BRENTWOOD, TN – Oprah Winfrey has taken “The Life You Want Weekend,” a high-profile two-night self-help show, on the road for eight weekends this fall. Along for the ride is CTS Audio, who is providing sound for the tour including a SSL Live. L500 console at the mix position, operated by CTS veteran front of house engineer Jon Schwarz (pictured here with the console).
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Berlin-based AFMG noted that K-array’s KH8, the first in the Italian speaker manufacturer’s new Firenze speaker series, is also the first to fully utilize AFMG’s FIRmaker technology for beam steering and coverage control.
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K-array’s KH8 and KS8 are the first products in the company’s Firenze Series – line array speakers promising to combine a slim, compact form factor with 145 dB SPL output and a new design to speed setup and sound management.
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CHELMSFORD, Essex, U.K. – The annual V Festival, staged at Hylands Park here and also at Weston Park in Staffordshire, launched “Our House,” a multi-level perk for Virgin Media customers at both festival sites. Robert Lawrence Event Production Resource provided Outline’s Butterfly and Mantas line array systems and DVS 118 subs.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Broadway’s Newsies begins its North American tour this month. Sound designer Ken Travis worked with Masque Sound to provide Broadway quality audio for the coast-to-coast production run. The touring package includes a DiGiCo SD10 console, a d&b audiotechnik Q-Series speaker system, DPA microphones and Sennheiser wireless gear.
Read More »IRVINE, CA – AVcom Technologies, based here, has been named as a regional rep firm for Juice Goose products.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Technical Productions Inc. (TPI) supported a pre-game event for the NFL’s St. Louis Rams by providing an Si Expression 3 console with two 32×12 stage boxes and three Dante cards, plus five BSS Audio FCS-960 graphic EQ units and four BSS Audio FDS-366T loudspeaker management processor.
Read More »BARCELONA, Spain – Equipson product manager Juan José Vila joined a panel discussion on the use of the latest audio visual technologies in a retail setting. The meeting took place Oct. 2 at Barcelona’s Escuela Superior de Disseny IED.
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MANHEIM, PA — Clair Solutions named Joe Bunting regional service manager for its office here. Bunting will be responsible for handling incoming inquiries regarding customers’ requests to work with Clair Solutions in audio, video and lighting integration projects.
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AUSTIN, TX — The Roost, a 3,400-square-foot music venue that opened with a New Year’s Eve show kicking off 2014, is going strong with its installed RoomMatch system from Bose Professional Systems.
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PORTLAND, OR – Farnell Newton, a trumpet player who regularly performs with Bootsy Collins, Jill Scott and Jarrod Lawson, recently released his own album, Ready to Roll. He’s been using AKG mics in both the studio and for his live performances.
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