LONDON – It is 50 years since the legendary FIFA World Cup win of 1966. To mark the anniversary, the FA held a series of events culminating in a spectacular live stage show at The SSE Arena, Wembley on July 30 at 3 pm, exactly 50 years to the minute since kick-off on that historic day. Skan PA Hire provided the entire audio system, with four DiGiCo consoles deployed for FOH and monitor mix positions.
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QSC introduces the TouchMix-30 Pro, 32-channel digital mixer to customers worldwide, with immediate availability in select markets. Targeted for production professionals, musicians and bands as well as live performance venues, TouchMix-30 Pro offers features and functionality to satisfy the most demanding professional, while also providing an intuitive workflow that delivers great results, quickly and easily, to users at every level of experience.
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BURBANK, CA––Professional equipment rental, technical management and production consulting company SoCal Rentals recently became the first US customer to purchase Martin Audio’s new CDD-Live speakers.
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BOTHELL, WA — More than 15 new member companies joined AIMS during July, August and into September, including Canon, Ciema, Gefel, Harman, LiveU and tcp. Formed last December to promote the adoption of an open-standards approach in transitioning to IP-based broadcast and video production workflows, the summer membership surge saw the alliance pass its 50th member milestone in just eight months.
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NEW YORK – St. Patrick’s Cathedral completed a massive renovation that included an overhaul of its audio system. K-array was chosen by consultants JaffeHolden for its minimal visual profile and high intelligibility. Masque Sound handled the installation.
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LANIER ISLANDS, GA – A massive LED video wall at Lanier Islands presented some sound reinforcement challenges with its 800 foot throw to the audience, and location on top of a hill by a beach. Danley Jericho Horns met the challenge and without distortion.
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LOUISVILLE, KY – Louisville’s 4th Street Live! entertainment complex needed to upgrade its aging sound system. With the expansion of their event programming to include more national artists, the venue looked to RCF and the new HDL50-A system to provide the sound they needed.
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MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA – IKEA’s new Distribution Center warehouse presented audio challenges. With the loudspeakers 30 feet up in the air and row after row of racking, the placement of the loudspeakers was critical. In the end, Community R Series met the criteria for a robust loudspeaker that could be implemented both indoors and out, providing high intelligibility and well controlled dispersion.
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FLORENCE, ITALY – This summer, on the Florence date of Sting’s marathon “Back to Bass” tour, the artist and his band performed at the city’s Cascine Park for a sold-out audience. They were able to enjoy every nuance of Sting’s hits through an Outline GTO audio rig supplied by Emporio On Stage and helmed by the artist’s veteran FOH engineer Howard Page.
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MILWAUKEE – For the Milwaukee Summerfest, Clearwing Audio needed to deliver high-quality sound to a large audience of 8,000 people while keeping stage-to-stage sound bleed in check. Clearwing turned to the VUE system for the Briggs and Stratton Big Backyard stage.
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HONG KONG – Martin Audio MLA’s system cut through noise pollution and still complied with decibel levels at the noise-sensitive new urban development area at the site of the Ultra Music Festival in Hong Kong. “During the event we were receiving noise data from the three measurement points, taken by the local government department and the event production management every 15 minutes, but we received no complaints throughout the entire day,” reports sound tech Chris Pyne.
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SAN FRANCISCO – JK Sound installed Alcons equipment into the Verso event space and nightclub, allowing the venue to quickly switch from hosting events to a nightclub with a one powerful, compact sound system.
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