FRANKFURT, Germany — Peavey sponsored the Agora Stage’s performances by the Alex Skolnick Trio at Musikmesse 2012 here March 21-24. Peavey also supplied the audio system at the stage for the four-day event.
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Heil Sound upgraded their PR 35 handheld dynamic microphone with a new chassis, enhanced rear rejection (to -42dB), a new concealed two-position roll off switch (replacing the former thumb switch) and a new look, with three interchangeable colored trim collars that can be mixed and matched. The new PR 35 is priced the same as the current model and is available now.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems recently hosted a recital for Madison Music Foundry students. The event filled the company’s 4,000 square-foot theater for the day with performances by the students, who ranged in age from 5 to 60, performing solo or ensemble pieces from Hendrix to Bach.
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SEOUL — Dai Kyung Vascom, Renkus-Heinz distributor for South Korea, recently installed a pair of Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeakers as part of an overall audio system upgrade for the Donam-dong Catholic church in Donam-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Used for both the spoken word and music, the system was designed to improve acoustic intelligibility and musical clarity in this 400-seat local church.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgian audio visual company GSF Event co-owner Sammy Freh was looking for a “compact console with lots of inputs and outputs and with very good sound quality” to support an event promoting the latest in the 49-year-old line of Porshe 911s. Freh used a DiGiCo SD9 with a DiGiRack and L-Acoustics PA system for the event.
Read More »PHOENIX — As part of its ongoing training series, Clearwing Productions will host the Meyer Mixing Workshop, instructed by Buford Jones. The event is set for Clearwing Productions Phoenix office April 24-25. Jones, a well-known FOH engineer, will share knowledge gleaned from years on the road, supporting a wide array of artists and genres.
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LONDON — British metalcore band, Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH), has invested in a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, including an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-R72 Control Surface, to manage monitors on tour.
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The new Apex Intelli-Ware software control platform for Intelli-X2 and the Intelli-Z² system management processors integrates with Rational Acoustics’ Smaart v.7 measurement data.
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BELMONT, Victoria, Australia — Total Events supplied the audio requirements, including background music, MC and umpires, for the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club stands at the recent Davis Cup tennis tournament. The main challenge for Total Events was keeping a minimal layout without obscuring sightlines. Their stock of low-profile JBL VRX speaker cabinets proved well-suited to the task.
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LAS VEGAS — The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMA), broadcast live from Las Vegas on CBS and hosted by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton, featured 24 performances across two venues. Most involved Shure wireless systems.
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SINGAPORE — Renkus-Heinz added Singapore-based Tan Kheng Keong (“KK”) to its APAC international application support team. KK, who is technically trained and fluent in Chinese, Indonesian and English, comes to Renkus-Heinz from the company’s Singapore distributor, Electro-Acoustics Systems.
Read More »DUBLIN — Canegreen and SSE Audio supported the recent 2012 U.K. arena tour for The Wanted. The “boy band” wrapped up its tour with a show here in early March. The crew included Ryan McLean at monitors and Andrew Thornton handling both FOH and production manager duties. Both said Sennheiser mics and in-ear monitors proved to be the right choice for the band.
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