POTTERS BAR, U.K. — FOH engineer and production manager Byrony October supported performances earlier this year of British singer songwriter (and Chase & Status collaborator) Delilah with a Soundcraft Si Performer digital console. She credited the console’s compact size and for its FaderGlow and color backlit name displays on every channel.
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MONTERREY, Mexico — Audio Systems Del Norte, based in Guadalupe, near here, added to their inventory of Adamson Systems’ Y-Axis, SpekTrix, T21 Subs, and M Series with a 32-box E15 rig. The company has already put the new gear to use in support of a tour featuring Dos Pájaros Contraatacan (Two Counter Attacking Birds), which began in Puebla Oct. 15 and ended in Aguascalientes on Nov. 1, 2012.
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PORTLAND, OR — Audinate announced the first phase of its global expansion, naming Landon Gentry manager of global support services. Gentry, based at Audinate’s U.S. headquarters here, will lead the company’s worldwide support organization, and will take particular responsibility for directly supporting U.S.-based manufacturers of Dante-enabled products.
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HOUSTON — Onstage Systems supplied the audio system for the main stage of the Something Wicked Festival Oct. 27 in Houston. Billed as Texas’s first large-scale Halloween-oriented electronic dance music festival, the event featured international, national and local DJs including Zedd, Nero and Flux Pavilion.
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FORT COLLINS, CO — Kris Johnson at Sight and Sound Technologies Inc. helped Pastor Aaron Stern of Mill City Church come up with a portable audio system that includes a DiGiCo SD11 console. Mill City Church operates out of the University Center for the Arts building on the Colorado State University Campus here every Sunday.
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AFMG announced the availability of EASE Focus version 2.2, which was first released in Oct. 2012. Among other enhancements, EASE Focus 2.2 supports conventional “box-type” loudspeakers in a mixed project together with line arrays. A maximum of 16 sound sources can be combined to a complex system, opening up a wide array of potential applied uses, including front-fills, side-fills, under-balcony systems, delay lines, etc., in all possible combinations with the main systems.
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CHESTER, PA — Community Professional Loudspeakers has noted that it has gained EN54-24 certification for its R-Series R1, R2 and R6 loudspeaker systems. EN54-24 is the harmonized EU standard for loudspeakers for use in fire detection and fire alarm systems.
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LAS VEGAS, NV — Designed from a sound reinforcement perspective, specifically for live stage performance — while equally suitable for studio recording — is the SanGreal Gold Series amplifier. The unit combines a neodymium ribbon driver, advanced woofer and state-of-the-art preamp, control, effects and 400 watts of biamplification for full range reproduction of guitars, harps, violins, pianos, harmonicas, mandolins, banjos, brass, woodwinds, accordions and more. Optional tube preamps provide the choice of ultra-clean sound, classic warm tonality or a bluesy groove.
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The passive ZX1-Sub is the latest member of Electro-Voice’s compact and lightweight ZX loudspeaker family. Its EV-engineered 12” EVS-12S woofer operates in the 42 Hz to 200 Hz (-10 dB) frequency range and boasts a frequency response of 53 Hz to 125 Hz (-3 dB). The nominal impedance of the subwoofer is 8 ohms and its maximum sound pressure level is 127 dB. A 15mm-thick internally braced wooden enclosure with two side handles, structured coating and a sturdy steel grille are standard.
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HOUSTON – Onstage Systems supplied a full L-Acoustics K1 stadium system for the main stage of the Something Wicked Festival, held Oct. 27 at Sam Houston Race Park. Onstage Systems, based in Dallas, recently added the L-Acoustics K1 system to their rental inventory, and the festival received positive reviews for sound in The Houston Post. Something Wicked was Texas’s first large-scale Halloween-oriented electronic dance music festival.
Read More »OTTAWA, Canada — Although Ontario Ministry of Labor officials issued a report earlier this year finding no evidence of structural defects that led to the July 18, 2011 collapse of the overhead stage structure during a Cheap Trick performance at the Ottawa Bluesfest, newly-published details cite the crew’s inability to quickly cut ties securing the structure’s fabric walls as a key factor contributing to wind loads on the structure as the storm hit the area.
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ELKHART, IN — Harman Professional recently completed a in-depth technology and training program here to help its staff support customer needs. Harman’s Chris Vice noted that the program also provided RSO leadership with valuable feedback on a range of issues.
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