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SSL Names Alfa Audio, Arva Trading Distributors for Live Console in Denmark, Sweden. Pictured here from left are Marcus Agnesund (Product Manager, Arva Trading), Ronny Sjöstrand (Technical Manager, Arva Trading), Olof Arvidsson (Owner of Arva Trading and Alfa Audio), Morten Uldbaek (Product Manager, Alfa Audio), Lars Frederiksen (Managing Director, Alfa Audio).

SSL Lines Up Distributors for New Live Console in Denmark, Sweden

COPENHAGEN and STOCKHOLM — Solid State Logic (SSL) named Alfa Audio as its distributor for the new SSL Live console in Denmark and Arva Trading as the distributor for the console in Sweden. Pictured here from left are Marcus Agnesund (Product Manager, Arva Trading), Ronny Sjöstrand (Technical Manager, Arva Trading), Olof Arvidsson (Owner of Arva Trading and Alfa Audio), Morten Uldbaek (Product Manager, Alfa Audio), Lars Frederiksen (Managing Director, Alfa Audio).

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Princeton's Frist Theatre Using VUE al-4 Line Array

Princeton’s Frist Theatre Using VUE al-4 Line Array

PRINCETON, NJ — For the 239-seat theatre within Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center, PanAVid worked with the venue’s production manager, Jim Streeter and his colleague James Allington, audio engineer at the university’s Richardson Auditorium, on an upgrade. The new L-R setup includes dual four-element al-4 arrays yoke-mounted on poles atop a pair of VUE hs-25 powered subwoofers. A single VUE V4 systems engine provides power and processing for the eight al-4 elements. An Avid VENUE S3L console handles the mix.

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Image courtesy of Sennheiser

Sennheiser to FCC: Make Auction Winners Pay Those Hurt by Loss of 600 MHz Range

OLD LYME, CT — Noting that the FCC’s pending spectrum auction jeopardizes future use of wireless microphones operating in the 600MHz range, forcing content creators to reinvest in wireless gear, Sennheiser formally proposed that winners of the new spectrum compensate owners of wireless microphone equipment that will be rendered obsolete as a direct result of the planned spectrum repacking.

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Clearwing Productions engineer Trevor Powers with the Yamaha CL5

ABBA Tribute Tour Mixed on Yamaha CL5

SEDONA, AZ — Clearwing Productions engineer Trevor Powers, pictured here, used one of the rental company’s Yamaha CL5 digital audio consoles with two Rio 3224-D input/output boxes for the FOH mix for an ABBA tribute tour in the U.S. recently. The ABBA Mania tour, promoted by Handshake Group of Manchester, U.K., began Nov. 1 in Elkhart, IN and ended Nov. 24 in Sedona, AZ.

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Music Group Relocates Turbosound Operations in U.K.

KIDDERMINSTER, U.K. — Music Group announced that Turbosound, which had been based at Partridge Green in Sussex, U.K., will relocate its headquarters to Music Group’s facilities here, which also house its Midas and Klark Teknik operations. Turbosound’s R&D operations, meanwhile, are moving to Music Group’s research center in Manchester, U.K., which currently houses more than 60 engineers responsible for Midas and Klark Teknik product developments.

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Martin Audio noted the commercial debut for its MLA Mini at Westpoint Arena near Exeter, U.K. in mid-October, 2013 for retail giant SPAR.

MLA Mini Takes On Westpoint Arena for U.K. Retail Conference

EXETER, U.K. —Martin Audio noted the commercial debut for its Martin Audio MLA Mini. Plymouth, U.K.-based Pyramid AV used a system comprised of 24 new MLA Mini, six MSX subs and three flying frames in an effort to sweeten the sound within a “soulless shed,” 7,500-capacty Westpoint Arena. FOH engineer Simon Honywill worked with Martin Audio’s Andy Davies on the mid-October gig, an annual conference for U.K.-based retailer SPAR.

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2009 Parnelli Audio Innovator Stan Miller presented Mark Engebretson with the 2013 Parnelli for audio innovation.

And the 2013 Parnelli Award Winners Are…

LAS VEGAS — The 2013 Parnelli Awards had it all — humor (host Micky Dolenz busting on Toronto mayor Rob Ford), candor (Eric Pearce’s  gratitude for his dad’s support), insight (Mark Engebretson on the fragility of new ideas) and poignancy (Mo Morrison’s “one-two punch” — noting how the news of his Parnelli Hall of Fame honor coincided with the obituary for his longtime friend Marshall Holmes).

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Morgan Sound Reports Theft of Gear

LYNNWOOD, WA — Morgan Sound’s Steve Boyce has reported the theft of a truckload of gear from the company’s parking lot here on Nov. 16. The truck and its contents were stolen. The truck was recovered but the gear is still missing. It included a variety of JBL speakers, Crown amps, Yamaha digital mixers, Sennheiser IEMs and Shure wireless gear, among other items. Boyce noted that all items, including those without serial numbers “had a Morgan Sound asset tag, however, we’re pretty sure the thieves will do their best to remove the tags.”

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Just a Bunch of Roadies Responds to Typhoon Haiyan Devastation

TACLOBAN, The Philippines — With the death toll rising past 5,235 in the weeks after super-typhoon Haiyan hit hard here Nov. 9, the storm ranks as the deadliest disaster to ever hit the island nation. Along with widespread death, an estimated 4 million people were rendered homeless — close to the total left homeless by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the earthquake in Haiti in 2009 combined.

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