REVELSTOKE, BC — The 7th annual Revelstoke Music Festival brought blues, rock, acoustic, Latin and World Music artists together in an outdoor setting on the Columbia River near the Selkirk Mountains and Glacier Pass in southeast British Columbia.
Read More »TEMPE, AZ — As Barack Obama side-stepped the issue of not being given an honorary degree — and jokingly promised that the university’s leadership would soon be facing scrutiny by the I.R.S. — Clearwing Productions was doing its part to make sure the President’s commencement address was not getting muddled by the resonance problems afflicting Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium.
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PHOENIX — For the second summer in a row, the Mayhem Tour is featuring the ribbon-loaded Versarray 212 line-array sound system from Peavey Electronics.
Read More »BETHLEHEM, PA — The recently-opened $743 million Sands Casino Resort here is using Audinate’s Dante audio networking solution, a self configuring plugâ€andâ€play digital audio network using standard internet protocols, as the foundation for its AV system.
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MIAMI — For the dance music crowd, Miami’s annual Winter Music Conference has long been regarded as the main event, attracting professionals from numerous countries around the globe. Coinciding with the 24th annual conference staged earlier this year was the 11th annual Ultra Music Festival — the biggest electronic music festival in the U.S. Held at Miami’s oceanfront Bicentennial Park, the Ultra Music Festival served as the conference’s closing ceremony.
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VISTA, CA —The Moonlight Amphitheatre, an outdoor venue specializing in Broadway classics, was recently updated with a RockNet digital audio network from Riedel Communications, installed by Acoustic Dimensions. The setup includes two mixing consoles — one for the orchestra and another for vocals, and the system also needed to allow large numbers of inputs to move between the orchestra pit and the show, depending on the event.
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BOONVILLE, CA — A yearly touchstone for Sacramento Production Services, this year’s three-day Sierra Nevada World Music Festival featured a plethora of roots music talent from around the globe including King Sunny Ade, Sly & Robbie, Femi Kuti, Junior Reid, The Heptones, The Abyssinians and more.
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ROTHBURY, MI —The Dead, comprised of founding members of The Grateful Dead, have been touring extensively this year with the new M 80 dynamic microphones from Telefunken Elektroakustik.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Live Division, which earlier this year announced that more than 50 of its plug-ins would be compatible for use with Digidesign D-Show software and Venue consoles, announced that its Hybrid line (H-Comp Hybrid Compressor and H-Delay Hybrid Delay) and PuigChild compressor limiter will be compatible with Venue as well.
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ATHENS, GA — Technical Services Audio Visual (TSAV) upgraded the sound system at the Grand Hall at the Classic Center with a NEXO GEO S12 line array system. Used for performance events, the Grand Hall can seat 3,175, and for the very largest crowds, the system may be augmented with near fills for the area directly in front of the stage.
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NILES, IL — Shure Inc.’s X2u XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter is now shipping and is available by itself or in bundles with either the SM57 or SM58 microphones.
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SAN DIMAS, CA — Christ’s Church of the Valley has grown to the point where a switch to digital audio became a practical necessity. The church has multiple locations, six weekend services and a broadcast component that includes live streaming and re-broadcast in New Zealand and Australia.
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