BACKNANG, Germany — d&b audiotechnik announced that its new department for market research, based here, will be leed by Henning Kaltheuner. Kaltheuner, who joined the company in Dec. 2013, is an industry veteran whose experience includes 10 years at Padco, an audio rental company based on Cologne.
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NEW YORK — Studio Instrumental Rentals (SIR) noted the company’s continuation of its relationship with Jimmy Fallon and his house band, The Roots as the late night host shifts from NBC’s Late Night slot to the Tonight Show on NBC. The company provided backline support for each of the artists during the opening week of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, including Lady Gaga, Tim McGraw and Justin Timberlake. The opening week of the show drew an average of 8.490 million viewers per night, making it the most-watched week of Tonight shows in 20 years..
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NASHVILLE — Lady Antebellum plans on visiting nearly 80 cities in North America by the time their Take Me Downtown tour, which launched Jan. 10 in Peoria, IL, visits York, PA Sept. 6. FOH engineer Brett “Scoop” Blanden reports that the Digital 9000 system has been performing flawlessly so far.
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LAS VEGAS — For the second year in a row, Delicate Productions supported Maroon Five with a Martin Audio MLA system for two celebratory New Year’s Eve shows at the Mandalay Bay Event Center. The setup included 11 MLA speakes, one MLD (for downfill) and 12 MLA Compact enclosures per side, with 12 MLX subwoofers, and also six W8LMD and four WT2s for side fills.
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MILAN — FaitalPRO named Andrew Richardson to manage OEM sales and area sales in the U.K. and India. In recent years, Richardson, an audio industry veteran, has been managing the distribution and sales of audio components, and he had already been very familiar with the products Faital makes and sells before joining the company.
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DUBLIN — Singer songwriter David Gray used DPA Microphones’ new d:facto Vocal Microphone for his recent Sounding Out tour of Ireland. FOH engineer Graham Pattison added DPA’s d:facto into the musician’s arsenal of gear.
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VIENNA, Austria – Austria-based Pollmann recently invited over 800 guests to celebrate the company’s 125th year anniversary at an event in the Sports Hall in Waidhofen a.d. Thaya in Austria. Stagesound Event Technology provided AKG microphones for the event.
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Grundorf recently announced three new amp rack models designed for transport ease and maximum protection. The new amp rack cases, models ABS-R0416CB, ABS-R0616CB, and ABS-R0816CB, build upon the many features of the ABS line.
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CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian audio distributors Al Fanny Trading were called in to help solve the sonic challenges within the Basilica of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus here. They opted for a system based around four of Mackie’s HDA two-way arrayable powered loudspeakers.
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GUANGZHOU, China — Hyper Club opened here last summer with a sound system that includes d&b loudspeakers and Out Board’s TiMax2 SoundHub. System integrator Dragon Studio, working with Out Board’s Hong Kong-based distributor, SWS, included the gear for the club, which blends modern and traditional design elements.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — Sven Pro Sound gave the Holy Grounds coffee shop, a full-service coffee shop on the Eastbrook Church campus here, a major sound makeover with pre-owned d&b audiotechnik gear. The setup includes two E3 speakers, one E12-SUB subwoofer and three E-PAC V3 amplifiers.
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