SCHWERIN, Germany — The Schwerin Castle Festival (Schlossfestspiele Schwerin), which drew crowds to the grounds of the centuries-old castle here for an outdoor performance of the operatta, Die Fledermaus form June 14 to July 21, got a wireless assist from the Dresden branch of Germany’s Neumann & Müller with 68 channels of Shure ULX-D digital wireless.
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OMAHA, NE – Diversified Design Group and Midwest Sound and Lighting provided a new sound system for the family-oriented Rose Theatre here that included a Yamaha M7CL digital mixing console and the Symetrix SymNet DSP system. Today, three years after its installation, the system is still proving to meet the venue’s needs.
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BOURBONNAIS, IL – For a 72,000 square-foot field house at 4,500-student Olivet Nazarene University, which houses four basketball courts and is ringed by a running track, AVI Systems provided Danley Sound Labs GH-60 Genesis Horns and Danley TH-118 subwoofers in a steered cardioids array. Along with sporting events, the field house will soon be hosting concerts, ceremonies and other large events.
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LOS ANGELES – Guitar Center Christopher Ian Bennett vice president, communications and corporate affairs, a new position. In his previous role, Bennett led Best Buy Canada’s corporate communications department, working under Mike Pratt, who is now Guitar Center’s CEO.
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MILFORD, NH – Earthworks president and CEO, Heidi Blackmer Robichaud, pictured here, announced that Peavey Electronics has been named as the company’s master distributor for its products in the Asia Pacific region. Brent Beery is managing director APAC for Peavey Electronics.
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ELKHART, IN — CSD Group Inc. helped First Baptist Church here recover from a late 2012 fire with a new audio, video and lighting system. The new QSC KLA Active Line Array Loudspeaker System setup includes 13 KLA12 12-inch, two-way elements in an LCR configuration plus a pair of KLA181 18-inch subwoofers, together with four KW181 self-powered 18-inch subs and a pair of K8 active front fills on the floor.
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Astell&Kern AKR01 IEMs from iRiver were developed in partnership with Final Audio Design. The new IEMs are based on Final Audio Design’s Heaven IV Series of In Ear Monitors, and the AKR01 premium IEMs are designed with a balanced armature driver that promises a deep and rich sound.
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LONDON — For the Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace, which took place on the palatial grounds and gardens from July 11-14, the event’s main technical production company, Hawthorns, sub-contracted with RG Jones, which provided W8LC and W8LM systems from Martin Audio. RG Jones’ project manager Ben Milton relished the challenge of project managing the large-scale event.
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OSLO, Norway — Karl Johans gate, a popular pedestrian thoroughfare, is the site of Sommerservering, or Summer Dining. The 2013 outdoor festivities, which kicked off on June 15, included jazz from The Real Thing. The band’s performance was heard via K-array’s KR402 with Python tops. First Audio AS, K-array’s distributor in Norway, worked with Dinbestefest.no AS to provide the gear.
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PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – For Simon Mansion and Supper Club, part of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino here, Audio Diseño designed and installed a custom, high-SPL sound system that includes Symetrix’ Zone Mix 761 digital signal processor. The audio system is usuall used for background music, but on occasion, the system may be driven up to 96dB.
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LAS VEGAS — For each of MGM Grand Hotel & Casino’s two new super-club venues, Wet Republic Ultra Pool and Hakkasan Las Vegas, Audiotek purchased and installed six L-Acoustics KARA loudspeakers and four SB18 subs. Ireland-based Audiotek worked with Angel Management Group (AMG), which operates the venues, on the project.
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO — Harvest Productions provided two new Technomad PowerChiton 500 amplifiers for the stadium at Excelsior Springs High School here. The modules, hidden from view within the scoreboard, deliver 1100 watts at four ohms to provide quality sound coverage across the stadium seating areas.
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