South Point Baptist Church Upgrades with Tannoy
BELMONT, NC — South Point Baptist Church’s revamped 700-seat sanctuary includes a new sound system designed and installed by Russ Moore, owner of Hames Pro (Greenville, NC).
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DeGange Sound Solutions Finds Installation Niche
BELMONT, NH — John DeGange was installed sound manager at Daddy’s Junky Music Store last fall when it closed all 12 of its New England locations after 39 years in business. Armed with a client list, established industry contacts and a working knowledge of the industry, DeGrange didn’t panic. Instead, he launched DeGange Sound Solutions, LLC. He recently credited Symetrix’s Jupiter series and ARC-WEB smartphone-based control for giving the new business a significant edge.
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Ecuador-Based Speakers Group Buys Midas PRO 2 System
QUITO, Ecuador — Midas’ distributor for Ecuador, Electronic Amusement S.A., recently sold the country’s first Midas PRO2 Live Audio System to Ecuador-based Speakers Group.
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DiA Events Provides dBTechnologies for Billings Symphony In The Park
BILLINGS, MT — DiA Events, based here, has been providing sound reinforcement for the Billings Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony in the Park for the last eight years. The event is free to the public and marks the end of the symphony’s season. This year DiA provided a dBTechnology DVA active line array system for the performance.
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The PA People Install JBL Loudspeakers at Ausgrid Stadium
NEWCASTLE, Australia – The PA People provided JBL Application Engineered (AE) loudspeakers along with JBL Control 29AV-1 and Control 25AV loudspeakers at the Western Grandstand for Ausgrid Stadium here (formerly Energy Australia Stadium), home to the Newcastle Knights.
Read More »Lollapalooza 2012 Gets Assist from Professional Wireless Systems
CHICAGO—For the second year in a row, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and experts in supplying and supporting wireless systems for live and broadcast events, has been hired to handle frequency coordination for the wireless microphones, in-ear monitors and communications for all of the performance stages and media at the annual Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago’s Grant Park.
Read More »46th Montreux Jazz Festival Includes Shure Axient Wireless
MONTREUX, Switzerland — The 2012 Montreux Jazz Festival, which ran from June 29 through July 14, welcomed various world-class artists and bands performing on 15 different stages. For the 19th consecutive year, Shure was the event’s official technical partner for microphones and wireless systems.
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Kaiser Chiefs Tour with Soundcraft Vi Series Consoles
LONDON — While on tour with 5-piece indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, sound engineer Chris Leckie, relies on Harman’s Soundcraft Vi Series consoles for all FOH and monitor needs. Since releasing their debut album, Employment, in 2005, Kaiser Chiefs have been busy touring both Europe and the North America.
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134th AES Convention Set for Rome, May 4-7, 2013
ROME — AES has announced that its 134th convention will take place at the Roma Eventi – Fontana di Trevi Conference Centre here May 4-7, 2013.
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FOHE Dan Lewis Uses Midas PRO2 to Mix Beady Eye Performance
MANCHESTER, U.K. — FOH engineer Dan Lewis mixed a recent show at Heaton Park here featuring Beady Eye. He chose Midas’ PRO2 digital console for the event, crediting the console for sonic “warmth.”
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Les Vieilles Charrues Music Festival Includes Innovason Consoles
CARHAIX, France — The four-day Les Vieilles Charrues, one of France’s largest, was held July 19-22 with headliners including Bob Dylan, Sting, The Cure, Portishead, LMFAO, Kasabian and France-based artists including Thomas Dutronc, Zebda, Orelsan, Amadou et Mariam and many others. Sombrero & Co. brought three Innovason consoles to the site for the event.
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U.K. Sports Bar Equipped with Community Speaker System
MAIDENHEAD, UK — Oxfordshire-based RealSound and Vision installed a Community sound system for Cedar Sports Management Ltd. at Bar Sport, a sports bar based here.
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