PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Filmed on location, TV’s The Superstars updates ABC’s 1970s-vintage Battle of the Network Stars with similar celebrity challenges. Mike Abbott, the show’s audio supervisor & sound designer, relied on Lectrosonics wireless gear for the various swimming, biking, climbing and other events.
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AYIA NAPA, Cyprus — Well-known DJ Steve Richards, head of music management and events at the 2,000-capacity Babylon nightclub here, worked with managing director Tasos Kritikos to put together a sound system for DJ and dance events, live bands, fashion shows, presentations, private functions and more.
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WILKESBORO, NC — MerleFest celebrated its 22nd year with four days of music over 11 stages: Americana, Austin Songwriting, Cabin, Creekside, Dance, The Pit, Watson, Walker Center, Hillside, Little Pickers and The Lounge, with a couple of "just get up and pick" stages, all on the grounds of Wilkes Community College.
Read More »TWIN FALLS, ID — First Baptist Church, which seats 300 in a space that’s only 39 feet wide, needed an upgraded sound system that wouldn’t break the budget. Tom Hautka, owner of the installation company Sounddoc, found an affordable cure using ISP Technologies HDM112 speakers as key top boxes.
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NEW YORK —Agnieszka Roginska has been named chair of the 127th AES Convention, set to take place Oct. 9-12 at New York’s Javits Center. Roger Furness, AES executive director, who made the announcement, called Roginska “a detail-oriented leader with exceptional people skills.”
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VANCOUVER, BC––The Briere Production Group was responsible for audio and lighting during the first Canadian date of the No Fear Energy Music Tour in Vancouver’s UBC Thunderbird Arena.
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PRETORIA, South Africa — After almost a year of assessing digital mixing consoles, Hatfield Christian Church in Pretoria recently took delivery of four DiGiCo SD8s.
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BRUSSELS — The Belgian national basilica, the Basiliek van Koekelberg, is Belgium’s largest church and the world’s fifth largest basilica. As such, it’s used for big national ceremonies and services with international significance.
Read More »NEW YORK — SIA Acoustics, LLC announced a new location here. The new address is 75 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10019. The phone is 212.387.9105, the fax is 212.387.9117, and email is [email protected].
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LONDON — Lars Brogaard, FOH engineer for Lionel Richie’s Just Go tour, is using a newly-purchased DiGiCo SD7 console — but not for the first time. Brogaard helped beta-test the SD7 and was the first engineer to take a D5 console on tour.
Read More »BOSTON — After six years, six albums and hundreds of tour dates, Il Divo has helped expand an appreciation for the opera among mainstream listeners with releases backed up by performances with Barbra Streisand, Céline Dion and Toni Braxton. Now the quartet is back for another world tour, backed by a Meyer Sound system provided by U.K.-based Capital Sound.
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ROME — Mister X, the Italian production company handling Sabina Guzzanti’s satiric Vilipendio tour across Italy, is using a sound reinforcement system including a Proel Axiom Compact and AX1115SP subwoofers for the front and side stage. They are powered by Powersoft K-series amplifiers and Proel digital processors. EDGEC65P speakers reinforce sound for the first rows of the audience.
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