CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Parachute, based here, the opening act for Andy Grammer this spring, is being mixed at FOH and monitors by Jamison ‘Jam’ Butcher, who is using a Midas PRO2 supplied by Frankford, IL based Soundworks Productions.
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NEW YORK — Eighth Day Sound is supporting The Who’s 2012-2013 Quadrophenia and More tour with a pair of SD7 desks for FOH and monitors, plus an SD-Rack at FOH and a d&b audiotechnik J-Series PA. Crew members Robert Collins and Simon Higgs, along with Mark Brnich, Drew Marbar and Carl Popek, are putting the gear through its paces, taking advantage of recently-developed features for the shows.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Working with Anthony James Partners, Parsons Electric installed more than 100 JBL loudspeakers within Williams Arena, a.k.a. “The Barn,” the 14,625-capacity home of the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers men’s and women’s basketball teams.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Performance Audio updated the audio system at the University of Utah’s Libby Gardner Hall here with a K-Array KK 200 full-range tower, KK S50 subwoofer, with KA 40 and KA 10 amplifiers, all in a stereo set, which was further enhanced with a Symetrix Jupiter 12 app based turn-key DSP setup.
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MOORESTOWN, NJ — Starlite Productions recently took delivery of more than 60 Shure ULX-P wireless microphone systems in anticipation of the 2013 outdoor concert season, along with some new grandMA2 lighting consoles to support upcoming events.
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ANAHEIM, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) played a major role in parent company’s 125th anniversary celebration, providing the sound system used at a concert held at the Disney’s Hyperion Theatre during the NAMM Show in Anaheim. YCAS managed all live audio production equipment requirements including the design and implementation of a large-scale Dante network from inputs to speakers and were on hand for assistance to guest artist engineers.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Engineer Michael Jackson of BPIAudio recently used a Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing console supplied by Creative Technology for Salesforce.com’s annual meeting here, dubbed “The Cloud Computing Industry Event of the Year.” The meeting was held during the DreamForce 2012 vendor conference, which drew close to 14,000 participants and occupied Moscone Center’s entire South Hall.
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PARK CITY, UT — For the Grub Steak Miner Room and Moose Room, Performance Audio provided a Symetrix Jupiter 12 App-Based Turnkey DSP loaded with nearly 40 customized presets. Grub Steak’s managers and regular clients can now select the presets and adjust input and output volumes from their smartphones using Symetrix ARC-WEB technology.
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RIO RANCHO, NM — For the football field at V. Sue Cleveland High School, based here, Sound and Signal Systems (Albuquerque, NM) designed and installed a system that centers on three Community R-Series loudspeaker systems.
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LOS ANGELES — ATK Audiotek supported the 55th Grammy Awards, held in Staples Center here Feb. 10, with a sound system centered on JBL loudspeakers. The L-R setup started with12 VTX V25 fullsize line array elements per side for the main PA, with additional left-right columns of 12 V25 per side for out fill, along with a center cluster of 18 VTX S28 arrayable subwoofers in cardioid mode (two arrays of nine S28 subs each), for a total of 66 VTX loudspeakers. Six VRX932 Constant Curvature loudspeakers served as front fill, with left-right rear delay arrays of eight VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array elements each. Crown amplifiers powered the speakers.
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WASHINGTON, DC — As is typical, President Obama’s second inauguration in late January was accompanied by a wide variety of private parties and other celebratory events. All Stage & Sound, Inc., Laytonsville, MD, which supported activities held at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, the United States Institute of Peace, The Italian Embassy, Cafe Milano and elsewhere, relied upon K-array gear, which is distributed by Sennheiser.
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LITTLE ROCK, AR — Cabot High School, recognized as a “Center for Excellence” by the Arkansas Dept. of Education, recently had Curtis Stout Audio Visual install Bose RoomMatch loudspeakers with PowerMatch amplifiers and ControlSpace DSP as part of a sound system upgrade for their renovated auditorium.
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