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L-Acoustics Provides Sound Prescription for The Cure

"The reflections really dominated the sound, and more loudspeakers just led to more (and more confused) reflections. Apart from the difficultly of hearing components of a service, you couldn’t hold a conversation at more than 15 feet!”

Danley Tames Baptist Church’s Problematic Dome

WARNER ROBINS, GA – Fellowship Bible Baptist Church featured a sanctuary in a dome-shaped building. While it was amazing to look at, the dome was an acoustical nightmare and wreaked havoc with intelligibility. Echoes throughout the sanctuary kept churchgoers from hearing the pastor and the choir. dB Audio & Video stepped in with a Danley Sound Labs loudspeaker and subwoofer array to provide sonic solutions.

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One of its most unique features is a 300-voice choir loft.

Earthworks Improves Services at Green Acres Baptist Church

TYLER, TX – Nashville-based AV company Morris chose and installed the Earthworks FW730 FlexWand to upgrade the audio system at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, TX. Serving the 300-voice choir loft was just one of the audio challenges. Morris CEO Danny Rosenbalm says, “The mics had to blend in visually. They could not hang from the ceiling and needed integrated cable management system. Lastly, they had to be of extremely high quality.”

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The Gray Mare is a new pub in the trendy East Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

Ashly Amps Power Up New Gray Mare Pub

NEW YORK – The Gray Mare, a new pub in Manhattan’s East Village, needed an audio system that was cost-effective, energy efficient and conservative in the tight-spaced real estate where every square foot counts. Local integration firm Starview Satellite got an assist from A/V manufacturer’s rep firm Cardone, Solomon & Associates for the project.

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The new Bose system was put to use at a number of Switchfoot concerts this year

Bose Pro Takes New ShowMatch DeltaQ Line Array Speakers on the Road

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Bose Professional has begun global demonstration events of its new ShowMatch DeltaQ line array loudspeakers. The compact and versatile ShowMatch loudspeaker features DeltaQ next-generation array technology, offering the ability to build traditional (J-Array or Constant Curvature) and DeltaQ array configurations, allowing both portable/rental and installed applications to deploy selectable coverage control. ShowMatch arrays are capable of generating a maximum SPL of up to 145 dB (peak), or when SPL is less critical, they offer the ability to achieve full coverage with fewer modules for significant weight, height and cost savings.

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Peer Gynt Hall is named in recognition of the celebrated Peer Gynt Suite by illustrious composer Edvard Grieg, the Bergen native in whose honor the Grieghallen complex is named.

Norway’s Peer Gynt Hall Upgrades with Meyer Sound

BERGEN, NORWAY – Norway’s Peer Gynt Hall has expanded and upgraded with a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system. Bright Norway handled the installation, giving the venue more functionality. Multiple presets in Constellation tailor the acoustical signature for use with any type of music, or for optimum speech intelligibility, and for any seating configuration.

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Pintu from Stagecraft at FOH with dLive at the Dildar Dandiya dance festival.

Stagecraft Deploys dLive at Traditional Indian Dance Festival

GUJARAT, INDIA – Indian PA company Stagecraft recently employed its new dLive digital mixing system at the huge Dildar Dandiya dance festival, held in the city of Gujarat in Surat, known as “Land of the Festivals.” Organized by Coconut Events, the 10-day festival was staged in the Golden Memories Dome and attracted 12,000 guests. Renowned Indian folk singers Kirtidan Gadhvi, Nisha Barot and Jetal Soni performed every day.

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Justin Bieber’s 2016 Purpose World Tour audio crew at the house SD7. Front row, left to right: Chris “Cookie” Hoff, Ken “Pooch” Van Druten, Austin Dudley, Alex MacLeod, Chase Usry and Tyler Austin; back row: Frank Peoples, Chris Rushin and Brett Stec.

DiGiCo ‘Purposefully’ Chosen for Justin Bieber Tour

LOS ANGELES – On the current European leg of Bieber’s 2016 Purpose World Tour, which is being globally supported by VER Tour Sound, Van Druten and monitor engineer Alex MacLeod are using a pair of fully loaded DiGiCo SD7s to run more than 120 input channels, more than 20 stereo monitor mixes, and about 20 “always on” talkback feeds.

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Pilgram HS theatre educator Rich Denningham and students prepare for upcoming production, and Nexo Geo M6. Photo: Bill Murray

Rhode Island Schools Update with Nexo, Yamaha

WARWICK, RI – ATR Treehouse has upgraded a couple of school auditoriums with Nexo M6 Speakers and Yamaha TF Digital Consoles. The client wanted both venues to be as similar as possible, so whomever was trained on the system could easily move between the two.

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Brad Divens, pictured in his personal mix room, recently outfitted with acoustical treatment solutions from Auralex.

FOH Mixer Brad Divens Employs Auralex

INDIANAPOLIS – Brad Divens, the FOH mixer for Enrique Iglesias, added a mix space in his home studio to accommodate the fact that most live shows now are recorded to multitrack and need a proper mix post-event. He uses Auralex acoustical solutions, after a recommendation from Iglesias’ drummer Van Romaine.

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