BEMIDJI, MN – Opened in late 2010, the Bemidji Regional Event Center (BREC) is an 185,000 square-foot multi-purpose facility with an arena and exhibition space. The arena seats 4,700 for ice hockey but can accommodate up to 6,000 for concert events. The venue is the new home to the Division 1 Bemidji State University men's and women's hockey teams.
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GAINESVILLE, GA – Danley Sound Labs announced the availability of its new amplifier and DSP products, including the Danley DSLA amplifier and the Danley DSLP48 sound processor with DSP functionality.
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DETROIT, MI – Ford Field, home of the NFL Detroit Lions, got a sorely-needed upgrade to its sound system with a new Q-Sys integrated system platform from QSC, provided by Durrell Sports Audio Systems.
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JOHNS CREEK, GA – The tech department at Perimeter Church manages nine auditoriums, an average of six weekend services and more than 2,300 events each year with an assist in reducing stage noise and adapting to the different needs across its 95-acre campus from Aviom Pro16 Personal Mixers.
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BELLINGHAM, WA – It didn't take long for John Bauer, technical director at the not-for-profit Mount Baker Theatre, to make the leap from analog to digital. After viewing Soundcraft's Vi1 console at LDI last year, he ordered a demo unit and found it waiting for him upon his return. Before long, he was comfortable using the unit himself.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – The American DJ Group has reached a settlement with Wal-Mart Stores and DBL Distributing, a division of Ingram Micro, in a trademark infringement lawsuit regarding its American Audio brand. The suit alleged that the two aforementioned companies and three other firms had wrongfully used the "American Audio" trademark in advertising, distributing and promoting audio products that were not made by or affiliated with either American DJ or American Audio.
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AUSTIN, TX – Omega Broadcast Group provided Riedel's Acrobat Wireless Intercom System to the XI Media staff at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival's Fader Fort stage.
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CERRITOS, CA – Engineer Melissa Britton used the new NEXO 45 N-12 12-inch line monitor for Earl Klugh and his band at a recent show held at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
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FRANKFORT, IL – Sound Works Productions, Inc. recently purchased a NEXO GEO S12 line array system, RS18s and NXAmp 4x4s for their rental inventory. The company, which has been providing sound reinforcement services for five years, ordered 14 GEO S 1210s, two S1230s, eight of the new RS18 ray subs and six NXAmp 4×4 amplifiers.
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SOUTHLAKE, TX – Systems integrator Beck Associates provided a MediorNet fiber network backbone and an Artist digital matrix intercom from Riedel Communications for Gateway Church, creating a fiber-based, real-time network for 3G/HD-SDI video, audio, data and communications for the church's three separate campuses.
Read More »PARTRIDGE GREEN, U.K. – In a joint technical initiative with Audinate and Lab.gruppen to provide a combination of Lake DSP, Lab.gruppen's PLM platform and Audinate's Dante networked audio distribution, Turbosound has announced the release of the Dante-enabled 20000DP amplifier to power its new Flashline Line Array system.
Read More »PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – Stewart Clawson, owner of Hurricane Mountain Sound, reported the theft of a new 8-by-20-foot trailer valued at $7,000 loaded with $90,000 worth of audio gear. He discovered that the trailer and gear were missing when he went to his shop here March 21. He has announced a reward for information leading to the return of the equipment or arrest of individuals responsible for the theft.
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