LONDON – PLASA 2011 got underway Sept. 11 with its perennial focus on the latest new gear. Highlights included Midas' PRO2/PRO2C, Lake's LM 44 digital audio system processor and Lab.gruppen's E Series amplifiers. Also drawing interest were Outline's GTO-DF, JoeCo's BlackBox BBR64-MADI Recorder and Allen & Heath's Waves SoundGrid interface for iLive, among many other new gear offerings. The show runs through Sept. 14.
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LONDON – Allen & Heath has chosen PLASA 2011 to launch a Waves SoundGrid option module for the iLive digital mixing Series, which provides a low latency 64 channel bi-directional interface to SoundGrid. The new M-Waves module opens up the opportunity to use Waves' acclaimed SoundGrid plug-in processing and concurrent multi-track playback and recording.
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ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands – The SAE Institute has installed a 36-channel Audient ASP8024 inline desk at its Rotterdam school.
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BOZEMAN, MT – Montana State University's Bobcats football team is playing in a renovated stadium this year. Some 5,200 additional fans can see each game – a total capacity to 17,200. Steven Shewlakow, lead designer at Michael Garrison Associates (MGA), opted for a single Danley Sound Labs Jericho Horn JH-90, which throws audio some 400 feet from its position on the stadium's new scoreboard.
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CURITIBA, Brazil – Located in southern Brazil, the Central Adventist Church of Curitiba recently completed a renovation that increased its seating capacity to 2,200 people and added a modern new design for church goers, who are drawn in part by services featuring chorale music and other live performances.
Read More »{mosimage}LONDON, U.K. – Following a sold-out U.S. tour, Glee Live! traveled to the U.K. for a tour that included stops in London and Manchester, and on to Dublin, Ireland. Clair Global provided sound reinforcement at The O2 arenas in London and Dublin, and at Manchester's MEN Arena.
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MAIDSTONE, U.K. – SRG Group provided Outline GTO and Butterfly loudspeaker systems for a recent two-day musical event at Leeds Castle that included a performance by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra conducted by John Rigby (Saturday) and a concert headlined by boy-band The Wanted (Sunday), with appearances by Alexandra Burke, Fanfare, Stacey Solomon, Eliza Doolittle and Aggro Santos.
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MESQUITE, NV – The Eureka Casino Resort, a 214-room destination northeast of Las Vegas, is known for its six golf courses and entertainment facilities.
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GLENROTHES, Scotland – To keep pace with its new product development, DiGiCo will be increasing its output capacity by adding a new Scottish production facility that is twice the size of the existing facility.
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DOVER, KENT, U.K. – A new historical exhibition recreating some of England's World War II exploits has opened at Dover Castle. Located in a network of tunnels beneath Dover Castle that served as a command center during the war, the Operation Dynamo exhibition was designed by Arne Kvorning of Kvorning Design & Communication. The new attraction features miniature Meyer Sound concealed loudspeakers to carry voice tracks over battle sounds.
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BLYTHE, CA – St. Joan of Arc Catholic church, located near the Arizona border, is no slouch, technologically-speaking. The church offers worshippers a video system with three screens, several pan/tilt/zoom remote cameras and a digital video recording system.
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HANGZHOU, China – The Dongpo Theater, the flagship theater of the Gold Coast Company, is considered a cultural and entertainment landmark. To meet its sound reinforcement requirements, the theater turned to D.A.S. Audio.
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