Focusrite Clarett OctoPre

HAMPTON BEACH, NH – Bernie’s Beach Bar was expanding its performance space, and as an outdoor venue in the Northeast, it looked to a new sound system that not only could cover the multiple listening areas, but also be taken in and out due to the unpredictable weather. RPM Dynamics installed VUE’s Acoustic linearity based sound system.

ALPHARETTA, GA – The Verizon Amphitheater in Alpharetta, GA recently hosted Live Nation’s “I Love The ’90s” concert for more than 11,000 fans. Atlanta-based AEE Productions provided a EAW KF line array system to reinforce the sold-out show.

LAGUNA HILLS, CA — Reinforcing its commitment to create highly customized insurance policies that meet the needs of the live and special event production industry, Take1 Insurance has introduced its Take1 Combined Crisis Cover, the industry’s first comprehensive, affordably priced insurance protection policy that provides immediate coverage of up to $1 million annually in the event of, or threat of, malicious acts including terrorism and that caused by an active assailant who interrupts or cancels a planned live event.

CARY, NC – Four back-to-back Danley OS-90 weatherized loudspeakers are covering four separate baseball diamonds in Cary, NC. The equipment choice was easy, as the town of Cary already had a history of successful Danley installations. The Cary Theater and the Cary Arts Center Theater both have permanent Danley systems, and the town’s mobile events system also consists of Danley boxes.

LOUDONVILLE, NY – Siena College needed a PA and live entertainment sound system at Casey’s, its student lounge. They had many restrictions on mounting and space for a large speaker system. Installer Audio Video Corporation selected a portable K-array system as its choice for loudspeakers. Siena College, an independent liberal arts college in Loudonville, NY, recently underwent renovations to its audio system and selected K-array as its choice for unobtrusive, high-quality loudspeakers.

LOS ANGELES – Roland Professional AV’s online product launch event relied exclusively on Roland equipment to deliver five hours of performances from three stages to viewers around the globe. Although Roland has produced previous streaming events, this, called “The Future. Redefined.” was the most ambitious so far, according to the company.

CHESAPEAKE, VA – Elite Presentations of Chesapeake, VA recently acquired a Martin Audio MLA Mini system including six stacks with 24 cabinets and six subs, and quickly put it to good use at an outdoor worship service held by the River Oak Church. As Technical Director Ray Dixon points out, “We were looking for a larger array system that was compact and could handle audiences of 3,000 plus with exceptional coverage and a lot of flexibility.

WESTWOOD, MA — Acoustics pioneer Dr. Leo Leroy Beranek passed away on October 11, nearly one month after celebrating his 102nd birthday. Born Sept 15, 1914 in Solon, Iowa, Beranek has long been considered the industry’s leading expert voice on acoustics.

LOS ANGELES – Tom Sorce, senior project manager and audio designer at PRG, has for the past decade relied on DPA Microphones to capture the intricate sounds of an instrument in live performances. “I find that the DPA microphones I utilize across strings, piano, woodwinds and percussive instruments give me an accurate representation of the instruments and a lot of flexibility in how I apply them,” Sorce says.

CHICAGO – Thunder Audio deployed JBL VTX V25-II line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers to power dynamic performances by Ellie Goulding, Major Lazer, Lana Del Ray and more at Lollapalooza 2016. As an early adopter of the VTX Series, Thunder Audio was initially drawn to the system for its versatility with any type of music.