GLENDALE, CA — For Dierks Bentley’s 2014 Riser Tour, VER Tour Sound is including a number of Harman components within the audio reinforcement system, including JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers.
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LAS VEGAS – For this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival, held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 20-22, there were seven stages, carnival rides, art installations, fireworks displays and over 400,000 tickets sold. 3G Productions set up a fully-loaded Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker system on Stage Two consisting of 12 MLA Compact enclosures per side for sidefills and three MLA Compact units per side for front fills. 40 MLX subs were stacked along the front of the stage. The consoles used were Yamaha CL5 (FOH) and PM5D (monitors).
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MERRITT ISLAND, FL – The Atlantis Shuttle Experience exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center here incorporates a pair of TiMax SoundHub audio showcontrol matrix systems to add immersive 3D spatialization to a multimedia history charting 33 missions of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. In the pre-show theatre, a 16-channel TiMax SoundHub applies delay-matrixed Image Definitions to the static 7.1 Pro Tools mix to create an immersive soundscape via 18 distributed speakers.
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LAS VEGAS — Supported by Cadac Audio Ltd US & Canada, the U.K.-based company’s new North American sales and distribution arm led by GM Paul Morini, Cadac featured its Router, MADI and Dante Bridge MegaCOMMS components, introducing audio networking capabilities, at InfoComm 2014.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Along with daily S3L training sessions and demonstrated the updated system’s new capabilities for live sound users, Avid put its VENUE 4.5 software update (supported by S3L) front and center at the recent InfoComm 2014 trade event here June 18-20.
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SAN FRANCISCO – After taking over as The Killers’ FOH engineer, Kenny Kaiser turned to Hi-Tech Audio for its recently-acquired SSL Live console. Kaiser credited the desk for its centralized control layout. “I don’t have to move around the console, and I can stay in one spot, hit one button and quickly do what I need to do,” he noted.
MONTEREY, CA — Audio industry veteran Michael Reeves, 54, died from injuries sustained in an accident when an automobile collided with him while riding his road bike in Monterey, CA on June 21, 2014. Michael’s wife Mary and daughter Katy were close by at home and many family and friends were able to assemble quickly to support and comfort them during the tragedy.
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NEW YORK — For Holler If Ya Hear Me, billed as Broadway’s first hip-hop musical, the rhymes of Tupac Shakur are heard through an audio system supported with gear from Masque Sound. Sound designers David Patridge and John Shivers worked with a setup that included DiGiCo SD7T Live Digital Console, d&b audiotechnik V-Series line array system, d&b D80 amplifiers and a Yamaha PM5D-EX digital console. The performers were outfitted with Sennheiser SK5212-II radios and EM 3732-II receivers, as well as DPA d:fine microphone booms fitted with a 4066 element.
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ESCONDIDO, CA — Sound Image, based here, will support Tom Petty’s 2014 Hypnotic Eye Tour with a recently purchased Anya system from EAW. FOH engineer Robert Scovill requested the system. The tour, running Aug. 3-Oct. 10, also features Steve Winwood. It supports Hypnotic Eye, Petty’s 13th album, due out July 29.
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LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces that Maryland Sound International’s founder and pro audio pioneer Bob Goldstein will be the 2014 recipient of the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award. Goldstein founded Maryland Sound International (MSI) in 1966, and throughout his career he’s been called on to take on the seemingly impossible.
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SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT – Webb Audio Visual, which stays busy with a variety of corporate AV installations and large-scale event productions, has made good use of Sennheiser’s LSP 500 PRO PA system, which was originally launched at InfoComm 2013. Robbie Dalley, retail & rental sales manager (pictured here) credited the wireless PA system for its intelligibility and ease of use.
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