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CHARLOTTE, NC – Elevation Church, which has grown from no facility five years ago to four technology-linked campuses and upwards of 8,000 attendees, recently had Audio Ethics equip their new Elevation Blakeney campus, a performance theatre that doubles as a rental facility for local performances and events, with a Sennheiser wireless infrastructure.

BLOOMINGTON, IN – Indiana University Auditorium marked 70 years recently and installed a new L-Acoustics loudspeaker and amplifier package. The venue hosts some 200 shows a year – from international musical acts to touring Broadway productions to guest speakers and comedians. The 3,200-seat art deco-style room needed a sound system that could better accommodate the diversity and increasing technological demands of its events.

MIAMI – The Calle Ocho Festival takes place with six stages stretching along nearly a mile of Southwest 8th street in Miami. Drummer Boy Sound Productions provided Martin Audio gear for the Power 96 Radio stage, and Harold Cummings, founder and CEO, worked with Martin Audio North American sales director Rob Hofkamp to determine how many of the soundco's recently-acquired Martin Audio W8LM line array boxes would be needed.

NORTHRIDGE, CA – The $125 million Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge features 30,000 square feet of glass, 30,000 square feet of acoustical panels, 568 miles of internal wiring, a moveable orchestra platform and 622 floor diffusers used for soundless air conditioning. Los Angeles-based Pro Sound and Video also provided a JBL DriveRack-powered VerTec line array system.

BRIDGETON, NJ – Al Miller, who manages Arsenal Sound, has been streamlining its operations. "With the economy, the way it was in 2010, we were looking to be lean, mean and get it done," he said. At the same time, the regional soundco, which has expanded into staging, lighting, event radios and power generators for the festivals and other events it supports, recently added two iLive-T112, one iLive-T80 consoles, and two iDR48 MixRacks, plus ACE cards to link the systems, and an ADAT output card to enable multitrack location recording.

NEW YORK – Firehouse Productions supported the 26th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held at the Waldorf Astoria March 14, providing Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers and JBL VerTec line array loudspeakers. Audio-Technica microphones were prominently featured for the 14th year. Inductees included Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Tom Waits and Darlene Love, pictured here.

NEW YORK – Firehouse Productions supplied Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers and JBL VerTec line array loudspeakers for the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony, which took place March 14 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

HUDSON, OH – Hudson United Methodist Church musical director Leigh Conti is now using Astatic's 1700VP remote variable pattern boom-mounted microphone to enhance live and recorded audio quality for two weekly services – a traditional service with piano and organ and a more contemporary presentation with electric instruments.

NASHVILLE – Cam Beachley, monitor engineer for Carrie Underwood and French rocker Johnny Hallyday, is now using Type 10 and Type 10S direct boxes from Countryman Associates to enhance the sound quality from acoustic stringed instruments.

IRVINE, CA – With an assist from CCI Solutions, Mariners Church met both the FCC's recent mandate and its own growing needs with Shure UHF-R and PSM900 wireless systems for its 3,400-seat main sanctuary in Irvine, CA; other locations in Mission Viejo and Huntington Beach, CA; and for future expansion over the next few years.