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RALEIGH, NC – The Red Hat Amphitheater here poses some unique acoustic challenges — a variety of nearby reflective surfaces and strict local noise ordinances. For a recent event featuring American Aquarium, Cravin Melon and the Chris Hendricks band, RMB Audio used Martin Audio’s MLA Compact system to overcome those acoustic issues.

CHARLESTON, SC – Lou Jones of NBS Media Systems, worked with Mt. Moriah Baptist Church to host a sound reinforcement system shootout, which pitted three well-regarded line array systems against a Danley Sound Labs point source system. Mt. Moriah recently expanded, building a new 2,250-seat sanctuary on its property. Needing to have a new sound reinforcement system for the venue, Danley Sound Labs came out on top of all the competitors.

MILWAUKEE, WI – More than 800 acts on 11 stages over the course of 11 days, with more than 840,000 fans in attendance. Those are the stats for Summerfest, rated as one of the world’s largest music festivals by Guinness World Records. Clearwing Productions has been involved in the event since 1995 and worked closely with DiGiCo to provide five systems in key positions at various stages throughout the event.

SEATTLE – The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a nonprofit enterprise dedicated to youth, technical music production and education, is now in its 16^th year. Joining the Vans Warped Tour’s live events on the West Coast, the educational Tour Bus benefited from sponsorship support from Neutrik.

NEW YORK, NY — Following the highly successful 50th International Conference in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which focused on audio education, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) will hold its 51st International Conference in Helsinki, Finland, August 21-24, 2013.

ROTHBURY, MI – Electric Forest, a music festival held here, features an electro-themed set of concerts that take place on six stages over the course of four days. Burst Sound & Lighting Systems, based in Detroit, was tapped to provide sound reinforcement systems for the main Tripolee stage as well as The Observatory, one of the smaller stages at the festival, with Adamson E15 line arrays.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – When Steven Brown, System Design & Sales Engineer at Progressive Electronics in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, saw the interior of St. Thomas More Parish Church, he knew right away that the issues that were prompting the church to search for a new sound system would not be resolved with one of the typical line array systems that have become ubiquitous in many contemporary houses of worship. So, Progressive Electronics installed a system consisting of RoomMatch loudspeakers and PowerMatch amplifiers from Bose Professional Systems Division.

SAN DIEGO, CA – La Jolla Playhouse at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) does double-duty with its five venues: they serve students as well as professional productions. To supplement its purchased stock of DPA d:dicate mics, the university often rents additional DPA gear, turning to sound designer Eric Stahlhammer, owner of Greater Sound Designs.

CHICAGO, IL – With locations in Chicago, Las Vegas and Nashville and a busy schedule including live productions, corporate shows, TV broadcasts and special events, On Stage Audio (OSA) continues to grow as a provider of audio rentals, service and production.  To support its ongoing growth, OSA recently purchased additional Martin Audio MLA and MLA Compact enclosures. Martin Audio reports that OSA now has the largest inventory of MLA gear in North America.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – For the Nourse Theatre, a 1920s-era high school hall that now hosts San Francisco’s City Arts & Lectures program, BBI Engineering sought to optimize spoken-word intelligibility with a sound system upgrade that includes 16 Meyer Sound MINA array elements, seven UP-4XP 48 V loudspeakers as front fill, four 500HP subwoofers and a Galileo loudspeaker management system with two Galileo 616 processors.

NASHVILLE — Morris Light & Sound is supporting Kenny Chesney’s 46-date No Shoes Nation tour with a Nexo STM line array system that includes 74 M46 for mains, 74 b112 bass extensions, 48 s118 flown subs, 16 RS18 ground ray subs, 12 PS10s for front fills, 14 GEO S 1210s and two GEO S1230s, 22 NUAR amp racks and two Yamaha DME 64 digital mix engines with LAKE Mesa EQ cards for system tuning and console switching.