SOUTH AFRICA – Sun City Super Bowl played host to the 14th Annual MTN South African Music Awards (SAMA), an anticipated showcase of the country’s musical talent. Local rental company Sound Stylists provided the event’s audio requirements, with its recently purchased DiGiCo D5 Live console chosen as the front-of-house mixing solution.
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GLASTONBURY, England – Pigeon Detectives kicked off their UK tour with tracks from their new album Emergency and, with XTA digital signal processing an integral part of WE Audio’s PA system, the band’s brand of indie-pop sounded better than ever. Comprising a comprehensive number of Turbosound cabinets at both FOH and monitors, and with an array of XTA DSP units sitting across the system, the performance of WE’s system has not failed to impress the Pigeon’s engineers.
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OLD LYME, Conn. – Sennheiser is hosting a sound logo competition in which people all over the globe can submit audio clips through July 17. The logo will be chosen as Sennheiser’s official acoustic trademark. The chosen finalist will take home 5,000 euros, as well as an optional 30,000 euros if Sennheiser acquires unlimited rights to use the winning logo.
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NILES, Ill. – When Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off, a Shure SM11 microphone went along for the ride, just as it has for years, but it wasn’t used in a conventional manner as most microphones are used, however.
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CALBARY, Alberta – Sound Art Calgary has won the contract to install a new Midas XL8 single surface digital live performance system (with an additional four DL451 I/O boxes) at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary. This prestigious 2,500-seat venue is renowned for its stunning architecture and acoustics.
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BUENA PARK, Calif. ─ United Airlines headquarters employees were treated to a private performance by legendary Grammy award-winner Herbie Hancock, along with the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz band, on the front lawn of their Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based headquarters. Gand Concert Sound provided a NEXO GEO S12 line array system, flying six boxes per side using NX242 processors with ES-4 expansion cards and CD-18 subs powered by Yamaha PC-9501 amps.
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ALAJUELA, Costa Rica – For the Imperial Festival, La Florida wanted to add another brand to their large inventory of staging, lighting and audio equipment. After a great deal of discussions, Adamson’s Latin-American distributors, La Florida, settled with Adamson, acquiring 16 Y18s, four Y10s, six T21 Subs and four Adamson Touring panels. Sound pressure and clarity were cited as the winning factors of the Y-Axis System.
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Crest Audio has introduced the new X Series rackmount mixers, the successor to the X-Rack Series. X Series mixers feature the same lauded sonic accuracy, quiet operation and core features as their predecessors, plus an updated circuit design and four new models: the X18R and X20R for mains and the X18RM and X20RM configured for monitors.
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BERKELEY, Calif. – A chart-topper in Europe, Australia and his native Canada, singer Michael Bublé has broken through to superstar status worldwide, garnering a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and selling out arenas from coast to coast. With a Meyer Sound MILO line array loudspeaker system, Michael Bublé and his opening a cappella group, Naturally 7, are performing across the US and Australia, ending with a week of shows in the UK in July.
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DALY CITY, Calif. – On Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. (PST), Digidesign will present part three of its Live Sound Webinar series, hosted by Live Sound Manager Robert Scovill.
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GERMANY – German dance act, Scooter, whose first album release in the UK since 2002 promptly knocked Madonna off the number one slot last month, has just completed a tour throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Their latest tour, “Jumping All Over The World” was a high-energy techno extravaganza. Czech rental company, RentalPro, supplied full audio, lighting, laser, video and staging equipment, including two Innovason Sy48 digital mixing consoles equipped with an LX6464ES soundcard.
Read More »SPRINGFIELD, Va. –The Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Va., recently purchased a 42 fader Studer Vista 5. The console, which has been installed at front-of-house in the 1,100-seat auditorium, was selected for its input and output capacity, its simplicity of use by novice operators, and its flexibility, allowing simultaneous control of the main house system and monitors as a truly two-man console.
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