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14-Cluster JBL System Deployed for George Strait

Frank Faricy, George Olsen, Joe Casanova, Kevin Valind, Eddie Harbin, Micah Bellman and Paul Bauman.

14-Cluster JBL System Deployed for George Strait

LAS VEGAS––In preparing for a series of iconic, in-the-round performances by George Strait at T-Mobile Arena, in-house engineers worked with production engineers from VER to design a massive, 14-cluster JBL by Harman VTX line array system to provide a remarkable level of coverage, fidelity and intelligibility. A large, six-cluster JBL by Harman VTX line array system serves as the permanent centerpiece for delivering concert-quality sound performance at the new T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas.

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Mike Mitchell wears the CM-iX audio headset personalized with his own IEMs.

Point Source Audio Intercom Headset Transformational for Elevation Church Techs

CHARLOTTE, NC — Mike Mitchell, a long-time volunteer and part of the production team at Elevation Church has no small task being the producer’s eyes and ears in the auditorium, and communicating during the live productions at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. “When I first used the CM-i3 headset, it was transformational,” proclaimed Mitchel. “The ability to hear better and protect my hearing at the same time has improved the way I approach my role in the production process.”

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Gold Circle seminar participants, May 2016 (L-R): Dawn Heiman, AuD, of Advanced Audiology Consultants, Oak Brook, IL; Laura Kauth, MA, CPS/A, CCC-A, Davenport, IA; Sensaphonics instructors Michael Santucci and Joe Tessone; Jill C. Kassinger, AuD, of Franklin Hearing Center, Franklin, TN; Steve Chargo, MA, CCC-A, of Affinity Hearing in Plymouth, MN; and Colleen Le Prell, PhD, of University of Texas at Dallas.

Sensaphonics Trains Gold Circle Audiologists

CHICAGO – Sensaphonics, who call themselves “the Experts in Safe Sound,” held its first Gold Circle seminar session of 2016 in Chicago. Designed to help audiologists better serve musicians and sound engineers, the two-day Gold Circle seminar held May 20-21 featured practical and technical class instruction at Sensaphonics headquarters, then concluded with a hands-on demo featuring a live band to teach the basics of live sound and in-ear monitors.

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Corporación Video recommended DPA Microphones to TH Producciones.

DPA Microphones’ Venezuelan Dealer Secures Major Sales Commitment

CARACAS, VENEZUELA ― Corporación Video, DPA Microphones’ Venezuelan dealer, recently made a large sale of the brand’s mics to TH Producciones, one of the country’s active broadcast production companies. Corporación Video specializes in both systems integration and sales to the region’s broadcast, recording, production and rental industries. Included among the DPA products are several d:fine Headset, d:screet 4061 Miniature and d:facto Handheld Microphones.

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Passion 2016 Conference stadium view. Photo: Bobby Russell/Passion Conference 2016.

Riedel, Black & White Live Support Multisite Passion 2016

WUPPERTAL, Germany — When tens of thousands of students and young adults gathered in January for Passion 2016, organizers relied on Riedel Communications equipment to enable seamless delivery of coordinated sessions, speakers, and worship music across the event’s three sites in Georgia and Texas. U.K.-based logistics and event management company Black and White Live used Riedel’s MediorNet real-time media network, Artist digital matrix intercom system, Trunk Navigator software, and an 800-mile fiber network to support the tightly choreographed event. With this infrastructure, Black and White Live linked TNDV mobile production trucks and supported signal transport and communications across Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta, Infinite Energy Arena nearby in Gwinnett County, GA, and the Toyota Center in Houston.

 

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Duke University graduation 2016.

Martin Audio MLA Reinforces Duke U Graduation

DURHAM, NC––RMB Audio owner Cooper Cannady needed to come up with a viable alternative when informed that Duke University wanted no PA systems on Brooks Field visible to graduates, parents and friends for commencement ceremonies. So a unique MLA Compact/MLA Mini system was deployed to provide consistent coverage from the first row of the graduating class seated in front of the stage all the way back to the uppermost seats in Wallace Wade Stadium.

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Bright Star on Broadway. Photo: Nick Stokes

Masque Sound Enhances Broadway’s ‘Bright Star’

NEW YORK — When Bright Star, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s highly anticipated musical made its Broadway debut March 24 at the Cort Theatre, it was the culmination of a long, successful journey for Sound Designer Nevin Steinberg and Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation and design company. The two first collaborated on the show for its world premiere in 2014 at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre before moving to the Kennedy Center for its pre-Broadway run this past winter. The Cort Theatre offered one of the biggest audio challenges when moving the show to Broadway.

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The d&b installation at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki features a Q-SYS platform. Photo: Mirka Kleemola

d&b Audiotechnik Launches QSC Plug-In at InfoComm

LAS VEGAS —  d&b audiotechnik  introduce its software plug-in for the Q-SYS platform from QSC, enabling the comprehensive control and monitoring of d&b amplifiers and loudspeakers from any Q-SYS Core. The new product launches at InfoComm 2016 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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SES has been carrying an L-Acoustics K1/K2 system on The Avett Brothers’ current True Sadness North American tour. Photo: Andrew Scott Blackstein

Avett Brothers Truly Happy with SES, L-Acoustics on True Sadness Tour

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — In today’s post-rock music world where genre-bending has become the norm rather than the exception, touring companies require concert sound systems that are both impactful and articulate while still being road-friendly in terms of transport and deployment. Those challenges recently influenced a decision by Special Event Services (SES) of Winston-Salem, NC to specify to a system combining L-Acoustics’ K1 and K2 systems for an extensive North American run with The Avett Brothers’ True Sadness tour.

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RBN 112

Peavey RBN Series

Peavey Electronics announces the immediate availability of the RBN 112 speaker enclosures and the RBN 215 powered subwoofers. Unique to the 1,500 Watt RBN 112 speaker enclosures is Peavey’s proprietary 120mm true ribbon high frequency driver on a low-coloration wave-guide. The RBN 215 powered subwoofers maintain full output down to 36Hz with 2,000 Watts total peak power.

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2016 Hometown Hero Sound Company Nominations Now Open

Nominations Underway for Parnelli Hometown Hero Awards

LAS VEGAS — Each year, FRONT of HOUSE honors regional sound companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. FRONT of HOUSE readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best. We are looking for your ideas on the best regional sound production company in the U.S. and Canada. Let us know your faves (and, yes, you can nominate your own company).

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TTL6-A

RCF TTL6-A

RCF’s TTL6-A – now added to the Touring & Theatre line of products – is a high power, three way, active line source engineered to deliver high fidelity output for use indoors and outdoors, for medium to large spaces. It is now shipping.

 

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