SEATTLE — Symetrix took a moment recently to note a few details about its ongoing support for a charitable program that provides up to 200 meals each month for families in need. More details from Symetrix about that program follow.
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LAS VEGAS — The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMA) show was again broadcast live from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on CBS this year. The evening was hosted by country music artist Blake Shelton and Shure endorser Luke Bryan, pictured here, who won the evening’s biggest honor, “Entertainer of the Year.”
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BARCELONA, Spain —Fokum recently installed JBL’s Marquis Dance Club Series loudspeakers at the Opium dance club here. The gear was sold through Earpro, JBL Professional’s official distributor for Spain and Portugal.
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ROME — The 134th AES Convention — and the first to be staged in Rome — is set to take place May 4-7 at the Fontana di Trevi Convention Centre.
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LOS ANGELES — Wayne Forman, owner of Waynos Catering, died April 7 after a battle with cancer of the kidney. He was 52. Waynos Catering supported live concert tours for Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP), Pearl Jam, Def Leppard, REM and Eric Clapton, among other artists, and also provided on-location meals for crews filming Scent of a Woman, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Meet Joe Black and Unfaithful.
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FRANKFURT – Renowned manufacturer of studio consoles and processing tools, Solid State Logic, has launched “Live,” the first SSL console for live sound production at Musikmesse/Prolight + Sound 2013. “Live” brings SSL’s unique approach to audio quality and console ergonomics to sound for the stage. SSL has been at the leading edge of analogue and digital audio console innovation for over 35 years. Like so many multi-award-winning, groundbreaking and much loved consoles for Music, Broadcast and Post production SSL has created through the decades, Live promises to bring something very special to the party.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany — Powersoft and Audinate announced a licensing agreement to incorporate Audinate’s Dante media networking into Powersoft’s amplifier products.
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OXNARD, CA — L-Acoustics, which has trained more than 2,200 technicians around the world since the introduction of its K Systems Standard in 2008, announced that it would be building on that achievement with the establishment of its L-Acoustics K Systems Engineer (KSE) Accreditation Program.
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VOORHEES, NJ — For the 2,500-capacity outdoor stadium at Eastern High School here, JD Sound and Video refurbished and re-aimed the existing four Community R-Series model R2-474 loudspeakers, adding Polar Focus brackets. JD also added a pair of WET Series W2-218s on the press box to cover the home-team bleachers and delayed the original R2s to avoid artificial echoes. JD also added an R2-52 on the press box to cover the visiting team bleachers. For Eastern’s pep rallies and special events, JD added a pair of weatherized Community iBOX dual-15” i215 subwoofers under the bleachers. They provide low-frequency support for the entire field.
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PARIS — MPM, already the largest carrier of Adamson products in France, recently announced that they will add an additional 32 E15s to their rental inventory, bringing their total E15 count to 78 boxes, all amplified by Lab.gruppen PLM-20000Q and networked through Dante. Adamson’s long-time French Distributor DV2 brokered this most recent purchase.
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SOMERVILLE, MA — dB levels at Five Horses Tavern were too rambunctious for the pub’s patrons, and pretty soon, owner Dylan Welsh was getting an earful, too. To provide an environment more conducive to conversation, Welch brought in GC Pro senior account manager PK Pandey, who reined in the noise with Auralex and Acoustical Surfaces products.
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LONG BEACH, CA — The 2013 TED Conference, held here Feb. 25-March 1, included more than 50 TED talks and musical performances that were recorded live and simulcast from the Long Beach PAC to a satellite location in Palm Springs, CA and the world at large via the Internet. The crew, from McCune Audio/Video/Lighting with an assist from Hi-Tech Audio and freelance FOH engineer Erik Sandberg, supported the event using a DiGiCo/Optocore setup.
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