VANCOUVER BC — Eddie Mapp, FOH engineer for Evanescence, geared up for the band’s swing through Central and South America with an arsenal of gear from Radial Engineering, including nine J48 active DIs, four JDX guitar amp DIs, two SW8 backing track switchers and two JPC computer DIs.
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LONDON — Among the clubs recently installing JBL Marquis Dance Club Series loudspeakers are the Blue Martini in Las Vegas, NV; Boogie Nights within Atlantic City, NJ’s Tropicana Casino and Resort; and, pictured here, Club MUTE in Seoul, South Korea.
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POITIERS, France — Futuroscope, a multimedia theme park, marked 25 years with a musical celebration that included an outdoor production of Dogora. Agora Audio mixed the event on an Innovason Eclipse console and used an Innovason Sy80 for monitors. Along with the consoles, Agora Audio provided the main P.A. and microphones (including 16 KM 184 D digital mics from Neumann) for the event.
Read More »CISCO, TX — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) has been working with the Assembly of Yahweh 7th Day church. Along with an extensive upgrade to the church’s sound system, GC Pro has assisted with the church’s lighting and AV needs.
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WASHINGTON, D.C — Q Lights and Sound Productions provided a D.A.S. Audio Aero Series 2 loudspeaker system for a three-day event that drew some 10,000 attendees to RFK Stadium July 1, 4 and 6. The Ethiopian 4th of July Celebration, a blend of soccer and music, featured hip hop artist T.I. and rappers TPain, B.o.B., and Young Jeezy, among others.
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LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, France — Fuzz’Yon, a 300-capacity live music venue that has been operating here since 1986. Starting out as a haven for rock bands, since 1998 Fuzz’Yon has diversified into dance genres, such as rap, trip-hop, electro and dub, as well as pop, soul and folk. General manager Mathieu Rouet recently replaced the venue’s 10-year-old console with a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console for FOH and a Vi4 for stage monitoring.
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LAS VEGAS — For Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball tour, monitor engineers Monty Carlo (pictured here, left) and Troy Milner (right) are working with a Shure Axient wireless system provided by Solotech.
LUTON, UK — Cadac Holdings Ltd., based here, announced that its first digital console, the Cadac CDC Four, is now shipping. Pictured here are Ben Millson, Cadac international sales manager and Iain Cameron, applications manager for Cadac UK distributor CUK Live.
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HUDIKSVALL, Sweden — Along with a 1,000-meter track for the horses, Hagmyren hosts a variety of horse exhibitions and offers visitors diversions like car bingo (where they sit in their cars and play bingo). The recently-upgraded audio system now includes Symetrix’ SymNet Radius 12×8 processors, chosen in part for their open-architecture programming, fixed I/O, Dante networking and a competitive price.
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LONDON — SXS Events has been using an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system from its rental stock to manage audio requirements on the Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model TV show.
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SCHONENWERD, Switzerland — TTA, manufacturers of Stagetracker FX, a performer-tracking and audio localization system for live sound venues, named 2M Audio GmbH, based here, as its exclusive Swiss distributor.
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TORONTO — Westbury National Show Systems supported a Fashion Cares-sponsored charity event at the Sony Centre here Sept. 9. The event, featuring Elton John, Janelle Monae, Scissor Sisters and Sky Ferreira, was mixed at FOH using three Yamaha PM5D-RH consoles, a DSP5D Expander and an LS9-16. A Yamaha PM5D, PM1D and 02R were used for monitors.
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