DETROIT, MI – Ford Field, home of the NFL Detroit Lions, got a sorely-needed upgrade to its sound system with a new Q-Sys integrated system platform from QSC, provided by Durrell Sports Audio Systems.
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JOHNS CREEK, GA – The tech department at Perimeter Church manages nine auditoriums, an average of six weekend services and more than 2,300 events each year with an assist in reducing stage noise and adapting to the different needs across its 95-acre campus from Aviom Pro16 Personal Mixers.
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LONDON – Britannia Row Productions is providing a dual Midas PRO6 system at FOH and on monitors for Liam Gallagher's new band, Beady Eye, manned by FOH engineer Dan Lewis and Josh Lloyd on monitors. Midas has long been a favorite in the Oasis camp, with Lewis using an XL4 for the last few months of the band's final tour.
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BELLINGHAM, WA – It didn't take long for John Bauer, technical director at the not-for-profit Mount Baker Theatre, to make the leap from analog to digital. After viewing Soundcraft's Vi1 console at LDI last year, he ordered a demo unit and found it waiting for him upon his return. Before long, he was comfortable using the unit himself.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – The American DJ Group has reached a settlement with Wal-Mart Stores and DBL Distributing, a division of Ingram Micro, in a trademark infringement lawsuit regarding its American Audio brand. The suit alleged that the two aforementioned companies and three other firms had wrongfully used the "American Audio" trademark in advertising, distributing and promoting audio products that were not made by or affiliated with either American DJ or American Audio.
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AUSTIN, TX – Omega Broadcast Group provided Riedel's Acrobat Wireless Intercom System to the XI Media staff at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival's Fader Fort stage.
Read More »Duran Audio BV's two AXYS iPhone Apps and the AXYS Wireless Network Interface let users take advantage of the on-board pre-set programmability of the AXYS products to now switch programs from their Apple device and then adjust volume, EQ, mute or solo. The App is free to AXYS users, with price TBC for the AXYS Wireless Network Interface.
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CERRITOS, CA – Engineer Melissa Britton used the new NEXO 45 N-12 12-inch line monitor for Earl Klugh and his band at a recent show held at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
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SYDNEY – Hillsong Church is using Lab.gruppen's PLM Series powered loudspeaker management system for its flagship Baulkham Hills campus here. The PLMs power the church's new speaker system and make use of the Lab's integrated Lake processing and monitoring features.
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RANCHI, India – The Opening and Closing Ceremonies at India's 34th National Games 2011 involved 7,000 athletes from all of the nation's states and 45,000 people in the audience. Sound.com, which had also provided audio for the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, used Optocore gear for audio transport.
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FRANKFORT, IL – Sound Works Productions, Inc. recently purchased a NEXO GEO S12 line array system, RS18s and NXAmp 4x4s for their rental inventory. The company, which has been providing sound reinforcement services for five years, ordered 14 GEO S 1210s, two S1230s, eight of the new RS18 ray subs and six NXAmp 4×4 amplifiers.
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SOUTHLAKE, TX – Systems integrator Beck Associates provided a MediorNet fiber network backbone and an Artist digital matrix intercom from Riedel Communications for Gateway Church, creating a fiber-based, real-time network for 3G/HD-SDI video, audio, data and communications for the church's three separate campuses.
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