WORLD – Andrea Bocelli has been touring in support of his most recent albums, Si (2018) and Believe (2020), with a control setup that includes a pair of DiGiCo Quantum 7 consoles. For the artist’s recent tour in the UK, supported by Britannia Row, FOH engineers Andrea Taglia and Francesco La Camera using the two desks to handle a total of 116 channels on the input list.
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LEMOYNE, PA – Marking two decades of growth and advocacy as the unified voice for professional audio manufacturers, PAMA is greeting 2023 with updated branding (including a new logo), compelling educational webinar sessions, and other ongoing initiatives.
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MONTPELIER, UK – The Star & Garter reggae venue got a sound system upgrade from Qualitex Sound System (QSS) that included Biamp Community W2-228 loudspeakers… Read More »Iconic UK Reggae Venue Upgrades with Powersoft
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Point Source Audio’s SERIES9 subminiature mic collection is available in a variety of formats, and they promise high SPL handling, high sensitivity and ENDURE connectors. Other features include accelerated life-testing to 12,000 bends, 360˚ bendable booms, 180˚ reversible earhooks, an IP57 waterproof rating and sanitization with 70% isopropyl alcohol.
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UK – 22live, a new pro-audio service provider founded in the UK’s Midlands region by a group of established industry professionals, has invested in three Outline Newton units as part of their initial rental inventory. The company has already supplied touring systems for The Australian Pink Floyd Show and Sigur Rós as well as completing a run of O2 Arena shows with UK rapper D-Block Europe.
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LOS ANGELES – The 65th Grammy Awards was broadcast live from Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 5, 2023. Along with Shure Axient Digital wireless technology for host Trevor Noah, the show’s audio production team relied on 59 channels of Shure wireless including 28 channels of Shure PSM 1000 IEM systems and 160 Shure P10R bodypacks for most of the performers. The list of artists including Lizzo (pictured here with Shure’s KSM11 microphone capsule), Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Spliff Star, Busta Rhymes and more.
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BANGKOK – Last September, 10,000 of Thailand’s electronic dance music fans got reacquainted with the boundless energy of a live show as Bangkok’s Together Festival returned after a two-edition hiatus to deliver a program filled with the genre’s A-listers. Headliners like Blasterjaxx, W&W, Will Sparks and AXMO were featured alongside local talents Roxy June, Riviere and Ayrton.
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Expanding its subwoofer offerings, 1 SOUND has added the WSUB45i installation version of its wall subwoofer. Components in this ultra-compact, slim and powerful lightweight subwoofer… Read More »1 SOUND Launches WSUB45i Wall Sub
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Meyer Sound has introduced the MPS-488X, a new integrated power supply and signal distribution unit for multi-channel audio systems using the company’s exclusive IntelligentDC technology.… Read More »Meyer Sound Introduces New MPS-488X Power Supply for IntelligentDC Systems
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The Portuguese manufacturer NEXT-proaudio has unveiled the LA210x medium format three-way, coaxial, active line array element. It is designed to support a wide range of… Read More »NEXT-proaudio LA210x
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LOS ANGELES – The Audio Engineering Society (AES) was presented with a prestigious Technical Grammy Award during Grammy Week 2023. AES President Bruce Olson and AES President-Elect Leslie Gaston-Bird accepted the Special Merit Award on behalf of the Society during a ceremony held by the Recording Academy on Feb. 4 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Editor George Petersen reviews the new issue, which includes an inside look at The Mavericks 2023 Tour; a chat with sound designer Brian Ronan about the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot; profiles on reader choices for North America’s Top Regional Sound Companies; an Installation Focus on new church sound systems; a Buyers Guide to mid-sized line array speakers (dual-8” and dual-10”); and Road Test reviews of the Neumann MCM (Miniature Clip Mic) instrument microphone, Austrian Audio’s HI-X60 reference headphones, and Gator Frameworks ID Series Speaker Stands.
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