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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Turbosound Flashline Delivers Seamless Lateral Coverage For Young Voices Tour
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03/28/13 09:07 AM,
Versatile front of house engineer Barry Bartlett utilized Turbosound’s powerful and authoritative Flashline line array speaker system to deliver clear, seamless audio for the Young Voices Arena Tour earlier this year. Featuring choirs ranging from five to eight-thousand children’s voices, Bartlett was using the Flashline system, supplied by long time Turbosound partners Britannia Row Productions, for the first time. “What really struck me was the consistent horizontal and lateral coverage achieved by Flashline across the huge performance spaces, including London’s…
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
SFM Launches The Canadian EAW Touring Systems Network
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03/27/13 01:23 PM,
SFM, the exclusive distributor for EAW in Canada, has officially launched the Canadian EAW Touring Systems (CETS) network website. CETS is a program with exclusive membership with a mission to unite the members of the Canadian EAW touring systems community, to promote an open line of communication between these professionals, and to form a comprehensive national registry of EAW touring systems in Canada. This new website lists CETS members nationwide and also offers • An interactive map showing the location…
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Masque Sound Provides Custom Audio Package For Broadway Musical
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03/25/13 10:51 AM,
When Broadway’s newest musical, Kinky Boots, strutted into the Hirschfeld Theatre earlier this month, it earned rave reviews from preview audiences. To bring the show’s music-and-dance-filled score to life for audiences, Sound Designer John Shivers, along with his long-time associate and collaborator, David Patridge, turned to Masque Sound for a custom audio equipment package. Based on the 2005 film and inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots follows Charlie Price, an aspiring young businessman forced to give up his dreams…
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Slash Performs Sold Out Show In Poland With JBL VTX Line Arrays
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03/25/13 10:40 AM,
Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash (featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators) recently played a sold-out show in Poland—at the Spodek in Katowice—with the help of Harman’s JBL VTX line arrays. Promoted by Metal Mind Productions, it was the iconic guitarist’s only show in the country. PROSOUND provided the sound reinforcement with Music Cook providing support and any additional inventory required. The sound design featured hangs of eight VTX V25 fullsize line array elements front-facing on each side of the…
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Adamson Energia E15 Arrays Deliver Sound For David Guetta To Than 60,000 In Mexico City
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03/22/13 10:32 AM,
More than 60,000 fans recently converged on Estadio Azteca for the Mexico City stop on David Guetta’s “Nothing but the Beat” world tour, with Audio Systems del Norte was providing sound for the event, including Adamson Systems Energia E15 line arrays. System tuning for the event was handled by SonoTribe Audio Consultants, with technical support provided by Showco Mexico, the local distributor for Adamson products. “This was the first time that David Guetta’s crew had used the E15s,” notes Mauricio…
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
L-Acoustics Along For the Ride With Kid Rock
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03/21/13 11:59 AM,
Kid Rock and his band, Twisted Brown Trucker, are once again rolling across the U.S. with two months of arena shows between February and April. Along for the ride are not only opening acts Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory, but also another “old friend” – Sound Image’s L-Acoustics K1 system. The 2013 Rebel Soul tour, in support of Kid Rock’s latest album of the same name, marks the sixth year that Steve “Half Pint” Cross has manned FOH for the group.…
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Adlib Supplies Sound & Lighting For Cody Simpson Paradise Tour
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03/21/13 10:13 AM,
Leading UK technical solutions specialist Adlib supplied sound and lighting for recent solo shows by rising young Australian pop star Cody Simpson, who took time out from his busy schedule opening for Justin Bieber to perform in the key cities of Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester promoting his first studio album, ‘Paradise’. Adlib was asked by AEG Live to supply full technical production to the shows which played true theatre / concert halls rather than traditional pop-orientated venues. With 4.4 million…
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Orlando Megachurch Selects Turbosound For New Campus
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03/20/13 10:51 AM,
The new campus of Orlando’s Faith Assembly of God Church was a huge project. In addition to the 3,000-seat, stadium-style sanctuary, the campus also needed sound systems for three kids theaters, a wedding chapel, choir room, and atrium. Primary AV contractor Encore Broadcast Solutions decided to leave nothing to chance, partnering with Atlantic Professional Audio (APA) as audio sub-contractor for the design and installation. “Even though it was new construction, we were actually the second contractor on the job, so…
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
SES Increases Martin Audio MLA Inventory
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03/19/13 10:51 AM,
Following a successful tour with the three-time Grammy Award winning Zac Brown Band, SES (Special Event Services) has increased its inventory of Martin Audio MLA loudspeakers. Asked about the decision, SES spokesperson Michael Brammer responded, “The addition of 24 MLA, 24 MLX, and 48 MLA Compact enclosures gives us more flexibility in creating system configurations, and the ability to serve multiple tours with MLA at the same time. MLA is without question one of the finest sounding PA systems in…
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Portable QSC KLA LIne Array Solution For Shore Church, New Zealand
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03/18/13 08:30 AM,
Every Sunday the Shore Community Church sets up and packs down their own audio equipment before and after each service in the Albany Junior High School’s sports hall. In the past they had used an ageing, very large and heavy audio system. The challenge assigned to local installer Halogen Audio was to find a system that met the church’s high audio expectations while also meeting their requirements for portability and ease of set up. After trying our various options they…
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