PORTLAND, OR — Audinate, owner of the Dante media networking solution, has joined the Open Control Architecture (OCA) Alliance, which recently incorporated and now functions as an open-standards trade association. Audinate is now an associate member of the trade group.
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NASHVILLE — Among the Audio-Technica mic-wielding artists at the 46th Annual CMA Awards, broadcast live from Bridgestone Arena here Nov. 1, were Jason Aldean, pictured here, who opened the show, then returned to perform once more, later in the program. There were some 200 A-T mics in use during the production, with audio support from ATK Audiotek
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NASHVILLE — The 46th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena here Nov. 1, included a number of Sennheiser-using artists on stage and in the winner’s circle, including Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum and the Zac Brown Band.
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COOLIDGE, AZ — No Limits AV installed a new audio system for the multi-purpose theater within the Casa Grande Ruins visitor center here. Nagaki Design Build Associates designed the visitor center. For the theater’s sound system, No Limits AV opted for a setup including five Renkus-Heinz CF-Series loudspeakers. Three CFX81 two-way 8-inch speakers cover system’s left, right, and center channels, while the surrounds are handled by a pair of CFX61 two-way 6 1/2-inch speakers.
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BOILING SPRINGS, NC — Working with ASE Group, staffers at Gardner-Webb University recently installed Yamaha CL1 and CL5 digital consoles and two RIO3224s, which were purchased through Full Compass, in Stewart Hall within the school’s new 110,000 square-foot Tucker Student Center. Stewart Hall is designed to be able to be divided into three performance spaces.
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COLUMBUS, OH — Following a fire at a property adjacent to its former location, AV staging, rental and sales company Forty Two Inc. relocated its headquarters and re-equipped, acquiring new WideLine, KLA and K Series loudspeaker systems from QSC Audio Products. Forty-Two Inc. put the new systems to work at a campaign event led by President Barack Obama at Ohio State University in Columbus.
Read More »CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Nineteen Linkin Park concert-goers making their way from a parking area to Cape Town Stadium Nov. 7 were injured when temporary scaffolding supporting a sports drink advertisement fell in high winds. One of the injured, a female, later died at the hospital; twelve others required hospitalization after the accident.
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KISSIMMEE, FL — Concerned about limited parts availability for an older analog console at the 2,000-seat Osceola Performing Arts Center (OPAC), the venue’s manager, Dave Edgar, met with Dan Lee at Signature Systems of Florida. Lee steered Edgar toward an iLive system from Allen & Heath. The system includes an iLive-T112 Surface and an iDR-32 MixRack.
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AUSTIN, TX — Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) worked with C3 Presents, producer of the 11th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival to coordinate 350 frequencies per day across eight stages for artists and the media during the three-day event, held in Zilker Park Oct. 12-14. PWS, a Masque Sound company that supplies and supports wireless systems for live and broadcast events, sent a four-person crew to ensure all wireless microphones, in-ear monitors and show communications were properly coordinated and operating properly.
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FARMINGTON, NM — Sound & Signal Systems opted for Community’s R-Series all-weather loudspeakers for a large-scale audio makeover at Ricketts Field here recently. Along with the need to cover the stadium seating, the goals included muting the noise — and noise complaints — in areas beyond the stadium’s confines.
Read More »NEW YORK — The Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the OCA Alliance have jointly announced that an AES standards project has been founded to consider OCA, the Open Control Architecture, for a public standard for control and monitoring of professional media networks.
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NEW YORK — Starview Satellite of Rego Park, NY provided a Renkus-Heinz sound system for Tir Na Nog on 39th Street in Manhattan that includes a cross-section of Renkus-Heinz TRX and CFX Series loudspeakers as well as PNX and BPS subwoofers.
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