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Martin Audio Surrounds Roger Waters in Hyde Park
LONDON – Capital Sound provided a Martin Audio MLA/MLA Compact loudspeaker system for the sixth annual AEG Live’s Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time (BST) 10-day festival. Capital rigged the main stage and outfield identically to 12 months ago, with one major exception. Roger Waters brought his Us + Them show to the event, and Capital provided an additional 12 hangs of MLA/MLA Compact on towers positioned through the concourse for one night only. With 318 enclosures in total, this was the largest deployment of MLA at a festival anywhere in the world.
Read More »In Memoriam: Paul C. Morris, 65
WALNUT CREEK, CA – Paul Christian Morris, the president and founder of audio rep firm PCM Marketing, passed away last week from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Morris, at one time a guitarist with the SF Bay Area teen band “Jupiter Aerial Steame Carriage,” combined his passion for music and audio with his friendly, outgoing personality to form PCM Marketing in 1989. Morris is survived by his wife, Constance “Connie” Morris and sons Michael and Steven. He was 65.
Read More »EM Acoustics Rocks London’s LH2 with HALO-Arena
LONDON – EM-Acoustics recently deployed its HALO-A, compact HALO-C line array, and EMS Series models for two days of intensive demos at LH2 rehearsal/production studios.… Read More »EM Acoustics Rocks London’s LH2 with HALO-Arena
Read More »Coastal Source Embraces Powersoft Quattrocanali Amplifier Platform
MARATHON, FL – Coastal Source, the lighting and audio-focused subsidiary of D’Asign Source, relies on Powersoft’s Quattrocanali amplifier platform to handle its local rental market… Read More »Coastal Source Embraces Powersoft Quattrocanali Amplifier Platform
Read More »Sound Marketing Appoints Katie Elson
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, U.K. – Sound Marketing recently appointed Katie Elson to the position of creative marketing and PR assistant. More details from Sound Marketing (www.soundmarketingltd.co.uk): Buckinghamshire-based… Read More »Sound Marketing Appoints Katie Elson
Read More »Bell Events Services Kicks Off Fiesta Hermosa with VUE Audiotechnik
LOS ANGELES – A VUE al-Class line array sytem was recently deployed for Fiesta Hermosa, an event featuring artists, photographers, ceramicists and more that takes… Read More »Bell Events Services Kicks Off Fiesta Hermosa with VUE Audiotechnik
Read More »Waves Audio and Burl Audio Join Forces
Waves Audio and Burl Audio collaborated to include Waves SoundGrid Technologies in the Mothership Series with Burl Audio’s BMB4 SoundGrid Motherboard. More details from Waves… Read More »Waves Audio and Burl Audio Join Forces
Read More »Flex Rental Solutions Announces New Gear Tracking Only Product
Flex Rental Solutions’ new Flex Gear Tracking Solution (Flex GTS) was created for companies and organizations that need to track their physical assets and materials, but not their sales, finances or crew. Flex GTS harnesses the power of Flex’s rental management product minus the financial components such as quoting and invoicing. This special edition comes with features like inventory scanning, location tracking, availability viewing, and maintenance monitoring. Flex GTS was created to accommodate the needs of a growing user segment in search of a simple and practical solution for tracking and managing their physical and material assets. Users can easily view important information like availability, container location, item location, quantity on hand, barcodes and serial number. Flex GTS is already being used by churches, universities, and small event production companies.
Read More »Post Malone Tour Heard via Meyer Sound System
SAN FRANCISCO – Rapper/producer Post Malone recently finished the North American leg of his 2018 tour supporting his Beerbongs and Bentleys album with a Meyer Sound system. The typical setup included 14 LEO over four LYON-W per side, with six LYON-M over six LYON-W per side for delays. Eight Leopard and four UPJ-1P elements handled fills. VER also provided 30 1100-LFC (12 flown and 18 ground-stacked) for the low end.
Read More »Sound Productions Founder Charles Kitch Retires After Five Decades in the Industry
IRVING, TX – Sound Productions, a major supplier of pro-audio, lighting and video products since 1973, recently announced the retirement of its founder, Charles Kitch,… Read More »Sound Productions Founder Charles Kitch Retires After Five Decades in the Industry
Read More »Ryman Auditorium Installs Two New Yamaha Rivage Digital Audio Consoles
NASHVILLE – Nashville’s 2,300-seat Ryman Auditorium recently purchased two Yamaha Rivage PM7 Digital Audio Consoles. The venue’s FOH engineers, including Les Banks and Kevin McGinty, are pleased with the upgrade, and both are taking advantage of the PM7’s on-board Premium effects, Silk feature and Dante networking capabilities. Clair Solutions installed the consoles.
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