OZARK and SPRINGFIELD, MO — James River Assembly (JRA), a congregation with two churches based here, upgraded recently with two new DiGiCo SD5 consoles along with a new SD10 desk to meet expanding audio production needs.
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DALLAS — For the worship services at its main location and three other campuses in the Dallas area, Gateway Church is using consoles enhanced with Waves plug-ins for audio mixing. Jason Aulds, pictured here, serves as associate director/FOH engineer for services led by Pastor Robert Morris.
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SAN FRANCISCO — In a juried decision, “On the Study of Ionic Microphones” was named “Best Paper” at the 133rd AES Convention. It was presented by Hiroshi Akino, Audio-Technica Corp., Japan, with Hirofumi Shimokawa, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan, and Jackie Green and Tadashi Kikutani of Audio-Technica U.S. Pictured here are, from left, Green, Akino and Kikutani.
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EAST LANSING, MI — Anthony James Partners and Pro Media/UltraSound designed and installed a new sound reinforcement system for Michigan State University’s Spartan Stadium. Apart from fills, just six Danley Jericho J3s covers the stadium, enabling announcements to be heard above the considerable noise generated by 80,000 cheering fans.
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STEWARTSTOWN, PA — Stage Masters renovated the audio system used for the 300-capacity social hall operated by the Eureka Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company here. The room, which gets rented for meetings, wedding receptions and other events, now features a system that includes Ashly’s ne24.24M processor along with Shure wireless microphones and Pure Resonance SD4 Lay-In 2×2 drop ceiling speakers powered by an Ashly ne4250.70 amplifier.
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ARLINGTON, TX — Fielder Road Baptist Church, based here, has advanced AV systems along with an auditorium that seats 3,800. The church also holds two worship services each Sunday in the auditorium of a middle school in an area of Arlington with a large Hispanic population. One service is in English, the other in Spanish. Sound Productions worked with the church staff to support those efforts with gear including an Allen & Heath GLD mixer.
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WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — Acoustics By Design and Advanced Lighting and Sound designed and installed the sound system for the multi-use, 600-seat Berman Center for the Performing Arts, located within the Jewish Community Center. The gear includes Renkus-Heinz speakers, Crown amps and Yamaha mixing consoles. The Renkus-Heinz setup includes left and right arrays of two ST4R three-way tri-amped loudspeakers. CFX212M two-way systems at the rear of the hall act as delays or provide separate coverage, depending on the facility’s configuration.
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NASHVILLE — ATK Audiotek and Music Mix Mobile supported the 46th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, which was broadcast live on ABC from the Bridgestone Arena here Nov. 1. The crew included producers Tom Davis and Paul Sandweiss, FOH engineers Patrick Baltzell and Rick Shimer and monitor engineers Tom Pesa and Jason Spence, with M3’s John Harris and Jay Vicari handling the broadcast music mix. They relied upon microphones and wireless gear provided by Audio-Technica, Sennheiser and Shure.
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GLENVIEW, IL — Frank Luppino Jr., founder of Marketing Insights, head of marketing for Seeburg, a music and vending equipment manufacturer, and an industry journalist who covered NAMM for Billboard Magazine in the 1940s before serving as Billboard’s associate publisher, died Nov. 10, 2012 at age 90.
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ARVADA, CO — For Pretty Lights’ 2012 Illumination Tour, Dowlen Sound is providing an Outline GTO line array system and additional McCauley Sound subs. The speakers are powered by 58 Powersoft K Series amplifiers, including K2, K3, K6 and K8 amplifiers, all with Powersoft’s AESOP networking functionality.
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PORTLAND, OR — Horne Audio, Inc. provided a Harman Soundcraft Si Compact 16 digital mixing console for a steampunk-themed event dubbed “The Music Experience.” Intel and MTV Iggy hosted the event, which took place on the Sternwheeler steamboat and featured performances by bands The Jezabels and Y La Bamba as the vessel cruised the Willamette River for hundreds of revelers dressed in “steampunk”-themed costumes.
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PHILADELPHIA — K-array distributors Third Street Services and Sennheiser USA supported a recent upgrade to the audio system within the acoustically challenging interior of the Rodin Museum here by installing K-array KV50s, KU36s and KT20CWs, all powered by four KA7-7s.
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