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Drummer Boy Sound Hoops It Up with Dynacord Cobra
FOH Staff | News | April 21, 2008MIAMI – Miami’s Drummer Boy Sound, 99 JAMZ WEDR, Powerade and the City of Miami Gardens recently teamed up to sponsor and host the national touring Hoop It Up 3 on 3 basketball challenge at Calder Race track in Miami Gardens, Fla. DBS deployed their portable Dynacord Cobra line array system for the event, with additional equipment from Electro-Voice, Midas and Klark Teknik.
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Neumann Digital Microphones To Interconnect with DiGiCo Consoles
FOH Staff | News | April 18, 2008LAS VEGAS – Back in 2001, Neumann unveiled its Solution-D generation digital microphones. These conformed to the new AES 42 data transmission protocol to allow its digital microphones to work in conjunction with digital workstations. Now, NAB 2008 sees the fruits of a collaborative effort with UK-based digital mixing console manufacturer DiGiCo to take this groundbreaking technology a stage further, allowing Neumann’s digital microphones to interface directly with DiGiCo’s desks.
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Simon Pro Gives Mission Worship Sound Makeover with McCauley Sound
FOH Staff | News | April 17, 2008
RIVERSIDE, CA – The Mission Worship Center in Riverside, Calif., experienced structural damage, which forced them into a position to move their services into their gymnatorium. Realizing that the gym was not going to handle the make-shift system from the main worship hall, Simon Productions worked with Pastor Justin Frailey of the church to get a new McCauley Sound iDESIGN installation, consisting of four iD112-4s, two iD208-26s, two iD108-26s, two AC288s and two SM72-2s. Once the sanctuary is rebuilt, Mission Worship Center has already decided to go with a McCauley Sound line array. Read More... -
Balashikha Arena Scores with Outline Sound
FOH Staff | News | April 16, 2008MOSCOW – For sound reinforcement at the "Balashikha,” the home arena of the great "MVD MO" ice hockey team, almost a hundred Outline loudspeaker systems have been permanently installed: the units are a combination of line-array, point source and stage monitor systems. Read More... -
NCAA Sweet Sixteen Dunks with Electro-Voice
FOH Staff | News | April 16, 2008HOUSTON – LD Systems (Houston) deployed three sizes of Electro-Voice line array — X-Line, XLC and XLD — for the recent NCAA college basketball South Regional “Sweet Sixteen” playoffs at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Read More... -
Dynacord VariLine VL 62
FOH Staff | News | April 16, 2008The new Dynacord Variline range is designed to deliver state-of-the-art acoustic performance and multi-functional hardware accessories for permanent install and mobile applications. The VL 62 full range cabinet (150W RMS & 122 dB max SPL) features a neodymium 6.5-inch woofer and a 1-inch compression driver mounted to a CAD-optimized 90 x 40 rotateable horn for high SPL applications where minimal footprint is a main concern. Read More... -
Newseum Takes Museum Experience To New Levels with Electrosonic
FOH Staff | News | April 14, 2008Burbank, CA – Electrosonic has provided most of the video displays and audio systems in the public areas, exhibit galleries and theaters at the Newseum, which opens in Washington, D.C. this month. A seven-level, high-tech interactive museum, the Newseum traces the history of news reporting from the 16th century to the present. With AV systems installed by Electrosonic, the Newseum boasts 250,000 square feet of exhibit space and includes 14 major galleries and a 4D time-travel experience.
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American Idol Contestants Take the Stage with Sennheiser
FOH Staff | News | April 14, 2008HOLLYWOOD, CA - Randy Faustino is a seasoned veteran in the music industry. In 2007, he formed Creative Sound Solutions with Gerald “Butch” McKarge and J. Mark King to provide music mixing services for the television industry. The company has since mixed American Idol, and a host of Idol-inspired shows, including The Next Great American Band, Rock Star and MTV’s Rock The Cradle! At Faustino’s request, all American Idol contestants use the Sennheiser MD 5235/SKM 5200 combo. Read More... -
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Ropes In Electro-Voice
FOH Staff | News | April 11, 2008HOUSTON – LD Systems delivered massive sound reinforcement at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, held annually at Reliant Park, Houston. Celebrating its 76th year in 2008, Rodeo Houston is both the world's largest livestock exhibition and the world's largest rodeo event. And, every night after the rodeo competition winds down, the Rodeo rolls out big name entertainment to match.
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Gallo Center for the Arts Gets Amplified with Yamaha
FOH Staff | News | April 11, 2008
MODESTO, CA – The Mary Stuart Rogers (capacity 1,250) and Foster Family Theaters (capacity 444) are designed with state-of-the-art sound and lighting equipment. Audio systems design for both theaters was by Media Systems Design Group (Los Angeles, Ca), Timothy Hart, principal. Lighting Design was by Lighting Design Alliance (Long Beach, Ca), Chip Israel, project head. Audio installation was performed by Professional Communication Design (PCD) out of Santa Rosa. Read More... -
TC Group and Gibson Guitar End Merger
FOH Staff | News | April 9, 2008RISSKOV, DENMARK and NASHVILLE, TN – TC Group and Gibson Guitar have officially ended their plans to merge, a venture that was to take place by March. According to a release from TC Group, “The main reason for not going further is that the CEO of Gibson (Henry Juszkiewicz) and Anders Fauerskov (CEO OF TC Group) simply have too different views on how things should operate.”
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Shelby Lynne Embarks on U.S. Tour with Heil Sound
FOH Staff | News | April 9, 2008DALLAS – Lost Highway Records released Shelby Lynne’s 10th studio album, Just a Little Lovin. The collection is a spare, mesmerizing tribute to the late Dusty Springfield that Lynne sums up by saying. “This is sacred ground to me.” To promote the new album, Shelby and her band have embarked on a U.S. tour, which will be followed by dates in the UK in the fall. On stage, everything that needs a microphone gets a Heil microphone, including Shelby Lynne.
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