CHICAGO — The 3,600-seat Lyric Opera of Chicago, which closed its season with Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s 1927 masterpiece, Show Boat, used a Meyer Sound system that included 10 M2D line array loudspeakers, 16 MM-4XP self-powered loudspeakers, two CQ-1 loudspeakers, one 700-HP subwoofer, a Galileo loudspeaker management system and two MPS-488HPe power supply units.
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CALABASAS, CA — Line 6 is shipping its new XD-V55 digital wireless handheld, lavalier and headset microphone systems.
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PORTLAND, OR AND RIO RANCHO, NM — Lectrosonics has developed the SPNDNT network processor to expand the ASPEN digital matrix processor family. More than a simple network interface, Lectrosonics calls it a full-featured DSP processor that can address both the ASPEN and Dante matrices and add mixing, gain and delay functions to the digital audio signals.
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CHICAGO — For more than two decades, Frost Chicago has served as one of the Windy City’s leading event services companies. Providing audio, video, lighting, staging and fabric design for large-scale private events, social gala functions and Fortune 500 client productions, the company recently made the decision to invest in a full L-Acoustics KARA system.
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ELKHART, IN — Crown Audio is now shipping its new I-Tech HD 4x3500HD DriveCore Series 4-channel power amplifier. The 4-channel I-Tech 4x3500HD incorporates Crown’s sixth-generation Class I engine with DriveCore technology to deliver 3,500W per channel burst into two ohms, and offers a host of features including a 4.3-inch TFT LCD with capacitive touchscreen, Harman HiQnet System Architect 2.0 control functionality and V5 DSP preset support for JBL Professional’s newly-launched VTX Series V25 plus VerTec Series line array loudspeakers.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission unanimously approved new regulations on temporary staging May 2 that went into effect May 3. The regulations, which followed the release of two state-commissioned reports on the deadly staging collapse at the Indiana State Fair last August, mandate engineer-approved rigging plans and detailed emergency plans.
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NEW YORK — There are 26 different categories of Tony Awards, not counting special awards for lifetime achievement, and, to FOH readers, two that really matter: Best Sound Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Play. Here are the eight nominees for the 2012 Tony Awards program, set for June 10, 2012 at the Beacon Theatre in New York:
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HOLLAND, PA — Founded nearly half a century ago in Northampton Township, Saint Bede the Venerable has grown to more than 10,000 parishioners. The church recently underwent a $5 million renovation and expansion, incorporating a classic Italian marble altar, magnificent stained glass, and a new sound system based around Community Professional Loudspeakers VERIS 8 two-way full-range systems.
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NEW YORK — The Soho Grand Hotel recently upgraded the sound system in their lobby salon. The hotel staff worked with David Schwartz of Essential Communications on the project. Schwartz found Tannoy I Series passive column loudspeakers well-suited to the task.
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ORLANDO, FL — The theatre department at the University of Central Florida recently purchased a QSC ILA System 2 with SC28 system controller and QSC amplifiers for its 306-seat proscenium hall.
Read More »NEW ORLEANS — Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION Certification training course in New Orleans during May, where AV designers, consultants, contractors and end users can learn the best practices for designing, deploying and implementing MediaMatrix audio distribution, processing and control systems.
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TULSA, OK — Neon Trees’ engineers, including Mike Bangs, monitor engineer (left) and Neal Duffy, FOH engineer (right) are using Allen & Heath’s iLive-T112 consoles on tour and, for fly dates, they’ve been relying on the company’s iDR-32 MixRacks.
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