Carrie Underwood “Play On” Tour Travels with Heil Gear
NASHVILLE – Carrie Underwood's tour of North America in support of her album, Play On, is getting live sound reinforcement from Clair Global that includes Heil Sound microphones.
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Shanghai EXPO 2010 Using Clear-Com System
SHANGHAI, China – Clear-Com provided the intercom for EXPO 2010, the "World's Fair"-style exposition that began on May 1 and ends Oct. 31, 2010 at the Shanghai Expo Performance Centre. EXPO 2010 organizers chose Clear-Com's Encore Partyline and Eclipse PiCo digital intercom systems and six V-Series intercom panels to help support the communications needs for the six-month events, with an anticipated 20,000 performances taking place.
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South Beach’s Pinkroom Equipped with D.A.S. Gear
MIAMI – The Pinkroom nightclub in South Beach is hosting DJs and live bands with a new sound system including D.A.S. Audio Variant and Aero Series 2 loudspeakers chosen by Paradise Production Services.
Read More »Shure Microphones Donated to Project RYTMO
ANAHEIM, CA – For seven years, the nonprofit Project RYTMO (Reaching Youth Through Music Opportunities) has been getting promising young people (aged 14-22) the opportunity to develop their musical, technical, and/or business potential in the arts.
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EAW QX Series Loudspeakers
EAW's compact, high-output QX Series, aimed at venues ranging from sports arenas to houses of worship, outdoor stadiums, performing arts venues, theaters and clubs, extends the "big horns in compact packages" characteristics of the company's AX Series.
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Nominate Your Hometown Heroes for 2010
LAS VEGAS – Each year FOH honors regional sound companies with our Hometown Heroes awards. These awards honor the best regional soundcos in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. The best part about this is that FOH readers – the people who actually work with these companies – get to decide who's really the best.
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Billy Idol Engineer Matt LaVoice Using DiGiCo D1 Console
MOSCOW – Sound Image is serving as production partner for Billy Idol's current tour, and despite firm roots in the analog era, engineer Matt LaVoice is using a DiGiCo D1 for the blond rocker, guitarist Steve Stevens, bassist Stephen McGrath, keyboardist Derek Sherinian and newcomers Billy Morrison on rhythm guitar and Jeremy Colson on drums.
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Bruce Hornsby Performs with Earthworks PM40 PianoMic
MILFORD, NH – Whether Bruce Hornsby is performing solo, with Christian McBride and Jack DeJohnette as The Bruce Hornsby Trio, or with his band, the Noisemakers, the pianists' mixing and recording engineer Wayne Pooley uses Earthworks' PM40 PianoMic System to capture the artist's sound.
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SACPS Uses Martin Audio For Cinco de Mayo Concert
SACRAMENTO, CA – Sponsored by KSFM/CBS Radio, the annual Cinco De Mayo concert featured a lineup including Expose', Jason Derulo, Baby Bash, Three 6 Mafia, Taio Cruz, Amanda Perez and Frankie J.
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Roland Systems Group S-0808 Stage Pocket
Roland Systems Group's S-0808 Stage Pocket, developed in partnership with Ace Backstage, is designed to allow the RSS by Roland S-0808 to slide in and out of a nesting frame that secures it for use while in the pocket. It also lets users take out the S-0808 and place it on stage near the audio source.
Read More »Fulcrum Acoustic, Rational Acoustics Host Tech Tour at Haze Nightclub June 9
LAS VEGAS – Fulcrum Acoustic and Rational Acoustics are co-sponsoring a technical tour of Haze Nightclub at Aria Hotel and Casino, City Center – Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at 6 pm. The tour will include a full AV demonstration of the nightclub's 16-zone audio system as well as its LED wall and lighting system.
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Andy Trott Named President of AKG
VIENNA, Austria – Andy Trott, President of Harman's mixer business Soundcraft Studer, with facilities in the UK and Switzerland, has also been made responsible for AKG, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. As such, Soundcraft, Studer and AKG have been combined under the same management team.
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