NASHVILLE – Sennheiser announced that it has allocated resources and support staff to assist as the local music community assesses the damage and begins to get back on its feet, noting that Sennheiser customers including equipment dealers, rehearsal studios and musicians were reporting significant damage to facilities, equipment and musical instruments.
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NASHVILLE – In response to the recent floods here, Guitar Center, the world's largest musical instrument and professional audio retailer, has launched a dedicated initiative titled "Operation High Ground" to help musicians, songwriters, recording studios and audio professionals re-build their lives.
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AUSTIN, TX – Clair is providing live sound reinforcement for Carrie Underwood's North American tour, with front-of-house engineer Randy Lane using a Studer Vista 5 SR digital console.
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LONDON – Capital Sound provided a Meyer Sound system for "The Gift of Music-An Evening with Julie Andrews," staged at the O2 Arena with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Ian Fraser on May 8.
Read More »NASHVILLE, TN – The SoundCheck Nashville complex is still loading out and cleaning up after the Nashville area's 100-year flood. Despite that massive challenge, SoundCheck hasn't stopped pushing forward with its activities beyond Tennessee, in Burbank, Calif. and Austin, Texas.
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COLUMBUS, OH – This year, the first where there are dual Women of Faith tours bringing musical performances to 29 U.S. cities on weekends from April through November, CTS Audio is providing support in the form of a Yamaha EtherSound Solution.
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TORONTO – Sennheiser and Neumann Canada are presenting a technical seminar at the upcoming MIAC/PAL trade show. Presented by CTV post sound supervisor Michael Nunan, the seminar is titled "Demystifying AES-42 Digital Microphones." It will be held at Toronto's Direct Energy Centre, Salon 102A, on Sunday, May 16 at 3 p.m.
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BERLIN, Germany – German comic Cindy aus Marzahn kicked off her 80-date tour, titled Nicht jeder Prinz kommt uff'm Pferd, or Not Every Prince Comes on a Horseback, with three consecutive nights in Berlin's Tempodrom. Weimar, Germany-based adapoe Event und Studiotechnik GmbH is providing a Meyer Sound system for the tour.
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BURBANK, CA – FOH engineer Jimbo Neal relies on an assortment of Royer Labs microphones to capture Brian Setzer's guitar – as well as the bass and drums – whether Setzer is fronting an 18-piece orchestra or the three-piece rockabilly band, the Stray Cats.
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NASHVILLE, TN – The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards, taped live on April 21 from the Grand Ole Opry House and broadcast on the Gospel Music Channel, went smoothly with "zero dropouts," according to Bruce Bodor, RF audio coordinator.
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ZURICH, Switzerland – For the touring musical comedy, Die Patienten, audiopool sound designer Thomas Strebel specified Out Board's TiMax2 SoundHub and TiMax Tracker system. Sugar Veranstaltungstechnik supplied the gear, sourced through Out Board's German distributor, Pro Audio Technik.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA – American Idol may be in its ninth season, but some 24 million viewers still tune in for the live shows, and for the third year in a row, they've seen contestants, guest, judges and backing musicians all using Sennheiser's MD 5235 capsule and chrome-plated SKM 5200 handheld wireless microphone system.
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