INDIANAPOLIS – Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse may be gritty, not air-conditioned, and outfitted with bleachers instead of seats. But with an 80-year history, Hinkle is well-loved among Hoosier sports fans, and the fieldhouse was the architectural inspiration for both Conseco Fieldhouse (Indiana Pacers) and Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis Colts).
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LONDON — The 15-date Snow Patrol Reworked tour of the U.K. and Ireland recreated songs from the band’s 15-year career with a dual Midas XL8 system at front of house and monitors, provided by Britannia Row. As the shows featured six band members, 10 musicians and special guests, all 96 channels of each desk were full to capacity.
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BERKELEY, CA — Sound designer Brian Ronan helped bring Green Day’s American Idiot album to a live stage at Berkeley Repertory Theatre — not far from where the Meyer Sound gear he used was manufactured. “The staff at Meyer offered their abundant talent, technical expertise, and onsite support every step of the way,” Ronan noted.
Read More »NEW WINDSOR, NY — Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) has acquired Procon MultiMedia Aktiengesellschaft AG (Procon). PRG Chairman & CEO Jeremiah “Jere” Harris and Procon CEO Morten Carlsson jointly announced the acquisition, which was made by MHG Media Holdings (MHG), a PRG subsidiary.
Read More »KIDDERMINSTER, UK — The Music Group signed a deal to acquire the Midas and Klark Teknik brands from Bosch Communications Systems. The Music Group owns the Behringer brand as well as a number of other associated companies and is managed by Uli Behringer and Michael Deeb.
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NASHVILLE — There were a record 23 music performances for the 43rd Annual CMA Awards, heard over JBL’s VerTec line arrays supplied by ATK/Audiotek. Pat Baltzell, principal at Baltzell Audio Design, designed the event system.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Buddha Bar, a global chain with venues from Kiev to Monaco, Sao Paulo and Casablanca, is known for playing a wide variety of music. Elie and Maya Louaizi, owners of SPL-Sound Pressure Level (SPL), chose Alcons for the new venue in Lebanon’s capital.
Read More »NEW YORK — For the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts, Music Mix Mobile used plug-ins from Waves to meet the challenge of taking live recordings straight into post-production with all the processing parameters intact. The Oct. 29 and 30 concerts were aired on HBO starting Nov. 30.
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CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian War Memorial (AWM) recently embarked on a major exhibit, recording and reproducing the exploits of Australian pilots in the skies over the Western Front in France and in the Middle East.
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ST. PAUL, MN — Sound Image recently used a Studer Vista 5 SR console for country music star Taylor Swift’s tour throughout North America. The tour included 52 concerts that sold out within minutes, prompting a second leg of the tour to be added for 2010.
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SEATTLE — Flamingo Audio Owner Brad Walker comes from a music recording background, and his company still does plenty of that at their Seattle-area facility. But their real bread and butter these days comes from systems installation and live sound.
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Carl Massano, creative director at SKB Corporation, passed away on Dec. 2, 2009 after a lengthy illness. A graduate of Queens College, CUNY, Massano founded Massano Design with his wife, Carolyn, where he began producing graphics for SKB Corporation. In 1992, SKB acquired Massano Design.
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