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Cameron O'Neill, Riedel's director, Asia-Pacific region, and Fintan Mc Kiernan, CEO, Ideal Systems at the 2016 NAB Show with colleagues.

Riedel Strikes New Partnership With Ideal Systems in Asia

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Further extending its international reach, Riedel Communications has partnered with Ideal Systems, a well-established systems integrator serving markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Japan. With a robust network of offices across Southeast Asia, Ideal Systems is positioned to provide new and existing Riedel customers with sophisticated services ranging from consultancy to complete design, build and support.

 

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Jon Schwarz at CTS Audio’s Rivage PM10.

CTS Takes Yamaha Rivage PM10 Up Front and Center with Wallflowers

BRENTWOOD, TN — CTS Audio of Brentwood, TN, has taken delivery of its first Yamaha Rivage PM10, adding to an already ample assortment of Yamaha digital consoles. CTS Chief Engineer, Jon Schwarz (pictured here) shared his recent experience using the flagship console at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville while mixing FOH for  the Wallflowers. He credited the console for its Rupert Neve Designs transformers, onboard EQs and its ability to offer users two stereo busses.

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Outline at Circus Maximus.

Outline Arrays Fielded For Rome’s Circus Maximus Event

ROME – Circus Maximus, a stadium dating back to 7 B.C., was known for chariot races, simulated battles with infantry, cavalry and elephants, which once drew an enormous number of spectators in ancient Rome. Today the challenges are a different sort. At 680 yards long, the challenge was ensuring perfect intelligibility for speakers covering delicate topics during “Family Day,” one of the many large rallies throughout Italy for and against the proposed law regarding same-sex civil unions and adoptions. Cipiesse, a contractor from Rezzato,  took up the audio gauntlet.

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Telstra Insight Center.

Meyer Sound Constellation Provides Acoustical Flexibility For Australian Telecom Company

SYDNEY – A Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system is helping Telstra, one of Australia’s largest telecommunications and media companies, to inform and educate visitors at its Customer Insight Center (CIC) in Sydney. Installed in a 300-seat theatre, Constellation provides Telstra with the acoustical flexibility to hold meetings, concerts and multimedia presentations in the same space, helping to connect customers with the company’s range of cross-platform technology solutions.

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Solotech flew a full K1/K2 system for the 2016 Juno Awards.

L-Acoustics K1/K2 System Rocks Canada’s Juno Awards

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada –  The Juno Awards, Canada’s most prestigious music awards show, recently aired live on CTV from Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome and featured performances by many of the country’s leading music artists, including Alessia Cara, Bryan Adams, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dean Brody, Jann Arden, Shawn Mendes, The Tenors and The Weeknd. But it was the performance by an L-Acoustics K1/K2 sound system—provided by another Canadian original, Solotech—that seamlessly kept the music sonically clear all night long. The system proved to be an ideal solution for Scotiabank Saddledome, which is a beautiful sounding hall with a unique hyperbolic paraboloid-shaped roof offering fantastic interior sightlines. That same design poses challenges in terms of weight limitations. However, the weight-to-power ratio of L-Acoustics’ K2 allowed the Junos to enjoy powerful system performance without concern for any weight-loading issues.

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A series of concerts at the Red Hat amphitheater deployed a Martin Audio MLA Compact system.

Martin Audio MLA Covers Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Raleigh

RALEIGH, NC – The recent Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Raleigh, NC – with marathons and half marathon races – culminated in a series of concerts at the Red Hat amphitheater. Gavin DeGraw was the headliner for the first night with opening acts Jason Adamo and Mark Scibilia, followed by St. Lucia, Four Founders and Look Homeward celebrating the close of the marathon run. The challenge to overcome at Red Hat was controlling sound given the venue’s location in the heart of the city opposite the convention center with residential housing located close behind the amphitheater. RMB Audio deployed a Martin Audio MLA Compact system for the event for various reasons.

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The turntable stage at NYCB Theater in Westbury equipped with eight EAW RL12 loudspeaker/monitors.

Patti LaBelle Performs on Turntable Stage with EAW Redline Monitor System

WESTBURY, NY – Patti LaBelle recently performed in the 3,000-seat NYCB Theater in Westbury, NY with an EAW Redline monitor system. Ronkonkoma, NY-based Audio Design Group provided eight Redline RL12 loudspeakers used in monitor mode for the in-the-round concert stage. The monitor speakers were distributed around the lip of the venue’s turntable stage.  Reuben James, LaBelle’s monitor engineer since 2010, had specified bi-amped wedges for the downstage mix. The EAW Redline RL12 components, he said, were “more than up to the task.”

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QU Firmware v1.9 full system upgrade.

Allen & Heath Updates QU Series

CORNWALL, UK – Allen & Heath has announced a host of major enhancements to the feature set and ecosystem of its Qu Series of compact digital mixers. Accompanying the release of firmware V1.9 is a number of key updates to the Qu-Pad app, factory mic presets from manufacturers Shure and Sennheiser, streamlined DAW Control for Windows, plus the new, customisable Qu-Control app for install applications.
FreeSpeak II base, beltpack and headset.

Gearhouse Broadcast Serves The Australian Open Clear-Com FreeSpeak II

MElBOURNE, Australia – The 2016 Australian Open Tennis tournament Jan. 18-31 saw more than 720,000 visitors take in the iconic Grand Slam in Melbourne, with local host broadcaster the Seven Network sending the major matches live Australia-wide. International broadcasters including ESPN, beIN Sports, SuperSport, Eurosport, CCTV, NHK and Sky transmitted the action to hundreds of millions more. Backing up all the broadcasters with the infrastructure they needed to cover an international sporting event was Gearhouse Broadcast Australia, whose relatively new Event Communications division was on-site and using Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II full-duplex wireless communications system.

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Grand Hall at Studentersamfundet .

Venues in Norway are Early Adopters of Meyer Sound’s Leopard System

TRONDHEIM, Norway — For the 1,200-seat Grand Hall, a central meeting place for close to 1,700 students in Trondheim, Norway, Oslo-based Bright Norway AS installed Meyer Sound’s compact Leopard linear sound reinforcement system. Bright Norway AS has also provided a Meyer Sound Leopard system at Oslo’s 650-capacity Vulkan Arena to support hard rock shows. Bright Norway AS’ Trond Kristoffersen supervised the Grand Hall install in Trondheim, and Bright’s Stian Smith and Fredrik Frostad assisted with the deployment of the Leopard system at the Vulkan Arena in Oslo.

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Powersoft

Powersoft to Host Training Sessions at InfoComm 2016

LAS VEGAS – In addition demonstrating its latest products and technologies at InfoComm 2016, audio manufacturer Powersoft will offer three dedicated training sessions during the trade show, each focused on the use of Powersoft amplification in audio system design and voice alarm systems.

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