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CHICAGO – Five more audiologists entered Sensaphonics’ Gold Circle. A recent two-day seminar taught the principles of hearing wellness in providing service and IEMs to the music industry. The Gold Circle Seminar is a fully accredited by the American Academy of Audiology for professional development, earning participants 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

COLUMBUS, OH – Capital University chose Focusrite’s RedNet networking solution to link a new recording studio, radio station, four mix/post production suites and 18 computer-lab workstations together into a seamless networked learning hub. The RedNet interfaces are being sourced and installed by Soundcom Systems.

MARTIN, TN – The University of Tennessee at Martin has upgraded its stadium with a new audio system of Community R Series and W Series loudspeakers. Lowrance Sound Company of Union City, TN designed and installed the new system to especially provide coverage for the bleacher section. The stadium’s previous system was a 10-year-old, end-zone design.

CHICAGO – Ayre Productions recently installed a Martin Audio system to cover multiple levels at SteakBar Restaurant. The eatery provides nuanced background music for its patrons in addition to supporting DJs on weekends, so they needed a system to provide the sound quality and coverage throughout the space.

MIAMI – Marc Anthony’s newly created Magnus Media entertainment agency turned to Meyer Sound to bring the same level of sound solutions from his live touring success to the venture’s new Miami headquarters. The installation was initiated in large part by Anthony’s long-time touring FOH engineer, Jose Rivera, who recommended that the audio quality “at home” reflect what audiences experience at the concerts.

WHEATLAND, MO – Known as the “Diamond of Dirt Tracks,” the Lucas Oil Speedway gets plenty loud, but a recently upgraded Bose Panaray LT loudspeaker sound system provides the horsepower needed to let announcements cut through the roar of a wide variety of racecar types and other events such as tractor pulls and monster cars, which regularly reach 120 dB.

RICE LAKE, WI — Former Tasco sound mixer Charles “Chuck” Maynard Wiesner died Oct. 18 at his home. He was 65 and had a long career working with top artists. They included Nazareth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pat Travers, Boston, Tina Turner, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac and others over a 30 year span. He gave up the road 12 years ago to work for Link Ford in Rice Lake, where he was Senior Master Certified in Ford and Lincoln Products and also won the Ford Presidential Award for five years in a row.

NEW YORK  — Marking a 20-year milestone, a national tour of the rock musical Rent is being supported with an audio setup that includes L-Acoustics line arrays and an all-digital sound system provided for sound designer Keith Caggiano by Masque Sound.

SAN DIEGO — Tears for Fears, which had to reschedule its much-awaited summer tour, recently completed a string of September and October shows through the U.S., trekking from Washington State to southern California. Clearwing supplied lighting and sound for the tour, and Hayward, CA-based Hi-Tech Audio provided a Yamaha Rivage PM10 digital audio console for the FOH mix, helmed by FOH engineer Doug Kimball.

LAS VEGAS — Celine Dion, five-time Grammy award winner and one of the biggest-selling solo artists of all time, has resumed her residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with her longtime FOH engineer and tour manager Denis Savage and systems engineer Frankie Desjardins. They chose an SSL L500 live console for FOH mixing duties.

LAS VEGAS — The first of two big shows featuring the Rolling Stones at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena has been canceled, according to a statement on the band’s website. The show was to be staged the same night as the final debate between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on the campus of UNLV three miles away.