TARZANA, CA — Harman recently supported the Artists for Autism benefit here by providing a JBL VRX PA system for the day-long event. Held at live music venue Petie’s Place, the Artists for Autism event featured performances by Resurrect the Machine, Ronny North, the Back Beat Brawlers and Jeff Iftekaruddin. All proceeds from the event were donated to the Autism Speaks foundation.
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GARLAND, TX — Kevin Deal, account manager at the Dallas office for Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), worked with GC Pro affiliate DJ Sound & Lighting and Kahn Nguyen, a music consultant, on the recent installation of a new sound system for the new auditorium at Mother of Perpetual Help Parish Church, based here. The installation included 15 DAS Aero 8A line array boxes, six DAS Avant 118A subwoofers, eight DAS Avant 112A floor monitors and an Allen & Heath iLive T112 analog console with IDR48 mix rack.
Read More »OXNARD, CA — L-Acoustics announced demos this fall in the Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Houston and New York areas. The demos will focus on L-Acoustics’ new constant-curvature ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS systems. Also featured: L-Acoustics’ Coaxial (P and XT Series) and Variable Curvature (KARA and KIVA) systems and technologies.
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NANAIMO, BC — Fifteen years ago — in 1997 — Barry McKinnon of MC Squared System Design Group of Vancouver Don Crocker and the team at Victoria, BC-based Sound Source & Lightrix designed and installed a loudspeaker system at BC Ferries’ Duke Point Ferry Terminal here that included five PC1542M and three PC1564M long-throw, pattern-control horns. A recent check determined the system components are still performing well, despite exposure to the harsh Canadian elements 365 days a year.
Read More »NEW YORK — Seeking a small, discreet capsule that could deliver transparent sound quality, Clive Goodwin, sound designer for Once, specified DPA Microphones’ 4060 Omnidirectional Miniature Microphones. The musical, based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, won a 2012 Tony Award for best sound design (in the Best New Musical category). Supplied by Masque Sound, the new microphones are being used with Sennheiser wireless systems.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman’s Soundcraft Studer is taking its newly refurbished demo truck filled with Soundcraft, Studer, JBL and AKG gear on the road, heading west from the Northeastern U.S. More demos are being planned through to the AES show in late October, where the demo truck is also scheduled to appear.
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SANFORD, FL — AV consultant Josh Walker helped bring Safe Harbor Christian Church here into the digital age by replacing an aging analog console and multi-channel snake with a PreSonus StudioLive 24.4.2 digital console and new 200-foot multicore snake.
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ANAHEIM, CA — Extron Electronics, a pro AV products manufacturer, worked with Allstage Pro to equip The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon, Extron’s own country music and dancing venue located at company headquarters here, with an EtherSound networking system that is working with Yamaha M7CL digital consoles and a Yamaha DME64 digital mixing engine.
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DALLAS — Walker Engineering installed 40 Meyer Sound self-powered speakers within The Owner’s Box Sports Bar and Grill at the new Omni Dallas Hotel. They’re part of the surround sound system tying in with 72 HDTV video screens.
Read More »BOTHELL, WA — Music Group, corporate parent of Midas, Klark Teknik, Turbosound, Behringer and Bugera, has joined SynAudCon’s corporate sponsorship program. Music Group will use SynAudCon’s web-based training for their internal tech support staff with the intention of elevating their skill level in the realm of distributed audio systems.
Read More »ATLANTA — Allen & Heath will be showcasing the new GLD Digital Mixing System during this year’s WFX show in Atlanta, GA September 19-21. The free, hands-on digital mixing training sessions will take place at booth #303.
Read More »It has come to our attention here at FRONT of HOUSE that an East Coast (possibly New Jersey-based) individual claiming to be the “tour technical director” of a (well-respected and legitimate) production company working on a new touring Disney musical has been contacting sound rental and production companies in an attempt to procure gear under suspicious circumstances. Among the items “needed” by this individual included DiGiCo consoles, Meyer speakers, Shure and Sennheiser wireless rigs.
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