LONDON — U.K. artist and singer Jacob Collier (pictured here at at Montreux) and his production director, Ben Bloomberg, have been relying on DPA Microphones’ d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphone, the d:dicate 4011 Cardioid Microphone and the d:fine 4088 Headset Microphone for a new multi-track live music project.
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DUBAI, UAE – Remic Microphones reports that its gear was used to support featured acts at a variety of international music festivals this past summer, including the Blended festival staged in Dubai. Kasabian is pictured here.
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FORT WORTH, TX — Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium, the 1,500-seat home of Texas Christian University’s Horned Frogs basketball team, was built in 2010. In July 2015, AV systems integrator Electro Acoustics upgraded the sports venue with a new L-Acoustics Kara(i) loudspeaker system.
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LONDON — Kent-based Avenue Services was appointed by The Salvation Army as one of the two production companies to provide technical production for its 150th International Anniversary celebrations in London’s O2 Arena. Avenue Services provided Allen & Heath mixers for all the venues that they covered during the event, titled Boundless 2015.
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DEVON, U.K. — AV specialists ESW Solutions upgraded their rental inventory with the purchase of a Proel Axiom compact line array system. Pictured here is a recent gig making use of ESW Solutions’ new Axiom gear.
Read More »NEW YORK — BMG-Hudson Sales & Marketing, an independent manufacturer’s rep firm in the tri-state New York region specializing in the commercial audio/system integration, professional audio, MI/DJ and live sound markets, named Patrick West account manager for the A/V, system integration and theater market sectors.
Read More »WILLEBROEK, Belgium — AED Distribution, distributor for QSC Pro Audio in several European countries including the U.K.. Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, has added to its staff. The company named Florian Herkert account manager for Germany. He will work to develop sales within the QSC Pro Audio segment there. Also joining AED Distribution is Stef De Pooter. He will serve as business development manager for the Systems market.
Read More »DALLAS – Sound Productions recently gave back to the Dallas community by donating over $3,000 worth of audio-visual equipment to the Dallas Summer Musicals’ High School Musical Theater Awards program – the program’s largest in kind donation to date. Sound Productions has committed to giving over $10,000 in equipment and scholarships to the program this year.
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MOTU is now shipping the Stage-B16, a flexible stage box, rack-mount mixer and audio interface with studio-quality analog performance up to 192 kHz, powerful DSP for mixing and effects processing, and connectivity to a digital snake, audio network or host computer through AVB Ethernet or class-compliant high-speed USB 2.0.
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TASCAM’s DA-6400 is an all-new 64-track recorder that records to an internal SSD drive caddy for live and event recording. Professional I/O options like MADI and DANTE make it well suited for live recording, event capture, or as a backup for critical DAW sessions. Available with a single or dual/redundant power supply, the DA-6400 is an unbeatable option for professional remote recording.
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MONTREAL — David Vincent has joined Meyer Sound as Technical Support Specialist to bolster support for the growing customer base in Canada and the Northeast U.S. Vincent comes to Meyer Sound with extensive experience designing and calibrating large-scale sound systems, having served as audio project manager and PA technician at Solotech for 10 years.
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – Hardpop, a nightclub drawing DJs and audiences to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, near El Paso, TX, upgraded earlier this year with Powersoft power amplifiers. Audio installation pro Bill Weir worked with the club’s owner, Ricardo Tejada, on the project.
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