Cajundome Gets Reinforced with Electro-Voice Sound System

LAFAYETTE, La. —Louisiana-based Gulf Coast Sound (GCS) and consultants Acoustic Dimensions (Dallas) recently installed an Electro-Voice XLC sound system into the Cajundome in Lafayette, La. The 12,086-seat Cajundome is the Lafayette area’s premiere venue for regional and national concert tours, the Louisiana State Boys Basketball Tournament, and also serves as the home for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s men and women’s basketball teams. 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Riding high on virtually every category of Billboard’s music charts, having won her first American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist (Country Music) and outselling just about every other artist with her new album, Fearless, Taylor Swift is positively red hot. Swift recently performed to a sell-out crowd of 9,500 at the University of Tennessee’s McKenzie Arena with an Aero line array setup from DAS Audio.

The new model, the Spectran HF60100, is a handheld RF analyzer, which features the following specifications: frequency range 1MHz to 9.4GHz, sensitivity -130dbm, bandwidth resolution 1KHz, stability 0.5PPM and accuracy +/- 1dB.

LOS ANGELES — Harman International Industries audio products will play a key role in the new Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The new museum is a collaboration between The Recording Academy, the membership organization responsible for the GRAMMY Awards and Anshutz Entertainment Group, and was founded to celebrate the legacies of music and its recognition through the Grammy Award.

PHENIX CITY, Ala. — Golden Acres Baptist Church recently underwent two changes—one gradual and the other abrupt—which necessitated an overhaul of their no-longer-adequate sound system. First, the church slowly introduced contemporary elements into their services, which placed more demands on their old system than it was able to withstand. Second, the church added a 225-seat balcony to its existing 500-seat sanctuary, requiring a complete shift in coverage patterns.
 

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Located on the Pine Avenue “restaurant row” just north of the Shoreline Village area that serves as the focal point for the area’s tourists, Sergeant Pepper’s Dueling Piano Café entertains its visitors with sing-along, adult humor and audience participation. An intimate room with a small stage, the venue recently opened and, at its entertainment core, is a sound reinforcement system from D.A.S. Audio.

ROGERS, Ark. — With a regular series of webcasts, podcasts and broadcasts via the Daystar Television Network, the services at the Church at Pinnacle Hills are heard and seen by viewers across the country. On stage in the church’s sanctuary, the performers rely on Community M12 monitors. The M12 monitor system was part of the church’s recently updated sound system.