London, UK, (August 13, 2013) — Since the launch in early 2012 of the QSC Q-Sys™ Core 250i, Scottish audiovisual integrator Black Light has designed and installed several QSC audio routing and processing systems based around this latest addition to the Q-Sys product family. Recent Core 250i-based Q-Sys installations carried out by Edinburgh-based Black Light have ranged from simple systems in which the Q-Sys Core manages and routes audio to loudspeakers and amplifiers from third-party manufacturers, to projects comprised solely of QSC equipment. One such recently completed installation is the new PA system at the Dundee Ice Arena in Scotland, where the integrated Core 250i serves audio to two loudspeaker arrays, each comprising two KLA12 Active Line Array elements and one KLA181 subwoofer. The KLA arrays are positioned over the ice rink and are the main PA loudspeakers…

Key West, FL (Aug 2013) --The Key West Songwriters Festival, reportedly the largest festival of its kind in the world, attracted more than 150 troubadours, including Jeffrey Steele, Paul Overstreet, Bob DiPiero and Lori McKenna, to the tiny Florida island this year. A Key West institution since 1996, the BMI-sponsored festival provides a five-day platform for country, folk, blues and rock songwriters to perform in their own right at some of the island’s numerous bars and music venues. According to New Orleans native Glen Himmaugh, owner of Backstage*America/Sound of Key West, the shows—which are mostly free—take place at about two-dozen venues on the island. Himmaugh has been providing production for the festival for the past five years. A longtime fan of QSC, Himmaugh has outfitted such island hotspots as the Smokin’ Tuna and Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville with QSC…

QSC Audio Products, LLC は、ヨーロッパ大陸にQSCシネマ製品の販売センターを設立したことを発表しました。 QSCは、ベルギーのヘントにある場所からQSCシネマ製品を倉庫に保管し、出荷するグローバルな3PL（またはサードパーティーロジスティクス）プロバイダーであるDSVとサービスを契約しています。この場所が選ばれたのは、ヨーロッパのほとんどの国の中心にあるためです。この倉庫は、最も人気のあるQSCシネマ製品の在庫を維持し、ヨーロッパのシネマ顧客がより迅速かつ費用対効果の高い方法で出荷を受け取ることができるようにします。この発表の時点で、 QSCシネマ製品の在庫はすでに倉庫にあり、出荷の準備ができています。

Dallas, TX (July 2013) — As the concourse reconstruction project at Dallas Love Field, home of Southwest Airlines, moves into its final phase, Dallas-based design, build and installation firm Master Sound Co., Inc. has outfitted the new facility with a QSC Audio Q-SYS™ Integrated System Platform. Redundant Q-SYS Core 4000 processors power the new networking system, which also includes 14 I/O Frames integrated with more than 20 PS-1600 networked page stations and three dozen CX Series two-and four-channel amplifiers. The new terminal is the first installation in the world to be designed from the ground up based on a redundant Q-SYS system. The initial 11 gates at Love Field were opened to the public in mid-April, 2013 at the new terminal, which will include a total of 20 gates when the $519 million project is completed in fall 2014. According to installer Wayne…

London, UK, July 2013 — London-based professional sound production company Podd Sound chose a QSC WideLine-8 line array system for use at the recent Sony Music European launch party for Daft Punk's new album, Random Access Memories. The stylish event was held on Floor 69 of London's recently completed landmark Shard skyscraper, now the tallest building in the European Union, with a star-studded guest list including Calvin Harris and Jude Law — a very appropriate launch for the record it celebrated. The WideLine-8 array used by Podd Sound at the Daft Punk launch comprised 16 QSC WL3082 line array elements and 12 WL212-sw subwoofers driven by no fewer than nine QSC PL380 amplifiers, and managed by two SC28 processor/system controllers. The system components were supplied to Podd Sound by Shure Distribution UK (SDUK), the distributor of QSC products in the UK and…

QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to announce a new service partner agreement with dcinex to provide support for QSC Cinema products and systems across the European continent and the United Kingdom.  dcinex is a provider of fully integrated solutions for cinema operations, including Exhibitor Services, Content Services, and Consulting.  The company has a long history in digital cinema services.  Under the new agreement, dcinex will provide centralized customer telephone support and arrange advance replacement or repair of QSC cinema products when necessary.  Services will be available to all customers of QSC Cinema products.  The agreement will be effective on August 1, 2013.  Cinema operators and QSC cinema products dealers will be able to access the dcinex support group seven days a week, from 0900 to 2400 hours (9:00 am to midnight) Central European Time. Support…

Long Beach, CA (June 11, 2013) — Apex Audio, a professional audio design and supply company based in Huntington Beach, CA, recently completed an AV system installation at Temple Israel here,  that features audio processing and distribution as well as control of the video and lighting equipment with QSC Audio Q-Sys™ Core 500i DSP and routing system. The AV project—part of a year-long $5.8 million renovation and reconfiguration of the 25,300-sq.-ft. Reform synagogue—also includes the installation of AcousticDesign AD-C820 and AD-C152T ceiling speakers driven by CX Series two-channel amplifiers, which additionally power the main sanctuary’s soffit-mounted main PA speakers and monitors. “Temple Israel wanted a system that had one touch panel to control all of their audio and video equipment. Q-Sys has given them that, the system has all the features that they wanted to…

Las Vegas, NV (June 11, 2013) — South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa, the first mega-resort to be built south of McCarran Airport on the Las Vegas Strip, has installed a QSC Audio Q-Sys Core 500i network processor, CX Series amplification and AcousticDesign ceiling speakers to handle paging and P.A. in its recently expanded Arena and Equestrian Center. The resort, which purchased the QSC Audio components through Solotech Las Vegas, intends to extend the Q-Sys network into a $30 million bowling arena planned for completion at the beginning of 2016. The property opened at the very end of 2006, and added QSC Audio BASIS networked audio products to the resort, reports Jason Lein, South Point’s production manager.  “When we expanded the arena we took the opportunity to upgrade the processing in there from BASIS to the new Q-Sys 500i. The system has so much processing power…

San Diego, CA (June 7, 2013) — Audio-visual systems integrator CCS Presentation Systems, Inc. recently upgraded the Murphy Canyon Chapel, located in the Aero Ridge community of the Murphy Canyon Military Housing complex in San Diego, CA, with a comprehensive package of equipment from QSC Audio. The upgrade includes a Q-Sys™ Core 250i Integrated System Platform controlling  KLA Line Array Loudspeakers and K Series K10 active monitors in the main chapel, with AcousticDesign™  surface and ceiling-mount speakers powered by ISA Series Amplifiers in a smaller chapel and a community room.. CCS Presentation Systems provided design and integration, which also included a new control system and touch panels as well as video projector and screen improvements.   A QSC Q-Sys Core 250i with four mic and three output cards located in the building’s central control room provides…

New York, NY (May 20, 2013) — The recent installation of a QSC Q-Sys™ Core 250i processing and management system has significantly improved sound quality and user control to the bar, restaurant, lounge and lobby areas of the boutique Tribeca Grand Hotel. Systems integrator Canal Sound & Light, in consultation with Danny Taylor, a freelance audio contractor and nightclub designer, installed the Q-Sys system along with more than two dozen of QSC AcousticDesign™ surface- and ceiling-mount loudspeakers powered by QSC CX Series amplifiers. Located in a fashionable lower Manhattan residential neighborhood, the Tribeca Grand has been a major Manhattan nightlife attraction for more than a decade, but their audio system was beginning to show its age, according to Jeffrey Kwan, Vice President at Canal Sound & Light. “A lot of newer hotels have popped up since then with better…

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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…

QSCオーディオ製品は、Paul Brink がシネマ セールス エンジニアとして入社したことを発表しました。Brinkは、 QSCシネマディーラーとエンドユーザー（劇場、映画館、スタジオなど）の販売活動を、製品トレーニング、技術サポート、販売サポートを提供することでサポートする責任を負います。ポールは、映画のポストプロダクションビジネスで幅広いバックグラウンドを持っています。Paulは、THXデジタルマスタリングプログラムのシステムエンジニアとして、Lucasfilm, Ltd.で数年間働いていました。彼のクレジットには、テレシネ、品質保証、デジタルシネマリリースの劇場セットアップを監督した「スターウォーズI」が含まれます。QSCに入社する前は、カリフォルニア州センチュリーシティの 20th Century Fox スタジオでリレコーディング エンジニア／サウンド エディターとして、DVD、Blu-ray、デジタル配信、アーカイブに使用される最終的なデジタル オーディオ ファイルを担当していました。Brinkには学位があります...

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

カリフォルニア州コスタメサ（2013年3月28日）—QSC Audio Products, LLC は、複数の QSC デジタル シネマ プロセッサおよび DCA アンプに対して包括的なネットワーク ベースのモニタリングと制御を、1 つの画面上で個別におよび同時に実行できる強力なソフトウェア アプリケーションである DCPNet の導入を発表できることを嬉しく思いますDCPNetを使用すると、劇場内、オフィス、またはネットワークにアクセスできる他の場所から、任意の劇場またはマルチプレックス全体のほとんどのDCPプロセッサー設定をモニターおよび調整できます。DCPNetは、ボリューム、ミュート、オーディオプリセットコントロールに加えて、 QSC DCAシネマアンプのオン／オフを切り替えたり、温度やインピーダンス負荷などのモニターアンプの動作条件を調整したりすることができます。コントロールプリセットを使用すると、 DCPデジタルシネマプロセッサーおよびDXP デジタルエクスパンションプロセッサーのリレーを使用して外部コントロールを制御できます。

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Brea, CA (December 17, 2012) — Trinity Sound Company (TSC) recently completed an upgrade to the in-house music playback and paging system at Brea Community Center that included a QSC Q-Sys™ Core 250i processor and two additional CX Series multichannel amplifiers. The community center, located adjacent to the Brea Civic and Cultural Center in the heart of the city, which is located about 25 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, offers facilities for business and community meetings, youth and adult education, and health and fitness activities. This was one of the very first installations of the lower cost Q-Sys Core 250i, notes Devin DeVore, president and owner of TSC, an Ontario, CA-based company that offers live and installed sound production services as well as studio and remote recording. “The accessible price point of the new cores opens up Q-Sys to a host of…