OSLO — Atea provided K-array gear for a 16th-floor restaurant in one of the new high-rise buildings that are collectively known as the Barcode project in Oslo’s Bjørvika neighborhood. The restaurant setup at the DNB building includes KMT21, KMT12, KP102 and KP52 components, all painted in a custom RAL color to match the restaurant’s interior.
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ERIE, PA — Fact AV Technologies, based here, supported the audio needs of Mercyhurst University as it hosted William Close, maestro of the Earth Harp, within the 792-seat Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center, part of the school’s Institute for Arts & Culture, on Sept. 5. Fact AV Technologies owner Eric Johnson provided Powersoft amplifiers, EAW loudspeakers and digital mixers from Midas and DiGiCo. The soundco and gear also supported a performance by Uganda-born artist Samite that included the kalimba and other instruments on Nov. 14.
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CARDIFF, U.K. — For October gigs featuring electronic duo Chase and Status, along with Dimension and Kove, at multipurpose music venue Splott Warehouse here, Spartan Audio provided a Void Acoustics touring PA system that included flown Arcline 6 line arrays and Stasys XV2 subwoofers for close to 4,000 revelers in the audience.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, named Adam Riley marketing manager, a new position.
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RIDGEFIELD, WA — Dan Braun, general manager for the 18,000-seat Sleep Country Amphitheater, based here, turned SG Audio Aps’ 10EaZy system, distributed in North America via Rational Acoustics, to ensure that he — and the amphitheater’s residential neighbors — could all rest a little easier about excessive noise concerns.
Read More »STOW, OH — Audio-Technica named Apex, NC-based Millar Electronics as its new manufacturer’s rep firm for the southeastern U.S., including the region encompassing Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
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FALLS CHURCH, VA — The latest audio upgrade at the State Theatre here includes components sourced through GC Pro, installed by affiliate program member Koko Brothers Entertainment. The upgrade includes an RCF dual-hang line array sound system, managed by a dbx DriveRack 4800 speaker processor and mixed through an Avid SC48 VENUE digital FOH console.
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MILAN, Italy — Trade show organizer Fiera Milano SpA and Volume Srl, Euphon S.p.A. Group worked with Harman Professional Italian distributor Leading Technologies on an audio upgrade for the MiCo- Milano Congressi convention center here that includes a Harman BSS Audio Soundweb London networking solution.
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NASHVILLE — The CMA Awards, held at Bridgestone Arena here Nov. 5, featured a variety of vocal mics on stage but only one product — Shure PSM 1000 — for wireless PM support. (Pictured here: Kacey Musgraves and Loretta Lynn.) Mark King, a Los Angeles-based freelancer production mixer returning to provide the final broadcast mix for yet another CMA telecast, credited the Shure PSM 1000 setup for reliable sound quality.
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BROOKLYN, NY — For Verboten, a club featuring techno, deep house, bass music, live electronica, indie dance and nu disco music within the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, ITI Audio provided a Martin Audio system including W8LM, W8LMD, WMX, W8VDQ and WS218X components.
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LLEIDA, Spain – Eric Masip, a freelance audio engineer who works to enhance the sound at concerts, theater events and conferences, recently acquired a Harman Soundcraft Vi1 digital console.
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ROME — At MAXXI Museum here, visitors can listen to Sonic Mappings, a musical landscape created by American sound artist Bill Fontana that makes use of Meyer Sound MM-4XP components provided by Scott George of Autograph Sound. The permanent installation also relied upon SpaceMap multichannel surround panning, the the D-Mitri digital audio platform for signal processing and other Meyer tools.
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