ASHLAND, MA — American ribbon microphone manufacturer Crowley and Tripp has announced that they will be introducing a new type of ribbon microphone at Audio Engineering Society (AES) that uses their proprietary Roswellite material as the ribbon element.
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ATLANTA, GA — FiberPlex, Inc., the audio fiber optic supplier to the sound production and systems contracting industry, has announced that their LightViper audio transport system was recently deployed for the live stage production of Primerica’s 2007 Convention in Atlanta.
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Electro-Voice has released its new REV professional wireless system, with an analog audio path developed with Digital Audio Labs. REV-Link PC software enables remote monitoring, control and programming over a CAN bus connection through an Electro-Voice UCC-1 converter or Electro-Voice Netmax N8000.
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA —A new production of the musical Miss Saigon has opened in Australia, scaled back from its original large-scale format to accommodate a wider range of theatres. To deliver audio coverage with a smaller footprint than previous Miss Saigon productions, sound designer Peter Grubb, a director of System Sound Pty Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia, modified his previous design for the Korean production to a configuration incorporating eight self-powered M'elodie ultra-compact high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers.
Read More »Sorry for the delay, but I have been on tour! Boy do I have some stories! I try really hard not to be that FOH guy we all love to hate… but…
I recently took a job with an R&B band with a string of hits from the '70s thru the late '80s. They still demand good money and travel with FOH, LD & a tour manager. I have done four shows with them so far with a wide range of weird issues along the way.
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BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND — The City Centre Leisure Group has just opened Club 2020 in Bournemouth — with sound reinforcement provided by Northampton-based Production Hire.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Actively involved in contemporary technology such as online program-ming, podcasts, MP3s and live Internet streaming of services and talk shows, Grace Cathedral recently undertook the first step in an audio upgrade, highlighted by the installation of a new Spectra-C 40 channel console from APB-DynaSonics.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Cirque du Soleil and their Las Vegas partner MGM/Mirage have accepted a seat on the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) Council.
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FOH-TV travels to Reno Nevada to visit Starsound viewing their work at Hot August Nights. Publisher Terry Lowe interviews Starsound Owner Scott Bergstrom and hear's… Read More »Starsound
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FEZ, MOROCCO —Filali Music recently deployed their new JBL VerTec system at one of Morocco’s annual events, “Festival des Musiques Sacrées du Mondeo, Fes, 2007,” at Bab Boujloud, a city square in the historical Moroccan city of Fez.
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LOUISVILLE, KY — ZFX has renovated a 2,400 square feet building of its development facility and world headquarters in Louisville to house the machine shop, leaving over 3,000 square feet of work space for automation specialists.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Rent-A-Amp, sound reinforcement company, recently provided the live audio system for the Plymouth Jazz Festival, held on the Caribbean island of Tobago, supported by JBL Professional VerTec line arrays.
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