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L-ACOUSTICS dV-DOSC Rings at Conference Center

L-ACOUSTICS dV-DOSC Rings at Conference Center

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Salt Lake City’s LDS Conference Center has taken a recent installation of an L-ACOUSTICS dV-DOSC loudspeaker system. First opened in the spring of 2000, the 1.4 million-square-foot Conference Center is home to the semi-annual LDS General Conference, which packs in a full house and is broadcast worldwide out to 12 million people. Each Sunday the Center hosts a performance by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir — a weekly rite now in its 77th year.

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HK Audio Hardrocks Lisbon

LISBON, PORTUGAL — The Hard Rock Café in Lisbon is located in the center of the city. The interior design is similar to that of others in the chain, with collector’s items of rock history hanging on the walls, such as autographed guitars, gold and platinum albums and stage clothing, but while most Hard Rock Cafés have their sound and lighting equipment installed by an American company, the Lisbon affiliate decided to have the Portuguese HK Audio distributor ALRICA Lda install its sound system.

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Artist, Meyer Add Magic to Madison

NEW YORK — San Francisco-based sound artist Bill Fontana has completed a sound sculpture entitled Panoramic Echoes in New York City’s Madison Square Park. The sonic art project uses four Meyer Sound SB-1 parabolic long-throw sound beams to project sounds into the park from distant buildings in multiple directions.

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Harman to Be Sold

WASHINGTON, DC — Harman International Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HAR), parent company to the Harman Professional Group whose brands include JBL, Lexicon, BSS, AKG, dbx, Soundcraft and Crown, announced April 26 that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners (GSCP) in a transaction valued at approximately $8 billion. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Harman board of directors.

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The (Co-)Headliner

I try not to take gigs in Vegas. Long story — but there is a bag of cash, a couple of wiseguys a stripper and a broken down XL4 involved. If I told you they would have to take me out of witness protection, so there you go. Anyway, through a string of dubious events, I found myself working a freelance gig in Vegas. The gig was designed to help bring people in for a much larger event. It seems to me that if you need small events to "spruce up" the larger event then more than likely the main deal needs to be re thought — That's a whole other thing — Anyway, my job was production manager for the live concert portion of this "big event".

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Getting to the Gig

Bill Evans has told me that I can Blog for FOH Online. I’ve never Blogged before (is that a word), but Bill tells me I can write about anything related to our business. How’s about getting to the gig? If anyone ever tells you that you’re lucky because you travel to so many exciting places, hit them over the head with an Atlas mic stand and let them read this. The gig is often easy. It’s the commute that kills us.

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Welcome to the New FOHOnline!

LAS VEGAS — Front of House magazine has launched the totally redesigned FOH Web site! This dynamic new design allows easy access to the latest news in audio world and the exclusive stories from our current issues to keep you abreast of our ever-mobile industry!

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Heydekampf Leaves Bosch/Telex

LAS VEGAS — Telex Pro Audio Group President Matthias von Heydekampf has resigned from Telex’s new parent company, Bosch. In a coversation with FOH on Friday, April 20 Heydekampf cited personal reasons for leaving, and said he was still very pleased with the direction Bosch was taking Telex, now Bosch Communications Systems.

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