If you don’t want to know the truth about something, don’t ask Benny Collins. Because he will tell you. That trait — at odds with the stereotype of those who get close to the stars — has taken him far in the live event business, a career that started with him hauling a Hammond B-3 in a truck as a teen to circling the world running Michael Jackson’s most audacious tours.
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What makes a hometown hero? What does it take to be the best, without being the biggest? FRONT of HOUSE readers have spoken and here are this year’s six Parnelli Regional Audio honorees. They all answer the two questions, and while each has whittled their own path to this year’s winner’s circle, like a snowflake, no two are exactly alike. They do, however, share commonalities: Gear, sure, but it’s the people; savvy business sense to survive and thrive and a business that is getting harder to navigate every year; and an insatiable desire to please the client. FOH readers can now visit www.parnelliawards.com and vote on which of the six should be named the Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year.
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Salzbrenner has debuted the network-controlled Polaris Evolution cloud-based digital audio mixing system with the company’s Polaris Scala audio DSP unit, pictured here. Polaris Scala is the node where all aspects of the Evolution system’s simultaneous audio processing operations originate and come together. The Polaris Scala is where controllers are connected via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, resources are allocated for the tasks at hand, and where signal sources and output devices are connected.
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Saelig announces the availability of the TSA range of spectrum analyzers – economical, miniature RF tools. They cover a wide measurement range, accept signal levels into standard SMA input connectors and a remote feature allows them to be controlled remotely from anywhere via the Internet.
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VANCOUVER, BC – Radial Engineering, which purchased the Hafler brand from Rockford-Fosgate, is re-launching the brand this year. “Way back in the 1990’s, Radial was the Canadian distributor for Hafler, and ever since then, we have felt that given the opportunity, we could bring Hafler back to the world of audio,” said Radial president Peter Janis.
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LONDON – Major Tom Ltd. is providing a Meyer Sound LYON system to support Ed Sheeran’s one-man shows. The setup varies, with larger shows using front hangs of 12 LEO-M over four LYON linear line array loudspeakers each, with 14 additional LYON loudspeakers in each of the twin side hangs. Completing the system are 18 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements for low end and eight M’elodie line array loudspeakers for front fill. A Galileo Callisto loudspeaker management system with one Galileo Callisto 616 AES and four Galileo Callisto 616 array processors provide system drive and alignment. Chris Marsh is Sheeran’s production manager and FOH engineer.
UDINE, Italy – Artesuono Studios’ recent addition of Merging Technologies’ Horus Networked Audio Interface has greatly improved the portability of the mobile rig whilst significantly improving the end results. Horus was chosen for the quality of the microphone preamplifiers, the converters and the ease in connecting to existing Avid Pro Tools HDX and HD3 Accel systems. Pictured here is Stefano Amerio, Artesuono’s owner and principal sound engineer.
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SWEDEN – Producer, songwriter, mixer and re-mixer Lars Söderberg has been using iD22, Audient’s USB AD/DA interface monitoring system, after a putting it through its paces in a comparison shoot out.
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AARHUS, Denmark – A custom delay system comprised of K-array speakers was installed in the new offices for Krifa, a trade union, which relocated here recently from Randers, Denmark. The speakers are installed within a large meeting room in the new facility. Jan Juul Hansen, from MAVT DK distributor of K-array managed the audio setup for the space.
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VICTORIA, Canada — DL Sound & Lighting Productions supplied Harman’s JBL VTX V20 line array loudspeakers and Crown I-Tech 4x3500HD amplifiers for two months of live performances for the Butchart Gardens’ “Summer at the Gardens” concert series.
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DPA Microphones’ d:fine 66 and d:fine 88 Miniature Headset Microphones promise users a combination of sound quality and ease of use, particularly with the units’ design for ease of grid cleaning/changing.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — The 19,000-capacity Cruzan Amphitheatre here recently enhanced the audio coverage for its lawn area with 24 L-Acoustics KARAi loudspeaker enclosures. Andre Serafini, owner of Miami Gardens-based Beachsound & Lighting, Inc., designed and installed the new system.
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