LAS VEGAS — Italian professional audio manufacturer Montarbo (Elettronica Montarbo srl) and Audio Innovation Research, LLC (air audio systems) are backing a joint venture, MontAir Distribution, based here, to expand the presence of Montarbo speakers and air/Software Audio Console (SAC) console/DAW products in the U.S.
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SEATTLE – Symetrix, based here, named Greg Suchomel Field Technical Sales Engineer. Based in New Jersey, Suchomel will promote Symetrix products in the East and Northeast regions in North America by delivering technical certification and specialization training to Symetrix partners and supporting Symetrix partner eco-system with both remote and on-site design and installation help.
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BURLINGTON, MA – Avid recently named technology industry veterans Rick Lowenstein and Mitch Weaver to senior level positions within the company. Lowenstein, who joins Avid from Adobe Systems, was named senior vice president of customer success and professional services. (He is pictured here.) Weaver, who joins the company from Cadence Design Systems, was named vice president of software development.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems, a provider of networked media systems, announced that Lee Minich, founder of Lab X Technologies, has joined the company. Along with Minich, five engineers from the Rochester, NY-based Lab X have joined Biamp as Lab X ceases operations. Minich founded Lab X in 1996.
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BETHLEHEM, PA — Pivitec LLC, which designs and markets hardware and software products for the pro audio industry, named John Garbutt national sales manager. Garbutt, who has more than 20 years of industry experience, will manage Pivitec’s network of dealers and sales reps in the U.S. and Canada.
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NEWBURYPORT, MA — QSC Audio Products, LLC named Richard Dean Associates (RDA) as the company’s manufacturer’s representative firm for New England and Upstate New York. Pictured here are, from left, Bill King, Dick Bazirgan, John Davidson, Sean Estella, Suzie Markos and Lou DiTommaso. Missing is Fred Renz, who is new to RDA and who has worked with QSC products in New England for 22 years.
Read More »ISTANBUL — Outline named Display Sound & Light Systems, based here, as their new official distributor for Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
Read More »SINGAPORE — Pan Beam, which manufactures steerable self-powered DSP-controlled column loudspeakers, named Team 108 as its distributor for Singapore. Pan Beam is based in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
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RIO TINTO, Portugal and ALMATY, Kazakhstan — NEXT-proaudio, based in Rio Tinto, Portugal, named Sound Light Systems (SLS), based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as its new exclusive distributor for that country.
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HAMPSHIRE, U.K. — Audio manufacturer Audient received a boost in the form of new ownership under audio veteran Simon Blackwood, who took the helm at Audient earlier this month. Pictured here are, from left, Tom Waterman, Simon Blackwood, David Dearden, Steve Flower and Luke Baldry in the factory at Audient’s HQ in Hampshire, U.K.
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FRANKLIN, TN – Solid State Logic (SSL) named Mankin Media, based here, to its U.S. reseller network for SSL Live consoles. Mankin Media will serve as SSL’s first specialist House of Worship dealer. Pictured here are Ben Mankin and Lee Fields of Mankin Media with the SSL Live console.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) named David Lees NUAGE district manager. Lees has been with Yamaha since 2002 and has held various positions within the Professional Audio & Combo Division as a Steinberg and Hi-Tech District Manager in the mid-Atlantic region, as well as the Keyboard Division. Prior to joining Yamaha, Lees worked for EMU Systems and previously at ProSound in Denver.
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