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In Memoriam: Lon Brannies

Mark Frink Named Editor, FOH Magazine; Mark Herman is Consulting Editor

LAS VEGAS – Timeless Communications, Corp. owners of ProAudioSpace.com, FRONT of HOUSE magazine, the Event Production Directory and producers of the Parnelli Awards is pleased to announce as of April 25, longtime audio practitioner, touring monitor mixer and live sound engineer Mark Frink will take the helm as editor of FRONT of HOUSE and chief moderator on the ProAudioSpace.com website.

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Aphex Adds Charles Boehm to Engineering Team

SUN VALLEY, CA – Aphex added pro audio veteran Charles Boehm to its engineering staff. Boehm joins Aphex after many years as hardware design engineer for Avid Technology's M-Audio division, where he was responsible for heading up design teams behind such products as their Prokeys88 and DCP-200 digital pianos, GSR studio monitors and Midisport USB MIDI interfaces.

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K-array KR400S Makes its U.S. Debut at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK – Lou Mannarino of NY-based L&M Sound & Light recently used K-array's new KR400S for a performance by The New York Philharmonic conducted by Marvin Hamlisch at New York's Avery Fisher Hall, part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. The performance featured guest vocalist Idina Menzel.

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Touring Acts Opt to Stick with Hard Rock Tulsa’s Meyer Sound MICA House Rig

TULSA, OK – When The Joint, a 2,700-seat showroom at Tulsa's Hard Rock Hotel and Casino opened in 2010, it was equipped with a house audio system based around Meyer Sound's MICA line array loudspeakers. These arrays were hoisted on chain motors, because management wanted to offer touring acts the option of flying their own systems. In The Joint's first six months of operation, however, the MICAs have never budged.

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Nordic Rentals Becomes K1/KUDO/KARA Agent

VEJLE, Denmark – Nordic Rentals of Denmark has become an L-Acoustics K1/KUDO/KARA Rental Network Agent. The company recently purchased 48 K1, 36 KUDO and 36 KARA WST line source cabinets, with 24 K1-SB, 40 SB28 and 12 SB18 subwoofers. The system, supplied by L-Acoustics' Danish distributor, Moto Audio Sales, includes LA8 amplified controllers in LA-RAKs with LA-AES3 cards.

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NBA Engineer Puts New Sennheiser Shotgun Mics in the Game

NEW YORK – In his role as senior audio engineer for the NBA, 40-year audio industry veteran Jonathan Freed's job is to make sure that what the camera sees during basketball games, the viewer can hear – as long as the background audio doesn't distract viewers too much from what the announcers are saying.

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Phillip Scobee Joins Electro-Voice as Product Manager, Concert Sound

BURNSVILLE, MN – Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division announced that Phillip Scobee has joined Electro-Voice as product manager, Electro-Voice Concert Sound. Scobee, known for his work with such artists as Kenny Chesney and Sugarland, brings his experience as an end-user to his new position, where he will be responsible for both new and existing Electro-Voice concert product lines.

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Gorbachev Marks 80 Years with Charity Concert; Britannia Row Provides Midas Consoles

LONDON – With 80 candles on your cake, you're entitled to a lot of wishes. How about having Sharon Stone and Kevin Spacey host a charity concert at Royal Albert Hall featuring musical guests Bryan Ferry, Shirley Bassey, Katherine Jenkins, the Scorpions, Paul Anka, The London Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Valery, Gergiev Bolshoi and Mariinsky Soloists, the Igor Krutoi Turetsky Choir, Andrey Gavrilov, among others?

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