Enter Your New Product to Win a Best-of-Show Award & Get Recognized by the Industry's Leading Publications For the second year, NewBay Media is presenting its prestigious awards program that honors new products at InfoComm. Awards will be judged and awarded by NewBay Media publications Sound & Video Contractor, AV Technology, Digital Signage, Mix, Pro Sound News, Tech & Learning, and Government Video magazines. InfoComm exhibitors may submit a product for consideration by one or more of these leading publications, and may submit multiple products for consideration. Bonus! All nominated products – whether they win or not – will be featured in the Best of Show Program Guide delivered to readers of these top industry publications after InfoComm. Be included in this roundup of the most interesting new products introduced at the InfoComm! Enter your new product(s) now! The nomination deadline is May 29. Don't miss out! Click here for more information and to enter.
| | Live Design New York Master Classes: Sound, June 5-6, 2015 The Live Design New York Master Classes: Sound take place on June 5 and 6 at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a list of outstanding sound designers and audio professionals, including Elspeth Appleby, Jim van Bergen, Charles Coes, Duncan Robert Edwards, Elisheba Ittoop, Abe Jacob, Bob McCarthy, Jenny Montgomery, John Montgomery, Nevin Steinberg, John Taylor, Matt Tierney, and Darron L. West. All attendees will see a performance of the Elevator Repair Service's production of The Sound And The Fury at The Public Theatre on the evening of Friday, June 5, followed by a discussion of the sound by designer Matt Tierney. Mix readers can use code HEAR50, which will give attendees a 50% discount off the Sound Master Classes.
| | AV-iQ: InfoComm 2015 Show Directory InfoComm 2015 is almost here! AV-iQ will be there, will you? AV-iQ will be an exhibitor at the show but we are also powering up the 2015 show's directory. The InfoComm show directory lists all of the exhibitor profile information but also includes the product data we have in AV-iQ! Visit the Directory.
| | | Feature Story | 59th AES Conference on Sound Reinforcement The Audio Engineering Society (AES) will hold its 59th International Conference focusing on Sound Reinforcement Engineering and Technology, on July 15-17, 2015, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This is the first AES International Conference to focus on Sound Reinforcement in more than 25 years. |
| U2 Tour Manager Dennis Sheehan Passes Away As reported by Pro Sound News: "U2's longtime tour manager, Dennis Sheehan, 68, died early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, just hours after the band completed the first concert of a five-show stand at The Forum. A permanent part of U2's team, Sheehan had worked with the band for more than 30 years." | | | Outline North America Adds Two West Coast Partners Outline North America in Armonk, N.Y., the U.S. subsidiary of Outline S.r.l., a leading Italian designer and manufacturer of professional loudspeaker technology, has added two live sound service providers to its growing partner network in the western U.S. Agreements with Southern California's Garibay Brothers Sound and Northern California's Spider Ranch Productions enable both companies to offer clients access to the Outline GTO C-12 and the full-sized GTO loudspeaker systems. | | | Harman Professional Division Appoints Business Development Leaders Professional in Northridge, Calif., announces the appointments of Denny McLane and Saben Shawhan as business development leaders for the Western U.S. and Eastern U.S., respectively. In these newly created roles, McLane and Shawhan will provide design support on projects and consultant communications. | | | Renkus-Heinz Names David Schuster as Production Manager Loudspeaker manufacturer Renkus-Heinz in Foothill Ranch, Calif., has announced the appointment of David Schuster to the position of Production Manager. A veteran in manufacturing and operations, Schuster has held high-level positions within a wide range of companies including General Dynamics, Pacific Scientific, Kaiser Electro-Precision, and JWC Environmental. | | | Adamson Partners Adopt S-Series Line Array System Adamson Systems Engineering in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada, announces that more than 20 professional sound companies have added Adamson's sub-compact S-Series Line Array system to their inventories. The S-Series comprises the S10 line array enclosure and S119 subwoofer, and debuted in March 2015. | | | | Adlib Audio in the UK Adds Harman Soundcraft Vi5000, Vi70000 Digital Mixing Consoles » | | | | ELDRA Supplies SSL Live. L500 For Oliver Dragojević » | | | | Live Engineer Brett Orrison Is Using Waves Tools to Mix, Stream and Record Widespread Panic on Tour » | | | | Bose Holds RoomMatch Demo at Aratani Theatre in L.A. » | | | | Anastacia Tours with Sennheiser SKM 5200 Wireless Vocal Microphone » | | | | Easy Music Center in Honolulu Uses Mackie DL32R Digital Mixer for Clinics, Workshops, Jam Sessions » | | | | Japan's Himeji Castle Reopens with Martin Audio MLA Compact System » | | | | | New Products | DiGiCo Orange Box DiGiCo's new compact 2U Orange Box is a simple-to-use audio format converter with multiple options allowing users to use DiGiCo Multichannel Interface (DMI) cards to create audio paths between a variety of interfaces. The box features two power supplies and two slots to accommodate any of the 10 current interfaces available, including: Dante, Hydra2, BNC, Cat-5, Optocore, Aviom, ADC, AES, DAC and SoundGrid. The simple plug-and-go design allows conversion between any of formats supported via the cards currently offered. | | | Audio-Technica Expands Compatibility for Dante-Enabled Products Audio-Technica announces expanded third-party compatibility for its ATND971 Dante-enabled cardioid condenser boundary microphone and the ATND8677 Dante-enabled microphone desk stand. The ATND971 and ATND8677 are now supported by Biamp Systems Tesira Version 2.3 software and Bose ControlSpace Designer software V. 4.3, in addition to the previously announced compatibility with Symetrix SymNet Composer V. 3. | | | | Announcements From Mix | Sweetwater GearFest 2015 on June 12 and June 13 in Fort Wayne, Indiana » Experience exciting giveaways featuring thousands of dollars' worth of gear, as well as hundreds of manufacturer exhibits and dozens of workshops. It's two days of gear mania, at one location: Sweetwater. Best of all, GearFest 2015 is free! | | | InfoComm 2015 Takes Place in Orlando, Florida, from June 13-19 » AV pros, tech managers, integrators and manufacturers attend the InfoComm show to see and interact with what's new, learn the ins and outs of the industry, and to connect with fellow professionals. | | | The 2015 Recording Industry Golf Tournament will take place on Monday, June 29, 2015, at the MountainGate Country Club in Los Angeles. » The RIGT is proud to support the music and recording program at A Place Called Home. APCH is a dynamic community center and safe haven in South Central Los Angeles. Music and recording are key components of the organization's program offering, and the APCH youth band performs and records on a regular basis. | | | | Focusrite offers Heritage Sound Competition to registered purchasers of an ISA or Red 1 500 who use the product on a track before September 1, 2015. » |
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