BEIJING — Beijing Pacific Budee Technology Development Co ltd. named Eric Boyer marketing director. In his new role, Boyer assumes responsibility over marketing functions across all lines of business, and will oversee online and offline marketing communications efforts for the company.
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SEBRING, FL — To address intelligibility issues so severe that the church’s own choir couldn’t hear the sermons, the First Baptist Church of Sebring, Florida turned to GC Pro for help. GC Pro installed new gear including a JBL VRX928 line array system configured as a center cluster, with two VRX dual-15-inch subwoofers. The new system also included a new Yamaha LS9 FOH console, Aviom in-ear wireless monitoring for the band, an Ashly NE24.24M matrix processor, a Sennheiser Evolution wireless microphone system and a pair of JBL CBT 70 mini-arrays for the choir’s monitors.
Read More »WEST LONDON, U.K. —Entec Sound & Light’s Audio division has invested in the latest d&b V-Series line array system, adding to their already substantial rental inventory of d&b gear.
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LOS ANGELES — The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue, a supergroup led by Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs, recently completed a 43-show North American tour supported by an L-Acoustics K1 supplied by Sound Image of Escondido, CA.
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RIMINI, Italy — Soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone led a concert here recently that was mixed on DiGiCo SD7 consoles at FOH and monitor positions. The live event included multiple genres of music — everything from orchestral music to rock, a vocal chorus and a solo soprano.
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NEW YORK — Most of Broadway’s theatres reopened their doors Oct. 31, despite limited mass transit to get show-goers from their rain-soaked homes and into their seats, but Carnegie Hall was being haunted by a ghoulish spectre left in Sandy’s wake that prevented it from opening on Halloween, a dangling rooftop crane on the building across the street. City officials restricted access to the venue and cut off power as a safety precaution.
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NEW YORK — A benefit concert, Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, featuring New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen, Staten Island native Christina Aguilera, Long Island native Billy Joel and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi is set to air Nov. 2 at 8 pm (EST) on NBC-affiliated stations, cable networks and websites. Proceeds will go to the American Red Cross, supporting efforts to provide relief for those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
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NEW YORK — The recently opened Richard B. Fisher Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a seven-story building that houses the 250-seat Fishman Space and Scripps Stage, which can be configured as for a proscenium stage, thrust stage, theatre-in-the-round or a flat floor. Auerbach Pollock Friedlander worked with architects H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture and acoustician Akustiks on the project, which also included the Fisher Hillman Studio, a rehearsal hall/performance venue.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Korea Economic Institute (KEI) here is relying upon an Allen & Health iDR32 mix engine with iLive Editor for news conferences and foreign policy panel discussions. The new system was designed and installed by Michael Yoo, senior system engineer, Genesis Technology, in conjunction with Charles Cassell of Audio Associates.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Adlib’s audio division is supplying an L-Acoustics K1 sound system and delays for the U.K. and European leg of Radiohead’s current world tour. They are also supplying two of their top engineers —Tony Szabo and George Puttock — who are working with the Radiohead audio team.
Read More »Zeehi’s CueCast digital mixing console user file conversion service will soon enable users to convert files between three DiGiCo models, Yamaha’s PM5D and Avid consoles, according to Danny Abelson, co-founder of the software startup.
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VANCOUVER, BC — Monitor engineer Kevin “Tater” McCarthy weighed in recently on the band’s reliance of gear from Radial Engineering — and not just for the audio crew members. In stark contrast to the LP crew’s new exercise regimen, it allows for gain without pain.
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