NEW YORK – Broadway productions are relying upon Aviom's Pro16 personal mixing system. Three of this season's musicals – Promises, Promises, Come Fly Away and La Cage aux Folles – are using the system to help the orchestra to stay on cue.
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OEIRAS, Portugal – Boomerang, based here, will distribute Proel sound gear, stage equipment and its Tamburo product lines in Portugal. Led by owner Carlos Cunha, who credited Proel for its "impeccable reputation" and "efficiency in logistics," Boomerang is also the Portuguese distributor for Turbosound products.
Read More »AURORA, IL – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems will hold a NEXO Loudspeaker Demo at the Paramount Arts Centre Theatre Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event is open to all audio professionals.
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TORONTO – Adamson Systems Engineering Inc. named Jon Bosaw U.S. sales manager. Bosaw, who has over 20 years experience in the pro audio industry, will be working out of a Seattle, WA office.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Located in Charlotte's Music Factory entertainment district, Butter NC is an 8,300 square-foot, 400-capacity venue for an upbeat mix of electronica, hip-hop and top 40 music. Local design and install firm Eye Dialogue chose Turbosound TCS speakers to provide a distinctly different vibe on Butter's two levels, each with its own DJ.
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LOS ANGELES – Justin Bieber's U.S. tour, which is sold out through the end of the year, is getting support at monitors from DiGiCo's SD8-24, a choice that monitor engineer Tony Luna made back in February, when tour preparations were in negotiations.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Combine the usual drops and bumps with 120-degree temperatures and wind-blown dust, and you get an idea of the conditions that Candlebox put its gear through for recent performances for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait. The Earthworks gear made it through unscathed.
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LAKEWOOD, NJ – Neutrik USA, which will move to a new location in Charlotte, N.C. in early 2011, named Gina Rider Key Account Manager and Customer Service Manager. Her promotion will become effective during the transition to the new location.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – In May of 1908, Teatro Colón opened its doors. Soon after, it earned a reputation as one of the top opera houses in the world, and Stravinsky, Strauss, Toscanini, Callas, and Baryshnikov all performed there.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Singapore-based ProAktiv Systems supplied and installed an EAW speaker system with Powersoft amplification at the Elements Club and Lounge.
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CHICAGO – On Stage Audio (OSA) recently made its inaugural L-Acoustics purchase with the addition of a new monitor package including three LA8-equipped LA-RAK touring racks and 16 coaxial 115XT HiQ wedges. OSA purchased the system at the request of Chicago's Ravinia Festival, which used the gear for three months this summer in its 3,200-seat, open-air, covered pavilion.
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GENEVA, OH – Paladin Professional Sound of Valley View, Ohio is providing Electro-Voice loudspeakers, amplifiers and controllers for the Geneva area GaREAT Sports Complex, a two-year-old multi-sport recreational facility on a 175-acre campus that, in its current phase of construction, encompasses more than 450,000 square feet of indoor fields, courts, and tracks for year-round practices and competitions, as well as an outdoor stadium with a field and a track.
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