BOULDER, CO – Crestview Church worship pastor Greig Hess, a longtime user of PreSonus gear, notes that the church’s recent purchase of a StudioLive 24.4.2 console for the main sanctuary has changed the way the church creates and records music.
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SYDNEY — A March 1 performance by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at the Secret Garden Music Festival here was cut short when a roof element fell to the stage. Reports cited damage from heavy rains that had hit the area prior to the performance as the probable cause. The performance area, one of the festival’s main stages, was shut down.
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AUSTIN – Audio-Technica’s microphones and headphones were used by SXSWfm, the online radio portal of the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival. The station’s DJ’s and content creators have been using the AT2020USB+ Cardioid Condenser USB Microphones, ATH-M50 Professional Studio Monitor Headphones and AT8035 Shotgun Microphones.
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CUMMING, GA — To provide studio-quality coverage for 2,200-seat First Redeemer Church here, Centerline Audio Visual of Hendersonville, TN equipped the space with a pair of Danley Sound Labs Jericho J1-94s along with Danley’s BC-415 subwoofer for the low end. The church offers a range of music including a contemporary rock band, a 200+ voice choir and an orchestra.
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – At its biannual rep meeting here in January, RCF USA honored high achievers with manufacturer rep awards. Cowser Marketing received the 2013 RCF USA Rep of the Year award. Jerry Sehi, southern Florida product specialist for Quest Marketing, and Tod White, president of Bob White Associates, received individual rewards. Pictured here, from left, are, from RCF USA, John Krupa (national sales manager) and Roni Nevo (president) and, from Cowser Marketing, Jim Cowser, Greg Labruzzi, John Fedorko and Brandon Bishop.
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FRANKFORT, KY – After trying out seven different line array alternatives, sound engineer Jeff Branham opted for a dB Technologies DVA active line array system. The setup for a recent Delbert McClinton show at the Frankfort Convention Center here included 22 DVA T12 and eight DVA S30N line array elements.
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LOS ANGELES — To isolate the sound of the piano from nearby percussion instruments during the Academy Awards ceremony March 2, the show’s orchestra mixer, Tommy Vicari, and orchestra setup coordinator, Dan Vicari, used DPA Microphones’ d:dicate 4011A Cardioid Microphones and d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones. The Vicari brothers also used a pair of d:dicate 4011E Hanging Microphones for the orchestra’s drum kit.
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NEW YORK – The 75-year-old Diamond Horseshoe reopened recently within the Paramount Hotel here after a $20 million restoration. The venue’s opening show, with booking only through April 13, is Queen of the Night, a multi-room fusion of performance, music, circus, cuisine, design and nightlife. Masque Sound provided a solution that lets sound designers walk into any room with a tablet or computer and be able to adjust the audio levels.
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RIGA, Latvia — JZ Microphones, based here, named Hand in Hand Distribution as the U.K. distributor for the company’s product line, which now includes the HH1, their first dynamic microphone for live applications. The company also noted that Alchemea College of Audio Engineering recently acquired a pair of custom engraved BH1s to replace stolen gear.
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TOKYO — The Miss International Beauty Pageant, staged at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel here Dec. 17, was heard via a K-array system provided by Creve LLC and sourced via Livegear Corp. Creve provided a KR402 system, including a KP102 thin line array for mid-high frequencies and a KMT21 21” sub, both designed for optimal coverage.
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BISMARCK, ND — Historical roots run deep in along North Dakota’s Interstate Route 94, yet on the northern edge of Bismarck, ND rises something quite modern, yet steeped in history nearly as old as the city itself. It began 108 years ago, when a group of doctors founded the First Evangelical United Brethren, later changed to the First United Methodist Church. Recently, the congregation took occupancy of its new building and with that, took a name befitting the long history of the congregation: Legacy United Methodist.
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BOSTON — FOH engineer Steve Colby (pictured here, right), who has worked with the Boston Pops for more than 30 years, was an early adopter of Radial Engineering’s PZ-DI, which was developed by the manufacturer as an orchestral instrument DI. Colby’s choice also pleased Pops guitarist Jon Finn (pictured left), a guitarist with the Boston Pops since 1997.
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