WALTHAM, MA — Longtime pro audio veteran and Berklee College of Music alum Robert J. Carey, the marketing events manager at Eastern Acoustic Works, died June 23, 2016. Carey (shown here at the EAW booth during the recent 2016 InfoComm show in Las Vegas) died unexpectedly due to complications following routine knee surgery. He was 44.
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LAS VEGAS — No fatalities had been reported immediately after this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival festival held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 17-19. But one attendee who collapsed from suspected heat stroke at about 6 a.m. after the event’s third night of revelry was hospitalized and did not recover. Kenani Kaimuloa, 20, from the San Diego area, was declared brain-dead and taken off life support.
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BOSTON and FRANKFURT – Meyer Sound Leo Family systems powered multi-day events at two major music festivals on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Boston Calling drew huge crowds to City Hall Plaza, with systems provided by Rainbow Production Services. Meanwhile, BigCityBeats World Club Dome played out over 700,000 square meters in Frankfurt’s Commerzbank Arena, with the PoolGroup supplying the system.
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OLD LYME, CT — Sennheiser is offering support and information regarding the wireless spectrum reallocation, which will impact thousands of wireless microphone users across the country. The company recently issued a list of frequently asked questions, and provided answers, to help wireless users better prepare for the changes ahead.
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BRIGHTON, UK – Capital Sound provided a Martin Audio system for the Wild Life Festival 2016 in Brighton, outfitting three of the four stages with the MLA Multi-cellular loudspeaker arrays. They also road-tested the new Beta version of Martin Audio’s latest Display software release simultaneously in all three zones.
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JEOLLABUK-DO, South Korea – Avix, the Korean distributor for Next-proaudio, installed a Next-proaudio sound system within the Iksan church’s main sanctuary for the system renovation. The goal was to achieve high sound pressure levels with high sound fidelity and good speech intelligibility throughout the venue. At the church’s request, the whole system was custom painted in an ivory color to blend in with the interior.
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CAMARILLO, CA — Pearl Jam’s longtime tour provider, Rat Sound, has been supporting the band’s latest shows with a large-scale, 360-degree L-Acoustics K1/K2 rig for the band’s North American tour. “The K1/K2 system covered extremely well in-the-round to a sold-out tour,” said Rat Sound crew chief Tom Worley. “Having the continuation of a large format box on the main hangs and adjustable horizontal coverage with K2 allowed Greg [Nelson, FOH engineer] and Andrew [Gilchrest, FOH/systems tech] to achieve exceptional results.”
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Audio engineer Mickey Beck and monitor engineer Chris ‘Cookie’ Hoff are on the road with Josh Groban’s Stages tour. On the recent South African dates, they used two DiGiCo SD10 digital mixing consoles, plus two SD-Racks for Front of House and monitor positions provided by Gearhouse South Africa.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Event Safety Alliance, a nonprofit safety trade organization serving the needs of the live event industry, announced June 20 that Production Resource Group (PRG) is backing the ESA’s mission with a Diamond-level sponsorship commitment, the highest level available. PRG, the world’s leading provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, joins other Diamond-level supporters including Allianz insurance, Brown United, Take1 insurance and Weather Decision Technologies/WeatherOps. ESA also has sponsors at the Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze levels of support.
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TORONTO — DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and K-Tek will host The Sound Summit Toronto on July 19 at The Church on the Queensway in Toronto. This free event is part of The Sound Summit series of informal networking and educational presentations, along with product demonstrations, for audio professionals. The Church on the Queensway is located at 1536 The Queensway, Toronto, ON. To sign up for this free event, register at http://thesoundsummit.org/toronto/.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Helping with the historic renovation of the Third Baptist Church, AV/COM Integrators of Severn, MD, designed and installed their new audio system based on Community’s E Series loudspeakers.
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MELBOURNE — Adamson Systems Engineering has expanded their APAC team with the addition of James Ritter, who will serve as sales manager for the region. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Ritter will continue building relationships and brand perception in the APAC region.
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