LOS ANGELES — To isolate the sound of the piano from nearby percussion instruments during the Academy Awards ceremony March 2, the show’s orchestra mixer, Tommy Vicari, and orchestra setup coordinator, Dan Vicari, used DPA Microphones’ d:dicate 4011A Cardioid Microphones and d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones. The Vicari brothers also used a pair of d:dicate 4011E Hanging Microphones for the orchestra’s drum kit.
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NEW YORK – The 75-year-old Diamond Horseshoe reopened recently within the Paramount Hotel here after a $20 million restoration. The venue’s opening show, with booking only through April 13, is Queen of the Night, a multi-room fusion of performance, music, circus, cuisine, design and nightlife. Masque Sound provided a solution that lets sound designers walk into any room with a tablet or computer and be able to adjust the audio levels.
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RIGA, Latvia — JZ Microphones, based here, named Hand in Hand Distribution as the U.K. distributor for the company’s product line, which now includes the HH1, their first dynamic microphone for live applications. The company also noted that Alchemea College of Audio Engineering recently acquired a pair of custom engraved BH1s to replace stolen gear.
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TOKYO — The Miss International Beauty Pageant, staged at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel here Dec. 17, was heard via a K-array system provided by Creve LLC and sourced via Livegear Corp. Creve provided a KR402 system, including a KP102 thin line array for mid-high frequencies and a KMT21 21” sub, both designed for optimal coverage.
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BISMARCK, ND — Historical roots run deep in along North Dakota’s Interstate Route 94, yet on the northern edge of Bismarck, ND rises something quite modern, yet steeped in history nearly as old as the city itself. It began 108 years ago, when a group of doctors founded the First Evangelical United Brethren, later changed to the First United Methodist Church. Recently, the congregation took occupancy of its new building and with that, took a name befitting the long history of the congregation: Legacy United Methodist.
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BOSTON — FOH engineer Steve Colby (pictured here, right), who has worked with the Boston Pops for more than 30 years, was an early adopter of Radial Engineering’s PZ-DI, which was developed by the manufacturer as an orchestral instrument DI. Colby’s choice also pleased Pops guitarist Jon Finn (pictured left), a guitarist with the Boston Pops since 1997.
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SAN DIEGO — VUE marked the second anniversary of the company’s founding with the launch of VUE Audiotechnik Europa GmbH here, led by newly appointed managing director Holger de Buhr, pictured here. VUE Audiotechnik Europa GmbH begins operations immediately. VUE’s EVP Jim Sides, who has extensive European experience, will work directly with de Buhr during the initial ramp-up phase.
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LOS ANGELES, CA. — Roland Systems Group announces the Roland S-2416 Stage Unit/digital snake which expands the line-up by offering a 24 input x 16 output analog and 8 input x 8 output digital, for a total of 32 input and 24 output channels. In addition to the analog and digital I/O the S-2416 has two REAC ports enabling the ability to cascade an additional snake for expanded I/O or for a fully redundant, zero-loss audio back-up solution. In addition, the discrete mic preamps are newly developed high-grade ensuring highest-quality uncolored sound.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — Just 18 months after a groundbreaking ceremony, PreSonus Audio Electronics has moved into its new high-tech headquarters and research facility in Baton Rouge. The new 44,000 square-foot building houses a large, state-of-the-art recording studio, a live-sound room, two isolation rooms, a video-production suite, test labs, a separate 1,500-square-foot live-sound room and expanded office/administrative space.
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NASHVILLE – Since its founding in Franklin, TN, in 2006, The Listening Room Cafe has become a Nashville institution, moving to Music City’s Cummins Station in 2008 and its new home downtown in early 2013 – nearly one year ago to the day. Owner Chris Blair, a singer-songwriter himself, offers Nashville songwriters a venue with the sound and atmosphere he felt they deserved. The new space’s audio recently got even better with the installation of a new RoomMatch loudspeaker system from Bose Professional Systems.
FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Slated to debut at next week’s Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt, VUE Audiotechnik’s new hs-20 compact subwoofer features the company’s Active Compliance Management (ACM) technology. Originally developed for its hs-28 and hs-25 systems, ACM technology combines a unique hybrid transducer alignment with sophisticated onboard electronics to deliver more output and low frequency impact than more conventional vented designs, while minimizing the need to increase overall enclosure dimensions.
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