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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.

NEW YORK, NY – The brick and brownstone building that is home to New York’s Seventh Day Adventist Church has stood on this tree-lined street in Greenwich Village since 1882. Like many of the era’s grand old churches, the acoustics can be magnificent for organ and choir, but the sermons were battling the architecture’s myriad reflective surfaces. To get the combat the reflective surfaces a pair of Renkus-Heinz IC24-R-II digitally steerable column arrays were mounted left and right of the stage to cover the whole room.

GREENVILLE, NC – Founded in 1964, Oakmont Baptist Church has a rich history of serving the local community with services that are both traditional and contemporary. Music plays a vital role in Oakmont Baptist Church’s worship services and, to ensure the best possible audio quality throughout the sanctuary, the church recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system with components drawn from the catalog of Greensboro, NC-based WorxAudio Technologies.

INGLEWOOD, CA – The L.A. Forum, also known simply as The Forum, is reopening in a big way Jan. 15 after a $100 million remodeling project – with the kickoff show for the “History of the Eagles” tour, capped off with the world’s biggest record rotating on the roof.  Along with hundreds of concerts, the storied venue has hosted NBA championships, Summer Olympics basketball and numerous movie shoots. It was acquired by the Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) in 2012, bringing the venue full circle in a way – it was designed by architect Charles Luckman, who also did Madison Square Garden.