LOS ANGELES – Cameron Crowe’s Roadies on Showtime has been criticized for falling short of reality in the concert touring industry. However, a DiGiCo SD9 console is very real and allows Bill Lanham – a technical consultant whose own role morphed into that of its FOH engineer, monitor mixer and multitrack recording engineer – to manage all of them on a single console.
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SEOUL – Kangnam Joongang Baptist Church in Seoul recently upgraded its mixing system, selecting Allen & Heath’s dLive and ME digital systems to manage FOH and monitors. Media Manager Sanghun Kim likes the dual touch screen and its fast response.
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GLASGOW, UK – Sennheiser Sound Academy is hosting its training program Nov. 8 at The Warehouse in Glasgow. Sennheiser offers a 50 percent discount for… Read More »Sennheiser Sound Academy Hosts Training in Glasgow
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ORLEANS, FRANCE – RCF provides HDL50-A for historic French radio station’s Vibration tour. Rental company XCPH took care of most of the technical aspects of the tour and provided an RCF audio system for the second year.
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LAS VEGAS — Adrian Belew, whose skills as an emcee and comedian, it turns out, rivals his artistry on the guitar, dropped a hint midway through the 2016 Parnelli Awards gala that something special was about to be added to an already extraordinary evening Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas. The surprise: an appearance by Tom Petty to present the 2016 award for Lifetime Achievement to his longtime tour manager Richard Fernandez.
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TUSCANY, ITALY – K-array held its annual Global Distributor Meeting recently at its headquarters in Italy. New product info was shared, and awards were given out for the year.
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ATLANTA – An EAW Redline sound reinforcement system found a new home in the sanctuary of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Because it is portable and self-powered, it has versatility and the ability to be used in any number of applications the church might have in the future.
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AUSTIN, TX – Encompass AV installed a Martin Audio In Sophia’s Restaurant. The venue needed a sound system which would offer softer background music with their high end cocktail lounge, and then more power for DJ nights.
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MEXICO CITY – Sound Engineer Isaias G. Asbun was impressed with natural sound provided by DPA Microphones’ d:vote and d:dicate series of microphones, choosing to use them on Ana Gabriel’s tour. Currently, Asbun has a DPA d:vote 4099 Rock Touring Kit complete with 10 d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones and a few d:dicate 2011C Cardioid Microphones.
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Powersoft is sponsoring the PAcalculate app, developed to help users set a starting point for a limiter setup, performing real life tests to validate and tune the results. Powersoft considers this a useful tool for anyone dealing with PA, sound reinforcement, sound systems, electroacoustic, pro-audio — as well as lighting.
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VANCOUVER – Kevin Knoll has joined Radial Engineering’s Vancouver-based engineering team as a senior design engineer. Knoll brings decades of technical, design and manufacturing experience to his new role. His many industry achievements include recognition for HDTV design excellence and consumer product energy management.
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NEW YORK — Eighth Day Sound recently provided Shawn Mendes U.S./Canada tour with a full complement of Adamson E and S-Series line array modules and subwoofers. The final concert at Madison Square Garden required 270° of coverage, while sound reinforcement throughout the tour was easily scaled for smaller venues.
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