SYDNEY — Since acquiring their Shure PSM 1000 Personal Monitor Systems earlier in 2012, JPJ Audio has sent them on a variety of tours including artists such as Pitbull, Macy Gray, Lady Antebellum and Delta Goodrem.
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BOOM, Belgium — Tevean nv recently provided the Heilig Hart (Sacred Heart) church in this Antwerp suburb with a new audio system that includes Community Entasys speakers and VLF212 subwoofers.
Read More »OXNARD, CA — L-Acoustics announced that two new product videos — “ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS” and “Constant Curvature Line Sources” — are now available online. In the Constant Curvature video, Scott Sugden, head of application, touring for the U.S., gives a short presentation on the physical principles and acoustic properties of L-Acoustics WST constant curvature line sources and how they can be exploited in a variety of applications. In the ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS video, Sugden presents those constant curvature line sources, reviewing the main features of both enclosures and the associated SB18m subwoofer. He also discusses system deployments, rigging options, amplification, DSP and software control.
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STAVANGER, Norway — The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra has spent the past 14 years wishing for a new home that it could truly call its own. In September, that finally became a reality with the opening of the NOK1.225bn (€165.2m) Stavanger Concert Hall. It features two halls, with DiGiCo mixing consoles chosen for mixing the amplified sound in both.
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CINCINNATI — Xavier University recently asked consultant Anthony James Partners and local integrator ICB Audio & Video to update the sound system with increased coverage of seating areas that were poorly covered by the original system. In part because no additional rigging points could be added, the solution centered on Danley loudspeakers and subwoofers.
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OAKLAND, CA — Quality Sound of Stockton, CA recently installed One Systems 108IM/70 speakers in O.co Coliseum here. The stadium is home to the NFL’s Oakland Raiders and MLB’s Oakland Athletics.
Read More »BEAVERTON, OR — AVnu Alliance, an industry forum that certifies Audio Video Bridging (AVB) products for interoperability, has added broadcast infrastructure equipment developer Axon Digital Design to its membership roster. In addition, Jan Eveleens, CEO of Axon, will serve as chairman of the newly-formed AVnu Alliance Pro Video Subgroup.
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SAN DIEGO — Paul Svenson, owner of PS Audio Video, used a single K-array KR400S ultra-light powered speaker for the graduation ceremony at San Diego Bernardo Heights Middle School earlier this year, which featured an 80-foot-wide outdoor stage. Svenson consulted with Sennheiser area sales manager John R. Borja on the project. (Sennheiser is K-array’s distributor).
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LAS VEGAS — The Official Blues Brothers Revue, a touring show produced by Dan Aykroyd, Judy Belushi, and Paul Shaffer, is relying upon Shure UHF-R wireless mics and PSM1000 personal monitor systems. Tour and production manager (and longtime Shure user) Bill Girdwood specified the gear.
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PHILADELPHIA — For SoundGarden Hall, a 2,100-capacity live event space that opened this fall, Ian Hoffer of Aurora Sound and Light Design LLC handled the design and installation of the audio system as well as lighting gear. Hoffer and the club’s management opted for Meyer Sound’s UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers, which they had used previously for another club in town, Rumor.
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FORT WORTH, TX — Dan Spitz, former member and co-founder of heavy metal group Anthrax, is also a lead guitarist, bass guitarist, vocalist, programmer, engineer and co-producer of the rock duo Red Lamb. The three-time Grammy nominee is also a watchmaker and, with wife Candi, an advocate for autism awareness and research. In addition, as Harman notes, he has been using AKG IVM4500 In Ear Monitors and AKG’s DMS700 wireless system.
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WEIMAR, Germany — The Deutsches Nationaltheater here has complemented its purchase of a new Studer Vista 8 console with a TiMax2 SoundHub-R32 system matrix and playback server, replacing an old analog Studer and legacy TiMax Classic matrix which had been in daily use for the past 10 years. The new TiMax SoundHub system was purchased from distributor Pro Audio Technik following on-site demos by the company’s TiMax technical sales specialist Matthias Ziegenberger.
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