AUSTIN, TX – For the eighth straight year, Miller Pro Audio supplied a JBL line array system and other Harman components for the Fun Fun Fun Fest that took place in downtown Austin, TX Nov. 7-9. The system was deployed for the festival’s main stage, which hosted performances by Snoop Dogg, MIA, MGMT, Slayer, Television and more.
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LAS VEGAS — Shortly after the Feb. 2014 issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine went to press, the staff noticed a flaw with the graphic accompanying the Tech Preview feature on Meyer Sound’s new LYON Linear Line Array, which was printed on page 42. Meyer Sound had provided a correct image; the image was accidentally changed due to a production error.
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NEW YORK — Sound designer Craig Cassidy turned to Masque Sound to help create an arena rock sound for the touring musical, Rock of Ages, which features the music of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi and other 1980s hit-making bands. Along with DiGiCo consoles at FOH (SD 10) and monitors (SD 8), Masque Sound provided tower line array elements including Meyer Sound MICA and 600 HP subs. Masque Sound also provided Sennheiser 5212 transmitters, matching 1046 receivers and coupled them with DPA 4066 omnidirectional headset mics along with an assist with frequency coordination.
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LOS ANGELES — The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, broadcast live on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 from Staples Center, was supported by a veteran crew including (pictured here, L-R, top row): Mikael Stewart, FOH Production Mixer; Andres Arango, Head Stage Monitor Tech/ATK Audiotek Project Manager; Jeff Peterson, System Designer, ATK Audiotek. Second row from top: Doug Mountain, Academy Consulting Engineer; Maureen Droney, P&E Wing Senior Executive Director. Third row from top: Leslie Ann Jones, GRAMMY Award Supervisor of FOH Audio; Glenn Lorbecki, GRAMMY Award Telecast Supervisor of Broadcast Audio. Second row from bottom: BJ Ramone, son of the late legendary producer Phil Ramone; Hank Neuberger, GRAMMY Award Telecast Supervisor of Broadcast Audio. Bottom row: Eric Schilling, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer; John Harris, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer; Ron Reaves, FOH Music Mixer.
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WATERLOO, ON — Marshank Sales has won Martin Audio’s Sales Representative of the Year award for two years in a row. The company, headed by Gary Marshank and Paul Hugo, has more than 90 years in the industry and is well into its third generation as a family business. Pictured from left is Gary Marshank, Rob Hofkamp and Paul Hugo.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — The 56th Grammy Awards, broadcast live from Staples Center Jan. 26 and seen (and heard) by 28.5 million, featured performances from a variety of artists who relied upon Sennheiser microphones and wireless systems including Pink, pictured here.
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ANDOVER, MA — Fishman recently presented Sweetwater with its Outstanding Achievement Award for exceptional sales growth in all product categories, including the TriplePlay Wireless Guitar Controller. Pictured are, from left, Jason Cambra, Fishman COO; Chuck Surack, Sweetwater president; and Kevin White, Fishman business development manager.
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BOSTON — From high-profile speaking engagements to in-classroom audio installation, lead engineer Jonathan Sage has been relying on Shure Wireless for a wide array of audio needs at Boston College. His most recent Shure purchase: a ULX-D system for the college’s Brighton campus, on a 43-acre tract adjacent to the main campus that the school acquired from the Archdiocese of Boston in 2004.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD – TobyMac’s Hits Deep tour is playing to audiences in arenas across 32 American cities using a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system supplied by White House, TN.-based Blackhawk Audio. Ryan Lampa, TobyMac’s FOH engineer for the past nine years, got a chance to hear LEO during a benefit concert in 2013. He then arranged for a LEO system to support the artist’s current tour.
Read More »PORTLAND, OR and ROCKLEIGH, NJ — Crestron announced that it has licensed Audinate’s Dante digital media networking technology. The licensing agreement enables Crestron to integrate Dante into any of its products.
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FORT WAYNE, IN – Live sound engineer Ryan “Ryno” Henderson helped Brookside Community Church here find a solution to its microphone woes. Ryno steered interim pastor Dr. Tiberius Rata and others toward Countryman’s H6 headset microphones.
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