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The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon at Extron Electronics with Meyer Sound gear

Extron’s Headquarters Restaurant/Saloon Taps Meyer Sound MICA

ANAHEIM, CA — Extron Electronics, a professional AV system integration products manufacturer, worked with Allstage Pro to equip The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon, a country music and dancing venue located on the ground floor of Extron’s new corporate headquarters here, with a Meyer Sound system centered around MICA line array loudspeakers.

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Soul of a Tradeshow

It’s been a couple weeks since InfoComm 2012 and by all accounts, this year’s event was one of the most successful shows that organization has presented in recent memory. (Note: For highlights and insights on InfoComm 2012, CLICK HERE). Attendance was up, there was no shortage of new technology, new tools and new toys to check out, and the vibe among attendees — both exhibitors and visitors — was uncompromisingly positive. All of the above are good signs that bode well for the overall health of the industry.

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InfoComm12

Product Hits from InfoComm 2012

From June 9-16, 34,268 AV professionals from 90 countries came to Las Vegas for InfoComm 2012, the annual conference and exhibition for the audiovisual and information communications industries. The week-long event offered dozens of seminars, training sessions, technical tours and educational programs, as well as the tradeshow floor, which featured 933 exhibitors displaying the latest AV technology in 487,000 square feet of exhibit and special events space.

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Fig. 1: Directivity of a 12-inch woofer from 350 to 6k Hz. The woofer’s directivity narrows sharply at frequencies above the point where the wavelength is equal to the driver diameter. Figures are from Leo Beranek’s reference standard, Acoustics, and used with permission. Acoustics is available at acousticalsociety.org.

Understanding Crossovers

Every year brings more processing power to all aspects of live sound. Modern loudspeaker processing routinely employs equalization, delay, crossovers, limiting and other advanced DSP processing techniques, such as FIR filters. DSP can be found in standalone processors, in amplifiers or built into powered speakers.

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The finished stage, as seen during opening soundcheck

eTown Hall, Boulder, CO

SIA Acoustics Helps Shape the Sound in eTown’s New Performing Arts Facility

It starts with a phone call… or an email. “I want to build a studio or a sound stage or even a concert hall.” Usually, it’s the owner, just starting out and wondering how to move forward. Sometimes, it’s an architect or even a construction manager, hired on and wondering how to turn a mostly amorphous vision for a facility into drawings and either a new building or a renovation of an existing space. Some discussion of the project’s program, what the facility’s intended to do, and its space requirements, budget and goals — both operational and initial capital needs, as well as potential cash flow — will quickly reveal how realistic (or unrealistic) the concept is. These calls come often. Sometimes there is a second or even third call. Some of these turn into real projects. It’s all part of the life of an acoustical consulting firm.

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