NASHVILLE — Tour Supply, Inc. and JH Audio have announced a strategic partnership that will include having JH Audio sales reps “embedded” within Tour Supply’s offices in Nashville and in New York City. JH Audio also has direct access to Tour Supply clients in Los Angeles at Center Staging’s rehearsal facilities.
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We recently heard of the passing on Oct. 1 of Dr. Albert Neville Thiele, one of the great names in the development of our understanding of transducers and speaker enclosure design. Thiele, pictured here, left, with fellow audio specialist Richard Small, was 91.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc., which markets the Audinate Dante-MY16-AUD Mini-YGDAI interface card, noted that it been updated to allow remote head amp control. The updated version allows the head amps in the new Rio3224-D and Rio1608-D I/O rack units, developed for the new Yamaha CL console line, to be remotely controlled from an M7CL, LS9, PM5D, DM2000, and DM1000 digital mixing console.
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BOSTON — Mark Jarrell, owner of Dogwood Audio Sound Company, supported U.K.-based Celtic rock band IONA on its two-week swing through the U.S. this past summer. He mixed the band on a Soundcraft Vi1 and credited the console as a good fit with a variety of venues encountered on the tour.
Read More »FIRENZE, Italy — Powersoft announces it has become an official member of the AMX InConcert Alliance. As such, the AMX modules for Powersoft are compatible and allow for seamless integration of Powersoft amplifiers in typical AMX-controlled environments, including video and other remotely accessible devices. The feature set includes full monitoring capabilities, mute and volume control, preset selection, and power on/off for Duecanali, Ottocanali, M Series and K Series amplifiers.
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LOS ANGELES — Firehouse Productions deployed a full L-Acoustics K1 system for Peter Gabriel’s North American Back To Front trek from Sept. 16-Oct. 14. The tour marks the 25th anniversary of the album, So. On most tour stops, there are L-R hangs of 14 K1 plus six KARA below for down-fill, with adjacent hangs of eight K1-SB subs. Typical out-fills include an additional 10 K1 and six KARA flown per side, paired with eight ARCS and six dV-DOSC below for front- and lip-fill.
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ADDISON, TX — Greenhill School, based here, needed a sound system makeover quickly for a 9/11 observance ceremony. GC Pro and integrator Trinity Group International (TGI) got the job done quickly, with TGI installing the GC Pro-provided QSC WideLine line array sound system – two hangs each with subs attached below – within a single day.
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BUENA PARK, CA — On Oct. 1, 2012, Yamaha Corporation celebrated its 125th birthday. Its subsidiary based here, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, is also noting a milestone this year — 25 years since its entry into the digital console market with the launch of the DMP7.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — Mike Ross is creative arts director at The Pointe Church, based here, which is currently using Line 6 microphones and digital instrument wireless systems. Ross credited the gear for sound quality, flexibility, reliability and ease of use.
Read More »CHICAGO — L-Acoustics’ global demo program for its new ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS systems is now underway, with demos planned in Chicago (Oct. 2-3), Las Vegas (Oct. 18-21, during LDI), Houston (Oct. 23), New York (Nov. 5-7) and at other locations around the world this autumn.
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RENO, NV — The new 500-seat worship center at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, built adjacent to the original sanctuary that opened in 1951, was designed with an eye for visual appeal and an ear for superb acoustics. JC Productions provided a sound system that incorporates Iconyx IC Live line arrays to make a good thing even better.
Read More »KANSAS CITY, MO — When Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre produced its first summer musical indoors at its new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, it turned to Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) to supply audio equipment and technical services for their production of the Elton John/Tim Rice musical, Aida.
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