The Women’s Huron Valley Correctional facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan recently upgraded their security surveillance system with over 300 Astatic 210 line-level mics featuring built-in audio limiting along with Panasonic WV-NW502S IP dome cameras. more

Responsible for the production of two highly anticipated concerts in one of the country’s most difficult audio environments, festival production specialist StagePro successfully conquered high elevation, harsh winds and zero humidity with a complete JBL VerTecâ line array solution for this year’s Rock Jam and Country Jam festivals, staged in Grand Junction, Colorado. With artists ranging from Alice Cooper and Cinderella to Keith Urban and Sawyer Brown, the events presented many of the nation’s top current touring acts. more

Ensuring all of the music world’s biggest stars were seen and heard backstage and on the Red Carpet during one of the most celebrated nights in music, veteran audio engineer Ira Malek relied on a Studer Vista 5 digital console to broadcast eight live audio channels with eight VMA show feeds directly to the Video Music Awards’ live Webcast via the TriCaster System on MTV.com. Malek manned the Vista 5 during the VMAs at the AEG Digital Media Studio in Los Angeles, California. more

From a demo of a Soundcraft Si3 digital console one year ago, to purchasing an Si2 console for events across the Midwest, Victor Harris of Total Eclypze Soundz is living his dream by providing superior live sound for a variety of events. Since bolstering his company’s inventory with the Si2, Harris has supported hundreds of successful live events in Illinois and surrounding areas. more

Utilizing an extensive assortment of JBL Control Contractor loudspeakers, leading A/V integration firm CCS Presentation Systems recently completed the audio system installation at Talking Stick Resort, located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

CCS was tasked with ensuring each sound “zone� of the 240,000 square feet of gaming, 50,000-square-foot, 22-room conference center and 13,000-square-foot spa, was perfectly equipped and able to overcome multiple surface types, ceiling heights and the noise of more than 800 slot machines and eager customers filling the areas. Concentrating mainly on the casino floor, conference center and other common areas, CSS concluded JBL offered the ideal solutions for the variety of challenging audio environments.

“When we initially examined the different rooms and surfaces, we thought we would have to go with several vendors to make it all come alive,� said Rod Andrewson, Manager of Engineering, CCS Presentation Systems. “However, during the design process, we realized more

Broadcast sound specialist Red-TX was employed to capture the audio for the Help for Heroes benefit concert, which took place at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday (September 12th 2010).

The event attracted more than 60,000 people, included some of the injured service personnel who benefit from the money raised by the charity. It was broadcast live by the BBC, which took its music audio feed from the Red-TX sound truck. more

Sept 13, 2010

TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is keeping Westbury National Show Systems very busy.

For the past year Westbury’s Systems Division has been integrating state-of-the-art audiovisual systems into TIFF’s new headquarters, the Bell Lightbox. Meanwhile, Westbury’s Show Services Division is providing audiovisual production services for more than 40 Film Festival parties, including TIFF�s Opening Gala and the closing party on September 19. more

New York, NY––One of the most prestigious music educational institutions in the U.S. if not the world, the Julliard School in New York’s Lincoln Center recently underwent a renovation that now includes 45,000 square feet of new facilities and 50,000 square feet of renovated spaces. more

France Télévisions, the state-owned broadcaster responsible for France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and RFO, has extended its long association with Audiopole and Studer consoles, by investing in the first two Vista 9 consoles.

Over the years, broadcast specialist Audiopole has supplied many Studer consoles to both France 3 (the regional TV station, with 30 or more TV studios spread around France) and RFO (a network of radio and television stations operating in French overseas territories around the world), including 18 Vista consoles to France 3. more

New Life Covenant Oakwood Church’s Tabernacle, home to an LA8-powered KUDO loudspeaker system

Sound Of Authority specifies L-ACOUSTICS loudspeakers and amplified controllers for acoustically challenging sanctuary retrofit

CHICAGO — When Pastor John Hanna of New Life Covenant Oakwood Church called upon Sound Of Authority President and CEO Ernest Greene to provide a sound system design for his 800-seat Tabernacle on Chicago’s south side, the loudspeaker choice was a simple one: L-ACOUSTICS KUDO.

Greene, himself the owner of several dozen KUDO enclosures for his successful concert sound company, knew that the arrays would be ideal for New Life’s East 78th Street parish because of the difficult acoustical nature of the room. more