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OLD LYME, CT – Jonas Productions, Inc., a specialty audio and backline services company with offices in Indianapolis, Las Vegas, and Sydney Australia, recently adopted the new Digital 9000 — Sennheiser’s wireless system that was introduced at last year’s IBC after more than 10 years of development.

ANDERSON, SC — Founded by Senior Pastor Perry Noble in 2000, NewSpring Church of Anderson, South Carolina has experienced tremendous growth over the past 13 years. NewSpring Church has been establishing satellite campuses throughout the region and has commissioned L-Acoustics Certified Provider LMG Systems Integration to design and install KARAi systems for all of its newest locations.

BERKELEY, CA — After winning the 2013 Grammy Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards, indie pop band fun’s “Most Nights” tour has been packing music venues across 34 North American cities throughout the summer. Montreal-based Solotech provided the tour with a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena recently hosted Rock for Oklahoma, a benefit concert for Oklahoma tornado victims that featured Kings of Leon, The Flaming Lips, Jackson Browne and Built to Spill. Concert audio was provided by Oklahoma City live sound rental contractor Miller Pro Audio. Owner Danny Miller and his crew, FOH Engineer Nick Walsh, Systems Engineer Aaron Oliver, and Systems Tech Kip Montgomery provided the PA with a system comprised of JBL loudspeakers and Crown amplifiers. Proceeds from the event benefited the United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund.

SEATTLE, WA — Living Colour, touring in support of the 25th anniversary of their debut release, Vivid, is on the road with Behringer’s X32 console at both FOH and monitors

OLD LYME, CT – Launched at last year’s IBC, Sennheiser’s Digital 9000 wireless system has been adopted by a wide array of production companies for an even wider array of live, theatrical and broadcast mixing needs, including Eurovision 2013, pictured here.

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – The recently-completed Juárez Vive stadium here features an architectural design that suggest that the stadium is rising into the air. Stadium officials turned to Clarity Incorporated for the sound design, which included Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers and subwoofers with support from Ashly amplifiers and Symetrix processing.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The West Coast premiere of the musical, 1776, is now playing at the American Conservatory Theater’s (A.C.T.)’s Geary Theater here through Oct. 6, 2013. The production, by Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati, features a sound design by Kevin Kennedy.  To complement the existing in-house audio equipment, Masque Sound provided a custom speaker package including Meyer UPM-1Ps and XTA speaker management processors and a monitor package of Aviom A-16II mixers and Aviom A-16D Pro Distribution systems. The system also includes Sennheiser wireless and cabled Shure and Neumann mics along with Radial DI’s.

OXFORD, U.K. — Solid State Logic announced that its SSL Live console, which made a surprise preview at Prolight + Sound in April 2013, is now shipping. Britannia Row ordered the first three SSL Live consoles; they will help support Peter Gabriel’s European ‘Back to Front’ tour. Another two consoles have been shipped to SGroup in France for the Amel Bent tour. Pictured here, SSL’s headquarters staff celebrates the milestone.

LEXINGTON, KY – David Humphreys, owner of New World Resources, updated the sound system at Whitaker Bank Ballpark (pictured here), home to minor league baseballs’ Lexington Legends, with SymNet Edge from Symetrix. The new Dante-compatible DSP setup allowed for ARC-WEB iPad and SymVue PC control..