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Dry Live Upgrades with Martin Audio H3H+

Dry Live at Dry Bar, Manchester, UK

Dry Live Upgrades with Martin Audio H3H+

MANCHESTER, U.K. — Dry Live, a multi-use venue within the recently refurbished Dry Bar here, features a sound system designed by Jack Jennings of local audio specialists Masons. The Dry Bar, a landmark of the city’s Northern Quarter since 1989, recently underwent an interior upgrade in the bar and its newly refurbished basement music venue Dry Live. Tasked with equipping Dry Live, a Martin Audio Blackline H3H+ horn-loaded solution was selected.

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Harman Updates Soundcraft iPad App

Harman Updates Soundcraft iPad App

Harman has updated the Soundcraft ViSi Remote iPad app to allow control of the Vi Series range of consoles in addition to the Si Compact range released last month. The new version of the app is available free of charge on the iTunes store.

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Peavey MediaMatrix NION Training Seminar Set for Bay Area July 30-31

EMERYVILLE, CA — Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION Certification training course for AV designers, consultants, contractors and end users. The course will take place at Meyer Hall at Ex’pression College July 30-31, from 8:30 am to 5 pm each day. Those completing the training are eligible for up to 7.5 InfoComm renewal credit hours.

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Renkus-Heinz Gear Installed in Helzberg Hall at Kauffman Center in Kansas City

Renkus-Heinz Gear Installed in Kauffman Center’s Helzberg Hall

KANSAS CITY, MO — The new 1,600-home to the Kansas City Symphony, Helzberg Hall within the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ 1,600-seat Helzberg Hall has been equipped with a Renkus-Heinz sound system, including Renkus-Heinz ST-Series reference point arrays. There are L-R clusters of ST4 and ST-2M cabinets, plus ST2-R and ST2-MR for sidefills,  TRX62H for balcony fills and 12 PNX112 subwoofers (built into the stage lip). An additional 72 Iconyx SSL drivers built into a custom baffle inside the balcony provide additional coverage, and three Iconyx IC16-5 digitally steered arrays are for voice reinforcement.

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Audix f50CBL, f50SCBL now available

Audix f50CBL, f50SCBL

Audix’s f50 and f50S mics, part of the company’s Fusion Series, have been packaged with a XLR-XLR low impedance mic cable, resulting in two additional models in the line, the f50CBL and f50SCBL.

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Tai O Lookout Restaurant features a new sound system that includes a Symetrix Jupiter 8 turnkey signal processor and the Symetrix ARC-2e user interface.

Tai O Heritage Hotel Restaurant Equipped with Symetrix Jupiter Processor

HONG KONG — Sound Classy Holding Limited specified a sound system for Tai O Lookout, a restaurant built into a 100-year-old former police station on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The new system uses a Symetrix Jupiter 8 turnkey signal processor and the Symetrix ARC-2e user interface. Sound Classy works directly with Sanecore Audio Ltd, Symetrix’ distributor in Hong Kong.

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FOH engineer Billy Huelin (left) and monitor engineer Joel Stickrod both use the Midas PRO6 on tour with Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker Engineers Rely on Midas PRO6

NASHVILLE — FOH engineer Billy Huelin and monitor engineer Joel Stickrod are both using Midas PRO6 consoles to support former Hootie & the Blowfish lead singer (and current country music artist) Darius Rucker. He’s opening for Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night tour, and will continue with solo dates into late September.

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Kid Koala performing in Montreal, Canada

Kid Koala Tours with Allen & Heath iLive System

MONTREAL — Kid Koala has adopted a compact iLive system from Allen & Heath to mix his new Space Cadet live project. Touring venues such as planetariums, biospheres and space museums, Kid Koala performs a live rendition of his latest album, Space Cadet, and each member of the audience is equipped with their own set of headphones installed in individual inflatable “space pods.” The show uses an iDR-16 MixRack and an xDR-16 expander unit to cater for the large number of mixes required.

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