BARCELONA, Spain — Focus, S.A. was recently contracted to furnish sound reinforcement for Pride Barcelona 09, a GLBT event attended by an estimated 15,000 people. The event was held at Avenida Maria Cristina, and Focus relied on EAW for loudspeakers and processors for the night’s main stage concert, which featured live musical artists and DJs.
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Atsunori Abe, former general manager of Audio-Technica Corporation’s International Department (Japan), died on July 10, 2009. Abe passed away in his native Japan and is survived by two brothers, a sister, his wife and their three daughters.
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CHICAGO — Stephen Curtain, staff engineer for 8th Day Sound, has worked with Tool since the band’s 10,000 Days tour in 2006, and while he’s used DiGiCo desks previously, this is his first outing with a DiGiCo SD8 for the band’s summer tour, which included headlining spots at the All Points West and Lollapalooza festivals.
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SOUTHWOLD, U.K. — Adlib Audio supplied sound equipment and crew to the Latitude Festival for the fourth year running, this year taking over two new stages — the Uncut second stage and the Sunrise Arena, in addition to the Lake Stage, the Film & Music Arena and the Cabaret Tent which also had a “roving” sound system. The Adlib team of 14 was crew-chiefed by Richy Nicholson.
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BALTIMORE — Sound integrator AVI-SPL used Crown CTs series amplifiers and PIP-Lite modules for the redesigned sound system at 48,000-seat Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles. The installation also included BSS Soundweb London signal processing devices.
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BRUNEI — The Jerudong Park Amphitheatre, part of a major amusement attraction in Brunei, a small nation that shares the island of Borneo with Malaysia and Indonesia, has acquired an Allen & Heath digital iLive system including an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-176 Control Surface.
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RIVERDALE, CA — Crossword Christian Church recently upgraded its sound system, replacing the systems in its sanctuary, courtyard, and children’s wing with an assortment of Electro-Voice equipment from CBC Technical, Inc., Murrieta, Calif.
Read More »BERLIN — For Bürgerfest (Citizen Party), which attracted 750,000 spectators to Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Germany’s constitution, Bundespresseamt, Germany’s federal PR agency, hired Mediapool to provide also sound reinforcement. Mediapool used a Meyer Sound system comprising 186 loudspeakers.
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SURREY, U.K. —Delta Sound announced plans to acquire Sound By Design. Both companies will operate from Delta’s current HQ near Hampton Court in Surrey, with Oct. 1 set as the target date for SBD’s relocation.
Read More »STOW, OH — Audio-Technica is offering a new five-year warranty, new freight options and extended terms for its line of Engineered Sound products. The new deal is available to those in the professional installed sound market via a network of specialized sound contractors and system integrators, as opposed to retail outlets.
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SAN FRANCISCO —St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, a registered landmark built in 1895, was affected by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and along with a government-mandated seismic retrofit that addressed considerable cosmetic damage, the church commissioned a new sound system.
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DRESDEN, Germany — A Studer Vista 8 is at the heart of a new concert hall at Dresdner Hochschule für Musik (Dresden University of Music) in Germany, named after the 19th century composer, Carl Maria von Weber. More than 600 people from all over the world study music at the university.
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