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GILFORD, N.H. — Earth Wind & Fire, are without a doubt one of the hardest working bands in show business. These days, the band still performs consistently throughout the year — be it a club, concert venue or corporate setting. For the band’s long-time FOH Engineer Terry “TJ” Jackson (who has also worked with Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, George Duke, Anita Baker and Toni, Toni, Toni) the migration from the DiGiCo D5 to SD7 was a natural one, offering a streamlined roadworthy rig, and giving him the tools to flex the overall sound to the venue at hand. The EWF tour — with production partner Eighth Day Sound — was one of the first tours to head out stateside with the new SD7 console.
 

MELBOURNE, Australia – The Frankston Arts Centre is a landmark in one of Melbourne's fastest growing areas. Designed by Australian architect, Daryl Jackson, the Frankston is one of the largest metropolitan and regional arts venues in Australia. It was decided that the venue needed a new loudspeaker system to take its offerings into the next level. Venue sound technician and long-time fan of d&b audiotechnik systems, Ben Thompson, contacted Simon Moran of Optim Audio who ultimately installed the new system.

BEIJING — Anyone who has ever witnessed or participated in an indoor swimming competition knows that acoustics play a significant part in the experience. Too reverberant and announcements become unintelligible; too sterile and the excitement and sense of place is diminished. JBL Professional Precision Directivity (PD) Series and Application Engineered (AE) Series loudspeakers are on the job at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in the National Aquatic Centre in Beijing to make certain that the sound will be exactly what it needs to be for the array of Olympic games taking place there Aug. 8-24 this summer.

ITALY – Teatro Regio di Torino (Turin Royal Theatre), one of Italy’s most famous and prominent opera houses, recently installed a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console as part of an equipment upgrade.

LOS ANGELES – McCune Audio recently provided sound reinforcement for the 30th year at the 2008 Playboy Jazz Festival held June 14-15 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Over the past 30 years at the Playboy Jazz Festival, McCune has had the opportunity to work with such talent as Etta James, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, B.B. King, Boz Skaggs and Jamie Cullum. This year’s lineup was equally impressive: Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Guitars & Saxes, Keb’Mo, Poncho Sanchez, Tower of Power and James Moody.

BARCELONA, Spain – In an effort to support the continuous growth in southern Europe and specifically the Spanish market, Adamson has announced a new distribution deal with SeeSound Spain. The deal was finalized in early June with Adamson President and CEO Brock Adamson visiting the SeeSound operation in Barcelona.

NEW YORK – Launched in the U.S. at the recent InfoComm08 exhibition in Las Vegas, and combining elements of line array theory with virtual point source technology in one product. U.S. distributor American Sound & Music took the Turbosound Flex Array on an East Coast tour. The first stop on the tour was New York City and Advanced Audio Technology (AATNY) where AM&S took part in a shoot out between Flex Array and another high-end manufacturer’s line array. 

LOS ANGELES – VH1 and a host of artists and actors paid tribute to iconic rockers, The Who, at the “VH1 Rock Honors” at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on July 12. Days later, the band were the surprise guest performer at the MTV/Harmonix launch party at the Orpheum Theatre for their “Rock Band” entrée into the video game arena. At both Los Angeles events, the band proved they are still influential as much today as they were four decades ago. Not only with their live performances, but also as they embrace new digital technologies on tour.