BELMONT, Victoria, Australia — Total Events supplied the audio requirements, including background music, MC and umpires, for the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club stands at the recent Davis Cup tennis tournament. The main challenge for Total Events was keeping a minimal layout without obscuring sightlines. Their stock of low-profile JBL VRX speaker cabinets proved well-suited to the task.
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LAS VEGAS — The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMA), broadcast live from Las Vegas on CBS and hosted by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton, featured 24 performances across two venues. Most involved Shure wireless systems.
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SINGAPORE — Renkus-Heinz added Singapore-based Tan Kheng Keong (“KK”) to its APAC international application support team. KK, who is technically trained and fluent in Chinese, Indonesian and English, comes to Renkus-Heinz from the company’s Singapore distributor, Electro-Acoustics Systems.
Read More »DUBLIN — Canegreen and SSE Audio supported the recent 2012 U.K. arena tour for The Wanted. The “boy band” wrapped up its tour with a show here in early March. The crew included Ryan McLean at monitors and Andrew Thornton handling both FOH and production manager duties. Both said Sennheiser mics and in-ear monitors proved to be the right choice for the band.
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SINGAPORE – Switch by Timbre, a recently-opened, 300-seat live music restaurant and bar owned and operated by the Timbre Group, is equipped with D.A.S. Audio’s Aero Series 2, Road, and Avant loudspeakers. It’s the third Timbre property to be equipped with D.A.S. Audio gear.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman named Paul Shorter technical services manager for its Soundcraft, Studer and AKG brands. A 22-year veteran of the pro audio industry, Shorter joined Harman in 2009 as field applications engineer, specializing in support for the Soundcraft and Studer digital console ranges. In addition to his new position, Shorter continues as an active field engineer throughout the continental U.S. and provides technical sales support.
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Grund Audio Design recently added the GT-1520M and GT-1220M to the company’s GT Series floor monitor line. They feature two-way, bass reflex and dual angle enclosure designs, and promise to be versatile enough to be well-suited for both portable and fixed sound reinforcement applications.
Read More »GREENVILLE, IN — SurgeX International joined SynAudCon’s sponsorship program.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Yes Events Ltd., which purchased a major Theatre & Touring (TT+) system from RCF nine months ago, has expanded its inventory with an eight-enclosure TTL33-A compact, 3-way active line array system, two more TTS28-A subs (bringing their total to six), plus six TT25-SMA touring 15in stage monitors.
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ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — In 14 years, Vrienden van Amstel Live has grown from a café showcase for Dutch acts to seven sold-out nights at Rotterdam’s 10,000-seat Ahoy Arena. The televised show’s three-stage setup required four DiGiCo SD7 consoles and seven of the latest SD racks to manage the audio, with all equipment supplied by Ampco Flashlight Rental.
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MERIDIAN, MS — Peavey has donated loudspeaker enclosures to the Steven Sillers Tunnel to Towers Foundation for use by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, one of America’s largest military medical centers. The center was able to use the new Peavey PR 12 loudspeaker enclosures for its annual Super Bowl-themed celebration.
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[caption id="attachment_103471" align="alignleft"]Travis Rogers[/caption]LOS ANGELES — While on tour with jazz-fusion group Return To Forever, chief sound engineer Travis Rogers relies on a Harman Soundcraft Vi6 digital console for front of house mixing. He credited the digital console for sonic clarity and warmth, and also for its ease of use.
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