BURNSVILLE, MN — Eden Baptist Church had been facing the prospect of a significant investment in acoustical treatments to improve the sound quality within its new sanctuary here. John Vegter, owner of AV integrator Quality Systems, suggested an alternate approach. The church opted for Bose RoomMatch RM7020 and RM9040 array modules, which minimized the need for pricey acoustical treatments.
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TAMPA, FL — More than 30 acts performed during Funshine Fest from May 3-5, including Train, the Smashing Pumpkins, REO Speedwagon, Styx, the Wallflowers, Cheap Trick and New Found Glory, among others. The event drew some 20,000 to the Florida State Fairgrounds here. For the Live Nation Amphitheatre main stage, ESI Audio of Tampa provided the new NEXO STM line array elements. ESI Audio president Erick Celeiro functioned as FOH tech, and Ozzy Giron acted as monitor tech on the rig.
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JBL HiQnet Performance Manager version 1.5, recently introduced by Harman Professional, promises to serve as a significant upgrade for those in the pro AV industry looking for a configuration and control tool for live sound systems. The new version offers expanded support for JBL loudspeakers along with enhanced cardioid subwoofer array support and also promises users broader capabilities for custom, mixed-model racks of Crown amplifiers.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional announced staff appointments in its Intercontinental Sales division, which works closely with channel partners and dealers in Canada, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean region that include Frederico Schuch (pictured here), who was named director of the division and Julian Williams, who was named senior sales manager. Schuch will report to Scott Robbins, executive vice president of global sales of Harman’s Professional Division. He will be responsible for managing a team of eight at the Intercontinental Regional Sales Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Williams will report to Schuch.
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SAN DIEGO, CA — VUE Audiotechnik hired Jeff Taylor to manage the company’s North American sales organization. Taylor will report directly to VUE co-founder and executive vice president Jim Sides. In his new role, Taylor will be responsible for managing VUE’s network of independent sales reps, as well as key relationships with contractors, consultants, and rental companies throughout the United States and Canada.
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MELBOURNE, FL — Orbital Sound is supporting Big League Productions’ U.S. national tour of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, featuring a sound design by Matt Geasey and Mike Tracey. The audio setup includes d&b audiotechnik V-Series speakers, a Yamaha CL5 mixing console, and a Shure UHF-R wireless microphone system with UR1-M micro bodypack transmitters. After the production’s 21-week run through the U.S., it heads to Japan later this year.
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CHESTER, PA — Community Professional Loudspeakers, based here, named Pompton Plains, NJ-based Peter E. Schmitt Company as its sales rep firm for the Metro NYC/northern New Jersey areas.
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SYDNEY — The P.A. People have been using a Clear-Com Tempest Wireless Intercom System on gigs including the New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Sydney and How To Train Your Dragon shows staged in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.
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SEATTLE — Symetrix named Hock Thang Regional Sales Manager – Asia/Pacific, a new position. Prior to his promotion, Thang, based in Singapore, had served at Symetrix as technical sales engineer. His experience with Symetrix’s Jupiter app based turn-key DSP, Solus standalone fixed I/O DSP and Edge and Radius Dante network audio DSP has helped the company make inroads throughout the region.
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NEOSHO, MO — For athletic fields adjacent to Carver Elementary School here, Lance Brummett of Warren Smith & Associates worked with project supervisor Nate Pugh and Vince Hightower, installation foreman at Total Electronics on a system that includes four Community R.5 loudspeakers and Ashly gear for processing, amplification and control.
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GULF SHORES, AL — The Hangout Music Festival, staged on the beach here May 17-19, got an RF assist from Professional Wireless Systems. While the location was free of heavy-duty RF congestion, the event organizers still made sure the PWS crew was on hand to ensure there would be no issues with the more than 600 frequencies in use for an artist lineup that included Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder and the Kings of Leon, among others.
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LONDON — Darren Connor, live sound engineer for Emeli Sandé, specified a Turbosound Flashline speaker system for the BRIT Award-winning artist’s seven-date U.K. tour, which concluded with a performance at the Hammersmith Apollo here. Britannia Row Productions provided the gear, sourced via Entertainment Sound Specialists (ESS).
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