U.K. Sports Bar Equipped with Community Speaker System
MAIDENHEAD, UK — Oxfordshire-based RealSound and Vision installed a Community sound system for Cedar Sports Management Ltd. at Bar Sport, a sports bar based here.
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Production Partners Help SCLA Bring Shakespeare to VA Healthcare Center
LOS ANGELES – For the first time in approximately 20 years, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) returned to the Japanese Garden on the grounds of the VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center campus with their summer production of As You Like It, directed by Royal Shakespeare Company artist Kenn Sabberton. The Center chose the location partly because Artistic Director Ben Donenberg remembered the beauty of the space when they performed there in the early 1990s, but also as a continuation of their work to make Shakespeare vital for everyone—in this case, veterans.
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UVA Memorial Gymnasium Equipped with Danley Sound System
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — UVA turned to dB Audio & Video to update the sound reinforcement system at the school’s Memorial Gymnasium. dB Audio & Video provided eight Danley SH-69s and two TH-118 sub-woofers for low-end support.
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Sensaphonics Adds Two More Audiologists into Golden Circle
CHICAGO — Sensaphonics, which offers a two-day music industry-specific Golden Circle seminar, announced that two more audiologists had successfully completed the certification program. The seminar covers hearing protection, in-ear monitors and related topics.
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Buffalo’s Larkin Square Equipped with Technomad, Ashly Gear
BUFFALO, NY — Powerhouse Pro Systems and Wittburn Enterprises teamed up on the design and installation of a sound reinforcement system that was part of a $2 million project to turn a formerly industrial area into a more inviting public space for visitors and residents alike. Led by Larkin Development Group, the area is known as Larkin Square.
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Gand Concert Sound Supports ELCA Assembly with Yamaha, NEXO Gear
NEW ORLEANS — Gand Concert Sound provided Yamaha and NEXO gear to support performances by Switchfoot, guitarist Peter Mayer, Rhema Soul and Lost and Found at the tri-annual gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Youth of America (ELCA), which drew 35,000 teenage attendees to the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome here in late July.
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Dual DiGiCo SD7s Drive Monitors on Springsteen World Tour
BOSTON — Solotech is supporting Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour this summer, providing Monty Carlo (pictured here) and Troy Milner (pictured below) with DiGiCo SD7 consoles outfitted with the Waves SoundGrid bundle at monitors. The desks were chosen in part for their ability to handle a large number of inputs for the 18-piece band — Carlo handles a total 112 inputs from stage left; Milner mixes 140 inputs from stage right.
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Puerto Rican Arts Center Upgrades with d&b audiotechnik, Other Gear
SANTURCE, Puerto Rico — Daryl Bornstein, an independent audio consultant, worked with SAVI in New York to provide a new sound system centered on d&b audiotechnik gear for the three performance spaces within Centro des Bellas Artes (CBA), along with Midas consoles for the two larger rooms and a Yamaha desk for the smaller black box theatre.
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CPL Purchases Yamaha CL5 Console
WEST MIDLANDS, UK — Central Presentations Ltd. (CPL) recently took delivery of a Yamaha CL5 digital mixing console, adding it to the company’s inventory, which also includes Yamaha LS9 and other desks. The CL5 system was supplied to CPL by the Birmingham office of LMC Audio Systems Ltd.
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Behringer Offers Free iPad App for X32
Behringer XiControl iPad App for its X32 Digital Console is available as a free download from Apple’s App Store. It is compatible with all versions of the iPad including the 1, 2 and New iPad. Once installed, the app allows complete mixing control over the X32 Digital Console.
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Matt Ward Joins Manley Labs as Strategic Advisor
CHINO, CA — Manley Labs, based here, hired audio industry veteran Matt Ward recently to develop and implement new strategies for growth. Ward joins Manley Labs from Universal Audio Inc., where he served for 10 years in executive management, most recently as president. Prior to Universal Audio, he played key roles at E-mu Systems, Otari and Studer Revox.
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Wicked Tinkers Perform with Bagpipes, Drums and Countryman Mics
LOS ANGELES, CA — Wicked Tinkers, a Los Angeles-area band that has crafted a unique sound through the use of traditional Scottish bagpipes and drums since it formed in 1995, has found Countryman B6 Omni Lav microphones to be a good fit with its needs.
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