Surround Moves from Movies to Live

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — An Electro-Voice XLC sound system from Mason Sound of Jacksonville, Ill. was used at this year’s Illinois State Fair, which featured live performances by big names including ZZ Top, Fergie, Brooks & Dunn, Joan Jett, Huey Lewis and Trace Adkins.
 

SCOTLAND — Cornerstone Church in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, has installed an Allen & Heath iLive digital system comprising an iDR10 Mixrack and iLive-80 control surface. The church recently relocated to a larger building requiring a new sound system, as the old system was still in use in the original building, which is now used as a youth center. The iLive system forms the core of the new system, feeding a flown Logic Systems line array and bass bins.
 

DENVER — Denver’s Mile High Music Festival was one of the high points of this year’s summer concert season. The two-day event, held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, featured more than 44 acts on five stages, including headliners Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and John Mayer. Denver-based Dowlen Sound provided the audio for the three largest stages, including a Meyer Sound system for the headliners’ SanDisk stage.
 

BARCELONA — Audio is the key factor for the success of a Herbalife convention, as a major requirement is that the audiences grasp the message loud and clear. Sound reinforcement at the event in question — held at Barcelona’s highly modern Palau Sant Jordi — was entrusted to Planet Service of San Marino, a rental company with a stock of Outline arrays.

SCARBOROUGH, England — Limelight Presentation Systems has added Martin Audio Compact Line Array technology as part of their principle PA system. Head of audio Dave Plant recently placed an order for 16 W8LCs with Redditch-based dealer, John Brown at Limit Audio.
 

LAS VEGAS — Voting for the 2008 Parnelli Awards is currently in progress online at www.parnelliawards.com/vote. The Parnelli Awards take place on Friday Oct. 24… Read More »Parnelli Voting In Progress

The Digidesign D-Show Profile Mix Rack System is the newest addition to Digidesign’s VENUE family of live sound systems. Developed specifically for small- and mid-sized performance venues, houses-of-worship, touring and fixed installations, or as an upgrade for existing analog systems, the D-Show Profile Mix Rack System combines a D-Show Profile console with the new Mix Rack, a compact 11-space rack enclosure that incorporates all audio I/O (stage and local) and DSP into a single chassis.

ENGLAND — ADLIB Audio supplied sound for the Sessions Stages at both sites — Weston Park Stafford and Hylands Park Chelmsford  — for the 2008 V Festival. The Sessions Stages featured rising new talent. Crew chiefs Richie Nicholson (Chelmsford) and Hassan Essiahi (Stafford) led two teams of ADLIB technicians and experienced one of their most enjoyable events of a mega busy 2008 festival season for the Liverpool-based company.

NEW YORK — When the B-52s hit the road, their unique, slightly wacky sound — most of which is set to a danceable New Wave beat — creates an atmosphere of fun and revelry few can resist. Such has been the case during the band’s recent string of performances. The current touring schedule commenced in April, included five weeks as part of this year’s True Colors Tour, and recently included opening for what was (supposedly) to be the final concert appearance of the Police at Madison Square Garden. Throughout the entire tour, guitarist Keith Strickland has been performing with a wireless instrument setup — and the system of choice is Lectrosonics.

ENGLAND — Dubbed KylieX2008, Kylie Minogue’s latest tour enjoyed rave reviews from critics, no doubt aided by two DiGiCo consoles at the front-of-house and monitor positions. FOH engineer Chris Pyne and monitor man Rod Matheson are both long-term DiGiCo D5 users. This time, however, Chris swapped his D5 for a new SD7.