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Thursday, June 03, 2010
EAW Introducing New Versions Of JF And JFnt Series Loudspeakers
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06/03/10 07:38 AM,
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EAW has announced ten new additions to its JF Series of two-way loudspeaker systems, including four integrated nt models. Designed by EAW’s Whitinsville, Massachusetts-based engineering team for a wide range of contractor and system integrator uses, the new JF and JFnt Series are compact lightweight loudspeakers ideal for small and medium-sized sound reinforcement applications. The newest additions to the JF Series include JF8, JF10, JF26, JF29, JF56 and the JF59. New integrated JFnt units include the JF26nt, JF29nt, JF56nt and…
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Church Sound Files: Getting The Right Balance Between House & System Levels
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06/01/10 03:21 PM,

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A good house sound reinforcement system starts with a controlled stage monitor system, and a controlled monitor system starts with managing the on-stage levels. Simply, excessive sound pressure levels (SPL) on stage can often lead to excessive levels from the house system. This leads to two suggestions. Monitor levels should be set after house levels, and monitor levels should be sufficiently low in order to not interfere with the house system. Let’s proceed with the assumption that the goal of…
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Martin Audio Used By SACPS For Cinco de Mayo Concert
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06/01/10 01:50 PM,
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Sponsored by KSFM/CBS Radio, the yearly Cinco De Mayo Concert featured a lineup including Expose’, Jason Derulo, Baby Bash, Three 6 Mafia, Taio Cruz, Amanda Perez and Frankie J. Held in Discovery Park, the event featured audio and staging by Sacramento Production Services Inc. with Production Manager Keith Wackford, FOH Engineer Greg Mahler, Systems Engineer Chris O’Brien, Monitor Engineer Rick Stansby, and Assistant Monitor Engineer & Stage Tech Dwaine Wise. SACPS used a Sound Craft MH4 for FOH, a Yamaha…
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Crown Audio Calculators: Constant Voltage Transformer Delivery
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06/01/10 10:53 AM,
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A transformer labeled for use with a specific voltage will work just as well at other voltages. This calculator provides power delivered from a transformer tap when driven with other than the rated voltage. Example: You are installing a distributed system with very long lines. To overcome line loss, you select a 140-volt system. Which transformer tap will feed 10 watts to a loudspeaker with a 70-volt transformer? 1. Enter values for both “Voltage Rating of Transformer” and “New Voltage” …
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Monday, May 31, 2010
SIA Acoustics Selects Outline Butterfly Arrays For Healing Place Church In Baton Rouge
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05/31/10 11:32 AM,
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The new 3,000-seat worship sanctuary of Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, offers a sound reinforcement system headed by Outline Butterfly loudspeakers as well as other Outline components. Both the sound and acoustical design on the project were provided by SIA Acoustics, which has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and most recently, India. The main sound system is comprised of 42 C.D.H. 483 “Butterfly” loudspeakers, divided into three arrays (two of 13 elements and one of 16)…
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Meyer Sound Appoints Philippos Nakas As New Distributor For Greece
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05/28/10 04:02 PM,
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Meyer Sound has announced Philippos Nakas as the company’s new distributor, providing technical support, product servicing, and coordination of educational programs for the Greek professional audio market. The publicly listed Philippos Nakas (ATH:NAKAS) has been supplying musical instruments and professional audio equipment in Greece since 1937. Today, the Athens company distributes for manufacturers including ROBE lighting, Sennheiser, KLOTZ, and Neumann, in addition to Meyer Sound. “We have been looking for a big name in loudspeakers for a long time now,…
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d&b audiotechnik Releases New Version 6 of ArrayCalc Simulation Software
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05/28/10 03:24 PM,
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d&b audiotechnik now updated its ArrayCalc simulation software for its line arrays and subwoofer arrays, which includes expansion of the sophisticated SubArray calculations time alignment feature that was first introduced in 2009 in ArrayCalc Version 5. ArrayCalc v6 provides many other new features, such as increased number of listening planes, arrays and subwoofers. Included in these is a selection of different excitation signals, sine, 1/3-octave filtered noise or pink noise, for the simulation of the sound level distribution and absolute…
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Autograph Sound Supplies Meyer Sound For “Carmen” At London’s O2 Arena
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05/27/10 02:56 PM,
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The 18,000-capacity O2 Arena in London recently hosted its first fully staged opera, a larger-than-life rendition of Bizet’s vibrant and passionate Carmen, with Autograph Sound Recording Ltd. providing a sound reinforcement system featuring Meyer Sound line arrays and loudspeakers. To cover the O2’s main seating bowl, the production relied on left-right arrays of 16 MILO and two MILO 120 line array loudspeakers each for the orchestral system, with 90 MICA line array loudspeakers dedicated to performers’ voices. A total of…
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AKG DMS 700 Wireless & JBL VRX Series For “Whisper House” At Old Globe Theatre
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05/27/10 02:39 PM,
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In outfitting San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre for Duncan Sheik’s musical Whisper House, the sound design team of Dan Moses Schreier and associate designer David Bullard – who designed the audio for the current Broadway hits Westside Story, A Little Night Music and Sondheim On Sondheim - drew on years of combined experience for every scenario of the complex audio production. With an on-stage orchestra, a cappella vocal performances, large-group sequences and loud, complicated battle scenes transitioning throughout the entire…
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Bosch Launches Vari-Directional Array Loudspeaker
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05/27/10 10:29 AM,
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Bosch will launch the new Vari-directional Array in the Americas at InfoComm 2010. The new active line includes digitally-controlled directivity to provide pattern control and distribution for ranges of up to 50 meters. The system is ideal for counteracting the reverberant effect of hard construction materials typically used in spaces such as airports of houses of worship. The Vari-directional Array’s configuration software uses a database of pre-programmed room settings to fit any acoustical environment, allowing the entry of room dimensions,…
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