WINTER PARK, FL – Full Sail University's new multi-purpose, live performance venue, Full Sail Live, has been equipped with DiGiCo SD7 and SD8 consoles at FOH and Monitor engineering positions, respectively.
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BANGKOK – TechWorX worked with consultants Club Favour to help the 1,000-capacity Shock39 nightclub reopen with sound gear including the new Trinity X subwoofer from Void Acoustics. The Void system is the first to be imported into Thailand, and Schock39 is the first venue anywhere to be equipped with Trinity X subs.
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INSTANBUL, Turkey – When the gig is to provide sound reinforcement for more than 150 of the world's best debating teams, you don't want to raise any points of contention about the audio gear. Turkish PA provider Art Production Event Technologies got the last word in with their new iLive system.
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SINGAPORE – Featuring live performances, LED screen broadcasts of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and an outdoor bazaar with foods and activities, Beerfest Asia 2010 got audio support from D.A.S. Audio Asia, which provided a D.A.S. Audio Aero Series 2 for the 30,000 visitors drawn to the five-day event.
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NEW YORK – AMC's Mad Men made its fourth-season premiere outdoors, in Times Square, with a large video screen, VIP seating and a sound system set up near 47th Street and Broadway – the epitome of urban sensory overload. Barely noticeable on either side of the stage were K-array's KH4 and KS4 compact loudspeakers.
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TAMPA, FL – Brad Paisley's H2O Tour is a bit like a traveling mini-festival. The main stage, and draw, is Paisley, but it's supplemented by a two-hour pre-show featuring Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia and Josh Thompson. They perform in a separate area called the Water World Plaza Stage, which has been equipped with a Sound Image-supplied audio setup including two Allen & Heath iLive-T 112 digital mixing consoles.
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TRIANON, MAURITIUS – Church Team Ministries International (CTMI), which hosts an annual international conference along with services every Sunday, built a new 4,000-seat auditorium to meet its growing needs. Durban, South Africa-based Northwind Recording provide the sound system, which includes an Aviom Pro16 Digital Snake.
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MILWAUKEE, WI – Spanning 11 days, with 11 stages and some 800 bands performing, Summerfest is billed as "The World's Largest Music Festival." Clearwing Productions provided Martin Audio LE700 monitors at four of the 11 stages.
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MILFORD, NH – Earthworks, Inc. named Bill Norton to the newly-created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Norton will be tasked with overseeing all aspects of Earthworks' sales and marketing operations.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The times and dates have not been finalized, but Jessica Livingston and Jeff McKnight, co-chairs of the Technical Tours for the 129th AES Convention (Moscone Center, Nov. 5-7) have announced the planned tour sites, along with new tech tour package deals – three "2-for-1" tours this year.
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STOW, OH – Audio-Technica named Mark Donovan to the newly created position of sales engineer – installed sound. Audio-Technica U.S. vice president of sales Marc Lee Shannon made the announcement.
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CHICAGO – Organized annually by Chicago's chamber of commerce, West Fest Chicago offers two days of live music and entertainment on Chicago Avenue at Damen. Audio Integration Services (AIS), the distributor for Void Acoustics in the U.S., supported the event.
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