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HOUSTON – Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston is leaving its analog world behind with the acquisition of two Studer digital audio consoles. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) 
managed the transaction from initial planning through installation and commissioning.


LAFAYETTE, CO — Flatirons Community Church in Colorado attracts an average weekly attendance of about 20,000 people to multiple weekend services at its three Denver area campuses. The non-denominational evangelical church upgraded the wireless microphone systems at its main campus in Lafayette at the start of the year, expanding its Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless equipment list with the addition of 12 channels of Venue2 receivers paired with HH handheld and LT belt pack transmitters.
 

HOUSTON — Working with other law enforcement agencies, the Houston Police Department has made 80 arrests so far in an investigation into an organized crime ring that focuses on thefts of valuables transported via trailers. As of June 28, charges had been filed against 130 suspects in Houston and surrounding areas. A key break in the case, dubbed “Operation Wheels and Deals,” took place as police were tracking a van and trailer belonging to country music singer Zane Williams that were stolen outside a Houston-area restaurant on May 16, 2015. A GPS tracking device helped authorities pinpoint the missing trailer, and there they discovered motorcycle apparel and accessories that had been reported stolen in another trailer heist.

CAMARILLO, CA – When the second edition of RH Consulting’s Guide to Voice Alarm Systems was published recently (joint authored by pro audio consultants Roland Hemming and Richard Northwood, in e-book format), Powersoft was quick to respond. The Italian amplifier authority saw that this could be adapted to provide its own customers with a custom version as an educational tool, offering specific information about deploying Powersoft products for emergency applications. They were soon in contact with RH Consulting with the result that the Powersoft release has now been made public.

LAS VEGAS — Master Mix Live, a semi-private school that offers students a live audio engineering education, announces its 2016 graduating class.  The 5-month, 240-hour immersive program is uniquely modeled to teach, train and prepare up and coming audio engineers with live practical knowledge and the understanding and use of up-to-date, cutting-edge audio gear to qualify as an A1 or A2 proficient live audio engineer in 20 weeks.

NASHVILLE – Yamaha Professional Audio brought in two of the new Rivage PM10 Digital Audio Consoles to support the 35+ mix engineers at the Riverfront Stage at the CMA Music Festival June 9-12 in Nashville. John Mills of Nashville-based Morris, one of the audio production companies for the festival, had the opportunity to man one of the two at FOH. Mills mixed Brooke Eden and Neil McCoy.

LOS ANGELES – When Meytal Cohen, the drummer for and founding member of the heavy metal band Meytal, set out on her U.S. tour, she wanted to go big and provide fans with superior audio quality at each venue. To achieve the huge sound she was looking for, Cohen turned to DPA Microphones’ d:vote 4099D Instrument Microphones to amplify her drum set.

MIAMI – Twelve Miami, a recently-opened nightclub that regularly hosts live acts and uses DJs as well, turned to PA Sound and Solutions Corporation of Medley, FL for a sound system that would perform well for live music, music playback and also have good speech intelligibility and provide even dispersion throughout the room. PA Sound and Solutions provided a system with components from D.A.S. Audio.

LAS VEGAS — The deadline to nominate regional sound companies for a 2016 Parnelli Award as Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year is only days away: June 30. Nominations have been coming in fast and furious for the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Southwest regions, but for some reason (Global warming? Brexit? Who knows?) we’ve had fewer nominations coming in from the Northwest U.S. and Canada this year.