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Image-Line’s FL Studio 2026 digital audio workstation is now available. The update rebuilds the FLEX instrument, adds the new Transmitter plugin, introduces FL Cloud Project Backup, expands Gopher, and grows the Loop Starter library, with the release offered free to existing FL Studio license holders under the Lifetime Free Updates policy.
Extron has announced immediate availability of the NetPA Ultra FX Series power amplifiers with Dante connectivity and DSP. The line offers configurable 8-channel and 4-channel output models that can simultaneously drive 8-ohm, 4-ohm, 70-volt, and 100-volt loads.
Fellowship Bible Church in Sewell, New Jersey has equipped its multipurpose gymnasium with a Martin Audio sound reinforcement system. Installed by Starlite, the system is built around TORUS constant-curvature line arrays with an SX218 subwoofer, CDD15 delay loudspeakers, and iKON iK41 amplifiers.
Eastern Stage Productions supplied a CODA Audio main reinforcement system for the 2026 Libera Awards at Gotham Hall in New York City. The setup used ViRAY, SCV-F, CoRAY, HOPS8, LINUS14, and LINUS12C components for live performances by Mdou Moctar, Valerie June, Dawn Richard, and Aaron Maine of Porches.
At the July 4, 2026 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, an evacuation 30 minutes before showtime and the subsequent reopening underscored the RF and communications demands of a live broadcast event. Briggette Audio Services handled 74 Shure Axient RF microphones, 40 Shure TH53 TwinPlex headsets, 20 Shure Axient Digital PSM IEM systems, and 40 Clear-Com FreeSpeak wireless intercom units.