The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, a landmark since the Roaring Twenties, has been inducted as a member of the Historic Hotels of America. But the sound system used for its six sizable ballrooms was a source of frustration to the hotel staff.
Read More »We are all hoping that the coming year is going to be better than the one that just passed and I am very much among those hoping. I mean, how long can it go on? And entertainment is more immune to downturns than other sectors of the economy, right?
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You had to be there.
You had to be there to see a hilariously self-deprecating Dennis DeYoung emcee. You had to be there for touching, moving documentaries on the three Parnelli honorees, Stan Miller, Jake Berry and Richard Belliveau, You had to be there for the surprise winners and their usually unconventional acceptance speeches.
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LONDON – SFL Group has installed an L-Acoustics line source system into Dominion Church, based in a renovated 1930s Art Deco cinema in Wood Green, North London, using large-format Kudo and compact Kiva cabinets.
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OSLO – Promoting Foot Of The Mountain – their first album in four years – the Norwegian pop band A-Ha has spent the autumn touring venues throughout Europe and Japan with a DiGiCo SD7 at FOH and an SD8 on monitors.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – After introducing the Italian-made K-array self-powered speaker lineup to the U.S. market at this year's Summerfest, Clearwing Productions, Inc. has been using the compact, lightweight gear for a series of regional conferences hosted by the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA).
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AUSTIN – The University of Texas at Austin's Performing Arts Center recently added a new L-Acoustics sound system to its 2,924-seat Bass Concert Hall.
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BERKELEY, CA – American Idiot, the rock album by Green Day, was transformed into a rock opera performed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 600-seat Roda Theatre.
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LONDON – Adlib Audio is supplying English 2-tone/ska band The Specials with sound equipment and the crew. Tour manager Mike Darling chose Adlib, based on previous assignments with Ibiza Rocks and other projects. Adlib crew members included James Neale and Richy Nicholson.
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Automated Processes, Inc. (API) is now shipping the 527 compressor, a single channel module based on API's 225L discreet channel compressor. The 527 features controls including variable attack, release, ratio and output gain controls. The unit also includes API's "Thrust" circuit, first offered on the 2500 stereo bus compressor. A 10-segment LED meter is switchable between gain reduction and output level. The MSRP is $995.
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NEW YORK – Celebrating their 27th World Series championship, the New York Yankees held a ticker-tape parade and ceremony before a crowd of two million people on the front steps of City Hall in Manhattan, supported by Syntonic Design, which used a system including JBL VerTec line arrays.
Read More »SEATTLE – Soundcraft is sponsoring a series of educational sessions that will visit 50 cities across the U.S. from mid-January to the end of March. Conducted by Superb Event Training, it is titled "Win Over Your Band AND Your Audience – How to Create A Unique and Sophisticated Audio Mix Using Principles of Three-Dimensional Sound."
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