AUSTRALIA — Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu recently brought the world’s largest transportable set to stadiums across Australia, staging a classical spectacle for anticipating audiences. Montreal-based Solotech met Rieu’s demand with a Meyer Sound system based around the MILO line array loudspeaker and the SB-1 parabolic long-throw sound beam for reaching the farthest seats in the vast space.
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LOS ANGELES — Harman International Industries audio products will play a key role in the new Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The new museum is a collaboration between The Recording Academy, the membership organization responsible for the GRAMMY Awards and Anshutz Entertainment Group, and was founded to celebrate the legacies of music and its recognition through the Grammy Award.
Read More »LONDON — Production house Britannia Row is using Audinate’s Dante digital audio networking technology at major events around the UK. Dante made its live debut during the City Salute. The City of London, with the involvement of the Royal Family, saluted British forces with a fund-raising spectacle at St Paul’s Cathedral and Paternoster Square. Britannia Row supplied seven separate PA points around St Paul’s Cathedral, Paternoster Square and on the roof of Juxon House directly across from St Paul’s.
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PHENIX CITY, Ala. — Golden Acres Baptist Church recently underwent two changes—one gradual and the other abrupt—which necessitated an overhaul of their no-longer-adequate sound system. First, the church slowly introduced contemporary elements into their services, which placed more demands on their old system than it was able to withstand. Second, the church added a 225-seat balcony to its existing 500-seat sanctuary, requiring a complete shift in coverage patterns.
JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production, design, crew and equipment—including lighting, visuals, video, audio, set, staging and power—to the official City of Johannesburg’s New Year’s Eve 2008-2009 celebrations.
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MALAYSIA — With its giant dome already established as a distinctive feature of the Malaysian skyline, the 12,000-capacity Stadium Tertutup offers the very latest indoor sports and conference facilities. An Alcons Pro-Ribbon audio system ensures that event attendees enjoy quality sound.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Located on the Pine Avenue “restaurant row” just north of the Shoreline Village area that serves as the focal point for the area’s tourists, Sergeant Pepper’s Dueling Piano Café entertains its visitors with sing-along, adult humor and audience participation. An intimate room with a small stage, the venue recently opened and, at its entertainment core, is a sound reinforcement system from D.A.S. Audio.
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ROGERS, Ark. — With a regular series of webcasts, podcasts and broadcasts via the Daystar Television Network, the services at the Church at Pinnacle Hills are heard and seen by viewers across the country. On stage in the church’s sanctuary, the performers rely on Community M12 monitors. The M12 monitor system was part of the church’s recently updated sound system.
Read More »ENGLAND — Adlib recently supplied audio for German rockers The Scorpions' UK tour. ADLIB's Hassane Essiahi and Otto Kroyman babysat the band FOH and monitor engineers Achim Schulze and Glen Schmeling, ensuring their JBL VerTec system rocked to the required extremes.
Read More »WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Mix magazine has ended its sponsorship of the Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards, just shy of its 25th year of support.
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LOS ANGELES — Home of the University of Southern California Trojans football team, the LA Coliseum recently received its first major upgrade since hosting the 1984 Olympics Games. The LA Coliseum was upgraded with a Meyer Sound point-source system featuring the first permanent installation of the groundbreaking SB-3F sound field synthesis loudspeaker.
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In a move that is sure to deepen the iPhone envy among live audio guys, SoundBroker.com has put its entire service into an application for the iPhone. No, this is not just a link to the company's Web site. This is a way to access and search new and used gear listings via an interface made for the phone. SoundBroker.com provides a "link” between buyers and sellers of gear, protecting the interests of both parties in ways that an open auction site like eBay is not equipped to do.
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