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Adamson Aids Spread of Gospel

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — Alex Campos recently recorded a live DVD named "El Sonido Del Silencio-Acoustic/Unplugged-2007," and the concert took place at the Iglesia Filadelfia Puente Largo in Bogota, Colombia. Campos was joined by some guest stars, including Marcos Witt, a Latin Christian artist and Hispanic pastor at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas; Lilly Goodman, a female vocalist from the Dominican Republic; and Dr. P a Hip-Hop artist hailing from Puerto Rico.

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Don’t Want to Lose Your Wireless Mics? Then Read This and Get Involved.

LAS VEGAS — Over the last couple of months, FOH has reported on the impending opening up of the bandwidth used for wireless mics and monitoring systems to a new class of unlicensed consumer devices. Backed by some political heavy-hitters and a ton of consumer electronics lobbying dollars, the Communications, Consumer's Choice and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006 (S. 2686, H.R. 5252) includes a provision called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 ("WIN Act"), which is intended to permit unlicensed, non-exclusive use of unassigned television broadcast channels ("white space," also known as the space where our wireless systems live).

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Danley Climbs Matterhorn

GAINESVILLE, GA — Tom Danley will unveil a new subwoofer at the NSCA Expo 2007 in Orlando, Fl in March, which was initially designed for the military and dubbed the "Matterhorn" by Danley Sound Labs, the subwoofer is housed in a shipping container measuring 8' x 8' x 20' and generates 40,000 watts.

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Danley SH-25 Loudspeakers

GAINESVILLE, GA — The new Danley Sound Labs SH-25 loudspeaker is composed of a single one-inch tweeter, four four-inch mids, and eight 6.5-inch woofers and measures 28" x 28" x 42." Sensitivity is rated at 104dB, and maximum output reaches 140 dB.

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We Will Rock You, Meyer Roll Across South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Written by British author Ben Elton in conjunction with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor, We Will Rock You has played London, Tokyo, Moscow and many other cities around the world. Six main cast members backed by a sizable ensemble, a live band, sets that change in seconds, synched video, sound effects, more than 200 lighting cues, and an equipment list more than three pages long give the show sizable technical scope.

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EV XLD Rides with Cadillac

MIAMI — Auto manufacturer Cadillac recently employed EV XLD sound for a series of meetings, events and previews held at the Doral Resort in Miami for 200 of their top dealers, all of whom were on their way to watch the Superbowl.

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Neil Young & Friends, VerTec Play Bridge School Benefit

NORTHRIDGE, CA — JBL Professional VerTec line arrays were deployed by rental company Sound Image for the 20th Annual Bridge School Benefit concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. The Crown-powered system consisted of 52 VerTec VT4889 full-size line array elements and 24 VT4880 full-size arrayable subwoofers.

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PROEL Group Acquires Turbosound Assets

WEST SUSSEX, UK — Italian manufacturer PROEL spa has announced that it has acquired the assets of Turbosound Ltd in an effort to add depth to PROEL's position in the marketplace, allowing it to benefit from an international company that has specialized in the design and manufacture of sound reinforcement products.

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Prince Rains Down with Sennheiser

MIAMI, FL — Sennheiser provided Prince's chrome-plated wireless vocal microphone for the Super Bowl XLI halftime show, which took place under very wet conditions in an outdoor arena with no roofing or material to cover the stage.

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Peavey Ferret D Seeks Out Feedback

MERIDIAN, MS — The new Peavey Feedback Ferret D is a feedback suppressing device that includes Peavey's patented anti-feedback algorithm and feature set. This DSP uses 16 "smart" digital filters to find and fix compromised frequencies before they become problematic with four user presets, power-up recall, "panic" filters, XLR and 1/4-inch TRS balanced I/O and an internal power supply — plus a graphic interface to simplify setup and monitoring.

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