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NEW YORK – The North American touring version of the long-running Broadway Tony Award-winning musical is traveling with a DiGiCo Quantum 7T console purchased through… Read More »‘Wicked’ Takes DiGiCo’s Quantum 7T Console for a Ride

MONTREAL – Solotech announced its acquisition of Pro Sound, Inc., a Miami-based AV, lighting and broadcast integration firm. Solotech also acquired Pro Sound, Inc.’s Stage Equipment and Lighting (SEAL) brand as well as affiliates Pro Sound CA, Inc. and Show Systems, Inc. Brands and staff will be retained, with “A Solotech Company” added. Pictured here, from left, are Kelly Prince, Philip Giffard, Solotech president, sales and systems integration division; David Shoemaker, Rod Sintow, Pro Sound CEO; Martin Tremblay, Solotech president and CEO; and Frank Snipes.

FRANKFURT, Germany – On March 4, after “intensive consultations,” Messe Frankfurt announced its decision to postpone Prolight + Sound. The trade fair, originally set for March 31-April 3, is now scheduled from May 26-29. Existing visitor tickets will also be valid in May 2020.

NASHVILLE – In the overnight hours March 2-3, a powerful storm with heavy rains and a tornado ripped through central Tennessee, killing at least 22, with 150 more requiring hospitalization. The storm left a swath of destruction in Germantown, East Nashville and the John C. Tune Airport in West Nashville. The Basement East, a 400-capacity music venue on Woodland Street in East Nashville, was one of the buildings demolished by the storm. The club’s staff was able to take shelter and no one was hurt.

NEW YORK – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s house band, The Roots, as well as Fallon himself and guest artists, get mixed through DiGiCo desks. The Roots’ FOH engineer, Artless Poole, Jr., who also mixes The Roots on their live gigs and has supported the band for 20 years, is pictured here. The show makes use of three DiGiCo SD7 consoles paired with five SD-Racks.

ROCHESTER, NY – Whirlwind Audio president and founder Michael Laiacona will be inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame on April 26, 2020 along with acoustic duet The Dady Brothers, jazz vocalist Nancy Kelly, multi-platinum recording engineer Mick Guzauski and drummer Roy McCurdy.

TAHOE CITY, CA — Dedicated to growing the musicians of tomorrow, Northern California’s Lake Tahoe Music Festival [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation] has been integral to… Read More »Lake Tahoe Music Festival to Cease; AB-5 Law Cited as Cause

STANFORD, CA – Audio West (Los Angeles) provided two Soundscape systems for Stanford University’s 710-seat Dinkelspiel Auditorium, a.k.a. “The Dink.” Alive Media Audio Visual (Sacramento) installed the systems. Audio consultant Kevin Sweetser commented on the venue’s audio upgrade, which uses one set of speakers for both the room acoustics and sound reinforcement.

NEW HAVEN, CT – Vox Church, based in New Haven, CT, has been using Telefunken microphones in their eight campuses throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts. More… Read More »New England-Based Vox Church Picks Telefunken for Live Worship Music

NEU-ANSPACH, Germany – Adam Hall Group announced Feb. 26 that it will not be participating in this year’s Prolight + Sound exhibition, set for Frankfurt, Germany from March 31-April 3, due to recent developments in the spread of the Covid-19 virus around the world. The company has announced plans to provide a virtual trade show booth experience instead.

NASHVILLE – Rat Sound supplied an L-Acoustics A15/KS21 system for Nashville Underground, which opened on Nashville’s Lower Broadway two years ago. The system is designed to be moved around and deployed within the venue’s various performance spaces, including Nashville’s highest and largest rooftop deck.

ATLANTA – Passion’s lead audio engineer Stephen Bailey used Waves’ eMotion LV1 Live Mixer and SuperRack for the Passion 2020 Conference in Atlanta earlier this year. Bailey’s setup included a Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer, and a deployment of 10 Waves SoundGrid recording systems for the three DiGiCo networks on site.