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Trending at Frankfurt Musikmesse
The biggest news in Frankfurt was the Messe hierarchy shakeup and subsequent schedule changes.
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Networking Headlines In Live Touring
NEW YORK, NY—Audio-over-IP has been a boon for live sound production.
Business
Diablo Digital Records Fleetwood Mac Tour
Clair Global, the longtime sound reinforcement provider for Fleetwood Mac has been recording the band’s current "On With the Show" tour on a custom...
Business
Harman Brings 3D to Cube
Initially a black box performance space, the Cube at Virginia Tech has been reimagined as an immersive data exploration environment supported by audio technologies...
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GCPro Takes A Spin
Spin classes are an increasingly popular form of exercise—one that Fit Revolution, a cycling studio outside Boston, teaches daily. While Guitar Center Professional, the...
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College Connects with RedNet
The installation of a Dante-networked Focusrite RedNet at Cedar Valley College in Texas has provided a digital connection between the school’s theater and its...
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Harman Pro Debuts Global Alliance
Harman Professional has created a new Global Alliance Program—a worldwide network of dealers and users. The aim is to to provide tour sound customers...
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Brewery Hops Up Sound Control
ALTON, IL—Lots of people talk about following a dream while having a beer; last year, James and Loren Rogalsky followed their dream by making...
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Fidelity And Workflow Improvements At Rensselaer Polytechnic’s EMPAC
TROY, NY—Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is the nation’s oldest technological research University.
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Honeymoon in Vegas Doubles Down on Showcontrol
The new Broadway musical, Honeymoon In Vegas, has been using a pair of Out Board’s TiMax2 SoundHub-S48 audio showcontrol delay-matrix systems, along with a...
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CTS Helps Oprah Tour Inspire
Dubbed one of the world’s most influential women, media superstar Oprah Winfrey has built her career around empowering others.
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Firehouse Slam Dunks All-Star Weekend
Excited to see basketball played properly, New York City recently hosted the NBA All-Star Weekend, as top players hit the court at both the...
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Mixing Macefield Music Fest
BALLARD, WA—The annual Macefield Music Festival, held in the Seattle suburb of Ballard, prides itself on its independent spirit, presenting more than 60 artists...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Hunting Party in the Park
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly 15 years since Linkin Park broke out with its debut, Hybrid Theory, but 60 million albums later,...
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Ward Powers Usher’s Latest Tour
NEW YORK, NY—As a teaser for his upcoming album, UR, Usher has embarked on a 27-city tour, called The UR Experience Tour, with the...
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Meyer Joins Crestron Integration Program
Meyer Sound has joined the Crestron Integrated Partner Program—a move that will allow various Crestron products to control Meyer Sound loudspeaker systems in various...
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Dante Hits the Road
Audinate is taking its Dante AV Networking World events on the road to six North American cities beginning in February.
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Hollywood Sound Systems Outfits Temple Hall
Established in 1926, Temple Israel of Hollywood continues to be a beacon for Reform Jewish traditions and values. Today this multi-purpose cultural and worship...
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Sharing Signals at Levi’s Stadium
Sound, video, and multimedia design consulting firm Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams recently completed their installation at San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium, the home of...
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Live Music Production in Sports Venues
Popular music has been showcased in acoustically challenging environments for decades, pleasing audiences despite the fact that live sound engineers must often fight physics...
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Audio Elements of the Sports Experience
The audio elements of the sports experience—PA announcements, music playback, synchronization and distribution of audio and video, broadcast interface —require a sophisticated infrastructure.
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VER Adds Optocore For Fiber Network
Live event audio provider VER (Video Equipment Rentals) purchased an Optocore fiber optic audio system; the 500-plus audio channel network will support routing and...
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GC Pro Outfits Global Harvest Church
For years, Global Harvest Church shared worship spaces with the New Song Church, also in Carrollton, but more recently members of the existing congregation...
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DiGiCo Added to Hollywood Bowl
A pair of DiGiCo SD7 digital mixing consoles were purchased by The Hollywood Bowl to serve as the mixers for the venue’s FOH and...
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Updating Axis To Bring In Britney
LAS VEGAS, NV—When it was announced that dance diva Britney Spears would take up residence for three years at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood with...
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Symetrix SymNet Supports Texas Stadium
A Symetrix SymNet Radius 12x8 open architecture DSP system was recently installed at Moorhead football stadium in Conroe, TX, providing the stadium with audio...
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DSO Refits with Merging
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) replaced the entire recording chain at the Meyerson Symphony Center this summer, installing Merging Technologies’ Horus and Hapi Networked...
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Pope Counts On Korean Pro Audio
When Pope Francis visited South Korea in August, he held multiple masses and events in different cities as he toured the nation; among the...
International
Back To The Retro Futura
The Retro Futura Tour was out to revive that ’80s vibe with co-headliners Howard Jones and Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins, joined by Katrina...
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Biamp Systems Networks In Galveston
A Biamp Systems Audia digital audio system, based around four AudiaFlex units, is being used at the restored Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier amusement...
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Powersoft Settles Into Singapore Sports Hub
The new Singapore Sports Hub has now opened on the site of Singapore’s former National Stadium in Kallang, with a sound system powered by...
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MPS Digs Into Dante
Microsoft Production Studios (MPS), reportedly the largest full-service HD and 4K production facility in the Pacific Northwest, has adopted Audinate’s Dante networking for its...
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d&b Demonstrates OCA
d&b audiotechnik, a recent addition to the OCA alliance, put the OCA (Open Control Architecture) standard to the test with the D80 amplifier at...
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Studio Showcase: Bountiful Options, Abundant Flexibility
While noted as the USA’s top online/catalog retailer of professional audio and musical instrument gear in the USA, Sweetwater Sound is also home to...
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If/Then Sounds Off On Broadway
NEW YORK CITY, NY—People the world over may know Idina Menzel as the voice behind the omnipresent “Let It Go” in the recent animated...
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Rosenthal Plays on the Edge
David Rosenthal, a professional keyboardist who, for the past 21 years, has played with Billy Joel, credits much of his success to looking for...
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InfoComm 2014 The Largest To Date
LAS VEGAS, NV—InfoComm International called its 2014 conclave the largest ever, with some 37,000 AV professionals passing through the Las Vegas Convention Center in...
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PAR On Audio Production Touch Screens
I think one of the big changes on the horizon is touch screen technology utilizing touch screen panels (TSPs). It’s time to re-imagine the...
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Peace and No Quiet
Morrissey will release his tenth studio album in July, World Peace is None of Your Business, which was recorded in France in February with...
New Products
Studio Review: Rich Tozzoli’s St. John Recording Retreat
This year's recording session in the U.S. Virgin Islands features AEA, DPA, Fender Passport Studio, Grace Design and Universal Audio products.
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Aviom Added On Spring Harvest Festival
For this year’s German Spring Harvest Festival, a six-day event that draws together more than 3,000 evangelical Christians, and over 300 artists, speakers and...