OVO Systems Introduces LAVA Line Array System
OVO Systems introduces its new compact line array, the LAVA. The small vertical array is designed to have a combined output of 1200 Watts RMS, making it compact in size, but large in output.
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Crossroads Guitar Festival Brings Music Greats Together with JBL
CHICAGO— The 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival was staged on July 28 at Toyota Park in Chicago, Ill. Rental company Sound Image provided the live sound system for the festival, using JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays.
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Texas Stampede Puts Meyer Sound MILO in the Saddle
DALLAS — The Texas Stampede is one of the largest rodeo events in the country and features some of the biggest names in the sport, not to mention some of the hottest live entertainment. Dallas-based Crossroads Audio brought Meyer Sound self-powered MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers to the Stampede to ensure that the packed crowd clearly heard every guitar string-bending, hip-shaking note.
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Iowa Speedway Races with Community
NEWTON, IA — The new 25,000-seat Iowa Speedway, designed by NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace, has been updated with modern speaker technology.
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Never Forget Kicks Off U.K. Tour with Cadac
CARDIFF, WALES —The brand new musical Never Forget opened in Cardiff last weekend on the start of its U.K. tour — with plans to bring the show to the West End in the autumn.
Read More »House of Blues and Sennheiser Form Marketing Alliance
OLD LYME, CT and LOS ANGELES —Sennheiser USA and House of Blues Entertainment have cemented an agreement to enhance House of Blues live music venues throughout the continent with Sennheiser and Neumann wired microphones and Sennheiser headphones.
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Sennheiser Creates New Global Relations Division
WEDEMARK, GERMANY — Audio specialist Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG has announced the opening of its new Global Relations Division, which will support Sennheiser’s wired and wireless products, along with Georg Neumann and Klein + Hummel products. The Global Relations team will harmonize support across borders so that Sennheiser users can count on the same standards and level of support no matter where they are in the world.
Read More »Yamaha Digital Consoles Turn 20
BUENA PARK, CA — Digital consoles are hailed in many corners of the business as the latest and greatest in live audio but they aren’t as new as you might think. This year marks Yamaha Corporation’s 20th anniversary of digital console manufacture, a figure marked with more than 3,000 PM digital consoles sold to date.
Read More »FCC Report States Prototype White Space Devices Not Ready for Prime Time
WASHINGTON, DC — The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology test results were released July 31 evaluating the performance of proposed unlicensed devices that would operate in the “white spaces” of the TV broadcast spectrum. The FCC released the results of the testing yesterday.
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Sensaphonics Launches Ask the Sound Guy Featuring Thom Fiegle
CHICAGO — Sensaphonics Hearing Conservation Inc., a manufacturer of custom-fit earphones for personal monitoring, has announced the hiring of industry veteran Thom Fiegle as Sound Engineering Consultant. Fiegle’s primary responsibility will be to offer expert advice to artists and engineers seeking to optimize their personal monitor experience. The new service, dubbed “Ask The Sound Guy,” is designed to augment Sensaphonics’ audiology expertise with Fiegle’s long experience in system design and live sound mixing.
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Meyer Sound Melodie Cuts Loose at Dartmouth Hopkins Center
HANOVER, NH — The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College recently upgraded the audio component of its 900-seat Spaulding Auditorium to include a new Meyer Sound system based on the M'elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker.
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Australian Outback Spectacular Mixes with Allen & Heath
AUSTRALIA — Warner Village Theme Parks has opened the Australian Outback Spectacular (AOS), selecting two Allen & Heath iDR-8 DSP mixers and a PA12-CP powered mixer as part of the extensive audio installation.
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