The Buffalo Chip Music Festival held annually at South Dakota’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally poses unique challenges to any sound company. “As well as thunderous applause,” says Steve Cross, Kid Rock’s FOH mixer, “the bikers will rev their engines in appreciation.” Sure Sound & Lighting, old hands with the festival, showcased the all-new Renkus-Heinz Versys VLX3 line arrays for the main stage area, powered by Lab.gruppen PLM 10000Q amplifiers with built-in Dolby Lake processing.
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Foothill Ranch, CA – (September 2008) For the 10th time in the past six years, EASE and EASE JR licensees will receive a major upgrade at no charge. Version 4.3 of both industry-standard modeling software suites will be previewed during the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco, October 3 – 5.
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Foothill Ranch, CA – (June 2008) Renkus-Heinz introduces IC Live, a new product line that applies the company’s innovative Iconyx Digitally Steerable Array technology to live event production. “Originally designed for permanent installation, Iconyx arrays have been used for charity galas, corporate presentations and concerts throughout Europe and the US,” says Renkus-Heinz President Harro Heinz. “IC Live meets the needs of PA rental companies, with high output steerable array configurations and a versatile hardware system that is optimized for portable applications.”
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Foothill Ranch, CA – (June 2008) Introduced in 2005, Iconyx Digitally Steerable Array Systems are barely two years old. The highly successful product line is being re-introduced in an “R” version, with purpose-designed coaxial transducers, RHAON (Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network) technology and a slimmer, lighter weight enclosure.
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MAY 2008 – Foothill Ranch, CA – A pair of Renkus-Heinz Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeakers, installed by TM Audio as part of a venue-wide audio project, has transformed the sound of the huge marble and glass foyer of the newly refurbished Parkstad Limburg Theatre in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
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MAY 2008 – Foothill Ranch, CA – Renkus-Heinz has named Tim Shuttleworth to the key role of Engineering Manager, leading the company’s engineering team in bringing the next generation of professional audio products from conception and specification into production.
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MAY 2008 – USA – In a deal signed at the recent PALME Expo, Renkus-Heinz has announced the Emirates (UAE). Mediatronics Middle East is a leading pro-audio and communications solution provider for entertainment, sports and convention venues as well as for TV and radio broadcasting, recording studios, the hospitality industry, shopping malls and airports.
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May 2008 – Wheaton, MD – Washington Pro Systems recently installed two Iconyx IC16 Digitally Steerable Array Systems in the premier conference auditorium of a major government agency. “We’re not allowed to tell you which agency,” explains Greg Lukens of Washington Pro, “but I can report that they were very impressed with the improvements we were able to bring to this 400 seat auditorium. The previous system had problems with both sound quality and gain before feedback. We resolved both issues with a Midas console, a Dolby Lake signal processor, and the Iconyx arrays from Renkus-Heinz.”
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APRIL 2008 – EASERA SysTune, the new software tool for real-time live-sound applications from Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG), will be the subject of a special seminar at the 12th AES Brazil in São Paulo on May 5th.
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APRIL 2008 – USA – A Renkus-Heinz Iconyx digitally steerable array system matched to a high resolution plasma display matrix is providing a unique integrated solution for a newly transformed, but acoustically challenging, indoor space at one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies, DTE Energy.
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APRIL 2008 – USA – As you’d expect from a spot that was sold to English settlers in 1656 by the Matinecock tribe of Native Americans, the village of Northport on the North Shore of Long Island is rich in colonial tradition. The 1,000 seat St. Philip Neri Church is no exception – but acoustical consultant Rich Riedel has upgraded its sound system with a dozen Renkus-Heinz TRX81 loudspeakers and Biamp AudiaFlex DSP. “Parish Members who had worshipped at St. Philip Neri for much of their lives could never recall hearing the services so clearly,” was the unambiguous result
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APRIL 2008 – USA – Two single Renkus-Heinz ICONYX IC16, digitally steerable array loudspeakers have brought a 1960s audio design stunningly to life for an 800-seat church in Bethesda, MD.
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APRIL 2008 – Foothill Ranch, CA – Renkus-Heinz has named Scott Pizzo to the new position of East Coast Regional Sales Manager for the USA. “We created this regional manager position in order to maintain and strengthen our support for dealers and their key customers,” said Renkus-Heinz President Harro Heinz. “The demand for our products continues to grow as more people become aware of the superior value and performance they provide. At the same time, the advanced technologies we have brought to market in the past couple of years require a high level of support and training. Since our factory and headquarters are on the West Coast, the eastern region was an easy choice as the first priority for an expansion of our sales organization.”
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NEW ZEALAND – When North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand approached Marshall Day Acoustics to propose a new Sound system for their 12,000 seat grandstand, the expectations were high. Having suffered ten years with a budget-driven and ageing system that had well-passed it’s use-by date, something special was needed for a venue looking to secure its future as a nation-leading outdoor arena.
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Renkus-Heinz is showing EASERA SysTune at Pro Light+Sound 2008 in Frankfurt. EASERA SysTune, first exhibited at AES in New York last Fall, is a new software based measurement system that measures time-domain and frequency-domain simultaneously using live program material while an audience is present.
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CANADA – The embossed stone St. Cunégonde church, one of Montreal’s unknown treasures, is impressively topped by two identical pavilion style spires with verdigris-colored copper bell tower roofs. Directly beneath a large rose window, a monumental portal frames the main entry. The five-bell carillon was blessed in 1907; a year after the church was built in 1906, on the site of the original church, which was destroyed by fire in 1904.
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USA – The Connecticut River Valley has no shortage of scenic charm – ask anyone who’s crossed the river while riding the Amtrak rails between New York and Boston. But to really get the full flavor of this historic New England waterway, you need to travel a slower, shorter and much older railroad: the Essex Steam Train. The Valley Railroad Company has resurrected 12 miles of track that was originally laid in the 19th century, and has faithfully restored two coal-fired locomotives and several vintage railroad cars as well.
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Anaheim, CA – January 2008. One of the many attractions of Winter NAMM is the top-caliber entertainment found on stages all around the Anaheim Convention Center each evening. One of the hottest tickets at this year’s show was the party co-sponsored by Heil Sound, Lectrosonics, Renkus-Heinz, and Roland Systems Group.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – January 2008. Two of Renkus-Heinz’s most recent loudspeaker systems – one from either end of the physical and application spectrum – have won accolades from industry experts in 2007.
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Foothill Ranch, CA – (December 2007): Now shipping from Renkus-Heinz, Inc., EASERA SysTune, Live Sound Measurement Software. Developed by the AFMG Ahnert Feistel Media Group, the creators of EASE and EASERA, SysTune represents a remarkable step forward in its ability to take accurate acoustical measurements in real time even when an audience is present.
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HONG KONG – Renkus-Heinz’s ICONYX digitally steerable array loudspeakers, increasingly being specified in digital signage applications, have been chosen to partner a giant LED billboard at the entrance to the Elements shopping mall and the MTR Kowloon underground station in Hong Kong.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – (November 19, 2007) Renkus-Heinz, Inc. is delighted to announce the appointment of pro audio marketing specialist Margie Ulm as Marketing Manager with immediate effect.

Ulm, based at Renkus-Heinz Corporate Headquarters in Foothill Ranch, CA, is well known throughout the pro audio industry through her long tenure with the TASCAM Professional Division of TEAC America, Inc., most recently as Acting Marketing Manager of TASCAM. In her new role, she will spearhead Renkus-Heinz's development of its corporate image and branding via new marketing and public relations initiatives. She will also lead comprehensive marketing campaigns including exhibits, tradeshows, sales seminars, product literature and more.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – (November 2007) In response to continued growth in demand for its integrated live sound loudspeaker systems, Renkus-Heinz, Inc. has hired Art Acuna as Assistant Engineer. “We are pleased to have found Art to fill this newly-created position,” says Renkus-Heinz V.P. of Operations, Rik Kirby. “His experience in loudspeaker testing will allow Senior V. P., Ralph Heinz to focus his energies on providing our business partners with new solutions for sound reinforcement.”
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UK – The Cadogan Hall in prestigious Chelsea, south west London, home to the world renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, has taken delivery of a Renkus-Heinz Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeaker system for its popular crush bar where up to 500 concert-goers enjoy their interval drinks.Formerly a church, Cadogan Hall was transformed into a modern concert venue in June 2004 and boasts an airy 900-seat auditorium with excellent acoustics and unimpeded sightlines.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Audio Source will now represent the products of Renkus-Heinz throughout western Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Based in Redmond, Washington and Salem, Oregon, Audio Source has built relationships with major manufacturers as well as dealers throughout its territory.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – RHAON (“rayon”), the Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network, can now link loudspeaker systems across the entire Renkus-Heinz product range via standard Ethernet hardware and cabling. “When we introduced RHAON, we promised to offer system designers, installers and operators Maximum Control over networked loudspeakers, and Maximum Choice of the type, size and price of the loudspeakers they use on those networks,” said company President Harro Heinz. “Our engineering department has delivered on that promise in just six months.”
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz, Inc. has appointed Online Marketing, based in Wadsworth, Ohio, as its representative for Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Online CRM will handle the state of Michigan.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz will introduce EASERA SysTune at the 123rd AES Convention, October 5 – 8 in New York City. EASERA SysTune is a new software based measurement system that measures time-domain and frequency-domain simultaneously using live program material while an audience is present. 
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TRINIDAD – The 3,000-seat Trinidad Christian Center in Petit Valley, Trinidad has installed a Renkus-Heinz self-powered loudspeaker system for its highly production-based worship services, as part of an ongoing program of investment in its facilities.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz raises the stakes in the professional line array sector with the launch of its latest generation, high output, fully featured digital line array system, the VERSYS VL3, at AES in New York this October.The world’s first line array system to come with the fully integrated RHAON (Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network) package, it includes in-cabinet Class D amplification utilizing a new RHAON empowered PM3R tri-amplifier, full digital dynamics, with networked audio over CobraNet® as well as loudspeaker monitoring and remote control, all delivered over a single CAT-5 cable to each loudspeaker.
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NORWAY – The 47-year-old Molde Jazz Festival in Norway, one of Europe’s foremost annual jazz events, saw a unique Renkus-Heinz double bill this summer with the appearance of two models of the company’s line array systems, while other Renkus-Heinz systems were in action throughout the town’s numerous venues.
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SWITZERLAND – An 18th century (1753-7) protestant church in Switzerland has become one of Europe’s latest converts to Renkus-Heinz’s unique Iconyx digitally steerable array, its users discovering that the system has opened up a new era of speech intelligibility in a room that had defeated all earlier attempts to tame it.
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USA – It may be Florida’s oldest retirement community, but Advent Christian Village (ACV), founded in 1913 as a unique intergenerational community in north central Florida, boasts a spacious modern church at the heart of its campus. The church recently became the proud owner of a state-of-the-art Renkus-Heinz ICONYX digitally steerable array sound reinforcement system.
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USA – It may be Florida’s oldest retirement community, but Advent Christian Village (ACV), founded in 1913 as a unique intergenerational community in north central Florida, boasts a spacious modern church at the heart of its campus. The church recently became the proud owner of a state-of-the-art Renkus-Heinz ICONYX digitally steerable array sound reinforcement system.
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THE NETHERLANDS – A Renkus-Heinz ICONYX Digitally Controlled Array loudspeaker system has been installed by TM Audio at the Amsterdam home of the legendary Blue Man Group, the cavernous Theater Fabriek.
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The sound reinforcement system was a critical technical element of the restoration project and had to meet design criteria that went beyond the norm for historic buildings faced with 21st century expectations.The real challenges were posed by the way in which the 1,700-capacity space is used, rather than the acoustics – the average RT within the soaring granite arches and pillars is a reasonably manageable four seconds.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz’s unique Iconyx digitally steerable array is making a serious impact on the corporate events market where its combination of slender, low profile enclosures and steerable acoustic energy provide a unique solution for acoustically tough environments. The event company Live Audio GmbH, based in Braunschweig, Germany, recently used pairs of Iconyx IC16 columns for both high-quality speech reinforcement and, augmented by subwoofers, multimedia music playback, for two blue-chip corporate clients’ live events.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz, Inc. has appointed Marketing Concepts as its representative for the Southwestern states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. ”This is an exciting development for our sales team and our company,” said Renkus-Heinz National Sales Manager David Rahn.
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USA – Danny Meyer, best selling author and co-owner of Eleven Madison Park in Manhattan, understands the immense value that music adds to the atmosphere of the dinning experience – an awareness helped make Renkus-Heinz the perfect choice in sound reinforcement for this upscale establishment.
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USA – One of America’s leading education and research facilities for health professionals, the University of Minnesota’s Academic Health Center (AHC), has chosen a Renkus-Heinz ICONYX system for its central teaching forum – the Mayo Memorial Auditorium in Minneapolis.
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USA - The National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, “The Grotto” (as it is commonly called) a beautiful 62 acre Catholic Shrine and botanical garden, has served since 1924 as “a place of solitude, peace and prayer” in Portland, Oregon.
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SWEDEN - Gaming, in all its varieties, is very big business in Sweden, where nine out of ten adult citizens are estimated to enjoy a flutter, adding up to an estimated 5 1/2 billion dollars annually through the state-run Svenska Spel gaming organisation, which is governed by the Gaming Board of Sweden.
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UK - A venerable learning institution that once boasted as its Professor of Music Sir Edward Elgar is home to the most prominent UK installation to date of Renkus-Heinz’s Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeaker.
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USA – A high power Renkus-Heinz line array PA has been installed at the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, CA, a multipurpose 500-seat entertainment venue that hosts a huge range of events – theater, concerts, private functions, corporate events and film shoots. Owner, architect and developer Michael Harrah purchased the property in 2001 and has invested over $21 million in developing it into the most remarkable venue in Southern California.
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“We had a Meyer system in our previous hall,” says Torres, “but decided to look for a different solution for our new home. We were interested in a Renkus-Heinz line array system...
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Says Giroux: “We had to wait a couple of months before the final release of the Iconyx product. We had by then tried every column-type product on the market, and nothing was cutting through a church’s reverberant field to make an efficient reinforcement sound system over a long distance.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) and Renkus-Heinz, Inc., worldwide distributor, announce immediate availability of EASE 4.2. A free upgrade to EASE 4.0 or 4.1 licensees via the Help menu, EASE 4.2 includes major enhancements to all three central EASE functions: modeling, auralization and mapping.
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The 15th Annual Renkus-Heinz Consultants’ Breakfast was packed, as usual, and featured three excellent and tought-provoking presentations.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – RHAON from Renkus-Heinz will open a new era in powered loudspeakers at NSCA 2007 by introducing an industry-first combination of integral amplification, DSP, digital audio networking, control and monitoring, to the entire Renkus-Heinz powered product lineup.Under the headline Maximum Control™, RHAON (pronounced “rayon”) technology will become a standard option in every new Renkus-Heinz powered loudspeaker, beginning with the NSCA launch of the all-new Sygma SG Series.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – The Sygma Line from Renkus-Heinz integrates the capabilities of loudspeakers, amplifiers, processors and digital audio networks. Self-powered SG Series systems can connect to RHAON, the Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network (pronounced “rayon”), via PF Series Intelligent Digital Amplifiers. The SGX Series uses external amplifiers. .
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz enhances the versatility and cost-effectiveness of its Iconyx product line with the introduction of the self-powered IC7 and externally powered ICX7 Iconyx array modules at NSCA Expo in Orlando. Both are passive linear arrays with fixed beams that can be steered mechanically. The new additions to the Iconyx line will supplement Iconyx Digitally Controlled Array Systems in venues needing side and front fill coverage. They also offer a low cost solution for applications that don’t demand the programmable control and precise coverage afforded by Iconyx Digitally Controlled Array Systems.
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Shruthi Kumar is developing firmware for the new RHAON Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network. John Dowling has implemented control and monitoring systems for Iconyx Digitally Controlled Array Systems, and heads GUI development for RHAON..
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Renkus-Heinz’s Iconyx Digitally Controlled Array Systems’ outstanding success in conquering some of the world’s toughest acoustical environments has been recognized with the award of Best Large-Format Loudspeaker at the 2006 WFX New Product Awards in November.
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