EAW Unveils MicroWedge Series MicroSub

WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW introduced its MicroSub stage subwoofer. The MicroSub can be configured and interlocked in a range of different combinations – by itself, with other MicroSubs or with other MicroWedge units. Small pads and recesses are located on its sides, top and bottom. The loudspeaker is mounted at a 45-degree angle and the cabinet height is exactly half of the cabinet width when the MicroSub is laid flat.

LONGWOOD, FL —When guest conductor and violinist Pinchas Zukerman led the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in a concert at Northland, a Church Distributed, some feared that the performance would not sound its best in the church’s 3,000-capacity sanctuary.

MEDFORD, OR — Guitarist Brian “Head” Welch was embarking on his first solo tour since leaving Korn in 2005. With the rigors of the road in mind, Welch’s keyboard player and programmer Brian Ruedy went in search of a rugged, compact onstage mixing solution, and found it with Ashly’s Audio LX-308B stereo mixer.

BURBANK, CA — When Conan O’Brien took over NBC’s The Tonight Show on June 1, it was the first time in nearly 40 years that the show received a new home. Crews worked for months to prepare the new digs at Universal Studios, the same Hollywood soundstage built in the 1950s and occupied by The Jack Benny Show.

NEW YORK — SIA Acoustics recently completed the design and commissioning of the P.C. Richard & Son Theater. The 5,500-square-foot theater is being used for live performances, recording and broadcasting for Clear Channel Radio, which includes New York stations Q1043, Z100, WKTU, Power 105.1 and Lite-fm.

LAS VEGAS — With a sound that has been described as “equal parts indie rock and hip-hop,” Chester French has a first album, Love the Future, a hit single, “She Loves Everybody,” and will open for Blink-182’s 2009 North American summer tour starting in July. The duo and their freelance tour manager/FOH Engineer, Sean Peel, pictured here, rely on Electro-Voice’s new generation of PL80 mics.

BOWLING GREEN, OH —Bowling Green State University’s (BGSU) Vocal Jazz Camp, which features instruction from members of New York Voices, a Grammy-award-winning vocal jazz quartet, is getting support from Sennheiser and Neumann in the form of a scholarship and live microphones, both for use during the camp and as a prize.

SCHAUMBURG, IL —With three other clubs in Chicago’s Wrigleyville and Lincoln Park suburbs, the owners of the new John Barleycorn here wanted to take things up a few notches. The club/bar/restaurant combo offers dining and drinking on the first floor and a club/live sound venue upstairs.

NASHVILLE — CMT Television’s Can You Duet, now in its second season, is being broadcast from the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. Audio production for the live taping includes two Yamaha PM5D-RH digital audio consoles, one at front of house and one at monitors.