ORLAND PARK, IL — TC Furlong, Inc. recently supplied the Orland Park campus of Parkview Christian Church with a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console from Harman. Jeff Cech, general manager at TC Furlong, helped steer the church toward the Vi6 as part of a digital upgrade. “The learning curve is easy, and one of the best options for the budget,” Cech said.
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LOUISVILLE, KY — The $72 million expansion of University of Louisville’s Papa John’s stadium, home of the Cardinals football team, included more than 400 Tannoy loudspeakers, including the 14 Tannoy VQ NET 40 MHs placed along the top of the northern video wall/scoreboard and Tannoy CVS6, CMS 601 DC BM, CMS 801 BM subs and CVS4 speakers elsewhere around the stadium complex. The expansion boosted total seating capacity by close to 15,000, to a total 55,000. PMK Consultants and Acoustical Audio Designs (AAD) worked on the sound design and installation.
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BELGRADE, Serbia — Studio Berar supported the 27th annual Belgrade Jazz Festival with a variety of Harman gear including JBL VerTec VT4888 line array elements and a Soundcraft Vi6 console. Pat Metheny kicked off the long roster of artists performing at the festival, staged at the Great Hall of Belgrade’s Sava Center.
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KAPEL-AVEZAATH, The Netherlands – Road Productions, which has relied on DiGiCo gear since it became the first Dutch rental company to purchase a dual D1 Live setup back in 2004, recently expanded its inventory with a DiGiCo SD8 and SD11.
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RCF’s VSA Series of digital steerable column arrays include three models, the VSA 2050, VSA 1250 and VSA 850. All are designed to use DSP technology to optimize each speaker’s vertical acoustic dispersion to the listening area, with minimal visual impact.
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HESPERIA, CA – DJL Audio/Video Specialists designed and installed a new system for Calvary Chapel High Desert. Don Cicchetti, chief designer for DJL, found Tannoy’s VQ Series loudspeakers well-suited to the church’s needs and budget.
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BERKELEY, CA – Meyer Sound’s Mac Johnson and Ana Lorente have moved from previous positions with the company to its Constellation division. Johnson, who has worked on Meyer Sound’s education program since 2007, remains in Berkeley, CA. Lorente, who also has extensive experience with Constellation systems via Meyer Sound Spain, will be based in Valencia, Spain.
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ISTANBUL – Capping a three-week concert series earlier this year, Gloria Gaynor and the Istanbul-based ENBE Orchestra performed together at the Cemil Topuzlu Harbiye Open Air Theater. DiGiCo’s Turkish distributor, Elit Light/Sound Technologies, provided the SD9 console used to mix the show.
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GREENSBORO, NC – Rock Quarry Productions provided RCF gear for the first annual Triad Music Festival, held Sept. 3, 2011 at the NewBridge Bank Park (aka Greensboro Grasshopper Stadium). Artists included Lupe Fiasco, Fuel, Lee Brice, New Boyz, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Hope, Outasight and The Stone Chiefs.
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CHICAGO – ABC-owned WLS-TV relied on On Stage Audio’s Shure Axient wireless microphone system to overcome the busy RF environment in downtown Chicago for the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. The event, which kicked off the 2011 holiday season, lit up more than a million lights on 200 trees lining Michigan Avenue and featured music from Mary Mary.
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WORPSWEDE, Germany – Joerg Mohr and Raymond Hassfeld, sound system managers at the Music Hall, recently decided to upgrade the Kling & Freitag house system with Powersoft amplifiers. They chose K3 And M50Q DSP+ETH amplifiers for their sound quality and DSP functionality, as well as remote control and monitoring capabilities.
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