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BERKELEY, CA – Meyer Sound's MILO loudspeakers toured the U.S. with Slightly Stoopid for the band's Seedless Summer Tour. Rainbow Production Services from Hampstead, NH provided the system. The setup included 24 MILO line array loudspeakers and 18 700-HP subwoofers for front of house, with two MICA line array loudspeakers over one 700-HP per side for side fills. Six UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers were used for front-fill, six MJF-212A stage monitors and one more 700-HP subwoofer for drums.

LONDON – Allen & Heath has chosen PLASA 2011 to launch a Waves SoundGrid option module for the iLive digital mixing Series, which provides a low latency 64 channel bi-directional interface to SoundGrid. The new M-Waves module opens up the opportunity to use Waves' acclaimed SoundGrid plug-in processing and concurrent multi-track playback and recording.

BOZEMAN, MT – Montana State University's Bobcats football team is playing in a renovated stadium this year. Some 5,200 additional fans can see each game – a total capacity to 17,200. Steven Shewlakow, lead designer at Michael Garrison Associates (MGA), opted for a single Danley Sound Labs Jericho Horn JH-90, which throws audio some 400 feet from its position on the stadium's new scoreboard.

MESQUITE, NV – The Eureka Casino Resort, a 214-room destination northeast of Las Vegas, is known for its six golf courses and entertainment facilities.

BLYTHE, CA – St. Joan of Arc Catholic church, located near the Arizona border, is no slouch, technologically-speaking. The church offers worshippers a video system with three screens, several pan/tilt/zoom remote cameras and a digital video recording system.

TULSA, OK – A Meyer Sound MICA system was installed at Oral Roberts University's 3,500-seat Christ's Chapel after years of audio issues.

NEW YORK – New York University's 860-seat Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, which opened in 2003, had been looking for a newer, digital alternative to the older analog console at front of house. The venue opted for a Yamaha PM5D digital audio console purchased from Scharff Weisberg.

SOUTHLAKE, TX – Gateway Church, which has three sites in Dallas-Fort Worth, recently replaced its original location with a new 200,000 square-foot facility that seats 4,000. The church leadership opted for a new Meyer Sound system for the replacement church.

FORT WORTH, TX – The newly opened Cendera Center is a multi-purpose facility designed to serve performing arts, meetings, training sessions, presentations, boxing events and parties. Selecting a sound reinforcement system to serve all these needs was of great importance during the building's planning process.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Grace Cathedral, well-known for its reproduction of Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, two labyrinths, stained glass windows, medieval and contemporary furnishings, its 44-bell carillon, three organs and choir, recently chose Countryman E6 Omni and E6 Flex Omni microphones for its Chapel of Grace. Arthur Yeap, with audio consulting firm Novo Group, Inc., worked with the church on its audio needs.

HARRISBURG, PA – Metropolitan Acoustics, LLC and Clair Brothers Audio Systems designed and installed a new sound system for the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center that includes nearly 800 Community loudspeakers strategically located throughout the complex's 11 buildings on 60 acres.