ST GEORGE, GRENADA–Music, festival and dance are at the heart of Grenada's cultural heritage, and the spice island's annual "Spicemas" Carnival, a world-renowned celebration featuring the finest soca, reggae and calypso music, sounded better than ever this year, thanks to the EV, Midas and Klark Teknik sound system, operated by Judah Sound System of St. George's, Grenada.
Read More »LONDON–Digidesign has announced the addition of D-Show Profile to the VENUE live sound environment family. This compact mixing console is a size-conscious alternative to the D-Show, the flagship console of the VENUE line. D-Show Profile offers full compatibility with all existing VENUE hardware components, total file portability and a compact footprint.
Read More »MERIDIAN, MS–Peavey Electronics has licensed EtherSound networking technology for use in Peavey, MediaMatrix, Architectural Acoustics and Crest Audio professional audio and communications products. Yamaha has also announced they will be using this format.
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MIAMI–Miami's Dolphin Stadium is arguably one of professional sports' more active venues and part of the continued success of this privately funded arena can be credited to owner Wayne Huizenga's strong advocacy of regular upgrades and renovations, a program that has helped to maintain the stadium's first-class amenities and state-of-the-art technical infrastructure, including a recent upgrade to Community Professional speakers in the interior sound systems.
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WEST CHESTER, PA–Aviom, Inc, manufacturer of the Pro16 Monitor Mixing System, is announcing that the company is now shipping the new AN-16SBR System Bridge, which will be featured at AES 2006 (Booth# 123).
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MCKEES ROCKS, PA–Northern Sound & Light (NSL), a nationally recognized audio and lighting products dealer with a thriving Internet presence, recently announced the addition of Ken Boswell to the sales staff. Boswell, a Pittsburgh native, brings a mix of experience in the live sound, recording and lighting industries.
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LAKE CHARLES, LA–Despite floating in the direct path of Hurricane Rita last year, Pinnacle Entertainment's L'Auberge du Lac dockside riverboat casino in Lake Charles is once again rockin' with gamblers from the nearby Houston metro area.
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TORONTO–The Rizla Unleashed Music Festival delivered a fantastic weekend of music, from a breath-taking cliff top location overlooking Watergate Bay in Newquay, UK on Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5. The sold-out event attracted 14500 people for the weekend, who were treated to Cornwall's largest music festival. Friday's headliners, "Feeder" were joined by "The Automatic", "Mystery Jets", "Captain" and others. "Starsailor" and "Graham Coxon" headlined the Saturday show.
Read More »LAS VEGAS, NV–The people have spoken, the nominees have been tabulated, and the polls are open. Voting for the 2006 Parnelli Awards has begun! Subscribers to PLSN or FRONT of HOUSE magazines can cast their votes for the best of the live production industry online at www.parnelliawards.com/vote.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT–Rolls Corporation has announced the release of the upgraded RM67 Mic/Source Mixer; the RM67 is a single rack space mixer designed for the install/contractor market. The unit mixes three balanced microphones with four stereo sources to mono or stereo balanced outputs.
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BURNSVILLE, MN–The Jazz on the Danube festival (Jazz an der Donau), which ran from July 13–16, offered another excellent, highlight-filled program this year. Ingo Haasch and his team were responsible for sound reinforcement, and relied on a combination of compact Electro-Voice (EV) line array systems, Dynacord PowerH power amplifiers and EV NetMax N8000 signal processors, which was used for the first time at a major event.
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WEST CHESTER, PA–Aviom's newly updated AN-16/o Output Module is now shipping–with the flexibility of improved mic and line output levels, convenient DB25 multipins for audio connections, and heavy duty locking Neutrik EtherCons for network connections. The AN-16/o Output Module will make its debut at AES 2006.
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