and Canada. Pictured here are, from left, Dave Christenson and David Ellis of Lift, David Croxton of KV2, Steve Palermo of Lift and George Krampera Jr. of KV2.
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PORTO, Portugal — Next-proaudio, a loudspeaker manufacturer based here, announced at Prolight+Sound that Real Music Acoustics & Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. would serve as its distributor for China, Hong Kong and Macau, and that Newstar Music and Technology is now its exclusive distributor for Vietnam.
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CAPE CORAL, FL — Grace Church, which serves its congregation in Florida with four houses of worship, recently updated its Cape Coral campus with a new audio system that includes a WorxAudio TrueLine X5i-P line array system. Creative Sound Solutions owner Tony Flammia made the recommendation for the church’s 100-by-60-foot sanctuary, which features a cathedral-type ceiling.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Allen & Heath named ARS Technologies, based here, as its exclusive distributor in Argentina. Established for 12 years, the company already distributes other leading audio brands including Turbosound, Sennheiser and TC Electronic.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Innovason distributor La Mesa noted recently how the New Wine International Church here opted to bring in an Innovason digital console for the church’s Easter celebrations as a way to both mix the sound levels for the live service and record it for posterity — even though the church already has an analog mixing console.
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STOW, OH — Audio-Technica U.S. named industry veteran Gary Dixon sales engineer — installed sound. Dixon will work with Mark Donovan, also sales engineer — installed sound. Both report to David March, Audio-Technica’s U.S. director of sales and marketing, Installed Sound and Broadcast.
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LOS ANGELES — For Rihanna’s Diamonds world tour, which is traveling through the U.S. and Canada from March through May 2013 before heading oversees, Eighth Day Sound is providing a d&b audiotechnik PA setup along with a pair of DiGiCo SD7s manned by Kyle Hamilton at FOH and Ed Ehrbar on monitors.
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AUSTIN, TX — At Threadgills during SXSW 2013, Bob Schneider, West Water Outlaws, The Lost Brothers, James McMurtry and Shooter Jennings all performed with an assist from Allen & Heath mixing consoles — the first four on a GLD-80 provided by the venue, and the latter on a pair of iLive T-112s provided by Leo Sound.
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KORIYAMA, Japan — The Big Palette Fukushima convention and exhibition hall reopened last fall, 19 months after devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked eastern Japan on March 11, 2011. One Systems 108IM and 112IM speakers play a key role in the renovated audio system at the facility.
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LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES — 3G Productions Inc., a multifaceted audio company based in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, recently acquired a Martin Audio MLA system to provide greater sound control at electronic dance music festivals, and to expand the company’s touring capabilities.
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AUSTIN, TX — FOH engineer Brad Madix, who joined the 2013 portion of Rush’s Clockwork Angels tour as it kicked off from the Frank Erwin Center here April 23, may be an old hand with the band — this is his fifth tour with the timeless Canadian rockers. But this time out, there was something new: an onstage string section — six violins and two cellos — directly behind the drum kit. Radial’s newest addition to its line of DI boxes, the PZ-DI, were developed just in time to serve as a solution to the new challenge Madix faced.
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