BERLIN — SoundHead Company provided Midas consoles for this year’s Echo Awards, including a PRO2 system for FOH and a PRO6 setup for monitors. The event, produced by EBS-Lights and Showplan, featured performances by Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, Sean Paul, Taio Cruz, Rammstein and Marilyn Manson. SoundHead sourced the gear through Midas’ German distributor Mega Audio.
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MOSCOW — U.K.-based DiGiCo has been expanding the geographic reach of its training seminars. The latest location added to its roster is Russia. In February, Russian distributor Aris Pro arranged for the first seminar for the territory to be held at Igor Sandler’s recording and performance studios.
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HOLLAND, PA — Founded nearly half a century ago in Northampton Township, Saint Bede the Venerable has grown to more than 10,000 parishioners. The church recently underwent a $5 million renovation and expansion, incorporating a classic Italian marble altar, magnificent stained glass, and a new sound system based around Community Professional Loudspeakers VERIS 8 two-way full-range systems.
Read More »VIENNA — The Burgtheater here has added five of DPA Microphones’ d:fine omnidirectional headsets to its existing armory of more than 70 DPA microphones. The d:fine microphones were purchased from DPA’s Austrian distributor, Studer Austria, for productions such as Debating Europe.
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WORCESTERSHIRE, UK — XTA Electronics recently launched their DS8000, a re-design of the company’s DS800 mic/line distribution system for the broadcast and touring markets. Taking on feedback received over the years about the DS800, the DS8000 has been re- modeled by XTA’s Lewis Evans. R&D Manager, Alex Cooper, oversaw the project.
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NEW YORK — The Soho Grand Hotel recently upgraded the sound system in their lobby salon. The hotel staff worked with David Schwartz of Essential Communications on the project. Schwartz found Tannoy I Series passive column loudspeakers well-suited to the task.
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ORLANDO, FL — The theatre department at the University of Central Florida recently purchased a QSC ILA System 2 with SC28 system controller and QSC amplifiers for its 306-seat proscenium hall.
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BERLIN — AFMG announced the release the new version of their real-time audio analysis software SysTune on May 1, a free update for existing users. AFMG also announced changes in its prices and licensing to make SysTune more affordable to a larger group of users.
Read More »NEW ORLEANS — Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION Certification training course in New Orleans during May, where AV designers, consultants, contractors and end users can learn the best practices for designing, deploying and implementing MediaMatrix audio distribution, processing and control systems.
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TULSA, OK — Neon Trees’ engineers, including Mike Bangs, monitor engineer (left) and Neal Duffy, FOH engineer (right) are using Allen & Heath’s iLive-T112 consoles on tour and, for fly dates, they’ve been relying on the company’s iDR-32 MixRacks.
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NEW YORK — Masque Sound, which had supported the musical, Once, during its developmental run at the New York Theatre Workshop, backed the production once again as it made its Broadway debut. A key challenge was to maintain the production’s intimate ambience in a Broadway theatre with five times the seating capacity of the earlier venue.
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RIO RANCHO, NM — Lectrosonics recently released Version 5.1 firmware for the company’s Venue Wideband modular receiver system, which includes a “TalkBack” function that is compatible with the newly-introduced HH handheld transmitter. When the transmitter is set to TalkBack mode and the function is engaged (activated when the user presses the multi-function button on the HH transmitter), the audio will switch to a different, predetermined XLR on the back panel of the receiver.
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