ClearOne announces the latest update of the CONVERGENCE AV Network Manager software. The new update now has an organisational portal for multiple user accounts with support for up to 2048 combined devices and users. It also includes LDAP support and two levels of access — a secure administrator level for full access and a viewer level for monitoring with 256-bit encrypted device and user password management. CONVERGENCE software is a unified AV network management platform to monitor, control, and audit ClearOne Pro Audio and Video products and services. Remote real-time system access provides at-a-glance and all-inclusive dashboard views with unlimited…
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Yamaha Unified Communications (UC) has added Barco to its Strategic Partner Program to bring high-quality conferencing to even the most demanding spaces through the finest combination of solutions and API flexibilities. As a strategic partner, customers can be assured that Yamaha’s YVC-200 Portable USB & Bluetooth Speakerphone, YVC-330 USB & Bluetooth Speakerphone, and YVC-1000 Mic and Speaker System are tested and certified to combine effortlessly with Barco ClickShare Wireless Conference for a seamless Bring Your Own Meeting (BYOM) room experience. “The best digital collaboration tools are fluid and adaptable, bridging the gap between users so they can connect from anywhere…
Reaffirming its unique ability to serve as the industry-leading high value added, specialist distribution partner for manufacturers seeking multi-market expertise, flexible supply chain solutions, and the financial resources to help them scale locally and globally, Stampede has announced that its operations in the United States, Canada and Latin America are rebranding as Exertis, aligning with other DCC Technology owned companies around the world. According to President & CEO Kevin Kelly, going forward the newly renamed company will, beginning with Exertis ProAV, operate a series of specialist Exertis brands focused on the ProAV and Mobile Living channels. “This is the beginning…
While COVID-19 has upended many businesses in 2020, SnapAV, the industry-leading source of A/V, surveillance, control, networking and remote management products, is reinforcing its commitment to local market support with the opening of three new SnapAV Pro Stores in Houston, Dallas and Plainview, New York. At the same time, the company has expanded existing Pro Stores in Troy, Michigan; Carmel, Indiana; and San Diego. Description automatically generatedAccording to Wally Whinna, SnapAV Senior Vice President of Local, expanding reliable same-day product availability and strengthening personalized service is enabling SnapAV integrators to complete jobs and stay on schedule. “Because of the pandemic,…
Manufacturer presets for the complete portfolio of Fulcrum Acoustic loudspeakers are now available for use with Dynacord electronics via SONICUE sound system software, adding flexibility for consultants and integrators designing multi-brand systems to align with specific application or budget requirements. A Fulcrum loudspeaker installation can now run on a single Dynacord amplifier and DSP/matrix platform with the assurance of optimal performance – all with complete and unified system control via SONICUE. “We are excited to add Dynacord to the ever-growing list of third-party DSP amplifiers we support,” saidRich Frembes, Product Manager, Fulcrum Acoustic. “Dynacord’s engineers are passionate about their products…
ROE Visual US has received its anticipated purchase of a Brompton Technology Hydra system for its West Coast office in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. Hydra can perform recalibration on all LED panels equipped with Brompton R2 controller cards. This means that the panels, once measured, will benefit from Version 3 of Brompton Tessera Processor software and be fully compatible with Brompton’s Dynamic Calibration technology, to allow greater brightness, improved colour gamut and, crucially, the ability to display HDR imagery. “When we saw the Brompton Dynamic Calibration system in prototype form at LDI last year, we knew it was going to be…
Flipside Soundsystem has upgraded the audio system at Yonder in London, helping the climbing gym defeat a noise problem it had with its residential neighbours. The systems integrator designed and installed a distributed sound system based on equipment from Yamaha and Sonance to cover the challenging space. “Yonder is a very tall space for a bouldering gym,” said Flipside Managing Director, James Cooper. “It has a double height ceiling and is a large space with a tin roof and a new housing development over the road. If you don’t control the space right and keep the sound where it needs…
Pentecostals of Brunswick, a growing church in Brunswick, Georgia, worships with a new dBTechnologies audio system installed by Allseasons Audio of Jesup, GA. The system is an LCR design with twelve DVA T8 line array loudspeakers supported by a pair of DVA S30N subwoofers. Owner Brian Bush said the dBTechnologies system replaces a 15-year old design that had poor coverage and sound quality. “In one part of the church, you’d have 90dB and a few feet away it might be 98dB. So, it was really harsh,” he said. Before the installation, Brian did a demonstration for the church and noted:…
When explaining how he designed Price Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright described it as a “tree-like mast” supported by a central trunk of four elevators shafts anchored by a deep central foundation. The ingenious arrangement made it possible for the building’s 19 concrete floors to extend outward like cantilevered branches of a tree reaching over 220-feet to the sky. Today, 64 years after its completion, the only skyscraper designed by Wright inspires as powerfully as ever, reflecting its creator’s belief that “all fine architectural values are human values.” This spirit was celebrated in September when the iconic building glowed in vivid…
Atlona, a Panduit company, has taken the wraps off the latest HDBaseTtransmitter in its Omega Series of switching, extension, and video processing solutions for modern AV communications and collaboration. A unique wallplate extender for USB-C AV and data, the immediately-available AT-OME-EX-TX-WPCtransmitter enables discreet, remote USB-C and USB 2.0 connectivity for soft codec conferencing and applications with interactive displays. Providing presenters and meeting participants with convenient AV and data interfacing on walls, in furniture or in floor boxes, the OME-EX-TX-WPC transports video, embedded audio, RS-232 control signals and – when paired with a USB-capable Omega Series switcher or receiver – USB…
