POTTERS BAR, U.K. — Dominic Harter has rejoined Harman to head up Soundcraft’s global sales operation, following the promotion of Adrian Curtis to VP Sales of the Harman Professional EMEA sales team. Harter, who first joined Harman in 1998, has spent the last 10 years with Turbosound, where he was director of R&D before becoming sales director.
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Costa Mesa, CA – QSC Audio Products has launched its AcousticPerformance™ line of two-way, full-range loudspeakers for installed sound reinforcement applications which require higher SPL and a stylish enclosure. All feature 3-inch voice coils, high power-capacity compression drivers and high-output woofers to deliver full bandwidth reproduction. AcousticPerformance models can be used in passive (full-range) mode to minimize amplifier channel count or bi-amp mode for greater control and performance. To further enhance performance, bi-amp and full-range tunings using QSC Intrinsic Correction techniques are available for Q-Sys™ and future QSC products.
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan — Allen & Heath has appointed a new distribution partner in Taiwan called Seapower. The company has close contacts with Allen & Heath’s Chinese distributor, Sanecore, and therefore has access to a wealth of product knowledge and experience with the brand.
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LUTON, Bedfordshire, U.K. — Cadac Holdings Ltd. named David Kan CEO and Nick Fletcher director of research and development. Kan, who has a business management background in Malaysia and the U.K., joined Cadac affiliate Soundking Europe in 2009. Fletcher has been a member of the Cadac engineering team for more than 20 years.
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LONDON — Sound designer Richard Brooker is using a DiGiCo SD7T console with Waves SoundGrid and plugins for the new stage musical adaptation of the film, The Bodyguard, which recently opened at the Adelphi Theatre here.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA — Croatian émigré Tajci has been filling venues ranging from small church spaces to 1,000-seat auditoriums with inspirational music supported by a Bose L1 Model II portable line array and T1 ToneMatch audio engine.
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FORT WORTH, TX — Chris Jordan of Electro Acoustics worked with construction industry veteran Bill Smith on an ambitious project: to restore an architecturally significant Lions Club and relaunch it as the Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge. Jordan, who worked on the venue’s acoustics and audio system, steered Smith toward a Midas PRO2.
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LONDON — Stage Electrics continues to invest in pro audio equipment for their rental department with the recent purchase of two Yamaha CL5 digital consoles plus four RIO 3224-D and two RIO1608-D racks.
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LONDON — For the Relentless Energy Drink Freeze Festival, which brought two days of top-flight snowboarding, skiing and live music to southwest London’s Battersea Power Station in late October, Capital Sound provided a Martin Audio LC system with 218 subs for the main stage. The event featured Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, DJ Shadow, Mark Ronson and Zane Lowe, among others.
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MALANG, Indonesia – For a new 1,600-seat auditorium and 150-seat recital hall at the Southeast Asia Bible Seminary (SEABS) here, Jakarta-based AV integrator PT Gracia Auvindo designed and installed systems including Symetrix’s Solus 8 and Jupiter 4 processors.
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WAPAKONETA, OH – RG Sound & Communications included an Ashly Pema 8125.70 integrated processor and amplifier as part of an audio upgrade that was included with a broader $30 million renovation project at the Auglaize County Courthouse here.
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