NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – David Gibson Swain, 54, died Jan. 28 in an accidental fall at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. Swain had served as technical director at the PAC, which adjoins the North Charleston Coliseum and Charleston Area Convention Center since the facility opened in 1999.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The New Year’s Ski-Jumping of the Four Hills Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the first sporting highlight of the year. This year, more than 20,000 fans lined the landing area while millions more followed the TV broadcast. For the 17th time TC Showtechnik was responsible for the sound reinforcement system – and opted for main and supplementary systems from Electro-Voice. Despite the challenging weather conditions, the XLC and XLVC line arrays, Xsubs, TG amps and N8000 controllers performed flawlessly.
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VERDEN/STRAUBING, Germany – For the Cathedral of Verden, which dates from the 13th century, Axel Hartig replaced a 40-year-old sound reinforcement system with a new eight-zone system centering on Dynacord vertical arrays.
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ESCONDIDO, CA -With more than 100 VUE Audiotechnik loudspeaker boxes added to their rental stock, Las Vegas based H.A.S. Productions has embarked on a partnership with VUE, which brings the largest all-VUE system to date to the World’s live entertainment capital. This makes H.A.S. Productions the backbone of VUE’s Southwestern rental network.
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GRONINGEN, The Netherlands – Mertens AVR, which has long been an important player in the Dutch live sound rental and production services market, has purchased an SSL Live. L500 console to serve as the premier mixing solution for its clients. Currently in use for a four-month-long national comedy tour, Mertens’ Live console has also been reserved for an extensive project list of classical music concerts that takes them well into the spring. The console was supplied to Mertens by SSL Live Distributor for the Netherlands, Audio Electronics Mattijsen.
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TOKYO — Tokyo’s Blue Note Club recently played host to Danish Jazz producer and pianist Niels Lan Doky, who took his own DPA d:facto Vocal Microphone to Japan, along with his DPA 3521 Cardiod Compact stereo kit to mic Blue Note’s grand piano. Lan Doky performed with Swedish singer and actress Edda Magnason. Also on stage were the other two thirds of Niels’ jazz trio – drummer Niclas Bardeleben and bass player Ira Coleman.
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MADISON, WI – Sitting on the southern shore of Lake Mendota on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Memorial Union building has served as the school’s hub for student government and other organizations, dining, entertainment and general social life since 1928. The crown jewel of the facility is the 1,165-seat Wisconsin Union Theater, which began featuring performances 75 years ago and recently installed its first full-range line array system, an L-Acoustics KARA rig.
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LOS ANGELES – Alex Alvarez, guitar tech for Lenny Kravitz, goes way back with the artist – 23 years, in fact. Alvarez noted that during production rehearsals for Kravitz’s European tour in support of his latest album, Strut, Tour Supply demoed multiple high-end wireless systems, and Kravitz, Alvarez and guitarist Craig Ross were impressed enough with Shure’s Axient Wireless Management Network to start using the gear on a regular basis.
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LOS ANGELES – Calibash Los Angeles, an urban Latin music festival held at Staples Center Jan. 24, featured Pitbull, Don Omar, Carlos Vives, Wisin, Tego Calderon, Plan B, J.Alvarez, Farruko, Gente De Zona, Maluma & 3 Ball MTY. 3G Productions of Las Vegas and Los Angeles supported the event with a Martin Audio MLA system.
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NASHVILLE – Morris Light & Sound, which recently joined Solid State Logic’s Live console partner network, will be supplying an SSL Live L500 for Kenny Chesney’s upcoming Big Revival Tour, which kicks off on March 26. Morris Light & Sound also recently acquired and refurbished The Tracking Room, a recording studio equipped with a vintage SSL J Series console. Pictured here is the Morris Light & Sound Team with SSL Live consoles.
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NEW YORK — Masque Sound provided a custom audio equipment package for sound designer Darron L West and associate sound designer Charles Coes who were tasked with the audio design for an Off-Broadway revival of the Tony-award winning musical, Into the Woods. The Fiasco Theater’s production was presented by Roundabout Theatre Company in association with McCarter Theatre Center. It began previews Dec. 18 prior to an official opening Jan. 22, 2015, at the Laura Pels Theatre within the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. – Martin Audio has announced support for installers and sound designers with the provision of specific GLL files for designs using MLA, MLA Compact or MLA Mini in an EASE model.
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