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October 30, 2015
Products & Solutions
It’s More Than the Network
Let’s be honest, there are a million ways one could describe AV and IT integration. It’s true that in this day and age, we can now control just about every device via the network, make our phone calls via the network, and route our audio and video using the network (and only a few projects thus far truly accomplish all three). So what does “AV/IT convergence really mean? Most answers will land around IT infrastructure simply meaning “the network”. Truth is, that’s not at all what it means. It’s so much more than the network. So, let’s start with a definition—the way IT defines it. The term IT infrastructure is defined in a standard called Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 which is a combined set of hardware, software, networks, facilities, systems, etc. (including all of the information technology), in order to develop, test, deliver,…
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October 12, 2015
Products & Solutions
QSC Introduces New AcousticPerformance™ Loudspeaker Models
October 12, 2015 - QSC is pleased to announce the addition of two new models to the popular AcousticPerformance loudspeaker series. Consisting of a multipurpose 12" coaxial loudspeaker and a dual 12" subwoofer, these additions expand the AcousticPerformance series with high versatility and performance in mind. “Install loudspeakers are often required to perform multiple tasks”, says Travis Nie, QSC Product Manager – Install Loudspeakers. “Having a product solution that can effectively meet these demands of different applications is invaluable. The new additions to the AcousticPerformance Series offer versatility without compromise. In addition, when you combine these new loudspeaker with the QSC PLD4.2 or CXD4.2 processing amplifiers, you create a very formidable yet cost effective package”. The new AP-4122m is a 12-inch two-way coaxial system with 40 and 60…
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October 12, 2015
Alliances & Partnerships
QSC Announces Partnership with VIVID AV Media
Costa Mesa, CA, October 2015 —QSC, a leader in professional audio manufacturing, has expanded its global influence by bringing AV marketing & sales consultancy VIVID Audiovisual Media onto its team. Glen Harris, QSC Director of Sales EAME (Systems Group), said, “I am delighted to be working with VIVID AV Media at a very exciting time for QSC Systems. With VIVID’s knowledge of the systems business in the Middle East, they are an ideal partner to build a strong sales channel for the company’s recently announced Corporate AV solution based around the new Q-SYS™ Core 110f, TSC-7t and SPA amplifiers”. Those corporate solutions made a big splash in the U.S. market in 2015, winning several rewards at the InfoComm release, including rAVe Best New Audio Product and Sound & Video Contractor Best of Show for the Q-SYS Core 110f DSP Appliance. QSC looks forward to helping…
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September 22, 2015
Featured Case Studies
Refurbished Eden Theatre in La Ciotat, France Features QSC Cinema Products (PDF)
Theatre World magazine talks about QSC cinema products in the theatre where the Lumiere Brothers publicly premiered the first motion picture.
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September 22, 2015
Corporate
QSC in World's First Cinema
QSC Cinema products are installed in the recently refurbished Eden Theatre in La Ciotat, France. The Eden Theatre is an historic landmark where the Lumière brothers screened one of their first moving pictures in 1896 - "The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station (L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat)". In fact, legend has it that the audience were so terrified by the moving images of the steam locomotive that some of them leapt from their seats to flee the train. And this was 30 years before sound on film! Today, the theatre is refitted with state-of the-art digital projection and sound, including QSC cinema loudspeakers and power amplifiers. The July/August edition of Theatre World includes a feature article on the entire project.
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September 17, 2015
Corporate
QSC names Joey D’Angelo Director of Systems Solutions
QSC Headquarters, Costa Mesa, CA (August 31, 2015) - QSC is pleased to announce that Joey D’Angelo has joined QSC Systems as Director of Systems Solutions. In his new role, D’Angelo will contribute to QSC’s strategic direction within its systems business, across the areas of sales, marketing and training. He will also work to form and cultivate strong partnerships in QSC’s key market segments, serving as an informed advocate for QSC’s portfolio of systems solutions. Additionally, D’Angelo will be deeply engaged in product conceptualization and roadmap discussions for QSC Systems as QSC continues to add to its solutions portfolio in the Corporate AV arena and other key market segments. “We are excited to integrate Joey’s incredibly rich, 18-year systems consulting background into our existing Systems strategy,” said Joe Pham, President and CEO of QSC. Prior to…
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August 5, 2015
Corporate
TSC-7t Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer named "Hot 50"
QSC Awarded Hot 50 For TSC-7t Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer QSC recognized for its new PoE tabletop touchscreen dialer, featuring Bluetooth and Micro USB On-The-Go (OTG) connections to meet the collaboration needs of the Corporate AV market. Costa Mesa, CA, July 31, 2015 —QSC, a leading manufacturer of digital signal processing, networked signal transport, audio/video control systems, power amplifiers, and loudspeaker products for nearly five decades, is honored to announce it was recognized as a 2015 InfoComm Hot 50 for TSC-7t PoE Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer from New Bay Media publication InfoComm Daily. TSC-7t Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer was selected from a hundreds of entries submitted by manufacturers introducing new products at InfoComm 2015 in Orlando, Florida in June. Entries were reviewed and Hot 50 award recipients were featured in the InfoComm Daily. “We…
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August 4, 2015
Corporate
QSC Awarded Hot 50 For TSC-7t Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer
Costa Mesa, CA, July 31, 2015 —QSC, a leading manufacturer of digital signal processing, networked signal transport, audio/video control systems, power amplifiers, and loudspeaker products for nearly five decades, is honored to announce it was recognized as a 2015 InfoComm Hot 50 for TSC-7t PoE Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer from New Bay Media publication InfoComm Daily. TSC-7t Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer was selected from a hundreds of entries submitted by manufacturers introducing new products at InfoComm 2015 in Orlando, Florida in June. Entries were reviewed and Hot 50 award recipients were featured in the InfoComm Daily. “We appreciate being recognized by New Bay Media,” said Joe Pham, QSC CEO. “The launch of TSC-7t Tabletop Touchscreen Dialer at InfoComm represents the first of many in QSC’s product development pipeline aimed at the Corporate AV market, all…
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July 31, 2015
Corporate
rAVe Names QSC 2015 Best of InfoComm and Top-10 Tour For Q-SYS™ Core 110f DSP Product
Costa Mesa, CA, July 31, 2015 —QSC, a leading manufacturer of digital signal processing, networked signal transport, audio/video control systems, power amplifiers, and loudspeaker products for nearly five decades, is honored to announce it was recognized as one of the top-10 new products to be seen at InfoComm 2015 for its Q-SYS™ Core 110f Appliance on the rAVe Top 10 Tour. Following the trade show, rAVe awarded QSC a “2015 Best of InfoComm” award for the Best New Audio Product. Core 110f Appliance was selected from over 100 new product submissions by manufacturers exhibiting at InfoComm 2015 in Orlando, Florida in June. Over 39,105 attendees from 108 countries had the opportunity to see Q-SYS Core 110f Appliance. rAVe captured videos and created an on-demand microsite for those unable to attend the show. To watch the QSC onsite video featuring Joe Pham, QSC CEO…
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July 31, 2015
Corporate
QSC Awarded Best In Show For Q-SYS™ Core 110f DSP Appliance
QSC Awarded Best In Show For Q-SYS™ Core 110f DSP Appliance QSC recognized for its latest powerful software-based networked audio DSP solution, Q-SYS™ Core 110f DSP Appliance to meet the audio processing needs of the corporate AV market. Costa Mesa, CA, July 31, 2015 —QSC, a leading manufacturer of digital signal processing, networked signal transport, audio/video control systems, power amplifiers, and loudspeaker products for nearly five decades, is honored to announce it has received a “2015 InfoComm Best of Show Award” for its Q-SYS™ Core 110f Appliance from New Bay Media publication Sound & Video Contractor. Q-SYS Core 110f was selected from a large number of entries following a comprehensive testing and review by Sound & Video Contractor judges on the floor at InfoComm 2015. The judges included industry experts, AV designers, integrators, and end users. The…
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July 21, 2015
Corporate
QSC Cinema Wins Honors
Barry Ferrell, Mark Mayfield, and Danny Pickett recently returned from the annual International Cinema Technology Association’s (ICTA) summer Business Retreat in Austin, Texas, where QSC Cinema was honored to receive the “Teddy Award” for ICTA Manufacturer of the Year. This is the second time that QSC has won this honor. The award is especially meaningful because it is voted by Cinema dealers. It’s a testament to the great quality, delivery and service which is the winning combination for QSC. Also at the event, Barry Ferrell was honored as outgoing member of the Board of Directors. Mark Mayfield was named to the Board of Directors for a 3-year term.
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June 30, 2015
Products & Solutions
Q-SYS Takes Badminton at a Gallop
Event communications company Show Hire made use of a QSC Q-SYS audio networking system at this year’s Badminton Horse Trials, sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors. Based around a Core 500i processor, a PS-1600 paging station, and several I/O Frames, the Q-SYS installation, supplied by UK distributor Shure Distribution UK, was used to route and control public-address audio around the 1500-acre site. "We've handled the public address at Badminton for a few years," explains Show Hire Events Manager Ross Slaughter, "and, until this year, we've always used analogue equipment, distributing audio signals using copper cable. Following our successful installation of Q-SYS at last year's Farnborough International Airshow, we thought we could bring the audio at Badminton into the digital age as well." Show Hire were aided in this endeavour by the organisers of the Badminton Horse…
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June 19, 2015
Products & Solutions
rAVe RADIO Interview on Core110f
rAVe RADIO Interview with QSC Product Manager TJ Adams on the new Q-SYS Core100f Processor <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/28nQl-uY4iI" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe> Click here for more on QSC at Infocomm 2015.
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June 10, 2015
Software
Firmware Updates
Important Reminder: Update firmware on DPA Series amplifiers and Q-SYS Cores DPA and DPA-Q Series amplifiers are a revolutionary advancement in amplifier technology. As with any software-controlled electronics, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you regularly check for the latest version software and firmware. This will ensure that you have access to the latest features and that any “bugs” or other operational irregularities are resolved before they become problematic. For DPA Series Amplifiers There are two software tools for updating DPA amplifiers: Amplifier Navigator and Amp Restore Utility. Amplifier Navigator updates the amplifier’s firmware to the current firmware version and preserves all user-defined presets (50 in total). Amp Restore Utility will restore the firmware image to factory default. That means all user-defined presets (50 in total) are…
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June 2, 2015
Products & Solutions
QSC Introduces Q-SYS™ Core 110f DSP Product
QSC Headquarters, Costa Mesa, CA —QSC, a leading manufacturer of digital signal processing, networked signal transport, audio/video control systems, power amplifiers, and loudspeaker products for nearly five decades, is pleased to introduce the Q-SYS Core 110f. The Q-SYS Core 110f is the latest addition to the Q-SYS lineup of network audio solutions, which are built on modern Intel-based technologies and a Linux Real Time Operating System. The new, smaller Core 110f brings powerful yet affordable software based audio processing product to the corporate AV market. “Q-SYS products will shape both QSC and the convergence of AV and IT," said Joe Pham, President and CEO. "The Q-SYS Core 110f delivers a seamless collaboration experience in boardrooms, conference rooms, and other corporate spaces where businesses need to focus on solving their problems instead of…
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June 2, 2015
Products & Solutions
QSC Announces the New TSC-7t PoE Tabletop Touchscreen
QSC Headquarters, Costa Mesa, CA —QSC, a leading manufacturer of digital signal processing, networked signal transport, audio/video control systems, power amplifiers, and loudspeaker products for nearly five decades, is pleased to announce the new TSC-7t PoE Tabletop Touchscreen. The TSC-7t Tabletop Touchscreen can be used on any Q-SYS™ networked audio solution, including the new Core 110f. The TSC-7t functions as an elegant telephone dialer and can additionally be used to control a myriad of third-party devices prevalent in boardrooms and meeting rooms—via the Core (no additional control processor box required). Additionally, the TSC-7t meets a common BYOD (bring your own device) audio need. When meeting participants run UC or web conferencing applications on their own devices, they can easily connect the 2-way audio from that device to the Q-SYS system using the…
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June 2, 2015
Products & Solutions
Introducing the New SPA Amplifier Series from QSC
QSC Headquarters, Costa Mesa, CA — QSC, a leading manufacturer of signal processing, digital signal transport, computer control systems, power amplifiers, and loudspeaker products for nearly five decades, is pleased to introduce its SPA Amplifier Series. QSC has developed a powerful yet affordable amplifier series to meet the audio amplification needs in boardrooms, conference rooms, and other corporate spaces where multiple speakers are in use. "We are pleased to answer requests from our loyal customers for an amplifier solution that brings the power and sensation of our live-event amplifiers into the boardroom," said Joe Pham, President and CEO. “Our SPA Amplifier Series is Energy Star compliant and offers flexibility to integrators with two amplifier solutions. The SPA2-60 offers two channels of Low-Z output into 4Ω or 8Ωs, but it can be bridged to provide 70V or…
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June 1, 2015
Featured Case Studies
Converting the Colosseum
This article, originally published in Film Journal International, explores what it takes to turn a 4,000 seat performance venue into the world’s largest cinema each year at CinemaCon.
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May 19, 2015
Corporate
QSC Cinema Dealer Meeting
QSC’s Cinema group held an International Dealer Meeting on April 21 in Las Vegas, just prior to the beginning of CinemaCon, the industry’s largest trade event. Despite the very early hour, nearly 100 dealers from 24 countries around the globe attended the standing-room-only event. Barry Ferrell, Danny Pickett, and Mark Mayfield shared product and application information, and updates on marketing and sales activities.
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May 12, 2015
Corporate
QSC Founder Pat Quilter Receives Parnelli Audio Innovator Award
Las Vegas, NV (May 11, 2015) - QSC is pleased to announce that QSC founder and current CEO of Quilter Labs, Pat Quilter will be the 2015 recipient of the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award. Since 2001, the Parnelli Awards have recognized and honored pioneering, influential professionals and their contributions both as individuals and companies in the Live Event Industry. Parnelli Award nominees and recipients are voted on by the Parnelli Board of Directors as well as subscribers to Projection, Lights & Staging News and Front of House magazines. The Parnelli Audio Innovator Honor is presented to Quilter for his decades of innovations in QSC power amplifier and powered loudspeaker design. His approach to technology and innovation have been key to the success of QSC amplifiers including the PowerLightTM and RMX Series amplifiers, as well as loudspeakers including the…
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