LONDON — After testing Martin Audio’s active Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) on a series of events, UK rental company RG Jones Sound Engineering Ltd has invested in the new system. The company’s 24 MLA top boxes and 12 MLX subs, with six dedicated amplifier and DSP channels per enclosure, will make their debut on a series of shows in April and May.
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Lectrosonics’ WM Watertight Transmitter, part of the company’s line of Digital Hybrid Wireless microphone systems offering compandor-free audio, promises to combine “cabled-microphone” audio performance with a new housing designed to withstand the harshest environments.
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LOS ANGELES — Angus Davidson and Rod Matheson, FOH and Monitor engineers, respectively, for Kimbra, are using Earthworks microphones to cover every instrument on stage as the New Zealand-born singer/songwriter brings her music to audiences around the world. The gear list includes SR40Vs (vocals), SR30s (guitar amps and audience mics) and, on drums, SR40s (overheads), 2 DP30s (snare, top and bottom), DP30s (toms), SR30 (high-hat) and SR30 with KickPad (kick drum).
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BRISBANE, Australia — Monitor engineer Jimmy Nicholson has been using the MIDAS PRO2C live audio system for Jessie J dates in Australia and Asia. This included an early afternoon slot at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane and a headline tour of small arenas in tandem with a Midas PRO6 at FOH.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Peavey sponsored the Agora Stage’s performances by the Alex Skolnick Trio at Musikmesse 2012 here March 21-24. Peavey also supplied the audio system at the stage for the four-day event.
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Heil Sound upgraded their PR 35 handheld dynamic microphone with a new chassis, enhanced rear rejection (to -42dB), a new concealed two-position roll off switch (replacing the former thumb switch) and a new look, with three interchangeable colored trim collars that can be mixed and matched. The new PR 35 is priced the same as the current model and is available now.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems recently hosted a recital for Madison Music Foundry students. The event filled the company’s 4,000 square-foot theater for the day with performances by the students, who ranged in age from 5 to 60, performing solo or ensemble pieces from Hendrix to Bach.
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SEOUL — Dai Kyung Vascom, Renkus-Heinz distributor for South Korea, recently installed a pair of Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeakers as part of an overall audio system upgrade for the Donam-dong Catholic church in Donam-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Used for both the spoken word and music, the system was designed to improve acoustic intelligibility and musical clarity in this 400-seat local church.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgian audio visual company GSF Event co-owner Sammy Freh was looking for a “compact console with lots of inputs and outputs and with very good sound quality” to support an event promoting the latest in the 49-year-old line of Porshe 911s. Freh used a DiGiCo SD9 with a DiGiRack and L-Acoustics PA system for the event.
Read More »PHOENIX — As part of its ongoing training series, Clearwing Productions will host the Meyer Mixing Workshop, instructed by Buford Jones. The event is set for Clearwing Productions Phoenix office April 24-25. Jones, a well-known FOH engineer, will share knowledge gleaned from years on the road, supporting a wide array of artists and genres.
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LONDON — British metalcore band, Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH), has invested in a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, including an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-R72 Control Surface, to manage monitors on tour.
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The new Apex Intelli-Ware software control platform for Intelli-X2 and the Intelli-Z² system management processors integrates with Rational Acoustics’ Smaart v.7 measurement data.
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