Rat Sound Supports Rose Parade’s Audio Needs with Shure Gear
PASADENA, CA — The 125th Rose Parade on Jan. 1 featured floral floats, marching bands, and equestrian units along a 5.5 mile route here. Once known as a quaint, horse-drawn parade, the Tournament of Roses draws 700,000 spectators and is seen by millions of television viewers across 200 countries. Rat Sound got an assist from Shure Technology for the event’s audio support.
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K-Array Names Klaus Hausherr Product Specialist
SAN PIERO A SIEVE, Italy — K-array named Klaus Hausherr product specialist for its concert series. Hausherr brings more than 30 years of experience to his new role, most recently serving as a sound engineer for large scale live events throughout the Italian peninsula and beyond.
Read More »Gearhouse Takes Over Prosound Rental Operations in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — The Gearhouse Group announced its takeover of the rental operations of Prosound, another South Africa-based provider of pro audio, lighting, AV and staging services. Prosound will continue its focus on lighting, AV and sound integration projections along with event design and sales.
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Oliver Voges Using WavesLive with Yamaha CL5 Console for Casper Tour
HANOVER, Germany – Oliver Voges is among the sound engineers turning to Waves plug-ins to support live shows, including major festivals, live TV events and a roster of artists including Faith No More, Deftones, Tangerine Dream, David Copperfield and Sarah Brightman. Most recently, for German rapper Casper, Voges has been using Waves MultiRack SoundGrid with Waves SoundGrid Server One to run Waves plugins on a Yamaha CL5 Digital Mixing Console.
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Detroit’s Cobo Center Upgrades, Installs Danley System
DETROIT — Acoustics By Design, the lead AV consultant on a project that transformed underused 12,000-seat Cobo Center here into a facility better suited to the needs of the North American International Auto Show, opted for a system that includes Danley Sound Labs SM-60F full-range loudspeakers and Danley TH-115 subwoofers.
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Clef Productions Mixing Big Malaysian Gigs on DiGiCo Consoles
SELANGOR, Malaysia — Clef Productions Sdn Bhd owner Alvin Koh, a user of DiGiCo’s original D5 consoles before adopting the company’s SD Series consoles, used DiGiCo’s SD10 at FOH for a major production titled Anuar Zain’s Three Decades of, Music, Love and Passion. The concert, featuring the singer famed for also serving as a steward for Malaysian Airlines, filled 8,000-capacity Stadium Melawati on Feb. 16.
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Venerable Building Converts to Restaurant; Leading Technologies Provides Harman Gear
MONTEBELLUNA, Italy – Leading Technologies, a distributor of Harman Professional products, helped the owners of an architecturally significant industrial building convert the structure from its historical use for drying tobacco to a new purpose – the site for the recently opened Mattorosso Restaurant & Live Bar. Although the building itself was not designed with acoustics in mind, Harman components help the site work as a performance venue.
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Audio Brands Australia Names Jeff Shoesmith Sales Engineer
SYDNEY – Audio Brands Australia, based in North Rocks, a Sydney suburb, named Jeff Shoesmith sales engineer. Prior to Audio Brands Australia, Shoesmith worked with companies including The PA People, Jands and Hills SVL during his 25-year career serving Australia’s audio and AV integration markets.
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CAD Audio Names Musician’s Friend Dealer of the Year
ANAHEIM, CA – At the Winter NAMM 2014 show, CAD Audio awarded Musician’s Friend with its Dealer of the Year Award for 2013. t the Winter NAMM Show. Pictured here, from left, are Bob Durkee, Merchandising Manager and Jonathan Eggert, Inventory Manager, Musician’s Friend; Brig Carr, President, CAD Audio; Chris Tso, VP of Merchandising, Musician’s Friend; Tony O’Keefe, VP of Sales & Marketing, CAD Audio; Rob Impala, Merchandising Manager, Ryan Genest, Merchandising Specialist, and Gene Joly, President, Musician’s Friend.
Read More »Four Hit by Ceiling Debris at Concord Music Hall in Chicago
CHICAGO — Shortly after DJ Datsik took the stage at Concord Music Hall here at about 2 a.m. on Feb. 8, small amounts of ceiling debris appeared to shake loose. Moments later, large chunks of debris fell, hitting at least four in the audience. One of the injured declined medical treatment. Three others were transported to nearby hospitals — two with minor injuries and one whose injuries appeared to be more serious, according to local reports.
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Farber Sound Provides Harman JBL, Crown Gear for MN Zoo Concert Series
APPLE VALLEY, MN — Farber Sound supported more than 30 national recording artists for the 2013 Subway Music in the Zoo 2013 concert series at the Wessner Family Amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo here. Owner Dave Farber and his crew provided JBL VerTec VT4888, VT4886, VTX G28, SRX712M and VRX918S components powered by Crown VRack 4×3500 HD racks with I-Tech 4×3500 HD 4-channel amplifiers for the 1,340-capacity venue.
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