FORT THOMAS, KY — Event Enterprises of Cincinnati provided Nexo speaker systems for the two stages of the 13th Annual Merchants & Music Festival in Fort Thomas, KY. The venue challenge: the historic Tower Park Amphitheatre sits in a bowl with about a 30-ft grade from the stage to the back with coverage of about 175 ft of depth and 130 ft of width necessary.
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NASHVILLE – Garry Templin, who joined One Systems Inc. earlier this year, has been named as director of sales, North America for all three of the company’s brands: One Systems, On Point Audio and P.Audio. Templin brings to the company more than 30 years of professional audio experience in sales and marketing.
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MILAN – Loud Technologies Inc. and MPI Electronic SRL (MPI) today announced a distribution agreement whereby MPI will handle distribution for the Mackie brand in Italy. All Mackie sales, marketing, customer service and warranties will be carried out by MPI from Oct. 11, 2016. The entire Mackie catalog will be available from MPI’s warehousing near Milan.
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SEVIERVILLE, TN – The First Baptist Church looked to replace its 17-year-old sound reinforcement system. M&L Sound recommended and installed a system from d&b audiotechnik. While amplification of the choir and the spoken word were primary considerations for the equipment choice, the gear also solved challenges presented from the size and shape of the balconies.
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NASHVILLE – Kenny Chesney’s longtime crew makes sure their backstage jams sound good and can be recorded. Their backstage setup is heavy on Mackie gear, including several portable loudspeakers, subs, and studio monitors. At the heart of it all is their Mackie DL32R 32-Channel Rackmount Digital Mixer.
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CLEVELAND – Cleveland Indians Stadium recently upgraded its original Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) system with the brand’s newer technology. WJHW designed a system that used the existing loudspeaker locations while dramatically improving system performance. Pro Media installed the system prior to the beginning of the baseball season. Not only was it a tight time frame, but they had to deal with Cleveland’s temperamental winter weather as well.
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WARSAW – German manufacturer Coda Audio has appointed Warsaw-based audio company Tommex as its exclusive distributor in Poland. Tommex distributes top international brands throughout the country, and offers advanced technical support to system designers and installers.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Family of Christ Lutheran Church recently built a new sanctuary to support contemporary-style services, but its odd concave sidewalls provided an audio challenge. Sight and Sound Technologies designed the audio installation to provide even coverage through the sanctuary, turning to a Danley loudspeaker and subwoofer system to solve their sound needs.
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FARMINGDALE, NY — Calrec appoints Farmingdale, NY-based Group One Limited as its US distribution partner effective immediately. The announcement comes from James Gordon, CEO of Audiotonix, parent company for the Allen & Heath, Calrec and DiGiCo brands. This move enables Calrec to expand its market breadth across the US and continue to maintain high levels of service as business increases with the expanded portfolio, including the newly launched Brio36 compact broadcast console and Remote production RP products.
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BOISE, ID – 3G Productions’ AV department upgraded the audio at the Boise location of The Knitting Factory Concert House, choosing a d&b audiotechnik system to handle its wide variety of musical performances. Knitting Factory COO Greg Marchant said, “3G has a great eye for detail, they measured the performance space and not only evaluated what brand would work best, but the specific deployment to best cover all of the areas in the room.”
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BUENA PARK, CA —”Do you remember the 21st night of September?” Earth, Wind & Fire has been singing this lyric in their extensive song catalog for almost 50 years. Eighth Day Sound wanted to make sure their audiences could hear the words quite clearly by adding a Yamaha Rivage PM10 Digital Audio Console to the FOH for their co-headlining tour with Chicago.
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