LONDON — While on tour with 5-piece indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, sound engineer Chris Leckie, relies on Harman’s Soundcraft Vi Series consoles for all FOH and monitor needs. Since releasing their debut album, Employment, in 2005, Kaiser Chiefs have been busy touring both Europe and the North America.
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ROME — AES has announced that its 134th convention will take place at the Roma Eventi – Fontana di Trevi Conference Centre here May 4-7, 2013.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — FOH engineer Dan Lewis mixed a recent show at Heaton Park here featuring Beady Eye. He chose Midas’ PRO2 digital console for the event, crediting the console for sonic “warmth.”
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CARHAIX, France — The four-day Les Vieilles Charrues, one of France’s largest, was held July 19-22 with headliners including Bob Dylan, Sting, The Cure, Portishead, LMFAO, Kasabian and France-based artists including Thomas Dutronc, Zebda, Orelsan, Amadou et Mariam and many others. Sombrero & Co. brought three Innovason consoles to the site for the event.
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MAIDENHEAD, UK — Oxfordshire-based RealSound and Vision installed a Community sound system for Cedar Sports Management Ltd. at Bar Sport, a sports bar based here.
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LOS ANGELES – For the first time in approximately 20 years, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) returned to the Japanese Garden on the grounds of the VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center campus with their summer production of As You Like It, directed by Royal Shakespeare Company artist Kenn Sabberton. The Center chose the location partly because Artistic Director Ben Donenberg remembered the beauty of the space when they performed there in the early 1990s, but also as a continuation of their work to make Shakespeare vital for everyone—in this case, veterans.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — UVA turned to dB Audio & Video to update the sound reinforcement system at the school’s Memorial Gymnasium. dB Audio & Video provided eight Danley SH-69s and two TH-118 sub-woofers for low-end support.
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CHICAGO — Sensaphonics, which offers a two-day music industry-specific Golden Circle seminar, announced that two more audiologists had successfully completed the certification program. The seminar covers hearing protection, in-ear monitors and related topics.
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BUFFALO, NY — Powerhouse Pro Systems and Wittburn Enterprises teamed up on the design and installation of a sound reinforcement system that was part of a $2 million project to turn a formerly industrial area into a more inviting public space for visitors and residents alike. Led by Larkin Development Group, the area is known as Larkin Square.
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NEW ORLEANS — Gand Concert Sound provided Yamaha and NEXO gear to support performances by Switchfoot, guitarist Peter Mayer, Rhema Soul and Lost and Found at the tri-annual gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Youth of America (ELCA), which drew 35,000 teenage attendees to the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome here in late July.
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BOSTON — Solotech is supporting Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour this summer, providing Monty Carlo (pictured here) and Troy Milner (pictured below) with DiGiCo SD7 consoles outfitted with the Waves SoundGrid bundle at monitors. The desks were chosen in part for their ability to handle a large number of inputs for the 18-piece band — Carlo handles a total 112 inputs from stage left; Milner mixes 140 inputs from stage right.
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SANTURCE, Puerto Rico — Daryl Bornstein, an independent audio consultant, worked with SAVI in New York to provide a new sound system centered on d&b audiotechnik gear for the three performance spaces within Centro des Bellas Artes (CBA), along with Midas consoles for the two larger rooms and a Yamaha desk for the smaller black box theatre.
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