LOS ANGELES — Audio mixer Larry Reed specified Shure microphones and wireless gear for Grammy-related events honoring Carole King and the Beatles. Pictured here is Carole King, who was honored at the annual MusiCares “Person of the Year” concert.
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LIVONIA, MI — Thunder Audio recently took delivery of its first K2 system along with other new L-Acoustics components. The gear package includes 36 K2 and six KARA variable curvature WST line source elements, eight K1-SB and 18 SB28 subs, six ARCS II constant curvature enclosures and 10 LA-RAK touring racks — each housing three LA8 amplified controllers.
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NEW YORK — Studio Instrumental Rentals (SIR) noted the company’s continuation of its relationship with Jimmy Fallon and his house band, The Roots as the late night host shifts from NBC’s Late Night slot to the Tonight Show on NBC. The company provided backline support for each of the artists during the opening week of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, including Lady Gaga, Tim McGraw and Justin Timberlake. The opening week of the show drew an average of 8.490 million viewers per night, making it the most-watched week of Tonight shows in 20 years..
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NASHVILLE — Lady Antebellum plans on visiting nearly 80 cities in North America by the time their Take Me Downtown tour, which launched Jan. 10 in Peoria, IL, visits York, PA Sept. 6. FOH engineer Brett “Scoop” Blanden reports that the Digital 9000 system has been performing flawlessly so far.
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LAS VEGAS — For the second year in a row, Delicate Productions supported Maroon Five with a Martin Audio MLA system for two celebratory New Year’s Eve shows at the Mandalay Bay Event Center. The setup included 11 MLA speakes, one MLD (for downfill) and 12 MLA Compact enclosures per side, with 12 MLX subwoofers, and also six W8LMD and four WT2s for side fills.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — Sven Pro Sound gave the Holy Grounds coffee shop, a full-service coffee shop on the Eastbrook Church campus here, a major sound makeover with pre-owned d&b audiotechnik gear. The setup includes two E3 speakers, one E12-SUB subwoofer and three E-PAC V3 amplifiers.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – For the 17th straight year, ATK Audiotek provided audio services for the National Football League’s championship game, Super Bowl XLVIII, the first ever in an outdoor cold-weather stadium. ATK Audiotek deployed its custom-designed, cart-based audio system for the game’s prestigious halftime show, held at MetLife Stadium here. Once again, ATK Audiotek outfitted their system with Harman’s JBL VerTec line array loudspeakers.
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RED BANK, NJ – The Sony Pictures Television produced series, The Sing-Off, is hitting the road for its first live tour, featuring Season Four’s a cappella winners, Home Free, along with finalists Filharmonic and VoicePlay. The production crew is using Roland Systems Group’s M-480 V-Mixing System at monitors. They are also touring with Roland’s R-1000 for multi-channel recording and virtual sound check.
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MAMMOTH LAKES, CA — To fulfill the audio needs for the 2014 Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, held at Mammoth Mountain Resort here in mid-December, Bakersfield, CA-based Pacific West Sound provided an Adamson Systems sound reinforcement rig.
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OLD LYME, CT — Sennheiser USA, based here, noted that Swedish heavy metal act Sabaton, which will be joining Iced Earth and Revamp for the Worldwide Plagues Tour in North America starting this April, will perform with a full complement of Sennheiser microphones and wireless systems.
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LOS ANGELES – Harman’s JBL loudspeakers were once again put to use at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. ATK Audiotek provided the main PA system for the Awards ceremony, which featured four arrays each containing 12 VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array elements, plus two arrays of six VT4880A fullsize arrayable subwoofers each. An additional 12 VRX932 Constant Curvature loudspeakers were used for front fill. The Staples Center also features a permanent JBL VerTec line array system, which ATK Audiotek also put to use.
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