BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announced the December availability of Version 1.7 software upgrade for the Yamaha CL Series Digital Audio Console. The upgrade, available via free download, is based on end user input and promises enhanced efficiency and versatility, particularly for mixing engineers in festival and similar complex event setups.
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MUSCAT, Oman – For a concert featuring Sir Tom Jones at Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa here, Talentz Centre LLC deployed their compact Outline Butterfly system. The setup included 12 flown cabinets per side as the main L-R system along with four Outline Mantas per side as downfills and 16 Outline Subtech 218 subwoofers for the low end. The speaker system was powered by Outline T-Series amplifiers.
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NEW YORK – Earlier this fall, Major Tom Ltd. supported British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran’s performance as headliner of three solo acoustic shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden with a Meyer Sound LEO. The system was credited for amplifying the sound of Sheeran’s acoustic guitar so that it could be heard throughout the venue, while also giving the performance an intimate feel in the huge venue.
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LONDON, UK – Martin Audio noted that Capital Sound was able to overcame significant acoustic challenges at Alexandra Palace (a.k.a. Ally Pally) by using their MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array for dance music trio Above & Beyond’s Group Therapy 050 seven-hour live radio broadcast, which took place within the venue on Oct. 26.
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WEST CHESTER, PA — Aviom named ProMusicals as the company’s first distribution partner in India. ProMusicals, which has been looking out for musicians’ stage and studio needs for more than 20 years, also represents Focusrite, Universal Audio, Presonus, and Blue Microphones, among other brands.
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NILES, IL — Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena was host to the 2013 CMA Awards, known as “country music’s biggest night,” with a live ABC telecast and a venue packed with fans. For the sixth straight year, artists Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley co-hosted the awards, which honored both youth and experience, with a three-hour string of hit songs and unusual collaborations all using Shure’s premium condenser microphones.
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BLACKSBURG, VA – Systems integrator Daktronics recently upgraded Virginia Tech University’s Lane Stadium with new Harman’s JBL VLA Series loudspeakers along with BSS and Soundcraft gear. The stadium seats 66,233 and is home to the Virginia Tech Hokies football team. The goal of this renovation was to ensure a high output system and even coverage from seat to seat.
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NEW YORK – For the 14th annual T.J. Martell Foundation Family Day, held recently in Roseland Ballroom, Audio Production Services (APS) provided dBTechnologies DVA line arrays for a roster of artists including Jason Mraz, Ed Wheeran, Austin Mahone and Emblem 3. APS owner Simon Nathan hung L-R DVA line arrays of two T12 and three T4 enclosures per side. Four T4 boxes provided front fill; two S-30 subwoofers and two DM12 monitors handled the low end.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Providence KL, a nightclub that opened here in July 2013, installed a NEXT-proaudio sound system. Next Integration Engineering, NEXT-proaudio’s distributor in Malaysia, provided six X15, six X12, eight X8, six XH18, four XS118 and six XS12 speakers. The whole system is powered by NEXT MA series gear.
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LUTON, U.K. – Cadac named recently-formed Entertainment Technology Australia (ETA) as its distributor for Australia. Cadac’s international sales manager Ben Millson, left, is pictured here with industry veteran David Croxton, who founded ETA in July 2013. The new Australian distribution firm has offices and warehouses in Sydney and Melbourne.
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DUBAI, UAE — Joe Chidiac of Pulse Middle East designed a system for the Iris Club near Ghantoot Marina here that includes Turbosound TCX loudspeakers. The system includes 28 TCX-15 loudspeakers and 16 TCX-15B subwoofers along four four Milan M15 portable loudspeakers that can move around and be deployed as needed. The audio system is powered by 10 RACKDP-50 four-channel digital amplifiers with built-in DSP.
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LAS VEGAS — Odds are pretty good that the 2013 Parnelli Awards, set for the Mirage Las Vegas Nov. 23, will break all previous attendance records. How good? Well, for starters, the total number of reserved tickets has already exceeded the total attendance for any previous show.
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