Nearly 300 friends and members of the live event industry gathered at PRG’s facility in San Fernando, CA on Dec. 7 to send off one our own, Patrick Stansfield. Stansfield was a tour manager who worked with such acts as Santana, the Rolling Stones, and most notably, Neil Diamond for 25 years (Diamond and many from his organization attended the event).
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SEATTLE, WA — Symetrix named Bormann Marketing as its U.S. Rep of the Year and named Production Audio Video Technology (PAVT) of Melbourne, Australia International Distributor of the Year. Pictured here is Bormann Marketing’s team.
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LAS VEGAS – Five Finger Death Punch (5FDP) and Danish metal band Volbeat co-headlined a tour that also featured opening acts Hellyeah and Nothing More with 22 shows around the U.S. between Sept. 16 and Oct. 24. Sound Image supported the tour with 48 Adamson E15 and 12 E12 line source enclosures and 24 E218 subwoofers.
Read More »FORT COLLINS, CO – FBT USA noted that Shaped Music, a full service technical event production company based here, has added FBT audio gear to its arsenal of gear and has already used the Italian audio manufacturer’s products for installation projects at several Colorado venues including nearby Colorado State University.
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CAYMAN ISLANDS – AI Rentals supported the staged live music events associated with the 11-day Pirates Week Festival that ran from Nov. 6-16 this year with an arsenal of audio gear including speaker components acquired earlier this year from Spain-based D.A.S. Audio. The main stage PA system featured of two hangs of 8 Event 210A loudspeakers plus two more for infill (mounted on the subs). Those subs were 16 Event 218A enclosures positioned in a single line across the front of the stage and delayed to make a virtual arc. Outfills consisted of two additional Event 210A hangs. There was also a single delay stack comprised of four Event 210A enclosures. Sidefills and drumfill consisted of Action 118A bass enclosures with Action 15A systems. D.A.S. Action 12A enclosures served as stage monitors.
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ONTARIO, Canada – With two headline shows in Ontario, Alice In Chains recently completed its North American tour, where the band performed in theaters and arenas with capacities ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 seats. Having stocked Harman inventory for 25 years, live production company Creative Audio provided full production elements for the show including JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD power amplifiers.
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AKG’s APS4 antenna power splitter can be operated in an extended frequency range of 470 to 952 MHz and is available for DMS700, WMS4500, WMS470 and WMS420 receivers.
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DUBAI, UAE – Adamson Systems distributor Thomsun Trading recently delivered new line array systems to Dubai-based Stagecraft Events and SAS Event Production. Adamson’s David Dohrman is pictured here (center) with the Stagecraft Events team.
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CLEVELAND, OH — The Hanna Theatre, a 550-seat performance space that first opened in 1921 and underwent extensive renovations in 2008, recently upgraded its sound system. NAC Technologies, also based in Cleveland, installed NEXO GEO M620 components sourced via Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems. The venue has been managed by PlayhouseSquare since 1999 and hosts productions staged by Great Lakes Theater.
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LONDON, UK – Orbital Sound supported freelance sound designer, Sebastian Frost’s setup for the launch of the Jaguar XE at Earls Court recently. The 90-minute production included a musical theatre-style show with a cast of performers, a a 30-piece orchestra and 17 new and vintage automobiles on a 53-by-30-meter stage. Frost made use of an Orbital-supplied TiMax SoundHub audio showcontrol delay-matrix to sweeten the sound for the 3,000 attending the event within the proscenium theater.
Read More »CHARLOTTE, NC – Neutrik USA lauded five companies for product innovation with its 2014 premierPartner awards. 2014 honorees include Meyer Sound (LYON compact linear line array loudspeaker), Avid (VENUE | S3L-X console and accessories), EAW (OTTO adaptive subwoofer), EMG Pickups (electric guitar and bass output jack assemblies) and D’Addario/The American Stage (kill-switch cable).
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ALLEROED, Denmark – DPA Microphones has reorganized its distribution channels in South East Asia by appointing new distributors in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. The appointments reflect the company’s ongoing commitment to develop new business channels and support DPA’s influential customer base.
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