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Music Group City, under construction in China

Music Group City On Track to Open in 2014

ZHONGSHAN, China – Just over a year after breaking ground on a massive new campus that will become home to up to 10,000 employees, Music Group founder and CEO Uli Behringer noted progress on the campus, which will be used to design, build and distribute products for the Music Group portfolio, including Midas, Klark Teknik, Turbosound, Behringer and Bugera.

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For Sky Spirit Fitness Lounge on Malta, Futuretech installed a sound system that includes Powersoft’s multi-channel Ottocanali amplifiers.

Maltese Gym Installs Powersoft Amps

LUQA, Malta — For the new Sky Spirit Fitness Lounge here, Futuretech installed a sound system that includes Powersoft’s multi-channel Ottocanali amplifiers. The gym’s owner, Stefan Farrugia, cited power efficiency and the compact size of the units as key selling points.

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Yamaha To Acquire Line 6

Yamaha To Acquire Line 6

CALABASAS, CA — Yamaha Corporation will acquire Line 6, Inc., the companies announced Dec. 20.  Yamaha will operate Line 6 as a wholly owned subsidiary with Line 6’s operations continuing as before and its management team remaining in place.  Takuya Nakata, president of Yamaha Corporation, lauded the deal, along with Line 6 CEO and president Paul Foeckler and Line 6 co-founder and chief strategy officer Marcus Ryle.

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File photo of Apollo Theatre exterior in London prior to the partial ceiling collapse on Dec. 19, 2013

More than 80 Hurt, Four Seriously in Apollo Theatre Ceiling Collapse

LONDON — More than 80 people were hurt, four seriously, in a ceiling collapse at the Apollo Theatre here on Dec. 19. The 775-capacity theatre, which first opened in 1901, was nearly full when the ceiling fell a little after 8 p.m., according to reports. The staged production, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, had been underway for about 40 minutes when it was halted amid the fallen debris and dust.

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Keyboards at Christmas featured 17 pianos at the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Steinway’s “Keyboards at Christmas” Event Heard via DPA Microphones

FORT WORTH, TX — Luke Byford, assistant director of musical productions for the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently miked 17 Steinway Grand Pianos for Keyboards at Christmas, a holiday show staged within a 3,500-capacity performance space at the school. Along with 51 d:vote 4099 Instrument Mics — three per piano — DPA loaned the school two d:facto Vocal Microphones for the soloists who accompanied the pianists.

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Pictured here, from left - Larry Fisher, Metro Sound & Lighting; and Neal Wallace, Event Pro, Inc.

Twin Cities Area Soundco Adds Yamaha CL5 to Arsenal

HASTINGS, MN — Event Pro Inc., based here, recently added a new Yamaha CL5 Digital Audio Console and Rio3224-D and 1608-D input/output boxes to their rental inventory. The purchase was facilitated by Metro Sound and Lighting, St. Paul, MN. Pictured here are, from left, Larry Fisher, Metro Sound & Lighting; and Neal Wallace, Event Pro, Inc.

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JH Audio Roxanne

JH Audio Roxanne IEM

New from Jerry Harvey Audio is Roxanne in the all-new Sirens Series. Equipped with soundrIVe technology, the company’s newest proprietary mini-quad drivers, Roxanne features an untra-wide frequency range and offers the first variable (+/- 15 dB) bass control IEM cable, which lets users shape the low-end sweet spot to individual taste.

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VUE Audiotechnik, which helped spread the word about the fund set up in Jim Lovell's memory, had its al-4 line array gear at the event.

NYC Tree Lighting Dedicated to Jim Lovell

NEW YORK — PRG has handled sound reinforcement for the annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony for more than two decades, and for the last 18 years, freelancer James Lovell, 58, has been an audio crew member as well. Lovell was on his way to New York to help with the setup for the 2013 ceremony when the Metro North passenger train he was riding on Dec. 1 derailed. Lovell was one of four passengers killed.

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