ROSELAND, NJ — Saints Nicholas Constantine and Helen (SNCH) Greek Orthodox Church recently completed construction of a new building here, and SNCH brought in Audio Incorporated from nearby Roselle Park, NJ for the sound system. It’s centered on Ashly Audio with three simultaneous methods of control: Ashly WR Series wall mounted remotes, wireless iPad control via a Crestron interface, and Ashly’s new FR-16 network fader remote.
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INNSBRUCK, Austria — Light and Sound provided an L-Acoustics KARA/KIVA WST line source system for the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games. Innsbruck’s city center was transformed into a party zone, with daily victory ceremonies and the week-long Innsbruck 2012 Music Festival taking place at Medals Plaza.
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NEW YORK — For most, New Year’s Eve is an event lasting a few hours, culminating in a 10-second countdown. For more than 45,000 club-goers at New York’s Pier 94, it was a three-day extravaganza put on by the four-story, 30,000 square foot night club Pacha, with a roster of DJs headlined by Avicii heard via a Martin Audio system from Advanced Audio Technology.
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WROCŁAW, Poland — Tommex Zebrowscy Sp. J. provided a Community loudspeaker-based pro audio and voice evacuation system for Hala Stulecia (Centennial Hall), which was built in 1913. Asseco is handling the installation of the sound system.
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CHICAGO, Illinois — Warner Audio Visual Co., which supports the audio needs of companies staging meetings and events, recently purchased a Harman Soundcraft Si Compact 24 digital console. The company, which has locations in Chicago, Phoenix and Orlando, has been operating for 40 years.
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DETROIT — The Detroit Auto Show, a.k.a. the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), featured the debuts of 53 new models this year, plus a wide range of concept cars and special events. On Stage Audio (OSA), Creative Technologies, Digital Black, and Eighth Day Sound were among the production companies supporting the event with gear including Shure Axient and PSM 1000 Wireless systems.
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CHICAGO — Built in the mid-1920s, The Moody Church accommodates more than 3,700 worshippers, making it the largest non-pillared auditorium in the metro area. Amplification inside the vast oval sanctuary was once fraught with challenges until the recent replacement of a 20-year-old main cluster with a new Meyer Sound MINA line array system.
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GLASGOW, Scotland — The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has installed a Midas PRO6 live audio system in a major refit to its main theatre. The desk was selected after a rigorous evaluation of digital consoles.
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ROME — A Studer Vista 9 digital console has been added to the technical inventory of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome by Italian distributors Leading Technologies Srl. The goal is to allow the different performance spaces within the complex handle all elements of mixing for recording, music production, live events and broadcast television.
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ALAND, Finland — RCF’s Finnish distributor, Noretron Communication Ltd, provided RCF speaker units for the remodeled two-story center for dining and dancing in one of Viking Line’s seven ships, the M/S Rosella. The system consists of rigged TTL 12AS and four TTL 31A per side and TTS 28A subs in the center ground stack. Four RCF C 3108W delay speakers fill the back parts of the first floor’s low ceiling.
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LUBBOCK, TX — “High levels of intelligibility” isn’t the first phrase that comes to mind when you envision a gymnasium full of middle-schoolers. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what the Laura Bush Middle School (LBMS) has achieved with the installation of Tannoy’s high-performance VQ Series and V-Series loudspeakers in their gymnasium in August 2011.
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ORLANDO — Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) supported the wireless needs of the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, held at the Amway Center here recently, providing frequency coordination duties for wireless mics and communications gear. PWS provided its new Domed Helical Antenna along with all player mics. The company also provided frequency coordination for the NBA’s Jam session and other events surrounding the game.
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