RALEIGH, NC – The Red Hat Amphitheater here poses some unique acoustic challenges — a variety of nearby reflective surfaces and strict local noise ordinances. For a recent event featuring American Aquarium, Cravin Melon and the Chris Hendricks band, RMB Audio used Martin Audio’s MLA Compact system to overcome those acoustic issues.
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CHARLESTON, SC – Lou Jones of NBS Media Systems, worked with Mt. Moriah Baptist Church to host a sound reinforcement system shootout, which pitted three well-regarded line array systems against a Danley Sound Labs point source system. Mt. Moriah recently expanded, building a new 2,250-seat sanctuary on its property. Needing to have a new sound reinforcement system for the venue, Danley Sound Labs came out on top of all the competitors.
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MILWAUKEE, WI – More than 800 acts on 11 stages over the course of 11 days, with more than 840,000 fans in attendance. Those are the stats for Summerfest, rated as one of the world’s largest music festivals by Guinness World Records. Clearwing Productions has been involved in the event since 1995 and worked closely with DiGiCo to provide five systems in key positions at various stages throughout the event.
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CORNWALL, U.K. – For Frank Ocean’s recent European tour, engineer Dave McDonald supported the singer’s shows using an Allen & Heath iLive digital system at FOH. The setup included an iLive-112 control surface with 8 in, 24 out, RAB2 ACE, connected to a modular iDR10 MixRack with 56 in, 24 out, RAB2 ACE and Dante. The crew also used an analog split between the iLive and monitor console.
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Allen & Heath’s GLD-112 Digital Mixer console, a larger version of the company’s GLD-80, is now shipping to dealers. GLD-112 retains the same analog-style channel processing control section complemented by a graphical 8.4 inch touch screen as the GLD-80.
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SEATTLE – The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a nonprofit enterprise dedicated to youth, technical music production and education, is now in its 16th year. Joining the Vans Warped Tour’s live events on the West Coast, the educational Tour Bus benefited from sponsorship support from Neutrik.
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MANILA, The Philippines – Cadac named Stagecraft International Trading Group, based here, as its regional distributor for the Philippines. The company is also exhibiting for the first time at PALMM Philippines, an event set for Aug. 15-17 at the SMX Convention Center Pasay City, The Philippines.
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CLEVELAND, OH – The Riverside Company, based here, has acquired Westlake Village, CA-based Blue Microphones. Riverside plans to help the company expand globally while deepening its share in all markets, in addition to developing new products.
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NEW YORK, NY — Following the highly successful 50th International Conference in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which focused on audio education, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) will hold its 51st International Conference in Helsinki, Finland, August 21-24, 2013.
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Radial Engineering Ltd.’s updated SW8 backing track switcher is now shipping.
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WEST SUSSEX, UK — Turbousound named industry veteran Howard Smart Senior Technical Support Specialist. In his new role Smart will spearhead Turbosound’s training program for sound engineers and systems technicians in the use of the company’s concert touring and fixed installation loudspeaker systems. In addition he will manage the team that provides onsite hands-on technical support to new users of Turbosound’s Flashline, Flex Array and Flashline Mini loudspeaker systems.
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Allen & Heath’s Qu-16 compact Digital Mixer is now shipping to dealers.
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