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[ATTACH=JSON]207167.vB5-nodeid=207167[/ATTACH]INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – July 2017 — Originally completed in October of 1917 at a cost of more than half a million dollars, the impressive Greek Doric-style Central Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, naturally clad in Indiana limestone, officially celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. A big part of the institution’s more recent history is …

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[ATTACH=JSON]207136.vB5-nodeid=207136[/ATTACH]ROCKFORD, Illinois – July 2017 — The Sinnissippi Music Shell at Sinnissippi Park in Rockford, Illinois is visually striking: a flaring overhead clamshell roof above a modernistic trapezoidal frame around the stage. These kinds of architectural statements, however, often come with challenges for venue sound, and this was no exception. For this year’s Music In …

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[ATTACH=JSON]207111.vB5-nodeid=207111[/ATTACH]Held in the stunning Cour Marly of the Louvre’s museum, the Louis Vuitton Autumn/Winter 2017 show at the recent Paris Fashion Week featured Vuitton’s models showing off the fashion house’s new collection amongst white marble statues from the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV. Usually, the specification for such a show’s audio is that …

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[ATTACH=JSON]207105.vB5-nodeid=207105[/ATTACH]Baton Rouge, Louisiana—July 2017… PreSonus is shipping its compact new AudioBox USB® 96 audio/MIDI recording interface, which makes recording at up to 24-bit, 96 kHz a breeze. Bus-powered and built to travel, the AudioBox USB 96 offers two front-panel combo mic/instrument inputs—ideal for singer/songwriters, podcasters, and guitar or guitar-bass collaborations. Simply connect a couple of …

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[ATTACH=JSON]207075.vB5-nodeid=207075[/ATTACH]DiGiCo has announced the release of its latest V2.0 software upgrade for its S-Series consoles, adding key features including increased channel count for both the S21 and S31 from 40 to 48 input channels. This free of charge upgrade gives S-Series users an amazing 48 mono/stereo switchable flexi-channels, the equivalent to 46 busses at 96kHz, …

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[ATTACH=JSON]206985.vB5-nodeid=206985[/ATTACH] WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California – June 2017 — L-Acoustics, whose flagship line array systems are the first choice for many of the world’s top Christian touring artists—including Hillsong United and Chris Tomlin—is taking its latest technologies on a tour of houses of worship across the United States from July through November. Six churches currently using …

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[ATTACH=JSON]206654.vB5-nodeid=206654[/ATTACH]RED HOOK, New York / LAS VEGAS, Nevada – May 2017 — Following its massive purchase of 96 L-Acoustics K2 enclosures and a dozen triple-LA8-loaded LA-RAK touring racks last year, Firehouse Production has once again expanded its L-Acoustics inventory with a recent purchase of 52 new KS28 subs, 33 ultra-high-powered LA12X amplified controllers housed in …

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[ATTACH=JSON]206585.vB5-nodeid=206585[/ATTACH]WASHINGTON, DC – May 2017 — Serving the greater Washington DC area since 1971, RCI Systems is a full-service event production house and systems integrator that has built its success on two “greats”—great people and great gear. In the house of worship community, that has often taken the form of partnering with Jonathan Lesane and …

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[ATTACH=JSON]206530.vB5-nodeid=206530[/ATTACH]LOS ANGELES – May 2017 — For more than 25 years, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been closely linked with Dave Rat who has manned the live concert mix for the Grammy Award-winning quartet since 1991. During that period, Rat has successfully grown his own tour sound company (Rat Sound) and been awarded two …

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[ATTACH=JSON]206474.vB5-nodeid=206474[/ATTACH]PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – May 2017 — Ask any rental company owner. There’s little worse than losing a gig based solely on the logo on your loudspeaker inventory. It was a situation that the team at Bauder Audio Systems found themselves in a time or three, and enough to drive them to consolidate their entire inventory …