MIAMI BEACH, FL — When Telemundo kicked off its inaugural Premios Tu Mundo awards show, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound-owned provider of wireless systems and services for live and broadcast events, was on hand at the Fillmore at Jackie Gleason Theatre here to help with the Spanish-language network’s first-annual awards gala and red carpet show.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Church Solutions Group helped Traders Point Christian Church upgrade the mixing system at one of its newer worship centers with a pair of DiGiCo SD10s at FOH and monitor positions. Along with an audible difference in clarity, the expandable system serves as a valuable new learning tool for the church’s volunteer staff.
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LAS VEGAS — Parnelli Week is here! The PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament takes place at the Arroyo Golf Club in Las Vegas Oct. 18. Then, the 12th annual Parnelli Awards Dinner takes place at the Mirage Las Vegas Oct. 20. And the last chance to order tickets online at parnelliawards.com will be at 3 pm on Wed., Oct. 17. If any tickets are still available after that, they will be sold at the door for all events…but they will definitely be in very limited quantities. So why gamble? Be sure to get your reservations in today!
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BRONX, NY — Masque Sound worked with Akustiks LLC to upgrade the audio system at the auditorium for New York’s MS-223 in the South Bronx, which is also known as The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. The new system includes EAW speakers, Listen Technologies transmitters and receivers, Audix microphones, a Clear-Com PS-702 intercom and Crestron TPMC-9 tilt touch screen controls.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College here has installed a new Allen & Heath iLive T112 digital console and iDR-48 mix rack. Built in 1991, the auditorium stages nearly 20 student- and faculty-directed performances annually. The 815-seat venue is also used by professional and community groups for a variety of entertainment, including symphonies, musicals, lectures and film festivals.
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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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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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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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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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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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DANVILLE, KY — Larry Estrin of Studio City, CA-based Best Audio serves as audio and production communications director for the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Estrin opted to use Audio-Technica mics at these events, including the 2012 Vice Presidential debate that took place at Centre College here on Oct. 11.
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LONGWOOD, FL — Grace Church, based here, recently updated the sound system in their sanctuary. Allen & Heath iLive T-112 is installed at the FOH mix position with a Dante card, MixPad app and iDR-48 stage box.
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