JHAudio is marketing its custom-fit IEMs as an alternative to off-the-shelf ear buds for musicians, audiophiles and other music lovers listening to music stored on iPods and MP3 players, even touting its JH|5 PRO custom-fit IEMs (MSRP: $399) as "the perfect gift for the music lover, audiophile or gadget geek in your life."
Read More »WEST HARTFORD, CT and FAIRFIELD, NJ – Legrand North America has agreed to acquire Middle Atlantic Products, Inc.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – The ability to project effectively and with a high level of speech intelligibility – without appearing to speak – has helped Kevin Johnson get appearances on NBC's America's Got Talent, and CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman, and other high-profile gigs. Since 2007, when he started performing at Legoland in California, he's relied upon an E6 Directional Earset microphone from Countryman Associates.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – British R&B artist Helen Folasade Adu, better known as Sade, has embarked on her first tour in over a decade, with an assist from monitor engineer Horst Hartmann, FOH engineer Chris Madden and Sennheiser microphones and wireless systems.
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Powersoft's version 2.1.707 upgrade of its Armonía Pro Audio Suite software includes the new I/O Signal Integrity Monitor feature. Armonía was designed to control all aspects of the amplifier/speaker audio chain to the audio engineer. The I/O Signal Integrity Monitor extends this control by providing information on input signal irregularities, providing one more tool for engineers setting up Powersoft K Series, M Series with DSP+ETH, Duecanali, Q Series and D Series amplifiers.
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1602Group TiMax's new iPad and iPhone apps are designed to control the TiMax2 SoundHub mix matrix, playback server and audio show control system. Factory-default setups are user-configurable, and a custom programming service provides GUIs tailored to individual needs.
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BEIJING, China – Meyer Sound China has been established in the Chaoyang District in Beijing to provide clients in China better access to the company's U.S.-based headquarters and factory.
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Symetrix, makers of SymNet 8×8 DSP and Jupiter processors, is targeting its new Solus at small to mid-size installations. With SymNet Designer software, integrators can use or modify the dozens of existing Solus templates or build new designs from scratch. Currently, there are two Solus hardware units: Solus 4, with four mic/line (+phantom) inputs and four outputs; and Solus 8, with eight mic/line (+phantom) inputs and eight outputs.
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA – Schubert Systems Group (SSG), a provider of audio for touring sound for more than 30 years, has purchased one PRO9 and two PRO6 digital consoles by Midas, augmented with the Klark Teknik DN9331 Rapide rack-mountable remotes with motorized faders to operate the console's graphic EQs.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Waves Audio and Abbey Road Studios have captured the sounds of the actual microphones used by King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the 1920s and 1930s, which became a focal point in the Academy Award winning movie, The King's Speech.
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WorxAudio Technologies' TrueLine V5M (non-powered) and V5M-P (powered) ultra-compact fill / monitor systems, which measure 18 by 13 by 6.8 inches, are well-suited for use in front fill, near fill, under-balcony and choir monitor applications. They have a 120-degree symmetrical horizontal coverage pattern and a 30-degree vertical dispersion pattern.
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BERKELEY, CA – In a recent episode of MythBusters on Discovery Channel, show hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman worked with Meyer Sound to investigate whether the "big bangs" (gunshots and explosions) heard in movie soundtracks are sonically faithful to the real events. The episode, entitled "Blow Your Own Sail," was aired on May 11, 2011.
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