LOS ANGELES, CA – Video Equipment Rental (VER) Tour Sound has provided a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system for Bassnectar’s 2013 tour. Brendan Hoffman, FOH engineer and production manager, credited the gear for enhancing the audiences’ electronic dance music (EDM) experience.
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CARLSBAD, CA – Clifford Friedman, technology solutions architect at Telnet Solutions, led a team that installed 14 Shure ULX-D systems with SM58 handhelds and WL185 lavalier microphones for the main ballroom and five meeting rooms within the Hilton Carlsbad Oceanfront Resort & Spa here recently. Friedman also integrated the ULX-D system with the ballroom’s Q-SYS networking system so the Hilton’s meeting rooms could be controlled and routed from an iPad.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Bryan Herta Autosport, also known as Barracuda Racing, which claimed top honors at the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with the winning driver, the late Dan Wheldon, was back in Indianapolis for the race on May 26, 2013. This year, the team relied upon an intercom system that included gear from Riedel Communications to navigate the congested RF environment on the racecourse.
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COLLEGE STATION, TX – For Breakaway Ministries, which sponsors weekly Bible study events on the campus of Texas A&M University here, Houston-based Puresound has been providing audio support. The gatherings, staged in either the Reed basketball arena or the Kyle Field football stadium, are heard via JBL VerTec speakers. Along with sound quality, Puresound needed a system that could be setup and taken down quickly. Each venue only allots an hour for setup and an hour for tear-down.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – The Whitley Conference center, located at The Oblate School of Theology, includes an auditorium, lecture halls, and classroom space in addition to a host of other amenities. San Antonio Sound & Light (SASL), worked with the school and Overland Partners, specified and installed Tannoy VX 8 loudspeakers and CVS 6 in-ceiling loudspeakers throughout the 24,000-square-foot facility.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA – Bose Professional Systems Division, based here, noted that its RoomMatch loudspeakers and PowerMatch amplifiers have been installed at several high-profile venues, including the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center (BAPAC) in Broken Arrow, OK (near Tulsa) and the Pike Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in the Indianapolis area.
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COLUMBUS, OH — Rock On the Range, which launched as a single-day festival here in 2007, has since expanded from two days in 2008 to three days this year. For the May 17-19 festival, Logic Systems provided a NEXO STM line array system that included 36 STM M46 top boxes, 36 B112 bass boxes, 36 S118 subs, 10 NUAR racks, 12 GEO-Ts, and 12 CD-18s, along with a Yamaha PM5D-RH console at monitors.
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GEORGE, WA — The Arctic Monkeys are back with a new tour and a Soundcraft Vi1 console, recently kicking off at the Sasquatch Music Festival at the renowned Gorge Amphitheater. Firehouse Productions provided the desk for monitor engineer Will Doyle.
Read More »PHOENIX, AZ – After struggling with poor audio quality, feedback, inconsistent microphone levels and a variety of other issues, the Arizona State Legislature—home to the Arizona Senate and Arizona House of Representatives—decided enough is enough. Recognizing that a high degree of speech intelligibility is essential if members of the legislature are to communicate effectively, the decision was made to rectify the situation—and at the heart of the remedy: ASPEN digital audio processors from Rio Rancho, NM-based Lectrosonics, all controlled by Intent Digital’s Energize Dynamic Control System.
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ORLANDO — InfoComm 2013 took place at the Orange County Convention Center here, with 937 exhibitors showing off products and services within 470,000 square feet of exhibition space from June 12-14. This year’s event drew a record-setting 35,126 visitors, up 2.5 percent from 2012.
Read More »Menlo Park, CA – Countryman Associates a California based company provided their brand new microphone the H6 headset to Orphei Drängar for their annual show called the Caprice. With its uniquely impressive combination of natural sound quality, ultra-low visibility, and ease of adjustment, the H6 Headset quickly became the microphone of choice.
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Bader Field in Atlantic City was the site for the first VetRock concert, held June 1 in honor of those who served in the Vietnam War. ACIR Professional provided new d&b Audiotechnik J rig along with a Yamaha CL5 and PM5D consoles at FOH and monitors. Along with Shure, AKG, Sennheiser, Electro-Voice, Audio-Technica and Countryman mics, the event relied upon Shure and Sennheiser wireless systems. ACIR also provided lighting, backline, staging, rigging, and supervised power, video, and barricade installation.
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