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Large Consoles

Soundcraft Vi6 at Parkview Christian Church, Orland Park, IL

Large Consoles

Last month, I wrote about the uses of small format consoles in houses of worship. So it would only make sense for me to focus on large format consoles this month. Actually, I will be writing about large and mid-sized consoles. For the purposes of this article, I’ll assume that you are looking for — or at least dreaming about — a bigger board for your sanctuary, and preferably a console with more channels, more aux sends, more features and generally more bells and whistles.

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Illustration by Andy Au

Dressing Up the Neurons

An engineer friend of mine (now retired from the business) started his audio career in the early 1970s and spent the most part of the ensuing 30 years traveling throughout the world, mixing front of house and monitors. As well as being an excellent engineer, he is endowed with a charismatic charm, wit and a talent for networking. He was in with the Rock ‘n’ Roll elite and always had work with top-name acts in the business. In the latter part of the last century, he navigated a glamorous course that took him on an odyssey via the world of towering platform boots, big hair and colossal snare drum sounds to the north country of plaid shirts and ripped jeans. After a final bit of touring — which took him across an ocean of lip-synching divas to the lucrative strip-mined fields of boy-bands — he finally hung up his shoes and decided to settle down.

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iLive-T112 surface at FOH with engineer, Fabrizio Piazzini. (photo credit: Andy Sheppard)

U.K. Artists Go SXSW; Cato Music Mixes on Allen & Heath’s iLive

AUSTIN, TX — The British Music Embassy returned for its fifth year at South by Southwest (SXSW), once again occupying Latitude 30 club. The March 12-17 lineup included Django Django, Maverick Sabre, Benjamin Francis Leftwich,  Jonquil, Ben Howard, Slow Club, Twin Atlantic, and Clock Opera. Cato Music supported the venue with gear from American Music and Sound (AM&S), including Turbosound, Allen & Heath and beyerdynamic products.

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Mario Bettencourt with Soundcraft Vi6

Soundco on Remote Island Orders Two Soundcraft Vi6s

PRAIA, Cape Verde — Praia, located on Santiago, one of the islands that make up the island nation of Cape Verde, is located some 350 miles off Africa’s Atlantic coast. As such, it might seem an unlikely place to find a Soundcraft Vi6. But Mario Bettencourt’s rental company, Marius Produções, has been using Soundcraft gear for the last 13 years, and he recently ordered a pair of Vi6s from Portuguese based importers, Tecnimusica.

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SPE Offshore Europe

Taylored Sound Uses Community Pro Gear for Oil and Gas Trade Expo in Scotland

ABERDEEN, UK — SPE Offshore Europe, a biennial trade show for the oil and gas industry, recently drew about 1,500 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. A PA system was required for close to 25,000 square meters (270,000 square feet) of temporary exhibition space. Taylored Sound designed and installed a system using  Community R.25 loudspeakers.

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Zdrojowy Teatr Animacji

Polish Children’s Theatre Installs Renkus-Heinz Gear

JELENIA GORA, Poland —  Established in 1976 by the Wroclaw actor Andrzej Dziedziul, the Zdrojowy Teatr Animacji, used mainly for children’s productions, is part of the Spa Theatre, which dates back 1836. Also featuring plays for grown-ups, and with some productions staged outdoors, the 200-capacity venue was looking to improve its audio system. The venue’s management turned to M. Ostrowski and CF Series solutions from Renkus-Heinz.

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