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CHICAGO, IL – For location sound professionals, few things are more catastrophic than equipment failures. Such occurrences not only hinder production, it puts the equipment operators in the extremely uncomfortable position of being responsible for the delays—and this can cost someone their job. Knowing “you’re only as good as your last successful project,” the location sound crew behind the scenes of “Oprah’s Next Chapter”—the primetime television show on The Oprah Winfrey Network—relies on Digital Hybrid Wireless Technology from Rio Rancho NM-based Lectrosonics.

JOHNSTOWN, CO – Now celebrating its 6th anniversary season, the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse is Colorado’s largest, most elegant, and most spacious professional dinner theater. From award-winning Broadway productions to special concert events by national celebrity artists, patrons enjoy exceptional dining and shows presented in a plush Broadway-sized proscenium theater. For both theatrical and concert style performances, sound reinforcement is a crucial element and, to ensure consistent audio quality and a high level of speech intelligibility, the playhouse employs numerous B3 Omnidirectional Lavalier microphones from Menlo Park, CA-based Countryman Associates.

SAN DIEGO, CA – The International Full Gospel Fellowship (IFGF) church in Seattle has found another great reason to rejoice thanks to a brand new sound reinforcement system from the A/V experts at TR Professional. The centerpiece of the church’s new sound reinforcement solution is a VUE al-4 subcompact line array system, with companion VUE V4 Systems Engines supplying all amplification and loudspeaker processing.

LUBBOCK, TX — LakeRidge United Methodist Church in Lubbock, Tex. has markedly improved the sound in its main sanctuary with the installation of a Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeaker system. Having previously selected Meyer Sound systems for two other areas of the church, Lubbock-based Moyers Group was called upon to design and install the new system.

TOWSON, MD  – Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) KF740 system powered the sound for the A-list acts at the sold-out Mistletoe Meltdown show, held on Dec. 13 at the SECU Arena outside of Baltimore. Event production company Showtime Sound configured a KF-series loudspeaker rig that assured the all-star artists—Avril Lavigne, The Backstreet Boys, Sara Bareilles, Gavin DeGraw, and Plain White T’s—sounded their best.

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems’ version 1.2 firmware and application software for the MTX Series Matrix Processor, part of the company’s Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) product line, makes the processor compatible with the MY4-AEC acoustic echo cancellation card required for distance conferencing and the Dugan-MY16 auto mixing capability card.

PORTLAND, OR — The GRAMMY-nominated indie folk band Milk Carton Kids found the sound and the look they needed to take out on the road with Ear Trumpet Labs’ Edwina and Edna microphones.