AUSTIN, TX — Riverbend Centre is a new addition to the alternative performing arts scene in the Texas Hill Country. The Centre is a multi-purpose venue that plays host to musical groups, theatrical productions, television specials, corporate and private events and conventions.
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LONDON — This year, the iTunes Festival was relocated to The Roundhouse in North London with over 60 artists playing live at the free event, which ran throughout July.
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WOODINVILLE, WA — LOUD Technologies Inc. named Kurt Metzler North American Sales Manager, EAW. Metzler will lead the existing EAW internal sales support team, North American rep force and distributor network. Metzler will report to Ernie Lansford, LOUD’s director of North American sales.
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DELHI, India — Yogesh Dhawan of Dhawan Electricals Pvt. Ltd. used a Soundcraft Si3 digital mixing console at FOH for Fete de la Musique, part of World Music Day with the Alliance Francaise de Delhi. The festival was presented through the 64-input Si3 and other Harman products including a dbx 4800 system controller, JBL VRX932LA, SRX728S and SRX712M loudspeakers, and Crown I-Tech IT4000 amplifiers.
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SINGAPORE — Midas and Klark Teknik have appointed a new distribution company, Quad Professional, for Singapore and Malaysia. The appointment comes on the heels of new distributor announcements earlier this year for Midas and Klark Teknik in Taiwan, India, Indonesia and Thailand.
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NEW YORK—The recent revival of Waiting For Godot at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54 venue used a 48-input Soundcraft Vi4 digital live mixing console, offering the processing power and sound quality the designer was seeking in a compact frame and, crucial for Godot, quiet operation.
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LONDON — The 20-show Take That Circus tour was among the biggest the U.K. and Ireland had ever seen, with over a million people attending. Capital Sound was the soundco, with technical director Ian Colville designing the system with FOH engineer Gary Bradshaw and system technician Al Woods using a combination of DiGiCo, XTA and Martin Audio gear.
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PARIS — L-Acoustics KUDO loudspeakers were recently deployed for the International Paris Air Show, which took place at Le Bourget airport. This year marked the event’s centenary, attracting 360,000 visitors to the daily flying demonstrations, vintage aircraft and new aerospace technologies.
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GOA, India — Distributor Dhanashree Electronics Ltd. has been helping the German pro audio brand HK Audio make inroads in India. Dhanashree recently sold rental firm Aeros Sonic two HK Audio Projector systems and HK Audio F.A.S.T. active monitors.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA — The Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Seminars (YCATS) group will hold its two-day Digital Sound Reinforcement (DSR) 101 class on August 11 and 12 in Covington, Ky.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ and MANCHESTER, TN — Eighth Day Sound faced back-to-back production responsibilities for two major events, the Hot 97 Summer Jam at Giants Stadium and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, using four DiGiCo SD8 consoles for the d&b audiotechnik PA system.
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GUANGZHOU, China — A video posted on the Web site, ChinaMusicRadar.com, showed Taiwanese singer Pan Yuwen performing onstage, adjacent to a multi-tiered scaffolding structure supporting lighting and audio gear. The video captures the sudden loss of power to stage elements, followed by chaos as the scaffolding adjacent to the stage falls over the crowd.
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