MOSCOW — Robert Biom, longtime sound engineer for Russian pop artist Leonid Agutin, specified an Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing as the FOH console for a national tour. Biom is pictured here with the dLive setup at Leonid Agutin’s performance at Crocus City Hall in Moscow.
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HAMBURG, Germany — A permanently installed Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system at Hamburg’s Stage Operettenhaus is currently supporting Love Never Dies (German: Liebe Stirbt Nie), the musical sequel to the long-running The Phantom of the Opera. Lloyd Webber’s longtime sound designer Mick Potter uses Constellation’s acoustical effects throughout the show to optimize the aural experience for the audience.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — At Prolight + Sound 2016, Equipson featured a variety of WORK PRO Audio components and WORK Lifters. Among the featured products were the company’s new SL 210 A powered speakers and WT 150, WT 550 and WT 700 line array lifters.
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Ear Trumpet Labs noted that Josephine, the newest addition to their product line of microphones handcrafted in Portland, OR, is due to ship this May.
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Fantek featured its new T200PA and T600PA lifting towers at Prolight+Sound 2016. The T200PA is a compact front load towerlift designed to be easily transported vertically in most vans. The T600PA is designed to lift heavier loads higher.
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PHOENIX — For Brentwood, TN-based Tractor Supply Company, which opened a new 800,000-square-foot distribution center near Phoenix, Nashville-based Southeastern Sound designed and installed a high-intelligibility paging system.
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POWAY, CA — As part of its 60th anniversary, Caig Laboratories is now shipping a new version of its popular DeoxIT D5 Spray (Part No. D5S-6P), equipped with a innovative, new Perfect-Straw™ applicator. The new design has a permanently attached tube that swivels into place for a concentrated directional flow, yet easily swings back to allow a wide-angle spray.
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Named after a David Bowie single, Holy Holy is a touring band that performs the works of the late superstar. But formed in 2013-2014, Holy Holy is no quick money grab. And it’s not quite your average tribute band.
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Editor’s Note: While not exactly a household name, Bill Hanley (seen here in a recent photo) made an indelible impact on the development and advancement of modern live sound systems. He’s often referred to as the “Father of Festival Sound,” and there has been growing interest to encourage the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation to induct Mr. Hanley. Longtime readers of FRONT of HOUSE may recall a decade ago, when he was selected for the 2006 Audio Innovator Award at the Parnelli Awards. Hanley is certainly deserving of that, but we also felt this would be an appropriate time to not only revisit his historic career, but also allow researcher John Kane a platform to expand his efforts to further honor the work of Bill Hanley. —George Petersen
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This month, we are going to talk about plywood. Plywood is everywhere in professional audio. It is used in trailers and ramps, speaker boxes and cases, stands and stages. Even though plywood is ubiquitous, we rarely pay it much mind. At least if you ignore the constant complaints about how heavy it is. Plywood is a versatile material, and an excellent introduction to a class of substances known as composites. The behavior of plywood is a good example to delve into in terms of thinking about some of the properties of materials in general. This month, our aim is to uncover some of that in a way that shows why plywood is preferred to solid wood for many structural applications.
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Headworn microphones continue to be the standard in theater, broadcast, presentation audio and, increasingly, live performance. In checking out some top of the line headworn… Read More »Headworn Microphones
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At last year’s InfoComm show in Orlando, I had an opportunity to hear Martin Audio demo its CDD Series coaxial loudspeakers — which ranged from the micro (five-inch) CDD5 to the powerful CDD15 — all combining distinctive curved enclosures with Coaxial Differential Dispersion technology intended to deliver high performance and consistent coverage to the install market.
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