ATLANTA — Alfred “AL-Tee” Williams is one of the busiest live-sound mixers on the Atlanta music scene. The veteran engineer has run the mix for a wide range of artists including Kool and the Gang, The SOS Band, Rachelle Farrell, Angie Stone, Bobby Brown, and a host of others. His desk of choice these days is the PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2.
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LONDON — Florence and the Machine’s current European dates to promote her Ceremonials album were recently upsized for a three-night run at London’s Alexandra Palace, with the band joined by a 12-piece choir and 12-piece string section. A new Midas PRO2 live audio system supplemented monitor world for these gigs, joining the XL8 at FOH. Both were provided by Britannia Row Productions.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Innovason’s focus at Prolight+Sound 2012 was on Pandora, a new “box of tricks” integrated into Innovason’s flagship Eclipse GT digital console. Pandora is a new way of panning that promises audibly better results across the listening field than traditional stereo panning.
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TURKU, Finland — The flexible Logomo Hall assumes whatever size or shape is suited for the event of the evening. On one night it can provide a compact 1,100-seat space with a nearly square audience area, ideal for a chamber orchestra or jazz ensemble. Within a few hours, it can be transformed into an elongated rectangle accommodating 3,500 for a rock concert. And with the push of a button, its permanently-installed Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system optimizes acoustical response for both the current room configuration and the event at hand, whether a concert, conference, play or opera.
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In addition to the Prolight + Sound 2012 launch of its new ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS systems, L-Acoustics announced the release of the new LA Network Manager 2 software and its suite of interactive tutorials.
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BELLEVILLE, IL — St. Matthew United Methodist Church’s thorough renovation of its technology systems in 2009 included a switch to digital at FOH, with a DiGiCo SD8 as its main audio console. Continuing its digital progression, the house of worship recently added an SD9 with D-Rack (connected to the SD8 via DiGiCo’s Little Red Box), replacing an analog desk at the hub of its video production suite to handle the increased complexity of its productions.
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CONWAY, SC — MusiCraft provided a new audio system for the 600-seat sanctuary at First United Methodist Church here that centers on Iconyx IC16-R digitally steered column arrays from Renkus-Heinz. The system also includes a Yamaha LS9 digital console, with a Yamaha DM8 processor connected via Cobranet. A pair of Renkus-Heinz IC7 mechanically steered columns are installed in the choir loft as monitors.
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Penn Elcom, the new North America distributors of FANE loudspeakers, are spreading the word about the Colossus Prime 18XS, an 18-inch 1,200W woofer.
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BURBANK, CA — Craig Doubet, Michael Bublé’s FOH mixer, chose DPA Microphones’ 4099 Live Instrument microphones and 3521 Cardioid Compact Stereo Kit for the artist’s Crazy Love tour, crediting the gear as a transparent solution that was also discreet and lightweight. Other factors in Doubet’s decision included the gear’s ability to reduce the amount of gain before feedback in the piano and the bleeding of other instruments into the mic, while still allowing for easy and repeatable placement. The 3521 stereo kit in particular, has been integral to Bublé’s live sound, since the piano is a large part of the show.
Read More »BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has posted a schedule of events slated for its 132nd convention. The gathering is set to take place April 26-29 at the Novotel Budapest Congress & World Trade Center and will include a variety of educational events.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Maxi Audio Luz Imagen, technical manager Sandro Monteiro, had gotten acquainted with DiGiCo consoles at an InfoComm event in 2009, and opted to add DiGiCo’s SD10 to its rental inventory. The desk is the first of its kind in Brazil, and Monteiro indicates that he hasn’t regretted acquiring the console.
Read More »PHOENIX — Clearwing Productions announced that it is now certified to sell and install the Shure Axient Wireless System. Nick Dressler and Bryan Baumgardner both completed the Axient Dealer Certification Training program in Chicago on March 15.
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