LOS ANGELES — Harold Rubens, known for his work as an FOH engineer for dozens of artists who specialize in Christian music, has been using the Yamaha CL5 Digital Audio Console on several tours in 2012 and early 2013.
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PreSonus’ new StudioLive 32.4.2AI 32-channel performance and recording digital mixer promises next-generation Active Integration technology, including a dual-core computing engine with more than 64 times the processing power (and 10,000 times more RAM) than the previous top-of-the-line StudioLive 24.4.2. Its integral communications also makes possible wireless control of the mixer without requiring an external computer.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — PreSonus announced that it has teamed up with Fulcrum Acoustic, which was founded in 2008, as part of its move to add PA speakers and studio monitors to its product line. Separately, PreSonus announced that has licensed Audinate’s Dante digital-media networking technology and will incorporate Dante into optional networking cards for several of its new products.
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Roland Systems Group has announced the availability of a free system update for the Roland V-800HD Multi-format Switcher, pictured here. This new update responds to user requests with more than 10 enhancements.
Read More »OSLO, Norway — For the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Concert, held here, AVAB CAC deployed two Midas XL8s at FOH. One FOH console was dedicated to the needs of the 55-piece Norwegian Radio Orchestra. The second took care of the in-house band and international performers including Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Hudson and Seal. In addition, four Midas PRO9s were used as monitor consoles.
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VANCOUVER, BC — Pulling more than 12,000 fervent fans into Vancouver’s cavernous BC Place, the Contact Winter Music Festival—headlined by Deadmau5—notched a new record as the region’s largest-ever electronic dance music concert. The event also marked the introduction of KiAN Concert Sound Services’ new LEO large-scale sound reinforcement system from Meyer Sound.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX — The Hilton Palacio del Rio here has been equipped with four Symetrix SymNet Solus 8 open-architecture DSP units as part of a modernization plan for 27,000 square feet of meeting space undertaken by Good Thunder Provisioning of Montgomery, TX.
Read More »NAIROBI, Kenya — For the fourth annual Nairobi Rock Fest, headlined by African rockers Skinflint, Ed Williams of EdTheMix provided a Turbosound setup that included TFA-600H, TSW-218, TQ-445 and TMW-115 speaker and subwoofer components at PA and monitor positions.
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LONDON — Focusrite has certified Westlake Village, CA-based Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) as a U.S. dealer for RedNet professional audio networking system. End users interested in Focusrite RedNet can obtain the system via GC Pro.
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ARE, Sweden — SkiStar, based here, recently upgraded the lighting and sound systems offered to guests on the slopes. The audio system upgrade included Technomad loudspeakers.
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ATLANTA — For Passion 2013, which drew some 60,000 Christian college students to the Georgia Dome here Jan. 1-4, FOH engineers Jeff Sandstrom and Stephen Bailey used Avid VENUE consoles (two Profile consoles at FOH and one at Broadcast) and the Waves Mercury and Studio Classics Collection bundles.
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PORTLAND, OR — Audinate named Gary Southwell, a 20-year veteran in technology product management, as its vice president of product management. Prior to Audinate, Southwell served as CTO at BTI Systems and, prior to BTI, as GM of IPTV at Juniper Networks. Southwell also held management roles at Nortel Networks and Ciena.
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