FALLS CHURCH, VA — The latest audio upgrade at the State Theatre here includes components sourced through GC Pro, installed by affiliate program member Koko Brothers Entertainment. The upgrade includes an RCF dual-hang line array sound system, managed by a dbx DriveRack 4800 speaker processor and mixed through an Avid SC48 VENUE digital FOH console.
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MILAN, Italy — Trade show organizer Fiera Milano SpA and Volume Srl, Euphon S.p.A. Group worked with Harman Professional Italian distributor Leading Technologies on an audio upgrade for the MiCo- Milano Congressi convention center here that includes a Harman BSS Audio Soundweb London networking solution.
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NASHVILLE — The CMA Awards, held at Bridgestone Arena here Nov. 5, featured a variety of vocal mics on stage but only one product — Shure PSM 1000 — for wireless PM support. (Pictured here: Kacey Musgraves and Loretta Lynn.) Mark King, a Los Angeles-based freelancer production mixer returning to provide the final broadcast mix for yet another CMA telecast, credited the Shure PSM 1000 setup for reliable sound quality.
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BROOKLYN, NY — For Verboten, a club featuring techno, deep house, bass music, live electronica, indie dance and nu disco music within the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, ITI Audio provided a Martin Audio system including W8LM, W8LMD, WMX, W8VDQ and WS218X components.
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LLEIDA, Spain – Eric Masip, a freelance audio engineer who works to enhance the sound at concerts, theater events and conferences, recently acquired a Harman Soundcraft Vi1 digital console.
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ROME — At MAXXI Museum here, visitors can listen to Sonic Mappings, a musical landscape created by American sound artist Bill Fontana that makes use of Meyer Sound MM-4XP components provided by Scott George of Autograph Sound. The permanent installation also relied upon SpaceMap multichannel surround panning, the the D-Mitri digital audio platform for signal processing and other Meyer tools.
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GUANGZHOU, China – For VCAT, one of a new breed of “superclubs” beckoning revelers in China, Catwalk Group turned to Most Technical China, which installed an Incubus Air Array from Void Acoustics for the club’s main room, supplemented with Nexus Series loudspeakers.
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Hosa Technology’s Pro Breakout Cables are designed to make the process of interfacing consumer audio products with professional equipment easier than ever. With Hosa Pro Breakouts, any consumer audio product equipped with a stereo minijack output can seamlessly be interfaced with professional units sporting quarter-inch Tip/Sleeve, XLR, or even RCA connectors.
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EUGENE, OR – George Relles Sound’s George Relles and sound designer Don Ross (pictured here, L-R) provided ground-stacked arrays of Meyer Sound LYON components to meet the challenge of providing sonic clarity within a 260-by-150-foot tent for a VIP fundraising event at the University of Oregon.
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Having just come back from the Los Angeles AES and PLASA London expos (and getting ready to head off to the LDI show and the Parnelli Awards), I can surely empathize with all the “living out of a suitcase” road warriors out there. And a few days back home gives me a little time to catch up on actually putting out the magazine and reflect on where the industry’s headed.
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On Aug. 3, 2014, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers kicked off its Hypnotic Eye tour in support of the group’s new studio album of the same title. The tour was a mix of mostly arena dates, with a few festival appearances, along with a number of outdoor performances, including legendary venues such as the scenic Red Rocks and The Gorge amphitheaters and Boston’s Fenway Park. The two-and-a-half-month tour concluded with two dates at the revamped (and reborn) L.A. Forum in mid-October.
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