DETROIT, MI — Longtime Metallica monitor engineer Paul Owen, who has spent close to 23 years mixing monitors for some 1,340 of the band’s shows, never knew it was impossible for one person to do what he did, until he stepped down last week. Trying to fill some very big shoes are Bob Cowan and Jonathan Winkler.
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SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube staged its first live event at San Francisco’s Fort Mason recently, using Meyer Sound systems supplied by Pro Media/UltraSound of Hercules, Calif. Part concert, part variety show, YouTube Live included the music of will.i.am, Joe Satriani and DJ Mike Relm, plus Mythbusters and Will It Blend host Tom Dickson.
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CHICAGO — Bobby Aitken, sound designer for the current production of Dirty Dancing at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, is using a Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeaker system operated by a crew including associate sound designer Garth Helm, UK associate sound designer and programmer Simon King, FOH engineer Bill Ruger and monitor engineer Allen Sanders.
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TOKYO — Sanken, manufacturer of ultra-miniature lavalier microphones, has announced the new COS-11D, the latest in the COS-11 lavalier series. The new design incorporates design advances that deal with digital and digital/analog hybrid wireless transmission.
Read More »WOODINVILLE, WA — Loud Technologies Inc. said it had signed on with two new contract manufacturing (CM) partners and started up three new production lines to replace capacity lost when the prior CM partner for certain EAW and Mackie products discontinued operations in December, 2008.
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TORONTO — In an effort to better serve its customer base, Sounds Distribution has named Dina Deveau, who has been with the company for two years, as the company’s new Western Canada sales representative. The company also assigned Matthew Beauchamp to the post of customer service representative for all of Ontario.
Read More »LAS VEGAS —TransAudio Group, Drawmer’s U.S. distributor, announced a 25 percent price reduction on the company’s products sold in the U.S. Brad Lunde, TransAudio president, linked the price cut to favorable exchange rates.
Read More »BELLEVUE, WA — Audio Agent LLC named Pepper Denny regional sales manager for the Southern U.S. In this role, the former GC Pro representative will be responsible for the growth of Audio Agent clients including Antelope Audio, BAE (Brent Averill Enterprises), Mojave Audio and Royer Labs.
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LAS VEGAS, NV — BK Audio, a design/build firm that also handles acoustical consulting as well as live sound reinforcement for the special events market, was contracted to handle the sound system installation for audio that could compete with the yips and hollers of the downtown Vegas crowd at The Las Vegas Country Saloon. According to Brian Klijanowicz, BK’s owner, pictured here, the room’s layout and physical construction made this project particularly challenging.
Read More »PLACENTIA, CA — Audio West owner Glenn Hatch, who reported that his white tour truck, a 26-foot Freightliner with a gray cab, was stolen from his parking lot Dec. 13, license plate number 6U91747, has provided additional details on what went missing.
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LAS VEGAS — For the fifth time in as many years, Texas-based LD Systems traveled to Las Vegas in December for the 49th annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), a 10-day event some call the Super Bowl of rodeo. LD has partnered with the WNFR since 2004 as the event’s exclusive light and stage producer. 2007 marked the first year that LD also supplied sound reinforcement for the event.
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TUCSON, AZ — The first thing that visitors notice when they enter Tucson's Faith Tabernacle Church, where a Meyer Sound system was recently installed, is the view. Directly behind the pulpit, a wall of glass looks out onto Mount Lemmon and the Coronado National Forest.
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