BERKELEY, CA — For actor Jeff Bridges, who also leads the musical group known as The Abiders, FOH engineer Tyson Leonard has been using Allen & Heath’s GLD-80 digital mixer and several ME-1 personal monitors. Along with Leonard, Sven Holcomb plays a key role as tour manager.
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MINNEAPOLIS — When Craig Kruckeberg purchased a Minneapolis honkytonk in a building that was built in the 1800s, he faced a few challenges that would have stumped a lot of professionals. Thanks to FBT and Dave Bartholomew, sales manager and project manager of Allied Productions & Sales, a killer sound system didn’t have to be one of them.
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LINCOLN, NE — Radio Active Designs (RAD) named Richard Stockton sales engineer for the growing organization. As sales engineer for RAD, Stockton will be responsible for providing demonstrations and technical support for the UV-1G wireless intercom system, RAD’s flagship product. James Stoffo, CTO of RAD, made the announcement. Pictured here, from left, are Stockton, RAD CEO Geoff Shearing and Stoffo.
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NASHVILLE — Studio Instrument Rentals (SIR) has been providing high-quality gear and production services in major cities around the US for decades. Another facet of its dynamic business in cities like New York and Nashville has been high-quality rehearsal studio rentals. This past fall, SIR Nashville overhauled and upgraded its rehearsal rooms with the help of Powersoft amplification.
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SANTA CLARA, CA — ATK Audiotek, the live-sound provider for the Super Bowl for the past 18 consecutive years, got an assist for the halftime show featuring Coldplay, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars on Feb. 7 from a dozen RedNet D16R AES3 I/Os for Dante audio-over-IP networks. Pictured here is a view of a portion of ATK Audiotek’s audio networking infrastructure setup at Super Bowl 50 to serve the halftime show. Focusrite RedNet D16R AES3 I/O’s are a prominent component of this setup.
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OLYMPIA, WA – CCI Solutions named 30-year industry veteran Van Metschke Church Relations Associate. Metschke has 20 years experience working on church staffs for Saddleback Church, Mariners Church and other houses of worship. Metschke is a frequent co-host of the Church Tech Weekly podcast and is also a regular contributor to Sundaymag.tv as well as other online publications.
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LOS ANGELES — Empire Pro’s EPU (Empire Pro University) training program continues with an Educational Training and Product Workshop set for the company’s facility at 5675 Mansfield Way, Bell CA in the Los Angeles area. The event is the company’s 18th in-house event workshop, and it will take place May 5, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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LOS ANGELES — British metal band Iron Maiden is relying on a Meyer Sound LEO Family loudspeaker system to power its “Book of Souls World Tour.” The band’s performances have been filling arenas around the world since the six-month, 35-country tour began in February. FOH engineer Martin Walker chose LEO speakers for power and clarity for Iron Maiden after mixing Judas Priest’s 2014-2015 world tour on the system.
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NEW YORK – For a month-long residency at the United Palace Theatre in New York’s Washington Heights, Audio Spectrum deployed an L-Acoustics system consisting of three K1-SB subs flown over 10 K2 enclosures per side, supplemented by SB28 subs ground-stacked below, plus X8 coaxials as frontfills and ARCS II enclosures as outfills. The speaker setup managed to rise above the cheers of the Bachata-focused band’s enthusiastic fan base.
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LONDON — Situated between London’s Kings Cross and The Angel, The Lexington entertainment venue has upgraded the sound reinforcement system in its downstairs lounge bar with Martin Audio’s popular new CDD series, named for its patented Coaxial Dispersion Driver technology.
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HARRISBURG, PA — Anderson Audio recently added an Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) Anna Adaptive System to their inventory. Owner Chris Anderson took note of EAW’s Anya system when it first debuted, and when the more compact Anna system was featured at AES, it clinched his decision to complement the range of audio offererings to customers with the new sound system.Anderson is pictured here second from left with EAW’s Jim Newhouse, Rusty Waite and TJ Smith alongside the new Anna rig.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — For a two-month run of Green Day’s stage show, American Idiot, at Cirkus Theatre, Parashoot PA managed the audio mix using Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing systems. The setup included a S7000 Control Surface and DM64 MixRack at both FOH and monitors. Parashoot also supplied an ME system for personal monitors from its rental inventory.
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