USA - To outshine its competition with the most impeccable movie experience in Wyoming, Studio City Mesa in Casper has made technology the centrepiece of its beloved roadhouse theatre, the Cooper Auditorium. The theatre now boasts a 7.1 Meyer Sound cinema system, 4K projection, and a curved, 64ft premium large-format (PLF) screen which is the state's largest.

"With the Cooper, we decided to go beyond what anybody else was doing in our region," states Randy Pryde, president of Movie Palace, Inc., operator of Studio City Mesa. "When it came to audio, we didn't want to compromise. As one of my partners remarked, 'You never have to apologize for quality.' So we decided to move out in front of all the competition with Meyer Sound."

The auditorium's new system comp

Belgium - On Saturday 9 May, Belgium based ASL provided a Sound Projects Dreamline sound reinforcement system to the European Parliament and other Institutions who opened their doors to the general public to celebrate Europe Day in a festive way.

The day's main music performances and speeches were held at the main square in front of the entrance.

"These are the projects where the Dreamlines prove to be unbeatable," says Peter Ellegeest (engineer ASL). "Events like this are about many things but not about sound reinforcement. Intelligibility and HI fidelity music shoul

USA - Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has announced the return of Frank Loyko as vice president of North American sales. Loyko began his career at EAW and was instrumental in establishing EAW as a world class brand. In addition to his time with EAW and then as vice president of worldwide sales for Loud Technologies, Loyko broadened his skills and accomplishments with similar roles at TC Group Americas and Digidesign/Avid Technologies.

On Loyko's appointment, president Jeff Rocha said: "To build on EAW's strong growth in the North American market, it is critical that we have someone

Germany - Following its presentation of the world's first 1U Recorder with up to 194 input channels, XI-Machines has now announce its official certification from software company Steinberg.

Steinberg's professional audio software Nuendo Live is billed as the ideal complement to the innovative multitrack audio system Recorder.1 from XI-Machines, which allows simultaneous use of up to 390 I/O channels.

Recorder.1 was designed for professional use with MADI or Dante audio networks. Record-ready in 33 seconds, the rugged 19" 1U rack-mounted solution allows 24+ hour recording in EBU

Europe - Two more rental houses have placed orders for the new Meyer Sound Leopard linear sound reinforcement system: Eenorm Facilitair of the Netherlands and Hurricane Sound & Light of Slovakia.

Only recently announced at Prolight + Sound, the Leopard line array loudspeaker and its accompanying 900-LFC low-frequency control element are the smallest and most versatile members of Meyer Sound's flagship Leo family.

"After listening to the Leopard system, I was not only surprised but shocked," recalls Martin Štefanek, managing director of Hurricane. "I couldn't believe

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