LOS ANGELES —FOH engineer Antony King was won touring awards for his work with Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden and more major acts. Dividing his time between LA and London, King has been using RME products for more than nine years. He discusses his experiences with MADIface XT and HDSPe MADI FX interfaces on the road.
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TUCSON, AZ – A Martin Audio MLA Compact system ran the Dusk Music Festival for Soundwave Productions. The audio challenges included the eclectic array of artists and the need for noise limitations to keep sound from spilling over to the park’s nearby businesses and apartments. Erich Schmoldt, Soundwave FOH engineer and system tech, said the Martin Audio MLA gave him the control the event required.
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SAN DIEGO – MSI Production Services deployed JBL VTX V20 line arrays and Crown amplifiers to power performances for the Bayside Summer Nights: Summer Pops 2016 series featuring the San Diego Symphony, Diana Ross, Amy Grant, Chris Botti and more. Award-winning Sound engineer Shawn Murphy designed the sound system to replace their muddy audio quality and inconsistent results of their past performances.
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LAKE FOREST, IL —TC Furlong, Inc. will host its 6th Digital Console Expo on Tuesday, November 29 between 3:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Manufacturers include Allen & Heath, Ashley Audio, Avid, Beringer, DigiCo, Mackie, Midas, PreSonus, QSC, Roland, SSL Live, Soundcraft, Waves, and Yamaha Professional Audio. The companies will exhibit their latest digital consoles, and manufacturer staff will be on hand to answer questions.
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DEERFIELD, IL— Gary Gand of Gand Sound Installations recently installed a Nexo Geo M620 system at his high school alma mater, Deerfield High School. Gand is familiar with what their auditorium needed in the way of audio, although it was the 1960s when he attended. He says, “I appeared in a stage production as the ‘old desert rat’ when I had hair down past my shoulders!”
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NEW YORK – Thirty years after the musical Falsettos was created, sound designer Dan Moses Schreier was once again involved with the audio of the revived Broadway show. “Falsettos is done completely through song; there is no spoken dialogue for the show,” he says. “It’s wall to wall music, so it’s unique and challenging on that level. Fortunately, Masque Sound was once again able to deliver a great audio system that allowed me to achieve my goals.”
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PHOENIX – The University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, has a new sound system consisting primarily of flown L-Acoustics K2 arrays. AV systems integrator Pro Sound & Video permanently installed the system in July in time for the 2016 NFL season.
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MIDLAND, TX – Midland Christian School in West Texas needed a sound system for their Friday night football games. The sound needed to be full in dynamic range and be able to cover the 3,000-spectactor stadium. They turned to K-array.
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SEOUL, Korea and STAMFORD, CT — Samsung Electronics and will acquire Harman International Industries for $112 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8 billion. The deal, announced Nov. 14, changes ownership for Harman-owned brands including pro audio divisions AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, JBL, Lexicon, Soundcraft and Studer; and Martin Professional lighting.
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WOODSTOCK, GA – Woodstock City Church recently welcomed a Martin Audio system into its sanctuary and other event spaces within its walls. Because the church has contemporary worship rock and roll style services, they wanted a PA with a lot of headroom that could provide clarity and intelligibility for the spoken word.
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LAS VEGAS – Music Mix Mobile will use a 40-fader Lawo mc²36 in its Voyager mobile to deliver the audio mix Nov. 17 for the musical performances at the 2016 Latin Grammys at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The “biggest night in Latin Music” will be broadcast by the Univision network.
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