Business
60 Seconds with Marc DeGeorge of SSL
Get to know Marc DeGeorge, the new sales manager of Solid State Logic’s audio creation products for the United States.
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The Wire
Big Sound from Small Speaker Counts: Danley Takes Over the Sports Facilities at University of California, Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA: University of California, Santa Barbara athletic teams go by the name “Gauchos” and have been successful even without a football team to anchor the program. In fact, the Gauchos baseball team won the Big West Conference...
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Famous for Rocking the Biggest Sports Arenas in the World, Danley Jericho Horns Go to Church
SPRINGFIELD, TENNESSEE: South Haven Baptist Church in Springfield, Tennessee has been the community center for a steadily growing congregation since 1986. It expanded its campus in 1997 to include a high school and a gym and then expanded again...
Business
Full Compass President Mark Nash Retires
Mark Nash, president of pro audio retailer Full Compass, is retiring after 35 years with the company.
The Wire
With Danley Loudspeakers, Subwoofers, Monitors and Amps, Great Bridge Baptist Church Gets Clarity, Coverage and Impact at a Fraction of the Footprint and Price
CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA: Great Bridge Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Virginia has an uncompromising commitment to reflecting God’s love and building loving relationships. Its contemporary-style services lift spirits with music provided by an orchestra, a choir, and a praise band. It’s...
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Bassist, Singer and Songwriter Roland Guerin Finds the Spark of Life in a Metric Halo LIO-8 3D Interface with Four Mic Pres
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: Roland Guerin is an astounding bass player, an emotive singer, and a gifted songwriter based in New Orleans. While Guerin travels in all musical genres, he’s best known in the world of jazz. He cut his...
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With Danley Loudspeakers, Subwoofers and Amplifiers on Every Stage, New Orleans’ Ahava Festival Lets NOLA Engineers Take Danley for a “Test Drive” and Raises Over $100,000 for Local Charities
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: The Ahava Festival held its inaugural event at the Woldenberg Riverfront Park in New Orleans, Louisiana in early March. With no admission fee, attendees were encouraged to take in the sounds, sights, and tastes and, if...
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For Today’s Fast Workflow It’s the New Analog Daking Comp II for Musical-Sounding Compression with Minimal Setup
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of the world’s finest professional recording equipment, is pleased to announce the release of Geoff Daking’s new Comp II compressor. With an analog sound that is unmistakably Daking, the Comp II is...
Business
Pro Audio in a Post-Pandemic World
The true end of the pandemic is unknown until a vaccine arrives, but as states open back up and the economy starts to rebound, what will the lasting impacts be on the pro-audio industry?
Business
Sound Productions Expands into Wisconsin
Aiming to broaden its national footprint in Pro Audio and AV, Sound Productions expands, founding its first office outside of Texas.
Business
Gibson Sells Cerwin-Vega to…Cerwin-Vega
Gibson has sold two more audio brands—Cerwin-Vega! Pro and Home—to Cerwin-Vega Mobile, reuniting the brands for the first time in 13 years.
The Wire
After Impressive Demo, Springdale School District Installs Danley J1-94 Jericho Horns at Both of Its High School Football Fields
SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS: Springdale School District is the largest school district in Arkansas and is responsible for over 23,000 students. It operates two high schools – Springdale High School and Har-Ber High School – each with over 2,000 students. Football...
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Danley “Skinny Big Horn” SBH-Columnar Loudspeakers Revitalize Audio at Pioneer Memorial Church
BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICHIGAN: With over 3,000 students, nearly 1,000 of which are in seminary, Andrews University is the flagship institution in the expansive Seventh-day Adventist school system. It is located in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Pioneer Memorial Church is situated...
Business
AES Readies Virtual Vienna Convention
AES Virtual Vienna Convention will include student recording and design competitions, an Education and Career Fair, Student Delegate Assembly events and more.
The Wire
Immanuel Baptist Church’s New Community Center Uses Danley SH50 Loudspeakers with DFA Asymmetrical Downfills to Help Tame Its Former Grocery Store Acoustics
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – MAY 2020: Immanuel Baptist Church has been serving Little Rock, Arkansas for 125 years, and it recently upped its commitment with the creation of “City Center.” City Center is a community center with an 800-person...
Post and Broadcast
Podcast ‘The Big Swing’ Connects with MXL Mics
The Big Swing podcast, hosted by Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling and fan Cooper Surles, has been exploring pop culture and baseball since January, 2019.
The Wire
Martin Audio MLA Provides the Thrust for Stereophonics
After 28 years of consistent touring, the Stereophonics’ relentless quest to improve their stage sound and gain closer engagement with their audience continues. At the request of the band, and specifically Kelly Jones, their sound techs were sent into...
Product Reviews
Samson G-Track Pro USB Mic Review – A Real-World Review
The Samson G-Track Pro USB mic is a complete recording solution for podcasters and home recordists that features a multipattern USB condenser microphone, audio interface and mixer all in one.
The Wire
Doing What No Other Loudspeaker Can Do: A Single Point-Source Danley SM96 Brings Crystal-Clear Intelligibility to St. Joseph Catholic Church
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA: St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan is blessed with a beautiful 250-capacity sanctuary replete with stained glass windows, smooth white walls, and an ornate baptismal font. It was built in the 1910s and continues to serve...
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Sight and Sound Technologies Upgrades The Springs Church with Martin Audio WPS
The Springs Church in Colorado Springs, CO recently underwent an audio upgrade with a Martin Audio WPS system spec’d and installed by Sight and Sound Technologies, the first installation of the new system in the United States. Asked about...
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Clair Brothers Slovakian Rental Partner, Stage One, Adds C12 Loudspeakers to Its Arsenal and Shines at the Cultural Nestville Open Fest
HNIEZDNE, SLOVAKIA: The Nestville Open Fest is a two-day multi-genre cultural and entertainment festival that takes place in the picturesque village of Hniezdne in the district of Stará Ľubovňa. For many years, visitors have come to experience the magic...
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Metric Halo Plug-Ins are Grammy-Nominated Mix Engineer Jesse Ray Ernster’s Secret Weapon
SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA: Regarding his chosen profession, Grammy-nominated mix engineer Jesse Ray Ernster pleads that he really had no choice. “My dad produced and mixed in a studio in our house, so growing up I was surrounded by instruments and...
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Madisonville High School Follows One Successful Weatherized Danley System with Another
MADISONVILLE, TEXAS: It was over two years ago that Dallas-based music store and AV integration specialist Romeo Music designed and installed a fully-weatherproof Danley sound reinforcement system to cover Madisonville High School’s baseball and softball fields. The project was a...
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Martin Audio announces virtual tradeshow
With much of 2020’s global tradeshow calendar all but wiped out, Martin Audio has decided to take matters into its own hands and host a dedicated virtual tradeshow.
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ATC Working from Home Sale: April 10 – May 10 • Amazing Savings on the SCM25A and SCM45A Nearfield Monitors
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of ATC monitors and other top drawer professional audio recording equipment, is excited to announce an extremely rare ATC sale. Recognizing that many audio professionals are shifting to a strict work-from-home schedule in...
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Tweed Recording Re-Opens in Athens, Georgia as a State-of-the-Art Educational Facility with Danley Sound Labs’ New Studio 2 Nearfield Monitors
ATHENS, GEORGIA: Tweed Recording is the lifelong project of engineer, producer, and musician Andrew Ratcliffe. An impassioned devotee of pro audio gear with organic soul, Ratcliffe founded Tweed Recording in Oxford, Mississippi in the 1990s and has been amassing gear...
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Working Remotely – TransAudio Group Maintains Its Pro Audio Supply Chain Amid COVID-19 Disruption
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of high-end professional audio recording equipment, announces that it is able to maintain near-normal operations amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. Our hours of operation (7am – 4pm Pacific) remain in effect, and all...
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Martin Audio expands US Product Support Group
Martin Audio has grown its team in the US with the appointment of Will Harris as Product Support Engineer. As the latest addition to the manufacturer’s Product Support Group, Harris will be supporting the Martin Audio team and resellers...
Business
Tonmeistertagung 2020 Still On
The four-day audio engineering trade show in Düsseldorf is still set for October, though registration has been pushed back to May.
Business
Upcoming Pro Audio Training Webinars
Here’s a non-partisan, alphabetical rundown of educational pro-audio webinars coming up, provided by manufacturers across the industry.
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Martin Audio weekly webinar program gets off to record breaking start
Martin Audio’s new weekly education webinar program has got off to the best possible start with all sessions for its Low Frequency System Design ‘sold out’. The popularity of this session highlights the appetite for industry education during this...
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St. Mark’s School of Texas Switches Over to Danley Sound Labs Campus-Wide: Football Stadium, Basketball Gym, Weight Room, and Locker Room
DALLAS, TEXAS: With roots stretching back to 1906, St. Mark’s School of Texas is a prestigious boys day school in Dallas. In addition to rigorous and diverse academics that prepare students for influential careers, St. Mark’s is well-known for its...
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For Less Than Half of What Other Companies Were Bidding, Emmaus Media & Design Installs Immensely Successful Danley Jericho Horn Sound Reinforcement System at Christian Life Assembly
CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA: Christian Life Assembly is a thriving church in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Its pie wedge-shaped sanctuary seats approximately 2,000, a capacity that is met many times over during the staging of its regionally-famous Christmas pageant. However, the church...
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Clair Global Partners with Mountain Productions to Provide Connectivity and Communication for Community Disaster Relief
LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA: Clair Global, a worldwide production company that supplies reinforcement in professional audio, backline, event communications and high-density networking, is refocusing efforts to help communities and government officials by providing IT, networking and communications services for temporary disaster...
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Clair Brothers kiTCurve Loudspeakers in Australia’s J Noosa Community Theatre are Helping Turn the Location Into a More Popular Destination
NOOSA HEADS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: The J Noosa opened its doors on October 27, 2006 and quickly became a functionally and versatile youth and commercial event space for the Noosa Community and the Sunshine Coast. But the true soul of this...
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Clair Brothers kiTCurve Loudspeakers Improve Sound Coverage at Latvia’s Adazi Cultural Centre
ADAZI, LATVIA: The Adazi Cultural Centre is a modern and popular institution that serves numerous community functions with events such as concerts, exhibitions, conferences and many other educational experiences. Not only do residents of the region love the Adazi Cultural...
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Clair Solutions Works with Ephrata Community Church to Build a New Cost-Effective, High-Impact Sanctuary
EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA: Up from two-hundred congregants fifteen years ago to over 1,600 today, Ephrata Community Church in Ephrata, Pennsylvania has enjoyed the blessing of continued growth. Managing that blessing has been challenging, however. It necessitated increasing from one service...
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Battle of the Bands a Winning Formula for Martin Audio & Focusrite
Buckinghamshire Music Trust (BMT’s) Battle of the Bands (BOTB) contest for young aspiring musicians was this year blessed by having two of the world’s leading pro audio manufacturers provide a top tier concert touring spec. By being able to...
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Point Source Audio Boosts Mic Hygiene with Added Offering
Point Source Audio microphones now ship with additional windscreens to help customers minimize risks of sharing microphones
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Martin Audio plans weekly webinars
Martin Audio has unveiled a series of weekly webinars aimed at helping technicians stay up to date with the latest technology during this unprecedented time for the industry. The live webinar series will begin on Wednesday April 1st with...
The Wire
The Brook improves the audience and artist experience with TW AUDiO
Southampton, UK – March 2020… Over the last 25 years The Brook in Southampton has established itself as one of the favourite independent music venues in the south of England. The venue has developed this reputation by putting audience...
Post and Broadcast
Schawa TV Serves Up Badminton World Cup
Schawa TV used Sonifex commentator units when covering the 2019 Badminton World Cup in St. Jakobshalle, Switzerland for Japanese station TV Asahi.