NEW YORK — WorldStage, the company formerly known as Scharff Weisberg and Video Applications Inc., has chosen the Yamaha CL5 digital audio console and accompanying Rio (Remote/IO) stage rack as its new audio console and immediately made them available for audio system rentals and staging.
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[caption id="attachment_107066" align="alignleft"]Michael Prowda, monitor engineer for Radiohead[/caption]CHICAGO — While new to Radiohead, monitor engineer Michael Prowda is a live event veteran. He saw Sensaphonics 3D Active Ambient IEM System as a good fit for the band’s needs. Although one of the band members opted to stick with wedges, most of the others made the switch to Sensaphonics based on Prowda’s recommendation.
Read More »SANTA MARIA, Brazil — Authorities have detained four people in connection with a fire that ripped through the packed Kiss nightclub in this southern Brazil city in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 27, killing 237. A small pyro display is being implicated as the cause. Early reports suggest that some kind of pyro device ignited foam sound insulation material on the ceiling, and that a crowd of college-aged revelers stampeded and were suffocated within minutes by the resulting smoke and fumes.
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ATLANTA — During the first four days of 2013, more than 60,000 college-aged Christians converged upon the Georgia Dome here for Passion 2013, an annual conference of message and music that not only lifted spirits but raised more than $3.3 million to combat slavery and human trafficking worldwide. To support the event, Camarillo, CA-based Rat Sound Systems provided a sound system that included 108 K1, 96 V-DOSC, 36 KARA and 24 dV-DOSC elements, 40 SB28 sub enclosures, and 31 LA-RAK amplifier racks.
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LONDON — Dave Wooster, FOH engineer for Leona Lewis (and Sennheiser UK’s Live Sound Specialist) supported her performance at Annabel’s, a members-only club in London’s Mayfair district with a setup that included a K-array KR200S sound system.
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ATLANTA — The International House of Prayer (IHOP), based here, has been the site of a prayer meeting that has been going, 24/7, since Feb. 12, 2006. It’s also been the site of some energetic performances by religious rock bands — and the target of some neighborhood noise concerns. To correct the problem, Pensacola-based Soundscapes flew three rows of three strategically-aimed Danley SH-100s.
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Allen & Heath recently added to its range of iPad apps the new GLD digital mixing system controller, GLD Remote, providing a comprehensive suite of mixing controls for remote wireless applications using the iPad or the iPad Mini.
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ORVIETO, Italy — When Chicago vocalist and songwriter Dee Alexander traveled here for the Umbria Winter Jazz Festival in December, she used DPA’s d:facto Vocal Microphone. “It captured the essence, quality and natural sound of my voice, and I did not have to work hard at all,” she said. “It truly is a microphone of excellence.”
Read More »NASHVILLE — One Systems named Studio Sound International (SSI) of Mission Viejo, CA as its representative for Latin America.
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LOHNE, Germany — Werretalhalle, a venue here that seats 250 and has a capacity for 450 without seating in place, recently installed Adamson gear including Point 15s (L-R) and Point 12 speakers (center-fill), along with Point 8s (near-fill) and Point 215s for low-end support. The gear was first used for a show featuring a Dire Straits tribute band, “Dire Strats” (setup pictured here).
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Crown’s USBX accessory, introduced at Winter NAMM 2013, enables Crown XTi, CDi and DSi Series amplifiers with a USB port to be operated via an Apple iPad/iPhone using the “Powered by Crown” App.
Read More »WOODINVILLE, WA – Loud Technologies Inc. named Henri Cohen, VP, Worldwide Sales for the Ampeg and Mackie brands. Cohen previously served as director of sales, national accounts and Latin America. Cohen will report to Alex Nelson, Ampeg and Mackie President, and continue to be based out of the company’s headquarters here. Separately, Loud Technologies named Rohan Smith, former GM of Musiclink Australia, director of APAC sales for the Mackie and Ampeg brands.
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