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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – Huntington Beach, California-based Pacific Coast Entertainment (PCE) has added 16 Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) Redline loudspeakers to their production inventory. PCE is a full service production company providing rental, sales, audio, lighting, video and installation services throughout the country. Pictured here is Ryan Steidinger, CEO, Pacific Coast Entertainment with new EAW Redline loudspeakers.

ATLANTA, GA – Russell Gray, who was noted for mixing FOH for Eddie Rabbit, passed away peacefully in his sleep on the evening of February 23, 2016. He was 61. Gray was born in Richmond, CA in 1955 and during his 40-plus year career, worked closely with countless artists including Fleetwood Mac, Metallica and Bowie during the 1980’s and 90’s. After Rabbit’s passing in 1998, Gray went on to lead a less road-heavy life as an audio engineer, working mostly in and around the Atlanta area with Atlanta Sound and Lighting, Entertainment Design Group and Seriously Sound Inc.

MINNEAPOLIS – DiGiCo’s S21 console promised to add to the number of venues that could now afford to “go DiGiCo.” The Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota (UMN) in Minneapolis is one such venue. The Union hosts everything from concerts to keynotes to movie nights, and recently replaced an analog system in its multipurpose, 1,000-capacity Great Hall with a DiGiCo S21 desk supplied by Eden Prairie-based Audio Logic Systems. Pictured here is the venue’s console along with UMN Student Unions & Activities Event Services Director Joe Thoen and full-time AV Techs Mike Kabeya Kazdi and Jeff Sundheimer.

FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE — Waves Audio is excited to announce a series of training sessions taking place at the new Wavesland facility in Franklin, Tennessee.  Starting March 28, 2016, Wavesland will host small-group, hands-on workshops on mixing live with eMotion LV1.  The Wavesland complex is a new center for coaching programs in professional audio. The ground floor of the complex, an LV1 mixing facility, is now open for hands-on training sessions on five eMotion LV1 consoles.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada – Canadian audio-visual equipment sales, installation, production and rental house RP Dynamics Inc. recently took delivery of a pair of new Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless Venue2 modular receiver units and a dozen channels of SSM micro belt-pack transmitters for the company’s rental inventory. RP Dynamics services clients working in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), throughout North America and around the world. Pictured here, from left, is RP Dynamics’ John Christie and Roland Danner, who founded RP Dynamics in 1997.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Harman Professional Solutions’ JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers were at the heart of a sound system deployed by CTS Audio during the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) at Lucas Oil Stadium. The NCYC featured a variety of spoken word, live music and dramatic performances configured in the round, with the main speaker system featuring a total of 90 JBL VTX V25-II full-size line arrays (in six columns of 15 loudspeakers each) and six hangs of six VTX S28 subwoofers, each flown behind the columns of VTX V25-IIs.

RED HOOK, NY – Firehouse Productions recently added 96 new L-Acoustics K2 enclosures to its inventory along with 36 LA8 amplified controllers housed in a dozen LA-RAK touring racks. Shared between Firehouse’s Red Hook, NY headquarters and the company’s five-year-old Las Vegas location, the K2 loudspeakers are already scheduled to be part of the L-Acoustics systems that will accompany Radiohead at Madison Square Garden. They’ll also support tours this year for Florence + The Machine and the “Rock, Paper, Scissors” double-bill of Peter Gabriel and Sting.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Anchorage Baptist Temple (ABT) recently installed a Danley Sound Labs sound reinforcement system that includes Synergy Horn full-range loudspeakers, Tapped Horn subwoofers, and over 300,000 watts of Danley integrated processing/amplification that connects with the rest of the system via primary and backup Dante networks. AVL consulting and integration firm Michael Garrison Associates (MGA, Fresno, California) specified and installed the system.

Martin Audio North America has implemented a program to simplify and speed the process of applying for equipment lease financing. With popular products such as the MLA and CDD Series, there has been an increasing demand for Martin Audio products in the marketplace.

CHICAGO, IL – Sensaphonics helps drive awareness of hearing wellness through industry outreach. In celebration of World Hearing Day 2016, hearing wellness expert Sensaphonics reached out to a star-studded array of musicians to help raise awareness of the importance of hearing health among online fans. Participating artists included Coldplay, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band, Lisa Loeb, OK Go, The Lumineers, and Umphrey’s McGee. Their social media posts on Twitter and Facebook used #HearingDay and #RespectYourEars hashtags along with hearing-related messages.