AUSTRIA — High quality in speech and music, especially optimal speech intelligibility at all seats of the theater and an inartificial support of dialogues, were some of the main demands for the new public-address system in the theater of St. Pölten in lower Austria.
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ALBANY, Georgia — The city of Albany, Georgia, has given a nod to its best-known native son with the opening of a park in his honor. Ray Charles Plaza includes a fountain featuring a life-sized revolving, lighted bronze sculpture of the famed musician seated at a grand piano. The sculpture, commissioned by acclaimed artist Andy Davis, is the centerpiece of a five-acre park featuring piano-key studded sidewalks and loudspeakers playing the master's music.The sound system, designed by Atlanta-based Lee Sound Design, features a series of Community WET loudspeakers.
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BUSHNELL, Ill. — The Cornerstone Christian Rock and Alternative Music Festival is a weeklong festival in central Illinois celebrating Christian participation in the arts and culture. More than 20,000 people attend, coming from all over the world to camp on a 550-acre piece of land. The sound system to meet this challenge was set up and monitored by Bobby Spangler of Susquehanna Sound Productions and relied on speakers and processors from Bag End Loudspeaker Systems.
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WARSAW, Poland — Continuing its tradition of bringing together stars with worldwide recognition to witness music at its finest, the International Sopot Festival is Poland’s largest event of the year and celebrated its 45th anniversary with a two-day festival. Warsaw PA rental company, GMB ProSound, supplied and operated the sound system centered on Soundcraft Vi6 and Vi4 mixers. The main front-of-house mixers deployed two Soundcraft Vi6s and the monitors were run through two Soundcraft Vi4 mixers.
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OLD LYME, Conn. — Sennheiser users such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne and Janet Jackson have been performing for some time with custom-painted or Swarovski crystal-coated wireless microphones. Now, Sennheiser has announced the availability of Sennheiser Mic Skins for evolution wireless G2 series handheld microphone users, and a Swarovski Crystallization Service for any handheld Sennheiser microphone or accessory.
PARIS — Outline’s Butterfly Outlinearray was used at the Cité de la Musique, located in the heart of Paris, on the occasion of two concerts that were particularly demanding from a technical point of view: “Histoire de Melody Nelson” by Serge Gainsbourg and “L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches” by Jean-Claude Vannier. Sound engineers had to deal with more than 70 channels and a multitude of microphones.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The inaugural Rock the Ink, which spanned three nights at Dunkin’ Donuts Center and Rhode Island Convention Center (RICC), was a celebration of hard rock music and body art culture. Hampstead, N.H.-based Rainbow Production Services brought the MILO and MICA high-power line array loudspeakers from Meyer Sound to support such hard-hitting acts as Godsmack, Killswitch Engage, Bret Michaels and 47 other bands wishing to push the sound level limits.
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HOUSTON — Texas-based tour production specialists LD Systems are currently touring with British superstar soprano Sarah Brightman and their Electro-Voice sound system. Brightman’s Symphony World Tour is currently on its 48-day/32-city North American leg, with stops including Washington DC, Mexico City and Toronto. The show boasts new technology that transforms the stage into a variety of fantasy environments, creating a unique concert experience for the audience.
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OLD LYME, Conn. — Sennheiser announces that it has joined forces with JamSpot, Inc. to promote Sennheiser performance microphones to up-and-coming musicians.
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COLOGNE, Germany — An L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system was recently used for the 35th anniversary show of Hohner, a German folk music band, at the 14,000-capacity Lanxess Arena in Cologne.
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