PASADENA, CA — The audio signals for NBC’s The Voice-themed float and five others with wireless audio in the 125th Rose Parade were mixed on a DiGiCo SD10 digital console supplied by Rat Sound Systems. The parade’s 45 floats, 15 equestrian units and numerous marching bands were seen by close to 700,000 along the parade route and millions more via an international broadcast.
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ANAHEIM, CA — At the 29th Annual TEC Awards during Winter NAMM on Jan. 24, Jeff Salmon of the Les Paul Foundation (pictured left) presented Todd Rundgren (right) with the Les Paul Award. The award, presented at the Anaheim Hilton, honors achievement in pro audio technology and production.
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HAMPTON, IA — Mark Carey, president/owner of Spencer, IA-based Carey’s Electronics provided Bose RoomMatch loudspeakers and a PowerMatch amplifier to meet the need for intelligibility at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church here. The new gear provides a “nice, tight band of sound for the congregation,” he noted.
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ROME — Andrea Taglia, live sound engineer for Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, owns a selection of DPA Microphones and credits them for sonic transparency. He often sources additional units when he is on tour with Bocelli through DPA’s Italian distributor, M. Casale Bauer. A recent case in point (pictured here): the use of DPA d:screet 4061 Miniature Microphones as close proximity mics for strings.
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NASHVILLE — KEM’s What Christmas Means Tour featured original compositions and holiday classics performed by KEM along with Patti LaBelle and also Ron and Ernie Isley. The tour, with Dec. 2013 stops in Washington DC, Norfolk VA, Durham NC, Detroit MI, Louisville KY and Nashville TN, also featured comedy from Anthony Anderson. Thunder Audio supplied RCF gear.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Planetshakers City Church at the Dallas Brooks Centre in downtown Melbourne, known for its contemporary praise and worship music along with the evangelical spoken word of its pastors, is using d&b audiotechnik V-Series gear.
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Hosa Technology’s new Edge Series cable products feature Neutrik connectors and Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC) conductors. And because Hosa Edge consists of microphone, guitar, and speaker cables, it can be used along the entire signal chain. The cable products were featured at Winter NAMM 2014, Booth# 5590 (Hall B).
Read More »NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional, Inc. and Quail Capital Corp announced the formation of Harman Equipment Finance (H.E.F.) to deliver capital to acquire Harman’s Martin Professional lighting products along with the company’s Studer, JBL, Soundcraft and Crown audio gear. H.E.F. promises an easy credit approval process for all Harman Professional products with terms from 12 to 84 months.
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ANAHEIM, CA — At Winter NAMM 2014, QSC Audio Products is introducing its much-anticipated digital mixer line. The TouchMix Series offers musicians, production pros and live performance venues the power and capability of a large format console in a highly portable, fully integrated, affordable and easy-to-use product.
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The d&b audiotechnik White range of integration solutions has expanded to include the xC-Series column loudspeakers. This latest addition contributes the same exacting qualities to the installation specific White range as the xS-Series and xA-Series, offering visual, physical, acoustical and electrical integration in a manner that meets the most demanding specifications.
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AUSTIN, TX — For the Unity Church of The Hills in Austin, Texas, a new sound system was way overdue. The church congregation has grown over the years to now require three services on Sunday with different musical styles and audio mixes required in each. For the main sanctuary, the Allen & Heath iLive-T112 Surface with an IDR-64 MixRack commands the FOH position where it orchestrates a new Turbo Sound TCS 1061 line array powered by Ashley NE 2400 amplifiers and a series of Shure ULX-D wireless microphones.
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CORONA, CA – Crossroads Church, a 121-year old congregation located in Corona, CA, recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system with the addition of 24 PowerLight 3 Series PL380 amplifiers and two Q-Sys I/O Frames – all controlled by a Q-Sys Core 500i Integrated Core. The upgrade was designed to support the congregations’ highly energized and impassioned contemporary services that can boast weekend attendances of nearly 8,000 worshipers.
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