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PHILADELPHIA — The Philly Pops, one of the largest standalone pops orchestras in the U.S., needed a miniature mic solution to amplify the string ensemble of the Philly Pops’ 65-piece ensemble. Houser Audio, the Pops’ official audio provider, picked Point Source Audio’s Series8 CO-8WL omnidirectional lavalier mics for the task.

MIAMI – Sound engineers Eddie “El Brujo” Caipo and Brad Divens are now relying on a range of DPA Microphones for Enrique Iglesias’ current tour, after testing them out with a demo package offered from the company. Caipo handles mixing monitors and Divens serves as FOH engineer.

LAS VEGAS – 3G Productions chose Martin Audio MLA for the star-studded Cosmic Meadow Stage during the three-day celebration of lights, colors, dance, costumes and music at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. With leading DJs such as Zedd, Martin Solveig, Paul Van Dyk, Knife Party, Swanky Tunes, Chris Lake, Flux Pavilion and more, Cosmic Meadow demanded a world-class sound system that could cover the crowd consistently with full frequency audio at the highest decibel levels.

AZUSA, CA — Azusa Pacific University (APU) has extended its deployment of Riedel Communications gear with the purchase of four new MediorNet MicroN 80G media distribution network devices that enable the university to link sites across its Azusa, CA, campus in a decentralized routing matrix. Complementing APU’s existing MediorNet Modular real-time media network, Artist digital matrix intercom, and RockNet digital audio network systems, the MicroN devices support uniquely flexible, cost-effective, and easy-to-manage signal processing, routing and distribution.

BUENA PARK, CA—Greg Lukens of Washington Professional and Jose Perez of Yamaha Professional Audio will hold three, two-hour presentations on the new Yamaha Rivage PM10 Digital Audio Console on Wednesday, Aug.10, 2016.  The event is free of charge and open to all.

SEATTLE – After working with various PAs for years, each with some level of compromise, tap dance professor Tim Hickey found an ideal solution that worked on all counts for Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts: Mackie’s portable Reach Professional PA. Hickey has two tap classes with 16 students each. “Tap dancing can get pretty loud,” he notes, “so we need a more powerful system than the ballet, jazz and modern dance classes do. The Reach has 720W of amplification, and even with 16 tap students in a room with a wooden floor and walls lined with mirrors, it cuts through loud and clear.”

NAPA, CA – Bay Area-based Delicate Productions provided full production including staging, lighting, video and audio on all five stages of this year’s Bottlerock. For the Miner Family Winery Stage, Delicate deployed the new VUE Audiotechnik al-12 system for its inaugural run with FOH engineer Sebastien Poux. Over at the Jam Cellars’ stage, the VIP skyboxes were outfitted with VUE Sound via Dante. William “Snoopy” Fuquay of WFA Audio was in charge of the h-8 with Dante setup and ran the sound with Delicate Productions’ networking guru Jacob Choplin.

HOUSTON – Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston is leaving its analog world behind with the acquisition of two Studer digital audio consoles. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) 
managed the transaction from initial planning through installation and commissioning.


LAFAYETTE, CO — Flatirons Community Church in Colorado attracts an average weekly attendance of about 20,000 people to multiple weekend services at its three Denver area campuses. The non-denominational evangelical church upgraded the wireless microphone systems at its main campus in Lafayette at the start of the year, expanding its Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless equipment list with the addition of 12 channels of Venue2 receivers paired with HH handheld and LT belt pack transmitters.
 

HOUSTON — Working with other law enforcement agencies, the Houston Police Department has made 80 arrests so far in an investigation into an organized crime ring that focuses on thefts of valuables transported via trailers. As of June 28, charges had been filed against 130 suspects in Houston and surrounding areas. A key break in the case, dubbed “Operation Wheels and Deals,” took place as police were tracking a van and trailer belonging to country music singer Zane Williams that were stolen outside a Houston-area restaurant on May 16, 2015. A GPS tracking device helped authorities pinpoint the missing trailer, and there they discovered motorcycle apparel and accessories that had been reported stolen in another trailer heist.

CAMARILLO, CA – When the second edition of RH Consulting’s Guide to Voice Alarm Systems was published recently (joint authored by pro audio consultants Roland Hemming and Richard Northwood, in e-book format), Powersoft was quick to respond. The Italian amplifier authority saw that this could be adapted to provide its own customers with a custom version as an educational tool, offering specific information about deploying Powersoft products for emergency applications. They were soon in contact with RH Consulting with the result that the Powersoft release has now been made public.