TORONTO — Tim Murray, an audio engineer based here who serves as the lead technician for Canadian alternative rock/post-grunge band Our Lady Peace, is using Lectrosonics’ IS400 wireless instrument system to give bassist Duncan Coutts the same freedom of movement enjoyed by vocalists using wireless vocal mics. (Coutts is pictured here using the technology.)
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NEW YORK — Gloria Estafan’s longtime monitor engineer, Craig Melvin, relies on more than 20 DPA instrument microphones for the artist’s orchestra-based performances. The roster includes DPA’s 4023 Compact Cardioid, d:screet 4061 Miniature Omnidirectional, d:vote 4099 Instrument and d:dicate 4011 Cardioid microphones.
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BOULDER, CO – Crestview Church worship pastor Greig Hess, a longtime user of PreSonus gear, notes that the church’s recent purchase of a StudioLive 24.4.2 console for the main sanctuary has changed the way the church creates and records music.
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AUSTIN – Audio-Technica’s microphones and headphones were used by SXSWfm, the online radio portal of the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival. The station’s DJ’s and content creators have been using the AT2020USB+ Cardioid Condenser USB Microphones, ATH-M50 Professional Studio Monitor Headphones and AT8035 Shotgun Microphones.
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CUMMING, GA — To provide studio-quality coverage for 2,200-seat First Redeemer Church here, Centerline Audio Visual of Hendersonville, TN equipped the space with a pair of Danley Sound Labs Jericho J1-94s along with Danley’s BC-415 subwoofer for the low end. The church offers a range of music including a contemporary rock band, a 200+ voice choir and an orchestra.
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FRANKFORT, KY – After trying out seven different line array alternatives, sound engineer Jeff Branham opted for a dB Technologies DVA active line array system. The setup for a recent Delbert McClinton show at the Frankfort Convention Center here included 22 DVA T12 and eight DVA S30N line array elements.
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LOS ANGELES — To isolate the sound of the piano from nearby percussion instruments during the Academy Awards ceremony March 2, the show’s orchestra mixer, Tommy Vicari, and orchestra setup coordinator, Dan Vicari, used DPA Microphones’ d:dicate 4011A Cardioid Microphones and d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones. The Vicari brothers also used a pair of d:dicate 4011E Hanging Microphones for the orchestra’s drum kit.
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NEW YORK – The 75-year-old Diamond Horseshoe reopened recently within the Paramount Hotel here after a $20 million restoration. The venue’s opening show, with booking only through April 13, is Queen of the Night, a multi-room fusion of performance, music, circus, cuisine, design and nightlife. Masque Sound provided a solution that lets sound designers walk into any room with a tablet or computer and be able to adjust the audio levels.
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BISMARCK, ND — Historical roots run deep in along North Dakota’s Interstate Route 94, yet on the northern edge of Bismarck, ND rises something quite modern, yet steeped in history nearly as old as the city itself. It began 108 years ago, when a group of doctors founded the First Evangelical United Brethren, later changed to the First United Methodist Church. Recently, the congregation took occupancy of its new building and with that, took a name befitting the long history of the congregation: Legacy United Methodist.
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BOSTON — FOH engineer Steve Colby (pictured here, right), who has worked with the Boston Pops for more than 30 years, was an early adopter of Radial Engineering’s PZ-DI, which was developed by the manufacturer as an orchestral instrument DI. Colby’s choice also pleased Pops guitarist Jon Finn (pictured left), a guitarist with the Boston Pops since 1997.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — Just 18 months after a groundbreaking ceremony, PreSonus Audio Electronics has moved into its new high-tech headquarters and research facility in Baton Rouge. The new 44,000 square-foot building houses a large, state-of-the-art recording studio, a live-sound room, two isolation rooms, a video-production suite, test labs, a separate 1,500-square-foot live-sound room and expanded office/administrative space.
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