CORAL GABLES, FL – For the 14th consecutive year, Acoutech of Miami provided a sound reinforcement system featuring Harman’s Soundcraft Vi3000 digital consoles, JBL VERTEC line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers for the Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Read More »TOKYO – No firm dates have been announced, but Insomniac Events is planning to launch its first Electric Daisy Carnival event in the Tokyo area in July 2016. The announcement comes as rival EDM-oriented music events proliferate around the world.
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PERUGIA, Italy — The Umbria Jazz Festival featured a few novel twists this year including a performance by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett on the Santa Giuliana Arena main stage on July 15. RCF interviewed Michele Mongiello, PA manager of Santa Giuliana Arena, to get his view of how the company’s TT+ series gear performed. The company also spoke with the CTO of Umbria Jazz and CEO of Reference Laboratory, Angelo Tordini, who worked with RCF’s engineers on the project.
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INDIO, CA — Taking place over three consecutive three-day weekends in April, the two-weekend Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and single-weekend Stagecoach Festival all scored box office records this year for AEG Live’s Goldenvoice division. The ticket sales total across three weekends exceeded $106.14 million.
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CHICAGO, IL – Luke Bryan’s concerts are no-holds-barred productions. From the massive PA system to the secondary stage out in the audience, every aspect is designed to create a memorable experience. For Bryan, the key to delivering a consistently flawless performance is a great monitor mix. For that, he chooses the Sensaphonics 2MAX.
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COLUMBIA, MS – University of Missouri’s MU Student Center recently commissioned TSI Global Companies A/V integration firm to design and install a comprehensive music playback, paging and masking system featuring Cobranet and Ashly 8-channel amps.
Read More »DONALD, OR — The stage roof erected for the Donald Hazelnut Festival collapsed as the first of three scheduled bands was performing mid-day on July 11, 2015. The performer, Rob Rainwater, and a sound technician were hospitalized after being pinned by the structure. Others onstage did not require hospitalization.
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IBIZA, Spain – In continued support of electronic music artists and their millions of fans around the globe, AKG by Harman has joined forces with burn Residency to offer the next generation of top DJs the very best in headphone fidelity and versatility.
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SAINT PAUL, MN – Audio Logic Systems supplied three DiGiCo SD9 consoles for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, home of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – Scotty Simpson, bassist for Oak Ridge Boys, selected a Tube-Tech CL1B Compressor for shows.
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — To improve the listening experience of audiences arriving to hear R&B entertainer Todrick Hall and the rock gospel choirs of the musical Godspeed, El Portal Theatre manager Jay Irwin turned to Ambisonic Sound Technologies for an audio upgrade. The 360-seat venue, which dates back to 1926, now features L-R arrays with Ambisonic’s STX6620/STX4625 line array elements and DRM215/DRM215 subwoofers.
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FLAGLER BEACH, FL — For the Grateful Dead’s “Fare Thee Well” tour, soundco Pro Media Ultra Sound turned to Ramtech for the complicated stage input and output system requirements. “Ramtech has always come through for us in the past and being the manufacturers of the RamLatch — which most of our systems are comprised of — they were the natural choice,” said Derek Featherstone of Pro Media Ultra Sound.
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