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“Frankenstorm” Shuts Broadway for a Third Day

“Frankenstorm” Shuts Broadway for a Third Day

NEW YORK — With mass transit still snarled by the surge of seawater inundating neighborhoods and tunnels, the Broadway League, representing 40 theaters in the city, opted to pull the plug on performances Tuesday, Oct. 30, extending the storm-related shutdown that kept stages dark Sunday, Oct. 28 and Monday, Oct. 29. Among the cancelled productions for all three days: Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, Once and Mama Mia! and off-Broadway shows including Stomp, Bad Jews, Disgraced and Golden Child. At Carnegie Hall, appearances by the Tokyo String Quartet on Oct. 28 and Jadranka Jovanovic Oct. 29 were also canceled.

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Alcons BC332 Compact Subwoofer, front and back view

Alcons BC332 Compact Subwoofer

Alcons’ BC332 self-contained, high-output cardioid subwoofer system is designed for both permanent and portable ground-stacked applications. Like the bigger BC543, the BC332 is designed to offer a directivity controlled, high output, tight and accurate sub-bass response for low-frequency extension of any Alcons pro-ribbon system.

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Behringer Releases AX Control Software

Behringer Releases AX Control Software

Behringer announced the availability of its Eurocom AX Series amplifier control software, which is designed to allow integrators to set up, control and monitor all Eurocom AX Series DSP models with a local PC via the front panel USB connector, or remotely over a network via the rear panel Ethernet port. A front panel LCD display also allows setup and adjustments directly at the amplifier; no PC required.

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Grundorf Tour 8 Series Snake Rack, model T8-SNR-16C

Grundorf Tour 8 Series Snake Racks

Grundorf’s new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks are designed to serve as a road worthy mobile / touring solution for musicians and audio professionals. They are available in 12-, 16-, 18-, and 20-space configurations. Along with a rack-mountable snake box, these cases also have a compartment on the utility side of the enclosure to house the snake reel.

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Sandy Audio Visual, PA+ Plan Elaborate Setup for Nov. 3 Event in Toronto

TORONTO —Sandy Audio Visual (SAV) and PA+ are planning an elaborate setup to support the technical needs of the Grand Musical Evening planned for Rogers Center here on Nov. 3. Indian film composer, singer and lyricist Maestro Dr. Ilaiyaraja will lead more than 100 Western and South Asian musical artists on stage. The audio setup will include 96 JBL VerTec 4889s, 12 4887s and 30 4880 Subs, all powered by Crown I-Tech 12000 HDs and Crown I-Tech 5000 HDs, with four Yamaha PM5D-RH FOH consoles and four Yamaha M7Cl-48s at monitors for control.

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Soundcraft Vi Series boosted by v4.7 software release

Soundcraft Vi Consoles Get Boost from V4.7 Software Release

POTTERS BAR, U.K. — Soundcraft has noted that its recent V4.7 release for its Vi console series has significantly expanded the input capacity for the Vi4 model, boosting it to 96 inputs, on par with Soundcraft Vi2 and Vi6 models. Show files are now fully compatible between Vi2, 4 and 6 consoles. Soundcraft also announced new Virtual Vi software for the Vi1 and a number of feature upgrades across the board.

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Kingdom Disco in Backan City, Vietnam equipped with Ohm gear

Vietnamese Disco Installs Ohm Audio Gear

BACKAN CITY, Vietnam — Ohm’s Hanoi based Vietnam distributor, Saomai Audio, recently completed the installation of an extensive Ohm sound system in the Kingdom Disco in Backan City. The distributor’s sound engineers spent a week installing the system and providing training for the house engineers.

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The Berlin production of Tanz de Vampire

TiMax Tracks the Vampires in German Production of Polanski’s “Tanz de Vampire”

BERLIN — Theater des Westens is currently playing host to a stage musical production of Roman Polanski’s Tanz de Vampire (Dance of the Vampires) with libretto by Dr. Michael Kunze and music composed by Jim Steinmann of Meat Loaf fame.   A TiMax Tracker performer tracking system and TiMax SoundHub-S32 delay-matrix help create authentic vocal localization and immersive surround sound effects.

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