TSI Global Upgrades St. Louis Auditorium with Martin Audio Gear

ST. LOUIS – TSI Global recently upgraded Brauer Hall, an 800-seat auditorium at the Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS), with a Martin Audio O-Line system. The school staff wanted a more multifaceted sound system for background music and pep rallies as well as a focus on vocal quality. Before the install, teachers who would come into the back of the hall couldn’t understand what was being said on stage. All of that has changed with the Martin Audio O-Line.

NEW YORK CITY – For Phish’s tour, FOH engineer Garry Brown is carrying a Yamaha PM10 Digital Audio Console supplied by audio vendor Clair Global. He made his decision based on a comparison with five other consoles prior to the tour. Brown’s input count can range up to 120 inputs for a show, while his previous console maxed out at 96 channels. Phish ends the year with their traditional four-performance dates New Year’s Eve weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

RED HOOK, NY – Firehouse Productions is providing DiGiCo consoles on the annual iHeartRadio Jingle Bell holiday tour featuring Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Meghan Trainor, Ellie Goulding, Ariana Grande and many others. “Most of the artists performing on this year’s Jingle Ball Tour carry DiGiCo consoles with them on their own tours, so it made perfect sense to supply SD7s and SD10s for this tour,” notes Firehouse Systems Tech Jamie Pollock.

WINNIPEG – Although the original fort at Upper Fort Garry in Winnipeg was largely demolished in the 1880s, its remaining Governor’s Gate and surrounding land were gifted as parkland to the city. Recent development pressures led to a $19 million heritage park and interpretive center for Upper Fort Garry. A 400-ft commemorative wall has been built, with integrated LED lighting by Daktronics and sound by Inland Audio Visual.

SAN FRANCISCO – When the SF Armory officially opens Dec. 31, 2016, it will feature a massive d&b sound system and the only supergrid in California. The two major upgrades are part of a larger bid to become San Francisco’s top live music venue, or the “Madison Square Garden of the West.” Since the 103-year-old building was granted an entertainment permit from the city in April, the Armory has spent the past nine months upgrading the sound system, as well as adding sound attenuation vestibules and the truss.

KNOXVILLE, TN — FOH Engineer Stephane Plisson uses the Waves eMotion LV1 software mixer for Kids United Tour, a popular French musical group created to support UNICEF campaigns. Plisson was looking for a compact setup to take on the road with more than 100 shows with Kids United. 

CAMARILLO, CA – Powersoft has appointed Gino Pellicano to the newly created position of applications engineer. Pellicano will interface with consultants and integrators to raise awareness of Powersoft’s rackmount amplifiers, while expanding the network of Powersoft users in the US and Canada and widening the company’s reach in the touring and installed sound fields. He most recently worked for Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) as an applications specialist.

LOS ANGELES — FOH and MON Engineer Gabriel Ramos has been relying for the past 15 years on DPA Microphones. Specifically, he’s been using d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones to take instrument amplification to next level for the many international artists he works with, including Prince Royce, Luis Fonsi and Yandel. Ramos is currently using the d:vote 4099s for percussion, including the snare top and bottom, hi-hat and toms. Ramos plans expand his DPA inventory with other models for the future.