LOS ANGELES — The audio crew supporting Foo Fighters on their Sonic Highways world tour got a production assist from RedNet D16R and RedNet MP8R Dante interfaces. Pictured here is Phil Reynolds, System Technician for the Foo Fighters.
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NEW YORK — Kevin B. Hart, a veteran show production manager and owner of Epoch Creative, has been using his in-ear CM-iX Intercom Headset from Point Source Audio on some important gigs this year, including his seventh NY CityFest.
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TBILISI, Georgia — Blue Box London provided a Funktion-One sound system for Bassiani, a nightclub in the capital of Georgia in eastern Europe.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications has named Joyce Bente the new president and CEO of Riedel North America. Bente joins the company with nearly 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry, and she will lead strategy and operations with the primary goal of expanding Riedel’s presence across North American markets.
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LONDON — For an audio upgrade at PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Chris Austin of Autograph Sales & Installations turned to Meyer Sound components including UPJunior-XP VariO loudspeakers and one-each MM-10XP and UMS-1XP subwoofers. Three MM-4XPD self-powered loudspeakers provide front fill, and two MM-4XP and UP-4XP loudspeakers each cover the bar and alcove areas. All loudspeakers employ IntelligentDC technology.
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ARMONK, NY — Italian Speaker Imports named Mick LoMauro National Product Specialist. The company, which has been growing since its inception in Sept. 2014, is the exclusive U.S. distributor of products from Italy-based FBT.
Read More »BUCHAREST, Romania and NANNING, China — A pyro-sparked fire and limited egress turned a 400-capacity nightclub into a deathtrap in Bucharest, Romania. Goodbye to Gravity band members were among the 60 killed and scores injured. Separately, a structural collapse killed a crew member and injured 13 others during setup for a show at the Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, China that was to feature pop vocalist Jolin Tsai.
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VALENCIA, CA — ATK Audiotek, which had been seeking a more impactful low-frequency response in its loudspeaker systems while shrinking the physical footprint of its traveling rig, found the solution in the form of Powersoft’s M-System (The M-Drive amplifier module is pictured here). ATK is now developing a new loudspeaker that integrates the M-System into a smaller and lighter form factor, optimized for handling, transportation and flying.
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RIO de JANEIRO – Gabisom Audio Equipment supported the 2015 Rock in Rio festival with Harman equipment including JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. The 30th anniversary of the original Rock in Rio festival returned to rock Rio over two weekends in late September.
Read More »UK — The third DiGiCo Quiz night netted £5,500 (about $8,484) for the Behind the Scenes charity benefiting backstage workers in the U.K. Pictured here, from left, are James Gordon, DiGiCo MD; and Lee Dennison, Behind the Scenes trustee with White Light.
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BUFFALO CENTER, IA — First Reform Church, located in the small town of Buffalo Center, Iowa, installed Allen & Heath’s Qu-24 compact digital mixer, ME personal monitoring system and an AR2412 IO rack in its house of worship.
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MESA, AZ — Parsons Technologies provided an an extensive Symetrix DSP infrastructure for Hohokam Stadium, the spring training home of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics. An Allen & Heath mixer, QSC amplifiers and Symetrix DSPs were also part of the stadium’s new audio overhaul earlier this year.
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