JBL VTX Setup Used for 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards

ATLANTA, GEORGIA— HARMAN Professional Solutions’ JBL loudspeakers and Crown amplifiers were once again selected to provide superior sound and coverage at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards at the Atlanta Civic Center. Hosted by Snoop Dogg, this year’s award winners included Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West.  Firehouse Productions, a Red Hook, New York based Pro AV company deployed the new JBL VTX line array elements.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA — On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and new partner K-Tek, will host The Sound Summit Orlando at Full Sail Live 1, located at Full Sail University. This event is part of the Sound Summit series of informal networking and educational presentations by these companies for the audio community. Past cities have included New York City, Chicago, and Atlanta, with additional new locations added later this year.

BOZEMAN, MONTANA – Doug Brekke of Black Box Design recently teamed up with Bridgewater Acoustics to design and install a new Bose Professional Room Match sound system for Montana State University in The Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.  Since the sound system upgrade the 7250 seat Fieldhouse, has become host to a far wider range of events, including the occasional rodeo, concerts and trade expos.

BOSTON — Berklee College of Music is using Point Source Audios’ Series8 cardioid headset microphones for their musical productions. The Point Source headset mics debuted at the school late last year. They are expected to be used for hundreds of student-run productions each year (including the recent production pictured here). Alejo Planchart, production manager in concert operations for Berklee, praised the headset mics for low coloration and high gain-before-feedback. “The sound is much more natural after feedback corrections,” Planchart noted.

LOS ANGELES – Audio-Technica provided a number of microphones for the GRAMMY Awards telecast, which took place this year live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday, February 15, 2016.

PHILADELPHIA – Currently in the midst of a five-month tour that will span the United States, EDM artist Brillz is bringing his unique brand of hip-hop/EDM on his Twonk Di Nation Tour featuring an all-star lineup, with rising festival trap artist Party Favor appearing on all dates and a rotating cast of support artists that includes Jackal, DOTCOM, Ghastly, LAXX, Kayzo, Party Thieves, Willy Joy, Y2K, Aryay, Dr. Fresch, and Infuze. The tour is carrying a VUE Audiotechnik monitor rig for the DJs consisting of eight VUE al-4s and four al-8SB subwoofers.  The system was supplied by Zeo Brothers Productions for use in the DJ Booth at all venues to help eliminate sound delay for the artists.

1,000 Users now on-board! This week the Current RMS Team are celebrating hitting the 1,000-user mark with close to 700 rental businesses worldwide now relying on the system to manage all their rental processes. Launched just 15 months ago, Current has experienced rapid growth, illustrating the need for Audio Visual, Lighting and Sound rental businesses to be able to work on the move, raise quotes on the fly, check availability of inventory and generate invoices from any device and location.