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NASHVILLE – Kenny Chesney’s longtime crew makes sure their backstage jams sound good and can be recorded. Their backstage setup is heavy on Mackie gear, including several portable loudspeakers, subs, and studio monitors. At the heart of it all is their Mackie DL32R 32-Channel Rackmount Digital Mixer.

CLEVELAND – Cleveland Indians Stadium recently upgraded its original Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) system with the brand’s newer technology. WJHW designed a system that used the existing loudspeaker locations while dramatically improving system performance. Pro Media installed the system prior to the beginning of the baseball season. Not only was it a tight time frame, but they had to deal with Cleveland’s temperamental winter weather as well.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Family of Christ Lutheran Church recently built a new sanctuary to support contemporary-style services, but its odd concave sidewalls provided an audio challenge. Sight and Sound Technologies designed the audio installation to provide even coverage through the sanctuary, turning to a Danley loudspeaker and subwoofer system to solve their sound needs.

BOISE, ID – 3G Productions’ AV department upgraded the audio at the Boise location of The Knitting Factory Concert House, choosing a d&b audiotechnik system to handle its wide variety of musical performances. Knitting Factory COO Greg Marchant said, “3G has a great eye for detail, they measured the performance space and not only evaluated what brand would work best, but the specific deployment to best cover all of the areas in the room.”

BUENA PARK, CA —”Do you remember the 21st night of September?” Earth, Wind & Fire has been singing this lyric in their extensive song catalog for almost 50 years. Eighth Day Sound wanted to make sure their audiences could hear the words quite clearly by adding a Yamaha Rivage PM10 Digital Audio Console to the FOH for their co-headlining tour with Chicago.

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened Sept. 24, 2016 in a ceremony led by U.S. President Barack Obama. For the festivities, including the Freedom Sounds show, sound vendor Audio & Light of Greensboro, NC deployed equipment including loudspeakers and monitors from D.A.S Audio.

PORTLAND, OR — Audinate, creators of the audio networking technology Dante, announced that Level 1 of the popular Dante Certification program is now available online. The online course allows customers to become certified any time, any place, without the need to attend in-person events. The course consists of five videos and a 40 question test, and can be completed in less than two hours.

CHICAGO––Martin Audio outfitted four stages of Riot Fest, with the MLA system featured on the main Riot and Roots stages.   Technotrix supplied the gear, which helped solve audio dispersion challenges from a nearby hospital and a residential neighborhood.

NEW YORK – British composer Pete M. Wyer selects JBL Control One speakers and Crown power amplifiers to create an immersive experience of music and sound, “Song of the Human.” The performance is inspired by the theory that human language evolved from birdsong and aims to reproduce the restorative effects of birdsong for psychological wellbeing.

SATSUMA, AL – Satsuma High School’s grant barely covered the cost of its new stadium. Alpha Sound & Lighting repurposed the loudspeakers at their old stadium and added One Systems to meet the tight budget and blanket the new stadium in sound.

LAS VEGAS — The votes are in! No, not for Jill Stein, Gary Johnson and, um… Who were the other two people running for President? No, we’re talking about the Parnelli Awards, of course. Voting wrapped up Sept. 30 as readers of FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN magazines chose the people, companies and products that will share the limelight on Oct. 22 along with Richard Fernandez, Danny O’Bryen and Greg Mackie, this year’s Parnelli Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator award winners, respectively.