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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
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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L-Acoustics Used By Canada’s Christian & Missionary Alliance
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05/27/10 09:10 AM,
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L-Acoustics’ Turkish distributor, Elit Light & Sound Technologies, recently assisted the Christian & Missionary Alliance of Canada with its biannual Assembly in Antalya, Turkey, providing the necessary PA and manpower. Typically held in Canada, the organization’s proposal to hold it in Turkey posed a unique situation for Scott Murley and Mark Lasebnik, technical director and FOH engineer, who have been supporting the C&MA Assembly for more than 16 years. The five-day event includes business sessions, break-out seminars and evening events…
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Monday, May 24, 2010
L-Acoustics Consen For Andrea Bocelli Asian Tour
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05/24/10 02:36 PM,
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Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has embarked on dates throughout Asia, drawing on L-Acoustics’ strong Rental Network in the region to provide a system in every location. Appearances in Tokyo, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore saw local agents Kyoritz, Seoul Sound, MSI Hong Kong and CSP Productions respectively supplying V-DOSC/dV-DOSC systems. However, when the tour arrived in Taiwan, local rental company Winly provided Bocelli’s sound designer Andrea Taglia with an extensive KUDO large format line source system for the Taipei Arena.…
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Martin Audio Launches MLA Touring System
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05/24/10 08:50 AM,
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Martin Audio will debut its MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array at InfoComm 2010. The MLA delivers coverage and consistency previously not possible with traditional touring line arrays thanks to a breakthrough cellular array design. Martin Audio R&D Director Jason Baird explains: “Our primary aim with MLA was to take the guesswork out of daily system design and enable the engineer’s mix to be delivered throughout an audience with a degree of precision, consistency and repeatability not possible with traditional line arrays.”…
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