BELLINGHAM, WA – Roland Systems Group announced plans for a six-city V-Mixing tour in September and October, 2010. The tour will feature the latest V-Mixer, the M-300 Live Mixing Console, and the full REAC (Roland Ethernet Audio Communication) lineup of products, including Digital Snakes, Merge Technology, MADI Bridge, Personal Mixing and Multi-Channel Recording.
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RED DEER, Alberta, Canada – Word of Life Church Lead Pastor Jachin Mullen, who is also Word of Life's music director, relied upon Brendon and Aaron Gerber – brothers, church members, and principals of AV company Absolute Music – to choose new gear so that the church – which expanded by 50 percent after removing a temporary back wall several years ago – would have an audio system that worked well for up to 1,300 worshippers.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Clear-Com's CellCom digital wireless intercom system is being used for underwater shows at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium. The system lets diver-presenters chat with audience members while immersed in up to 25 feet of water.
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HOUSTON – Maxwell is currently touring with Jill Scott, with Clair Global providing a DiGiCo SD7 for the artists' monitor needs, mixed by Maxwell's Clay Hutson, pictured here, and Scott's Jim Roach.
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MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) has chosen a Calrec Zeta mixing console for a new mobile production facility slated for delivery this summer. The 40-fader, 108-channel Zeta will enable the public television station's new HD mobile production facility, currently being built by L-3 Communications with integration services from By Request Communications, to deliver 42 stereo plus 24 mono channels of audio.
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CHICAGO, IL – Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, Ill. provided a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital console for the "last big show" at Buddy Guy's original Legend's Club in Chicago. The club, celebrating 20 years in business, is owned by the five-time Grammy winning guitarist. It will close and reopen at a new location nearby.
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CHICAGO – The Shedd Aquarium updated its Oceanarium with upgraded lighting, video, and sound. Independent audio systems designer Jonathan Laney used Danley gear to overcome the challenges posed by cement surfaces and "swimming pool acoustics."
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LAS VEGAS-The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announces that Al Siniscal will receive the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award honoring his influential career in the live entertainment industry, which included his pioneering development of bi- and tri-amplification powered speakers.
Read More »CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Commercial electronic systems companies with at least five enrolled employees will be eligible to apply for the SystemsPlus Health Solutions insurance program beginning July 1, according to NSCA.
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WOODSTOCK, IL – The Woodstock Opera House was built in 1889 to house the city's library, council chamber, law court, fire department and auditorium. Today, it is a performance venue for plays, musicals, dance performances and individual performers and lecturers, and also hosts two popular annual festivals, the Woodstock Folk Festival and the Woodstock Mozart Festival.
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NASHVILLE – Carrie Underwood's tour of North America in support of her album, Play On, is getting live sound reinforcement from Clair Global that includes Heil Sound microphones.
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MIAMI – The Pinkroom nightclub in South Beach is hosting DJs and live bands with a new sound system including D.A.S. Audio Variant and Aero Series 2 loudspeakers chosen by Paradise Production Services.
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