MONTEREY, CA — Audio industry veteran Michael Reeves, 54, died from injuries sustained in an accident when an automobile collided with him while riding his road bike in Monterey, CA on June 21, 2014. Michael’s wife Mary and daughter Katy were close by at home and many family and friends were able to assemble quickly to support and comfort them during the tragedy.
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NEW YORK — For Holler If Ya Hear Me, billed as Broadway’s first hip-hop musical, the rhymes of Tupac Shakur are heard through an audio system supported with gear from Masque Sound. Sound designers David Patridge and John Shivers worked with a setup that included DiGiCo SD7T Live Digital Console, d&b audiotechnik V-Series line array system, d&b D80 amplifiers and a Yamaha PM5D-EX digital console. The performers were outfitted with Sennheiser SK5212-II radios and EM 3732-II receivers, as well as DPA d:fine microphone booms fitted with a 4066 element.
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AMSTERDAM — Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz tour recently completed its run through Europe following a North American leg earlier this year. Cyrus has been using a Digital 9000 microphone system from Sennheiser with an SKM 9000 handheld transmitter and MD 9235 capsule. The tour returns to the U.S. for the first half of August before moving to the Caribbean, Mexico, South America and Australia this fall.
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ESCONDIDO, CA — Sound Image, based here, will support Tom Petty’s 2014 Hypnotic Eye Tour with a recently purchased Anya system from EAW. FOH engineer Robert Scovill requested the system. The tour, running Aug. 3-Oct. 10, also features Steve Winwood. It supports Hypnotic Eye, Petty’s 13th album, due out July 29.
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LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces that Maryland Sound International’s founder and pro audio pioneer Bob Goldstein will be the 2014 recipient of the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award. Goldstein founded Maryland Sound International (MSI) in 1966, and throughout his career he’s been called on to take on the seemingly impossible.
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SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT – Webb Audio Visual, which stays busy with a variety of corporate AV installations and large-scale event productions, has made good use of Sennheiser’s LSP 500 PRO PA system, which was originally launched at InfoComm 2013. Robbie Dalley, retail & rental sales manager (pictured here) credited the wireless PA system for its intelligibility and ease of use.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — Clearwing Productions recently completed an expansion of their Milwaukee retail space and warehouse here. The additional space brings the total size of their Milwaukee headquarters to 43,120 square feet and includes a remodel of their retail and service shops. The expanded warehouse now has additional dock spaces (including an indoor dock), additional show prep space, upgraded shipping/receiving areas and a new service department.
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Harman says Soundcraft’s Si Performer 1, featured at InfoComm 2014, is the company’s most compact Si Performer console to date. Harman also noted that the console can now control BSS Soundweb London preamps.
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Peavey’s MediaMatrix featured its F-DCM dual protocol I/O device at InfoComm 2014. Because the networked audio and control input/output node is designed to support both Dante and CobraNet audio transport protocols, it promises to serve as an efficient and convenient extension of audio and control inputs and outputs in networked systems.
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Harman’s JBL Professional, which launched its EON600 series earlier this year with the debut of the EON615 15-inch 2-way loudspeaker at Winter NAMM in Anaheim, CA, featured the EON610 10-inch 2-way loudspeaker and the EON612 12-inch 2-way loudspeaker at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas in June.
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