BARCELONA, Spain – The BAM (Barcelona Acciò Musical) Festival, which runs concurrently with the Spanish city's traditional La Mercè celebrations, has attracted 120,000 music fans with mostly free, mostly open-air concerts throughout the downtown area.
Read More »OGDEN, Utah – One of the largest annual events dedicated a cappella music is A Cappellastock, organized by a capella group T Minus 5. Hosted by Nathan Osmond, this year's edition also featured Mosaic and Face.
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NEW YORK – Audio Engineering Society executive director Roger Furness has announced that the 130th AES Convention will be held in the Novotel London West Convention Centre, Friday, May 13 to Monday, May 16. The 131st Convention is confirmed for New York's Jacob Javits Center, Thursday, Oct. 20 to Sunday, Oct. 23.
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Bag End Loudspeaker Systems now offers its Infra processor as a built-in option in its self-powered double 10 subwoofer systems. With Infra inside, both the IPD10E-I (installation enclosure) and the IPD10E-R (portable enclosure) can be implemented into a variety of sound system with ease. The company also promises sound with a sense of power and authority at both low and high listening levels.
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MIAMI BEACH, FL – Amenities at the Gansevoort Miami Beach hotel, spa and resort included a 55,000 square-foot beach club, an infinity pool, and an 18-story rooftop oasis and lounge. But it's not an island unto itself, and some of its rooftop parties have resulted in noise ordinance violations.
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OSLO, Norway – The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert took place at the Oslo Spektrum in December, with the live show and broadcast once again handled by a network of Midas digital consoles.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – With input in advance from the sound system designer, installations can go smoothly. But often that's not possible, due to a room's power, lighting, HVAC or other systems being placed before the sound system is considered.
Read More »PORTLAND, OR – Audinate and Stage Tec Entwicklungsgesellschaft für professionelle Audiotechnik mbH, a supplier of digital mixing consoles and audio routing systems, announced a collaboration where Audinate's Dante digital media networking technology will be incorporated into a range of StageTec products.
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SEATTLE – Symetrix announced the promotions of Paul Roberts and Brooke Macomber. Roberts, previously director of sales and marketing, is now vice president of sales and marketing. Macomber, previously inside sales and marketing manager, is now director of business development.
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WorxAudio Technologies' TrueLine V5 Ultra-Compact Line Array features a medium format 1-inch exit compression driver coupled to a stabilized FlatWave Former wave shaping device, promising clear, penetrating high frequencies over a predictable and controlled coverage area. Dual 5-inch cone transducers coupled to the Acoustic Intergrading Module (A.I.M.) are designed to minimize cone filtering.
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HOUSTON – PGF Integrations' Bryan Bazemore, who had specified Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers for a number of church installations, figured that a single Danley SH-69 could do more for each of the Houston-area auditoriums that are part of the Aldine Independent School District than a multitude of less-expensive boxes.
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MINSK, Belarus – The eight Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held Nov. 20, 2010 in the Minsk Arena, hosted contestants aged 10-15 from 14 different countries, all performing before a live audience of 15,000 and some 40 million viewers in 15 European countries.
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