ALBUQUERQUE – Wicked, which premiered on Broadway in Oct. 2003, now ranks among the top 20 longest running Broadway plays in history. From the start, Wicked's worldwide production crews have relied on Sennheiser's wireless transmitters and receivers, and that tradition continues for the musical's second North American tour.
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GLASTONBURY, U.K. – Rental company APR Audio provided PA and control systems for the West Holts and John Peel stages at Glastonbury 2011, using Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing systems at FOH and monitors. The consoles were also networked for audio and control sharing.
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EAW's recent additions to their MicroWedge Series of stage monitors include the MicroWedge8 (MW8) and MicroWedge10 (MW10). The MW8 has an 8-inch woofer and the MW10 features a 10-inch woofer. Both units' coaxial designs pair the respective woofers with a 3-in (diaphragm) coaxially-mounted HF compression driver, and both are designed for impressive size-to-performance ratio, feedback stability, LF output, durability and out-of-the-box performance.
Read More »MONTREUX, Switzerland – For the 45th Edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, held July 1-16 on the shores of Lake Geneva, DiGiCo consoles were in use, enhanced with Waves Audio digital signal processing, extending the strategic alliance the two companies first announced in 2010.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA – Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) named Rick Plushner vice president. Plushner joined the company in September 2005 as general manager of GC Pro. He was promoted to director of sales in 2006, then director of the division in 2008.
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BURY ST EDMUNDS, U.K. – Northern Light recently enhanced the audio quality at the new $30 million apex venue with a permanently installed Martin Audio W8LM Mini Line Array system.
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AUBURN, AL – Wirebox Media supported Auburn University's 2011 graduation ceremony in the school's stadium with a 32-box NEXO GEO S12 line array, 14 GEO S8 speakers and NEXO 4×4 amplifiers. Tim Harrigan of Wirebox designed and simulated the audio system using NEXO's NS-1 software.
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TAHITI – The Paul Gauguin Cruise Ship may be able to accommodate 320 people in luxurious style, but it doesn't have the luxury of a lot of extra space to stow a big console along with outboard effects racks. Soundcraft's Si2 Digital Live Sound Console proved a better fit with the ship's entertainment needs.
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DEVILLE, LA – System designer Jim Young, owner of Current Design in Acoustics, cited a noticeable upgrade in sound quality at Philadelphia Baptist Church of Deville, LA, after upgrading with Bag End gear.
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COLLEGE PARK, GA – Services conducted by noted author Dr. Creflo A. Dollar, founder of World Changers Church International (WCCI), reaches a local congregation of 8,500 within the church's dome-shaped sanctuary. It also gets broadcast to satellite locations worldwide. One thing that hadn't changed for close to three decades, however, was the church's reliance on entry-level analog consoles for live audio production – until recently, when the church upgraded to digital desks at FOH (DiGiCo SD7) and monitors (DiGiCo SD8).
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MORGANTOWN, WV – One of the sound companies supporting Snoop Dogg's 11,000-seat show at the Coliseum of West Virginia University hails from the booming metropolis of Mt. Crawford in west central Virginia, which had a population of 254, according to the 2000 U.S. Census report.
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ATLANTA – AEE Productions provided the P.A. for this year's graduation ceremony for Spelman College at the Georgia International Convention Center, where First Lady Michelle Obama served as keynote speaker. The setup included EAW's KF740 line array and SB1000z subwoofers.
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