TORONTO — The goal for CinequipWhite Inc., the AV sales, rental and design/build firm that was contracted to upgrade the audio capabilities at Toronto’s Young Centre for the Performing Arts, was to provide a wireless microphone system that could move from one presentation space to another.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — When Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold united for their co-headlining world tour, Avenged’s FOH Engineer Nigel Paul and his Buckcherry counterpart Stephen Shaw chose a Meyer Sound system to meet their goal of achieving a combination of power and clarity.
Read More »NEW YORK — Guitar Center Profressional (GC Pro) helped cap the $45 million renovation of the Bohemian National Hall on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with the integration of an all-new audio/visual system.
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LONDON — The Ealing Christian Centre (ECC) recently upgraded its sound system and selected several EAW SM Series stage monitors for vocalist and band use. The Centre already had an existing EAW KF600 Series Compact Three-Way VAT System, both ground-stacked and flown. The recent upgrade to the monitor system was accomplished with the help of EAW's U.K. dealer AA Systems.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — Hollywood United Methodist Church was built in the 1920s with a Gothic architectural design inspired by Westminster Abbey, and it has served as a backdrop for Whoopi Goldberg’s Sister Act and hundreds of scenes in other movies. But while it’s withstood all those movie shoots and California’s earthquakes, its sound system was outdated and underpowered.
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MIDDLETON, WI — FDW-Worldwide announced the appointment of Buzz Goodwin to the newly created position of President of FDW-Worldwide. Jonathan and Susan Lipp, owners of FDW-Worldwide, made the announcement.
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IPSWICH, U.K. —Celestion announced a 50 percent increase in sales for its professional audio products. Separately, the company announced the appointment of Miami Parts Imports Inc. as the company’s distributor for Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname, Uruguay and the Caribbean.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Studio at the Palms, located inside the Palms Casino Resort, is using Aderra Inc.’s “Live in a Flash” USB Technology to give visitors immediate live recordings of the events they just saw, all on a USB flash drive. Recorded events will include concerts, conferences, live DJ sets and other happenings.
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Swearing In Ceremony
Talk with MSI on handling the swearing in ceremony were ongoing throughout the year, but the contract wasn’t finalized until the end of November, says Robert Goldstein, president of Maryland Sound International (MSI). The physical install started January 2.
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When I walked into the arena in Ontario, Calif. to hook up with the team of Big Mick Hughes and Paul Owen (both of whom have been working with Metallica longer than some of the younger crew members have even been alive).
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James Elizondo has been a member and staffer at the Las Vegas International Church for eight years now. Over the years, he has seen four different PAs go up, including the recently completed move from D.A.S. Aero 48s to a hang that includes D.A.S. Aero 28as, Variant 25as and ST 215 subs.
The latest system is quite an upgrade from the first PA he found when originally attending services. “It was homemade from a guy in Reno,” Elizondo starts. “He specialized in car audio and he made something like I’ve never seen before, it was the most gigantic looking contraption of a speaker you’ve ever seen."
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Ahhhh. Salt Lake in late November. Just cold enough to be miserable but without all that crisp white snow to create a beautiful scene to distract you from the fact that you are freezing your ass off. I’m not a Coldplay fan (are there any young bands out thee who actually write HOOKS anymore?) but there was something going one here that made it worth the eight-hour drive—besides the fact they are my daughter’s favorite band and it was her birthday.
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