BEIJING – Popular Chinese pop singer, music producer and professional guitarist and “New Asian King” Li Ronghao recently kicked off his “Ideal World Tour” with a concert at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. Supporting the tour is an Adamson E-Series PA, provided by Beijing Global Visual Culture Development Co. Ltd.
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Yunnan Province, CHINA – Producer Franco Dragone’s newest themed spectacle at the Dai Show Theatre features aquatic acrobatics, bolstered by immersive music and effects. One visual concept central to the show was that the dome over the central pool would be part of the visual effects, which in turn meant that the loudspeakers had to be largely hidden. This presented challenges – which were met by Meyer Sound – for covering a large-volume, 1,183-seat venue.
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PARIS — On July 14, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, more than 400,000 spectators celebrated Bastille Day in Paris, a national holiday in France which marks the beginning of the modern French nation. Lawo was there as well, to further demonstrate the power of their latest live and broadcast technologies.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA – Fulcrum Acoustic, creators of high-performance professional loudspeaker technologies, has appointed Nathan Butler to the newly-created position of director of engineering. He joins Fulcrum after serving as director of engineering for Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) for the past five and a half years.
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CAD Audio introduces the new StageSelect 1600 Series UHF high performance wireless system. The StageSelect system features frequency agile UHF operation for maximum operating range along with CAD ScanLink technology to precisely scan, select and link to the optimum channel in any RF environment.
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Now shipping, the RCF SUB9006-AS is a 7,200-watt dual-18 active sub featuring a low 22-inch tall design that can be used vertically or horizontally. Two hyper-vented 18” long-excursion neodymium woofers with 4” voice coils are capable of accurately reproducing frequencies down to 30 Hz and achieving 142 dB SPL. It easily integrates in a system with any of RCF’s HDL Series line arrays, and with its onboard RDNet Control, with the TT+ Series cabinets. RDNet Control protocol provides dedicated networking software for monitoring all system parameters from the input to the status of every amplifier and transducer in the system as well as parameters such as gain, equalization and delay, as well as selectable presets for the onboard DSP.
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MODENA, Italy – The residence of the late, world renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti is now a home museum. Sound quality was of utmost importance in the tenor’s life, and it remains so in this cultural attraction. RCF’s Ayra studio monitors and EVOX two-way arrays were installed in the home museum under the guidance of Willy Gubellini, a sound professional who has worked on all editions of the charity project Pavarotti & Friends.
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P.Audio introduces the compact VS-5F loudspeaker, a full-range loudspeaker targeted for tight spaces. Weighing in at 11 lbs., the VS-5F offers a cost-effective solution for general purpose, indoor and outdoor installations for both foreground and background music applications.
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BRIGHTON, UK – Monitor engineer Arron James Smith is carrying his console of choice, the DiGiCo S21, on Bat For Lashes’ summer tour of UK cathedrals and European summer festivals. “Peppe Mallozzi at Autograph Sales UK kindly provided me with an S21 console to demo and also the hire for the short UK tour,” he says. “The usability of the console is outstanding.”
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LONDON – Capital Sound provided the sound reinforcement for this summer’s Hyde Park Festival. Their Martin Audio MLA package populated the main Great Oak Stage, the second Barclaycard Stage and Sony PlayStation stage—with six areas in all featuring Martin Audio solutions. The new beta version of Martin Audio’s Display prediction software gave the biggest boost to the main stage sound.
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BIRMINGHAM, UK – Fast-growing live video, AV and technical production specialist CPL announces a further investment in d&b Audio equipment, with whom CPL has enjoyed a long and productive relationship stretching back 20 years.
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LAS VEGAS — Every year is an election year for FOH and PLSN readers who first nominate then vote for Hometown Hero candidates and, separately, nominate and vote for companies, individuals and products vying for Parnelli honors. And — thankfully — these competitions proceed smoothly and courteously, with none of the contenders locking horns with nasty negative campaigning or chanting for the incarceration (or worse) for their rivals.
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