IOWA CITY, IA – The Union Bar, which has been called the "biggest bar in the Big Ten Conference," hosts parties featuring DJs who fly in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and New York City. Owner/operator George Wittgraf credited the new Danley loudspeakers for improved fidelity and pattern control, which helps direct sound away from the bar itself, making it easy for bartenders to hear drink orders.
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ATLANTA, GA and CHARLOTTE, NC – New Birth Missionary Baptist Church recently renovated its $50 million, 7,500-seat sanctuary and opened a sister church in Charlotte, N.C. Both locations have been equipped with EAW loudspeakers.
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GUANGZHOU, China – The Guangzhou Opera House has become one of China's three biggest theatres and includes an 1,800-seat theatre and a 400-seat venue. Both have been equipped with L-Acoustics sound gear supplied by Chinese distributor Rightway Audio Consultants and installed by Leifull Light and Sound Enterprises.
Read More »MUSKEGON, MI – The next Worship Arts Technology Summit (WATS), set for Sept. 13-15, is open to all church technicians, musicians and vocalists seeking the worship arts and technology training. The event is sponsored by Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Yamaha Corporation of America, Shure, Elation Lighting, and Media Shout.
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NORTH JAKARTA, Indonesia – A new performance space at Indonesia's University of Bunda Mulia (UBM) has been equipped with a Midas PRO6. Chossy Pratama, a musician and recording engineer, oversaw the install of the console, provided through local Midas distributor PT Gracia Auvindo.
Read More »CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – The NSCA named Ron Pusey president of the NSCA Board of Directors. Ingolf de Jong was named vice president; Ray Bailey, treasurer; and Kelly McCarthy, secretary; and Paul Cronin was also newly appointed to the board. All were appointed to two-year terms.
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MAINZ, Germany – Pro Musik provided sound reinforcement for the RPR1 Rheinland-Pfalz Open Air 2010 festival, which drew more than 50,000 with Robin Gibb of the Bee-Gees and Gabriella Cilmi headlining.
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MEMPHIS, TN – When Christina Aguilera postponed her 2010 Bionic Tour earlier this year, engineer Jon Lemon was able to transition his gig-and the DiGiCo SD8 he was using for the tour's promo leg-onto a 14-date tour for the Smashing Pumpkins in smaller venues, with audio support from Clair.
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MORGANTOWN, WV – Panasonic's Tech Services Group recently installed a new audio system designed by Acoustical Design Group at the 14,000-seat West Virginia University Coliseum that included JBL PD Series loudspeakers.
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CORBEYRIER and MARTIGNY, Switzerland – Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system was used to manage two recent music festivals held in Switzerland – the two-day Festival de Loup in Corbeyrier and the Journée des 5 Continents cultural festival in Martigny.
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WHITE PLAINS, NY- At the 2nd Annual White Plains City Festival on July 25, which drew close to 2,500 and featured The Benjamins, Tim Lovelace, J. Antonette and the Dojo Zumba dance crew, a sudden downpour threatened to throw things off. But it only lasted an hour, and didn't faze IAN-Audio, or the Meyer Sound system they had provided.
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SHERBROOKE, Quebec, Canada – Plav Audio, Inc., based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, recently purchased Canada's first NEXO GEO T rig, and used it at La Fête du Lac des Nations, a six-day festival that took place in Sherbrooke in mid-July at Parc Jacques-Cartier.
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