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Friday, August 21, 2009
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08/21/09 01:30 PM,
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Blue Microphones has named industry veteran John Maier as chief executive officer, following nearly seven years as CEO of TC Group Americas where he worked with such brands as Tannoy, TC Electronic, Lab.gruppen, TC-Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics and Linn Electronics. Maier joins Blue with the charter of building on 15 years of success and recent exponential growth following their acquisition last year by private equity firm Transom Capital Group. In addition to Blue’s pro audio product line, Maier will oversee the…
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
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08/06/09 11:25 AM,
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The Art Institutes are a group of more than 40 educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals. As part of an ongoing effort to provide students with exceptional technical support, The Art Institutes are expanding and upgrading the facilities of their professional Audio Production Program. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) is supplying a variety of gear for the new systems, which are being designed by the Walters-Storyk Design Group…
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
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07/30/09 02:27 PM,
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Lake Forest, Illinois-based T.C. Furlong recently added a self-powered Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeaker system to sharpen its competitive edge in the event rental market. The MICA integrates smoothly with T.C. Furlong’s other Meyer Sound systems, including the M’elodie line array loudspeakers, and has equipped the 36-year-old audio provider with a new range of tools for the steady flow of projects that require high-quality sound reinforcement. The company’s success story can be traced back to owner T.C. Furlong’s vision…
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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07/28/09 04:07 PM,
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Scott Shear’s Eccentric Studio in Ravena, New York, situated in the Catskills, is a multipurpose venue that hosts live performances, showcases, recording sessions, and rehearsals. Shear, a guitar player, originally started with the idea of building a place where he and his friends could play music and not necessarily be in a bar setting as well as provide a place to help support the music community with workshops and music camps. He did the majority of the construction of the…
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Monday, July 13, 2009
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07/13/09 07:13 AM,
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Sacramento Production Services (SACPS) provided sound reinforcement for the recent three-day Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, which featured a host of top roots music talent from around the globe, including King Sunny Ade, Sly & Robbie, Femi Kuti (Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti’s oldest son), Junior Reid, The Heptones, The Abyssinians and many more. The main challenge for the SACPS crew––Keith Wackford (System Tech & Monitors), Dwaine Wise (Front of House) and Rich Stansby (Monitors & Stage Tech)––was accommodating both the…
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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06/30/09 11:49 AM,
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Ultrasone has announced a manufacturer’s representation partnership with Griffith Sales Associates for Southeaster United States distribution. Griffith Sales Associates has built a reputation as a top distributor for professional audio, video, lighting and musical products. “We couldn’t be more pleased to have Griffith Sales Associates handling our headphones in the Southeast U.S.,” commented Paul Taylor, President of Ultrasone Inc. “The enthusiasm and energy that they bring to the sales channel is unequalled and we feel our brand will benefit from…
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Friday, June 26, 2009
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06/26/09 06:20 AM,
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Lake has announced the availability of version 5.3 of the Lake Controller with accompanying new firmware for Lab.gruppen PLM Series Powered Loudspeaker Management systems. Version 5.3 brings new features and increased performance and stability and can be used by all existing Dolby Lake Processor users as well as operators of PLM Series products. Among numerous updated functions, the new Lake Controller software adds functionality to set the profile for the PLM’s ISVPL Limiter. The profile tunes the ISVPL limiter to…
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Monday, June 22, 2009
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06/22/09 08:24 AM,
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TC Group Americas has announced that Marc Bertrand will succeed John Maier as CEO, effective July 31, 2009. TC Group Americas Inc., formed in January 2009, distributes Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC-Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics, Lake, and Linn products in the U.S. and Canada. Anders Fauerskov, CEO of corporate parent TC Group, confirms the appointment. “The board of directors is very pleased to announce that Marc Bertrand has accepted the position of CEO for TC Group Americas and we are fully…
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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05/26/09 08:47 AM,
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TC-Helicon has announced that the new VoiceLive 2 harmony and effects processor is now shipping. VoiceLive 2 is a floor-based vocal processor that contains the effects necessary to produce vocal sound from the past, present and well into the future. Vocal processing aficionados have been following the final stages of development on VoiceLive 2 at blog.tc-helicon.com. Direct feedback from vocalists through the website, as well as through user beta testing, has refined the product even further. VoiceLive 2 contains vocal…
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Monday, March 30, 2009
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03/30/09 09:44 AM,
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TC Electronic has added Tannoy to the growing list of brands that it is distributing in Europe, China and Japan. Tannoy is active in three key audio sectors: Residential Audio, Installation Speakers and Studio Monitors. In each of these market sectors, Tannoy continues to incorporate exceptionally highly developed derivatives of the Dual Concentric driver into its products maintaining the sound principles behind the original design concept in that it combines transparent, fluid performance with true point source symmetrical dispersion properties…
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