WASHINGTON DC — The venerable Warner Theater here has taken a step forward with the recent installation of an Outline Butterfly PA system. Installed by Maryland Sound International (MSI), the system includes L-R arrays of 14 Butterfly speakers with two CDL1815 subwoofers. MSI also installed eight LAB15SP subwoofers beneath the stage and six MiniCOMP.A.S.S. units for frontfill.
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LAS VEGAS — Harman’s Soundcraft is taking its “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) series to Las Vegas at NAB 2013. Hosting the sessions will be Ken Newman, front of house engineer for Barry Manilow and owner of Newman Audio. He has also mixed live sound for Chris Isaak, Anita Baker, Stevie Nicks, Liza Minnelli and Paul Anka, among others.
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PARIS — Adamson Systems Engineering announced that France-based rental and touring provider Audiolite added Adamson E15 gear to its rental inventory, and that Adamson’s long-time French distributors, DV2, had brokered the deal. Pictured here at SIEL 2013 are, from left, Guy Vignet (DV2), Thierry Tanguy (Audiolite) and Didier Dal Fitto (DV2).
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Adlib supplied sound for recent solo shows by rising young Australian pop star Cody Simpson, who took time out from his busy schedule opening for Justin Bieber to perform in the key cities of Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester promoting his first studio album, Paradise.
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OXFORD, OH — Loud & Clear installed a new sound system for 9,200-capacity Millett Hall on the campus of Miami University. The system includes L-R arrays of 12 KARA enclosures flown on the north end of the court, above ground-stacked SB28 subs, four per side. Six LA8 amplified controllers housed in custom racks power and process the entire system. The facility, home to the university’s RedHawks basketball and volleyball teams, is also used for school graduations and concerts.
Read More »HEBDEN BRIDGE, U.K. — Calrec has joined the AVnu Alliance, an industry consortium dedicated to the development and promotion of a professional-quality streaming standard for networked audio and video content based on the IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) standards.
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NEW YORK — The Allman Brothers Band once again took the stage at the Beacon Theatre here for an 11-show run ending March 17. Lititz, PA-based Clair Global provided two of Harman’s Studer Vista 5 SR digital consoles for FOH and monitor mixing.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Audio Video Designs (AVD) simplified the sound system interface for volunteer technicians at the Southwest Church of Christ here. For the church’s 700-plus-capacity sanctuary, AVD provided a Symetrix Jupiter 12 app based turn-key DSP setup, followed by a Symetrix Jupiter 8 running the Sound Reinforcement #6 app configured to do room-combining.
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VENICE, Italy — Marghera, a city situated on an area of dry land facing Venice that includes both residential and industrial zones, recently installed an audio warning system to alert the population of hazards including an industrial accident or airborne toxins. The system relies upon Community loudspeakers.
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MINNEAPOLIS — To enhance production crew member communications during and between a variety of shows staged at the Ted Mann Performance Hall, the University of Minnesota (UMN) installed a four-channel Clear-Com Tempest2400 digital wireless system. Alpha Video provided the gear.
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KANSAS CITY, MO — World Revival Church, a 1,000-seat house-of-worship facility here that ministers to a live congregation and broadcasts services globally, recently upgraded its sound system with RoomMatch loudspeakers, PowerMatch amplifiers and other products from Bose Professional Systems Division.
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FORT WORTH, TX — Tasked with the challenge of building a “top-of-the-line dance floor sound system and light show in a combination restaurant/lounge, and not have it look like you’re walking into a cavernous nightclub,” Diavolo Systems owner Tim Hannum overcame a sloped roof and other acoustic challenges for the 13,434 square foot Vee Lounge performance venue here with Martin Audio gear.
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