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Mark Radu, Systems Engineer for PA Plus and FOH engineer for the awards show, used JBL HiQnet Performance Manager to configure and tune the system.

Canadian Country Music Awards Gets Support from PA Plus, JBL VerTec

SASKATOON, SK Canada — The Canadian Country Music Awards, held at the Credit Union Centre here, used a JBL system tuned with HiQnet Performance Manager, pictured here. PA Plus provided 48 JBL VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array elements (12 per side for the main PA and 12 per side for outfill), plus 16 VT4880 fullsize arrayable subwoofers and eight SRX712M loudspeakers for front fill. Sixty-eight Crown I-Tech 5000 HD amplifiers powered the system.

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Red Bull Stratos Mission Control

Space Skydive Gets Mission Control Support from Riedel

ROSWELL, NM – The Red Bull Stratos project, centering on Felix Baumgartner’s successful attempt to break the sound barrier during a 120,000-foot skydive from the edge of space, was a mission that pushed human limits. Riedel Communications supported the project with real-time solutions for audio, communications and video, integrating wireless and wired digital intercom systems. Riedel also furnished the fiber-based video and signal distribution and the wireless video links from the capsule’s onboard cameras. Along with other records smashed by the feat, YouTube reported a live viewing audience of more than 8 million.

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Buck Roberts, president of Selah Media Productions, Boone, NC, at First Baptist Church of Lenoir, NC, which recently upgraded with a WorxAudio system

North Carolina Church Upgrades with WorxAudio Gear

LENOIR, NC — For the First Baptist Church of Lenoir, which includes plaster ceilings and other architectural features dating back to 1925, the need for an AV upgrade was balanced with concerns about preserving the church’s aesthetic appeal. Buck Roberts, president of Selah Media Productions, Boone, NC, provides a solution with a six-element WorxAudio X1i-Passive line array system augmented with a V5M-P line array element, two WaveSeries 8M stage monitors and a pair of I/O-4 surface mount loudspeakers.

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The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Reno, NV is using a PreSonus StudioLive 24.4.2 digital console at FOH

Reno Church Using StudioLive for Wide-Ranging Music Program

RENO, NV — Scott Schmidt of JC Productions chose a PreSonus StudioLive 24.4.2 digital console at FOH for The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, based here. The gear is a good fit with the needs of the church, which offers musical accompaniment to its worship services that ranges from traditional organ and choir to a full-on rock band.

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From Left, Norman Swisher, Head Audio Tech at the Borgata in Atlantic City, with Shannon Austin.

Jacksons Unity Tour Mixed on Soundcraft Vi6

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Shannon Austin, FOH engineer for The Jacksons Unity Tour, featuring Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon Jackson, is using a Soundcraft Vi6 digital live sound console, chosen for its sound quality, configurability and a “really good internal word clock.”

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Pictured at the GLD console is Jon Chemay, Roane State College Theatre Technician.

Princess Theater in Tennessee Installs Allen & Heath GLD Mixer

HARRIMAN, TN — At the Princess Theater, a 1920s-vintage movie theater that was refurbished to serve as a multi-purpose performing arts and education center, Allen Sound of Nashville provided an Allen & Heath GLD mixer. The venue now hosts concerts, movies, dance performances, community and educational events and local church services.

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