LOS ANGELES — The 23rd annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards once again recognized the Hollywood Bowl and the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, both of which are longtime users of L-Acoustics gear, with awards.
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LONG BEACH, CA — The University Art Museum (UAM) at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) kicked off its new audio installation of “Metal Machine 3: The Creation of the Universe” with an appearance by Lou Reed. Arup provided the unique 3D sound needed for the event with 12 JBL PRX612M compact powered speakers, arrayed spherically to create an immersive 3D sound environment.
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CLEARWATER, FL — Paul Garner of Christian Sound Installations (CSI) recently replaced the sound system at the Salvation Army’s church here with gear from Danley Sound Labs. The setup, using custom-designed truss attached to the wooden ceiling, includes two Danley SM-96 full-range loudspeakers rotated 90 degrees to provide 120 degrees of horizontal coverage. A pair of Danley SM-60Fs provide side fill from the same location.
Read More »WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA and RISSKOV, Denmark — Blue Microphones and TC Group International announced their mutual agreement to cease their distribution partnership. TC Group International will remain the distributor of Blue Microphones in the MI and Professional Audio sales channel until March 31, 2012. Over the coming months, Blue Microphones will transition away from distribution through TC Group International by partnering with European distributors on a country-by-country basis.
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AUSTIN, TX — After 35 years on PBS—making it the longest-running music program on American television— Austin City Limits” (ACL) moved to a new home in 2011 at the ACL Live, which was recently named the “Best New Major Concert Venue” by Pollstar. Combining an HD production studio with a 2,750-seat live music hall, ACL Live is equipped with a Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeaker system.
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GLENVIEW, IL — Gand Concert Sound (GCS), based here, added an 18-box GEO S12 system to their rental inventory. “Yamaha brought in a road rig for a demo at the Viper Alley rock club in Lincolnshire, and not only did they like the system, our own crew was knocked out,” said GCS president Gary Gand. The new Gand NEXO system includes 16 GEO S1210 cabinets, two GEO S1230s, six NEXO NX4x4 amplifiers and four RS18 subwoofers.
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NEW YORK — Eastern Stage Productions (ESP) equipped Gotham Hall, a 1922-vintage landmark building that was converted into a high-end ballroom in 2002, with a Soundcraft Vi1 digital console. ESP engineer Tim Wright credited the console for its compact footprint and full functionality.
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OMAHA, NE — Rande Ferguson, FOH engineer for Mannheim Steamroller in the colder months, supported the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival’s 25th season earlier last year. The outdoor summer performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet, each of which drew some 2,000 people to the University of Nebraska’s Omaha campus, were heard clearly via Grund Audio Design’s Gala Series GA-4041NGS loudspeaker system and DP-26C processing.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX — More than 50 companies will be at the Renaissance Austin showing their latest wares this Wednesday (10am-6pm) and Thursday (10am-4pm), Feb. 22-23, 2012. More than 900 industry members have registered for the event.
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BOONVILLE, CA — Sacramento Production Services (SMS), which has been supporting the three-day Sierra Nevada World Music Festival here for 16 years, was the first to use Lab.gruppen’s PLM 20000Q amplifiers. SMS’ Keith Wackford and Dwaine Wise noted that, along with great sound, the amps helped sharply reduce the number of racks that SMS needed to use to support the event.
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JOLIET, IL — The entertainment and dining pavilion at Hollywood Casino Joliet, which includes the Hollywood Stadium stage, pictured here, was destroyed by a fire in March 2009. It has since been restored with an audio assist from a new K-array system including two KK200 arrays mounted to poles on either side of the stage, four KL108ma subwoofers mounted inside the stage and four KF12 self-powered monitors.
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CHICAGO — Sensaphonics reports that guitarist Adrian Belew has added Sensaphonics’ 3D Active Ambient IEM System, which uses an earphone-mounted binaural microphone system to capture stage sound and add it to the monitor mix, to his arsenal of gear.
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