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New EAW Smaart v.6 Now Released And Available
FOH Staff | News | March 28, 2007WHITINSVILLE, MA -- New EAW Smaart v6 for PC and Mac has been released and is available for download at the EAW Web site. (specific URL: http://www.eaw.com/smaart). Read More... -
DAS Parties at Celtic Feis
FOH Staff | News | March 27, 2007LAS VEGAS -- Keeping the music and entertainment up for the Celtic Feis at the New York New York hotel & casino, Grosz Live Productions of Las Vegas erected a substantial SR system with products from the DAS Audio catalog. Read More... -
Symetrix Celebrates 30 Years
FOH Staff | News | March 27, 2007MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA -- Founder Dane Butcher conceived Symetrix in the early 1970s, while he worked as a recording engineer, and this year the company celebrates its 30-year anniversary. Butcher worked with members of Return to Forever and helped engineer Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters. Read More... -
Westbury National Rings for JBL at Sears Centre
FOH Staff | News | March 27, 2007HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- Westbury National Show Systems designed and installed the audio system, complete with speakers from JBL, at the new Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The 11,000-seat arena has already hosted concerts by Bob Dylan and Duran Duran. Read More... -
Audio-Technica Gives Voice to Inductees
FOH Staff | News | March 26, 2007NEW YORK -- A broad range of Audio-Technica microphones was selected to outfit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York City. A-T supplied more than 100 mics to capture the audio for this event, which took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on March 12, with inductees including Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., The Ronettes, Patti Smith and Van Halen. Read More... -
Shure Nabs Counterfeiters in India
FOH Staff | News | March 26, 2007NEW DELHI, INDIA -- Following recent raids in Thailand, Shure continues to pursue those involved with the importation and distribution of counterfeit Shure products in Asia and the rest of the world. The most recent operation, conducted in cooperation with Indian authorities, has resulted in the arrest of a trader in New Dehli. Read More... -
EV Netmax Ropes Houston Rodeo
FOH Staff | News | March 20, 2007HOUSTON -- Houston-based LD Systems designs and deploys sound reinforcement and lighting for the annual Houston Rodeo and Livestock Series, held at the city's Reliant Stadium. LD Systems oversee the installation of Electro-Voice equipment for the HLSR, featuring 108 EV X-Line boxes powered by EV P3000RL remote control DSP amplifiers. For 2007, LD Systems incorporated EV's NetMax networked matrix system controller into their system design for the first time for remote supervision of the system. Read More... -
Aspects of Bliss Dance in New Jersey
FOH Staff | News | March 20, 2007CLIFTON, NJ -- Formerly known as "Joey's Night Club," the Bliss nightclub in Clifton, NJ, was completely renovated before reopening, with design by Pedro Pons and lighting by Dougie Lazer. As described by Joe Lodi, owner and chief designer of Advanced Audio Technology, the old sound system consisted of "a large number of primitive boxes, each the size of a refrigerator and with the sound quality of an AM radio." Lodi and his partner and head of installation, Angelo Poulos, designed and installed the new sound system, which hinges on eight TA-500 and eight TSW-218 Turbosound Aspect Series loudspeakers and subwoofers. Read More... -
PowerH Powers Up Pro Bowl
FOH Staff | News | March 20, 2007HONOLULU, HI -- Custom Audio, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, provided audio support for this year's Pro Bowl production in Aloha Stadium, drafting three PowerH 5000 amplifiers from Dynacord to help deliver game day sound. Read More... -
Four Seasons Centre Achieves Natural Sound with Meyer
FOH Staff | News | March 20, 2007TORONTO, CANADA -- In the few months since it opened with Wagner's complete Ring Cycle, Toronto, Canada's new CDN$181 million Four Seasons Centre has added more than 150 Meyer Sound loudspeakers, though their presence isn't apparent; all are concealed from sight, either around the proscenium or embedded in the hall's walls and ceilings. Read More... -
Alt-Rockers Primus Transition to Digital with VENUE
FOH Staff | News | March 19, 2007HERCULES, CA -- Currently with Pro Media/UltraSound in Hercules, Calif, Derrick Featherstone has spent well over a decade working with alt-rock band Primus as both their tour manager and FOH engineer. Though they're noted "analog die-hards," Featherstone and the band recently made the decision to swap out their aging analog equipment for a new digital system and chose Digidesign's VENUE live sound environment to handle FOH duties for the band's U.S. and Canada tour. Read More... -
Sennheiser Introduces New MD 5235 Dynamic Mic Head
FOH Staff | News | March 14, 2007OLD LYME, CT -- Sennheiser has engineered a new microphone head for its RF wireless microphone, the SKM 5200. The MD 5235 mic head is a rugged dynamic capsule designed to cut through high on-stage levels. The new mic head can be used with all handheld transmitters of Sennheiser's 5000 Series - the SKM 5000, SKM 5000 N and the latest model, SKM 5200. Read More...
