CALGARY — Sound Art general manager Dan Frerichs took responsibility for coordinating wireless frequencies at the TransAlta Grandstand Show during the 10-day Calgary Stampede. He used four channels of Axient and 16 channels of Shure UHF-R wireless to guard against dropouts for performances by country music star Paul Brandt and perennial Stampede cast members The Young Canadians.
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SANTA ANA, CA — Flag Systems, based here, provided audio support for music genres ranging from smooth jazz to bass-heavy hip-hop at the Jazz Fest West and HARD Summer outdoor festivals with JBL V25 line arrays and S28 subwoofers.
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TORREVIEJA, Spain — Orecam provided an RCF TT+ sound system for the 20th Night of the Habaneras on Cura Beach here recently. Close to 5,000 people came to see seven local groups perform at the event, which served as a prologue to the 58th Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonia.
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LAGUNA BEACH, CA — Micworks, Inc. supplied L-Acoustics KARA, SB18 and LA8 gear for the annual Pageant of the Masters summer festival at 2,700-seat Irvine Bowl here. This year’s production, Genius, focused on visionaries including Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci.
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NEWBURGH, NY — To accommodate a broad variety of events in the newly renovated atrium at Mount Saint Mary College, based here, Audio-Video Corporation of Albany installed a new sound system featuring Harman’s JBL CBT Series column loudspeakers and JBL Control Contractor ceiling speakers.
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HITACHINAKA, Japan — MSI Japan, which has supported the Rockin’ On magazine-sponsored Rock in Japan music festival since it was launched 12 years ago, provided a Martin Audio MLA system for the largest of the six stages at this year’s event.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey – Altincizme recently provided an extensive HARMAN audio system featuring JBL VerTec line arrays and a Soundcraft Vi6 front-of-house console for the One Love Festival in Istanbul, Turkey, produced by Pozitif Productions. The One Love Festival took place at the famous Santralistanbul venue and celebrated its 11th consecutive year with performances by internationally renowned artists including Kaiser Chiefs, Pulp, Damien Rice and Kimbra.
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RIO RANCHO, NM — Lectrosonics named R. Scott Woolley sales manager for the Southwest and Northwest regions of the U.S., including California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Alaska, Idaho, Arizona, and Hawaii. Woolley is based in South Jordan, UT.
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LINCOLNTON, NC — Russ Moore, owner of Hames Pro, specified two QFlex 16 digitally steerable, multi-channel, array loudspeakers for Boger City Baptist Church to help overcome coverage and clarity issues within the church’s square-shaped sanctuary, especially in the back pews, where intelligibility had suffered from back-wall slapback.
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PUTNAM VALLEY, NY — Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels performed and spoke before an audience of kids recently at at Camp Felix, a camp for underprivileged children operated by The New York Foundling, a family services organization specializing in child welfare. Ben Escobedo, RF services & field support engineer, technical services at Sennheiser, supported the event’s audio needs with a pair of K-array KR 200 loudspeakers and other gear donated for the event by Sennheiser, including an ew135 G3 wireless system and e835, e935 and e965 wired microphones.
Read More »IMS Engineered Products (Chicago) and Juice Goose (Houston) announce a joint marketing and distribution alliance to provide systems integrators a one-stop source for AV racks, enclosures and AC power management.
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HOUSTON — Lakewood Church, the largest “megachurch” in the U.S., recently received a complete audio upgrade to its 16,800-seat facility. Working with Shawn Mullins and Joe Smart of Houston-based sound contractor Covenant Communications, the team designed and installed a Harman audio system featuring JBL’s new VTX Series line arrays and subwoofers along with Crown Audio I-Tech HD Series amplifiers and BSS Audio BLU-800 signal processors.
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