HUDSON, OH – Hudson United Methodist Church musical director Leigh Conti is now using Astatic's 1700VP remote variable pattern boom-mounted microphone to enhance live and recorded audio quality for two weekly services – a traditional service with piano and organ and a more contemporary presentation with electric instruments.
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NASHVILLE – Cam Beachley, monitor engineer for Carrie Underwood and French rocker Johnny Hallyday, is now using Type 10 and Type 10S direct boxes from Countryman Associates to enhance the sound quality from acoustic stringed instruments.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Ricky's Audio Corporation used Harman JBL VerTec and VRX line array systems for musicians entertaining some 15,000 runners and walkers participating in Puerto Rico's annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The event, held recently at the Coliseum of Puerto Rico in San Juan, raised awareness and funds for breast cancer research.
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IRVINE, CA – With an assist from CCI Solutions, Mariners Church met both the FCC's recent mandate and its own growing needs with Shure UHF-R and PSM900 wireless systems for its 3,400-seat main sanctuary in Irvine, CA; other locations in Mission Viejo and Huntington Beach, CA; and for future expansion over the next few years.
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BEMIDJI, MN – Opened in late 2010, the Bemidji Regional Event Center (BREC) is an 185,000 square-foot multi-purpose facility with an arena and exhibition space. The arena seats 4,700 for ice hockey but can accommodate up to 6,000 for concert events. The venue is the new home to the Division 1 Bemidji State University men's and women's hockey teams.
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GAINESVILLE, GA – Danley Sound Labs announced the availability of its new amplifier and DSP products, including the Danley DSLA amplifier and the Danley DSLP48 sound processor with DSP functionality.
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RIO RANCHO, NM – Lectrosonics, founded in Albuquerque, NM by company president Larry Fisher in 1971, is celebrating 40 years of growth this year – significantly, "with no acquisitions and no mergers," Fisher noted.
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DETROIT, MI – Ford Field, home of the NFL Detroit Lions, got a sorely-needed upgrade to its sound system with a new Q-Sys integrated system platform from QSC, provided by Durrell Sports Audio Systems.
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JOHNS CREEK, GA – The tech department at Perimeter Church manages nine auditoriums, an average of six weekend services and more than 2,300 events each year with an assist in reducing stage noise and adapting to the different needs across its 95-acre campus from Aviom Pro16 Personal Mixers.
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LONDON – Britannia Row Productions is providing a dual Midas PRO6 system at FOH and on monitors for Liam Gallagher's new band, Beady Eye, manned by FOH engineer Dan Lewis and Josh Lloyd on monitors. Midas has long been a favorite in the Oasis camp, with Lewis using an XL4 for the last few months of the band's final tour.
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BELLINGHAM, WA – It didn't take long for John Bauer, technical director at the not-for-profit Mount Baker Theatre, to make the leap from analog to digital. After viewing Soundcraft's Vi1 console at LDI last year, he ordered a demo unit and found it waiting for him upon his return. Before long, he was comfortable using the unit himself.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – The American DJ Group has reached a settlement with Wal-Mart Stores and DBL Distributing, a division of Ingram Micro, in a trademark infringement lawsuit regarding its American Audio brand. The suit alleged that the two aforementioned companies and three other firms had wrongfully used the "American Audio" trademark in advertising, distributing and promoting audio products that were not made by or affiliated with either American DJ or American Audio.
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