OSLO – For the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Concert at the Oslo Spektrum, Norwegian audio company AVAB-CAC deployed two Midas XL8 live performance systems and three PRO6 live audio systems for the live show and broadcast, making extensive use of AES50 networking.
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LONDON – The new self-powered Meyer Sound UP-4XP loudspeaker recently made its debut at the Royal Albert Hall's renovated Elgar Room. The UP-4XP is noted for combining the advantages of a remote DC power supply and the acoustic power output of a three-way self-powered system.
HITACHINAKA, Japan – The Rock in Japan concert, produced by Rockin' On publisher Keiichi Shibuya, was held for the 10th year in 2009. More than 165,000 attendees came to Hitachi Beach Park to hear performances by some 150 Japanese artists, including Eikichi Yazawa, Unicorn, Ulfuls and Perfume.
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NEW YORK – Legends 33, a sports bar and restaurant located on 33rd Street, not far from the Empire State Building, is named for its location and its emphasis on sports icons, but a Renkus-Heinz sound system installed by AV integrators Starview Satellite is another important element in the marketing mix.
Read More »WOODINVILLE, WA – LOUD Technologies Inc. (parent company of Mackie) announced it has signed an agreement with Avid that licenses the use of Mackie's new Onyx-i Series Firewire Recording Mixers with Avid Pro Tools M-Powered 8 software.
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CANYON LAKE, CA – The Young Americans teach music, dance and performance to young people throughout the world. The organization, founded in 1962, is a non-profit corporation and number more than 250 college age performers from nearly 40 states and seven countries with one agenda, to keep music alive in schools.
Read More »WALNUT CREEK, CA – The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, presenters of the Technical Excellence & (TEC) Creativity Awards, announced today that it has changed its name to the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio.
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HANOVER, Germany – Not all artists and touring support crews have to worry about how a vocalist sounds while hanging upside down on a trapeze. But that was the problem facing the audio crew supporting Pink's Funhouse tour.
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ST. PAUL, MN – The annual KDWB Jingle Ball, held at the Xcel Energy Center, helped ring in the holiday season with Jordin Sparks, Pitbull, Colbie Caillat, Boys Like Girls, 3oh!3, Justin Bieber, Jay Sean, Owl City and an Electro-Voice X-Line sound system deployed by local production company Eternal Systems, Inc.
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GLASGOW, U.K. – Ian Bond of IPB Audio, owner of one of the first Midas PRO6 live audio systems to roll off the production line, has been using it on a 10-week European tour with five-piece progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. Bond has a long association with the band, having been their FOH engineer for 10 years.
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LONDON – Florence and the Machine used a combined iLive FOH and monitor system on its European tour this fall, which included dates in the U.K., Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Austria.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Along with U.S. president Barack Obama and over 100 VIPs including heads of state and various ministers of different nations addressing climate change issues, a total of more than 30,000 people attended the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) at the 77,000-square-meter Bella Center in Copenhagen.
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