August 11, 2010
NASHVILLE, TN—In early May, the city
of Nashville experienced some of the
worst flooding in its history, which
affected countless homes, studios,
and venues, including the historic
Grand Ole Opry House. Soundcheck,
a large rehearsal facility and home to
Shure’s Nashville office, was partially
submerged in up to four feet of water.
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The community comes together to help clean up Soundcheck.
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“I’ve lived in this city for nine
years and I’ve never seen it rain like it
did that weekend,” said Ryan Smith,
artist relations manager for Shure.
“If there’s a bright side to this disaster,
it’s been the incredible show of
support from so many people around
the country. The Nashville music
community is an amazing group of
people, and this has brought us even
closer together.”
Though temporarily displaced
from its permanent home, the Opry
did not miss a broadcast due to the
flood. To aid the Opry in continuing
its busy schedule of shows, Shure
provided wireless microphones and
in-ear monitor systems.
Black Box
Honored As
Awards Finalist
PITTSBURGH, PA—Black Box was recently
named a finalist in the 2010 Stevie
Awards for iCOMPEL digital signage
system, the company’s solution to help
small businesses or government offices
on small budgets effectively customize
and use iCOMPEL with little to no creative
staff. The system was a finalist in
the New Product or Service of the Year
category for Media & Entertainment. For
this year’s American Business Awards,
more than 2,700 entries were submitted
for consideration in more than 40
categories.
RTI Adds App
SHAKOPEE, MN—Remote Technologies Incorporated
(RTI) is bringing the power of
its control solutions to the iPhone, iPod
touch, and iPad with the new RTiPanel
app. With the app installed on any of
these Apple products, users can have
complete control of RTI’s XP series
of remote processors—including the
flagship XP-8 and upcoming XP-3 and
XP-6—and all connected electronic
systems from virtually anywhere in the
world. For intuitive operation, the graphical
user interface is completely customizable
to any system via RTI’s Integration
Designer software.
CYPRESS, CA—Advanced Lighting & Sound recently installed multiple FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/
SD digital video switchers at the campuses of Troy, MI-based Kensington Community Church.
As a nondenominational church with about 10,000 attendees per Sunday and growing, its video
production tasks demand switchers that allow for the flexibility of a growing church while also
being user-friendly for the volunteer teams who run them.
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