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.
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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!
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| | | Feature Story | The Emergence of 2.4 GHz Wireless
In the crowded and shrinking wireless spectrum, manufacturers are looking for any opportunity to provide customers with options. Recently, following some leadership from Line 6, there has been a lot of migration to 2.4 GHz, home to WiFi and Bluetooth. There is limited range, fewer channels, and total dependence on line of sight, but at the same time systems are pretty much plug-and-play, it works around the world, and quality has increased. |
| Audio Inc. Adds NEXO STM Line Array for Lincoln Center Summer Concert Series
Audio Inc. in Roselle Park, N.J., recently added a new NEXO STM line array system to its rental inventory, in time for Lincoln Center Out of Doors and Midsummer Night's Swing Concert Series at Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center in New York City. A Yamaha CL5 digital audio console is being used at front-of-house with a Rio1608-D and two Rio3224-D input/output boxes onstage. | | | Britannia Row Productions Takes L-Acoustics on Tour with Sam Smith
Since his breakthrough in 2012, the career of singer/songwriter Sam Smith has skyrocketed from relative unknown to household name. This year the four-time Grammy winner embarked on a world tour; sound provider for the UK and Europe was Britannia Row. With the tour playing a wide range of venue sizes, the company turned to L-Acoustics for a K1 and K2 sound system. | | | Barry Manilow's 'One Last Tour' is Supported By Delicate Productions, Martin Audio MLA System
Veteran live sound engineer Ken Newman, who began working with Manilow in 1992, is mixing with a Martin Audio MLA system for the first time, engineered by Delicate Productions crew chief Phil Reynolds. | | | Snob Productions of Grand Junction, Colorado, Purchases Meyer Sound MINA and MICA Line Array Systems
Snob Productions' initial system investment comprised 12 MINA loudspeakers, two 700-HP subwoofers and a Galileo loudspeaker management system with one Galileo 616 processor. | | | Stewart Independent Provides Live Sound Reinforcement for May 23 Concert in South Bend, Indiana
Celebrating the city of South Bend, Indiana's 150th birthday (SB150), a concert featuring Ben Folds and the South Bend Symphony took place on Saturday, May 23 in the parking lot of the South Bend Century Convention and Events Center, with more than 5,000 in attendance. | | | XLmediaworks Inc. Installs d&b audiotechnik System in Central Church
XLmediaworks, an affiliated reseller for d&b audiotechnik systems, installed a d&b system in the sanctuary at Central Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, a fan shaped room with a balcony. Built in the early 1980s, it seats 1,800 and is said to be one of the original mega churches of the modern era. | | | Fohhn Audio Systems at EXPO 2015 in Milan, Italy
Fohhn Audio in Nürtingen, Germany, announces that it has supplied an extensive range of loudspeaker systems for installation in the German, United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan pavilions at EXPO 2015 in Milan. | | | St. Paul's Lutheran Church Installs Fulcrum Acoustic System
When the church began adding contemporary music to its services, a modern sound system became a necessity. To design and install the new system, the church leadership called on Intermedia Systems Group, systems integrators based in Burnsville, Minnesota. | | | | 'On The Town' Sails with Help from StageTec » | | | | McCullough Girls Use Countryman ISOMAX Headset and Type 10 DI » | | | | | New Products | Avid VENUE | S6L Live Mixing System
The Avid VENUE | S6L (price per configuration) comes in three sizes: S6L-32D (32+2 faders, four 12.1-inch touchscreens), S6L-24D (24+2 faders, three 12.1-inch touchscreens), and S6L24 (24+2 faders, one 12.1-inch touchscreen). Knob modules feature high-resolution OLEDs and tri-color function indicator, while the Master Live Module offers graphic TFTs with soft buttons; Touch and Turn assignable encoder; two assignable faders; monitoring, layout and snapshot controls; transport controls; and function buttons. Metering is on 30-segment meters per channel with pre- and post-fade metering options; Nominal indicator, Expander/Gate status and Compressor/Limiter gain reduction meters. I/O for all three includes eight XLR mic/line with 48V; eight XLR outputs; four pairs of XLR stereo AES/EBU I/O, two independent headphone outputs plus ancillary I/O including DVI-D video out, five USB 2 (two rear, two front, one internal), ECx Ethernet port for wired/wireless remote control, GPIO (eight in/eight out), two footswitch, Linear Time Code input, MIDI I/O, and Ethernet AVB ports. | | | Harman's dbx DriveRack VENU360 Loudspeaker Management System
Successor to the DriveRack 260, the new VENU360 enables a live or installed sound speaker system to be optimized, and adds mobile device control, additional input channels and improved DSP while promising easier operation. It includes the latest advancements in dbx's AFS and AutoEQ algorithms first introduced in the DriveRack PA2. | | | JoeCoRemote Version 3
JoeCo in Cambridge, UK, has released its latest remote control software update for iPad, JoeCoRemote Version 3. Along with two new hardware interfaces, JoeCo MultiRemote and JoeCo Bluetooth, it offers more flexibility for remotely controlling 24-channel and 64-channel BlackBox Recorders and Players. | | | | Lectrosonics SSM (Super Slight Micro) UHF Bodypack Microphone Transmitter » | | | | 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. | | | 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. | | | | 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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