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BOSTON — New Edition is on the road again with all original six members through the end of summer. On tour, they are relying on an RCF TT+ system from Atlanta AV with assistance from Alpha Productions. The touring system includes 32 RCF TTL55-A three-way line array modules for primary coverage, 12 TTL33-A three-way line array modules for outfills and 18 TTS56-A dual 21-inch subwoofers arranged in a cardioid configuration to control low frequencies.

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CAMARILLO, CA — Rat Sound has updated the audio system for The Red Hot Chili Peppers tour for summer with 20 units of Powersoft’s compact 4-Channel amp to drive their new Rat Sound SuperWedge monitors setup. Rat Sound’s SuperWedge features four independent speakers, accommodating all four inputs from the X4 amplifier. Rat Sound engineers were able to use the Powersoft X4’s flexible routing capabilities, configurable within its Armonía software, to enable multiple output configurations for the SuperWedges to tailor their output to the band’s onstage needs.

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NEW YORK CITY — Point Source Audio’s Series8 lavaliers will be on center stage of the Chinese opera Paradise Interrupted, set to open July 13 at the Lincoln Center Festival. Chinese opera singer Qian Yi will wear two Point Source Audio microphones to project her voice both vocally – and visually – using sound recognition software to change the mood lighting.

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LAS VEGAS — Audio-Technica presented Online CRM Marketing with A-T’s prestigious President’s Award for their work representing Audio-Technica’s professional line of audio products in Michigan during the 2015/2016 fiscal year. The presentation took place at InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas.

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ORLANDO — Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) has recently repackaged its rental fleet with new equipment, which now provides its customers with a smaller on-site footprint and streamlines load-in/out times.

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LOS ANGELES —Christian Assembly Church in Los Angeles underwent a renovation project, which included a new suite of wireless systems and microphones.  Dirk Bolle, IT/Tech support specialist, was determined to find a reasonably priced and reliable wireless system that would eliminate any unwanted, disruptive noises, which had been an issue with the older equipment. So he turned to the Shure UHF-R Wireless System and KSM8 Dualdyne Vocal Microphones to enhance the congregation’s vocal performances.

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LAS VEGAS — The nominations for the 2016 Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year competition are in. The list of top nominees is posted online, and the first round of the Hometown Hero (HH) voting process, which extends through Aug. 8, 2016, has begun! Follow the jump to find the link to the 2016 ballot for audio companies vying for Hometown Hero honors.

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[caption id="attachment_124499" align="alignnone" width="800"]Using the new RCF HDL50-A line array system and Allen & Heath D-Live digital console, the tour kicked off July 8 at Fourth Street Live in Louisville, KY.[/caption]

LOUISVILLE, KY — The Summerland tour kicked off July 8 at Louisville, KY’s 4th Street Live entertainment and shopping district, with a new RCF HDL50-A line array system reinforcing 1990s music from Everclear and friends. The RCF system included 16 HDL50-A, an active three-way line array cabinet with dual 12” low frequency, four 6” midrange and two 3” high frequency compression drivers; coupled with eight SUB 9007-AS dual 21” active subwoofers. Eight NX12-SMA active 12” monitors covered the stage.

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MANCHESTER – First Baptist Church of Manchester, TN, has undergone a transformation in the style and energy of its services, and the church’s old sound reinforcement system couldn’t keep up. Audio/video integration firm Centerline Audio Visual of Hendersonville, TN, stepped in to design simple, yet powerful, stereo reinforcement consisting of Danley loudspeakers and Ashly-powered Dante connectivity.

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MONTREAL — Sound system provider Solotech supplied Yamaha Digital Audio Consoles for the 17 stages during the 37th Montreal Jazz Festival (MJF), which ran from June 29 to July 9. Twelve of the stages featuring them at both FOH and monitors. MJF is held at the Place des Festivals in downtown Montreal with close to 50 concerts daily. More music can be found in local bars, boats, and other miscellaneous venues. Concertgoers could travel from event-to-event, as all ‘outdoor’ concerts were free of charge. Performers included Brian Wilson, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Christian McBride, Chick Corea and Joe Jackson, to name a few.

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LOS ANGELES – When internationally acclaimed virtuoso acoustic/electric cellist, recording artist and composer Tina Guo needs to amplify her acoustic cello, she relies on the d:vote 4099C Instrument Microphone for Cello from DPA Microphones.

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