UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — Beaver Stadium, used for Penn State football games, ranks second behind the University of Michigan in terms of overall capacity (106,000+). Clair Solutions used Danley Sound Labs Jericho Horns to throw sound from the south end zone clear across to the north end zone — and all areas between.
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NEW YORK — This summer, undersea sounds captured by artist Jana Winderen temporarily transformed New York City’s seven-block-long Park Avenue Tunnel in the immersive sound installation DIVE. The soundscape was heard through more than 60 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers configured by Tony Myatt, a professor at the University of Surrey.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — An Allen & Heath GLD-80 digital mixer has been installed in the main auditorium of the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). The venue mainly functions as a performance site for NTNU’s department of music, and other speech or music performance courses. A GLD system is the main FOH mixing system, fitted with a Dante card for use with playback and recording software, and to provide multi-track live recording facilities if required.
MADISON, WI — Peak Systems Group of Reedsburg, WI helped the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA) upgrade the teleconferencing system on behalf of the group’s 13,000 members. The new system includes Symetrix SymNet Radius AEC Dante network audio DSP.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Gobos do Brasil designed an audio system for a new auditorium here, the Auditório da Basílica Nossa Senhora do Rosário, that includes K-array components, chosen for their compact size and clarity. The project was done on behalf of a religious organization known as Arautos do Evangelho, or “Heralds of the Gospel.”
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BRUSSELS, Belgium –PRG’s EML division, based here, is expanding its inventory this year with 36 E15 line array enclosures and 24 E219 subwoofers. The E15 line arrays have already been deployed at Festivalpark in Werchter, Belgium. PRG EML provided the Energia system for the TW Classic, headlined by The Rolling Stones, and then for Rock Werchter, featuring Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon and Metallica. The E15 system is now currently out for a Spanish tour with Negramaro.
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SHARON, PA – WaterFire, a multi-sensory day-long art event here that culminates in anchored but floating fire displays on the riverfront, took place here on July 19 and Aug. 23, and is set for Sept. 27, 2014 as well. For the events’ live music component, Hermitage, PA-based Satin Sound has been pairing RCF speaker components with Meyer subwoofers.
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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Yamaki, Shure’s distributor in Colombia, worked with Idol audio director Juan Pablo Banchik to support Idol Colombia, the 47th local adaptation of the franchise since Pop Idol was launched in the U.K. in 2001. The show relies on an Axient wireless management network, ULX-D digital wireless and Shure KSM9, SM58, and BETA 58A vocal microphones.
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OTTAWA, Canada — TD Place Stadium, located on the site of the facility formerly known as Frank Clair Stadium, is the revamped home to the Ottawa Redblacks (Canadian Football League/CFL) and the Ottawa Fury FC (North American Soccer League/NASL). The renovated sports venue, which opened in July, has a new sound system that includes EAW components.
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Kramer Electronics’ WP-577VH wall plate CATx switcher transmitter (2-gang Decora) is designed for HDMI, VGA and stereo audio with support for RS-232 data and control. The unit automatically switches to the last connected input and transmits the signals to a compatible DGKat twisted pair receiver (such as the TP-578H). Stereo audio can be either embedded into the signal HDMI or VGA) or transmitted over blank video.
Read More »TEL AVIV – Although big concerts planned for Tel Aviv this summer have been cancelled, starting with a July 17 Neil Young/Crazy Horse appearance that was canceled by police out of safety concerns, Lady Gaga’s artRave: the ArtPop Ball tour stop at the same outdoor Tel Aviv site, Hayarkon Park, went on as planned.
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CHICAGO, IL — Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen took Steely Dan’s “Jamalot Ever After” tour across the U.S. and Canada this summer, with OSA International, Inc. providing Martin Audio’s Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) sound system. A video interview with Mark Dowdle, who returned to handle the FOH mix, can be seen upon clicking the link below.
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