WOODLAND HILLS, CA — American Music and Sound president Lynn Martin named Evan MacKenzie, pictured here, to lead marketing and communications for their extensive line up of MI and Pro Audio brand portfolio.
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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems’ version 1.2 firmware and application software for the MTX Series Matrix Processor, part of the company’s Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) product line, makes the processor compatible with the MY4-AEC acoustic echo cancellation card required for distance conferencing and the Dugan-MY16 auto mixing capability card.
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OWEN SOUND, ON — Straight Street Event Services of Cambridge, Ontario, upgraded the sound system at the 3,500-capacity J.D. McArthur Arena here with fully-weatherized Danley Sound Labs OS80s. The arena hosts both hockey and lacrosse events.
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AMNÉVILLE, France — One of France’s largest and most impressive live music events — The Lorraine de Choeur 2013, held in the Galaxie d’Amneville — featured a 2,000-member choir, soloists, a 50-piece orchestra and electric band. For virtual sound checking and recording a whopping 224 channels of audio, the choice was four JoeCo BlackBox BBR64MADI systems.
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LONDON — For Jessie J’s Alive Tour, monitor engineer Andy “Baggy” Robinson used a DiGiCo SD5 for the British singer/songwriter along with her three backing vocalists and her four piece band. The Jessie J Alive Tour completed its U.K. leg in November and is heading the U.S. for a three-month trek in 2014.
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PORTLAND, OR — The GRAMMY-nominated indie folk band Milk Carton Kids found the sound and the look they needed to take out on the road with Ear Trumpet Labs’ Edwina and Edna microphones.
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DETROIT — Burst Audio Systems has relocated and expanded its North American headquarters here to accommodate the company’s growing inventory and staff. Their new 1551 Rosa Parks, Detroit address features a 12,000 square foot warehouse along with a video conferencing room, a full kitchen, multiple offices, a overnight break room and a retail supply area.
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AUSTIN, TX — Ken Dickensheets, an audio consultant based here who has designed several recent church installations, has specified systems including Bose RoomMatch loudspeakers and PowerMatch amplifiers. The projects upgraded the audio systems at Austin’s Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, Austin’s Hope Presbyterian Church and Midland, TX-based First Christian Church.
Read More »NAESTVED, DENMARK — Naestved-based distributor, AV-Huset, has been appointed the Denmark distribution- partner for Pan Beam, the advanced steerable audio specialist from Wolfenbuttel in Germany.
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CORNWALL, UK — Supergrass frontman, Gaz Coombes, has just completed a UK tour with an Allen & Heath iLive digital system at FOH, ME personal mixers managing monitors, and Dante for recording.
Read More »SWANTON, VT — AudionX, based here, added RCF HDL20-A line arrays to their rental inventory. Separately, the company also added dBTechnologies’ DVA S30N subwoofer. Founded by technician Chris LaRocque, AudionX has provided production for numerous shows since 2009, from local concerts such as Rock-4-Rescues, UnderCover Music Festival and the Annual “O” Show to large scale festivals and fairs like Mountain Jam Festival and the Florida Strawberry Festival.
NEW YORK, NY – The brick and brownstone building that is home to New York’s Seventh Day Adventist Church has stood on this tree-lined street in Greenwich Village since 1882. Like many of the era’s grand old churches, the acoustics can be magnificent for organ and choir, but the sermons were battling the architecture’s myriad reflective surfaces. To get the combat the reflective surfaces a pair of Renkus-Heinz IC24-R-II digitally steerable column arrays were mounted left and right of the stage to cover the whole room.
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