ESSEN, Germany – The Aalto Theatre here turned to equipment from Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup including the company’s AURUS console, several NEXUS Base Devices and the NEXUS STAR router.
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ATLANTA – FOH engineer Paul “Pab” Boothroyd has been using Avid’s VENUE and Pro Tools for the live mix and to record Paul McCartney as the former Beatle continues on his 59-show “Out There” solo tour. Boothroyd, who makes use of Avid Artist Suite, powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform, credited the digital system for simplifying his setup and streamlining his workflow.
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Peavey Electronics has partnered with King BMX Stunt Show, providing a fleet of Peavey gear including several compact, feature-rich PV 8 USB mixers and PVXp 15 speakers, as well as a 100-channel, true diversity Pro Comm PCX U-1002 Handheld Wireless System.
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BUENA PARK, CA – For this year’s Knott’s Scary Farm, the theme park is using dual redundant Q-Sys Core 500i processors to manage sound effect prompts and audio distribution needs in five of the park’s themed walk-through mazes. Currently, five of the eight mazes are networked giving the’ crew the ability to interface with other show systems. Custom Lua scripts enable the Q-Sys cores to serve in both network, distributed audio and show control functions with UDP commands sent and received from lighting, video and animatronic controllers. Additionally, GPIO on Q-Sys and other the systems provide further interface capabilities for nearly unlimited control options.
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ZURICH, Switzerland — Riedel Communications supplied radio and intercom services for the European Athletics Championships. Riedel’s MediorNet network carried video to the LED walls in Letzigrund Stadium, the road race in the city and to two warm-up stadiums. Four Artist digital matrix intercom systems enabled communications across the stadium and on the road race course while the Riedel Juggler enabled the connection of TETRA radio systems to support nearly 500 volunteers. The company also managed frequency coordination for radios, microphones, in-ear systems, and wireless camera systems — a total of more than 300 devices — used in the stadium and on road races.
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After a decade in small clubs on the Midwest indie circuit, The Black Keys are now playing arena shows. As their success has grown, so have their audio needs. For their current Turn Blue worldwide tour, the band packed a full range of Sennheiser microphones. “I’ve used the Sennheiser line exclusively for years,” said production manager Anthony Pitcher. “It wasn’t a tough sell with my audio team – they’re brilliant engineers who already had a thorough knowledge of the product line. It was just up to me to bring it to the table for this band.”
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BOOM, Belgium – Tomorrowland organizers chose multiple L-Acoustics K Systems to reduce sound spillover stage to stage, keep within strict sound limits and still provide optimum sound quality for the huge crowds. A cumulative total of more than 400,000 attended the 10th festival July 24-26, 2014.
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LONDON – British loudspeaker manufacturer Void Acoustics will be supporting the Red Bull Culture Clash in London by collaborating with London grime crew Boy Better Know. Red Bull describes the event as “a live music experience which has taken place in the UK three times before. The show includes four stages, each featuring a different crew representing different genres. These crews battle for the title of Red Bull Culture Clash winner.” The Oct. 30 finale follows similar events held in Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol, U.K. earlier in October.
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BUENA PARK, Calif.— To keep up with the fast pace of shooting a reality TV show, the audio team for Ink Master turned to the Yamaha QL5 Digital Audio Console paired with Dante Networking. “The control room essentially never gets powered down, and shooting takes place around the clock,” said Peter Schneider co-owner of Gotham Sound and Communications. “Marty’s (Kelly) main concern was that the system be absolutely rock solid. We both felt that the Yamaha QL5 and Dante networking could provide that inherent reliability.” Note: Martin Kelly, pictured here, left, passed away shortly after the new season began.
SWITZERLAND and GERMANY – Out Board’s TiMax delay-matrix and performer-tracking systems were used at a variety of outdoor shows across Europe including productions of AIDA the Musical in Thunersee, Switzerland; Verdi’s Nabucco in Schwerin, Germany; a rock-opera version of Jedermann in Erfurt, Germany and the Military Tattoo in Basel, Switzerland (site pictured here).
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LOS ANGELES – Steely Dan recently wrapped up their second consecutive summer tour utilizing Granelli Audio Labs G5790 microphones – one on each of drummer Keith Carlock’s two snares. FOH engineer Mark Dowdle credited the microphone for ease of use and sound quality.
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Focusrite released four new second-generation interfaces for its RedNet line of products based around the Dante audio-over-IP networking system. The four new models are the MP8R 8-channel remote-controlled mic pre; D16R AES/EBU interface; HD32R HD Bridge for Pro Tools; and the D64R MADI bridge.
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