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2016 Hometown Hero Sound Company Nominations Now Open

Nominations Underway for Parnelli Hometown Hero Awards

LAS VEGAS — Each year, FRONT of HOUSE honors regional sound companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. FRONT of HOUSE readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best. We are looking for your ideas on the best regional sound production company in the U.S. and Canada. Let us know your faves (and, yes, you can nominate your own company).

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C3 Church’s Central Campus benefits from a new sound reinforcement system featuring Adamson S10 line arrays and S119 subwoofers.

C3 Church Sends Clear Message with Adamson S-Series

SAN DIEGO – C3 Church offers its members three campuses to choose from in the San Diego area. In an effort to keep the quality of their sound reinforcement above reproach, they recently contracted Sound Image to design and install an Adamson system at their Central Campus worship center. The sound reinforcement system features Adamson S10 line arrays and S119 subwoofers.

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NorthRidge Church Audio Director Mike Duff manning the FOH mix on one of the church’s two new DiGiCo SD7 consoles.

NorthRidge Church Enters its Second Generation of DiGiCo Desks

PLYMOUTH, MI – NorthRidge Church’s flagship location in Plymouth recently purchased two DiGiCo SD7 consoles. Sold through Reach Communications of Champlin, MN, the two new desks replace three DiGiCo CS-D5 consoles that had been in place there for eight years. Their new SD7 consoles at front of house and monitor positions offer higher channel counts and more features that support sophisticated event production for this growing, tech-savvy church.

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d&b Audiotechnik Highlights Networking, Installs at InfoComm 2016

LAS VEGAS – At this year´s InfoComm booth (C11516) d&b will focus on system integration and network technology. After the successful launch of the 10D and 30D installation amplifiers last year, d&b will for the first time introduce its own network products, and reveal the extensive integration options with other manufacturer´s control systems.

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Dante

Audinate Presents #DanteEverywhere Contest at InfoComm 2016

PORTLAND, OR – Audinate has announced that 300 manufacturers have now adopted Dante, the Audio-over-IP networking solution, and that more than 750 Dante-enabled products are now available worldwide. To celebrate these milestones, Audinate will bring back its popular #DanteEverywhere contest at InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas. The company also announces new product features on its Dante Controller, on display at InfoComm.

 

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Westbury's Anna Pavlova, Ryan Miljus, Wilf Wagner (Head Systems Tech), Stephane Larose, Daniel Abbey and Alex Hollinger with the new Adamson rig.

Canada’s Westbury National Partners with Adamson

PORT PERRY, Ontario –  Westbury National Show Systems, Ltd., headquartered in Toronto, has joined the Adamson Systems Engineering network. Westbury National has offices in both Ottawa and Kingston in addition to their Toronto headquarters. A sizable E-Series rig, consisting of E15 and E12 line array modules as well as E119 and E219 subwoofers, has joined their impressive inventory of other high-end professional audio equipment.

 

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The new EAW PA at Bud Walton Arena.

Razorbacks Score with EAW

FAYETTEVILLE, AR  – The University of Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team recently benefited from a new EAW sound reinforcement system installed for 2015-16 season. The existing system at the 19,200-seat venue was more than 20 years old and in need of replacement. After deciding to upgrade the audio, the university tapped Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon and Williams (WJHW) to design the new system, which was installed by Clair Solutions.

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Mount Pisgah UMC with Yamaha.

Georgia Church Stays with Yamaha

JOHNS CREEK, GA —Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church in Johns Creek, GA recently added two CL5s and CL1 Digital Audio Console to its sanctuary; a CL5 and CL1 are located at the FOH location and the second CL5 at monitors. The CL console set up enables the church to cascade the two FOH consoles together for the sanctuary’s desired channel count. Muzeek World of Corona, CA was responsible for the upgrade.

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RCF with Harlem Globetrotters.

Harlem Globetrotters Choose RCF for 90th Anniversary Tour

PHOENIX – The Harlem Globetrotters set out on their 90th anniversary tour, entertaining audiences worldwide with their unique basketball exhibitions. An important part of their events are the need for communication with the audience. For that, they have selected a portable public address system comprised of RCF NXL24-A column array mounted on top of a SUB8004-AS subwoofer. In preparation for this year’s tour, the Globetrotters were looking for a low profile column array style product that would provide the proper coverage, not impede sight lines, and be easy to transport. Working with Phoenix-based AVDB Group, they found a solution with the RCF NXL24-A.

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