TORUŃ, Poland – For the new $40M Torun Sports Hall here, a multi-sports venue with a capacity of 6,000 to 9,000, system designer Marcin Zimny of Tommex Zebrowscy Sp. J. designed an EN 54-24 certified audio system that uses Community Professional’s R Series loudspeakers.
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PRYOR, OK — Pryor High School has been relying on Countryman’s E6 earset microphones — both omnidirectional and directional — for the major musical performances it stages every year at the Herchel Avra Performing Arts Center. Pictured here is Jim Bryant, Jr., manager of the Avra PAC, who helps students with the Countryman gear.
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Eventide announced the availability of the UltraReverb plug-in featuring reverbs from the H8000, plus compression, EQ, and delay integrated for flexibility. UltraReverb is compatible with AU, VST, or AAX64 for Mac or Windows packed with more than 300 presets*. The plug-in is being offered at a special introductory price.
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BRIDGETON, NJ – Alan “Alby” Miller, an analog sound engineer who founded Arsenal Sound, based here, in 1989, first made the leap to digital consoles in 1989. He’s since added to his arsenal of Allen & Heath’s T80, T112, R72 consoles with a recent investment in A&H’s Qu Series consoles.
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CHICAGO — Encompass AV recently installed a Martin Audio MLA Mini loudspeaker system at the Inspirational Deliverance Center Church of God in Christ as part of a major technical upgrade for its 500-seat worship center.
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DALLAS, TX – The audio challenge presented by the Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival is “not about actual output, it’s more about coverage,” notes Nick Walsh, FOH engineer. “Whatever PA you take out, you have to know what it can deliver. When you are talking 450’ throw distance with 180 degrees width of audience coverage, you have to be able to hit every single seat with the same clarity.” Walsh, monitor technician Mike Norfleet and production manager Chris Warndahl are working with an Omega Corps PA system provided by Miller Pro Audio AVL.
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Aviom’s A320 Personal Mixer includes many of the features of the company’s A360 Personal Mixer, which debuted last year. Along with the sound quality, Aviom is touting the A320 for its easy-to-use interface and competitive price.
Read More »NASHVILLE — Precise Corporate Staging (PCS), an audio, lighting, and video gear rental company serving the live event industry with offices in Marietta, GA and Tempe, AZ, reported a theft of some production-related gear during load out from the The Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center here on July 25, 2014.
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NEW YORK – Masque Sound was on hand as the Broadway hit Pippin embarked on its first national tour. As part of the custom-designed audio system, Masque Sound supplied an array of d&b audiotechnik speakers, a DiGiCo SD7 Live Digital Console, a selection of microphones from Shure, Neumann and DPA, as well as a 40-channel wireless package featuring Sennheiser mics with DPA booms.
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SEOUL, South Korea — Adamson Systems partner Alpha Sound provided Energia components to support the two-day AIA Real Life: NOW Festival at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium here for a roster of headliners that included Lady Gaga, Psy, Miss Nine, Sidney Samson, Ivan Gough, Cazzette, twenty one pilots, Man With A Mission, Galaxy Express and Glen Check, among others.
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LUTON, U.K. — Cadac Holdings Ltd. noted an increase in the number of summer festival gigs are getting support from Cadac and Funktion-One gear as sound companies increasingly pair Cadac’s CDC four digital and LIVE1 analog compact consoles with Funktion-One loudspeaker systems.
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LAS VEGAS — Have you and your company been involved in any particularly noteworthy gigs this past summer? Share the news with other FRONT of HOUSE readers. Submit the details of recent events by filling out the blanks at our online submission form, and there’s a better-than-usual chance that your submission will be included in an upcoming issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine.
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