SAN DIEGO – Sound Image recently completed a sound system upgrade at the 2,967-seat San Diego Civic Theatre that included JBL loudspeakers, Crown amplifiers and BSS processors. WRL Sound Consultants provided the audio system design.
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PLOIESTI, Romania – FBS Lines, RCF's distributor in Romania, provided audio gear for Ilie Oana Stadium, a soccer stadium here. The installation included 24 RCF P6215 and 28 RCF P4228 speakers to cover the tribune sections of the stadium. The speakers are powered by six RCF DPS 3000 amplifiers and controlled by two RCF DX 4008 digital loudspeaker management units and other RCF gear.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany – Organizers for Pope Benedict XVI's recent visit to his native Germany relied upon Riedel Communications and its products for secure communications for the five main events linked to the papal visit. Riedel gear also played a key role distributing audio and video signals for both the broadcast networks and for the on-site video walls.
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PENSACOLA, FL – David Ebbert of Walthall & Associates designed the sound system for the National Flight Academy's (NFA) National Naval Aviation Museum. Set to launch in early 2012, the museum will be relying heavily upon Ashly Audio amplifiers for sound effects and paging.
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BOTHELL, WA – Music Group named Vishal Joshi customer support manager for India. Joshi will manage the region's key accounts and customers and provide local promotional support for the Behringer and Bugera brands.
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MONTEREY, CA – McCune Audio/Video/Lighting, which has been handling the audio services for the Monterey Jazz Fest since the 1960s, purchased their first DiGiCo, an SD10, and used it at this year's 54th annual festival. The SD10 handled FOH duties at the Dizzy's Den stage, which featured interview segments during the day and evening musical performances from John Pizzarelli, Donny McCaslin, Wil Blades and Hiromi, among others.
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BUENA PARK, CA – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announces the development of the MY8-LAKE processing card for Yamaha digital products. The new card, to be distributed worldwide by Yamaha, adds new Lake Technology to PM5D, PM5D-RH, M7CL, LS9, DM2000, DM1000, 02R96, and 01V96 digital consoles, as well as DSP5D Expander, DME24N/64N processors, and TXn power amplifiers.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Dave Sinko, sound engineer for progressive bluegrass band the Punch Brothers, has been mixing the five-member band using an APB-DynaSonics ProRack rack mount monitor board. "This mixer is perfect for us," said Sinko.
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NASHVILLE – The 45th annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards aired live in 5.1-channel surround sound Nov. 9 on ABC from the Bridgestone Arena. The audio crew, no strangers to live broadcasts, included audio producers Michael Abbott and Tom Davis; sound provider ATK/Audiotek; FOH mixers Patrick Baltzell and Rick Shimer; monitor engineers Michael Parker and Jason Spence; and broadcast mixers M3 (Music Mix Mobile) with John Harris and Jay Vicari. The performances were heard via gear from Audio-Technica and Shure. More details from each company follow.
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LONDON – Britannia Row Productions' inventory of Midas digital consoles are on the move this autumn and winter season, with the entire current inventory out on treks with Jamiroquai, Cliff Richard, Kasabian, Tinie Tempah, Beady Eye, Noel Gallagher and Foo Fighters.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – The engineers supporting the 2011 Alison Krauss & Union Station (AKUS) Paper Airplanes tour, including FOH engineer Cliff Miller and monitor team Bernie Velluti and daughter Haley, have been using DiGiCo SD10 consoles. Miller specified the dual consoles used for the tour after first trying them out for AKUS at Merlefest in 2010.
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