Martin Audio W8l Longbow Seen at RockNess
INVERNESS, Scotland — Okay, so maybe sightings of Martin Audio W8L Longbow line array enclosures aren’t as rare as those for the legendary monster of the lake.
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Line Arrays Help Revitalize Historic Toledo Church
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Historic Church of St. Patrick has seen plenty of change since it was built in 1892 to serve the workers building the Erie Canal, and its sound system benefited from a recent upgrade that included Renkus-Heinz’s Iconyx Digitally Steerable Array technology.
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Audio Crew Uses DiGiCo D5 for R. Kelly in Africa
Cubby Colby
JOHANNESBURG — Rob “Cubby” Colby relied upon the DiGiCo D5 supplied by Gearhouse South Africa for R. Kelly’s first tour in Africa. Kelly performed at the inaugural ARISE Africa Fashion Week June 20th and in other cities throughout South Africa and Nigeria, then flew to London for a performance at Wembley Arena July 8.
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Mudslide Victim Wins Mackie’s 20 Years Running Contest
WOODINVILLE, WA — Marking 20 years since the introduction of its CR-1604, Mackie staged a 20 Years Running contest, and recently announced a winner: Badger Koon, whose YouTube video documents his return from vacation to find his Mackie SRM450 Active speakers almost completely submerged from a mudslide that inundated his house.
Read More »RCF Names Barbieri Sales Manager for Far East
RCF named Alessandro Barbieri as the new sales area manager for the Far East. Barbieri’s previous experience includes positions for other Italian firms operation in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
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Shure Names Renner Regional Sales Manager for Northeast
NILES, IL — Shure Inc. named Rick Renner Regional Sales Manager for the Northeast. Before joining Shure, Renner served for seven years as regional sales manager and sales representative at Sennheiser Electronics Corporation. Before that, he was a staff recording engineer at Streeterville Recording Studios in Chicago.
Read More »Commercial Audio Systems Adds Stewart, Carney and Foster
ATLANTA — Commercial Audio Systems announced that it had hired Kyle Stewart as operations manager, Neal Carney, Jr., as sales engineer and Jay Foster as sales manager.
Read More »SPG to Start Rockin’ the Rivers in August
WIXOM, MI — Signature Professional Group (SPG), which produces municipal summer concert series in Plymouth, Northville and Wixom, Mich., recently added Port Huron to the list. SPG will produce five Thursday night shows for the Port Huron Rockin’ the Rivers series in August.
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Midas, Klark Teknik Take U.K. Distribution In-House
L to R: Midas and Klark Teknik’s David Cooper, Karl Brant, Rob Hughes and Richard Ferriday
LONDON — Midas and Klark Teknik have brought their U.K. distributorship in house. Rob Hughes, previously employed by Shuttlesound to handle the brands, has joined Midas and Klark Teknik to continue his role as U.K. sales consultant.
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First Baptist Church of Midland Uses Danley Loudspeakers
MIDLAND, TX — Founded in 1892, First Baptist Church (FBC) of Midland, Texas is one of the oldest and largest churches in the Lone Star State. Taipale Media Systems and Summit Integrated Systems recently upgraded the sound system with Danley loudspeakers.
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The Dead Return with Meyer Sound
LOS ANGELES — Pro Media/UltraSound supplied a Meyer Sound MILO line array system to support the return of The Dead with the band’s first concert tour in five years.
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