MONTREAL — For 426-seat Theatre du Rideau, which recently undergoing the first large scale renovation since 1991, Mathieu Guilbault of Trizart Alliance designed a new sound system that includes d&b audiotechnik’s xS-Series from the company’s installation-specific White range. Le Diplomate served as system integrator on the project.
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NEW YORK — For the Broadway musical version of The Bridges of Madison County at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, which officially opened Feb. 20, sound designer Jon Weston turned to Masque Sound for an audio assist. “I specifically chose an older-era console, speakers and amplifiers for this production,” Weston said.
Read More »KITCHENER, Ontario — TC Group Americas has announced that a Lab.gruppen & Lake Certification: Level 1 training will be held on March 10 & 12 during SXSW in Austin, Texas. Aldridge Marketing will host the training.
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MIAMI — The Lyric Theater, open once again to public performances for the first time in decades, now features an audio system that includes components from Martin Audio. Miami’s Drummer Boy Sound (DBS) Productions, tasked with the consulting and design for the refurbished theater’s new audio and video systems, installed four W3Ps, four AQ5s and two WS218SX subs at FOH and LE1200s as stage monitors.
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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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