OLD LYME, CT – With the forthcoming changes in spectrum allocation in the US and Canada, audio specialistSennheiser anticipates customer needs with the release of a new frequency variant of its popular evolution wireless ew 100 G3 and ew 300 IEM G3 series. Starting in July, the wireless microphone and monitoring systems will be available in an A1 variant, which covers the frequency range from 470 to 516 MHz.
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LOS ANGELES — For the past few years, Visual Horizon Communications (VHC) has developed an efficient Break-Out Room Integrated Solution for corporate events known by its acronym, BORIS. Used for events staged by clients including 3M, Best Buy, General Mills, Macy’s, Mortenson Construction and other well-known companies, BORIS relies on the capabilities of Roland’s VR-50HD all-in-one AV mixer.
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MODESTO, CA – Celebrations in the Indian community are serious business. Festivals are typically an unrestrained blend of color, flavor and sound. And weddings, according to George Fontes, managing director of Fontes Pro Sound & Light, are nothing short of high-decibel exhilaration. So, when Mirage, an Indian wedding and banquet hall in Sacramento, CA, contacted him to install a new sound system last month, Fontes turned to FBT. He knew anything he installed would be pushed to concert-level limits and he wanted to ensure crisp, clean sound at every event – wherever guests were standing in 22,000 square feet of space.
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LAS VEGAS – During the recent InfoComm Show in Las Vegas, PreSonus Audio Electronics and its WorxAudio Technologies loudspeaker division recognized two key AV integrator companies for their exceptional efforts. The PreSonus Commercial Systems Integrator of the Year and the WorxAudio Systems Integrator of the Year awards were presented June 7 in the PreSonus/WorxAudio demo room prior to the opening of the InfoComm show’s exhibits.
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CLEVELAND, OH – Eighth Day Sound is handling audio production for the North American leg of Ellie Goulding’s Delirium World Tour. Their gear includes a full complement of DiGiCo mixing consoles—an SD5 at front-of-house with FOH engineer Joe Harling, and an SD10 available for opening acts, and an SD7 at the monitor position with Mike Flaherty, monitor engineer.
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EVANSTON, IL — Armadillo Day began in 1972 when the Northwestern University Texans held a small celebration in honor of the official mammal of their home state. More than 40 years later, Dillo Day is one of the largest student-run music festivals in the nation, hosted at the Northwestern Lakefill on the shore of Lake Michigan. Nationally and locally known artists play on two stages; this year’s entertainment for the approximately 10,000 attendees included The Mowgli’s, Schoolboy Q, Cashmere Cat, Dial Up, DJ Hayden James, and Derek Carter, among others. Sound Works Productions, Inc. of Mokena, IL brought in Nexo line array systems for the two festival stages.
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MIDDLETON, CT – Ace Audio has been providing sound reinforcement systems for public, private and corporate events since 1993. Recently the Middleton, CT-based company expanded their inventory with the addition of an S-Series line array from Adamson, taking delivery of 16 S10 cabinets and eight S119 subwoofers.
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PORTLAND, OR — Audio pioneer Bob Sterne, founder of Northwest Sound, who was also a longtime tour manager and sound mixer for Neil Young and sound coordinator for many Super Bowls, died June 9, 2016. He was 73. Sterne is pictured here mixing at FOH for a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young concert on the band’s 1974 Reunion Tour, at the Atlantic City Race Course (August 9, 1974).
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based boutique rental house Drop Ship Audio has fitted their newest flypack with a Calrec Summa to cover auditions and callbacks for reality-TV dance competition “So You Think You Can Dance.” “As a small rental house, it’s great to be able to offer a Calrec, not only because of the prestige behind the name, but also because Calrec desks are in the majority of OB trucks in the U.S., most of our rental customers already know how to use them,” said Sean Prickett, owner of Drop Ship Audio and A1 for the show’s auditions. “Calrec has done a great job of making sure the user interface and operation are the same across all its desks, so it’s easy for any engineer to jump on the Summa and go.”
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NAPA, CA — To ensure consistent coverage and minimize off-site noise at BottleRock 2016, Delicate Productions relied on Martin Audio speaker systems. The setup included an MLA system at the Main (Jam Cellars) stage with more Martin Audio gear used at Stage 2 (Midway) and for the culinary stage at the festival. This was Delicate’s fourth year of doing audio for BottleRock. GM George Edwards credited the Martin Audio components for “great” sound quality and noise compliance.
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LAS VEGAS – The Foundry is a 2,000 capacity concert venue inside the SLS Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Its odd but impressive layout – three stories tall, far wider than deep with two of the three main bars flanking the spacious stage at a considerable distance – makes for challenging sound reinforcement. JR Sound Company took on the project, going with a Danley Sound Labs solution.
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