LAS VEGAS — Known for its sound, lighting, video, and rigging, Solotech will open the doors of its new Las Vegas office with an open house event on Sept. 25, 2009. The event is set for 5 to 9 p.m. at the expanded location: Solotech US, Inc.; 7465 Dean Martin Drive, Suite108; Las Vegas, NV 89139; Phone: 702.614.8882; Fax: 702.614.8883.
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SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — Barring any unforseen hills, headwinds, or combinations of both, Telefunken Elektroakustik will be taking its restored and customized 1963 Volkswagen MicroBus for the drive from their headquarters in Connecticut to this year’s Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York City.
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MORRISON, CO — Phish’s recent performances at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre gave Michael Grace, principal of Grace Design, an opportunity to try out his prototype surround-sound “Spacebar,” a multi-channel version of the company’s stereo Spacebar. To adorn this prototype, Grace added three Sennheiser MKH 8040 cardioid condensers to his personal stereo pair and amplified them through a Grace M802 multichannel preamp with A/D conversion.
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NEW YORK — The vocalists and tech staff for the a cappella pop group, Rockapella, chose the AKG WMS 4500 wireless system and C5900 microphone for their 2009 tour.
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LAS VEGAS — This year’s Parnelli Awards will be presenting a new group of categories to honor distinguished products that are essential to live event production. The “IT” Awards were created with the intention of providing recognition for the innovative manufacturers of our industry and their drive to enhance the experience of live events for both audience members and production crews.
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SEATTLE — EAW said its self-powered, 3-way NTL720 sound system has become more popular in the Pacific Northwest due to its reliability, flexibility and price. Leading regional S.R. providers including Carlson Audio Systems, Audio Media, Inc. and Triamp Group have all found the EAW NTL720 a good fit.
Read More »NEW YORK —AES announced a mix of advanced workshops and more fundamental tuturial presentations for its 127th convention at the Javits Center from Oct. 9-12, a process called “a demanding challenge” by Agnieszka Roginska, convention committee chair.
Read More »OLD LYME, CT — Sennheiser’s Seminars4Worship, a traveling workshop for worship leaders and technicians, has expanded with a wireless PM mixing session led by Sennheiser’s installed sound applications manager, Kent Margraves.
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA — Guerilla Union’s Rock the Bells tour made its Southern California appearance at the San Manuel Amphitheater before a crowd of some 14,000 revelers. The sound system included of components from D.A.S. Audio’s Aero 2 catalog.
Read More »NASHVILLE — Digital Console Rental, Inc. (DCR), founded by sound engineer Howard Jones in 2004, got its start with DiGiCo’s D5. The company, which now offers products for a range of touring artists, sound reinforcement companies and corporate events, recently added DiGiCo’s SD8 to its inventory.
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TACOMA, WA —With the ambient noise of multiple furnaces, whirring blow-torches and other machinery, even normal conversation can be a challenge at the Hot Shop at the Museum of Glass. To boost intelligibility in the 200-seat amphitheater that surrounds the workspace, the museum is using a single Community Entasys full-range column-line-array speaker.
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COLUMBIA, MD — In Howard Community College’s Smith Theater, a typical day might include theater and film to lectures and meetings, with the occasional live concert thrown in as well. The college chose an Allen & Heath iLive-112 digital mixing console as the control center for its new system.
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