WorldStage Purchases Riedel’s Artist 64 Digital Matrix Intercom System
NEW YORK — WorldStage, the new brand for Scharff Weisberg and Video Applications, Inc., has acquired Riedel Communications’ Artist 64 Digital Matrix Intercom system.
Read More »Columbus Outdoor Amphitheater Using Shure UHF-R Wireless Technology
COLUMBUS, OH — The Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater within nine-acre Columbus Commons Park, has been using Shure UHF-R wireless microphone systems provided by locally-based pro audio company Live Technologies. Since it opened last year, the venue has hosted Michael McDonald, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Offspring, Josh Kelley, Tonic, and Peabo Bryson, among others. The outdoor park, an urban renewal project at the site of a former mall that had been demolished, opened with a temporary stage in 2011. The Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion opened a year later.
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Sound Associates Using VUE’s a-Class for Janis Joplin Tribute Show
PASADENA, CA — One Night with Janis Joplin returned to the Pasadena Playhouse recently for a four-week stint. Sound Associates designed the audio system, which includes a setup at monitors with 15 VUE a-8 two-way systems powered by five Lab.gruppen FP3400 series amplifiers. A Yamaha M7CL48 at the FOH position delivers a total of 10 discrete mixes to the to the stage monitors.
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Anderson University Installs Daktronics Acoustical Banner Hoist System
ANDERSON, IN — Associated Controls + Design (ACD) of Indianapolis worked with Daktronics on the installation of an acoustical banner hoist system within York Perfomance Hall at Anderson University here recently. The system lets a single operator control multiple banners simultaneously with multiple targets; there are 15 acoustic banners at the venue.
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Sound Image Provides L-Acoustics K1 System for Kid Rock Tour
DETROIT — Kid Rock and his band, Twisted Brown Trucker, are once again rolling across the U.S. with two months of arena shows between February and April. Along for the ride are opening acts Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory. Sound Image is once again supporting the tour with an L-Acoustics K1 system.
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New 3,000-Seat Sanctuary in Orlando Equipped with Turbosound Gear
ORLANDO, FL — Encore Broadcast Solutions and Atlantic Professional Audio (APA) provided a Turbosound Flex Array system for the new 3,000-seat, stadium-style sanctuary opened on a new campus by Orlando’s Faith Assembly of God Church.
Read More »Alicia Keys Band Member Touts AKG WMS4500 Wireless System
NEW YORK — Hanan, a multi-instrumentalist who is particularly noted for his guitar performances, is now touring as a band member for Alicia Key’s Set The World On Fire tour. The lead guitarist recently lauded Harman’s AKG WMS4500 wireless system for its ability to effectively convey his virtuosity to audiences around the world.
Read More »Most Las Vegas Cirque Shows Go Dark for World Water Day, March 22
LAS VEGAS — “We would like to reinvent fundraising night,” said Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to the Las Vegas Review Journal, explaining why six of the seven venues hosting Cirque productions would go dark on Friday, March 22. The day is designated “World Water Day” by the One Drop foundation, a charity Laliberte founded to save lives among the world’s poor with sustainable clean water and sanitation systems.
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SES Adds to Martin Audio MLA Inventory
WINSTON-SALEM, NC — Following their recent tour with the Zac Brown Band, SES (Special Event Services) has increased its inventory of Martin Audio MLA loudspeakers with an additional 24 MLA, 24 MLX, and 48 MLA Compact enclosures.
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Puresound Using RF Venue’s RF Spotlight To Fight Interference
HOUSTON — Wes Matthew, owner of Puresound, has been using the RF Spotlight antenna from RF Venue to overcome the challenges posed by the crowded radio frequency spectrum in the Houston area, including signal dropouts and RF interference. One of the more recent cases where RF Spotlight helped solve problems was at a megachurch equipped with lavaliers and handheld wireless microphones linked to Sennheiser ew 100 G3 receivers.
Read More »Morrissey North American Tour Canceled Due To Health Issues
LINCOLN, NE — Battling health issues that ranged from the diagnosis of a bleeding ulcer in January to pneumonia in both lungs earlier this month, Morrissey, 53, has been forced to cancel the remaining 22 tour dates on his on-again, off-again North American tour, which had been set to run through May 1. There are no plans to reschedule the shows, said Morrissey’s publicist, Lauren Papapietro.
Read More »Open Control Architecture Alliance Expands with Waves, Audinate and Attero Tech
SAN FRANCISCO — The Open Control Architecture (OCA) Alliance, the industry collective developing, and working to standardize, a media networking system control standard for professional applications, recently added three new associate members – Attero Tech, LLC, Audinate Pty. Ltd, and Waves Audio.
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