Three years ago, Celine Dion was named by Pollstar as the 10th highest-grossing North American touring artist of 2011. In doing so, Ms. Dion barely moved a muscle, figuratively speaking. The $41.2 million she took in from live shows that year were virtually all attributable to the first year of a three-year residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which ended late last year, her second long-term stand there.
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Low-frequency content is an extremely important part of live sound for most modern music. The physical impact created by air movement helps make live music exciting, so even in small clubs, it almost goes without saying that subwoofers are a requirement. There are a few different ways to route audio into subwoofers, each having advantages and disadvantages. Let’s have a look.
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NEWPORT, OR – The Newport Performing Arts Center (PAC) in Oregon installed a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system in its 398-seat Alice Silverman Theatre. With the upgrade, the venue joins the likes of Moscow’s Svetlanov Hall, The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center and more than 50 other venues that rely on the variable acoustics of Constellation to deliver a high-quality live experience.
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Symetrix, which recently launched the latest version of its SymNet Composer software for SymNet Dante-scalable DSPs, also announced the launch of a new VoIP interface card to enhance communications interoperability and complement existing IT infrastructures across multiple professional applications.
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Happy New Year to all of you, and I hope you have big plans for 2015. I love the New Year. It gives us all a fresh start at doing better and being better in the coming year. I will assume we all want to improve (myself included) as audio engineers. Whether in the worship world or in the secular world, we all want to mix the best we can.
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Hosa Technology’s Drive Series includes the Hosa Drive Bluetooth Audio Receiver and a selection of portable cables designed to interface with everything from car audio systems to sound reinforcement and consumer audio playback systems.
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These days, it seems, time moves faster than it did in previous years. While I haven’t yet backed up this theorem with any scientific evidence, I’m sure that many folks would agree that the speed of light has sped up. Now, the distinction between me receiving a Nobel Prize (or being called a kook) for this brilliant theory is evidence. To be sure, this type of solid confirmation can be an obstacle, but it’s merely a small impediment I am working to overcome.
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TIJUANA, Mexico – Penn-Elcom announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility here for its flightcases, speaker cabinets and 19-inch racking solutions. Penn Elcom Mexico will be led by MD Javier Haro, with Frank McCourt in charge of sales. The Tijuana facility is strategically located to serve the company’s Latin American and U.S. markets. Pictured here, from left, are CEO Phil Stratford, chairman Roger Willems, Javier Haro and Frank McCourt.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Erlatech Stage Ltd. provided a new Void Acoustics sound system to help a new 700-capacity nightclub, Tesla, get powered up in December. The nightspot is named for its location, a former electrical transformer house. Erlatech’s sound and lighting engineer Atilla Tompó, together with colleagues Gábor Horváth, Ádám Juhász, and Attila Németh, designed and installed the new sound system. It’s the first time that a white version of the company’s gear has been installed.
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SHANGHAI, China – The Shanghai Concert Hall, equipped last year with K-array gear, features a restaurant and nightclub that also feature K-array components provided by Sennheiser China. The restaurant, Luce della Vita, has been equipped with KP52 and KP102 speakers along with KMT18Ps placed below within the walls. For the club, Sennheiser China provided K-array’s brand-new Firenze series KH8 and KS8 speakers.
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Sommer Cable’s SC-TriCone 241P Hybrid is designed for guitarists and keyboard players who would like to connect amps, MIDI components, effects boards, synthesizers or also DJ equipment. The company notes that the product is well-suited for the 4-cable-method.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Sound Image and Wigwam Acoustics supported Pharrell Williams’ Dear GIRL Tour with a full sound reinforcement system from Adamson Systems Engineering. Kyle Hamilton, FOH engineer, opted for Adamson Energia line arrays to support performances at major arenas during the tour, with 24 concerts in the U.K. and Europe last fall.
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