SAN FRANCISCO — Sprawled out across the space of 20 city blocks inside San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the second annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival recently drew thousands of concertgoers with nearly 100 bands and DJs over its three-day run.
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FLUSHING, NY — The sound of every ball bounce, service grunt and on-court comment from the players at the 2009 U.S. Open was delivered to viewers’ ears via Sennheiser MKH shotgun microphones. Over 700,000 fans annually attend the U.S. Open, which is also broadcast on local and regional networks in 150 countries worldwide.
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LOS ANGELES — The Galaxy Lounge aboard Crystal Cruises’ 922-guest Crystal Symphony and the 1,070-guest Crystal Serenity upgraded recently with Innovason’s Sy48 digital mixing consoles.
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NEW YORK — The third season of AMC’s Mad Men premiered in Times Square with sound reinforcement from Zeo Brothers (Hatboro, Penn.) and Electro-Voice. Joe Moser and the Zeo Brothers team deployed a compact EV system for the outdoor event, including eight XLD281 line array elements (FOH), four QRx218S subwoofers, six Sx250 (delays/mix monitors) and three Dx38 system processors.
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CEDARVILLE, OH — The James T. Jeremiah chapel at Cedarville University has been updated with an Electro-Voice XLD line array loudspeaker installation.
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BUENA PARK, CA —Season eight of American Idol was followed, as in years past, with a touring production featuring the top 10 finalists, called American Idol Live 2009. This year, independent FOH engineer Randy Lane chose a Yamaha PM5D-EX system for the 50-city tour.
Read More »SPOKANE, WA — Meyer Sound recently began shipping the self-powered JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker. One of the first shipments of these point source systems went to Eugene, Ore.-based Relles Sound, Inc., and the gear was quickly deployed for two recent music events.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY — USITT will again be giving its Awards for Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts, including the Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award, based on a review of portfolios and letters of nomination from current USITT members.
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STURGIS, SD — The 2009 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally’s memorable quirks include a hailstorm that sent attendees scurrying for cover and Steven Tyler’s tour-interrupting fall from the stage. But at 70 years — nine years older than Tyler himself — the small regional gathering in 1938 has become an all-out, balls-to-the-wall biker extravaganza, and with a sound system to match.
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WASHINGTON, DC —President Obama recently spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual legislative conference at the Washington Convention Center with local production company Event Tech providing sound and staging using gear from Martin Audio.
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BURNSVILLE, MN — Bosch’s Communications Systems Division has partnered with the NSCA Education Foundation to establish the Monte Wise Scholarship, an ongoing scholarship named in fond remembrance of Monte Wise — “one of the pro audio industry’s great personalities and mentors” — who passed away on September 30. Monte was Systems Applications Specialist, Pro Sound, for Bosch’s Communications Systems Division.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Award Board of Advisors announced that more sponsors have joined the Parnelli Awards’ winner circle of industry leaders who are supporting the ninth annual gala affair.
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