NEW YORK – Masque Sound was on hand as the Broadway hit Pippin embarked on its first national tour. As part of the custom-designed audio system, Masque Sound supplied an array of d&b audiotechnik speakers, a DiGiCo SD7 Live Digital Console, a selection of microphones from Shure, Neumann and DPA, as well as a 40-channel wireless package featuring Sennheiser mics with DPA booms.
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SEOUL, South Korea — Adamson Systems partner Alpha Sound provided Energia components to support the two-day AIA Real Life: NOW Festival at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium here for a roster of headliners that included Lady Gaga, Psy, Miss Nine, Sidney Samson, Ivan Gough, Cazzette, twenty one pilots, Man With A Mission, Galaxy Express and Glen Check, among others.
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LUTON, U.K. — Cadac Holdings Ltd. noted an increase in the number of summer festival gigs are getting support from Cadac and Funktion-One gear as sound companies increasingly pair Cadac’s CDC four digital and LIVE1 analog compact consoles with Funktion-One loudspeaker systems.
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LAS VEGAS — Have you and your company been involved in any particularly noteworthy gigs this past summer? Share the news with other FRONT of HOUSE readers. Submit the details of recent events by filling out the blanks at our online submission form, and there’s a better-than-usual chance that your submission will be included in an upcoming issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine.
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LONDON — Dennis Fernandez, longtime FOH engineer for sitarist and world music artist Anoushka Shankar has, until recently, mixed most shows on an Avid VENUE console due to its ability to run Waves plugins. Recently, he has been using Waves plugins on other consoles too. For Shankar’s Traces of You tour, he has been using a Yamaha CL5 console, running his plugins with a Waves MultiRack SoundGrid system for Yamaha, make use of Y16 cards and Waves Impact Servers.
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SEOUL, South Korea — For recent installations in South Korea, Sound Solution, based here, has been supplying gear from Italy-based audio gear manufacturer RCF to Winmediatech, Lotte Data Communication and Desco, respectively, for installations at Gachon University in Gyeonggi Province (pictured here); the Gimhae Lotte World Water Park, near Busan (pictured below); and the Water Polo & Horse Riding Arena, Incheon City (also pictured below).
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Grund Audio Design extends its ACX Series loudspeaker line with four new active models: the ACX-2A, ACX-5A, ACX-2MA, and ACX-5MA. Benefits include power amplification that is optimized for the enclosure and streamlined system cabling. The new speakers are well suited for applications including 200-400 seat Houses of Worship and smaller meeting/presentation facilities.
Read More »HOUSTON — Juice Goose named Bob White Associates (BWA) as their new sales reps in the Ohio Valley and surrounding regions. Tod White, an AV industry veteran with more than 35 years experience heads a team of three sales agents covering six states. BWA is headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
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COSTA MESA, CA — QSC Audio Products, has appointed the Peter E. Schmitt Company as its manufacturer’s rep for the Metro New York area. Peter E. Schmitt is one of the oldest and most respected independent rep firms in the country with its roots dating back nearly 90 years.
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LONDON — Forty-five years after they first hit TV screens, the five surviving members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus reunited for a series of live stage performances. Monty Python Live (Mostly) brought together five of the six original Pythons — John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones — along with video clips of Graham Chapman (1941-1989) for 10 shows at London’s O2 arena this summer. DiGiCo consoles were deployed at both FoH and monitor positions.
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