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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Farber Sound LLC provided the live audio system for the Family Values Tour concert July 21 in Somerset, Wis., with JBL Professional VerTec line arrays.

NEW WINDSOR, NY — Brian T. Edwards has joined Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) as general manager of the company’s Los Angeles office.

WEST CHESTER, PA — As many music fans, U.S. historians and baby boomers celebrated the 40th anniversary of “The Summer of Love” with high-profile concert events across the U.S., Aviom’s personal monitor mixing system and digital snakes were used among musicians and live sound professionals. 

NEW YORK CITY — For 20 years, the Knitting Factory has been one of New York City’s most adventurous live entertainment venues. A technical renovation to revamp the venue incorporated Meyer Sound systems into the mix with UltraSeries loudspeakers.

BOSTON — As the largest auditorium on the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) campus, the 510-seat Herbert Lipke Auditorium is used continually for lectures, guest speakers and panel discussions to name a few. In order to provide audio quality to such a broad spectrum of events, the university’s technical management team implemented a Meyer Sound self-powered UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeaker.

FARMINGDALE, NY — beyerdynamic, manufacturer of microphones, headphones and wireless microphone systems, has added the TG-X 930 condenser microphone to its TourGroup line.

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL — As Billy Gibbons said recently, “Yep, we’re the same three guys and the same three chords.” That little old band from Texas, ZZ Top, has been touring this summer with Heil Sound PR 30 and PR 40’s used by drummer Frank Beards. A pair of PR 30’s is being used on Gibbon’s guitar cabinets, and a pair of PR 40’s on Dusty Rhodes bass rig. Also along on this tour are the Stray Cats with Brian Setzer, who is using PR 30’s on his guitar cabs. Clair Brothers is providing the production for the tour.

BERKELEY, CA — Legendary vocalist Diana Ross, on tour in support of her latest release, I Love You, performed a limited series of U.S. dates before embarking on a European arena tour earlier this year. During the brief U.S. jaunt, Thunder Audio (Taylor, Mich.) supplied a Meyer Sound loudspeaker system for her performances at the Chicago Theatre and the Palace of Auburn Hills, located just outside of Ross’s hometown of Detroit.

ATLANTA, GA — FiberPlex, Inc., the audio fiber optic supplier to the sound production and systems contracting industry, has announced that their LightViper audio transport system was recently deployed for the live stage production of Primerica’s 2007 Convention in Atlanta.