FLETCHER, NC — the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center (WNCAg) recently updated 45,000-square-foot Davis Arena, local A/V integrator B&R Audio deployed Ashly Audio amplifiers and signal processors, including a Pema Multi-Channel Amplifier with on-board Protea DSP Processor.
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PORT EVERGLADES, FL — If providing multi-stage support for 58 rock performances by legendary bands including ZZ Top, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and John Kay and Steppenwolf over four days could be a challenge for any medium-sized soundco, the job facing Brian Naab, production manager at Bauder Audio Systems, was to oversee that gig aboard a cruise ship heading to the Bahamas.
Read More »MANASSAS, VA — Acuity Audiovisual (Acuity AV) is best known for the custom AV systems it designs and installs for a wide range of business and government clients. Along with distance learning, telemedicine, and boardroom AV, Acuity is turning to live event production as well. With a goal of providing the latest technology for exceptional productions, the company’s events division is using an Allen & Heath iLive system for digital mixing.
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REGGIO EMILIA, Italy — RCF Group has announced the sale of SGM, its lighting division, to a consortium headed by Danish entrepreneur Peter Johansen, effective Feb. 1, 2012. RCF Group chairman Arturo Vicari cited a need to focus on its core audio brand, with sales trending at nearly 50 percent ahead of the previous year, as a factor in the sale. The company noted that the decision was “entirely amicable and suits both parties.”
Read More »ANAHEIM, CA — Waves Audio, a top developer of professional audio digital signal processing technologies and the recipient of a Technical Grammy Award, unveiled the new Version 9 (V9) of Waves plugins. V9 marks the introduction of Waves’ new authorization system, Waves License Center, which eliminates the use of the iLok.
Read More »NILES, IL — Thousands of counterfeit Shure microphones were recently confiscated by customs officials in Peru and Paraguay. The actions were the result of ongoing investigations by Shure representatives in both countries, in cooperation with local customs and law enforcement agencies. The seized products will be destroyed under the supervision of customs agents.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s lawmakers, undoubtedly mindful of the Aug. 13, 2011 Indiana State Fair staging collapse that killed seven people, made progress in late January toward the establishment of a new state law that will govern the use of outdoor staging.
Read More »NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman’s JBL Professional announced that Belgium-based AV rental system provider AED Rent has signed on as the first adopter of JBL’s new VTX V25 line array loudspeaker and as a strategic partner in the VTX Network. Representing the next big step in JBL’s 65 years in loudspeaker design, VTX V25 is designed for portable and fixed-venue system operators.
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SANTA FE, NM — Stefan Svard, president and system designer with Audio Video Electronics (AVE), specified a pair of Tannoy QFlex 40s to improve the sound quality within the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Placed on a pair of columns about six feet above the floor just in front of the altar, the QFlex provide coverage to close to 75 percent of the 1,200-capacity, 90-by-65-foot space.
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PALM DESERT, CA — James D. Anderson, audio director at the McCallum Theater here, worked with Bob Patrick and Dennis M. Kornegay of IPR Services on a recent upgrade of the all-Harman audio system at the venue that included the addition of Soundcraft’s Vi6 digital audio mixing console at FOH.
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NEW YORK — Freelance audio engineer Andy Leviss found Lectrosonics wireless mics well-suited to the needs of The Iron Curtain, which was staged recently by the Prospect Theater Company at the at the Baruch College Performing Arts Center’s Rose Nagelberg Theatre. Leviss used a 16-channel system consisting of three Venue Series receiver mainframes, four SMQV dual battery beltpack transmitters, eight LMa beltpack transmitters and four UM400a beltpack transmitters.
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JACKSON, CA — GJM Sound and Lighting recently installed a sound and lighting system for the Jackson Rancheria Casino ballroom that is used as its indoor concert hall. The system was designed so that it can also be used for the casino’s outdoor event center, pictured here.
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