Wheeler Opera House Installs Soundcraft Vi6

ASPEN, CO – The Wheeler Opera House, a world-class theatre located at the epicenter of downtown Aspen, recently installed a new digital Soundcraft Vi6 console at front-of-house. Built in the 1880s, the Wheeler is a Victorian proscenium-style theatre restored most recently by the City of Aspen in the early ’80s. Improved once more with its new Soundcraft console, the Wheeler offers a unique show-going experience as an intimate 500-seat house with acclaimed natural acoustics and picturesque setting at the base of Aspen Mountain.  

LAS VEGAS – Having established itself as the loudspeaker brand of choice for high-end entertainment venues with the Alpha Concept system, Dynacord’s star continues to rise in the entertainment capital of the world thanks to an installation at the Venetian’s new TAO Beach club, designed and installed by Bob Athey and Frank Heinrich of FBP Group.

AKG Acoustics has announced the debut of the newest version of its HiQnet System Architect software running AKG’s HUB 4000 Q Network Concentrator, enabling new possibilities for audio system networking and control. This software upgrade allows the AKG IVM 4 and the HUB 4000Q network concentrator to create the world’s first computer-controlled in-ear monitoring system.

ANAHEIM, CA – From Toronto’s Air Canada Centre to the Honda Center in Anaheim, Dane Cook’s 25-city transcontinental “Rough Around the Edges” tour blazed new trails for comedy acts.  It was a one-man stand-up show, yet the tour packed arenas that normally host NBA franchises and rock music supergroups.  Audio production for this sold-out tour was no laughing matter. Every syllable of the rapid-fire comic banter had to be fully articulated at every seat, a serious challenge in massive arenas jammed with more than 20,000 fans.

MORRISVILLE, NC – Faced with a traditional problem that many churches encounter with their audio systems, Cooper Cannady and the installers from Raleigh Music Brokerage came up with a simple but unique solution.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Originally a chapel known as Grace Church built during the gold rush year of 1849, Grace Cathedral has survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and several incarnations to become the third largest Episcopal cathedral in the nation. Well-known religious figures such as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Billy Graham and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have all spoken there.

ANAHEIM, CA — In a high-profile tour that demonstrates the versatility and unmatched performance of JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays, audio rental company Audio Analysts is currently providing the live sound system for the Blue Man Group’s “How To Be A Megastar Tour 2.1.” The world tour is expected to continue through May 2008.