Loud Names New EAW, Martin Audio Leaders
[ATTACH=CONFIG]194249.vB5-legacyid=506[/ATTACH]Woodinville, WA (January 28, 2011)–Loud Technologies has appointed Jeff Rocha, Vice President and General Manager of EAW and Anthony Taylor, Vice President and Managing Director of Martin Audio. In these newly expanded roles, Rocha and Taylor will assume P&L responsibility for their respective brands, as well as manage all engineering, …
Lab X Technologies Issues AVB IP License to Avid
Rochester, NY–Lab X Technologies has issued a solution integration license of its AVB Audio IP Platform to Avid for development of an IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB)-based technology. After a successful integration of Lab X MADI IP into its arsenal, Avid is poised for future growth in its AVB …
Allen & Heath Ships iDR-64 Large Format ILIVE Mix Rack
Allen & Heath’s iDR-64 large format fixed I/O MixRack is now shipping and widely available. The new iDR-64 comprises 64 mic/line inputs and 32 XLR outputs in a 9U frame, and features the iLive 64×32 RackExtra DSP mix engine, providing full processing (dynamics, EQ and delay) for all 64 channels …
AVI-SPL Kicks off Webinar Series
Tampa, FL–AVI-SPL is pleased to announce the launch of its new webinar series AVI-SPL University Online, a set of 13 sessions throughout 2011. Hosted by AVI-SPL and its manufacturer partners, the free webinar series will focus on emerging technologies and applications. NEC Display will host the inaugural webinar entitled “Success …
K-array makes Audio History at the Verona Opera Festival
VERONA, Italy – February 7, 2011: The Verona Opera Festival is not only renowned for its sublime operatic performances, but for its historic venue–the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre, built in 30 AD. Since the inception of the Verona Opera in 1913, performances at the Festival at the Arena di Verona have …
JBL Professional Introduces Its Best EON Loudspeaker Ever: The New EON515XT
ANAHEIM, California – JBL Professional today introduced its EON515XT active loudspeaker. As the flagship of the iconic JBL powered portable speaker collection, the EON515XT was engineered for durability, high performance and ease of use. JBL has extended the reach of the current EON technology by improving input sensitivity, lowering the …
Drummer Boy Backs Hammond With Martin
Miami, FL (February 7, 2011)–Drummer Boy Productions recently provided an entire Martin Audio system for a concert by Gospel artist Fred Hammond at the Jesus People Ministries Church in Miami Gardens. Hammond takes a keyboard player, drummer, bass, guitar and percussion players along with three background singers. Asked to provide …
Run and Gun Subwoofer Arraying
Of all the tweaking I do as a system tech, the most common is fixing mediocre subwoofer setups. Problems in this area are so prevalent that most audio professionals take them for granted or assume there is no room for improvement. There is often a better solution, which furthermore is …
Loudspeaker Fundamentals: How to Power Your Drivers
The entire industry knows that loudspeaker drivers are fragile, and that careful attention needs to be paid to how much amplifier power is applied to each component in a sound system. This is especially true in our world of Live Sound, where we are always trying to push our speakers …
Loudspeaker Misconceptions: Which is Good for What?
There is a lot of misinformation floating about regarding the benefits and detriments of line array and point source loudspeaker technology. For reasons unclear to me, the industry seems to be split down the middle with dogmatic “traditionalists” on one side, “new-fangled” line source users on the other, and the …