Les Paul died Aug. 13 at age 94. The news reports will be full of accounts of his invention of "the Log"—a 4×4 length of wood strung up with steel strings that eventually morphed into the instrument that bore his name.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — Matt Peskie has joined the Masque Sound sales team with a focus on installations and production. Peskie served as monitor engineer with Avril Lavigne’s Under My Skin tour, production manager for Jars of Clay, monitor engineer for Guster and as tour manager, FOH engineer and monitor tech for many other notable artists.
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MIAMI — The sixth-annual Univision Premios Juventud awards show used Sennheiser’s wireless mics to recognize top recording artists, movie stars, sports figures and pop culture icons. Over 80 wireless channels were used for the podium mics and most of the monitoring.
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VIENNA, Austria —Vienna’s Grosser Musikvereinssaal, also known as the Goldene Saal (Golden Hall), uses an assortment of AKG microphones for Vienna’s Philharmonic Orchestra, including AKG C 12 VRs, K 702s and a WMS 400 wireless system. The mics are also now used for the annual New Year’s Day Concert, which has been telecast each year since 1959, and for numerous lectures and public readings.
Read More »VANCOUVER, BC — Audio-Technica announced that over 3,000 of its microphones will be used at the XXI Winter Olympic Games slated for this Canadian city in Feb. 2010. The company’s gear has been used for Olympics telecasts since the Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — Sticha Bros. Sound, Stage and Light supported the concert performances during the annual July 4 celebration at the Fort Wayne, Ind. Campus of Purdue University using Martin Audio gear.
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LAS VEGAS — The nominations have been made, the ballots have been prepared, and the voting for the 2009 Hometown Hero Awards is well under way. But there IS a deadline, this Sunday, Aug. 23. Go to www.fohonline.com/hometown to vote for the best regional sound company in five regions of the U.S. and all of Canada.
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Mackie’s TH-15A 2-Way Powered Loudspeaker delivers 400 Watts of system power in a design weighing in at 36lbs (16.3kg). Designed by the same team that created the Mackie SRMv2 Series, the TH-15A is touted for its power, portability and performance in a compact PA solution.
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ST. PAUL, MN — Rat Sound and their new L’Acoustics K1 system are supporting Blink 182 on tour. The system includes 24 K1s, eight K1 subs, 24 KUDOs, 24 SB28s, eight Rat Supersubs and 12 dV-Doscs. They are powered by L’Acoustics LA8 amplifiers.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) has added two manufacturer rep firms for NEXO speaker products: R. Joseph Group (Columbus, Ohio) and Highway Marketing (Dallas, Texas).
Read More »ELKHART, IN —Bartlett Microphones is making available free tutorials on microphones and their application on the company Web site. Some topics covered are boundary microphones, directional boundary microphones, preventing feedback and mic techniques for theater.
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PARIS — BS Technology used a Riedel RockNet digital audio network for this year’s July 14 Bastille Day celebration. Apex, Riedel Communications’ partner in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, delivered the RockNet gear.
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