DALLAS, TX — The recent launch of a luxury yacht outfitted with more than 50,000 watts of Powersoft K Series amplification validates the familiar saying that everything is bigger — and louder — in Texas.
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DERRY/LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland — Irish electronic act, The Japanese Popstars, selected an Allen & Heath ZED-420 USB mixer as the permanent mixer in their tour setup.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria — Harman distributor Factor TC has provided the new Tequila Club at the Radisson Blu Hotel here with a sound system incorporating a JBL VRX Constant Curvature line array loudspeaker system. It includes 12 JBL VRX932LA and eight VRX918S subwoofers as the main PA, powered by five Crown XTi6002 amplifiers.
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DEHLI, India — Within days of the launch of DiGiCo’s SD10 console in 2010, Indian rental company Sound.com had invested in one, its first DiGiCo console. Two years on, the desk is a regular fixture on events serviced by the company, the latest an orchestral tour celebrating the work of composer AR Rahman.
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LEESBURG, FL – For the 16th consecutive year, the city of Leesburg celebrated music and motorcycles with its annual Bikefest. The three day motorcycle and music event, which ran April 27-29, 2012, featured a motorcycle rally and performances by numerous musical acts, including the rock bands FireHouse and Seven Mary Three. There were two stages at this year’s event, and both featured loudspeaker systems from D.A.S. Audio.
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NEWNAN, GA — LaDon Findley, principal and chief sound designer at Performa Technologies, Millbrook, AL, might have needed more than a simple “speaker on a stick” strategy to cover the entire football field at Newnan High School’s Drake Stadium. But he didn’t need more than one speaker — a sole Danley Jericho Horn JH-90. For the “stick,” Findley worked with StressCrete to design a custom pole on which to mount the 700-plus pound JH-90.
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VIENNA, Austria – More than 4,000 attendees from around the globe gathered to help raise awareness and charitable donations to fight AIDS at the 20th annual Life Ball. Themed “Fight the Flames of Ignorance,” performers and speakers at the event relied upon AKG’s wireless microphones and in-ear monitoring systems.
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BOULDER, CO — Industry veteran Danny Abelson announces the formation of Zeehi LLC, a new company dedicated to developing solutions to improve the workflow of entertainment production professionals. Zeehi’s management includes other industry veterans with experience in audio and lighting product design, production management and fixed installations. Zeehi’s first entertainment technology solution, CueCast, will debut this summer.
Read More »NEW YORK — IATSE, the stagehands union, has created two new divisions and re-organized another. Along with its new Division of Education and Training, IATSE added a Broadcast Division. IATSE has also moved its Organizing Division into its Stagecraft Division—all of its other divisions had their own organization division, so this move eliminates some redundancies, but ensures each arm of IATSE has a team dedicated to organizing.
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LIMA, Peru — Super group Rock N’ Roll Allstars, which includes Guns N’ Roses alums Duff McKagan, Gilby Clarke and Matt Sorum, has been performing with AKG microphones for Sorum’s drum kit. Other band members include Gene Simmons (Kiss), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Billy Duffy (The Cult), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Ed Roland (Collective Soul), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol band) and Mike Inez (Alice in Chains).
Read More »MIAMI BEACH, FL — New World Symphony’s director of audio services Roberto Toledo has been relying upon DPA Microphones’ 4023 compact cardioid microphones and 4028 compact wide cardioid microphones for all performances at the New World Center, including the recent Juanes: MTV Unplugged concert.
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NEW YORK — L&M Sound & Light CEO Lou Mannarino, who also serves as live audio engineer for the New York Philharmonic, recently expanded his company’s inventory with the addition of an L-Acoustics KIVA system. It was quickly put into service supporting a number of high-profile events.
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