NEW ORLEANS — Wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac forced a wave of concert cancellations in late August and over Labor Day weekend as remnants of the storm moved inland. Although 2012 wasn’t the worst year on record for named storms from the Atlantic — thanks partly to better infrastructure, Isaac wasn’t nearly as costly as Katrina in 2005 — freakish weather has cancelled a number of events this summer.
Read More »CONCORD, CA — D-Tools announced that Vaddio, based in Minneapolis, has joined its Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) program. The partnership program is geared to offer a detailed product information library to AV system integrators.
Read More »SAUGATUCK, MI — Stewart Independent Production, based here, recently expanded its rental inventory with RCF audio gear. The purchase included RCF D-Line HDL20-A Line Array, RCF TT+ Touring Series Subwoofers and RCF TT+ Touring Series Floor Monitors.
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LONDON — Adlib and Sound Image are supporting the world tour for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with L-Acoustics gear specified by FOH engineer Robert Scovill. The typical setup has L-R arrays of 14 K1 plus three KARA downfills per side, each paired with an adjacent hang of eight K1-SB subs. A center array of 12 KUDO was flown between the K1s for true LCR reinforcement, with up to 40 additional KUDO deployed as auxiliary arrays to expand horizontal coverage to the 270-degree mark and beyond.
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IOLA, KS — Tasked with a sound system upgrade for the 750-seat Bowlus Fine Arts and Cultural Center here, MSM Systems provided a Yamaha M7CL-48 digital audio console, two Yamaha P3500 amps, 10 NEXO GEO S12 line array cabinets (five per side), two NEXO RS18 Ray Subs (located in the pit), two NEXO PS8s (used for front fills), JBL SRX721M monitors and a Clearcom Intercom system. Two NEXO 4×4 NXAmps were also installed to power the system.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Mountain Springs Church (MSC) recently upgraded the sound systems at two of its church locations here with three DiGiCo SD consoles. Tech director Keith Miller spearheaded the audio overhaul that led to the purchase of the SD9 and two SD11 consoles, working with Sight and Sound Technologies.
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RENO, NV — Moon Lighting & Sound, a full service provider of audio, video and lighting for gigs in the Reno/Lake Tahoe area of Nevada, has been using Midas’ PRO2 since last winter — in some cases, even using the digital desk slope-side at ski resorts.
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CHICAGO — Thunder Audio of Livonia, MI provided 76 Meyer Sound MILO line array loudspeakers to cover 7.5 acres of space in Grant Park for Lollapalooza, held Aug. 3-5. The event’s main Bud Light Stage drew big crowds with headliners that included Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne, Avicii, Justice and Franz Ferdinand.
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PHOENIX — Gabe Kubanda, co-founder of the Epic Proportions Tour, which featured new artists at free shows held at military bases, high schools and colleges this past summer, says Line 6 StageSource L3t loudspeakers played a key role in meeting the unique touring production’s needs.
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NEW YORK — PanAVid installed two K-array KK 100 loudspeakers for the main system, two KKS 50s for the main sub-woofer system, and a total of six KK 50s as delay support speakers to enhance the musical clarity and spoken word intelligibility at St. Michael’s Church here recently.
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NEEDHAM, MA — Boston Light and Sound used two Iconyx digitally steerable column array loudspeakers from Renkus-Heinz to overcome the inherent challenges to spoken word intelligibility at St. Joseph Parish’s sanctuary here.
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WELLSVILLE, OH — The AV systems at Holy Trinity Parish Church, based here, needed an upgrade. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) provided a turnkey solution that was implemented by Affiliate Program member Koko Brothers Entertainment.
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