BERKELEY, CA — Comal, a new restaurant located in Berkeley’s downtown Arts District, is the first establishment of its kind to create an optimized aural environment using the new Libra acoustic image system and complementary Constellation active acoustic system from Meyer Sound.
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BOSTON — The Boston Symphony Orchestra has once again tapped DPA Microphones for its nationally broadcast, live Boston Pops Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. Held annually in the Hatch Shell at the Esplanade along the Charles River, the concert and fireworks show hosts nearly 400,000 attendees.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW announced that FOH engineer Martin Frey has endorsed the company’s Red Certified KF740 arrays for main PA loudspeakers and will specify them as first choice on all technical riders. The agreement comes after Frey got the chance to use KF740 main PA system provided by Las Vegas-based H.A.S. Productions (HAS), with whom EAW is piloting the Red Certification program.
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GEORGETOWN, KY — Curtis Cox of Curtis Cox Music provided Galvin’s Restaurant here with Community DP6 pendant loudspeakers in a downward-pointed distributed system to minimize challenges posed by the venue’s plaster and metal ceiling and wall surfaces.
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WABASH, IN – CSD Group, led by company president Doug Hood, overcame challenges to spoken word intelligibility posed by the 300-capacity sanctuary at First United Methodist Church here with the installation of gear from WorxAudio Technologies.
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PIPERTON, TN — Living Hope Church, which recently opened its new 700-seat worship center here, contracted with Memphis-based Elite Multimedia to provide the sound system, acoustic treatments and AV system. The setup includes a Midas PRO2C at FOH, d&b T10 loudspeakers for the main sanctuary array (six per side), d&b 4S loudspeakers for frontfills and a single E12 loudspeaker as center downfill, all powered by d&b D6 and D12 amplifiers.
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MADISON, WI — Full Compass Systems once again sponsored Circus of Chefs, a gala fundraiser now in its ninth year. This year, more than $173,000 was raised for Circus World Museum, a site owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society that focuses on preserving the history of circus entertainment and memorabilia.
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LAS VEGAS — The producers of BeatleShow! didn’t have a time machine to bring audiences back to the British invasion of the 1960s, but they took pains to offer visitors something akin to a genuine Beatles concert, with details ranging from dramatic costumes to stage lighting and, of course, the sound system. Audio engineer Mick McCoy opted for a Yamaha PM5D for the FOH mix.
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LAS VEGAS — Nominations are now being accepted online to recognize products that have advanced the state-of-the-art in sound and three other categories (lighting, staging and projection) over the past year. Called the Indispensable Technology “IT” Awards, this competition has been part of the Annual Parnelli Awards program since 2009.
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LAS VEGAS — Following the AVB Networking Conference held at InfoComm12 on June 12, co-sponsors Avid, Biamp Systems, Extreme Networks, Harman, Lab X Technologies, Meyer Sound and Riedel Communications, all with AVB-capable devices, noted active participation at the show.
Read More »OTTAWA, Canada – Ontario Ministry of Labor authorities have concluded their investigation of the July 18, 2011 stage collapse of a Groupe Berger-made staging structure during a Cheap Trick performance that injured three people, and determined that there was no evidence of structural issues contributing to the collapse. Instead, the blame for the incident was put on freakish weather, and no individuals or companies are being charged with wrongdoing.
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LAS VEGAS — It’s time for FRONT of HOUSE readers to vote for their favorite regional sound companies for the 2012 Hometown Hero Awards competition. The ballot is now online at fohonline.com/hometown. It includes a total of 30 companies — five from five U.S. regions and five more from Canada. All were nominated by FOH readers in June. Voting takes place throughout July. The six regional winners will be announced in August and included on the 2012 Parnelli Awards ballot. The final winner will then receive the 2012 Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year award at the Parnelli Awards gala, set for Oct. 20, 2012 at the Mirage Resort in Las Vegas.
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