BEIRUT, Lebanan — Turbosound partner Thunder Electronics installed a new sound system for Ora, a lounge bar located on the city’s Dbayeh Seaside Highway. The setup includes eight TCX-8 passive two-way loudspeakers, two TCX-15 passive two-ways, and a TXD-215 twin 15” subwoofer, according to Thunder Electronics’ Louay Agha.
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SAN DIEGO, CA — VUE Audiotechnik announced the completion of three distribution agreements that will extend the company’s reach into key territories throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Amber Technology is now VUE’s exclusive distribution partner in Australia and New Zealand; Chungbo Sound signs on as VUE’s distributor in South Korea; and PT Sarana Generasi Bintang assumes distribution duties in Indonesia.
Read More »GREENFIELD, IN — Mid-America Sound, based here, will hold a Yamaha CL Series Orientation/Learning Session and Open House on Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 1pm to 8pm. The address is 6643 West 400 N., Greenfield, IN 46140.
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BUDANG, South Korea — In 2012, a DiGiCo SD7 was installed in Jiguchon Church in the South Korea’s Bundang New City. Since then, four more of the company’s mixers have now been installed in another church in the city, the new 4,000-capacity Manna Methodist Church, which serves up to 10,000 worshippers per week.
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The new Micro Stage from Sommer Cable is a highly flexible AES/EBU compliant microphone cable for live/stage and studio technology. It features a wave impedance of 110 ohms, a compact cable diameter of 5.8 mm and compact XLR connectors as well, making the product well-suited for use as a patch or MIDI cable.
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ANAHEIM, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) played a major role in parent company’s 125th anniversary celebration, providing the sound system used at a concert held at the Disney’s Hyperion Theatre during the NAMM Show in Anaheim. YCAS managed all live audio production equipment requirements including the design and implementation of a large-scale Dante network from inputs to speakers and were on hand for assistance to guest artist engineers.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Engineer Michael Jackson of BPIAudio recently used a Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing console supplied by Creative Technology for Salesforce.com’s annual meeting here, dubbed “The Cloud Computing Industry Event of the Year.” The meeting was held during the DreamForce 2012 vendor conference, which drew close to 14,000 participants and occupied Moscone Center’s entire South Hall.
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PARK CITY, UT — For the Grub Steak Miner Room and Moose Room, Performance Audio provided a Symetrix Jupiter 12 App-Based Turnkey DSP loaded with nearly 40 customized presets. Grub Steak’s managers and regular clients can now select the presets and adjust input and output volumes from their smartphones using Symetrix ARC-WEB technology.
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RIO RANCHO, NM — For the football field at V. Sue Cleveland High School, based here, Sound and Signal Systems (Albuquerque, NM) designed and installed a system that centers on three Community R-Series loudspeaker systems.
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LOS ANGELES — ATK Audiotek supported the 55th Grammy Awards, held in Staples Center here Feb. 10, with a sound system centered on JBL loudspeakers. The L-R setup started with12 VTX V25 fullsize line array elements per side for the main PA, with additional left-right columns of 12 V25 per side for out fill, along with a center cluster of 18 VTX S28 arrayable subwoofers in cardioid mode (two arrays of nine S28 subs each), for a total of 66 VTX loudspeakers. Six VRX932 Constant Curvature loudspeakers served as front fill, with left-right rear delay arrays of eight VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array elements each. Crown amplifiers powered the speakers.
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WASHINGTON, DC — As is typical, President Obama’s second inauguration in late January was accompanied by a wide variety of private parties and other celebratory events. All Stage & Sound, Inc., Laytonsville, MD, which supported activities held at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, the United States Institute of Peace, The Italian Embassy, Cafe Milano and elsewhere, relied upon K-array gear, which is distributed by Sennheiser.
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Radial Engineering’s StageBug SB-4 Piezo direct box promises to solve the problems associated with amplifying acoustic instruments when using piezo-electric transducers.
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