NASHVILLE – For the 48th annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, held at Bridgestone Arena here Nov. 5, ATK-Audiotek made use of more than 150 Audio-Technica microphones for artists including Cole Swindell, pictured here. The event was broadcast in 5.1 channel surround sound on ABC. Audio-Technica noted that 2014 was the 21st consecutive year its gear has been used for the event.
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Eighteen Sound has producing a series of videos to provide insight into transducer manufacturing and behavior. A sixth video, titled “The tech sheet – General Description part 2,” completes the “General description” topics that focus on the characteristics and behavior of loudspeakers. Steve Hutt, R&D Manager, covers topics including power compression, maximum recommended frequency and minimum impedance, among others.
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SCHLOSS DANKERN, Germany – S.E.A. Vertrieb & Consulting GmbH provided One System CrossField Array-2TM (CFA-2) loudspeakers to meet the audio needs of the four-day World Cable Ski Championship held here Sept. 24-27. The event featured water skiers and wakeboard riders pulled by a cable system across a lake instead of a motorboat.
Read More »FORT WAYNE, IN – Music Group named Sweetwater, based here, “Dealer of the Year.” Music Group noted that this award is given to the retailer on the basis of its brands’ sales performance, customer relationships and product knowledge.
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AMERICUS, GA — For an audio upgrade at Central Baptist Church here, Commercial Sound and Video provided a new sound system including digital audio console, in-ear monitoring and upgraded backline.
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Allen & Heath has added wireless personal mixing to its Qu series mixer ecosystem in the form of the new Qu-You app. Qu-You allows up to seven performers to control their monitor mixes using an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, and frees up the engineer to focus on the audience.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Neuron Pro Audio, based here, supported the Outlook and Dimensions festival, held in early September on the site of a ruined fort on Croatia’s Adriatic Coast, with a variety of components from Void Acoustics.
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SHANGHAI, China — At the 10th annual JZ Festival here, with an opening gala performance by Pat Metheny Unity Group followed by two days featuring multiple acts Oct. 18-19, 2014 including Bootsy Collins & the Funk Unity Band, Snarky Puppy and Marcus Miller, among others, the multi-stage setup included new KH8 and KS8 touring loudspeakers from K-array. Other featured performers included Tommy Emmanuel, The Soul Rebels, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Laura Fygi, Jojo Mayer & Nerve, Sinne Eeg and Jazzanova Live with Paul Randolph.
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HAARLEM, The Netherlands — For the 2014 Haarlem Jazz Festival, staged here in mid-August, Jurlights supported the audio needs of the performers with gear that included Alcons LR24, LR16 and BC543 speakers and subs for the Grote Markt main stage and Alcons LR16, BF362 subs and VR12 monitor speakers for the Nieuwekerksplein stage.
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LAS VEGAS — Solotech provided L-Acoustics’ K1 loudspeakers to a quick succession of major festival events staged in Las Vegas from late September to late October, including the Boulevard Brew Fest, the Route 91 Harvest Festival (pictured here), the Wine Amplified festival and the iHeart Radio festival. The speaker systems centered on 16 K1 and 3 KARA and eight K1-SB flown per side.
Read More »DALY CITY, CA — Massive Attack has established itself as one of the UK’s most successful bands, selling more than 11 million albums and gaining countless fans around the world. Wednesday, Nov. 19, Avid is presenting a free live sound seminar on mixing Massive Attack with veteran FOH engineer Robb Allan. Now you can get exclusive behind-the-scenes insights of Massive Attack’s 2014 tour from the band’s own FOH engineer (and Avid live sound specialist) Robb Allan.
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SURRY HILLS, New South Wales, Australia – Cambridge, U.K.-based JoeCo named Gigpiglet Productions Pty Ltd, based here, as its rep firm for JoeCo’s BlackBox range of multi-channel audio recorders and players in Australia.
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