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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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University of New Mexico football stadium. Photo: Larry Lucas © 2016

Danley Jericho Horns Added to University of NM Football Team

 

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The University of New Mexico football team, the Lobos, plays all of its home games at University Stadium on the school’s south campus in Albuquerque. Erected in 1960, University Stadium underwent several expansions that brought its current seating capacity to just shy of 40,000. Recently, the school replaced its former south end zone scoreboard with a new Daktronics LED scoreboard in the north end zone, opting to include loudspeaker enclosures in anticipation of a new sound reinforcement system. That system has now arrived in the form of two Danley Jericho Horn J3 point source loudspeakers supported by two Danley BC-218 subwoofers, with power from Danley’s new DNA-Series of DSP-enabled amplifiers.

The Ford press conference was one of seven major manufacturer events prior to the launch of the show that used Radio Active Designs UV-1G wireless intercom system.

Radio Active Designs Drives Communications During Detroit Auto Show

DETROIT – Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Amazing Audio recently worked with nineRadio Active Designs UV-1G wireless intercom systems for press events held before and during the annual North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), held in Detroit. Radio Active Designs’ Enhanced Narrow Band technology allows the units to fit more than 10 times the amount of wireless systems in the same band as traditional RF Intercom systems. As a result, even the base stations, which operate in UHF, have a very small footprint in the UHF band – making them invaluable at an event of this scope.
The dLive surface at FOH.

Indonesian Church Installs dLive and ME Monitor in Digital Refurbishment

SEMARANG, Indonesia — As part of a major AV refurbishment, Bethany Salatiga Church has become one of the first Indonesian houses of worship to install Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing system, along with a ME personal monitoring system. Located in the city of Salatiga in Semarang, the large capacity Church needed a system to manage FOH and monitors in the main sanctuary, which hosts several different traditional, modern and youth services each day, as well as broadcast feeds for its radio station.

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Grant Howard, Vice President and Senior Engineer, Soundworks.

Soundworks Continues 40-Year Investment in Soundcraft

RICHMOND, VA –– Soundworks of Virginia has come a long way since 1976 when its founder was loading up his Ford E350 van with a Soundcraft Series 1S console, small JBL horn-loaded speaker system and Crown DC-300 and DC-150 amplifiers. Today, the full-service live production company has more than $1 million worth of equipment that’s used for events of all sizes, including multi-day festivals that attract more than 200,000 spectators. In January, the Richmond-based production company invested in two Soundcraft by Harman Vi5000 consoles to replace its Vi4 consoles.

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Darrell Goldman Band at Crossroads.

Texas Hill Country Restaurant Serves Live Music with Allen & Heath

FREDERICKSBURG, TX – Located in the Texas hill country, just west of Austin, the Crossroads Saloon and Steakhouse offers live music Thursday through Sunday with dancing on a traditional wooden dance floor and regular appearances by local and national touring acts. To support its live music, Crossroads recently upgraded its audio system with an Allen & Heath GLD-80 Chrome Edition digital mixer with an AR2412 AudioRack and AR84 Expander.

 

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Jorge Arronte in the Xfinity East Plaza of AmericanAirlines Arena.

D.A.S. Audio Expands Presence at American Airlines Arena

MIAMI – Located along Miami’s scenic Biscayne Bay, AmericanAirlines Arena is home to the NBA’s Miami Heat basketball team while also serving as a leading venue for concerts and a variety of other attractions. The facility’s East side area serves a wide range of activities—both basketball and non-basketball related. Facility management recently decided to upgrade the sound reinforcement capabilities throughout the area. D.A.S. Audio already has a commanding presence inside the arena. Hence, the Xfinity East Plaza is now home to another D.A.S. system that incorporates products from the company’s Aero Series 2, Road, and EN54-24 Certified product catalogs.

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Salmontini

Martin Audio CDD Upgrades 5-Star London Restaurant

LONDON – Old Barn Audio (OBA) has equipped Salmontini, a five-star sushi and fish restaurant in London’s swanky Belgravia populated by A-list celebrities, with Martin Audio’s new CDD system to meet its expanded business model. Opened two years ago, Salmontini initially brought in OBA to install a background music system following a referral. But as the business developed, Managing Director Jason Bassili responded to the demands of his upmarket clientele by requesting a full-blown live music system. OBA Directors Phil Clark and Neil Kavanagh had no hesitation in which brand they would use, and the latter was soon on site specifying a potent CDD system.

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