WICKFORD, U.K. – Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has established a new operation – exclusively focused on the EAW brand – that dramatically upgrades the company’s ability to serve the crucial European professional audio marketplace.
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The RapcoHorizon Company is debuting its new LTI-1 stereo interface at Winter NAMM 2008.
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DALY CITY, CA — David Morgan and Brian Hendry recently worked together on Stevie Nicks’ Crystal Visions tour, which featured dual VENUE D-Show consoles, with Morgan handling FOH duties and Hendry handling monitors.
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NEW YORK— NBC rang in the holiday season with its 10th annual "Christmas Rockefeller Center" telecast recently, featuring an array of musical talent, network stars and the lighting of the world famous Christmas tree – the 75th to stand on the spot. New York RF specialists Kevin Sanford and Wireless First were on hand with an array of Sennheiser equipment, among others, to bring the event at in Rockefeller Center to the crowd and viewers at home watching the one-hour network primetime special.
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AMSTERDAM – For many years, the legendary rock club, born out of the 1960s flower power era, featured one of Martin Audio’s pioneering Wavefront 8 systems. But after a stringent multisystem evaluation earlier this year, the club opted to upgrade to a 3-way Martin Audio W8LM Line Array solution in their main “MAX Room.”
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — XL5 Productions of Valencia, Calif., deployed a wide variety of JBL loudspeakers in its first year as the primary sound reinforcement provider for the annual X Games in Los Angeles.
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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — Held at São Paulo’s Morumbi Stadium, the 2010 World Cup qualifying game between South American soccer heavyweights Brazil and Uruguay used an Electro-Voice sound reinforcement system deployed by the Tukasom Company.
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BUENA PARK, CA – Pianist Lorie Line is currently performing over 80 concerts on “The Glory of Christmas” tour accompanied by The Pop Chamber Orchestra, and this year’s tour is centered around Line’s concert ground piano and featuring many traditional Christmas carols. Ten world-class musicians accompany Line as she and her grand piano take center stage. The audio system, provided by REACH Communications, includes 14 NEXO GEO S1210 boxes for the main line array with two S1230s positioned eight per side, along with 24 GEO S8s for the side hangs.
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BUSINESS
What: Hear Technologies
What it does: Manufacturer of professional audio equipment for recording, TV, video postproduction and live sound.
Where: Huntsville, Ala.
When: Founded in 2001.
Read More »Audio gates are what I call an accessory, and pretty far down the list of new gear purchase priorities. But if everything further up the list is okay, then procuring a few gates to insert on percussion and other noisy/buzzy sources is a good thing. This column will address a little history of “noise gates,” how they work, key features to look for when shopping for gates and typical applications.
Read More »Along with my writing efforts for FOH, I work with a variety of houses of worship. I guess that is more than obvious, since I am the guy who writes Sound Sanctuary. Well, I also own and operate a secular (nonreligious) regional sound company that designs and installs residential and commercial sound systems.
Generally speaking, I will hire anywhere from one to six techs for my secular or worship gigs. They are actually independent contractors. But rather than get into the legal qualifications of my employees, I will tell you what I need in terms of technical skill and physical attributes. Qualifying as a Rio Deluxe (my company) tech is pretty easy. You need to understand live audio setup (lift speakers and plug in the right wires), signal flow, EQ, compression, etc., and be strong enough to handle the big stuff, but smart enough to position the small stuff. Shower regularly and wear the company shirt. Sounds easy, doesn’t it?
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I have reviewed a ton of personal monitors for FOH and other books. It is at the point where I have pretty much decided to pass any future reviews on to someone else because there is so much good stuff out there that it really comes down to a question of sound quality versus price. And sound quality is a totally subjective thing. There are units that I like a lot that others think stink, and units that I am not fond of that others swear by. So, it is fitting that my swan song on P.M. reviews is for something that is unique. Others have talked about it and said it was in the works, but to the best of my knowledge, no one else is doing what the Sensaphonics 3D Active Ambient System does.
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