FALKENBERG, Sweden — Late May saw Swedish truck body manufacturer SKAB Group treat its employees and their families to a company party. With DiGiCo SD8 and SD8-24 consoles mixing the performances, the party went with a swing, not to mention some heads-down boogie.
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DETROIT, MI – David Frangioni and Audio One recently recorded a series of Bob Seger live concerts at the 20,000-seat Palace of Auburn Hills using a Pro Tools HD2 Accel rig interfaced to an Avid VENUE console.
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RCF’s TTL11A is an active column speaker array system composed by two modules, one for the mid-high and one for the bass frequencies.
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LONDON — Mike & The Mechanics, the side-project formed in 1984 by Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford, recently played London’s Royal Albert Hall to launch their 2011 Hit The Road tour. Featuring a new lineup which includes UK R&B star Andrew Roachford, the tour coincides with the release of their first album in six years entitled The Road.
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PARIS — On-Off, supported by Midas distributor EVI Audio France, used a Midas digital network consisting of three PRO6s together with three DL431 mic splitters for La Nuite Africaine at the 80,000-capacity Stade de France. The event featured 18 bands including Alpha Blondy, Manu Dibango, Mory Kanté and Magic Systems.
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RED LAKE, MN — Hot off the production line, DiGiCo’s first SD11 console made its debut in the field—and on the road—with Staind founder and frontman Aaron Lewis. Out in support of his debut country-tinged solo album, Town Line, released in March 2011, the stripped-down tour features Lewis in an acoustic duo setting on sold-out stages ranging from headlining 700-seat casinos, churches and honky-tonks, to playing opening slots on 50,000-seat arena and festival bills. Longtime DiGiCo user Clay Hutson—who’s wearing multiple hats on this outing including FOH/monitor engineer and day-to-day/production/tour manager—wanted to get his hands on the first SD11 rack-mountable system for the tour after reading about it.
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CHESAPEAKE CITY, MD — The Chesapeake Inn, a multi-room waterfront facility used for weddings, graduations and other events, needed to contain the sound emanating from its outdoor deck and Tiki Bar. Design consultant Mike Rapp of Bear, DE-based Sound Solutions came up with a system using 14 Community WET W2-2W8 two-way loudspeakers and four Community Wet W2-112 Subs for the outdoor areas, aimed inward.
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LIVERPOOL and NEWCASTLE, UK — Adlib's specialist sales division, a certified provider for L-Acoustics, has sold a KARA PA system, fully flight-cased and complete with LA8 amplifiers, to sound, lighting and AV rental company Nitelites.
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SM Pro Audio's VU800 Passive Meter Bridge, a next-generation version of their VU8, is well-suited for use in broadcast, studio, live, and other audio production applications. A multi-channel passive VU meter with built-in headphone monitoring, the product is designed for use as an all-purpose visual audio level indicator.
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OXNARD, CA – Rat Sound Systems recently expanded its L-Acoustics inventory with 12 KIVA and four KILO enclosures, four SB28 subs and an LA8-equipped LA-RAK touring rack. This acquisition follows the company's recent purchase of 18 KARA enclosures earlier this year.
Read More »OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser announced that it will be offering its RF Wireless Sound Academy Seminar in three major US cities: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Richmond, VA; Thursday, July 21, 2011, in New York; and Thursday, September 15, 2011, in New Orleans, LA. The single-day workshop is designed to teach attendees how to plan for trouble-free operation of multi-channel wireless microphones and wireless personal monitoring systems in even the toughest environments.
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Powersoft's Ottocanali 1204 is designed to serve as a feature-rich, versatile multi-channel amplifier for installation applications. Occupying a single rack space and regular depth, the Ottocanali 1204 provides 8 channels with 160 watts each at 4 ohms, and 80 watts each at 8 ohms, respectively.
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