ROSEVILLE, MI — Cornerstone Baptist Church recently upgraded from analog to digital when it installed a Yamaha CL5 Digital Audio Console and two Rio 3224-Ds input/output racks. The church seats 2,000 and has a congregation of 1,300 with a blended worship consisting of full band, orchestra, choir, and worship team.
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NANJING, China — Real Music Acoustic & Lighting Technology Co. Ltd., the exclusive distributor for Adamson Products in China, Hong Kong and Macao, handled the design and installation of the new sound system at Club ENZO. The setup includes 16 M212 and 42 Point 15-P (passive) speakers hanging above the dance floors and lounge area. For the low end, there are 32 flown Point 215 subs, with six 6000W T21 subs placed strategically around the venue.
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KIDDERMINSTER, U.K. —Music Group named Nigel Beaumont head of its new Professional Division. Beaumont, who will continue in the role that he has held since joining the Music Group in 2011, as senior vice president for operations, will now also oversee all aspects of the company’s Midas, Klark Teknik and Turbosound brands worldwide. The expansion of responsibilities takes effect March 1, 2013.
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LAS VEGAS — For the new Blue Man Group (BMG) production at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino here, sound supervisor Marcus Ross worked with Solotech to provide an audio system with 141 inputs/outputs that includes a d&b audiotechnik J-Series PA, Meyer Cinema Speaker Surround monitors and a DiGiCo SD7 console at FOH. A DiGiCo SD8 was added a few months later to handle additional audio production elements from behind the curtain.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — The Saddle Up Saloon and Dancehall, based in Aurora, IL, near Chicago, rode into Indianapolis for a second location that would be featuring a 3,000-square-foot dance floor, stage and three-bar setup. Local integrator Sean Wooldridge installed a QSC system for the Western-theme, 1,200-capacity dance club.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — John Alekna of Marshall Day Acoustics worked with an in-house team led by Nick Carroll to provide a new voice announcement system at Hamer Hall here centered on 147 self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers. The new gear works in tandem with other Meyer components to meet the venue’s needs.
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WASHINGTON, DC — MHA Audio installed a MLA Compact System from Martin Audio within George Washington University’s 1,500-seat Lisner Auditorium. The system includes eight MLA Compacts per side with a center array of six DSX subs under the stage.
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HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, NJ — Alexandria First Presbyterian, whose main sanctuary was built in the late 1800s, is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Blackwood, NJ-based JD Sound and Video installed a sound system featuring Community Professional Loudspeakers’ Entasys column arrays and VLF Series subwoofers.
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The old song might say “It never rains in Southern California,” but this time it did — but only sporadically and hardly enough to dampen the spirits of the 100,000 or so attendees at the Winter NAMM show from January 24 to 28. In fact, the mood at this year’s expo carried a decidedly good vibe. With the memories of 2008’s near-depression and 2012’s year-end “fiscal cliff” thankfully becoming a distant memory, the M.I. and pro industries seemed ready to get back to business. And there seemed to be plenty of business, with a feeling of optimism in the air and from the strong turnout of interested buyers and serious attendees, a sense that good times lie ahead.
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After returning from this year’s NAMM show, I’m finally starting to recover. No, this year I didn’t succumb to the dreaded NAMM-fluenza, or whatever they call that mysterious malady that comes from shaking the hands of 10,000 infected people, but NAMM is set up as a non-stop rock ‘n’ roll party packed into a four-day weekend. That isn’t to say that in-between the fun, there isn’t business (and a lot of hard work) squeezed in there as well, but for anyone who’s never been to a NAMM show, well, let’s just say it can be an intense experience.
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