CHICAGO – Ayre Productions recently installed a Martin Audio system to cover multiple levels at SteakBar Restaurant. The eatery provides nuanced background music for its patrons in addition to supporting DJs on weekends, so they needed a system to provide the sound quality and coverage throughout the space.
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MIAMI – Marc Anthony’s newly created Magnus Media entertainment agency turned to Meyer Sound to bring the same level of sound solutions from his live touring success to the venture’s new Miami headquarters. The installation was initiated in large part by Anthony’s long-time touring FOH engineer, Jose Rivera, who recommended that the audio quality “at home” reflect what audiences experience at the concerts.
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WHEATLAND, MO – Known as the “Diamond of Dirt Tracks,” the Lucas Oil Speedway gets plenty loud, but a recently upgraded Bose Panaray LT loudspeaker sound system provides the horsepower needed to let announcements cut through the roar of a wide variety of racecar types and other events such as tractor pulls and monster cars, which regularly reach 120 dB.
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PENRYN, Cornwall, U.K. – Allen & Heath is celebrating global success with its flagship dLive digital mixing system, which has been specified by many engineers on international riders over its first season, culminating in over 150 touring PA rental companies investing in the product worldwide.
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BERLIN – Stage Tec has appointed long-term employee Dirk Berar as head of software and systems development. Berar began his career at Stage Tec in software development, where he worked on developing dynamic automation for Cantus and Cinetra, the company’s first mixing consoles. He was involved in developing Aurus, Auratus and Crescendo consoles.
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RICE LAKE, WI — Former Tasco sound mixer Charles “Chuck” Maynard Wiesner died Oct. 18 at his home. He was 65 and had a long career working with top artists. They included Nazareth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pat Travers, Boston, Tina Turner, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac and others over a 30 year span. He gave up the road 12 years ago to work for Link Ford in Rice Lake, where he was Senior Master Certified in Ford and Lincoln Products and also won the Ford Presidential Award for five years in a row.
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WALKERVILLE, South Africa – An enthusiastic congregation has provided acoustic challenges for El Tabernacle. To solve their sound issues, church elder Gustav Adams approached Richard Smith of local technical production specialists Sound Harmonics for advice on solving them. Smith proposed L-Acoustics KARAi and SB18i for the compact footprint and light weight, coupled with enough SPL to cover the entire space, and most importantly, be heard over the congregation.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA – Bryan DiFabio has joined the Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) Applications Engineering Team, and will provide technical expertise to EAW’s customers worldwide. He recently owned and operated a recording studio. DiFabio’s background includes tech support.
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GRAFENEGG, Austria — The futuristic, open-air Wolkenturm venue, on the grounds of 700-year-old Grafenegg Castle, features terraced seating for an audience of 1,700 and an audio system for summer audiences that includes d&b speakers, DiGiCo consoles and TiMax SoundHub to optimize the sound for the Tonkünstler Orchestra Niederosterreich and others performing at the unique outdoor venue.
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NEW YORK — Marking a 20-year milestone, a national tour of the rock musical Rent is being supported with an audio setup that includes L-Acoustics line arrays and an all-digital sound system provided for sound designer Keith Caggiano by Masque Sound.
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BELGRADE, Serbia — Headquartered in Belgrade (Serbia) and with branch offices in Russia and Macedonia, Svetlost Teatar Company was recently named Outline distributor for Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia.
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SAN DIEGO — Tears for Fears, which had to reschedule its much-awaited summer tour, recently completed a string of September and October shows through the U.S., trekking from Washington State to southern California. Clearwing supplied lighting and sound for the tour, and Hayward, CA-based Hi-Tech Audio provided a Yamaha Rivage PM10 digital audio console for the FOH mix, helmed by FOH engineer Doug Kimball.
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