OSLO – Promoting Foot Of The Mountain – their first album in four years – the Norwegian pop band A-Ha has spent the autumn touring venues throughout Europe and Japan with a DiGiCo SD7 at FOH and an SD8 on monitors.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – After introducing the Italian-made K-array self-powered speaker lineup to the U.S. market at this year's Summerfest, Clearwing Productions, Inc. has been using the compact, lightweight gear for a series of regional conferences hosted by the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA).
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AUSTIN – The University of Texas at Austin's Performing Arts Center recently added a new L-Acoustics sound system to its 2,924-seat Bass Concert Hall.
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BERKELEY, CA – American Idiot, the rock album by Green Day, was transformed into a rock opera performed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 600-seat Roda Theatre.
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LONDON – Adlib Audio is supplying English 2-tone/ska band The Specials with sound equipment and the crew. Tour manager Mike Darling chose Adlib, based on previous assignments with Ibiza Rocks and other projects. Adlib crew members included James Neale and Richy Nicholson.
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Automated Processes, Inc. (API) is now shipping the 527 compressor, a single channel module based on API's 225L discreet channel compressor. The 527 features controls including variable attack, release, ratio and output gain controls. The unit also includes API's "Thrust" circuit, first offered on the 2500 stereo bus compressor. A 10-segment LED meter is switchable between gain reduction and output level. The MSRP is $995.
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NEW YORK – Celebrating their 27th World Series championship, the New York Yankees held a ticker-tape parade and ceremony before a crowd of two million people on the front steps of City Hall in Manhattan, supported by Syntonic Design, which used a system including JBL VerTec line arrays.
Read More »SEATTLE – Soundcraft is sponsoring a series of educational sessions that will visit 50 cities across the U.S. from mid-January to the end of March. Conducted by Superb Event Training, it is titled "Win Over Your Band AND Your Audience – How to Create A Unique and Sophisticated Audio Mix Using Principles of Three-Dimensional Sound."
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ANAHEIM, CA – FOH Magazine is playing a key role with the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM)'s new Hands-On-Training (H.O.T.) Zone at the 2010 NAMM Show, set for Jan. 14-17, 2010. Bill Evans, FOH editor, is moderating sessions that focus on the digital sound crossover between studio and stage and the "White Spaces" issue.
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UNCASVILLE, CT – Matchbox Twenty lead singer Rob Thomas has embarked on a solo tour of North America with a selection of Sennheiser and Neumann wireless and wired microphones as well as wireless guitar systems. The setup also includes the company's new 2000 Series IEM transmitters and receivers for Thomas, his band, background singers and backline techs.
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OSLO – In preparation for President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and related music events, the sound system at Oslo City Hall was upgraded with Allen & Heath digital mixing and audio distribution systems and a low-profile Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC32 Digitally Steerable Array system.
POTTERS BAR, U.K. – Soundcraft Studer recently produced and tested the first Studer Vista large-format consoles on its new U.K. production line, which has taken on manufacturing for Vista, OnAir 3000 and Router production formerly done in the Studer Regensdorf facility near Zurich in Switzerland.
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