Bag End’s CD-15, the company’s first loudspeaker in its new Venus series, was launched at Winter NAMM 2013. Bagend touts the CD-15 as compact, powerful and faithful in sound reproduction, “especially for complex transient sound.”
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HOUSTON — Wes Matthew, owner of Puresound, has been using the RF Spotlight antenna from RF Venue to overcome the challenges posed by the crowded radio frequency spectrum in the Houston area, including signal dropouts and RF interference. One of the more recent cases where RF Spotlight helped solve problems was at a megachurch equipped with lavaliers and handheld wireless microphones linked to Sennheiser ew 100 G3 receivers.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA – Hosa Technology, based here, named Metro-Marketing, which has offices in Paris, France and Santa Barbara, CA, as its distributor for Europe and Western Asia.
Read More »LINCOLN, NE — Battling health issues that ranged from the diagnosis of a bleeding ulcer in January to pneumonia in both lungs earlier this month, Morrissey, 53, has been forced to cancel the remaining 22 tour dates on his on-again, off-again North American tour, which had been set to run through May 1. There are no plans to reschedule the shows, said Morrissey’s publicist, Lauren Papapietro.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO — The Open Control Architecture (OCA) Alliance, the industry collective developing, and working to standardize, a media networking system control standard for professional applications, recently added three new associate members – Attero Tech, LLC, Audinate Pty. Ltd, and Waves Audio.
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ABBOTSFORD, BC, Canada — Sound Art Calgary provided the sound system driven by dual SD8-36 consoles at FOH and monitors to bring Pink Floyd’s music and showmanship back to fans via a tribute tour across the U.S. and Canada. The 26-city tour, called The Pink Floyd Experience (PFX), took place in February and March. It was produced by Annerin Productions.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL — Florida Sound Engineering helped the new owners of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars update the player locker room and nearby facilities with a new AV system that makes use of the Jupiter 8 app-based turn-key DSP from Symetrix.
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HONG KONG — Max Production Ltd, based here, recently underwent full technical training covering Martin Audio’s MLA and MLA Compact systems. The soundco, based here, is one of the first in the Far East to adopt the MLA sound systems.
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MARCOUSSIS, France — L-Acoustics named Emma Beer to the newly created position of communications manager. She will oversee L-Acoustics’ press and media-related activities, including a new social media strategy for 2013.
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MIAMI — Three crew members were injured, two critically, when a section of video screen panels suspended some 30 feet above the Ultra Music Festival’s main stage fell during load-in at Bayfront Park here just before 8 p.m. March 14. After extensive safety checks during daylight hours March 15 by federal OSHA inspectors, the fire marshal and structural engineers, the main stage was approved for use and festival performances set for March 15-17 and 22-24 proceeded as planned.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The Anschutz Company announced that while it had been seeking a buyer for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) since Sept. 2012, no suitable offer has been made. As a result, AEG is no longer for sale. In a statement released March 14, The Anschutz Company’s owner, Philip Anschutz, also noted that he will be assuming a more hands-on role again with AEG, and that Tim Leiweke, who had served as AEG’s president and CEO since 1996, is stepping down.
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Last year, DiGiCo announced a dramatic boost in the capabilities and functionality of its SD9 consoles via software and firmware upgrades that freed up their FPGA processing power. This year, DiGiCo is announcing further SD9 enhancements for the theatre and broadcast markets.
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