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London Clubs Upgrading with DPA d:facto Vocal Mics

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London Clubs Upgrading with DPA d:facto Vocal Mics

LONDON – DPA Microphones’ d:facto vocal microphones are being used at more of the live music venues here, including, recently, The Union Chapel in Islington and the Pizza Express Jazz Club on Dean Street in London’s SoHo. At the 900-capacity Union Chapel, head technician Les Mommsen credited the microphone for its “natural and detailed” sound. At the smaller Pizza Express Jazz Club, Luc Saint-Martin of Oneland Productions appreciated its “versatile, modular design.”

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PreSonus Plans Open House/Live Music Event in Nashville on July 11

NASHVILLE – PreSonus is hosting an open house event with a live music performance by Briana Tyson on July 11 at Ben’s Studio here. The event is from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and featured products include StudioLive AI-series PA speakers, StudioLive 32.4.2AI digital mixers, Studio One 2.6, the ADL 700 tube preamp/channel strip and Eris-series studio monitors.

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Dan Rooney Cafe & Pub

Dan Rooney’s Irish Pub Expands from Pittsburgh to Yonkers with D.A.S. Audio Gear

YONKERS, NY – Dan Rooney’s Café & Bar, a Pittsburgh, PA-based landmark since the early 1900s, has been recreated for the latest expansion of Empire City Casino, which is, itself, an outgrowth from the venerable Yonkers Raceway horse racing track here. The new pub’s sound system, installed by Pittsburgh-based Dobil Laboratories, includes gear made by D.A.S. Audio, including a LX-212A, Convert 12A and Road 12A components.

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AVI-SPL Adds RCF TT052a To Hotel And Event Production Services Inventory

EDISON, NJ — The Hotel and Event Production Services division of AVI-SPL has recently added 52 of the RCF TT052a dual 5” active two-way speakers into their rental department portfolio. A key selling point, along with performance, was the ultra-compact size of the units. A single road case can house six units plus pole mounts and other necessary audio gear in a 22 1/2”x30” total solution package.

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Ireland’s Production House Uses Riedel RockNet for City of Culture Finale

DERRY/LONDONDERRY, Ireland — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that Production House, Ireland’s leading supplier of professional audio systems, used an extensive RockNet real-time audio network to support the finale of “The Return of Colmcille” — a landmark production of the 2013 City of Culture celebrations in Derry-Londonderry.

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Alicia Keys Sets The World On Fire With DiGiCo & Clair Global

LITITZ, PA — With over 50 international dates on the horizon in support of her latest outing Girl on Fire, Grammy award winning artist Alicia Keys has surrounded herself with an adept team of engineers with support from Clair Global and DiGiCo mixing systems. With a total of five SD racks (two for FOH, two for monitors, and one for opening artist, Miguel), they’re also carrying a pair of SD10s (one at FOH and monitor world) to handle the eight-member band including the headliner.

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