MELBOURNE, Australia – Mighty Rock Performance Technology, a rental operation set up to focus purely on Midas digital consoles and associated accessories, has made its debut in Melbourne. The company, an affiliate of Production Works (Hobart, Tasmania), has Australia's first Midas XL8 in its rental inventory.
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WALNUT GROVE, NC – Moxley Production Services provided One Systems 212IM direct weather loudspeakers for Stokes High School's athletic field, which can handle a crowd of up to 2,000 people.
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ARNEDO, Spain – For the upcoming tour of Spain-based metal band Los Marea, Fluge is providing an E15 system from Adamson Systems Engineering. Fluge also worked with Adamson distributor Seesound to provide an E15 system at the Low Cost Festival in Benidorm, Spain earlier this year, which served as the European debut for Adamson's "Project Energia" beta launch.
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PAG ISLAND, Croatia – Promologistika provided a total of 48 units of RCF TTL55-A to support a concert by British DJ Fatboy Slim staged on Zrće, a pebble beach on this island along Croatia's Adriatic seacoast. The system included 16 units per side (LR) plus a delay of two stacks with six units each, plus 16 units of RCF TTS56-A (subwoofers).
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HK Audio's SoundCaddy One system provides a line array/woofer combo in a compact and portable format. Inside the SoundCaddy One are three six-inch bass speakers, six three-and-a-half-inch mid/high drivers, a 600-Watt class D amplifier and a complete four-channel mixer. The PA system is completely self-contained, and can be used for both speech and music.
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FARIBAULT, MN – Fette Productions, which specializes in sound reinforcement for orchestras, concerts and live shows, has been using its Astatic 1700VP remote control variable pattern mics to address the challenges posed by concerts that combine a band and choir. Owner Roger Fette cited the ability to get a more desirable sound from fewer mics with the Astatic gear.
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DULUTH, MN – TSI Technology Solutions LLC, working with consultant Gary White of WHJW, designed and installed the audio system for the new AMSOIL arena. The venue is part of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center and home to University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) Bulldogs men's and women's hockey teams. They managed to provide coverage for the 6,600-to-8,500-capacity venue with only 12 line arrays, each composed of either four or six Electro-Voice EVA-2082S line array modules – with 64 used in all. The system also includes eight EVH-1152S loudspeakers used as downfills and a pair of FRi-2082 loudspeakers for fill under a couple of small overhangs.
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INDIANAPOLIS – For Eastern Star Church's new 3,000-capacity Northwest location, CSD, Inc. provided a NEXO GEO S12 line array system that includes 14 GEO S1210s and 27 GEO S1230s along with a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital audio console at front of house and an M7CL-48 for monitors.
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WEST SUSSEX, U.K. – Flare Audio, which is providing PA and monitors for the U.K. tour for drum and bass duo Nero, turned to 5 Star Cases for a casing system for Flare's Triwave i10 loudspeakers. The idea was to help the crew deploy the speakers quickly and efficiently when flown as main left and right PA arrays inside a venue.
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OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser announced that, starting Jan. 1, 2012, John Falcone, President and CEO of Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, will be promoted to the position of vice president sales, Americas. In his new position Falcone will head business in the Americas, including the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
Read More »CASABLANCA, Morocco – dBTechnologies named Casascène distributor of its products in Morocco. Created in 1996, Casascène provides a range of sound, lighting, and AV solutions for theatres, conference centers, DJs, nightclubs and for rental and installation companies.
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