LOS ANGELES — Behringer noted that Daft Punk, the French “robot rockers” who won five Grammys at the 2014 ceremony, are still performing with the company’s competitively priced gear, including the Behringer BCR2000 used for their performance at the ceremony itself.
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MONTREAL — For 426-seat Theatre du Rideau, which recently undergoing the first large scale renovation since 1991, Mathieu Guilbault of Trizart Alliance designed a new sound system that includes d&b audiotechnik’s xS-Series from the company’s installation-specific White range. Le Diplomate served as system integrator on the project.
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NEW YORK — For the Broadway musical version of The Bridges of Madison County at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, which officially opened Feb. 20, sound designer Jon Weston turned to Masque Sound for an audio assist. “I specifically chose an older-era console, speakers and amplifiers for this production,” Weston said.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — For Peter Gabriel’s ongoing Back to Front tour, FOH engineer Ben Findlay and monitor engineers Dee Miller and Richard Chappell have been making use of the three SSL Live consoles provided for the touring production by Britannia Row. They were first used last fall and will continue as the tour resumes in the U.K. and Europe this April.
Read More »NILES, IL — Joseph Electronics (JE), which provides fiber termination and custom fiber solutions through Joseph Fiber Solutions (JFS), announced an agreement with Germany’s Lawo AG to supply Lawo video products to the North American broadcast market.
Read More »KITCHENER, Ontario — TC Group Americas has announced that a Lab.gruppen & Lake Certification: Level 1 training will be held on March 10 & 12 during SXSW in Austin, Texas. Aldridge Marketing will host the training.
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MIAMI — The Lyric Theater, open once again to public performances for the first time in decades, now features an audio system that includes components from Martin Audio. Miami’s Drummer Boy Sound (DBS) Productions, tasked with the consulting and design for the refurbished theater’s new audio and video systems, installed four W3Ps, four AQ5s and two WS218SX subs at FOH and LE1200s as stage monitors.
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Shure has extended its line of SM microphones with two new headset microphones—the SM35 Performance Headset Condenser Microphone for live sound applications (pictured here) and the the SM31FH Fitness Headset Condenser Microphone for fitness instructors. Shure also launched the PGA31 Headset Condenser Microphone and the Centraverse Lavalier (CVL) Condenser Microphone, designed for presentation applications.
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RCF’s HL Stadium Series, now part of the company’s installed sound offerings, promises to combine the properties of a horn-loaded constant- or variable-curvature array while meeting specifications for high vocal intelligibility. It is designed for medium-to-long-throw applications within stadiums and arenas.
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TORONTO — Tim Murray, an audio engineer based here who serves as the lead technician for Canadian alternative rock/post-grunge band Our Lady Peace, is using Lectrosonics’ IS400 wireless instrument system to give bassist Duncan Coutts the same freedom of movement enjoyed by vocalists using wireless vocal mics. (Coutts is pictured here using the technology.)
Read More »KREUZLINGEN, Switzerland — Production companies tpc – technology and production center switzerland ag are once again relying upon Stagetec gear for the live broadcasts planned for The Voice of Switzerland for Swiss Radio and TV broadcaster SRF. The talent show’s live broadcasts are set to be produced at the Bodensee Arena here from March 27 to April 24.
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AMSTERDAM – Shortly before the ISE show here, Bosch Communications Systems invited its international distribution partners to a distributors’ meeting held at the the Pakhuis de Zwijger, a center now used for meetings that was originally built as warehouse space.