CISCO, TX — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) has been working with the Assembly of Yahweh 7th Day church. Along with an extensive upgrade to the church’s sound system, GC Pro has assisted with the church’s lighting and AV needs.
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WASHINGTON, D.C — Q Lights and Sound Productions provided a D.A.S. Audio Aero Series 2 loudspeaker system for a three-day event that drew some 10,000 attendees to RFK Stadium July 1, 4 and 6. The Ethiopian 4th of July Celebration, a blend of soccer and music, featured hip hop artist T.I. and rappers TPain, B.o.B., and Young Jeezy, among others.
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LAS VEGAS — For Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball tour, monitor engineers Monty Carlo (pictured here, left) and Troy Milner (right) are working with a Shure Axient wireless system provided by Solotech.
TORONTO — Westbury National Show Systems supported a Fashion Cares-sponsored charity event at the Sony Centre here Sept. 9. The event, featuring Elton John, Janelle Monae, Scissor Sisters and Sky Ferreira, was mixed at FOH using three Yamaha PM5D-RH consoles, a DSP5D Expander and an LS9-16. A Yamaha PM5D, PM1D and 02R were used for monitors.
Read More »The Plugin Alliance, formed earlier this year, announced that Waves Audio had made the group a premium partner, and that all of its plugins are now available through all Waves dealers worldwide.
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CHICAGO —Soundcraft’s “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) series will breeze into the Windy City Oct. 16, hosted by Ken Newman, owner of Newman Audio, who serves as FOH engineer for Barry Manilow.
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LOS ANGELES —Firehouse Productions helped Neil Diamond continue into his fifth decade of performing with new JBL VTX Series line arrays this year. The main arrays, with 16 VTX V25 elements per side, were complemented by VT4889, VT4888, VT4887 and VT886 elements and VT4880A subwoofers.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The acoustically-treated wall that has traditionally separated the worlds of live and recorded audio production has changed in recent years. One case in point is the amped-up emphasis AES is putting on live sound for its 133rd convention, set for Oct. 26-29, 2012 in Moscone Center.
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FREMONT, MI — ElectroMedia Inc. specified gear from Grund Audio Design for the newly-built, $39.9M, 170,000-square-foot high school here. Along with geothermal wells for heating and cooling, the school has two gymnasiums. The multi-purpose main gym, pictured here, features 20 Grund Audio Design UB-16RN loudspeakers, augmented by four GT-LPB24C subwoofers.
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TAYLOR, MI — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), designed and installed a new sound system centered on Aero Series 2 loudspeakers from D.A.S. Audio at Metro South Church in the Detroit area. The non-denominational Christian church serves more than 1,500 people each weekend.
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CHESTER, PA — Widener University alumnus Art Kalemkarian designed a new Community Professional speaker system for the football stadium at his alma mater. The Leslie C. Quick Jr. stadium now has six WET Series W2-2W8 loudspeakers covering the home team’s bleachers, with a pair of R2-52Z long-throw loudspeakers, also located on the press box roof, for the visitor seating and playing field areas.
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CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY — Ryan Jackson of JCA Media LLC, who designed and installed the replacement sound system for Campbellsville Baptist Church, brought in a Metrix system from Adamson Systems Engineering. The two-array setup could be fine-tuned to cover both the 900-capacity church’s main sanctuary seating and balcony areas. The speakers are powered by Lab.gruppen PLM10000Q amplifiers, and an Allen & Heath iLive digital system, Audio Technica 5000 Series wireless receiver and DPA instrument mics round out the audio upgrade.
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