MIAMI BEACH, FL – The New World Center, the Frank Gehry-designed home of the New World Symphony, has been equipped with Lectrosonics' Digital Hybrid Wireless technology including Venue receivers, SMQV Super-Miniature transmitters, UT handheld transmitters (with VMC cardioid capsules), and ALP500 shark fin antennas to increase reception.
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FORT WAYNE, IN – The Expo Center at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum gets used for events that vary from standard convention hall functions to concerts and events as extreme as midget car races. ESCO Communications met the Expo Center's needs with JBL VP Series loudspeakers in accordance with a system design by Acoustical Design Group (ADG).
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CLEVELAND, OH – Working with AV integrator AVI/SPL, system designer Westlake Reed Leskosky upgraded the loudspeaker system used for the main exhibit halls at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (RRHOF) with 14 K-array KK50vbs.
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LONDON – AES announced that its 130th European Convention will take place May 13-16 at the Novotel London West Convention Centre, with exhibits held May 14-16.
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CHICAGO, IL – The new 26,000-square-foot, two-story "Science Storms" exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry lets visitors experience a 40-foot tornado, high-voltage lightning and even create a tsunami in a 30-foot wave tank as they try more than 50 hands-on experiments. Bag End D10E-I subwoofers mounted under grills in the floor in numerous listening areas and in the ceiling above the rear-projection glass screens that carry the visual images help make the experiences more life-like.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Acoustics by Design oversaw a comprehensive renovation of Calvin College's heptagonal-shaped Covenant Fine Arts Center, which first opened in 1966. The renovation included new classrooms, acoustical treatments, a new 300-seat recital hall for smaller events and a new video and sound system built around Renkus-Heinz loudspeakers.
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LAS VEGAS – Creative Technology, an international AV staging provider, has expanded its audio capabilities with recent additions to its inventory of gear, including new Soundcraft Vi6 and Avid Venue Profile consoles and Riedel Artist Intercom Systems.
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GUANGZHOU, China and HANOI, Vietnam – D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 and Compact Series gear is gaining a foothold in the Far East, with recent installations in Guangzhou's Performance Theater, the school theater at the Hanoi College of Art, and for various live events.
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NEW YORK – Gary Stewart Audio (GSA), in association with RLA, designed the sound system for District 36, a 14,000-square-foot dance club that opened recently in a former clothing factory. The gear list includes 11 K2 DSP+AESOP and four K6 DSP+AESOP Powersoft amplifiers controlled with Powersoft's Armonia Pro Audio Suite software.
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LONDON – A new 600-capacity live music venue, Under the Bridge, has taken over the site of the former Purple nightclub, situated at Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge ground. The design team included Jim Cafarelli (House of Blues), Ian Woodall (XL Video) and Andrew Frengley (Matrix Nine). Seeking, as Woodall put it, "a KF730 on steroids," EAW's Kenton Forsythe got busy.
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JERUSALEM, Israel – Harel Tabibi, the audio consultant who designed the new sound system for Gerard Bechar Center, chose Meyer Sound UltraSeries gear to support the audio needs of events ranging from community meetings and dance recitals to live theatre and rock concerts.
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DUBLIN – Thin Lizzy – comprised of Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Darren Wharton, Marco Mendoza, former Almighty frontman Ricky Warwick and Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell – are planning to be back in a number of towns on both sides of the Atlantic this year, with DiGiCo gear for the monitor mix.
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