USA - Jason Rudolph selected a grandMA2 light console to play the crucial role of controlling 34 media servers at the recent Academy Awards telecast, which fed multiple onstage screens via 70 video projectors.

"It was an enormous undertaking, to say the least," reports Rudolph. "I regularly programme multiple media servers with grandMA2 - it's my main console - but I hadn't done anything of this size. The entire set at the Oscars was projection. We had 34 Hippotizer HD units outputting 53 discrete active outputs and some spares with control from the grandMA2 light console. In addition to the screens, we also took care of the scenic tracking for the moving elements which acted as projection surfaces."

Rudolph had three grandMA2 lights on hand: a primary contro

Sweden - Göteborgs Stadsteater has recently added a TiMax SoundHub-R32 delay-matrix processor to the sound reinforcement system for its main auditorium, with a TiMax Tracker (TT) performer tracking system. The project was overseen by head sound engineer at the theatre, Jorgen Eriksson, and the complete system is designed primarily to improve the vocal intelligibility when the on-stage actors use lapel microphones.

TiMax SoundHub controls zone level, EQ and matrixed delay for the main FOH system comprised of seven d&b Q1s distributed around a central d&b Q10 hoisted across the proscen

USA - EAW is expanding the capabilities of its Application Support Group (ASG) by appointing Jerrold Stevens to the position of director, EAW Application Support Group (ASG), effective mid-May 2011. The announcement was made by Jeff Rocha, EAW vice president and general manager, and further underscores EAW's commitment to customer support, education and the ongoing development of market-driven products.

The director of application support is the worldwide technical liaison between EAW's customers and their sales and product development organizations. This role includes direct oversigh

Indonesia - A nation of 197m people spread across almost 6,000 inhabited islands makes Indonesia one of the most challenging territories for any business. For Sebastian Song who heads up d&b audiotechnik's Singapore office as well as being responsible for other areas within South East Asia the challenges are legion. "But I have at last found a company that really knows how to address this market with vigour, yet without compromise to the d&b ethos of democracy for listeners," he asserts.

The new partner for Indonesia is Jakarta based A&T Solution, a subsidiary of IM Group wh

USA - Bosch Security Systems has launched the Safe & Sound security and audio tour - billed as the largest, most interactive product exhibit truck in the industry. Featuring video surveillance, access control, intrusion and fire detection, critical communications, and audio systems, the mobile product display enables dealers, specifiers, and end users to experience Bosch products in dynamic ways, says the company.

"Extensive feedback from customers confirms they want the live product interaction available at a trade show without the expense of travel or time away from busi

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