PROVIDENCE, RI — The University of Rhode Island recently upgraded the sound system at its multipurpose stadium, Meade Football Stadium, home to the Rams football team, with One Systems speakers.
Read More »EMERYVILLE, CA — Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION Certification training course for AV designers, consultants, contractors and end users. The course will take place at Meyer Hall at Ex’pression College July 30-31, from 8:30 am to 5 pm each day. Those completing the training are eligible for up to 7.5 InfoComm renewal credit hours.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio has joined the AVnu Alliance, an industry group dedicated to the advancement and certification of Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) devices.
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KANSAS CITY, MO — The new 1,600-home to the Kansas City Symphony, Helzberg Hall within the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ 1,600-seat Helzberg Hall has been equipped with a Renkus-Heinz sound system, including Renkus-Heinz ST-Series reference point arrays. There are L-R clusters of ST4 and ST-2M cabinets, plus ST2-R and ST2-MR for sidefills, TRX62H for balcony fills and 12 PNX112 subwoofers (built into the stage lip). An additional 72 Iconyx SSL drivers built into a custom baffle inside the balcony provide additional coverage, and three Iconyx IC16-5 digitally steered arrays are for voice reinforcement.
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NASHVILLE — FOH engineer Billy Huelin and monitor engineer Joel Stickrod are both using Midas PRO6 consoles to support former Hootie & the Blowfish lead singer (and current country music artist) Darius Rucker. He’s opening for Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night tour, and will continue with solo dates into late September.
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MONTREAL — Kid Koala has adopted a compact iLive system from Allen & Heath to mix his new Space Cadet live project. Touring venues such as planetariums, biospheres and space museums, Kid Koala performs a live rendition of his latest album, Space Cadet, and each member of the audience is equipped with their own set of headphones installed in individual inflatable “space pods.” The show uses an iDR-16 MixRack and an xDR-16 expander unit to cater for the large number of mixes required.
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LANCASTER, PA — Clair Brothers Audio Systems was able to overcome the challenges inherent within the Eden Courtyard at the Best Western Eden Resort & Suites here, including reflective surfaces and an intelligibility-challenging long reverb time, with a Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC24-R-II digitally controlled column loudspeaker system.
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LAS VEGAS — To date, more than 30 sponsoring companies have stepped up and announced their support for the 12th Annual Parnelli Awards, set for Oct. 20 at the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The event will honor Sound Image co-founder Dave Shadoan with the Audio Innovator award. Others to receive top honors include production manager Charlie Hernandez (Lifetime Achievement) and rigging company founder Joe Branam (Visionary Award).
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NEW YORK — For 54 Below, a supper club located below the former nightclub, Studio 54, veteran sound designer Peter Hylenski turned to Masque Sound for an audio system that includes an Avid SC48 digital console, Millennia Media pre-amps, a JoeCo black-box recorder and BSS processors.
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NEW YORK — Showtime Sound is providing EAW KF740 loudspeakers, SB1000z subwoofers and KF755 and JF80 units for outfills and downfills to support the wide range of venues on hip-hop artist Mac Miller’s current tour.
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ANAHEIM, CA — Extron Electronics, a professional AV system integration products manufacturer, worked with Allstage Pro to equip The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon, a country music and dancing venue located on the ground floor of Extron’s new corporate headquarters here, with a Meyer Sound system centered around MICA line array loudspeakers.
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OSHKOSH, WI — For the Country USA festival, staged at the Ford Festival Grounds here from June 19-23, Precise Corporate Staging provided an L-Acoustics rig for artists including The Band Perry, Sawyer Brown, Sugarland, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban.
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