ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — In 14 years, Vrienden van Amstel Live has grown from a café showcase for Dutch acts to seven sold-out nights at Rotterdam’s 10,000-seat Ahoy Arena. The televised show’s three-stage setup required four DiGiCo SD7 consoles and seven of the latest SD racks to manage the audio, with all equipment supplied by Ampco Flashlight Rental.
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MERIDIAN, MS — Peavey has donated loudspeaker enclosures to the Steven Sillers Tunnel to Towers Foundation for use by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, one of America’s largest military medical centers. The center was able to use the new Peavey PR 12 loudspeaker enclosures for its annual Super Bowl-themed celebration.
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[caption id="attachment_103471" align="alignleft"]Travis Rogers[/caption]LOS ANGELES — While on tour with jazz-fusion group Return To Forever, chief sound engineer Travis Rogers relies on a Harman Soundcraft Vi6 digital console for front of house mixing. He credited the digital console for sonic clarity and warmth, and also for its ease of use.
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RIVERSIDE, IA — Sound Concepts owner Marvin Smejkal updated the audio system at the Riverside Casino’s Events Center with four Renkus-Heinz CF101LA modular point source array speakers. The new gear serves a dual purpose: as a primary voice reinforcement system for smaller events and as center in-fill for larger PA rental rigs.
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ROCKWALL, TX — Wes Hartley, media pastor at Lake Pointe Church, said he’s heard a dramatic difference before and after the church’s 5,000-capacity main campus auditorium was equipped with a new audio reinforcement system based around 56 Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers, especially in terms of even coverage.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany — Yamaha, JBL, Sennheiser, Midas, Avid and PreSonus were among the gear brands in the winner’s circle at the 2012 MIPA awards presented at Musikmesse here late last month. Here’s a quick recap of the categories, sub-categories, nominees and winning products most relevant for live sound applications.
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LAS VEGAS — Timeless Communications named renowned editor, author, lecturer, musician, audio installer and FOH engineer George Petersen the new editor of FRONT of HOUSE magazine, effective immediately. Petersen, the former editor of Mix magazine, pledged to take FOH to the “next level.”
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LAS VEGAS — FRONT of HOUSE Magazine and ProAudioSpace.com announce the “Get Your Own Mic” contest with Audio-Technica. Participants have chance to win the grand prize — a 50th Anniversary Edition AE5400/LE cardioid condenser microphone plus two ATM510 cardioid dynamic mics. Three runner-ups will each receive one ATM510 microphones and an FOH T-shirt. This contest is being held in conjunction with the road test that PAS blogmeister Evan Hooton is conducting.
Read More »FRANKFURT – Harman Professional provided a recap of its product presentations at the Prolight + Sound in late March with links to online videos.
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RENNES, France — After 100 years of hosting soccer games, Le Stade de la Route de Lorient in Rennes made the decision to install 64 Meyer Sound loudspeakers, making it the first major stadium in France with a complete Meyer Sound self-powered audio reinforcement system.
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LONDON — When members of Dire Straits got back together for a one-off charity event at the Albert Hall, sound engineer Matthew Manasse was asked to look after the front of house mix. Manasse, who previously worked with keyboard player Alan Clark and the band’s original engineer, Robert Collins, also supported the band when it subsequently toured Europe, conducting mixing duties on a Soundcraft Vi1.
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LONDON — Just Sound in the UK has supplied a PA rig based around an iLive digital mixing system to the Royal Military School of Music, which will operate and loan the equipment to the British Army’s bands performing around the globe. The system was designed to be compact for air portability on a variety of military aircraft, with minimum set-up time.
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