ORF Purchases Soundcraft Vi1 Consoles For Live Broadcasts

KINGSTON, RI – North American Theatrix (NAT) determined that Ryan Center, a $54 million, 7,500+ seat multi-purpose arena built in 2002 at the University of Rhode Island, could cost-effectively improve its sound using QSC's Wideline-8 Line Array technology along with QSC ADS52T speakers for the concourse zones, QSC CX series amplifiers, and QSC Q-SYS DSP and Control, with the goal of creating a redundant environment.

BELGRADE, Serbia – Parni Valjak, founded in 1975 in the former Yugoslavia, capped a tour of Croatia with performances before 44,000 fans attending two shows at the Belgrade Arena in neighboring Serbia. Three different rental companies provided audio gear – Promologistika from Croatia, BBA Agregati from Montenegro and Track-Copy from Hungary. All provided TTL55A loudspeakers and TTS56A subwoofers from RCF.

SUMTER, SC – Built from 1850 to 1852 on land donated by American Revolutionary War General Thomas Sumter, the Church of the Holy Cross is a National Historic Landmark, and "the speaker system needed to be ‘invisible,'" noted design consultant Adam Dox of Advanced Video Inc., Columbia, SC. To meet both aesthetic and audio requirements, Dox opted for eight Renkus-Heinz TRX 81/9 loudspeakers.

ORLANDO, FL – St. James Cathedral's recently-completed $10 million renovation was more extensive than most church upgrades. Antonio Aguerrevere, senior director of design and construction services for the diocese of Orlando, suggested that the project might be more accurately describes in terms of being a new build.

MIAMI – For three Miami-area Salvation Army churches, Dave Armstrong of Ft. Lauderdale, FL-based Sound Planning used Electro-Voice loudspeakers to back up his promise to deliver a sound system that promises to deliver, above all else, intelligibility.

EDINA, MN – Pinstripes ventured from Chicagoland to the Twin Cities recently, offering a dining experience that includes Italian cooking, diversions ranging from bowling to bocce courts, and banquet and party space for up to 600 guests. For the Minnesota location, GMK Intergrated Systems' audio support included Symetrix Jupiter hardware and "app-based" software for system processing in the banquet rooms.