LONDON — Britannia Row at Frankfurt’s Prolight & Sound 2007 has purchased 84 of Outline’s new T9 computer controlled amplifiers for its Butterfly inventory. The T9 reportedly produces 2 x 4800/3000/1300 at 2/4/8 Ohms in a 1 unit rack space with a weight of only 12 Kilograms.
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LONDON — Draping and stage machinery specialists J&C Joel has designed, manufactured and fitted 42 acoustic elements into the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall — one of London’s most iconic Modernist buildings.
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NEW YORK CITY — For 20 years, the Knitting Factory has been one of New York City’s most adventurous live entertainment venues. A technical renovation to revamp the venue incorporated Meyer Sound systems into the mix with UltraSeries loudspeakers.
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BOSTON — As the largest auditorium on the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) campus, the 510-seat Herbert Lipke Auditorium is used continually for lectures, guest speakers and panel discussions to name a few. In order to provide audio quality to such a broad spectrum of events, the university’s technical management team implemented a Meyer Sound self-powered UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeaker.
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FARMINGDALE, NY — beyerdynamic, manufacturer of microphones, headphones and wireless microphone systems, has added the TG-X 930 condenser microphone to its TourGroup line.
Read More »OLD LYME, CT — R&B superstar and Dreamgirls actress Beyonce rides the wave of her tremendous popularity around the world during 2007 in The Beyonce Experience Tour. The tour will travel with 38 primary wireless channels and, in a different frequency range, 38 backup wireless channels.
Read More »ELMSFORD, NY — As drivers revved their engines at the NASCAR’s Busch Series Race in Montreal, track officials communicated through intercom solutions designed and manufactured by Riedel, provider of radio and intercom technology for broadcast, pro-audio, event, sports and theater industries. Riedel’s Digital partyline (DPL) system solutions were used by flag station, tower control and race control members during the race in Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC —The first Festival International de Jazz de Montréal was held at Man and His World (the former Expo ’67 World Fair site) and attracted 12,000 spectators. Twenty-seven years later, the Montreal Jazz Festival had some 30 countries represented with 500 concerts, attracting over two million attendees, many which travel to Montreal every year to join in the festivities. Celebrity guests included Bob Dylan, Harry Connick, Jr. and Keith Jarrett among others.
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NUREMBERG, GERMANY — The Alterna Stage at the festival Rock Im Park, which together with its associating event Rock Am Ring is one of the largest German Rock and Pop festival with about 100.000 visitors each year, was set up with audio by HK Audio Cohedra.
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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL — As Billy Gibbons said recently, “Yep, we’re the same three guys and the same three chords.” That little old band from Texas, ZZ Top, has been touring this summer with Heil Sound PR 30 and PR 40’s used by drummer Frank Beards. A pair of PR 30’s is being used on Gibbon’s guitar cabinets, and a pair of PR 40’s on Dusty Rhodes bass rig. Also along on this tour are the Stray Cats with Brian Setzer, who is using PR 30’s on his guitar cabs. Clair Brothers is providing the production for the tour.
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BERKELEY, CA — Legendary vocalist Diana Ross, on tour in support of her latest release, I Love You, performed a limited series of U.S. dates before embarking on a European arena tour earlier this year. During the brief U.S. jaunt, Thunder Audio (Taylor, Mich.) supplied a Meyer Sound loudspeaker system for her performances at the Chicago Theatre and the Palace of Auburn Hills, located just outside of Ross’s hometown of Detroit.
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CHESSINGTON, ENGLAND — George Michael made his return to the world’s arena stages using two DiGiCo D5 Lives for front of house sound with a D5T on band monitors. But for the first Wembley show, a third D5 was added to mix the sound for a live television broadcast.
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