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May 15, 2013
Products & Solutions
Hollywood Reporter Talks About Colosseum Sound
Check out this article, which was published in April by the Hollywood Reporter.
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April 30, 2013
Corporate
Colossal Sound at CinemaCon 2013
As the loudspeaker and amplifier supplier to CinemaCon 2013, QSC Audio products were used to create what might have been the largest cinema sound system ever assembled, for special studio screenings and product reels at CinemaCon 2013. CinemaCon, which convened April 15 through 18 in Las Vegas, is the official convention of NATO (National Association of Theatre Owners), and is the world’s largest cinema trade event. Each year at CinemaCon, the major motion picture distributors and studios preview their upcoming releases for this gathering of the world’s theatre owners and operators. The venue for this year’s screenings was Caesar’s Palace Colosseum, a massive 4,298-seat performance space, which opened ten years ago as the “home” for world-class artists such as Celine Dion, Elton John, and Rod Stewart. Turning the Colosseum into a giant movie theatre was no small…
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April 24, 2013
Corporate
Paul Brink Joins QSC
QSC Audio Products is pleased to announce that Paul Brink has joined the company as Cinema Sales Engineer. In his new role, Brink will be responsible for support the sales efforts of QSC cinema dealers and end users (theaters, cinemas, studios, etc.) by providing product training, technical and sales support. Paul has an extensive background in the cinema post-production business. Paul worked for several years at Lucasfilm, Ltd., as Systems Engineer for the THX Digital Mastering program. His credits include Star Wars I, for which he supervised telecine, quality assurance and theatre set-up for the digital cinema release. Prior to joining QSC, Paul was Re-Recording Engineer/Sound Editor at 20th Century Fox Studios in Century City, CA, where he was responsible for the final digital audio file used for DVD, Blu-ray, digital delivery and archive. Brink has a degree…
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April 7, 2013
Corporate
QSC Cinema on the Road in Las Vegas
This 40-foot mobile billboard, provided by ionRepublic, will be on the streets of Las Vegas around Caesar’s Palace, site of the upcoming CinemaCon 2013 during the week of April 15 through April 18. The bus is helping to promote QSC Cinema Audio Solutions, as well as several of the new products to be displayed in the QSC Cinema Audio Solutions booth during the show. If you’re planning to attend CinemaCon 2013, visit the QSC booth 613F
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March 28, 2013
Software
QSC Offers Complete Control
Costa Mesa, CA (March 28,2013)—QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to announce the introduction of DCPNet, a powerful software application which provides comprehensive network-based monitoring and control for multiple QSC digital cinema processors and DCA amplifiers – both individually as well as simultaneously all on one screen. DCPNet makes it possible to monitor and adjust most DCP processor settings for any theatre or even an entire multiplex from within the theatre itself, an office location, or anywhere else with network access. Along with volume, mute and audio preset control, DCPNet allows the user to turn QSC DCA Cinema Amplifiers on and off and monitor amplifier operating conditions like temperature and impedance loading. Control presets allow the use of relays in the DCP Digital Cinema Processor and DXP Digital Expansion Processor to control external…
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March 19, 2013
Corporate
QSC Strengthens its Sales and Marketing Teams with Senior Management Promotions
Costa Mesa, CA (March 19, 2013) – QSC Audio Products, LLC. is pleased to announce the promotions of several senior managers to new leadership roles within its powerful global sales and marketing teams. Gina Bergmann has been promoted to Senior Director, Sales Operations and US Sales; David Fuller has been promoted to Senior Director, International Sales and Technical Marketing, and Ray van Straten has been promoted to Senior Director, Marketing Communications and Training Education. “I am very excited about these management changes and the opportunities they represent for our company’s future,” states Joe Pham, QSC President and CEO. “David, Gina and Ray each have proven track records of success, building teams from the ground up and being advocates for approaching our business differently. In addition, they all have a strong background in sales which gives them a…
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March 19, 2013
Featured Case Studies
QSC Spreads The Word At Shore Church, New Zealand
Albany, Auckland, New Zealand (March 19, 2013) - Every Sunday the Shore Community Church congregates in the Albany Junior High School’s sports hall. This requires them to set up and pack down their own audio equipment before and after each service. In the past they had used an ageing, very large and heavy audio system. The challenge assigned to local installer Halogen Audio was to find a system that met the church’s high audio expectations whilst also meeting their requirements for portability and ease of set up. They tried out various options, but were only satisfied when Halogen Audio supplied a QSC KLA Active Line Array System, consisting of four KLA12 elements and two KW181 subwoofers. The church required an audio system that was suitable for both speech and the church band. It needed to provide high quality, even sound coverage across the large hall space, and…
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February 26, 2013
Featured Case Studies
QSC Speakers & Amps Score With Style At The Reborn Hotel Victoria
Donetsk, Ukraine, Europe (February 26, 2013) – The Victoria Hotel Conference Center is the finest venue in Donetsk, capital of the Donets Basin region of the Ukraine. It is also situated very close to the Donbass Arena, home of local soccer heroes (and 2009 UEFA Cup winners) FC Shakhtar Donetsk (FCSD), and one of the venues for last year's Euro 2012 tournament. In preparation for Euro 2012, which saw a sizeable portion of the UEFA delegation staying at the Victoria, the hotel was thoroughly refurbished and all of its audio systems were renewed throughout. Odessa-based installer Real Music, who are also the QSC distributor for Ukraine, were responsible for installing all of the PA/VA speakers and systems. A QSC ILA line array comprising 16 WL2082-i elements (eight left, eight right) and four WL118-sw subwoofers was used in the main conference hall at the Victoria,…
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February 19, 2013
Featured Case Studies
QSC Systems Grace International Award-winning Danish Hotel
Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe (Feb 19, 2013) – The award-winning Bella Sky Comwell hotel in the Danish capital Copenhagen chose the Q-Sys™ integrated platform from QSC to route and manage much of its extensive audio infrastructure, from background music to conference audio. The instantly recognisable hotel, with its dual 'leaning towers' design, was built in late 2011 as part of the Bella Center Conference venue on Amager, the island off Copenhagen where the city's main airport and the Danish access to the international bridge and tunnel across the Øresund (Gravel Sound) to Sweden are situated. Since opening it has won several accolades, including an International Hotel Award for Best Architecture in Europe for its unique 'twisted pair' of towers, which are designed to ensure more guests obtain an uninterrupted view of of the capital in one direction, or the impressive…
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February 13, 2013
Featured Case Studies
Iowa City High Opens New Performing Arts Wing with Audio Controlled by Q-SYS™ Cores 250i
Iowa City, IA (February 2013) — City High School in Iowa City, IA, recently opened a new performing arts wing that features Q-SYS™ Core 250i integrated cores in music rehearsal rooms with QSC GX5 power amplifiers powering the installed loudspeakers. The new wing built at a cost of over $6 million is designed to accommodate rehearsal rooms for the band, orchestra and choir and the more than 500 students in the school’s music and performing arts programs. In addition to the rehearsal rooms, the facility hosts a suite of smaller practice spaces, classrooms and other support amenities. Douglass Communications of Ottumwa, IA, provided design and integration services for the installed sound systems. “We wanted a solution that would enable us to control everything off of an iPad,” explains Matthew Bresch, senior technician and systems designer at Douglass Communications. “So…
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February 5, 2013
Featured Case Studies
Saddle Up Saloon and Dancehall Fills the Floor with QSC KW Series Loudspeakers
Indianapolis, IN (February 5, 2013) — The Saddle Up Saloon and Dancehall, headquartered near Chicago in Aurora, IL, recently expanded its operation, opening a second location in Indianapolis, IN. Located near the Castleton Square Mall, close to Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport, the new 13,440-sq.-ft. venue features three bars, a stage, and a 3,000-sq.-ft. dance floor with sound from a QSC KW Series Active Loudspeaker System. Local integrator Sean Wooldridge, a former sales engineer at Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne, IN and graduate of the Music Production and Engineering program at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, installed the QSC system at the new Western-themed dance club. Even with the massive size of the dance floor, the power and coverage of the KW Series speakers allowed Wooldridge to achieve excellent coverage and intelligibility with a…
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January 25, 2013
Products & Solutions
Drummer Dave Weckl Joins the K for Musicians Family
Costa Mesa, CA (January 24, 2013) — QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to welcome drummer Dave Weckl into the K for Musicians family. A professional drummer since the age of 16, Weckl has been performing for nearly three decades with a diverse selection of artists, getting his first major break with Simon and Garfunkel on the duo’s 1983 tour. After being introduced to the QSC K Series at the 2012 NAMM Show, Weckl auditioned a system at the company’s Costa Mesa headquarters and selected a system for himself comprised of a pair of KW122’s and a single KSub. “My rig sounds fantastic with very little, if any, EQ on the speakers,” reports Weckl. “The K Series reproduce my acoustic drum sound in a very natural, yet very high fidelity, manner. And the headroom is unbelievable; the rig has much more power than I ever use on stage.” According to Weckl, his KW Series setup…
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January 24, 2013
Products & Solutions
Rolling Stones’ Bass Player Darryl Jones Joins the K for Musicians Family
Costa Mesa, CA (January 24, 2013) — QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to welcome bassist Darryl Jones to the rapidly expanding list of musicians who have joined the K for Musicians family. A celebrated musician who has played with some of the most acclaimed artists, in jazz, blues, and the rock music worlds, Jones is the bassist for The Rolling Stones. Jones had his first introduction to the K Series and KW Series while on tour, interestingly, by two drummers – Omar Hakim and Dave Weckl. “Omar Hakim told me he was playing his electronic drum kit through a QSC rig and recommended it to me. Then I was out on tour with Oz Noy and Dave Weckl, who was using it for his drum monitoring system. When I heard what was he was doing with it, I asked him to hook me up with guys at QSC,” says Jones. According to Jones, his bass rig, consisting of a pair of KW122s and a KW181…
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January 24, 2013
Products & Solutions
Leading Music Artists Join the QSC K for Musicians Family
Costa Mesa, CA (January 24, 2013) — QSC Audio Products, LLC is very pleased to announce of the addition of several acclaimed musicians to their rapidly expanding K for Musicians family, including songwriter, keyboardist, and longtime ‘Journey’ member Jonathan Cain, ‘The Rolling Stones’ bassist Darryl Jones, keyboardist Salo Loyo, drummer Dave Weckl and guitarist Dweezil Zappa. According to Darryl Jones, his bass rig, consisting of a pair of KW122s and a KW181 subwoofer, gives him a clean, powerful sound which is extremely versatile to suit the many different types of music he regularly plays. “Because I am involved in a lot of different kinds of music--rock and roll, electronic jazz, sounds with synth bass, solo projects with effects-- I always try to find the sound that fits the music I am playing. For rock and roll sounds, I use a tube amp sound. I find that I can…
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January 24, 2013
Products & Solutions
Jonathan Cain Joins the QSC K Family
Costa Mesa, CA (January 24, 2013) — QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to welcome songwriter, keyboardist, longtime ‘Journey’ member Jonathan Cain into the K for Musicians family. Cain first discovered the KW Series when looking for a PA system for his daughter. “I started with the K’s when my daughter Madison, who is a singer, needed a PA to do gigs around town. This was my first QSC experience, and I was amazed at the vocal presence, they are great vocal monitors,” says Cain. “My wife also likes to have dance parties, so I set them up at home and bought the big sub. Once again, I was amazed at the way that the K’s can really rock. I don’t think for the money, they can be beat. You would have to spend three, four times that amount of money to get something to come close.” At Addiction Sound Studios in Nashville, Cains’ studio with fellow engineer, producer and…
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January 24, 2013
Products & Solutions
Dweezil Zappa Joins the QSC K for Musicians Family
Costa Mesa, CA (January 24, 2013) — QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to welcome guitarist Dweezil Zappa to the growing list of artists who have joined the K for Musicians family. A rock guitarist who took the stage at the age of 12, Zappa is known the word over as a master of tone, often deploying elaborate rigs, both on stage and in the studio, to achieve sophisticated and complex sonic signatures. “I needed something that was going to reproduce on stage what I was hearing on my studio speakers at home while programming the sounds. I wasn’t able to get that until I started working with the QSC stuff, “says Zappa. “The KW122 loudspeakers really have all of the full-range depth and clarity, and the headroom that is required to have it feel right.” According to Zappa, his KW Series rig helps him have the sound that inspires him: “To make good music you have to be…
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January 8, 2013
Products & Solutions
QSC Introduces the New AcousticPerformance™ Line of Loudspeakers
Costa Mesa, CA (January 8, 2013) – QSC Audio Products is proud to announce the launch of the AcousticPerformance™ line of professional, two-way, full-range loudspeakers, ideal for a variety of installed sound reinforcement applications which require higher SPL and a stylish enclosure. All models feature a 3-inch voice coil, high power-capacity compression driver combined with high-output woofers to deliver exceptional full bandwidth reproduction. “In keeping with QSC’s loudspeaker design philosophy, all AcousticPerformance loudspeakers feature Directivity Matched Transition™ (DMT) which matches the compression driver to the natural coverage angle of the woofer in the cross-over region”, states Phil Sanchez, QSC Loudspeaker Product Manager. “When combined with their axisymmetric waveguides, AcousticPerformance loudspeakers deliver a flat power response with smooth and…
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December 21, 2012
Products & Solutions
QSC K Family is for Salo Loyo
Costa Mesa, CA (December 21, 2012) — QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to welcome keyboardist Salo Loyo into the K for Musicians family. A professional keyboardist since 1985, Loyo has had the opportunity over his career to experience many, if not all, types of amplification systems available. “I honestly have never used any keyboard amp, speaker, PA system, wedge or in-ear system that comes even close to the sound and response I get from my K Series,” says Loyo. “The sound is pure, clean and powerful. I don't have to worry about competing with anybody to be heard. And it's not just volume; I can play at any level and the sound cuts thru beautifully and clearly, without hurting anyone’s hearing.” After reading some reviews on the QSC K Series in Musico Pro and Keyboard magazines, Loyo was interested in the idea of 1000 watts of power in such a lightweight speaker,…
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December 1, 2012
Corporate
QSC Audio Products Named One of the Top Ten Orange County Workplaces
Costa Mesa, CA (December, 2012) – QSC Audio Products has been named one of the Top Orange County Workplaces for the third year in a row, according to the daily newspaper, The Orange County Register. The responses were based upon anonymous survey results from almost 20,000 employees from various companies surveyed throughout the region. For the survey, employees were asked to respond anonymously to 20 statements about their workplace experience and the leadership at their company. The company rankings were then independently calculated by survey firm WorkplaceDynamics based upon the employees responses to these statements – so the results are truly based on employee feedback. 15 large companies, 25 midsize companies, and 50 small workplaces made the list of the Top O.C. Workplaces 2012, with QSC ranking as #7 among mid-sized companies. "QSC is a place where people are…
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November 13, 2012
Featured Case Studies
Video Game Developer Treyarch Installs K Series 7.2 Speaker System
Santa Monica, CA, (November 13, 2012) - CCS Presentation Systems is proud to announce the installation of a QSC Audio K Series loudspeaker system with KW Series subwoofers in a 7.2 surround sound configuration for the award-winning video game developer Treyarch, creators of Activision’s Call of Duty®: Black Ops II. The new system is part of an upgrade to the A/V system in a presentation theater at Treyarch’s studios in Santa Monica, CA. The new QSC Audio system comprises three K10 two-way, 10-inch active loudspeakers for the left, center and right channels, plus four K8 two-way, 8-inch active speakers for the left, right, and rear surround channels, together with a pair of KW181 18-inch subwoofers positioned at the front of the room. Sources for the QSC system are controlled by an Onkyo PR-SC5508 AV preamplifier-processor, which is integrated with a Crestron…
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