The Electro-Voice ZXA1 – a self-powered version of the ZX1 compact two-way loudspeaker – made its debut at Winter NAMM 2010. The ZXA1 is powered by an 800-watt amplifier module derived from EV's Tour Grade series. The ZXA1 has been designed with a molded enclosure that is durable and, at less than 20 lbs., light in weight. The ZXA1 also features an 8-inch woofer and 1-inch titanium compression driver.
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ORLANDO – The Wright Entertainment Group-backed four-piece pop group, One Call, which was part of the opening lineup for Britney Spears' Circus Tour, has streamlined the amount of equipment they carry by using a compact package designed for easier transport, load-in and load-out.
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HORSHAM, PA – Hatboro-Horsham High School is using a Technomad PA system for sporting events in its outdoor campus stadium. The high school used the system for its fall 2009 football season and will use this system this spring for track and field and other events.
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AIKEN, SC – For its recently completed sanctuary, the South Aiken Church of God chose a sound reinforcement system consisting of components from the TrueLine and Wave Series lines of WorxAudio Technologies.
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OAK BLUFFS, MA – School music teacher Brian Weiland spent over 12 years in a quest for clear, consistent sound reinforcement for his young actors and singers. He tried stand-mounted mics, hanging mics and wireless mics – and finally found what was, in his opinion, the best solution: Bartlett TM-125C floor microphones.
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ORANGE, CA – Radian Audio Engineering named Mark Pinske executive director of sales and marketing. Pinske has over 20 years of experience in the pro audio industry and is known for his seven-year association with Frank Zappa as his chief recording engineer.
Read More »Please check back at a later date for the video featuring Bon Jovi FOH engineer David Eisenhauer.
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KALAMAZOO, MI – Valley Family Church recently completed construction on its new 85,000 square foot addition. AVI/SPL specified a sound system that included ISP Technologies' LLC High Definition line array system.
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Danny Leake runs a company in Chicago called Urban Guerilla Engineers, through which he runs, as he says, "all my sound stuff" – both studio and live work. For almost two decades, that live work has included FOH duties with the legendary Stevie Wonder.
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It is not often that in the same three-hour period you get to see the promise of the future and a living example of the greatness that got us here in the first place. That probably sounds confusing, so allow me to do what I do…
Read More »Live sound courses have been added to the curricula at many major pro audio education facilities in the last several years. The one at the Curb College at Belmont University, in Nashville, seems to be taking it a step further, though. Clear As A Bell (CAAB) Audio is the name of the SR provider based at the school that's staffed and operated by a dozen students enrolled in Curb College's Audio Engineering Technology Advanced Sound Reinforcement course.
Read More »In the Oct. 2008 issue of FOH, I relayed a story about an experience I had at the Umatilla County Fair in Hermiston Ore. The long and short of that story was that while attempting a sound check, the area was hit with a nasty hailstorm and winds upwards of 70 miles per hour. The net result was that the tarp blew off the front-of-house position – including a Yamaha PM4000 – and the bucket of the 4K became a bucket full of water.
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