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ACE Provides Chang Jiang Music Festival With JBL Professional VTX Line Arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers

ZHENJIANG, China – Placing an emphasis on audio clarity and power, the 2014 Chang Jiang International Music Festival used a variety of equipment from Harman’s JBL, Crown and Soundcraft lines. The PA system at the Yangtze Stage featured 24 JBL VTX V25 line array elements, a combination of 12 VTX S28 and G28 subwoofers, 16 STX812M loudspeakers as stage monitors, eight VERTEC VT4888 midsize line array loudspeakers as front and side fills. The system was powered by 32 Crown I-Tech 12000 HD, eight I-Tech 6000 and two sets of I-Tech 4×3500 HD amplifiers. The Jinshan Stage featured 24 JBL VERTEC VT4889 fullsize line array elements as the main PA, 16 VT4880 subwoofers and eight VT4888 loudspeakers as front fills and side fills. This system was powered by 24 Crown I-Tech 12000 HD, eight I-Tech 6000 and two sets of I-Tech 4×3500 HD amplifiers. Two Soundcraft Vi6 consoles were used to manage the sound at these stages.

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Nomad Sound Adds New NEXO STM, Yamaha CLs to Arsenal

AUSTIN, TX – Nomad Sound of Austin, Texas recently purchased a new NEXO STM line array and Yamaha CL1, 3, 5 digital audio consoles to complement their rental arsenal. Since 2005, Nomad Sound has been supplying regional music festivals and several touring clients with world-class equipment along with very experienced technicians. The sound company recently had the opportunity to support a Willie Nelson show followed by Psychfest, both in Austin, multiple festivals, and South by Southwest, putting the STM to successful, but rigorous tests.

 

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Brazil’s EPTV Chooses Oratis Once Again

BRAZIL – As part of a technology upgrade, the EPTV stations in São Carlos and Ribeirão Petro are being equipped with a CS 1624 LINK intercom unit from the oratis compact series and up to 16 DELEC subscriber panels. The new intercom systems facilitate internal communication and will also be used for coordination between TV stations while an external codec enables signal transmission via audio over IP. Regional broadcaster EPTV is part of Globo TV, Brazil’s largest broadcaster.

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Shakespeare’s The Tempest Gets Masque Sound Support in Las Vegas and Cambridge, MA. Photo: The Smith Center, Geri Kodey

Shakespeare’s The Tempest Gets Masque Sound Support in Las Vegas and Cambridge, MA

CAMBRIDGE, MA – For The Tempest, co-produced by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), based here, and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, sound designer Darron L West and associate sound designer Charles Coes turned to Masque Sound for audio system support. The play premiered under a big top tent in Las Vegas on April 1 and is now playing at the A.R.T’s Loeb Drama Center.

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Bartha Invests in Meyer Sound LYON System. Pictured here, the gear deployed for the Arbonne conference.

Bartha Invests in Meyer Sound LYON System

COLUMBUS, OH — Bartha, based here, recently purchased a Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system for its rental inventory. Bartha opted for LYON based on its promise as a powerful tool to optimize audio quality for corporate events in convention centers and arenas as well as indoor and outdoor music concerts.

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