BOSTON – LMG Inc. might be known more for its corporate gigs than for concert touring. But for the Pixies' North American tour, the company is providing not only LED video and lighting support, but sound gear as well.
Read More »KNOXVILLE, TN – Waves Audio, which recently released its Waves/Abbey Road/The King's Microphones plugin, announce a long-term strategic partnership with Abbey Road Studios. Waves' R&D department will collaborate closely with Abbey Road Studios' engineers to create a series of audio plugins.
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PHOENIX – The two-month Hooligans in Wondaland tour, feature Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae and opening acts Plan B, Patrick Stump and Mayer Hawthorne, wound its way through sheds across North America in May and June, supported by Clair-supplied gear including a pair of DiGiCo SD8s.
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BERKELEY, CA – Berkeley Repertory Theatre is relying on Countryman Associates' E6 Omni and E2 Uni-directional earset microphones, B6 Omni lavaliere models and the Type 10 direct boxes. Sound supervisor James Ballen, who has been handling sound at Berkeley Rep for the past 10 years, specified the gear.
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LONDON – Capital Sound, with an assist from Delta Sound, provided four DiGiCo SD7 mixing consoles for Take That's 36 stadium-date Progress Live tour, which traveled from the U.K. and Ireland across Europe. A DiGiCo SD7 is used to mix the Front of House position, with a second for mixing the support act – the Pet Shop Boys – and anything else that may arise.
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PARIS – For the athletes, it's one of the most grueling endurance challenges in the world of sport – racing across all kinds of terrain through all kinds of weather over 2,200 miles. But for the race sponsors, the Tour de France is a party – epitomized by the wildly decorated caravan of cars, vans and buses that precede the racers on each daily stage, throwing out freebies to the crowds along the route.
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JESSUP, MD – Automated Processes, Inc. (API) recently appointed Amptec Professional Sound Solutions as its sole distributor in Belgium.
Read More »JESSUP, MD – Automated Processes, Inc. (API) named Ansata Computer Systems Pvt Ltd, which was founded in 1989, as its sole product distributor in the region for API modules and consoles.
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CHICAGO – Sensaphonics has announced the promotion of three more audiologists into its Golden Circle network. The company remains the only provider of custom in-ear monitoring (IEM) solutions to specifically train audiologists on serving the unique needs of musicians and sound engineers.
Read More »NEW YORK – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems will hold "Four Days of Training" August 9-12 at Manhattan Center Studios, 311 West 34th St. (between 8th & 9th Ave.) in New York City. Free of charge and open to all audio professionals, the Yamaha "Four Days of Training" will let attendees participate in hands-on demos and training on Yamaha and NEXO products.
Read More »NILES, IL – For the fourth time, Shure has been named one of "Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). The award was established to recognize companies that follow best practices in human resource management. Shure won the same award in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Read More »KNOXVILLE, TN – Waves Audio announced updated SoundGrid capability for consoles from DiGiCo. SoundGrid Version 2 features dual engine support for DiGiCo SD7 consoles running Waves V8 plugins.
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