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Peter Gabriel Tours with Firehouse-Supplied L-Acoustics K1 System

Peter Gabriel tour supported by Firehouse Productions. Photo by Jamie Pollock

Peter Gabriel Tours with Firehouse-Supplied L-Acoustics K1 System

LOS ANGELES — Firehouse Productions deployed a full L-Acoustics K1 system for Peter Gabriel’s North American Back To Front trek from Sept. 16-Oct. 14. The tour marks the 25th anniversary of the album, So. On most tour stops, there are L-R hangs of 14 K1 plus six KARA below for down-fill, with adjacent hangs of eight K1-SB subs. Typical out-fills include an additional 10 K1 and six KARA flown per side, paired with eight ARCS and six dV-DOSC below for front- and lip-fill.

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University of Santo Tomas gymnasium, Manila

New Sports Complex in the Philippines Installs Adamson SpekTrix

MANILA — To celebrate 400 years, the University of Santo Tomas here constructed a sports complex that includes a 54,000-square-foot, 5,792-capacity gymnasium. Crystal Audio installed Adamson’s SpekTrix line arrays — the gear’s debut in the island nation. After testing, installers found that the compact units were powerful enough to change the speaker-to-subwoofer element count in the six main hangs from 6:1 to 4:1. Four supplementary trapezoidal fill boxes were used for the center of the court.

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Adam Gold

Middle Atlantic Names Gold, Bromberg to Midwest, Western Sales Positions

FAIRFIELD, NJ — Middle Atlantic Products has named Adam Gold midwest regional sales manager; his territory includes Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri for all market segments. Middle Atlantic also named David Bromberg regional sales manager for the Western region. Bromberg’s territory includes Southern California and Southern Nevada for all market segments and Arizona for residential, security and DataComm channels.

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Yamaha tanjobi

Yamaha Celebrates 125/25

BUENA PARK, CA — On Oct. 1, 2012, Yamaha Corporation celebrated its 125th birthday. Its subsidiary based here, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, is also noting a milestone this year — 25 years since its entry into the digital console market with the launch of the DMP7.

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Lutheran Church of the Good Shepard in Reno, NV installs Renkus-Heinz Iconyx

JC Productions Provides Iconyx IC Live Line Arrays for Reno Church

RENO, NV — The new 500-seat worship center at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, built adjacent to the original sanctuary that opened in 1951, was designed with an eye for visual appeal and an ear for superb acoustics. JC Productions provided a sound system that incorporates Iconyx IC Live line arrays to make a good thing even better.

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Tony Meola teamed with Meyer Sound at the first North American Entertainment Innovation Conference sponsored by USITT

First Entertainment Innovation Conference Draws Close to 400 Attendees

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The first North American Entertainment Innovation Conference at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, sponsored by USITT, drew nearly 400 professionals and students Sept. 6-8 with hands-on sessions and workshops detailing new technologies. Meyer Sound teamed up with Broadway sound designer Tony Meola, pictured here. Meola worked with pros and students to fine-tune sound techniques using the sound bed from Wicked.

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