BATON ROUGE, LA — PreSonus is staging its second annual PreSonuSphere 2012 user conference at the Shaw Center for the Arts here Sept. 28-29. The company is promising to offer more seminars, more speakers and more information than the inaugural show, along with more music, more networking opportunities and more fun.
Read More »BURLINGTON, MA — Avid recently announced the availability of its VENUEPack 4 plug-in suite and real time analyzer for VENUE digital consoles, noting its potential to increase the power and sonic versatility of all VENUE systems. The company also announced a free webinar featuring Robert Scovill, who will introduce VENUEPack 4 on Aug. 15, 10 am Pacific time (1 pm EST). Registration is required; details below.
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LAS VEGAS — When the famed Fountains of Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip added new songs to its repertoire for the first time in six years, Crest power amps and MediaMatrix networked audio processors helped bring the music to the masses.
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LAS VEGAS — The votes from FRONT of HOUSE readers are in, the results tallied and the regional winners of the 2012 Hometown Hero Sound Company competition have been named. They are: Canada: Sound Art Toronto (Mississauga, ON); Northeast: Boulevard Pro (Ridgefield Park, NJ); Southeast: Beachsound Inc. (Miami Gardens, FL); Midwest: Intellasound Productions (Verona, WI); Southwest: Precise Corporate Staging (Tempe, AZ); Northwest: Delicate Productions (Burlingame, CA).
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TUPELO, MS – Pro Concert Music, Inc. designed and installed the sound system for Cross Pointe Ministries’ new building here, with a seating capacity of more than 1,000 worshippers. The new system includes a central cluster of six WorxAudio Technologies X1i-P powered line array elements and two WorxAudio TL218SS-P powered subwoofers.
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LOS ANGELES — Music instrument retailer Guitar Center purchased West LA Music, a music retail outlet that had been a source for gear for professional customers as well as consumers for 46 years. West LA Music’s last day of business was Saturday, Aug. 4, according to published reports. (The company’s website was still up after that date, and a phone line active, but callers were instructed to leave a recorded message.) Along with retail sales to professional users, the company had been active working with members of the Grammys Producers & Engineers Wing to stage the annual West LA Music Recording Expo.
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LOS ANGELES — For Kaskade’s sold-out show at the Staples Center July 27 — the first time a DJ managed to do that — Rat Sound Systems provided a full L-Acoustics K1 stadium system. The show was part of the DJ’s Freaks of Nature tour. Rat Sound brought out its big guns, with left and right arrays each comprised of 16 K1 enclosures tailed with three dV-DOSC cabinets for downfill.
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PIPERTON, TN — Living Hope Church’s portable church location became permanent, and Elite Multimedia provided a flexible audio system designed to keep up with the changing needs of the growing congregation there. The sound system includes Lake’s LM 26 signal processor, which provides control over equalization, limiting and delay for the church’s FOH mains.
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HOUSTON —Morris Light & Sound VP John Mills, who joined the Kenny Chesney/Tim McGraw Brothers of the Sun tour as systems engineer/audio crew chief, credited the wireless and PM setup for helping the production avoid costly glitches.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Soundcraft will feature FOH engineer Dave Kay as part of the company’s “Mixing with Professionals” seminar program. Kay will offer tips and tricks relating to Soundcraft Vi Series consoles on Aug. 21, 2012.
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NEW YORK — Several ongoing Broadway productions, including the two honored with Tony Awards for sound design this year, are using DiGiCo consoles as part of the sound system setup. The Tony-awarded show designers are Clive Goodwin for Once (mixed on a DiGiCo SD7T)and Darron L. West, for Peter and the Starcatcher (DiGiCo SD10-24). Other productions using a DiGiCo SD7 include The Lion King , The Book of Mormon, Evita, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Newsies, Sister Act and War Horse. Others using an SD10 include One Man, Two Guvnors.
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LAS VEGAS — If you ever wondered who picks out the names that appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot every year, just take a look in the mirror. Yes, YOU! All FRONT of HOUSE readers once again have the opportunity — but only through the end of August — to choose most of the individuals and companies to be honored Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Mirage Resort in Las Vegas. Nominations are now being accepted for all 2012 Parnelli Awards categories at www.parnelliawards.com/nominate.
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