VANCOUVER, BC, Canada – Audinate's Dante played a key role the Winter Olympics. A network of more than 100 Dante-enabled devices transported the audio signals throughout the opening and closing ceremonies at BC Place Stadium, the first time an Olympics had its opening ceremony indoors.
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MEXICO CITY – At Sound:Check XPO 2010, Meyer Sound will be featuring its MINA line array loudspeaker and the JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker. On April 26, 2010, Bob McCarthy, Meyer Sound senior design consultant, will be part of an AES Mexico educational presentation called "Design and Optimization in Live Sound Reinforcement."
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AUGUSTA, KS – Like many schools built in the 1970s, Augusta High School was in need of a new sound reinforcement system. McClelland Sound, Wichita, Kan., replaced the old system with the technologies of today, including Ashly network-ready amplification and signal processing.
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BANGKOK, Thailand – Proel Group named Kamol Sukosol Electric Co., Ltd. (KEC) exclusive distributor for all Proel products and accessories for Thailand. TEC, founded in 1974, operates Kamol Pro Audio, a pro-audio division, and runs a separate division for consumer audio.
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BURBANK, CA – Electrosonic named Duncan Foster senior systems consultant. His AV industry career includes, most recently, seven years at ATK Services, where he was vice president of sales and development.
Read More »VANCOUVER, BC, Canada – Pete Erskine, communications manager at Whistler Medals Plaza for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, relied upon HME's DX121 wireless intercom system.
Read More »KIDDERMINSTER, U.K. – They ain't broke – far from it. But in keeping with company policy to maintain a decade-long life cycle for the products it makes, Midas/Klark Teknik is retiring its Heritage line of analog consoles, including the popular Heritage 3000.
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LOS ANGELES – With a large all-acoustic band that includes strings, brass, reeds, bass and drums in addition to his own acoustic grand piano, Harry Connick Jr. requires great fidelity in the monitor system. After years of relying on Midas' analog consoles, production manager Ted Jonas of Jonas Productions recently switched to digital.
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CHICAGO – SIR Entertainment Services' Chicago facility recently moved to a new central downtown location, opened a large rehearsal studio, and added a wide variety of new inventory to its already-substantial offerings.
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MIAMI – Drummer Boy Sound has added an Allen & Heath iLive-T digital mixing system, comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface, to its rental inventory.
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PARIS – Sound designers Steve Kennedy and John Shivers specified Aviom gear for the 10-piece orchestra that accompanies the production of The Lion King at the 1,600-seat Theatre Mogador. The production is being co-produced by Stage Entertainment and Disney Theatrical.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz has named Derrick Pierce staff loudspeaker engineer. Pierce comes to Renkus-Heinz from JL Audio. He has also worked for Niles Audio and Menlo Scientific.
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