BREA, CA — Trinity Sound Company (TSC) recently completed an upgrade to the in-house music playback and paging system at Brea Community Center that included a QSC Q-Sys Core 250i processor and two additional CX Series multichannel amplifiers. The new, lower-cost DSP system controls multi-zone paging and playback.
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LOS ANGELES — FOH engineer Jeff Peterson is using one of DiGiCo’s recently-released SD5 consoles for X Factor, now in its second year in the U.S. Monitor mixer Jason Batuyong is using an SD10, and the crew has also incorporated a pair of SDRacks connected via an Optocore fiber optics network into the sound setup for the show.
Read More »PARTRIDGE GREEN, U.K. — Sean Martin was named head of international sales for Turbosound. He will take over for outgoing sales director Dominic Harter, who spent nearly 10 years with the brand, which was acquired earlier this year by Music Group. Martin, with more than 30 years experience, is returning to the brand, having previously worked for Turbosound over a four-year span in the late 1990s. Harter rejoined Harman as head of global sales for Soundcraft.
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CHICAGO — Encompass Technologies recently completed a major sound and video installation that included a Martin Audio sound system for a sizeable new restaurant/sports bar/nightclub, John Barleycorn River North, which is located in downtown Chicago.
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AMSTERDAM — Sting used four of DPA Microphones’ handheld d:facto vocal microphones on his recent Back to Bass Tour throughout Europe and the Far East. The performances were supported by Sting’s FOH engineer, Howard Page.
Read More »GUANGZHOU, China —Music Group named Guangzhou Ruifeng Audio Technology Corporation Ltd., based here, as its fulfillment partner for its Behringer-branded products in China.
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SAN DIEGO — VUE Audiotechnik, based here, reports that avon, an AV firm with locations in Trondheim and Oslo, has deployed VUE products for projects ranging from Credo, a Trondheim-based fine dining establishment, to Norway’s version of American Idol.
Read More »HUNTSVILLE, AL — PESA named Dewaine McClellan international sales manager. He is responsible for sales of all PESA product lines to territories outside the U.S. and Canada.
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NASHVILLE — WJHW of Dallas and AVI / SPL of Columbia, MD handled the design and installation of the new sound system at LP Field here. The 69,143-seat stadium, which hosts the NFL Titans, the Music City Bowl and the annual CMA Music Festival, now has 166 One Systems speakers, including 146 106IM/70s, eight 108IM/70s and twelve 112IM/70s.
Read More »COLOGNE, Germany — Adamson Systems Engineering held a joint technical seminar with Lawo at Tonmeistertagung (TMT), a trade event spanning broadcast, studio and live sound that was staged here in late November.
Read More »CAMARILLO, CA: Rat Sound Systems, based here, has taken delivery of two additional Midas PRO2 consoles to add to an existing inventory of Midas PRO6, PRO9 and XL8 consoles.
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SEATTLE — To celebrate 50 years since it was originally established as the U.S. Science Pavilion for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, the Pacific Science Center’s Eames Theater was refurbished. Along with an expanded capacity to offer 2D and 3D films, the theater has two new digital sound systems and new seating. The PACCAR IMAX Theater’s secondary sound system includes an Allen & Heath GLD-80 digital mixing console and AR24-12 audio rack.
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