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All Acoustic, All Flamenco.
Adding sound reinforcement to a concert hall designed for acoustic performances is always a challenge. Recently, a touring flamenco performance group, headlined by guitar virtuoso, Paco Peña, came to a concert hall in Evanston, and TC Furlong provided a complete sound reinforcement system. Having worked in that space before, we were aware of the acoustics…
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The EAR-Team: Indi-GO!
When the folk rock duo, Indigo Girls, performed in Skokie recently, TC Furlong got the call for a sound system at 1 pm—for a 4 pm sound check. Just 3 hours, to design, pull, load, deliver, load-in, set-up, and test a full main PA that included ground-stacked Meyer MICA, 600-HP subs, and Galileo loudspeaker…
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Live Events: A Sure Thing at Shure Inc.
Perennial challenges for any system designer include dealing with low ceilings, long/narrow rooms, reverberant spaces, limited rigging capacity, high-profile events, and a mixture of spoken word and loud musical program material. Occasionally all these challenges—plus wind and weather—come together into one important job. TC Furlong was asked by professional audio manufacturer Shure Inc. to design and…
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Live Events: Sometimes It’s All About the Concrete
One of our important annual events is providing a full production support package to Northwestern University’s annual graduation ceremonies, including sound, lights, video, power generation, and remote TV production for several inter-related graduation facilities. An element added this year was large-format LED displays to provide image magnification in their 45,000-seat open-air football stadium. The…
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Recent Rentals: TCF Supports A Sound Choice’s Ministry Tour
Going on the road for a few months? Does your band require not only top-notch equipment, but also all the pieces and accessories to handle any situation the tour might throw at you? This is exactly the challenge A Sound Choice brought to TC Furlong when asked to do Ministry’s upcoming US and European…