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PROSPER, TX — Acoustic Dimensions recently completed the design and commissioning of a JBL VerTec line array system at the new Prestonwood Baptist Church.

MINERSVILLE, PA — Dirt track racing on Big Diamond Raceway has long been a big draw among “single guys out for a day of drinking,” according to Paul Moyer of Moyer Electronics, based in nearby Pottsville. In a bid to make the track more “family-friendly,” the owners opted for an upgrade, including a PA system that could be heard above the roar of unmuffled engines.

BOCA RATON, FL — Pianist, singer, composer Ben Folds recently made a concert appearance at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton as part of a tour supporting his new solo album, Way to Normal, and ASR ProEvents of Orlando provided gear, including an updated set of Martin Audio wedges.

CHARLESTON, IL — Eastern Illinois University recently completed the expansion of its Doudna Fine Arts Center, and Symetrix’s SymNet is handling the digital signal processing for the audio system in its various performance spaces, linking the rooms to each other and to the Antoine Predock-designed building’s main concourse audio system.

LOS ANGELES —IPR Services recently completed the design and installation of the audio system at the new Club Nokia performance venue, part of AEG’s $2.5 billion LA Live complex.

MILFORD, NH — Since last August, The Killers’ drummer, Ronnie Vannucci, has been using Earthworks’ Drum Periscope series of High Definition Microphones for live performances and impromptu recording sessions.

TROY, NY — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) helped equip the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a variety of audio gear, including over 100 wired and wireless microphone systems, large-format consoles and a full MADI infrastructure throughout the facility.

HAGERSTOWN, MD—The Maryland Theatre, an historic 1915 venue known for its acoustics, has installed an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system as part of an audio upgrade undertaken by BDI Sound.

BELGRADE, Serbia and SUNRISE, FL — Iron Maiden wrapped up the European and North American portions of the group’s “Somewhere Back in Time” tour with line arrays and other gear from JBL Professional and EAW supplied by ML Executives, Studio Berar and Brantley Sound Associates.

MIAMI — The Ultra Music Festival drew 70,000 to Miami’s Bicentennial Park to hear electronic music from Moby, Paul van Dyk, Cut Copy, Tiesto, David Guetta, Black Eyed Peas and Rabbit in the Moon, among others, and the main stage went deep with BASSMAXX’s new SP218 subwoofer, a.k.a. the “Dub-ill 18.”

CINCINNATI — Live production company Loud & Clear, Inc. has expanded its L-Acoustics inventory with the recent purchase of 16 KUDO™ line source array enclosures, several SB28 subs, and 20 new LA Series amplified controllers.