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Engineer Steps Into Action on Yamaha CL5 During Montreal Jazz Festival
MONTREAL — Solotech and Yamaha provided more than 25 Yamaha consoles for the the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal took place June 26-July 5, 2015. The consoles included CL, QL, PM5D and M7CLs. Pierre Perreault, FOH engineer at the Theatre Maisonneuve, is pictured here with a Yamaha CL5 digital audio console.
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Florida Town Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Martin Audio
WEST PARK, FL — Drummer Boy Sound Productions, a division of Design South Florida, recently supported the West Park, Florida’s 10th Anniversary celebration concert with a Martin Audio W8LM loudspeaker system.
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2015 Tony Award Winning Musical, Play Get Meyer Sound Support
NEW YORK — The 2015 Tony Award winners for Best Musical and Best Play, Fun Home and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, both rely on Meyer Sound systems to carry their stories to audiences. The aural experience for these acclaimed shows is the work of sound designers Kai Harada and Ian Dickinson. Each of the shows won five Tony Awards.
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Nathan’s Famous Hotdog Eating Contest Serves Up KV2 Audio Speaker System
NEW YORK — Close to 30,000 were drawn to Coney Island in Brooklyn for the annual hotdog eating contest sponsored by Nathan’s Famous. Audio Production Services provided KV2 speakers from Armonk, NY-based Italian Speaker Imports for the July 4 event.
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Fall Out Boy Tours with DiGiCo SD5 at FOH and SD10 at Monitors
BONNER SPRINGS, KS — Fall Out Boy, which is teaming up with rapper Wiz Khalifa for this summer’s co-headlining “The Boys of Zummer Tour,” is touring with a Clair Global-supplied DiGiCo SD5 console at FOH and a DiGiCo SD10 for monitors. Pictured here with the SD5, from left, are Chris King, monitor tech; Jerrell Evans, systems engineer/crew chief; Chad Olech, FOH engineer; Tim Banas, PA tech; Kevin Dennis, monitor engineer; and Katie Hughes, PA tech.
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Christian Music Concert in NYC’s Central Park Uses K-array Speaker System
NEW YORK — NY CityFest, a region-wide initiative focused on helping Christian churches with their evangelistic outreach efforts, teamed up with Luis Palau and others on July 11 to offer a free concert and gospel sermons at New York’s Central Park.
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2015 Parnelli Award Nominations Now Open
LAS VEGAS — If you ever wondered who picks out the names that appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot every year, just take a look in the mirror. Yes, YOU! All FRONT of HOUSE readers once again have the opportunity, through the end of August, to choose most of the individuals and companies to be honored Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Nominations are now being accepted for all 2015 Parnelli Awards categories at www.parnelliawards.com/nominate.
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Stewart Independent Production Adds to RCF Speaker Inventory
SAUGATUCK, MI — Stewart Independent Production has invested in another round of RCF audio gear, including RCF Active TTL33-A-MK2 line array modules, RCF Active TTS18-A subwoofers and RCF Active TT25-SMA stage monitors (for use as floor wedges). The company has also added RCF Active TT051-A super compact front-fills. Pictured here is the Stewart Independent Production team with some of the RCF components.
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Radio Active Designs Wireless Intercoms Installed at Southeast Christian Church
LOUISVILLE, KY – Louisville, Kentucky-based Southeast Christian Church, one of the largest mega-churches in the country, recently installed a new wireless intercom system from Radio Active Designs (RAD).
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FOH Engineer Zito Uses DiGiGrid MGB for OneRepublic’s Live Recordings
CHESSINGTON, U.K. — Top FOH engineer Zito (OneRepublic, Backstreet Boys, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds) uses DiGiGrid MGB audio interface to record OneRepublic’s live shows.
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Fall AES Show to Feature Live Sound and Project Studio Expos
NEW YORK, NY — If it’s about audio, it’s at AES, and this year’s 139th AES International Convention is set to offer up a number of exclusive presentations and events, October 29 – November 1, 2015, at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. Two popular programs making their return are the Live Sound Expo (LSE) and Project Studio Expo (PSE), both taking place on convention days 2, 3 and 4.
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