CANTON, OH — Audio Design Specialists worked with Tannoy to provide an audio system for Faith Family Church, which expanded into a location previously used for making Hoover vacuum cleaners. The new location, with a capacity of 4,000, features a loudspeaker system co-developed between Audio Design Specialists and Tannoy.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT — General Communications of Draper, UT worked with the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce to expand and update the AV systems in its executive conference and training rooms. With an eye toward future expansion, the AV company centered the new sound reinforcement equipment on a pair of Symetrix Solus 16 open-architecture, fixed-I/O signal processors.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — Leading up to Super Bowl XLVI, NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was broadcast from the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis. Nathaniel Hare, FOH mixer for the regular show, handled audio duties in Indianapolis as well. The shows — which aired Feb. 1, 2, 3 and 5 — included three that were live-to-disc. The fourth show aired live after the big game. Wireless First, a Clair Global company, supplied the gear.
Read More »NILES, IL — Shure has been included as one of the country’s 2011 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). The award honors companies for communication, work-life balance, employee education, diversity, recognition, and retention.
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ATLANTA, GA – A Kaltman Creations customer, RPA Electronic Solutions, recently ran into a RF interference problem at a trade show where the WLAN space was saturated with wireless devices from the nearly 1,000 exhibitors. At the show, RPA was to demonstrate a new man-wearable wireless system that they had developed as part of a U.S. Army SBIR effort.
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SANTA ANA, CA — Rat Sound Systems provided an L-Acoustics KARAi line source array system for the refurbished Galaxy Theatre, which changed ownership last August and has since reopened with two separate live performance spaces: the Observatory, with a capacity of more than 1,000, and the smaller, 350-capacity Constellation Room.
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LONG BEACH, CA — PSAV Presentation Services, the world’s largest AV rental supplier with more than 800 offices worldwide, many located on-site at major hotels, provides in-house AV services to the hospitality industry for meetings and events. It has been using Harman’s Crown Audio VRack complete amplification system since its introduction.
Read More »VENTURA, CA — Powersoft has become a member of the Crestron Integrated Partner Program, and Crestron recently completed the development of a new plugin that works for the entire range of Powersoft products. The plugin allows seamless integration of Powersoft amplifiers in typical Crestron-controlled environments including video, security, evacuation and other remotely accessible devices.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA), which had conducted an investigation into possible workplace violations associated with the collapse of the main stage at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13, 2011, issued a report and levied more than $80,000 in fines against the staging company, the stagehand’s union and the state fair commission.
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UNION, NJ – Union High School recently upgraded the 20-year old sound system at its football field, which also hosts track and field meets and commencement ceremonies, with One Systems direct weather loudspeakers. Scott Hibbard Audio Design & Engineering of Florham Park, NJ performed the design and installation of the 212CIM and 208CIM systems for the school.
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ANAHEIM, CA — At Winter NAMM 2012, Harman’s Lexicon announced the availability of the individual plug-ins from its PCM Native Effects and PCM Native Reverb Bundles. A total of 14 plugins are available including Pitch Shift, MultiVoice Pitch, Chorus, Resonant Chords, Random Delay, Dual Delay, Stringbox, Vintage Plate, Plate, Hall, Room, Random Hall, Concert Hall and Chamber.
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ANAHEIM, CA – Michael Bell of Bell Event Services provided audio support for the “Wanna Play?” stage at the 2012 Winter NAMM show. The stage featured Community loudspeakers and subwoofers, powered by Ashly’s KLR-4000 amplifiers. The stage takes its name from NAMM’s “Wanna Play?” campaign, which encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to take up a musical instrument and perform. Last year, the “Wanna Play?” stage used a similar Ashly/Community configuration.
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