HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Martin Audio named Bash Akhtar as its new operations director and David Morbey dedicated product manager. Other recent appointments include Andy Weingaertner (EMEA sales), Robin Dibble (product support engineer team), Alan Josey (finance director), Carl Davies (junior mechanical design engineer) and Nicole Thorne (sales admin support, North America).
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The AES 137th International Convention is set to take place Oct. 9-12, 2014, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, located in the L.A. Live district.
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CHICAGO — Sensaphonics conducted a two-day seminar on in-ear monitoring at its headquarters here and also at Chicago-based Mystery Street Recording Company May 22-23. Five participants successfully passed the company’s Gold Circle training seminar. Pictured here, from left, are Dale Radke; Sensaphonics’ Joe Tessone; Eric Nelson; Analise Ludwig; Theresa Bartlett; Helene Levenfus; and Sensaphonics’ Dr. Michael Santucci.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Allen & Heath’s iLive-112 digital systems were used at Brazil’s big carnival celebrations to manage the live performances of artists including Claudia Leite, Jota Quest, Pericles, and Michel Telo. Mixes were also routed to four GLD-80s, which handled the worldwide broadcast feeds.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has hired Gino Pellicano, Peter Maguire and Dave Salmon (pictured here, L-R) along with Jonas Domkus (inset) to bolster the company’s customer support infrastructure. Pellicano and Salmon join the EAW Application Support Group (ASG) as Application Support Specialist and Application Support Coordinator respectively. Maguire has been named Customer Support Manager while Domkus takes on the role of US Field Application Engineer.
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RIO TINTO, Portugal — NEXT-proaudio, based here, named Milan, Italy-based Phoebus S.P.A. as its exclusive distributor in Italy. Phoebus S.P.A. is an established supplier of AV gear for conferences and other events, and by taking on NEXT-proaudio gear, they are further expanding into the pro audio market. Pictured here, from left, are Sergio Pinto (NEXT-proaudio sales manager), Noemi Baschera ( Phoebus Key Account Manager), Antonio Correia (NEXT-proaudio CEO), Tommaso Baschera ( Phoebus Sales Manager), Andre Correia (NEXT-proaudio Assistant Manager), Gianluca Froio (Phoebus Engineer ), Andrea Maenza (Phebus Engineer).
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TOLEDO, OH — For the second annual Spotlight Summer Nights concert series at the open-air amphitheater at the Hollywood Casino here, Great Lakes Sound, Inc. provided RCF line arrays with dB Technologies subwoofers and monitors. The venue, in close proximity to both the Ohio River and an interstate highway, is supporting shows featuring Smokey Robinson, .38 Special, Night Ranger, Travis Tritt, Wilson Phillips, George Thorogood, Pat Benatar, Everclear, Soul Asylum, Chevelle and Robby Krieger’s Jam Kitchen.
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BECHYNE, Czech Republic — For an event set to take place Aug. 4-10 at the Chateau Resort Bechyne here, Sensaphonics president Dr. Michael Santucci will be giving a talk on hearing protection. The event is a musical retreat led by jazz-fusion drummer and composer Billy Cobham, pictured here.
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FREMONT, CA — For a production of The Wizard of Oz staged at Fremont Christian School/Harbor Light Church here, the cast and crew relied on a setup including Countryman E6i and E6 Earset microphones, a B6 Omni lavalier microphone and Type 85 Direct Boxes.
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BEAUMONT, TX — MSC Systems, based here, provided Harman’s Soundcraft Vi3000 digital console and Soundcraft Si Performer 3 digital console to handle the ins and outs for contemporary services at 100-year-old, 500-capacity Wesley United Methodist Church, also based in Beaumont.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The 2014 FIFA World Cup, set for June 12 to July 13, is showcasing the world’s best soccer players at 12 major venues around the country — including seven new and five renovated stadiums. Soundvision Engineering designed and installed the system at Estádio Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte, capital of Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, and played a role at two other stadia as well — Arena de Sao Paulo (in Sao Paulo) and Arena Amazonia (in Manaus, capital of another Brazilian state, Amazonas). For all three venues, Soundvision chose Community Professional loudspeaker systems.
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LONDON — Cadac named LMC Audio Systems as the company’s U.K. dealer. LMC Audio Systems featured the company’s CDC eight-16 digital production console at the ABTT Theatre show June 11-12. Pictured here with the console is LMC Audio Systems managing director Paul Hinkly.
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