CAUX, Switzerland — High ceilings, ornate plasterwork and adjacent wings and corridors all posed acoustic challenges within the “Cinderella’s castle” used for CAUX-Initiatives of Change summer conferences. Terry Nelson of Studio Equipment relied upon Renkus-Heinz’s Iconyx gear to provide highly-intelligible audio support.
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LOS ANGELES — FOH engineer James McCullagh is using a DiGiCo SD10 to mix the nine relatively unknown singers and musicians selected to form a touring tribute band celebrating the music of Queen.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Sound and lighting company Fokum provided the sound system at Club Astoria, a Grupo Costa Este nightclub that operates in the space previously occupied by Barcelona’s Opium Cinema and, before that, Cine Astoria, from which Club Astoria gets its name. The system includes self-powered line array systems from D.A.S. Audio’s Aero Series 2.
Read More »BLACKPOOL, U.K. — Worsening weather forced an early end to an Elton John concert at the Blackpool Tower Headland outdoor arena on June 17. Some 11,000 were attending the performance at the new outdoor venue, which was able to proceed for close to two hours before being cut short by about half an hour.
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CLEVELAND, OH — Firehouse Productions’ sound system for the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony included JBL VTX line arrays with Crown I-Tech HD amps.
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Peavey Commercial Audio announced expanded capabilities for its MediaMatrix networkable digital audio system. Systems integrators can now extend video switching and scaling to all control interfaces within MediaMatrix projects.
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LONDON — Harman’s AKG, in conjunction with UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd., has partnered with Cato Music, a leading tour production specialist, to showcase AKG’s range of high-end live sound microphones to artists and live sound professionals at its London facilities.
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RICHMOND, VA — The sound system at 94,000-seat Richmond International Raceway includes an assortment of Community WET and R-Series loudspeakers, mounted on poles behind the grandstands at a height of 25 to 30 meters. The system was designed by Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams (WJHW) and installed by Parsons Electric.
Read More »LONDON — Delta Sound relied upon Clear-Com’s Eclipse Median digital matrix intercom and V-Series key-panels for the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the English throne, which took place in early June.
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L-Acoustics offered attendees at InfoComm 2012 a look ahead at two new systems it plans to release in late 2012, the 5XT ultra-compact coaxial enclosure and SB15m compact subwoofer.
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NEW YORK — As the curtain rises on the 2012 season of Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, Masque Sound is celebrating its 50th anniversary of providing audio equipment and services to the open-air venue.
Read More »LONDON — A wide range of events marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne took place June 2-5. Britannia Row Productions, which provided audio support at several key events, included Outline gear in its sound-reinforcement arsenal.
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