NORTH JAKARTA, Indonesia – A new performance space at Indonesia's University of Bunda Mulia (UBM) has been equipped with a Midas PRO6. Chossy Pratama, a musician and recording engineer, oversaw the install of the console, provided through local Midas distributor PT Gracia Auvindo.
Read More »CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – The NSCA named Ron Pusey president of the NSCA Board of Directors. Ingolf de Jong was named vice president; Ray Bailey, treasurer; and Kelly McCarthy, secretary; and Paul Cronin was also newly appointed to the board. All were appointed to two-year terms.
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MAINZ, Germany – Pro Musik provided sound reinforcement for the RPR1 Rheinland-Pfalz Open Air 2010 festival, which drew more than 50,000 with Robin Gibb of the Bee-Gees and Gabriella Cilmi headlining.
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MEMPHIS, TN – When Christina Aguilera postponed her 2010 Bionic Tour earlier this year, engineer Jon Lemon was able to transition his gig-and the DiGiCo SD8 he was using for the tour's promo leg-onto a 14-date tour for the Smashing Pumpkins in smaller venues, with audio support from Clair.
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MORGANTOWN, WV – Panasonic's Tech Services Group recently installed a new audio system designed by Acoustical Design Group at the 14,000-seat West Virginia University Coliseum that included JBL PD Series loudspeakers.
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CORBEYRIER and MARTIGNY, Switzerland – Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system was used to manage two recent music festivals held in Switzerland – the two-day Festival de Loup in Corbeyrier and the Journée des 5 Continents cultural festival in Martigny.
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WHITE PLAINS, NY- At the 2nd Annual White Plains City Festival on July 25, which drew close to 2,500 and featured The Benjamins, Tim Lovelace, J. Antonette and the Dojo Zumba dance crew, a sudden downpour threatened to throw things off. But it only lasted an hour, and didn't faze IAN-Audio, or the Meyer Sound system they had provided.
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SHERBROOKE, Quebec, Canada – Plav Audio, Inc., based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, recently purchased Canada's first NEXO GEO T rig, and used it at La Fête du Lac des Nations, a six-day festival that took place in Sherbrooke in mid-July at Parc Jacques-Cartier.
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ST. PAUL, MN – Frattalone and Associates, Inc. fixed a persistent 3-second reverb issue within the 108-year-old Landmark Center's Musser Cortile by using JBL CBT column speakers.
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LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Award Board of Advisors announced additional sponsors of the 10th annual Parnelli Awards, set for the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas on Oct. 22, 2010. There are now 23 confirmed Gold Sponsors, seven confirmed Silver Sponsors and six Production Partner sponsors, including B&R Scenery, which has signed on to host the Parnelli Cocktail Hour, which will start at 6:30 p.m.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Crosby, Stills & Nash are still touring, with 2010 dates in a variety of venues and festivals in the U.S. and Europe. FOH engineer Kevin Madigan is using his DiGiCo D5 to bring their harmony-infused, mellow protest songs to old and new fans.
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FULLERTON, CA – Eastside Christian Church's production staff is using a 16-port Clear-Com Eclipse Median digital matrix intercom frame and Tempest2400 four-channel wireless intercom system for communications across separate production areas for the church's five weekend services.
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