NEW ORLEANS — Gand Concert Sound provided Yamaha and NEXO gear to support performances by Switchfoot, guitarist Peter Mayer, Rhema Soul and Lost and Found at the tri-annual gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Youth of America (ELCA), which drew 35,000 teenage attendees to the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome here in late July.
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BOSTON — Solotech is supporting Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour this summer, providing Monty Carlo (pictured here) and Troy Milner (pictured below) with DiGiCo SD7 consoles outfitted with the Waves SoundGrid bundle at monitors. The desks were chosen in part for their ability to handle a large number of inputs for the 18-piece band — Carlo handles a total 112 inputs from stage left; Milner mixes 140 inputs from stage right.
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SANTURCE, Puerto Rico — Daryl Bornstein, an independent audio consultant, worked with SAVI in New York to provide a new sound system centered on d&b audiotechnik gear for the three performance spaces within Centro des Bellas Artes (CBA), along with Midas consoles for the two larger rooms and a Yamaha desk for the smaller black box theatre.
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WEST MIDLANDS, UK — Central Presentations Ltd. (CPL) recently took delivery of a Yamaha CL5 digital mixing console, adding it to the company’s inventory, which also includes Yamaha LS9 and other desks. The CL5 system was supplied to CPL by the Birmingham office of LMC Audio Systems Ltd.
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Behringer XiControl iPad App for its X32 Digital Console is available as a free download from Apple’s App Store. It is compatible with all versions of the iPad including the 1, 2 and New iPad. Once installed, the app allows complete mixing control over the X32 Digital Console.
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CHINO, CA — Manley Labs, based here, hired audio industry veteran Matt Ward recently to develop and implement new strategies for growth. Ward joins Manley Labs from Universal Audio Inc., where he served for 10 years in executive management, most recently as president. Prior to Universal Audio, he played key roles at E-mu Systems, Otari and Studer Revox.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Wicked Tinkers, a Los Angeles-area band that has crafted a unique sound through the use of traditional Scottish bagpipes and drums since it formed in 1995, has found Countryman B6 Omni Lav microphones to be a good fit with its needs.
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STOW, OH — Audio-Technica U.S. named Javier Tiburcio Training & Sales Support Specialist for the territories of Mexico and Central America. He will be responsible for providing product training and sales support to Audio-Technica distributors and customers in Mexico, Central America and South America, as he works as part of the team to grow the A-T brand and increase sales within these regions.
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MOSCOW — City Sound put Allen & Heath’s new GLD digital mixing system into service for BMW Group’s recent launch of its 6 Series Gran Coupe to Russia.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey — For a new nightclub here, Richie, Akhan SES Isik Ve Gorsel Sistemler Tic designed and installed a sound system centered on One Systems’ 208CIM full-range speakers and 118Sub-W subwoofers.
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SEATTLE, WA — Our Lady of Fatima Parish was formed here in 1952 and moved into its current church location in 1968. Church leaders recently replaced its aging sound system. Morgan Sound opted for Tannoy QFlex 16 digitally steerable line arrays, crediting the gear for overall sound quality and spoken-word intelligibility.
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HOUSTON, TX — The leadership at Grace Church here brought in Covenant Communications to take a look at the PA systems used at its church campuses in Houston’s Garden Oaks and Humble neighborhoods. Covenant determined that the speakers in both locations were underpowered and would benefit from system management. They installed 18 Powersoft Duecanali and M Series amplifiers outfitted with DSP and Ethernet-based network connectivity.
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