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.
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.
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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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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Historic Paramount Theatre Sounds New with EAW
ABILENE, TX — The Paramount Theatre in downtown Abilene, Tex., a monument to an earlier time of movie palaces and vaudeville performance, now offers a new sound reinforcement system highlighted by EAW KF730 compact line arrays as well as JF50S two-way loudspeakers and SM200iH stage monitors and designed and installed by Gemini Sound of Dallas.
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HK Audio Live Sound Reference Calculator
HK Audio introduces a new tool to calculate key sound reinforcement formulas.
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Bob Heil to Receive 2007 Parnelli Audio Innovator Award
LAS VEGAS—The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announce that Bob Heil, one of pro sound’s most prolific inventors, will be honored with the Parnelli Innovator Award at this year’s Parnelli Awards. The ceremony will be held during the LDI show in Orlando, Fla., at a lavish event staged at the Peabody on November 16.
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QSC PowerLight 3 Series Analog Amplifiers
QSC's new PowerLight 3 Series amplifiers are designed to bring flexibility to touring and installed sound reinforcement applications and offer a choice of DSP with remote control and monitoring via BASIS or straightforward analog input operation. The three models range in size from 2,500 to 8,000 watts.
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