VIENNA, Austria — Winning singer Darko Lazic couldn’t be accused of having an unfair advantage for Zvezde Granda, the Serbian equivalent of American Idol. All seven of the contest’s finalists, who sang at Belgrade Arena before 18,000, and millions more watching TV, used AKG WMS 450 wireless microphones supplied by production vendor Studio Berar.
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LONDON —Brian Eno celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with the first of two live performances of his 1983 composition Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks in the IMAX Cinema at London’s Science Museum.
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MINNETONKA, MN — Electronic Design Company (EDC) installed the audio equipment for the 680-seat proscenium theater at Minnetonka’s renovated Arts Center on 7, which included a NEXO GEO S8 system in a left-center-right sub configuration.
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CHICAGO — For the past five years, Fall Out Boy FOH engineer Kyle Chirnside has been manning the controls. For the band’s current world tour, Chirnside is turning to the Midas PRO6.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications, expanded its RockNet team with the addition of Thorsten Schulze, who was named product manager for multimedia and entertainment.
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FORT BENNING, GA — The National Infantry Museum, which honors the oldest and largest branch of the U.S. Army, features an attraction called The Last 100 Yards, and Edwards Technologies of El Segundo, Calif., used Renkus-Heinz Iconyx steerable array loudspeakers in its portrayal of 234 years of infantry history.
Read More »A video started making the rounds as FOH’s August 2009 issue was going to press that appears to at least imply that the unbreakable tie between certain Digidesign software and approved hardware has been cracked. Or maybe it is a marketing strategy. Bottom line is that at least on the lower-end of the audio spectrum, you can now run Pro Tools (and the plug ins that have become such a hot ticket in the live audio realm) using a Mackie Onyx mixer as the front end.
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NASHVILLE, TN — The Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) revamped the sound systems in three of its four theatres recently, and all were outfitted with the new Soundcraft Vi Series digital consoles.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Nominations are being accepted online to honor those individuals and companies for exceptional work in the pro audio field, and this window of opportunity will be closing Aug. 31, so go to www.parnelliawards.com and click on the Parnelli Awards nomination link today.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Focus, S.A. was recently contracted to furnish sound reinforcement for Pride Barcelona 09, a GLBT event attended by an estimated 15,000 people. The event was held at Avenida Maria Cristina, and Focus relied on EAW for loudspeakers and processors for the night’s main stage concert, which featured live musical artists and DJs.
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Atsunori Abe, former general manager of Audio-Technica Corporation’s International Department (Japan), died on July 10, 2009. Abe passed away in his native Japan and is survived by two brothers, a sister, his wife and their three daughters.
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CHICAGO — Stephen Curtain, staff engineer for 8th Day Sound, has worked with Tool since the band’s 10,000 Days tour in 2006, and while he’s used DiGiCo desks previously, this is his first outing with a DiGiCo SD8 for the band’s summer tour, which included headlining spots at the All Points West and Lollapalooza festivals.
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