TEL AVIV, Israel – The Backstreet Boys, who had been planning to end their 145-date In a World Like This global tour with three shows in Raanana, near Tel Aviv, July 29-31, have cut the tour short and postponed those gigs. Paul Anka also pushed back shows planned for Tel Aviv July 24 and 26.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Audio producer Jesse Lewis knew he needed reliable microphones for the the World Cup Concert, which was broadcast live from HSBC Arena here July 11 and featured performances by Plácido Domingo, soprano Ana María Martínez, Chinese pianist Lang Lang and the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, among others. Lewis, pictured here, turned to DPA Microphones for its range of d:dicate recording mics, including the 4006 Omnidirectional, 4011 Cardioid and 4041 Large Diaphragm solutions.
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SCHENECTADY, NY – Seeking to upgrade its audio system, St. Madeleine Sophie Church chose a Community ENTASYS ENT-FR full-range column coupled to an ENT-LF low-frequency column for each side of the chancel and a Community dSPEC226AN DSP processor for loudspeaker management and system equalization.
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HOBOKEN, NJ – Cadac Audio Ltd. US and Canada, which is prepping a new location here for its sales, distribution and service operations, recently named Mitch Mortenson, pictured here, technical support manager. Mortenson’s 20 years of pro audio experience include nine years in front line technical support roles for Midas consoles in North America. The new location, headed by GM Paul Morini, is set to launch this August.
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CRESSON, PA — For a new convocation center at Mount Aloysius College here, the Sextant Group specified a Bose RoomMatch system. It includes 17 RoomMatch loudspeakers divided into one five-speaker array (RM5505, RM7010, RM9010, RM9020, and RM12040 modules) that covers the main floor and six separate two-module RM7040/RM9020 arrays covering the bleacher seating on both sides of the floor. The speaker arrays are all powered by five PowerMatch PM8500N amplifiers. The Pittsburgh office of Cleveland, OH-based SoundCom Systems installed the gear.
STOW, OH — Audio-Technica named Los Alamitos, CA-based Alliance Audio Visual Group as its Rep of the Year for 2013/2014. Audio-Technica honored the rep firm in a ceremony held in Las Vegas during InfoComm 2014. Pictured here, from left, are Audio-Technica’s Doug Swan, David Marsh and Vince Mancuso; Alliance’s Matthew Jensen, Jim Chase, Kenny Andrews; and, at right, Audio-Technica’s Andrew Pernetti and Philip Cajka.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems recently appointed Steve Armstrong as Speaker Systems Application Engineer, Chad Cooper as Applications Manager, Patrick Killianey as Network Systems Applications Engineer and Marcel Mauceri as NUAGE Technical Marketing Specialist. “We are extremely fortunate to have these four gentlemen join the YCAS “A” team, where they will contribute greatly to our growing, dedicated, team,” said Marc Lopez, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems’ marketing manager.
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LAS VEGAS — This year’s window of opportunity to nominate companies worthy of receiving a Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year hasn’t slammed shut yet; the deadline is July 31, 2014. But while the annual FRONT of HOUSE newsletter alert informing readers that they only have scant days before the nominations period closes is still a week away, there’s no reason to wait until that final reminder. Do a worthy company proud by taking a minute to nominate them for the honor today.
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LONDON – The Kopparberg Urban Forest Festival will feature a complete sound reinforcement system composed of Harman AKG microphones, Crown amplifiers, JBL loudspeakers and Soundcraft mixing consoles. The main PA features eight JBL VTX V20 loudspeakers, four S25 subwoofers, complemented by two VTX F15s plus VTX F12, VTX F18S and STX812M stage monitors. The system is powered with two Crown VRack 4×3500 HD systems and an I-Tech 5000 HD amplifier.
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The latest software update for Yamaha CL Series Digital Audio Consoles incudes mix-minus capabilities for the broadcast market and discovery and head amp control for the QL Series that also inherits CL Series features and performance. A QL console can function as both monitor mixer and I/O rack, for example, while a front-of-house CL console can remotely control the head amp gain of the QL console’s I/O.
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LIVONIA, MI — Thunder Audio, Inc., based here, recently expanded its inventory with a large-format K1 system and other gear from L-Acoustics. Thunder Audio is currently taking delivery of 48 K1 enclosures. The rental company’s other L-Acoustics components now also include 36 K2 and 24 KARA elements, 18 K1-SB and 34 SB28 subs, and six ARCS II and 22 LA-RAK, each loaded with three LA8 amplified controllers. An additional 48 K2 are also on order for the first quarter of 2015. Pictured here are Thunder Audio’s Tony Villarreal (left) and Paul Owen with a few of their new L-Acoustics K1 enclosures
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FORT WORTH, TX – University Christian Church (UCC), located on the campus of Texas Christian University here, recently upgraded with Tannoy column line array loudspeakers. The new installation uses a Tannoy QFlex 48 column line array and a Tannoy VLS 15 loudspeaker. Curt Taipale, owner of Taipale Media Systems (TMS), headquartered in Allen, TX, designed the system. He worked closely with SAV, a Plano, TX-based system integration company that handled the installation.
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