MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The International Association of Venue Managers’ VenueConnect show is coming to Minneapolis July 23-26, 2016. There, attendees who visit the Wenger/J.R. Clancy booth (#323) will be able to hear about the transformation that active acoustics technology made to Neumann Auditorium at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa (pictured here).
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INDIO, CA – Camarillo, CA-based Rat Sound once again deployed an Eastern Acoustics Works Adaptive system in the Gobi Tent at this year’s Coachella Festival in Indio, CA. The 18,000 square foot tent is known for its eclectic mix of alt bands. SaysAdam Labov, FOH engineer for Goldroom, “My overall experience with the Anya system was a very positive one. I felt like I had endless headroom and the speaker response was incredible.”
OMAHA, NE––CCI Solutions of Olympia, WA recently installed a Martin Audio CDD system in the main worship space of the new StoneBridge Millard Campus. The sound system for the worship space needed to be flexible in terms of both spoken word and music reproduction, and the space had its own set of unique challenges.
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WALTHAM, MA — Longtime pro audio veteran and Berklee College of Music alum Robert J. Carey, the marketing events manager at Eastern Acoustic Works, died June 23, 2016. Carey (shown here at the EAW booth during the recent 2016 InfoComm show in Las Vegas) died unexpectedly due to complications following routine knee surgery. He was 44.
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LAS VEGAS — No fatalities had been reported immediately after this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival festival held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 17-19. But one attendee who collapsed from suspected heat stroke at about 6 a.m. after the event’s third night of revelry was hospitalized and did not recover. Kenani Kaimuloa, 20, from the San Diego area, was declared brain-dead and taken off life support.
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OLD LYME, CT — Sennheiser is offering support and information regarding the wireless spectrum reallocation, which will impact thousands of wireless microphone users across the country. The company recently issued a list of frequently asked questions, and provided answers, to help wireless users better prepare for the changes ahead.
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CAMARILLO, CA — Pearl Jam’s longtime tour provider, Rat Sound, has been supporting the band’s latest shows with a large-scale, 360-degree L-Acoustics K1/K2 rig for the band’s North American tour. “The K1/K2 system covered extremely well in-the-round to a sold-out tour,” said Rat Sound crew chief Tom Worley. “Having the continuation of a large format box on the main hangs and adjustable horizontal coverage with K2 allowed Greg [Nelson, FOH engineer] and Andrew [Gilchrest, FOH/systems tech] to achieve exceptional results.”
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Event Safety Alliance, a nonprofit safety trade organization serving the needs of the live event industry, announced June 20 that Production Resource Group (PRG) is backing the ESA’s mission with a Diamond-level sponsorship commitment, the highest level available. PRG, the world’s leading provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, joins other Diamond-level supporters including Allianz insurance, Brown United, Take1 insurance and Weather Decision Technologies/WeatherOps. ESA also has sponsors at the Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze levels of support.
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TORONTO — DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and K-Tek will host The Sound Summit Toronto on July 19 at The Church on the Queensway in Toronto. This free event is part of The Sound Summit series of informal networking and educational presentations, along with product demonstrations, for audio professionals. The Church on the Queensway is located at 1536 The Queensway, Toronto, ON. To sign up for this free event, register at http://thesoundsummit.org/toronto/.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Helping with the historic renovation of the Third Baptist Church, AV/COM Integrators of Severn, MD, designed and installed their new audio system based on Community’s E Series loudspeakers.
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NEW YORK — Tony Award-winning Sound Designer Robert Kaplowitz chose a custom audio equipment package from Masque Sound for the New York Theatre Workshop’s hot new folk opera, Hadestown. One of Kaplowitz’s major goals in designing the sound – for the in-the-round production off Broadway – was to transfer the lushness, energy and clarity of the original album into a live setting without sacrificing storytelling. “As I was listening to the album, I realized that one way (record producer) Todd Sickafoose achieved a lot of that was through a remarkably nuanced use of stereo space, so I knew I wanted to create a really detailed surround system to provide that stereo feel.”
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LAS VEGAS — Audio-Technica has recognized On the Road Marketing with its Samurai Award for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. The A-T Samurai Award recipient was congratulated during InfoComm 2016 for outstanding sales performance in the Upstate New York area, and bestowed with Audio-Technica’s beloved Samurai doll.
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