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Cosmic Electronics Revamps Sound System at Jalouse with RCF Gear

Jalouse in London was equipped with RCF gear

Cosmic Electronics Revamps Sound System at Jalouse with RCF Gear

LONDON — Moruf Yoozooph and Freddie Achom, owners of the three-year-old Jalouse membership nightclub on London’s West End, contracted with Cosmic Electronics to revamp the sound system and re-position the DJ console. Cosmic Electronics MD, Keith Damon, who managed the project, opted for a setup that included RCF gear. Two pairs of C5215Ws now work together with the club’s existing subwoofers, surrounding club patrons with an immersive experience.

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AL-Tee Relies on PreSonus StudioLive for Live Music Events

AL-Tee Relies on PreSonus StudioLive for Live Music Events

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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Midas PRO2 added for London Florence and the Machine shows. Here, Mike Gibbard with the MIDAS PRO2 on monitors.

Florence and the Machine’s Ali Pali Gigs Supported by Midas PRO2, XL8 Consoles

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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Carsten Kummel and Herve de Caro at PL+S 2012

Innovason Features Pandora at PL+S 2012

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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Logomo Hall, Turku, Finland

Meyer Sound Constellation Tailors Acoustics for Shape-Shifting Logomo Hall

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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DJ Rockwell at St. Matthew UMC, Belleville, IL, with DiGiCo SD9

St. Matthew UMC Using DiGiCo Consoles at FOH and for Video Production

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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First United Methodist Church, Conway, SC

MusiCraft Provides Iconyx System for First United Methodist Church

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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Jake Saslow and Josh Brown are also touring with Michael Buble and DPA mics.

Craig Doubet Chooses DPA Mics for Michael Bublé Tour

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.

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