O.A.R. Tour Unplugs with Shure
CHICAGO — The band members of Of a Revolution, more commonly known as O.A.R., have gotten used to using Shure UHF-R wireless among the components responsible for capturing their sound.
Read More »O.A.R. Tour Unplugs with Shure
RG Jones And Martin Audio Help Wimbledon Adapt to Change
Wimbledon retractable roof closed over center court
LONDON — Members of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, which runs Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, care deeply about tradition. But like it or not, change happens, and as RG Jones Sound Engineering and their custom Martin Audio AM Series distributed stadium system has proven, it pays to be flexible.
Read More »
EAW “Brain Trust” Tackles Stadium-Specific Challenges
WHITINSVILLE, MA — When Coffeen Fricke and Associates, Inc. faced a challenge for the audio system for Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles, they went to several manufacturers of sound technology seeking a solution. EAW was chosen in part for their ability to come up with a customized solution.
Read More »
Iconyx Fits Aesthetics, Acoustics at 1st Presbyterian Church
1st Presbyterian Church, Cranford, NJ
CRANFORD, NJ — Mike Sinclair of Audio Incorporated said Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC8 digitally steerable array loudspeakers have proven to be a good fit, aesthetically and acoustically, for the 600-member congregation at 1st Presbyterian Church.
Read More »
Adlib Audio Embraces Diversity at Anti-Racism Festival
STOKE-ON-TRENT, U.K. — Adlib Audio supported a diverse array of performers at the Love Music Hate Racism Festival 2009, staged at Britannia Stadium, organized by the Stoke City Football (Soccer) Club and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
Read More »
Harman/BSS and Netgear Launch Co-Branded AVB Switches
ORLANDO — Harman International Industries announced an agreement between its BSS division, and Netgear to launch the first AVB (IEEE Audio Video Bridge) switches for networking multichannel audio and video over standardized Ethernet.
Read More »
Dispatch SA Uses Studer Vista 5 for Mylene Farmer Tour
PARIS — Stéphane Plisson, lead engineer for French gear rental company Dispatch SA, used a Studer Vista 5-42 digital console for the tour of top-selling singer/songwriter Mylène Farmer.
Read More »Shure Combines Business Units for Americas
NILES, IL — Shure Inc. has formed a new Americas business unit by combining the sales, marketing, and support staff of the company’s International Americas business unit with the business unit that had previously been dedicated to the U.S.
Read More »
Sweetwater Named API Dealer
Jeff Radke, Sweetwater Sound, and Larry Droppa, API
JESSUP, MD — API Audio has appointed Sweetwater Sound to sell its rack-mounted gear and Arsenal Audio by API line. The agreement gives users access to API gear in Sweetwater’s outlets.
Read More »
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Using Earthworks Mics
Joshua Levy, Pianist for BBVD and Brian Stanley, Tour Manager
ATLANTA — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (BBVD) is supporting the release of its latest album, How Big Can You Get? The Music of Cab Calloway on the road, bringing Earthworks’ High Definition Microphones along for the ride.
Read More »InfoComm Releases First Performance Standard
ORLANDO — The InfoComm International Board of Directors approved release of the association’s first performance standard, The Audio Coverage Uniformity Performance Standard, which provides a procedure to measure spatial coverage and criteria for use in the design and commissioning of audio systems.
Read More »XTA Features DC1048 Installation Audio Processor at InfoComm
ORLANDO — XTA introduced its DC1048 Installation Audio Processor at InfoComm 2009. The processor features full matrix mixing and the kind of palette of EQ functions XTA users might need for a variety of demanding applications.
Read More »