NASHVILLE — Audio Electronics, Inc. (AEI) upgraded the existing sound system at the Hillsboro Village location for Sam’s Sports Grill here. AEI’s Darrin Fabish replaced the speakers and further enhanced the new system with Symetrix’s Jupiter 8 App Based Turn-Key DSP.
Read More »NEW LONDON, CT — The U.S. Coast Guard Band announced that it would be forced to cancel its tour of the Southeast from March 6-15 due to budget reductions stipulated by the federal budget sequestration that went into effect March 1. The band had shows scheduled in Clearwater, Tampa and Bradenton, FL; Valdosta, GA; Mobile, and Tuscaloosa, AL; Germantown, TN and Oxford, MS.
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PALO ALTO, CA — For 842-seat Bing Concert Hall, a $111.9 million projected completed in January, Stanford University turned to Fisher Dachs Associates (FDA), J. R. Clancy and Western Theatrical for a rigging solution to the challenge posed by the new venue’s large, sail-like acoustical wall and ceiling panels specified by acoustic designer Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics.
Read More »CHICAGO — For The Book of Mormon at the Bank of America Theatre here, Masque Sound is providing Sennheiser MKE-1 microphones for the lead actors and MKE-2s for various other cast members. Other gear includes DPA 4061 microphones, L-Acoustics speakers and a DiGiCo UB MADI interface sound console — used to route a QLab directly to a Digico SD7, digitally.
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — Matthew Andrade, production manager and head engineer at The Viper Room nightclub here, supports the audio needs of 150 or more performers each month with an arsenal of Sennheiser mics, including six e 935s and one e 945 for the vocals and others for drums and other instruments.
Read More »COSTA MESA, CA (February 26, 2013) — QSC announced the release of complete EASE .GLL data files for its entire loudspeaker line, including AcousticDesign, Acoustic Performance, K Series, KW Series, KLA Series, WideLine and others.
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LOS ANGELES —DiGiCo digital consoles and Optocore networks handled the elaborate needs of two major awards show productions recently — the 55th annual Grammy Awards, broadcast live from the Staples Center on Feb. 10 and seen by 28.37 million viewers on CBS (crew pictured here), and the 85th annual Academy Awards, staged at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood Feb. 24 with a live broadcast on ABC that peaked at 42.4 million viewers.
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BURBANK, WA — Tri-Cities-based sound reinforcement and AV service/rental provider Ford Audio Service, Inc. has taken delivery of an L-Acoustics KARA system. The initial order included 24 KARA, accompanied by 12 SB18 and eight SB28 subs, four 12XT coaxial monitors and eight LA8 amplified controllers.
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BRENTWOOD, MO — Ironman Sound Industries (ISI) recently added NEXO GEO S12 speaker enclosures to the company’s rental inventory. Noting advantages of setting up the arrays in both vertical and horizontal settings, ISI said this flexibility would help adjust systems to the needs of different rooms, program content, and audience sizes. The GEO S12 enclosures are powered by Nexo NXAMP4x4 amplifiers, with built-in processing functionality for additional fine-tuning. The system also promises to speed deployment.
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COLUMBUS, OH — Demmer Audio Video Solutions designed and installed a new system for Encore, a new 2,500 square-foot nightclub located in the Crosswoods neighborhood here. Two Ashly 3.6SP Protea digital speaker processors and six Ashly KLR Series amplifiers drive the sound system.
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HOUSTON — The 2013 NBA All-Star Game, held within Toyota Center here Feb. 17, marked the seventh time Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) provided an RF assist. PWS handled frequency coordination for all wireless microphones, intercoms, in-ear monitors, IFB systems and player mics.
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WILSON, NC – After the First FWB Church here was damaged by lighting and fire, Sound Advice of Eastern North Carolina provided a system centering on a WorxAudio TrueLine X3i-P compact line array, augmented by WaveSeries 8A and 12M loudspeakers and a TL218SS sub bass loudspeaker system.
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