ATLANTA —Lorenzo Banda, monitor engineer for Foreigner, is using Digital Hybrid Wireless technology from Lectrosonics for the band’s current tour, which started in February and wraps up next month. He credited the gear for its sound quality, RF agility, range performance and reliability.
Read More »PHILADELPHIA — Mitta Sound supported a Brazil-themed promotion at Macy’s here with RCF gear, including a L-R RCF TTL11A active column array system for the main stage within the story’s atrium.
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VILLARROBLEDO, Albacete, Spain — For the second year, Acústica supported the Viña Rock Native Art Festival here with a sound system from D.A.S. Audio. The event drew some 200,000 with acts including Barricada, Ojos de Brujo, Rosendo, Huecco and Barón Rojo. The setup included 36 large D.A.S. Aero 50 line array systems and 36 D.A.S. LX-218A subwoofer units.
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NASHVILLE — At a recent performance with Sarah McLachlan at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, drummer Curt Bisquera (Josh Groban, Mick Jagger, Seal, Elton John, The Beach Boys) used a variety of Audio-Technica mics, including the AE2500 Dual-element Cardioid Instrument Microphone on kick drum; AE3000 Cardioid Condenser Instrument Microphones on toms; ATM650 Hypercardioid Dynamic Instrument Microphones on top and bottom of snare; AT4050 Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone for overheads; and AE5100 Cardioid Condenser Instrument Microphone for ride cymbal and hi-hat.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Acoustic Dimensions recently provided Crossings Community Church with a trio of DiGiCo consoles including an SD7, SD10 & SD10B. Because they can be connected by a redundant fiber network instead of copper wires, they are part of a new system that promises to be both cost-effective and efficient as it helps streamline integration between live and broadcast applications.
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PHILADELPHIA — Acentech and AVI-SPL designed and installed the sound system for the recent four-city-block expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC). The installation included more than 400 Community CLOUD Series 1266, 1266T, and 1299T loudspeakers and a CobraNet-based network that also interfaces with the main building’s analog audio system. Biamp AudiaFusion amplification powers the expansion system.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — PreSonus is staging its second annual PreSonuSphere 2012 user conference at the Shaw Center for the Arts here Sept. 28-29. The company is promising to offer more seminars, more speakers and more information than the inaugural show, along with more music, more networking opportunities and more fun.
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LONDON — After an intensive market evaluation of well over a year, leading British rental company Capital Sound has made a significant investment in Martin Audio’s award-winning Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA).
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Aviom, the exclusive developer of the A-Net audio transport protocol, is now shipping the C4dio Digital I/O Card for the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System.
Read More »BURLINGTON, MA — Avid recently announced the availability of its VENUEPack 4 plug-in suite and real time analyzer for VENUE digital consoles, noting its potential to increase the power and sonic versatility of all VENUE systems. The company also announced a free webinar featuring Robert Scovill, who will introduce VENUEPack 4 on Aug. 15, 10 am Pacific time (1 pm EST). Registration is required; details below.
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SYDNEY — AVCorp recently supported several large events held at Sydney’s Allphones Arena with JBL VRX and PRX speakers along with their Soundcraft Si Compact 32 digital live sound console, also made by Harman.
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PORTLAND, OR — Britannia Row Productions credited an Audinate Dante digital media network for helping the soundco support the Diamond Jubilee concerts at the Victoria Memorial near Buckingham Palace in early June.
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