ELK GROVE, CA — For LifePointe Christian Church, which was converting a Harley Davidson showroom into a 400-seat church, David McLain, project manager with Olympia, WA-based CCI, recommended a NEXO PS15 system including three PS15s, one CD18 and a 4×4 NXAMP.
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MENLO PARK, CA — Magician Scott Tokar, founder of Corporate-Fx, has been relying upon his Countryman E6 Omni Earset Microphone for clear, effective hands-free communication, drawing the attention of tradeshow attendees to a variety of products marketed at B2B confabs.
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AUSTIN, TX — With its combination of food and musical fare, Swift’s Attic may be defy simple classification as a restaurant, bar or entertainment venue, but the owners put a big priority on the sound system for the space, located in a converted meat packing facility. DB Commercial AV designed and installed a system incorporating Ashly Audio’s Pema combination DSP/multi-channel amplifier and KLR Series high-efficiency amplifiers.
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MIAMI — The producers of this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards used Shure products exclusively for the telecast and live-sound production of the event, including several wireless microphone and personal monitor systems.
Read More »MIAMI — Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company that supplies and supports wireless systems for live and broadcast events, has been providing wireless solutions and gear onsite at the Billboard Latin Music Awards for the past 13 years. The 2012 event took place at BankUnited Center here recently.
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WASHINGTON, DC — It wasn’t your typical Sunday House of Worship assembly. In this case, the “house” was 41,487-seat Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals. The minister was Joel Osteen, and the program, Joel Osteen Ministries America’s Night of Hope 2012, included musical presentations along with inspirational speeches. (Also, the event had been scheduled for a Saturday, but got postponed by a day due to inclement weather.) Special Event Services (SES) supported the event with Outline Grand Touring Outline (GTO) line array speakers.
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IRVINE CA — At this year’s KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta, attendees gathered for both a 20th Anniversary musical celebration and a tribute to the Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch, who passed away from cancer the day before the show. Delicate Productions, also marking 20 years of audio support for the event, upped the ante with their new Martin Audio Multi-cellular Loudspeaker (MLA) system, appearing for the first time at the Roast.
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HONOLULU — Nimitz-class aircraft carriers may look big, but when the cargo includes planes, jets and helicopters, not to mention a nuclear power plant, space is at a premium. For the carrier’s recent seven-day jaunt from Honolulu to San Diego, which treated naval honorees, friends and family members to musical performances in under-deck hangars, Broadcast Support Inc. and Mac West rep Steve McNeil used a DiGiCo SD11 with a full dB Technologies PA rig.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — From June 13-15, InfoComm 2012’s AVnu Alliance Pavilion will include demos from 15 participating companies including Avid, Biamp, Bosch, Harman, Meyer Sound, Riedel, Sennheiser and Yamaha. Visitors can also get info on the AVnu Alliance’s new certification program for industry professionals.
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LAS VEGAS — Recycled Percussion, which holds the distinction of the highest non-vocal finalists ever on America’s Got Talent, is now performing six interactive shows weekly at the Tropicana Las Vegas Theater. The audio gear used to capture all the mayhem includes nearly 60 Audix microphones.
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NEW YORK — Broadway’s Leap of Faith is using 12 Neumann digital microphones in the orchestra pits. Sound designer John Shivers and associate sound designer/mixer David Patridge specified Neumann digital mics on the brass and woodwind sections of the orchestra, which were then fed into a Neumann DMI before reaching the DiGiCo SD7 digital console used for the production.
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CULLOWHEE, NC — The Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center at Western Carolina University (WCU) hosts the university’s basketball and volleyball teams as well as a variety of special events and concerts. For a recent audio upgrade, Mission, KS-based consulting firm Acoustical Design Group specified JBL loudspeakers, which were installed by Raleigh, NC-based Strategic Connections.
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