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Gateway Church In Southlake Texas Finalizes New State Of The Art Facility Featuring Six DiGiCo SD ConsolesGateway Church in Southlake Texas has grown in the last decade from a congregation of several hundred to approximately 16,000. Satellite campus locations have sprouted over the last few years including the North Richland Hills Campus in the center of the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex in 2007, and the Frisco campus in the North Dallas area in the summer of 2010. In the fall of 2010, Gateway will move its main worship facility to a new location in Southlake, situated on a parcel of 168 acres. The new sanctuary will accommodate 4,000 to host weekly services, concerts and other community events, with multiple smaller rooms, including a Children’s Wing. The new facility, which is slated to open its doors to the congregation in November of 2010, will be the central locale for Gateway to oversee its multiple campuses. With renowned design consultants, Acoustic Dimensions providing the blueprint and Pro Sound & Video the customized installation, the new Gateway is shaping up to be a state-of-the-art house of worship masterpiece. 
DiGiCo Consoles Enjoy Increased Profile In ChinaDiGiCo mixing consoles are currently enjoying increasing success in China, the world’s most populous country. Following on from their key role in the opening of the iconic Canton Tower, further DiGiCo mixers are making an impression elsewhere in the country. Situated in Guangzhou, the same city as the Canton Tower, the Intown Live House is a live music venue and bar which hosts a wide range of music. Rightway Audio - DiGiCo’s China distributor, who used an SD8 and SD9 on the Canton Tower opening ceremony - introduced the venue’s owner, Pan Zhibing, to the DiGiCo SD9. He was very impressed. 
SD9 Makes Small Massive For David Bisbal TourLatin Grammy Award winning Spanish pop icon David Bisbal became a household name both in his home country and in South America after he achieved the runner up position in television talent contest Operación Triunfo – the Spanish version of the UK’s Pop Idol - in 2001. For the Latin American leg of his latest tour Sin Mar Atras, which took in a number of the summer’s festivals along the way, a DiGiCo SD9 digital mixing console, supplied by DiGiCo’s Spanish distributor Meyer Sound España, was included in the audio inventory. Having used DiGiCo D5s and then an SD8 on previous tours, monitor engineer Alberto Liras decided to swap to the SD9, the smallest console currently in DiGiCo’s product line, for a variety of reasons. He explains the decision… 
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 DiGiCo SD8 Sizes Up For Stars TourFresh from a whirlwind European tour, Canadian indie pop band Stars are now back on home ground for their Fall tour. Playing a variety of theatre-sized venues in Canada and North America, with audience capacities from an intimate 500 up to 2,750, and with a DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console at Front of House, Stars’ fans are getting just the sound they want. Specified by FOH engineer Kevin Madigan, who had just finished an extensive tour with Crosby, Stills and Nash using a D5 and supplied via DiGiCo’s US and Canadian distributors, Group one and Gerr Audio respectively, the SD8 was a perfect fit for the Stars tour. 
SD8 Showcased In Theatre Production And Industry Open Day
When sound designer Carlton Guc signed on with the second staging of the teen musical ‘13’ at the Ohio-based Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC), he had a bright idea. By involving his own lighting/sound software company, Stage Research, he was able to invite some of the top audio and lighting manufacturers to participate in the production. The benefit proved to be two-fold for both the manufacturers and the show itself. By day, during the show’s 3-week run, reps from ADK Pro Audio, d&b audiotechnick, DiGiCo, EV Microphones, and Lectrosonics participated in an open house - where engineers from community theaters, schools and houses of worship were invited to get real hands-on time with some of the most cutting-edge gear available on the market. 
DiGiCo SD8 Plays Major Role In Tertiary Education Gala DinnerThe Docklands exclusive Peninsula Room in Melbourne, Australia played host to the Tertiary Education Management Conference Gala Dinner. Alive Technologies handled the AV requirements on the night, designing a system that included a DiGiCo SD8, supplied to them by DiGiCo’s Australian distributor, Group Technologies, to provide first class audio for a full range of requirements, including presentations and a variety of performances from a diverse array of artists. 
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