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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LITTLE ROCK, AR — Cabot High School, recognized as a “Center for Excellence” by the Arkansas Dept. of Education, recently had Curtis Stout Audio Visual install Bose RoomMatch loudspeakers with PowerMatch amplifiers and ControlSpace DSP as part of a sound system upgrade for their renovated auditorium.
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WASHINGTON, DC — For a conference room used by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), based here, Metropolitan Audio Visual Company (Metro AV)’s David Wilkins chose a a SpectraPulse Ultra Wideband (UWB) Wireless Microphone System from Audio-Technica.
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NEW YORK — Sound engineer Raul Mendez has been relying upon DPA Microphones for guitarist Paco Peña’s current tour in the U.S. and U.K. Mendez selected the d:vote 4099 Instrument mics, 4061 Omni Miniature mics and d:fine Headset mics for the tour, crediting them for help in achieving consistent sound quality as the tour moves to different venues.
Read More »Allen & Heath has updated its GLD digital mixing system firmware to V1.1, adding a range of enhancements including support for the newly-launched GLD iPad app and ME personal mixing system, new Graphic EQ emulations, and customer requested additions to Scene management functionality.
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WASHINGTON DC — When audio integrator Maryland Sound International (MSI) was once again tasked with supplying the main audio system for President Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration on Jan. 21, the company relied upon two Optocore Networks for signal distribution and monitoring.
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ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD — Noting increasing concerns of security breaches from traditional copper cabling expanding from the government AV to the corporate AV sector, FiberPlex has recently hired pro audio veterans Doug Schwartz and Kyle Rosenbloom along with government systems expert Mitchell Abel.
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