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Midas, Klark Teknik Take U.K. Distribution In-House
LONDON — Midas and Klark Teknik have brought their U.K. distributorship in house. Rob Hughes, previously employed by Shuttlesound to handle the brands, has joined Midas and Klark Teknik to continue his role as U.K. sales consultant.
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First Baptist Church of Midland Uses Danley Loudspeakers
MIDLAND, TX — Founded in 1892, First Baptist Church (FBC) of Midland, Texas is one of the oldest and largest churches in the Lone Star State. Taipale Media Systems and Summit Integrated Systems recently upgraded the sound system with Danley loudspeakers.
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The Dead Return with Meyer Sound
LOS ANGELES — Pro Media/UltraSound supplied a Meyer Sound MILO line array system to support the return of The Dead with the band’s first concert tour in five years.
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Proel Edge System for Elton John and James Blunt
BUENOS AIRES— Buenos Aires Live Show (BALS) chose Proel’s Edge system for stage monitors during Elton John’s first tour stop in Argentina in 16 years. James Blunt opened the show.
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Wireworks Tours with Traveling Production of Wicked
FORT MYERS, FL — To audiences, it may appear to work by magic. But the orchestration of all the audio gear used for the second North American tour for Broadway’s Wicked doesn’t involve any bubbling brew or witch’s mumbo-jumbo. Instead, the traveling production relies upon Wireworks’ fiber-optic audio distribution system.
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CMT Music Awards Feature Different Genres, Gear
NASHVILLE — The CMT Music Awards made room for artists as diverse as the B-52s and the U.K.’s Def Leppard along with more traditional American country music stars.
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Shure Helps High School Weather RF Storm
MONROVIA, CA — Jeff Dykhouse of WorshipMIX faced a mountain-sized challenge: to design and implement a 24-channel wireless RF system for Monrovia High School’s auditorium. The catch: Mt. Wilson, home to both the Mt. Wilson Observatory and an antenna farm for TV and radio signals, looms just above the school.
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DiGiCo SD8 Used for Take That Tribute Musical
LONDON — Even though DiGiCo’s SD8 is known primarily as a live music console, Richard Brooker, sound designer for Never Forget, a tribute musical with hits by the British group Take That, is using the SD8 as the production tours the U.K.
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In Memoriam: Michael Vergauwen, 52
Michael Vergauwen, 52, died June 28 in a drowning accident in Lake Michigan. Vergauwen was executive vice president and COO of AVI Systems and secretary/treasurer of InfoComm International.
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Teatre Principal Upgrades with EAW Gear
MAJORCA, Spain — The Palma Teatre Principal, which dates back to the 1600s, launched an effort to take advantage of the technology available in the new millennium in 2001, including a more recent sound system upgrade with gear from EAW.
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Soundcraft’s “Guide to Mixing” on YouTube.com
HERTFORDSHIRE, U.K. — Soundcraft has published its Guide To Mixing video series on YouTube.com. All 18 chapters from this tutorial, previously available only on DVD, may be viewed online, including sections on microphone placement, setting up a mix and monitor mixing.
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