LAS VEGAS — FRONT OF HOUSE readers have chosen the six regional winners of the 2014 Hometown Hero Award competition. These top vote getters from each of five U.S. regions plus all of Canada will be automatically entered on the Parnelli Awards ballot. FOH readers will then get a chance to vote on which regional company will be awarded the coveted honor of Parnelli Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year.
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Based on the StudioLive AI-series engine and controlled with battle-ready UC Surface software for Mac, Windows and iOS, the StudioLive RM16AI and RM32AI 32x16x3 rack-mount Active Integration digital mixers are scalable, compact and 100 percent recallable. PreSonus’ new UC Surface control software was specifically designed for live mixing and supports iPad and Windows 8 touchscreens.
Read More »NEW YORK – The last day of the three-day Electric Zoo Festival 2013 on Randall’s Island here was canceled after two attendees who had used a party drug died. This year, precautions against drug use were ramped up and there were no reported fatalities. But severe weather moved in, forcing an evacuation.
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HONG KONG — Actor and singer Ivan Rutherford, who has performed the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables over 2,000 times on Broadway, sang a series of Broadway hit tunes for a recent one-off show staged at the Academic Community Hall here recently. The show, titled A Taste of Broadway, got an assist from DPA Microphones and its Hong Kong distributor, Digital Media Technology. Rutherford performed with DPA’s d:facto vocal mic, and the company’s d:dicate 4011A Cardioid and d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones were used for a piano that accompanied Rutherford’s voice.
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CHICAGO — Outkast, the hip-hop duo consisting of André “André 3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, is touring with DiGiCo SD10s at both FOH and Monitors positions. The consoles are looked after by Darcy Khan and Kevin Brown, respectively. Pictured here, as the duo was getting ready to perform before 70,000 fans at at Lollapalooza’s Samsung main stage in Chicago, are, from left, Darcy Khan, FOH tech Chad Fuller and Kevin Brown.
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NILES, IL – Shure Incorporated named Mark Rahilly senior sales manager. He will cover the retail market throughout the East and Southeast and will be based in Boston. Rahilly is familiar to many at Shure from his previous tenure at Shure sales rep firm Richard Dean and Associates, where he worked for 10 years. More recently, he was employed by Harman as a territory manager, responsible for many of its most strategic accounts. He has won many accolades and awards of excellence for his efforts in management and sales across various brands.
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LOUISVILLE, KY — Churchill Downs, best known as the home of the Kentucky Derby, turned to Dallas, TX-based Marsh/PMK International, LLC for an update to the horse racing track’s outdoor sound system. Dave Marsh, the firm’s president, is pictured here with Lectrosonics’ TM400 Wireless System for Test and Measurement, which played a key role in ensuring signal integrity for the project prior to this year’s big horse race.
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Eight of the major stadium venues in Brazil’s 12 host cities featured Harman’s wide range of audio solutions. While the components installed vary by venue, popular products include Harman’s IDX communication systems, AKG microphones, BSS signal processing, Crown amplifiers, Soundcraft digital consoles and JBL loudspeakers.
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Kramer Electronics’ RC-43T is a 6-button auxiliary control panel that is designed to work as a remote control panel for master room controllers such as the Kramer SL-1 in classrooms, meeting rooms, boardrooms or auditoriums.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – DeVos Performance Hall, a 2,400-capacity auditorium here, hosts performances ranging from opera to ballet, rock, Broadway style productions and the spoken word. It’s also home to the Grand Rapids Symphony. Eighth Day Sound upgraded the venue’s sound system with gear from d&b audiotechnik.
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NASHVILLE — Sound Image is supporting Rascal Flatts’ latest tour in support of the band’s album, Rewind, with a gear package that includes JBL’s flagship VTX Series line array loudspeakers and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. The tour also features supporting artists Sheryl Crow and Gloriana.
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FORT MYERS, FL — Next Level Church, based here, has been growing since it was founded in 2002. Now with 3,400 congregants, two locations and seven weekly services, the church continues to rely upon Aviom technology. The company’s A360 Personal Mixers are used at both locations.
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