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PETCO Parties Like an Animal with Worx Audio
FOH Staff | News | November 19, 2008WASHINGTON — For a major corporate theater event hosted by PETCO, a specialty retailer of premium pet food, supplies and services with over 850 stores in 49 states and the District of Columbia, Poway, Calif.-based ShowTec deployed a TrueLIne line array system from WorxAudio Technologies.
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Performance Audio Pumps Up Energy Solutions Arena with Electro-Voice
FOH Staff | News | November 17, 2008SALT LAKE CITY — Performance Audio of Salt Lake City recently installed a new Electro-Voice XLC sound system at Energy Solutions Arena. The 20,500-seat arena is home to the NBA’s Utah Jazz, and is the region’s major concert venue — Reba McIntire and Kelly Clarkson were the first to perform alongside the new system.
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Levitt Pavilions Serves Up an Eclectic Mix with Peavey
FOH Staff | News | November 17, 2008
ARLINGTON, Texas — With a 50-concert season, the Levitt Pavilion serves up an eclectic mix of high-quality entertainment productions, from dance to live music to performance art. With new productions for every show, the 2,000-capacity Levitt project demanded a sound system that could adapt quickly to an ever-changing schedule. Cornerstone Media president Kent Morris, a veteran audio contractor and installer, recognized the unique challenges of the project and specified the Peavey Versarray 212 line-array system as the main audio component. Read More... -
Crown XLS Series
FOH Staff | News | November 17, 2008Crown Audio has debuted the newly extended XLS Series amplifiers that elevate the performance threshold of portable PA amplifiers, comprising the XLS 202, XLS 402, XLS 602, XLS 802 and the new XLS 5000. The XLS Series has now been extended with the addition of the new XLS 5000 ($1,399 U.S. street price), delivering 1,800 watts per channel in 4-ohm stereo mode and 5,000 watts in 4-ohm bridge-mono mode.
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The 2008 Parnelli Awards: Watch the Video!
FOH Staff | News | November 17, 2008LAS VEGAS — The 2008 Parnelli Awards may have all been presented. The winners have flown home and they’re already working on gigs that may be considered for next year’s awards. The audio gear for the 2008 show has long been packed up and taken away. But the event lives on, available on FOH-TV (www.fohonline.com/tv), with highlights from the presentation of the Audio Innovator Award to Roy and Gene Clair, the Lifetime Achievement Award to Dennis Sheehan, and an honorary introduction to this year’s emcee, Alice Cooper.
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Ace Audio Relies On Crown for Guitar Under The Stars
FOH Staff | News | November 14, 2008HARTFORD, Conn. — Ace Audio provided the sound reinforcement system for the Guitar Under The Stars event, an outdoor concert held at the Riverfront Recapture in Harford, Conn. Guitar Under The Stars has become a yearly tradition that draws thousands to the Hartford riverfront for a full day of music. Crown I-Tech 4000’s and 8000’s were used for front-of-house and monitors while XTi 4000s amplifiers powered the fill speakers.
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International Acts Perform at Shrewsbury Folk Festival with Allen & Heath
FOH Staff | International News | November 14, 2008ENGLAND — CV Audio called upon on Allen & Heath iLive system for sound reinforcement at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival, a four-day festival with many international acts, such as Grammy-nominated Winnipeg five-piece The Duhks; Richard Thompson from Fairport Convention, legendary folk rockers Oysterband and Irish instrumental band Lunasa,
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Fall Fashion Show Steps Out with Martin Audio
FOH Staff | News | November 13, 2008
ST. LOUIS — Building on two years of exceptionally successful shows, Alive Magazine hosted its 2008 Fall show at the Lumiere Theatre, a new 450-seat venue located inside the Lumiere Place Hotel & Casinos in downtown St. Louis. Read More... -
All Time Low Plays Masquerade with Danley Sound Labs
FOH Staff | News | November 13, 2008ATLANTA — Up-and-coming pop/punk powerhouse All Time Low have played to packed houses night after night on their nationwide headlining tour. Nowhere did things start out more sketchy, but end more rocking, than a recent performance at Atlanta’s Masquerade. With the help of Danley Sound Labs engineer, Ivan Beaver, the band’s FOH engineer Evan Kirkendall, owner of Harford Sound, located in Abington, Maryland, replaced the Masquerade’s sound system with a stack of Danley loudspeakers and subwoofers, led by eight of Danley’s new full-range SH-46s.
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Hawaiian Manoa Jazz Festival Finds the Groove with Meyer Sound
FOH Staff | News | November 13, 2008MANOA, Hawaii — The first annual Manoa Jazz Festival kicked off at the Andrews Outdoor Theatre at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). Local artists including Noel Okimoto Ohana, the Honolulu Jazz Quartet and headliner Devin Phillips and New Orleans Straight Ahead performed for 1,000 excited onlookers, with sound reinforcement from a Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeaker system provided by Honolulu-based Baus Engineering.
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Singapore Grand Prix Gets Fired Up with JBL
FOH Staff | News | November 13, 2008SINGAPORE — Valerio Maioli SPA was contracted to provide the lighting, CCTV, trusses and public address for the inaugural FORMULA 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, using JBL VerTec loudspeakers for the sound system.
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Hot Chip Tours Worldwide with ADLIB Audio
FOH Staff | News | November 12, 2008ENGLAND — ADLIB Audio is supplying sound for the UK leg of Hot Chip’s “Made In the Dark” world tour, debuting their new Lab.gruppen PLM1000 amplifiers used to drive 12 ADLIB MP3 low-profile monitor wedges. ADLIB’s Richy Nicholson (FOH) and Marc Peers (monitors) are working closely with band engineers Steve Revitte and Mary Alafetich.
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