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Parashoot Supports Ane Brun Tour with Allen & Heath iLive

STIGTOMTA, Sweden – PA rental company Parashoot, based here, has been supporting Norwegian singer songwriter Ane Brun’s European tour with an Allen & Heath iLive and ME personal monitoring system for FOH and monitors, respectively. Parashoot, which has worked with Ane Brun since 2007, used an iLive-T112 system, mixing both FOH and monitors on the same console. xDR-16 I/O expander racks were positioned on stage, one left and one right, along with an iDR-16 MixRack. The ME setup includes five ME-1 personal mixers with a ME-U hub as the power and distribution system on stage.

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MJF-210 stage monitor from Meyer Sound

Metallica Tour Adds 76 Meyer MJF-210 to Arsenal

BOGATA, Colombia — Metallica will expand its touring inventory with 76 units of the new MJF-210 stage monitor from Meyer Sound. The band’s new monitors will first be used on its South American tour this spring. The MJF-210 was developed to the exacting demands presented by the Metallica production team. It’s also the lightest self-powered stage monitor in Meyer Sound’s product line.

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From left, Dickie Chappell, Dee Miller and Ben Findlay with SSL Live console. Brit Row has been providing three of the desks for Peter Gabriel's ongoing Back to Front tour. Photography: York Tillyer, © 2013 Peter Gabriel Ltd.

Peter Gabriel Tours with Three SSL Live Consoles

MANCHESTER, U.K. — For Peter Gabriel’s ongoing Back to Front tour, FOH engineer Ben Findlay and monitor engineers Dee Miller and Richard Chappell have been making use of the three SSL Live consoles provided for the touring production by Britannia Row. They were first used last fall and will continue as the tour resumes in the U.K. and Europe this April.

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students and tutors are using new BH1s microphones in lectures and studio sessions.

JZ Microphones Adds to Line, Names U.K. Distributor and Equips Alchemea College of Audio

RIGA, Latvia — JZ Microphones, based here, named Hand in Hand Distribution as the U.K. distributor for the company’s product line, which now includes the HH1, their first dynamic microphone for live applications. The company also noted that Alchemea College of Audio Engineering recently acquired a pair of custom engraved BH1s to replace stolen gear.

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