MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) has chosen a Calrec Zeta mixing console for a new mobile production facility slated for delivery this summer. The 40-fader, 108-channel Zeta will enable the public television station's new HD mobile production facility, currently being built by L-3 Communications with integration services from By Request Communications, to deliver 42 stereo plus 24 mono channels of audio.
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SINGEN, Germany – The Civic Center ("Stadthalle") of Singen, Germany hosts musical and non-musical theater, comedy and rock concerts. Its sound system was also ready for an upgrade.
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CHICAGO, IL – Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, Ill. provided a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital console for the "last big show" at Buddy Guy's original Legend's Club in Chicago. The club, celebrating 20 years in business, is owned by the five-time Grammy winning guitarist. It will close and reopen at a new location nearby.
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CHICAGO – The Shedd Aquarium updated its Oceanarium with upgraded lighting, video, and sound. Independent audio systems designer Jonathan Laney used Danley gear to overcome the challenges posed by cement surfaces and "swimming pool acoustics."
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LAS VEGAS-The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announces that Al Siniscal will receive the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award honoring his influential career in the live entertainment industry, which included his pioneering development of bi- and tri-amplification powered speakers.
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BODO, Norway – It may be north of the Arctic Circle, but the Bodo Kulturhus offers residents and visitors a performing arts center for locally-staged and touring theatrical and musical productions. The Kulturhus has recently added a Soundcraft Vi6 console to its inventory, with sale made through LydRommet, the Norwegian distributors for Soundcraft Studer, and service provided by local sound specialist Lydteamet Bodo.
Read More »CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Commercial electronic systems companies with at least five enrolled employees will be eligible to apply for the SystemsPlus Health Solutions insurance program beginning July 1, according to NSCA.
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WOODSTOCK, IL – The Woodstock Opera House was built in 1889 to house the city's library, council chamber, law court, fire department and auditorium. Today, it is a performance venue for plays, musicals, dance performances and individual performers and lecturers, and also hosts two popular annual festivals, the Woodstock Folk Festival and the Woodstock Mozart Festival.
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NASHVILLE – Carrie Underwood's tour of North America in support of her album, Play On, is getting live sound reinforcement from Clair Global that includes Heil Sound microphones.
Read More »SHANGHAI, China – Clear-Com provided the intercom for EXPO 2010, the "World's Fair"-style exposition that began on May 1 and ends Oct. 31, 2010 at the Shanghai Expo Performance Centre. EXPO 2010 organizers chose Clear-Com's Encore Partyline and Eclipse PiCo digital intercom systems and six V-Series intercom panels to help support the communications needs for the six-month events, with an anticipated 20,000 performances taking place.
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MIAMI – The Pinkroom nightclub in South Beach is hosting DJs and live bands with a new sound system including D.A.S. Audio Variant and Aero Series 2 loudspeakers chosen by Paradise Production Services.
Read More »ANAHEIM, CA – For seven years, the nonprofit Project RYTMO (Reaching Youth Through Music Opportunities) has been getting promising young people (aged 14-22) the opportunity to develop their musical, technical, and/or business potential in the arts.
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