BRESCIA, Italy — Italian soundco Cipiesse Produzioni per lo Spettacolo supported folk-rock artist Tracy Chapman’s recent performance at the Piazza della Loggia using an Outlinearray loudspeaker system for the 40-by-90 meter outdoor seating area.
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SAN DIEGO, CA — The University of California, San Diego (UCSD)’s 150-seat Experimental Theater, part of the $53 million Conrad Prebys Music Center, has been equipped with Meyer Sound’s Constellation electroacoustic architecture.
Read More »TWISP, WA — Tom Pfaeffle, 49, a sound engineer who had done studio and live audio work for bands including Nirvana, The Black Crowes and Heart, was shot through a motel door July 17. He died about two hours later, according to local news reports.
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HALIFAX, NS — Now celebrating its 30th year, the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo (RNSIT) is one of the largest annual indoor shows in the world, with thousands of performers including everything from operatic vocalists to motorcycle stuntmen appearing before tens of thousands of spectators at the Halifax Metro for 10 days.
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LONDON — Can entertainment audio gear adapt to a buttoned-down, 9-to-5 lifestyle? That seems to be the case for Midas’ PRO6 live audio system.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — Summerfest, established in 1968, spans 11 days and attracts up to a million people with 700 bands performing on 11 stages along the Lake Michigan shoreline at Henry Maier Festival Park.
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REVELSTOKE, BC — The 7th annual Revelstoke Music Festival brought blues, rock, acoustic, Latin and World Music artists together in an outdoor setting on the Columbia River near the Selkirk Mountains and Glacier Pass in southeast British Columbia.
Read More »TEMPE, AZ — As Barack Obama side-stepped the issue of not being given an honorary degree — and jokingly promised that the university’s leadership would soon be facing scrutiny by the I.R.S. — Clearwing Productions was doing its part to make sure the President’s commencement address was not getting muddled by the resonance problems afflicting Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium.
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PHOENIX — For the second summer in a row, the Mayhem Tour is featuring the ribbon-loaded Versarray 212 line-array sound system from Peavey Electronics.
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MINSK, Belarus —JBL touring systems teamed with rental sound company Touring Services to supply an expansive audio system for the Global Gathering Freedom Festival at the Borovaya Airfield that included products from JBL’s VerTec DP Series and HLA Series loudspeaker lines.
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LONDON — Relentless Garage, the new incarnation of the iconic venue, The Garage, re-opened at the end of June after a three-year closure. The refurbished venue includes a substantial Turbosound loudspeaker system.
Read More »BETHLEHEM, PA — The recently-opened $743 million Sands Casino Resort here is using Audinate’s Dante audio networking solution, a self configuring plugâ€andâ€play digital audio network using standard internet protocols, as the foundation for its AV system.
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