MARION, VA — For the Royal Oak Presbyterian Church, which was established in 1776 and now welcomes congregants for worship in a 450-capacity sanctuary built in 1923, independent audio designer/installer K.D. Forsha specified a system that includes Tannoy’s VLS passive column speaker arrays and Tannoy VS 10BP subs.
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PORTLAND, OR — Christian rockers Kutless, who have sold more than two million albums, are playing a variety of venues on their latest tour, ranging from churches and civic auditoriums to an outdoor field and even a Minnesota casino. Regardless of the venue type or size, the band relies on a Meyer Sound MINA line array system supplied by Blackhawk Audio to deliver a consistent-sounding show.
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AMHERST, MA — Located on the University of Massachusetts-Amherst campus, the William D. Mullins Memorial Center Arena is home of the Minutemen basketball and ice hockey and Minutewomen basketball teams, as well as hosting concerts and other events. The 10,500-seat venue recently replaced its 20-year-old installed PA with a new QSC Audio ILA System.
Read More »BERKELEY, CA and ESCONDIDO, CA — Meyer Sound and VUE Audiotechnik have settled a lawsuit that Meyer filed last June against VUE. Meyer Sound issued a brief press release on the matter; a link appears below. In response, VUE Audiotechnik provided a link to an open letter posted by VUE’s Jim Sides on the matter; that link also appears below.
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RALEIGH, NC — RMB Audio has provided audio for the J.S. Dorton Arena at the North Carolina State Fair for 21 years, and even though they’ve used Martin Audio throughout that time, this year marked their first deployment of the MLA Compact system. Dorton Arena is the venue for evening performance concerts held during the State Fair with performers such as Michael W. Smith, Brian McKnight, local hero and American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery and other artists over 11 nights.
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SINSINAWA, WI — Lifeline Audio Video Technologies, tasked with improving the intelligibility of the spoken word and piano-focused services within the 800-seat crown chapel built here at the home of the Congregation of Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in 1964, opted to flank the altar with a pair of Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC24-R arrays.
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LOS ANGELES — Masque Sound is supporting the touring production of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon with audio gear including an L-Acoustics KARA system. Sound designer Brian Ronan, who specified the gear, is getting an on-the-road assist from touring engineers Cody Spencer and Christopher Sloan. The KARA setup has varied for different performance spaces, and Ronan credited the KARA gear for its help in overcoming unique architectural challenges.
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NEW YORK — Firehouse Productions provided Harman gear for the Global Citizen Festival staged in Central Park Sept. 29, including JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. The free awareness-raising event, which drew close to 60,000, featured performances by The Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Neil Young and Crazy Horse and others.
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FRESNO, CA — Speeda Sound, which provides sound gear to to as many as 50 fairs in the state of California during the course of a year, added 18 Powersoft K3 DSP+AESOP power amplifiers to its rental inventory. The company offers them as part of a compact, two-rack stage monitor package, and chose them in part for their promise at withstanding the harsh conditions of the annual fair circuit.
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OZARK, MO — Special Event Services (SES) designed and installed a new sound system for James River Assembly’s 3,400-capacity sanctuary with Outline’s GTO line array loudspeaker cabinets as the sonic centerpiece. The new system is being lauded for its clarity and punch for the church’s sermons, contemporary house band and concerts.
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RICHMOND, VA — The Richmond Folk Festival celebrates traditional music, with artists from around the world performing on seven stages spread across 17 acres of riverside parkland in downtown Richmond. The free three-day event drew some 200,000, with audio production handled by Soundworks, a full-service audio company headed by Steve Payne.
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PORTLAND, OR — The Soundcraft Mixing with Professionals (MwP) training series continues with two sessions set to take place at Pro Sound & Lighting in Portland, OR on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Hosting the sessions will be James Lawrenson, FOH engineer for Foster the People, who is currently using a Soundcraft Vi6 for the band.
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