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First Baptist Fellowship Hall Upgrades with Tannoy VLS Loudspeakers

CHATSWORTH, GA – Church leaders at First Baptist Church here turned to Dalton, GA-based Bradford AV to design and install a new sound reinforcement system for the church’s remodeled Fellowship Hall. The room, a rectangular space with stained glass windows, hard surface flooring and a dropped ceiling with LED lighting, is used by the church for educational purposes, lectures, movies and community civic gatherings as well as over-flow from services. The new sound system makes used of Tannoy VLS passive column loudspeakers.

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Pictured here are, from left, Lucas Truman, Contact's Western regional manager; Doug MacCallum; Bill Coons, Contact's distribution director; and Louis-Phillippe Boideau, Contact's Eastern regional manager. (Mike Davidson, Contact's Ontario sales manager, is not pictured here).

One Systems Names Contact Distribution Canadian Distributor

NASHVILLE, TN — One Systems named Contact Distribution as its Canadian distributor. Doug MacCallum, One Systems’ president, made the announcement. Pictured here are, from left, Lucas Truman, Contact’s Western regional manager; Doug MacCallum; Bill Coons, Contact’s distribution director; and Louis-Phillippe Boideau, Contact’s Eastern regional manager. (Mike Davidson, Contact’s Ontario sales manager, is not pictured here).

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Tumbleweed Festival Setup Includes RCF HDL 20-A Line Arrays

GARDEN CITY, KS – This year marked the fourth year that the Douglas Production Group (DPG) provided sound reinforcement for the annual Tumbleweed Festival held on the grounds of the Lee Richardson Zoo here. It also marked the first time they used their new RCF HDL 20-A line arrays for the event. DPG utilized the HDL 20-A modules on all three stages of the three-day acoustic music festival.

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Harman Acquires Duran Audio

Harman Acquires Duran Audio

NEW YORK — At the 135th AES Convention, Harman announced its acquisition of privately-held Duran Audio BV. The purchase provides Harman with access to new electro-acoustic and software-based directivity control technologies including Duran Audio’s AXYS Intellivox line of “steerable” columns. Harman said it plans to integrate the AXYS product line and core technologies into its future audio products. Pictured here, from left, is Bryan Bradley, general manager of Harman’s loudspeaker business unit, and Gerrit Duran, president of Duran Audio.

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Anchorage Baptist Temple Goes Digital With DiGiCo

ANCHORAGE, AK — In today’s digital age, many houses of worship are moving towards rich multimedia presentations that are streamed, uploaded and broadcast worldwide. The need for up-to-date systems to handle this new model of worship options often requires an investment in gear and technology. For the 2,300-seat Anchorage Baptist Temple (ABT) in Alaska, this was the very impetus to undertake a revamp of its overall audio set-up. Integrators Michael Garrison Associates spec’d a DiGiCo for the Temple’s latest upgrade consisting of SD7’s and SD10 mixers.

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Adlib Supplies Coda Sound System For Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days Tour

LIVERPOOL, UK  – For the latest UK leg of Ellie Goulding’s Halcyon Days tour, engineers are Oz Bagnall (FOH) and James Neale (Monitors) relied once again on gear provided by Adlib, based here. The gear supporting the tour for the UK-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist included a Coda Audio sound system.    Bagnall specified the system, which once again proved to be well suited to the wide variety of theatre and town hall venues on the tour.

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James Oliver has been promoted to director of marketing & sales – pictured with the new Adamson System A218 subwoofer.

Adamson Promotes James Oliver, Martin Schlockwerder to New Posts

PORT PERRY, Ontario, Canada – Adamson Systems Engineering promoted James Oliver to director of marketing and sales. In his new role, Oliver, pictured here, will be responsible for the growth of Adamson’s sales worldwide with focus on growing the North American market. Adamson Europe GmbH, meanwhile, promoted Martin Schlockwerder to lead the company’s marketing and business development in Europe.

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QSC Audio Names Barry Ferrell Senior VP/Chief Strategy Officer

COSTA MESA, CA – QSC Audio Products, LLC promoted Barry Ferrell to the position of senior vice president and chief strategy officer. Ferrell joined the company in 1990 as an applications engineer and was the company’s first technical hire for its sales and marketing department. In 2009, Ferrell assumed a leadership role within the company’s Cinema Group and was named vice president of Cinema in Oct. 2012.

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Firehouse Supports iHeartRadio Music Festival with JBL VTX System

LAS VEGAS, NV – For the third year in a row, Firehouse Productions turned to JBL Professional and Crown Audio for the sound reinforcement system at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, deploying JBL VTX line arrays powered by Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. The 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and featured performances by Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Muse, and more.

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CTSI Upgrades The W in DC with Martin Audio Gear

WASHINGTON DC – CTSI (Corbett Technology Solutions, Inc.), which had been brought in to upgrade the lighting systems for the beaux arts-style W Hotel near the White House here for a refurbishment in 2009, was then tasked with an upgrade to the luxury hotel’s audio system. CTSI specified a range of new equipment including Martin Audio OmniLine arrays and AQ Series speakers.

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