Rockin' Like A Hurricane

LAKE CHARLES, LA–Despite floating in the direct path of Hurricane Rita last year, Pinnacle Entertainment's L'Auberge du Lac dockside riverboat casino in Lake Charles is once again rockin' with gamblers from the nearby Houston metro area.

TORONTO–The Rizla Unleashed Music Festival delivered a fantastic weekend of music, from a breath-taking cliff top location overlooking Watergate Bay in Newquay, UK on Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5. The sold-out event attracted 14500 people for the weekend, who were treated to Cornwall's largest music festival. Friday's headliners, "Feeder" were joined by "The Automatic", "Mystery Jets", "Captain" and others. "Starsailor" and "Graham Coxon" headlined the Saturday show.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT–Rolls Corporation has announced the release of the upgraded RM67 Mic/Source Mixer; the RM67 is a single rack space mixer designed for the install/contractor market. The unit mixes three balanced microphones with four stereo sources to mono or stereo balanced outputs.

BURNSVILLE, MN–The Jazz on the Danube festival (Jazz an der Donau), which ran from July 13–16, offered another excellent, highlight-filled program this year. Ingo Haasch and his team were responsible for sound reinforcement, and relied on a combination of compact Electro-Voice (EV) line array systems, Dynacord PowerH power amplifiers and EV NetMax N8000 signal processors, which was used for the first time at a major event.

WEST CHESTER, PA–Aviom's newly updated AN-16/o Output Module is now shipping–with the flexibility of improved mic and line output levels, convenient DB25 multipins for audio connections, and heavy duty locking Neutrik EtherCons for network connections. The AN-16/o Output Module will make its debut at AES 2006.

CORNWALL, UK–The Eden Project hosted the premier of a new composition by acclaimed British classical composer, Graham Fitkin, collaborating with celebrated harpist, Ruth Wall. Staged in Eden's warm temperate biome, the Fitkin Wall project entitled "Still Warm" was mixed live on a 16-channel Allen & Heath MixWizard, provided by local PA company, SPS Systems.

BERKELEY, CA–By now, just about everyone knows someone with a Hurricane Katrina story; the tales of shattered lives, homes and businesses are, sadly, all too commonplace. However, Concert Systems USA's Katrina story is a triumphant tale of determination. With the help of Meyer Sound, the company was able to face down the odds and come back bigger, better and stronger than ever.

NORTHRIDGE, CA– Scorpions is a hard rock band from Hanover, Germany that helped to define the musical genre. The venerable group is perhaps best known for their 1980s rock anthem, "Rock You Like a Hurricane." Scorpions has been touring Europe throughout 2006 in support of a recently-released live concert DVD (One Night in Vienna). The band's July 23 outdoor show at Tsirium Stadium in Limassol, Cyprus was handled by rental firm MKG Touring Technologies, with the company's JBL VerTec VT4888 mid-size line array system.

ALBERTSLUNE, DENMARK–The new LoungeSub from Cornered combines sound reinforcement with extra seating area. Designed as a pouffe, the LoungeSub is as much a piece of furniture as it is a subwoofer and therefore suited for venues in which the sub cannot be hidden.

NEW YORK CITY–Manhattan clubbing is a little more upscale at The Manor, where the approach to nightlife is truly luxurious; those who are lucky enough to make it inside experience an exclusive environment where proscenium arches, dioramas and dark leather set the scene, and the clean power of a complete Danley Sound Labs loudspeaker system sets the pace.

OCEAN SHORES, WA–When Quinault Beach Resort & Casino in Ocean Shores, Washington needed to upgrade the processing for their building-wide sound system, they turned to Symetrix' SymNet Networked Audio Solution and the design/build firm Tempest Technologies, LLC in nearby Issaquah, Washington (located in the greater Seattle area).