QUEBEC CITY, Quebec — Directed by Frédéric Dubois and staged in the recently renovated Capitol, Quebec City's oldest theatre, this new production of Les Misérables has broken new ground in terms of its simple and direct staging, high-end cast and audio quality. With 32 live microphones on stage, the new Sennheiser MKE 1 lavaliere mic proved a valuable asset.
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ENGLAND — An SD8 is being used to mix monitors for Art Garfunkel and his band, currently in the midst of a 12-date European trek. Playing to venues of around 2,000 capacity, it’s a one truck tour, so audio rental company AudioLease needed a monitor desk that was compact but delivers the kind of quality a music industry living legend like Garfunkel needs.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Founded last year by Grammy-winning producer Hank Neuberger, Springboard Productions is no stranger to the festival circuit, after supplying digital new media production services for events, including the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Rothbury Music & Energy Festival, Lollapalooza and others.
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BEIJING — Harman Professional audio was recently used at the Paralympics opening and closing ceremonies. Hosted at the 90,000-capacity Beijing National Stadium, both events were designed by artistic directors Zhang Yimou and Zhang Jigang and featured spectacular, highly evocative performances of sound and light that provided a beautiful culmination to inspire 12 days of competition.
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TEMPE, Ariz. — After 18 albums and more than four decades of touring, Alice Cooper certainly isn't showing any signs of slowing. Currently out on his aptly named "Psycho-Drama" tour, the original shock rocker has among his collection of essential stage items a guillotine, electric chair, boa constrictor, plenty of fake blood and, now, 10 coaxial L-ACOUSTICS 115XT HiQ stage monitors.
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INDIA — An enthusiastic crowd of more than one million people gathered to witness and support the establishment of a new political party in India. Sound reinforcement services for the ambitious multi-media outreach were supplied through a coordinated effort by Taher Sound & Lights of Hyderabad and V&P Sound Pvt. Ltd. of Bangalore.
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ENGLAND — SRD Group was appointed to manage the recent Army Air Corps (AAC) Music in the Air annual concert and flying display held at the home base of the AAC in England. SRD used their two new Allen & Heath iLive digital systems to manage sound reinforcement.
OK, you have been reading these things for a while, so you know the drill. Chart comparing a bunch of line array boxes is on the following two pages. A couple of notes… First, remember that manufacturers provide this info. We do our level best to make sure that everyone provides info in a consistent manner, so it is an apples-to-apples comparison. We do not always succeed, but it should at least be fruit to fruit and not apples to doughnuts, if you know what I mean.
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Getting into line-array speakers is a nice additional tool to have when deciding what gigs get what kinds of speakers. In fact, line-array speaker cabinets have been popping up in unconventional applications, such as being stacked two high for medium- to long-throw spot reinforcement in nightclubs. In this piece, I want to run through the typical line array application, determine the amplifier/speaker processor settings and take another look at when more compact arrays are used.
Read More »Before I get into the subject this month, I would like to acknowledge all of you who volunteer to mix sound at your house of worship. For the most part in this country, you are the backbone of worship sound. Considering how important your job is, I have noticed that you guys and gals out there seem to have the least training. So, now you know my motivation for the last few months' worth of subjects. This month, we are going to look into monitors.
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The topic of today’s discussion is the InnovaSON SY48. I’m going to preface this review with a blanket statement — this console is so deep that it will be impossible for me to write everything down without being too long-winded. With that said, let us dive in.
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My first real speakers were Cerwin-Vega. I can't remember the model number, but I can tell you that they incorporated a 15-inch woofer and one high compression horn, and they put out plenty of bass frequency response for that design. When I first bought them I felt like I had finally entered the pro sound world. This really has nothing to do with my review, but I was feeling a bit nostalgic when I received them.
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