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Monday, August 24, 2009
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08/24/09 03:41 PM,
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Audio-Technica has announced that Patterson, New Jersey-based On the Road Marketing has been presented with A-T’s prestigious President’s Award. The award was presented by Marc Lee Shannon, Audio-Technica Vice President, Sales, to Doug Brown, On the Road Marketing President. On the Road Marketing received this honor at an awards ceremony during this year’s InfoComm Expo in Orlando, Florida, to honor its dedicated force of manufacturer’s representatives. Doug Brown, Principal of On the Road Marketing, accepted the President’s Award, which recognizes…
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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08/21/09 04:44 PM,
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“Comprehensive network connectivity planning is not a discussion that can happen in fifteen minutes on a tradeshow floor,” says Lee Minich, President of Lab X Technologies. “For instance, we have many companies approaching us who have already made the strategic decision to use Audio-Video Bridging (AVB) as their networking platform.” AVB is an umbrella term for new IEEE standards that make both wired and wireless Ethernet networks capable of reliable real-time delivery of audio and video. The critical questions for…
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
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Audinate has announced that Peavey has expanded its networking options for the MediaMatrix product portfolio by including Audinate’s networking solution. The first MediaMatrix products to have Audinate’s advanced networking technology are the NION nX product family and the CAB 4n audio bridge. The NION system is a configurable DSP core for the commercial, engineered systems marketplace. The CAB 4n is a break-out box designed specifically for NION-based systems. In addition, support for legacy MediaMatrix makes the CAB 4n an efficient…
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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07/29/09 10:15 AM,
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After 17 years of service, it recently came time to overhaul the sound reinforcement system in the sanctuary of New Life Christian Ministries in order for it to keep pace with the church’s ambitious programs. Lee Hartman and Sons of Roanoke, VA, a design/build firm providing A/V solutions, was contracted to handle New Life Christian Ministries’ sound system revitalization, utilizing line arrays and loudspeakers from Greensboro, NC-based WorxAudio Technologies. “The original system was mounted up in the soffit over the…
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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In the late 1980’s Matt Knobel started out working in several in New York studios including Media Sound and Platinum Island learning the ropes, then continuing with jingles on hundreds of recording and mixing sessions from American Express to Yellow Pages at JSM Music in NYC. “It was a great experience. I got to work with some great engineers, world class musicians and to work in a lot of amazing studios,” says Knobel. “I then started working a lot with…
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Friday, May 08, 2009
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The Mickey Gilley Theatre in Branson, Missouri, celebrating its 20th year as an entertainment venue, recently added a Yamaha M7CL digital audio console to mark the occasion. Gilley, a legendary country performer who had nearly 40 songs at the top of the charts, built the 1,000-capacity theatre in 1989, where he hosts shows five nights each week. The venue has also welcomed many top entertainers over the years, including Les Brown Jr. and the Band of Renown, Bob Anderson, and…
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Friday, May 01, 2009
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05/01/09 09:19 AM,
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To ensure optimum audio quality while keeping the technology in a “supporting” role, the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) of San Francisco, recently invested in new wireless technology from Lectrosonics. Jeremy J. Lee, a New York- based freelance sound designer who frequently specifies sound system designs for the theatrical community everywhere from the regional theaters to both on and off Broadway, was called in to oversee the audio aspects of the American Conservatory Theater’s January 2009 presentation of John Guare’s Rich…
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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SSi Audio of New Brunswick, Canada recently provided Dynacord as the key sound reinforcement components for the 2009 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship in Moncton, New Brunswick at the city’s premier arena, the 6,000-seat Moncton Coliseum. It marked the first time in 15 years that a Canadian city had hosted the prestigious event, with SSi owner Lee Forster serving as system tech and designer. “We were contracted by the City of Moncton, as their exclusive vendor for audio,” says Forster,…
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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04/21/09 09:48 AM,
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Both Shure and Sennheiser microphones were utilized in abundance at the recent 44th Annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards show, which was broadcast on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. ATK Audiotek provided production for the show, with monitor mixer Michael Parker working alongside Robert Brogden, who handled all of the wireless personal monitor assignments for 16 stereo mixes and 32 receiver packs. Artists utilizing Sennheiser wireless and wired microphones included Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton…
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Friday, March 27, 2009
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03/27/09 08:30 AM,
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Kramer USA has licensed three of InfoComm International’s premier education products and is offering complimentary classes to groups of AV professionals across the country. Since January, Max Kopsho, MCSE, CTS, Director of Training and Consultant Relations for Kramer, has taught sessions of CTS Study Group and Essentials of the AV Industry to hundreds of students as a service to the AV industry. Participating companies have included CCS Presentation Systems, CTG-Atlanta, and DASCOM Systems. Kramer has also licensed InfoComm’s AV/IT Integration…
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