FORT WAYNE, IN — Mike Ross is creative arts director at The Pointe Church, based here, which is currently using Line 6 microphones and digital instrument wireless systems. Ross credited the gear for sound quality, flexibility, reliability and ease of use.
Read More »CHICAGO — L-Acoustics’ global demo program for its new ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS systems is now underway, with demos planned in Chicago (Oct. 2-3), Las Vegas (Oct. 18-21, during LDI), Houston (Oct. 23), New York (Nov. 5-7) and at other locations around the world this autumn.
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RENO, NV — The new 500-seat worship center at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, built adjacent to the original sanctuary that opened in 1951, was designed with an eye for visual appeal and an ear for superb acoustics. JC Productions provided a sound system that incorporates Iconyx IC Live line arrays to make a good thing even better.
Read More »KANSAS CITY, MO — When Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre produced its first summer musical indoors at its new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, it turned to Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) to supply audio equipment and technical services for their production of the Elton John/Tim Rice musical, Aida.
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The first North American Entertainment Innovation Conference at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, sponsored by USITT, drew nearly 400 professionals and students Sept. 6-8 with hands-on sessions and workshops detailing new technologies. Meyer Sound teamed up with Broadway sound designer Tony Meola, pictured here. Meola worked with pros and students to fine-tune sound techniques using the sound bed from Wicked.
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SAN CARLOS, CA — Audio Production Group, Inc. (A. P. G.) has been meeting the needs of its corporate clients, including those requiring laptop presentations in large, reverberant spaces, with Countryman Associates’ B2D Directional Lavaliere mic and Type 10S / Type 85S Stereo Dis. A recent case in point involved laptop presentations conducted during a town hall-style meeting in what Heller referred to as a “very live space.”
Read More »SEATTLE — EAW gear was well-represented at Seattle’s Decibel Festival Sept. 27-28, with Hall Audio Systems from Las Vegas using KF740s to overcome the challenging acoustics within the Paramount Theater and new Avalon by EAW gear used within the Neumos rock club for VIP parties.
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CLOVIS, NM — Clovis High School needed to replace the outdated, weather-damaged audio system at its 1,500-capacity outdoor stadium. Wes-Tex Audio Electronics provided a solution in the form of a Turnkey PA system from Technomad. The new system includes four Technomad Berlin weatherproof loudspeakers, a pre-wired amplifier, a dynamic hard-wired microphone and a six-channel mixer with front-panel iPod/mp3 inputs.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Mastro’s steak and seafood house recently renovated the third floor of its North Canon Drive location here. Known as Mastro’s Penthouse, the upscale environs have been enhanced with an audio installation that includes Ashly Audio amplifiers with integrated Protea DSP processing by AV integrators Clean Media.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Joan And Sanford I. Weill Hall, at Sonoma State University’s Donald and Maureen Green Music Center, opened in late September with a piano recital by Lang Lang. The 1,400-seat concert hall’s rear wall can be opened to provide viewing and listening from outdoor lawn seating for about 5,000 additional patrons. Auerbach Pollock Friedlander provided acoustic and theatrical consulting services for the project.
Read More »ATLANTA – Roland Systems Group will hold an interactive V-Mixing training course at the Sanctuary Church here on Oct. 23 from 1 pm to 9 pm.
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LAKELAND, FL — As its name indicates, the First Baptist Church at the Mall has taken over a former shopping mall and can now accommodate nearly 2,500 congregants. The live sound setup now also includes a Studer Vista 5 M2, which the church uses for both front-of-house and monitor mixing.
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