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ADJ Group Features Avante Audio Products and Sponsors Arena Plaza Stage at NAMM 2023

ANAHEIM, CA – The ADJ Group of companies once again sponsored the Arena Plaza Stage at NAMM 2023, held at the Anaheim Convention Center April 13-15. Equipped with ADJ’s Avante Audio Imperio Pro “mini” line array systems, the Arena Plaza Stage stage might have appeared to have impossibly slender strands of audio gear. But the sound was anything but “skinny,” particularly for acts like Latin Jazz/Salsa/Funk band La Verdad, pictured here.

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The new Yamaha DM3 mixer

Inside Yamaha’s New DM3 Digital Consoles

Yamaha’s new DM3 22-channel mixers with optional Dante networking offer 16 mono XLR and a stereo input, two FX Return inputs, plus six Mix Sends, two FX Sends, one stereo and two matrix output mixing channels. Up to 96kHz resolution is standard as is a 9” multitouch screen and 18 onboard effects — all in a compact chassis.

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Adamson Announces Five New Hires and the Return of Brock Adamson as CEO

PORT PERRY, ON, Canada – Adamson reported the creation of five new management positions in preparation for Brock Adamson’s return as CEO. Pictured here, from left, are Fred Schleicher, Pieter van Hoogdalem, Duane Logan and Paulo Guassi, all of whom have new roles at the company; new hire Kevin Alexander is not pictured. Departing CEO Marc Bertrand will stay on in an advisory role to support the transition.

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Solotech Provides 360-Degree Solution for Helene Fischer’s ‘Live 2023’ European Tour

HAMBURG, Germany – German superstar Helene Fischer kicked off her 71-date Live 2023 tour on April 11 at Barclays Arena Hamburg for a 15-city run through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and the Netherlands. Although Solotech has long provided technological solutions globally, this is among the first times Solotech’s Live Productions Division, Europe, provides a complete 360-degree solution in Germany. 

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The new L-Acoustics L Series with its patented Progressive Ultra-Dense Line Source (PULS) technology

L-Acoustics Unveils L Series Line Array Technology

L-Acoustics’ L Series ushers in new levels of power, control, and consistency in line array design via its patented Progressive Ultra-Dense Line Source (PULS) technology. Having recently debuted at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the L Series will continue its pilot phase validation and will become available in production this fall.

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21st Parnelli Awards Offer Surprises, Emotions, and Winners

ANAHEIM, CA – Always full of surprises and the unexpected, the 21st Annual Parnelli Awards held on Friday April 14 started out with a big one: Outgoing NAMM CEO/President Joe Lamond was initiated in the Parnelli Hall of Fame. Also getting their due: Marty Garcia (Audio Innovator, pictured here, with Lamond in the background), Roy Lamb (Lifetime Achievement Award), Keny Whitright (Visionary Award) and more than two dozen others.

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Olive Baptist Church Branches Out into Immersive IEM Mixing with KLANG

PENSACOLA, FL – A large orchestra and choir paired with an energetic band positioned across two wings of a broad stage make music monitoring a challenge at Pensacola-based Olive Baptist Church. The church’s director of media production, Allen Hendrix, noted the assist provided by a new setup that includes a pair of KLANG:vokal immersive IEM mixing systems and 14 KLANG:kontrollers.

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In Memoriam: Mike Adams, 1952-2023

In Memoriam: Mike Adams, 70

ESCONDIDO, CA – Mike Adams, an audio engineer and head designer at Audio Composite Engineering (ACE), a division of Sound Image that he founded, died April 11, 2023. Along with work for Sound Image and Silverfish Audio, Adams spent decades as an in-demand FOH and monitor engineer for Jimmy Buffett, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris and other top acts.

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