VIENNA, Austria – At the annual Life Ball extravaganza, organized by nonprofit charity AIDS LIFE and held at the Hofburg Palace here on May 31, featured Bill Clinton, Christina Perri and Ricky Martin, among others. The audio crew relied on 100 channels of Harman’s AKG WMS4500, DMS700 and IVM4500 wireless microphone and monitoring systems for onstage vocal performances and announcements.
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FRANKLIN, TN — Sound contractor CTS Audio, one of the first adopters of JBL’s VTX Series line arrays, recently bolstered its inventory with the purchase of 108 V20 line array loudspeakers to its inventory, plus another eight V25 loudspeakers and a number of VTX F Series F12 loudspeakers. Pictured here, from left, are CTS Audio’s Brooks Abbott and Gage Waltz; JBL Professional’s George Georgallis; and CTS Audio’s Mark Kimmel, Duncan Ferguson, Trent Stegink and Jon Schwarz.
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Sound Cos
Blue Pegasus Productions, Sonic Solutions
Venue
Hyatt Regency/San Francisco Airport
Burlingame, CA
Most of us are, by nature, really nice people. When there’s a noble cause or need, we’re all too glad to chip in. Truthfully, there are a lot of important, meaningful charitable causes out there who could well use our services, and since most of them are non-profits, well it would be nice if we could just donate some of our time, staff, trucks and gear to the cause.
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While the 13th annual Bonnaroo Music Festival included a Friday the 13th, it was nothing but good luck, good music, and good times for the 80,000 music-loving fans that showed up for the Manchester, TN event. With more than 200 acts over four days from June 12 to 15, 2014, including headliners Elton John, Kanye West, Jack White, Lionel Richie, Vampire Weekend and the Avett Brothers, it took several sound companies to make it a memorable festival.
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Well, it took a while, but PreSonus is finally shipping its much-anticipated StudioLive AI-series live sound speakers. The line includes three 3-way top cabinets and an optional single-18 subwoofer. The top cabinets have LF response extending well below 60 Hz, making them well suited for use without the subwoofer. They are fitted with 12 M10 rigging points and dual (flat and -10° downward) 35mm pole mount sockets, except the larger SLS315AI, which has one socket.
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Dynamic microphones have pretty much been the standard in vocal performance mics for decades. However, if you’re looking for extended bandwidth and fast transient response in a handheld, a condenser mic is just the ticket. With that in mind, we present this look at some current condenser models. All models listed require phantom powering. No frequency response data is given; simply stating that a mic has a 20 Hz to 20 kHz spec is fairly meaningless, and many models include LF or upper mid presence boosts to add character or intelligibility, so a “flat” response is rarely desirable. Weight is often a factor, particularly when using a handheld mic over extended periods with certain vocalists. And MSRP list pricing is listed; microphones are often greatly discounted and “street” pricing can vary dramatically.
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