LOS ANGELES —Brian Setzer and his 18-piece orchestra recently completed their ninth annual Christmas Rocks! holiday extravaganza. FOH engineer James “Jimbo” Neal mixed BSO FOH on a Yamaha CL5 with two Rio3224-Ds, and Eric Scott used a second CL5 for the monitor mix along with a second pair Rio3224-Ds. Sound Image, Escondido, CA, provided the gear.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — Sound Image upgraded the sound system at Catalina Bar & Grill here with an installation that included StageSource loudspeakers from Line 6. The installation provides full coverage of the club’s L-shaped audience area, with a total of six StageSource L3m and three L2t loudspeakers hung from the ceiling, augmented by six L3s subwoofers.
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ANAHEIM, CA – The old song might say “It never rains in Southern California,” but this time it did — but only sporadically and hardly enough to dampen the spirits of the 100,000 or so attendees at the Winter NAMM show from January 24 to 28. In fact, the mood at this year’s expo carried a decidedly good vibe. With the memories of 2008’s near-depression and 2012’s year-end “fiscal cliff” thankfully becoming a distant memory, the M.I. and pro industries seemed ready to get back to business. And there seemed to be plenty of business, with a feeling of optimism in the air and from the strong turnout of interested buyers and serious attendees, a sense that good times lie ahead.
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LOS ANGELES — Audio-Technica provided more than 250 mics for a wide selection of artists from various genres of music for the live show and broadcast of the 55th Annual Grammys, held Feb. 10 at the Staples Center. The A-T roster included a wide array of hard-wired mics and Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless Systems.
Read More »BEAVERTON, OR — The AVnu Alliance, which certifies Audio Video Bridging (AVB) products for interoperability, has launched certification testing for AVB-enabled networking bridges at its appointed testing house, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). AVnu Certification is available to Alliance member companies. The AVnu Alliance also recently added its 50th member, Palo Alto-based Symphony Teleca Corporation (STC).
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WAUPACA, WI — Trinity Lutheran Church, based here, recently expanded its sanctuary and updated its sound system. Sonic Art provided, among other gear, Aviom AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System to network audio to various locations around the facility. The church also included an Aviom Personal Mixing System for its musicians.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL — EverBank Field has been home to the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars and host to NCAA Football’s Gator Bowl since opening in 1995. The 84,000-seat stadium recently updated its audio system with JBL VLA line arrays from Harman.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Delicate Productions Inc.’s office here recently conducted an in-depth three-day training session for the Martin Audio MLA Compact loudspeaker system that was attended by 12 Delicate touring and regional engineers along with notable independent engineers and facility owners interested in MLA technology.
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PHILADELPHIA —St Joseph’s University converted the chapel on their McGuire campus into a multi-use space for students. RJC Designs came up with a dual-system solution, with Community Professional components separately handling the spoken word and music. That approach helped the project tackle a range of acoustic, logistic and aesthetic challenges.
Read More »WINNIPEG — Epic Production Technologies, once a major North American provider of concert and theatrical audio gear as well as lighting and staging, appears to have sharply scaled back its operations. Press reports noted layoffs at company locations in Winnipeg and Burnaby Canada and in Oxnard, CA. Senior executives including Marc Raymond, Ted Fowler and Brian Konechny are also reportedly no longer working for the company.
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NASHVILLE, TN — Adamson Systems and Sound Image drew FOH engineers and others to the Fellowship Church at Two Rivers here Jan. 3-4 for an Adamson Energia demo. It was hosted by Jesse Adamson and Matt Gunn from Adamson Systems and Everett Lybolt and Dave Shadoan from Sound Image. Andrew Dowling, Rob Zombie’s systems engineer, did the system design, setup, and provided a complete rigging overview.
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NORTH READING, MA — Fit Revolution, an indoor cycling studio and “boot camp” fitness-training facility that opened last September in this Boston suburb, didn’t want to be spinning its wheels when it came to the installation of a new sound system. The owners turned to Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), which provided Electro-Voice, Yamaha and other gear.
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