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The Killers Tour with Focusrite RedNet Gear

Philip Reynolds with Focusrite RedNet gear used for the Killers Battle Born tour

The Killers Tour with Focusrite RedNet Gear

KIEV, Ukraine – Philip Reynolds, systems engineer for the Killers’ current Battle Born world tour, has been using a RedNet 1 eight-channel A-D/D-A and RedNet 4 eight-channel mic preamp at FOH to keep the audio within the digital domain for as long as possible before conversion to analog — A-D conversion takes place side-stage as soon as the mics plug into the stagebox. It’s just one example of how the company’s technology is being put to use to improve live sound.

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RiverEdge Park NEXO GEO T

Gand Helps River Edge Park Kick Off Opening Concert Season

BUENA PARK, CA — Gand Concert Sound helped River Edge Park kick off its first season by providing a NEXO Geo T sound system along with Yamaha PM5D-RH and M7CL-48 consoles for the opening weekend. The 30-acre park has a 10-acre Music Garden, with its John C. Dunham venue seating 8,500 including the lawn area. With the size of the venue, the NEXO Geo T sound system gave even coverage from the front to the back allowing audiences to enjoy the summer season.

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Ontario Ministry of Labor Issues New Safety Guidelines for Event Structures

TORONTO — The Ontario Ministry of Labor issued new guidelines on the safe use of event structures for live performances on June 19. They include recommendations for appropriate structural design and materials, correct positioning on the site, ground conditions and foundations, proper planning and control of work practices, ongoing inspection of the finished structure during use and the development of an Operations Management Plan (OMP) that includes weather monitoring and emergency procedures.

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Capital Sound Innovates With NEXO STM For Pet Shop Boys

LONDON – Electric due The Pet Shop Boys have received rave reviews for the first two dates of their 2013 Electric Tour. Capital Sound Hire deployed its NEXO STM system for the shows in London and Manchester, the largest they have undertaken to date, using the first three-wide configuration of the modular line array, requested by FOH engineer Holger Schwark.

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Club Saphire with One Systems

Turkey’s Club Sapphire Chooses One Systems Speakers

NASHVILLE, TN – Club Sapphire in Gümbet in Mugla province, Turkey, recently installed One Systems loudspeakers in its new outdoor dance club.  Akhan SES Isik Ve Gorsel Sistemler Tic of Istanbul, one of Turkey’s leading audio installation companies, performed the design and installation of the sound system that includes One Systems’ 103IM and 106IM speakers.

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Mark Fisher

In Memoriam: Mark Fisher, 66

LONDON — Mark Fisher, founder and managing director of Stufish, died June 25 after a long illness at Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead, U.K. with his wife Cristina at his side. He was 66. Fisher played a key role in the creation of some of the most complex and successful stadium rock shows ever produced, for artists ranging from Pink Floyd to U2 to the Rolling Stones and many others.

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Kinky Boots and John Shivers

DiGiCo-Driven Broadway Shows Take Home Tony Awards

NEW YORK – Matilda The Musical, Pippin and Kinky Boots (with Kinky Boots sound designer John Shivers pictured here) have two things in common: multiple 2013 Tony Awards and DiGiCo’s SD7T systems. The SD7T builds on the DiGiCo D5T, which is still being used on such shows as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

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University of MN Golden Gophers Enjoy New Locker Room Sound System

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers football team requested improvements to the audio playback system in their locker room. Alpha Video & Audio was contracted to design and install a cost effective, new system centered on the powerful, but easy to use, Symetrix Jupiter 4 app based turn-key DSP. The new Symetrix Jupiter 4 app audio system allows for two iPod docks, a DirectTV input, and a cable input to satisfy the needs of the players, coaches, and support staff.

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Shure at The Tony Awards

2013 Tony Awards Broadcast Relies on Shure Wireless Mics, IEMs

NILES, IL — The 2013 Tony Awards broadcast was a critical and ratings success, posting a 20 percent increase in viewership. With the show’s move from the Beacon Theater back to Radio City Music Hall, the theme for the night, as stated by host Neil Patrick Harris in the epic opening number, was to “make it bigger.” To cope with the show’s expansive production requirements, RF systems provider Firehouse Productions went with an all-Shure approach to wireless microphone systems and in-ear monitoring systems. Firehouse Productions supplied 48 channels of Shure UHF-R wireless and 8 channels of Shure PSM 1000 personal monitor systems.

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St. Phillips

San Antonio Sound & Light Installs Tannoy VQNET At St. Phillips

SAN ANTONIO, TX – St. Phillips college contracted San Antonio Sound & Light to upgrade their sound reinforcement system. The sound reinforcement system that San Antonio Sound & Light installed was a LCR system consisting of Tonnoy’s VQNET 60 full range, self-powered, three-way loudspeakers, VQNET MB double 18-inch subwoofer, and a VQNET 85 dedicated two way down-firing Mid/High loudspeaker.

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