ABBOTSFORD, BC, Canada — Sound Art Calgary provided the sound system driven by dual SD8-36 consoles at FOH and monitors to bring Pink Floyd’s music and showmanship back to fans via a tribute tour across the U.S. and Canada. The 26-city tour, called The Pink Floyd Experience (PFX), took place in February and March. It was produced by Annerin Productions.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL — Florida Sound Engineering helped the new owners of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars update the player locker room and nearby facilities with a new AV system that makes use of the Jupiter 8 app-based turn-key DSP from Symetrix.
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MIAMI — Three crew members were injured, two critically, when a section of video screen panels suspended some 30 feet above the Ultra Music Festival’s main stage fell during load-in at Bayfront Park here just before 8 p.m. March 14. After extensive safety checks during daylight hours March 15 by federal OSHA inspectors, the fire marshal and structural engineers, the main stage was approved for use and festival performances set for March 15-17 and 22-24 proceeded as planned.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The Anschutz Company announced that while it had been seeking a buyer for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) since Sept. 2012, no suitable offer has been made. As a result, AEG is no longer for sale. In a statement released March 14, The Anschutz Company’s owner, Philip Anschutz, also noted that he will be assuming a more hands-on role again with AEG, and that Tim Leiweke, who had served as AEG’s president and CEO since 1996, is stepping down.
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DEFIANCE, OH — Starin Marketing and CIM Technology Solutions, which serve as, respectively, distributors and dealers of Behringer products, steered St. Paul Evangelical Church, based here, toward a new system centering on a cluster of Eurocom CL Series 3-way loudspeakers that covers most of the sanctuary. Starin and CIM also specified and installed CL106T to supplement the CL3264 and CL3296 elements in the central cluster.
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MINNEAPOLIS — For the expanding needs for audio reinforcement within Bethlehem Baptist Church’s 900-capacity sanctuary, which has balconies on three sides and a 70-foot peaked ceiling, CCI Solutions recommended pairing up technologies from Tannoy and Lab.gruppen.
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COSTA MESA, CA — For individuals and groups planning on attending or sponsoring QSC’s charity golf tournament at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club in Tustin, CA on May 4, there’s one more thing to add to that April 15 to-do list: register. The tournament will raise money for the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.
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PRINCETON, NJ — The Cloister Inn, based on Princeton University’s Fraternity Row here, turned to Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) and Koko Brothers Entertainment for an upgrade to the sound system in their clubhouse.
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TORONTO — Enter the Haggis, a band based here, has been performing since 1996. Won over by Telefunken mics for their recording sessions — including their latest album, The Modest Revolution, with songs inspired by stories printed in a single day’s edition (March 30, 2012) of the Toronto Globe and Mail — the band is also using Telefunken’s M80 vocal mics for their live performances. (The album is set for a March 30, 2013 release.)
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NASHVILLE — Morris Light & Sound, based here, became the first sound company in North America to take delivery of the new NEXO STM loudspeaker system launched by Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS). The 200-plus-box STM system includes 68 STM M46, 80 STM B112 bass, 48 STM S118 subs, 22 NUAR Racks, 12 PS10R2 speakers, 18 RS18 Ray Subs and 16 GEO S12 loudspeakers. Pictured here are, from left, Morris L&S VP John Mills; Paul Furtkamp, YCAS National Sales Manager; and David Haskell, President, Morris L&S.
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WASHINGTON DC — The venerable Warner Theater here has taken a step forward with the recent installation of an Outline Butterfly PA system. Installed by Maryland Sound International (MSI), the system includes L-R arrays of 14 Butterfly speakers with two CDL1815 subwoofers. MSI also installed eight LAB15SP subwoofers beneath the stage and six MiniCOMP.A.S.S. units for frontfill.
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LAS VEGAS — Harman’s Soundcraft is taking its “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) series to Las Vegas at NAB 2013. Hosting the sessions will be Ken Newman, front of house engineer for Barry Manilow and owner of Newman Audio. He has also mixed live sound for Chris Isaak, Anita Baker, Stevie Nicks, Liza Minnelli and Paul Anka, among others.
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