EMERYVILLE, CA — Advanced Systems Group (ASG) is hosting two “Studer Audio & RED Cameras for Broadcast-Level Production” events in the San Francisco area this month to highlight live event and broadcast technologies. The events are set for Aug. 18 and 19, 2015.
Read More »MINNEAPOLIS — On Aug. 12 at about 10 p.m., chunks of ceiling and water cascaded onto the floor at First Avenue, the home venue for Prince that was featured in the movie, Purple Rain. Three were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center. None of the injuries were life threatening.
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NEW YORK – The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park series, staged at the open-to-the-elements Delacorte Theater in Central Park, includes performances of Cymbeline featuring Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater from July 23-Aug. 23. The production relies heavily on wireless microphones, and on RF Venue, to ensure that every spoken word can be heard.
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POTTERS BAR, U.K. — Paul Hatt, the monitor engineer for Clean Bandit, has been using Harman’s Soundcraft Vi3000 digital live sound console.
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PARIS — The fourth annual ‘Palais en Jazz’ event was held recently at Paris’ Imperial Palace Compiègne. Co-sponsored by Amadeus loudspeakers and Solid State Logic, the performances were all supported with the Amadeus’ PMX, DIVA and MAESTRO products, with an SSL Live L500 console at FOH.
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CINCINNATI, OH — VUE Audiotechnik announced that Access Audio, a full-service production company based in Cincinnati, OH, has joined its growing U.S. rental network. Pictured here are VUE Audiotechnik speakers (hm-212 and hs-28) at the Access Audio shop
Read More »SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Event Safety Alliance announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Dutch public events organization Vereniging van EvenementenMakers (VVEM).
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MIAMI — SIR Miami is branching out to offer a full-service audio production division. Pictured here, from left, are Brian Fitzpatrick and Jeff Kissinger, production coordinators at SIR Miami.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA — Grundorf Corporation, parent company of loudspeaker manufacturer Grund Audio Design, added Amelia, Ohio-based JRB Associates, LLC to its expanding list of sales representatives. JRB Associates, led by Joe (President/CEO) and Lin (Operations Manager) Baumgartner (pictured here), will represent Grundorf Corporation throughout the territories of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.
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CAD Audio is shipping its StagePass IEM Stereo Wireless In Ear Monitor System which promises frequency agility, ease of operation and audio quality. The StagePass IEM Series system features 16-channel UHF frequency agile performance for exceptional connectivity in crowded RF environments. Stereo operation enables discrete signals to be transmitted to the right or left channels for enhanced monitoring capability.
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The August issue of Stage Directions magazine is now online. Stories include an examination of the costumes in Something Rotten! and Wolf Hall; Tony Award-winner Natasha Katz talking about her lighting design for An American in Paris; and how sound designers migrated The Lion King to Mexico.
Read More »URGENCH, Uzbekistan — Although the exact number of fatalities of concert attendees remains unconfirmed by official Uzbek government sources, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that at least 15 people were killed and 17 hospitalized when the railing on a narrow bridge, overcrowded with concert attendees, collapsed on Aug. 8.
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