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OKLAHOMA CITY – In a high-profile event that reinforces the reliable performance and easy setup of JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays, staging production company Alford Media Services recently provided the audio and video systems for the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Oklahoma’s statehood, the event featured performances by many legendary Oklahomans including Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Vince Gill and the Flaming Lips.

NEW YORK – When it comes to daunting audio gigs, few can match the challenges presented by the annual New Year's Eve Show in New York City's Times Square. With a live audience in the hundreds of thousands and a TV audience in the 10’s of millions, this is one of those gigs where the whole world really is watching. Long-time audio provider Maryland Sound International (MSI) pulls off the seemingly impossible every year, but the most recent show was made better and easier with the addition of Studer and Soundcraft digital mixing technology.

MONTGOMERY, AL – Like many churches around the country, Landmark Church of Christ in Montgomery, Ala., is undergoing a slow shift from services that are completely a cappella with no supplemental media, to services that are driven by instrumental music with support by CDs and other media. When church members began noticing that their decade-old sound system wasn’t as ready for the change as they were, the church contacted commercial sound designer Chad Edwardson at All Pro Sound in Pensacola, Fla., to explore ways that they could bring their sound system up to speed with their ambitions.

The first arrival in NEXO’s new patent-pending RS (RAY SUB) Series is the RS 15, a low-profile high-output, modular, scalable bass cabinet, which is capable of operating in both omni-directional and cardioid modes.

ANAHEIM, CA – Neutrik, designer and manufacturer of the XX series XLR cable connector, introduces its 32 Amp PowerCon for current handling and power transfer at Winter NAMM 2008 (Hall A, Booth #6320).

NILES, IL – Shure Incorporated announced today that large quantities of counterfeit microphones, which were being sold in India, were traced to their source, Easlem Sound Instrument Factory (also known as Xingyou Electronics Equipment Co. Ltd.) in Guangzhou, China.

ROSEVILLE, CA – Grundorf Corporation has announced that Lincoln Brewster has chosen Grund Audio LPB-36 subwoofers for Bayside Church in  Roseville, Calif.

COSTA MESA, CA – Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in San Jose, Calif., had outgrown its land-locked building of 350 seats. They were doing everything to accommodate the expanding congregation, including multiple services and overflow rooms. But the increasingly splintered feel created by so much division in time and space of what was actually one community, coupled with a undersized parking lot, spurred the church to search for a new building.

Provider Series, LLC has introduced the new Head-Clip, a new device for transforming any lavalier microphone into a headworn microphone. The Head-Clip is a 1.25mm wire frame designed to hook over both ears and extend down the left cheek.

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Indianapolis, Ind.-based IRC Audio designed and installed a new sound system for Worthen Arena at Ball State University. The arena is home to Ball State’s basketball and volleyball teams, as well as a variety of concerts and university events. Because of spatial constraints in the existing structure, IRC Audio chose VerTec VT4887 compact line arrays for their small size and light weight.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Electrosonic Systems Inc. (Electrosonic) has performed a system upgrade to the Concert Hall at Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, to transform the theatre into a technologically-advanced space for the deaf and hearing-challenged communities in the city and beyond.

The Soundcraft GB Series has gained another new member, the Soundcraft GB2R. This 19-inch rack-mountable mixer is designed for smaller installations in churches and performance venues, or for small portable PA systems. Available in two variants, the GB2R offers either 16 mono inputs to a stereo mix output, or a 12.2 version with 12 mono inputs, two full-feature stereo inputs and two group busses, each model having six auxiliary sends.