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Dakota Sound Provides Allen & Heath GLD-80 for Legacy United Methodist Church

Dakota Sound Provides Allen & Heath GLD-80 for Legacy United Methodist Church

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 Pops guitarist Jon Finn and FOH Engineer Steve Colby rely on the Radial PZ-DI.

FOH Engineer Steve Colby Using Radial PZ-DI for the Boston Pops

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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PreSonus Expands

PreSonus Expands with New Facility

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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Listening Room, Nashville

Nashville Venue Gets Bose RoomMatch Rig

NASHVILLE – Since its founding in Franklin, TN, in 2006, The Listening Room Cafe has become a Nashville institution, moving to Music City’s Cummins Station in 2008 and its new home downtown in early 2013 – nearly one year ago to the day. Owner Chris Blair, a singer-songwriter himself, offers Nashville songwriters a venue with the sound and atmosphere he felt they deserved. The new space’s audio recently got even better with the installation of a new RoomMatch loudspeaker system from Bose Professional Systems.

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The Thunder Audio crew with several of its new L-Acoustics enclosures

Thunder Audio Takes Delivery of L-Acoustics K2 System

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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The Roots

SIR NY Provides Backline Support for NBC’s Tonight Show and The Roots

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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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.

Delicate Uses Martin Audio MLA for Maroon Five NYE Show

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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