TORONTO, Canada and ESCONDIDO, CA — Sound Image, the second American company to join Adamson’s Project Energia, didn’t take that step suddenly, or on a whim. “Adamson kept us closely informed as Energia was developing,” noted Sound Image president David Shadoan.
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NEW YORK and BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — The organizers of recent live open-air concerts featuring tenor Andrea Bocelli used a RockNet installation from Riedel Communications for distributing on-site audio.
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FLORENCE, Italy — The Amerigo Vespucci Airport’s terminal building in Florence was equipped several years ago with an RCF sound system. For a new terminal, the airport recently turned to RCF once again.
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TEMPE, AZ – Precise Corporate Staging promoted Dan Arends from director of operations to national director of sales, a new position. The company also added musician and band founder Dash Cooper as digital media marketing manager.
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LOS ANGELES — NEXO’s new stage monitors have been paired up with British singer-songwriter Ray Davies, a founding member of The Kinks. The 45 N-12 line monitors were used for a series of high-profile gigs in the U.K. and for Davies’ U.S. tour. Chris Wibberley, monitor engineer for Davies for 11 years, had a chance encounter with NEXO’s new N-12 wedges at last year’s PLASA exhibition, which led to a demo, and almost immediately, use of the monitors at the Meltdown (UK) shows at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
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BOTHELL, WA — Music Group named Paul Wright vice president of global sales. Wright will lead the company’s worldwide sales teams and manage strategy and revenue in all markets for the company’s brands and divisions, including Behringer, Bugera, Midas and Klark Teknik products. Prior to Music Group, Wright served as VP of sales and marketing EMEA for Numark’s brand portfolio. Prior to Numark, he worked for eight years as international sales director for Line 6. In his new role, Wright will be based at Music Group’s worldwide sales office in Luxembourg.
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HAMILTON, Ontario — For events related to the Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMAs), which was broadcast live from Copps Coliseum on CBC, P.A. Plus Productions and monitor engineer Adrian Sterling provided an assist with Martin Audio LE1200S wedges.
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NASSAU, The Bahamas — Orlando-based Paradise Show and Design’s Tim Strauss is replacing a number of the older amplifiers used at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort with Lab.gruppen C Series amps. The installation includes 16 amps in all — C 28:4s and C 16:4s — in five of the resort’s towers.
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COPPELL, TX — Spanish-speaking Iglesia Mundo de Fe, which shares a location with LifeChurch here, has been equipped with a QSC Audio KLA Series fixed arcuate active line array system, along with K Series loudspeakers, as part of an upgrade to the AV system used in the church’s sanctuary. The QSC system was purchased from Scott Price at ProAudio.com in Fort Worth. ProAudio.com’s design/build division, Church Audio Video, also installed the system.
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BALTIMORE, MD — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) provided AV gear including a QSC sound system to the Perry Hall Family Worship Center, which began construction in 2010 on their new facility in the Baltimore area. The church’s new sound system includes eight QSC WL2082-i dual ILA speaker cabinets and a pair of QSC WL118-sw subwoofers, controlled through a QSC SC28 2X8 System Controller, along with QSC PLX3602 and PLX3102 power amplifiers.
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LA PUNTA, Argentina — Wanzo Producciones srl provided 16 dBTechnologies DVA T12 line array cabinets, 16 DVA T4s and an additional eight DVA T4s as outfills for a Grupo Slots-sponsored event staged in La Punta’s Hippodrome recently. The concert, featuring singer Abel Pintos and La Konga, a 15-piece band, drew 48,000 to the venue.
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Larry Lucas, director of audio engineering at Anthony James Partners, faced tight budget constraints when tasked with an audio solution for Florida Atlantic University’s new football stadium. He managed to combine price and performance with two Jericho Horn JH-90s, positioned on top of the video board. Daktronics, the video gear provider, also installed the audio equipment.
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