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San Francisco Symphony Redefines AV Capture with Luminex

SAN FRANCISCO – Jon Johannsen, audio engineer for the San Francisco Symphony, detailed the networking challenges of capturing the orchestra’s music when members couldn’t play together as an ensemble due to Covid-19 restrictions. He noted that Luminex’s Araneo software serves as an essential tool for overseeing the network.

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SBA Reopens Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Application Portal

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which opened its Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) application portal April 8, but then closed it hours later due to technical difficulties, announced recently that the portal had been thoroughly tested and would reopen on April 24 before shifting the portal opening date to April 26. The portal appears to be now open and working.

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(L-R) Chance Stahlhut, VP of audio, PRG North America; Mike Grimes, co-owner, Basement East; Jeff Priepot, account executive – music, PRG. Photo: Barlow Harlin.

Meyer Sound System at Nashville Club Survives Devastating Tornado

NASHVILLE – March 2020 will be remembered as the start of a disastrous year for just about everyone in the live event industry. But for Basement East in Nashville, that month was memorable not just for Covid-19, but for a midnight tornado – and the remarkable survival of much of the Meyer Sound speaker system in the storm’s aftermath, which was put back into service with an assist from PRG.

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EDC Las Vegas To Be Postponed to October

LAS VEGAS – Insomniac Events CEO Pasquale Rotella issued a statement noting that the Electric Daisy Carnival, which had been set to take place as an in-person event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from May 21-23, will have to be postponed to Oct. 22-24, 2021.

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Zamar Media Solutions and Home Church Pack Maximum Channels into Minimum Bandwidth with Lectrosonics D-Squared System

SAN JOSE, CA – Home Church pivoted to keep their congregation connected during the coronavirus lockdown via online and outdoor services. They turned to Zamar Media Solutions for an update to their wireless setup. Zamar specified Lectrosonics’ digital D-Squared system including two DSQD four-channel receivers, six DHu handheld mics and two DBu belt-pack transmitters.

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