GWINNETT, GA — The Free Chapel, with campuses in Gainesville, GA and Irvine, CA led by senior pastor and best-selling author Jentezen Franklin, opened a new satellite campus here with a Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeaker system for its 900-capacity auditorium. The facility is the ministry’s second venue to deploy Meyer Sound, following the success with a CQ-2 and MSL-4 loudspeaker system on its main campus in Gainesville.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — Unveiled at InfoComm 2014, Eastern Acoustic Works’ Otto is the world’s first Adaptive™ subwoofer. Utilizing two Offset Aperture-loaded woofers paired with independent on-board amplification, processing and networking, Otto extends Adaptive Performance™ to the lowest octaves of the audible spectrum. Otto will balance low-frequency coverage with cancellation to suit the user’s requirements; omni, cardioid, hypercardioid or anywhere in between from just a single module. Combined in arrays, Otto provides nearly endless possibilities in low-frequency pattern control.
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BUENA PARK, CA — In a worldwide announcement made at InterBEE this month, Yamaha launched the RIVAGE PM10 Digital Mixing Console, a major step for Yamaha PM Series Digital Live Sound Consoles. More than 10 years have passed since the Yamaha PM1D and PM5D emerged (and helped shape) the digital console market. The new flagship RIVAGE PM10 significantly increases the quality and versatility necessary in a live sound environment and inherits features from the well-known PM Series Consoles.
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The James Taylor tour recently completed its seven-week European itinerary in London. My original intention was to spend a few extra days in that familiar and beloved city following the final show at the Royal Albert Hall. During that stay, my day-off-buddy and monitor engineer, Rachel Adkins, and I had planned on hitting up some museums, eating great curry, taking a drive out to Stonehenge and catching up with old friends. That appealing script, however, had to be altered before we even left the USA.
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Pro audio advertising hasn’t exactly lived at the cutting edge over the last half century but it has been evolving. When you look back at ads in the trade publications from the 1970s and earlier (like everything else, they’re up there online), you’ll see pretty staid graphics and copy, mostly nerdy product shots and verbiage that consisted mainly of dry data taken directly from spec sheets, such as the 1952 RCA BA-6A vari-mu compressor ad shown in Fig. 1. No CLIO Awards for this bunch.
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One book that should probably never be written is Power Distro for Dummies. Given the high voltages in play where power distribution is concerned and the danger of physical harm, it’d be a better idea if dummies stayed out of the electrical room and left electrical work to licensed electricians. However, there are certain things about power that audio people need to know, and though we do not suggest that you attempt adding a new circuit breaker box to a venue unless you are a licensed electrician, it might make your life easier if you knew a bit regarding power distro requirements.
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We all take monitors pretty much for granted. Whether you use in-ears or floor wedges at your church, they are as common as your main front of house speakers. But did you know that, in the early-mid 1960’s, many bands hit the road without the benefit of monitors of any type. Before floor wedge monitors became popular and commonplace, speakers were simply placed on either side of the stage and turned toward the performers.
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In a recent 60 Minutes interview, President Obama admitted that the U.S. intelligence community had underestimated “ISIS” and what was taking place in Syria while — at the same time — overestimating the Iraqi army’s capability to combat the threat. A shocking admission but, then again, over- and under-estimations have shaped history for thousands of years, and sometimes it is not just a lack of foresight that attributes to a poor judgment call or policy. Official procedure, monetary concerns, various alliances and hubris are a few talking points that might lead to a poor assessment of any given situation.
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LAS VEGAS – For the fourth annual iHeartRadio Music Festival, held at MGM Grand Garden Arena Sept. 19-20, Firehouse Productions provided Harman’s JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers for artists including Taylor Swift, Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj, One Direction and Motley Crue, pictured here.
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DETROIT — Monitor engineer Travis Walat recently completed the European and North American legs of the Joss Stone Total World tour with an Allen & Heath iLive T-112 Surface and a 48 input / 24 output iDR-48 MixRack.
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NEW YORK – The Oldest Boy, which made its debut at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater Nov. 3, is using audio gear specified by sound designer Darron L West and supplied by Masque Sound. The Meyer Sound speaker package includes UPA-1P loudspeakers for the mains, a variety of UPMs for fills, UPJ-1Ps for the center ring and USW-1P subwoofers. Masque Sound also provided a Yamaha DM1k console and DPA 4021, 4022 and 4061 mics.
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