JEOLLABUK-DO, South Korea – Avix, the Korean distributor for Next-proaudio, installed a Next-proaudio sound system within the Iksan church’s main sanctuary for the system renovation. The goal was to achieve high sound pressure levels with high sound fidelity and good speech intelligibility throughout the venue. At the church’s request, the whole system was custom painted in an ivory color to blend in with the interior.
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CAMARILLO, CA — Pearl Jam’s longtime tour provider, Rat Sound, has been supporting the band’s latest shows with a large-scale, 360-degree L-Acoustics K1/K2 rig for the band’s North American tour. “The K1/K2 system covered extremely well in-the-round to a sold-out tour,” said Rat Sound crew chief Tom Worley. “Having the continuation of a large format box on the main hangs and adjustable horizontal coverage with K2 allowed Greg [Nelson, FOH engineer] and Andrew [Gilchrest, FOH/systems tech] to achieve exceptional results.”
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Audio engineer Mickey Beck and monitor engineer Chris ‘Cookie’ Hoff are on the road with Josh Groban’s Stages tour. On the recent South African dates, they used two DiGiCo SD10 digital mixing consoles, plus two SD-Racks for Front of House and monitor positions provided by Gearhouse South Africa.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Event Safety Alliance, a nonprofit safety trade organization serving the needs of the live event industry, announced June 20 that Production Resource Group (PRG) is backing the ESA’s mission with a Diamond-level sponsorship commitment, the highest level available. PRG, the world’s leading provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, joins other Diamond-level supporters including Allianz insurance, Brown United, Take1 insurance and Weather Decision Technologies/WeatherOps. ESA also has sponsors at the Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze levels of support.
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TORONTO — DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and K-Tek will host The Sound Summit Toronto on July 19 at The Church on the Queensway in Toronto. This free event is part of The Sound Summit series of informal networking and educational presentations, along with product demonstrations, for audio professionals. The Church on the Queensway is located at 1536 The Queensway, Toronto, ON. To sign up for this free event, register at http://thesoundsummit.org/toronto/.
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Eastern Acoustic Works’ Radius series is designed for portable and permanent installations. The series is a comprehensive family that includes point source, line source, stage monitor and subwoofer loudspeakers. At the heart of the entire Radius family lies the EAWmosaic iOS-based application, which provides for prediction, control and monitoring at any location in the venue wirelessly. The complete range consists of 8-inch and 12-inch 2-way point source loudspeakers that are available in two horn patterns, a double 8-inch articulated line array, single 12-inch and 18-inch subwoofer models – and will soon add a 12-inch co-axial stage monitor.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Helping with the historic renovation of the Third Baptist Church, AV/COM Integrators of Severn, MD, designed and installed their new audio system based on Community’s E Series loudspeakers.
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MELBOURNE — Adamson Systems Engineering has expanded their APAC team with the addition of James Ritter, who will serve as sales manager for the region. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Ritter will continue building relationships and brand perception in the APAC region.
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HONG KONG – Soraa’s LED lamps have been installed at the Hotel Stage in Kowloon, Hong Kong. More than just a hotel, the facility offers a stage for local artists to showcase their work. “The undeniable benefit for using Soraa LED lamps is that we can render all materials with true color. This was of the upmost importance to us for both the hotel application and to accurately illuminate the artwork,” said Koichi Tanaka, CEO of Lightlinks International Limited.
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NEW YORK — Tony Award-winning Sound Designer Robert Kaplowitz chose a custom audio equipment package from Masque Sound for the New York Theatre Workshop’s hot new folk opera, Hadestown. One of Kaplowitz’s major goals in designing the sound – for the in-the-round production off Broadway – was to transfer the lushness, energy and clarity of the original album into a live setting without sacrificing storytelling. “As I was listening to the album, I realized that one way (record producer) Todd Sickafoose achieved a lot of that was through a remarkably nuanced use of stereo space, so I knew I wanted to create a really detailed surround system to provide that stereo feel.”
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LEICESTER, UK – Leicester City Football Club’s winning performance in the Premier League saw a fitting tribute from home town band Kasabian when they played the club’s own King Power Stadium May 28-29. But who can plan in advance for such a winning celebration? Kasabian’s sound engineer Paul Ramsay saw it all. “I got the call just four weeks before the first stadium show. It was insane; a month of my life passed by in a flash filled with frantic phone calls.” Britannia Row came to the rescue.
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BERKELEY, CA – French rock band Les Insus and Danish pop singer Christopher are diverse in their music, but aligned in their choosing of Meyer Sound’s Leo family systems for their European tours. Says Bob Coke, FOH engineer for Les Insus, “(Leo) has a very coherent and powerful signature in the lower frequencies, and a sweet high end. The generous and precise low-mids translate a potent, physical musical experience to the audience.” Reports Dave Mørup, FOH engineer for Christopher, “It was a great experience.”
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