CHICAGO — Audiologist Michael Santucci, founder of Sensaphonics, Inc, has been named Lead Audiology Advisor to Hearing Health Science, Inc. (HHS), a start-up company specializing in hearing research and therapy. HHS is set to launch Soundbites, a nutraceutical supplement developed to help prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
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INDIO, CA – The three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival annually attracts crowds of up to 70,000 a day to see more than 180 international artists perform on six stages at the Empire Polo Club in the California desert. To meet the requirements of the artists performing on the stages in the Mojave and Gobi tents, Rat Sound, the production sound provider for the Coachella Festival for the past eleven years, this year supplied two complete systems comprising a total of 28 EAW MicroWedge12 (MW12) Stage Monitors.
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TROY, AL – Veterans Memorial Stadium, home to the Troy University Trojans, has undergone a series of additions and upgrades over the decades that transformed it from a glorified grandstand to its current capacity of 30,000 fans. All Pro Sound of Pensacola, FL recently revamped the stadium's sound system with Danley's Jericho Horn, the JH-90 (a.k.a. the J1). The sound system now delivers reference-monitor fidelity to every seat in the horseshoe-shaped bowl at 6 dB over the previous system, using just a single JH-90 that is positioned behind the upper portion of the scoreboard.
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LAS VEGAS – Nominations are being accepted online once again for the third annual Indispensable Technology "IT" Awards. The awards competition recognize technologies that have… Read More »Nominations Open for 2011 Indispensable Technology “IT” Awards
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LEICESTERSHIRE, U.K. – The 9th Annual Download festival drew more than 70,000 over three days to Donington Park in central England to hear Def Leppard, Pendulum, System of a Down, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper and others. SSE Audio again supported the event, but this year with a digital network enhanced by the Dante compatibility available via the Lake LM 26.
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FLORENCE, Italy – Powersoft is offering an NWare plugin for Peavey's MediaMatrix NION System. NWare software controls MediaMatrix digital signal processors and peripherals. The new plugin lets users control and monitor Powersoft K Series and Duecanali amplifiers through a single graphic user interface within NWare software.
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MADISON, WI – DSP horsepower and customizable functionality were just two of the factors that made QSC's Q-Sys Integrated System Platform the ideal solution for the recent renovation of the Wisconsin State Assembly's audio system.
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GREENSBORO, NC – WorxAudio Technologies named Chris Rachal sales administration and support manager, a new position. Rachal's background includes previous positions in retail sales, as on-air talent for the broadcast market, and as a recording engineer, sound editor/composer, mobile DJ and AV technician. He will be based at WorxAudio's corporate headquarters in Greensboro.
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WILKESBORO, NC – MerleFest, the bluegrass-and-Americana oriented festival founded by Doc Watson in memory of his son, Eddy Merle Watson, in 1988, returned to Wilkes Community College with support once again by SE Systems and co-owner Cliff Miller, who served as the event's audio director. Miller, who has been supporting the event for all of its 24 years, brought something new – DiGiCo's SD10 console, which made its North American debut at the four-day event – and which Miller had recently purchased, sight unseen.
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MC² Audio's E100 amplifier, the four-channel 2,800W Class-D model that serves as the flagship of the company's E-Series, is now shipping. It is the company's most powerful four-channel amplifier to date, and the first 4 channel proprietary class-D switch mode amplifier to be developed by MC², which is based in Honiton, Devon, U.K.
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HAMILTON, Ontario – The Studio at Hamilton Place isn't just a recording studio, it includes a 500-seat theatre and concert space known for its sound quality. Artists including Bruce Cockburn, The Cowboy Junkies, Billy Bragg and others have performed there, and the venue also hosts theatrical events ranging from comedy shows to boxing.
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Yorkville Sound’s Paraline Series PSA1 Loudspeaker System is a compact, expandable active vertical array designed specifically for mobile PA applications and venues where access to complex trussing or roof hangs isn’t practical.
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