PORTLAND, OR – Farnell Newton, a trumpet player who regularly performs with Bootsy Collins, Jill Scott and Jarrod Lawson, recently released his own album, Ready to Roll. He’s been using AKG mics in both the studio and for his live performances.
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BEAUMONT, TX — Located at one of its several campuses, the Church On The Rock at the Golden Triangle location in Texas recently acquired a Harman Soundcraft Vi3000 console to provide its community with better worship services and broadcasts.
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LONDON – To support the audio needs for Monty Python’s performance at the O2 Arena here in July, sound designer and Sonalyst Rory Madden included Countryman’s H6 headset mic. The final show of the ten-date production was aired live on UK Gold and across the world, so choosing the right microphone was a top priority.
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DALLAS, TX — David Marsh of Marsh/PMK International LLC (formerly Pelton Marsh Kinsella) designed a sound reinforcement system for a 125-seat performance venue built as an addition to a private residence near here. The setup includes eight Tannoy CMS 601DC loudspeakers – each wired to a dedicated channel of a Lab.gruppen C 20:8x amplifier – and two Tannoy VSX 10BP subs powered by one Lab.gruppen C 10:4x.
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CARTHAGE, Tunisia — Lawo announced that the audio crews for the International Festival of Carthage’s 2015 edition, set for July and August next year, will make use of its recently introduced mc²36 mixing console. Pictured here at IBC 2014 is, at left, Sami Sidhom from Lawo’s Tunisian partner, Pro Audio and Light (PAL). With Sidhom are Lawo’s Rainer Kunzi, Christian Struck and Klaus-Jörg Jasper.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – MS-Rent has been working with event producer Media Event Ltd., supporting summer festivals throughout Hungary with JBL VTX, VerTec and Crown I-Tech HD amps from Harman. The events range from the Strand Festival (main stage pictured here), the Belvarosi Fesztival, the Sziget Festival, the Balaton Sound festival, a student event called EFOTT, the Viva Comet music competition, and events geared for fishing enthusiasts and families sponsored by OTP Bank.
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PARIS — Working with designer Bernard BYK, Amadeus director of R&D Michel DeLuc provided an installation of more than 180 speaker components for France’s National Museum of Natural History here recently. The massive installation, done in collaboration with Merging Technologies, Solid State Logic and Flux, also entailed the design of new Amadeus gear to meet the needs of the project.
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WEST BERLIN, NJ — Diggerland USA, a construction theme park here, turned to Spellcaster Productions of nearby Hammondton, NJ for an audio assist that included 70+ Community loudspeakers and Ashly components including seven KLR-3200 amplifiers, Ashly’s networked neWR-5 wall-mount user control and the company’s iPad app for audio control via Wi-Fi.
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LONDON — Joao Caetano, percussionist for jazz funk band Incognito, took along his own selection of DPA microphones including four d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones and a stereo pair of d:dicate 4011A Cardioid Microphones for a performance at Shepherd’s Bush Empire here. The band, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, recorded a live concert DVD at the venue.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — As it marks 25 years, Studio Gear of Milwaukee finds itself supporting the audio needs of more large scale events. The company is meeting the needs of its big-event clients with the addition of Harman Professional’s JBL VTX Series line array loudspeakers and Crown I-Tech HD Series amplifiers. Pictured here, from left, are Dan Burns, Sound Marketing; Collin Donohue, Studio Gear; and Joe Holdman, Studio Gear.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia — In support of Carlos Vives’ recent back-to-back concerts here and in Bogotá, C. Vilar provided separate P.A. systems, both centering on Adamson Systems gear. C. Vilar used its full Adamson Systems inventory, in fact, to support the needs of the two shows, held at Macal Stadium in Villavicencio and Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá.
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DARESBURY, U.K. — Creamfields 2014 drew more than 60,000 EDM fans during its Aug. 22-24, 2014 run. The main North and South Stages both featured large-scale PA systems, supplied by Britannia Row Productions, Ltd., with SSL Live consoles at front of house. Wayne “Rabbit” Sargeant, FOH engineer for Avicii, used an SSL Live L500 console for the headliner’s performance.
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