KRAKOW, Poland — Allen & Heath GLD-80 and Qu-16 mixers have been installed in the 20,000-capacity Kraków Arena here. Along with the new sound system, the venue features a 500-meter-wide LED screen on its exterior. It is used for sports events, exhibitions, conferences and trade fairs.
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BARCELONA – For events held within a 170 square meter event space, part of the architecturally significant Sant Pau Recinte Modernista World Heritage Site, event organizers can avail themselves of HK Audio’s Elements system for audio support.
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SCHLOSS DANKERN, Germany – S.E.A. Vertrieb & Consulting GmbH provided One System CrossField Array-2TM (CFA-2) loudspeakers to meet the audio needs of the four-day World Cable Ski Championship held here Sept. 24-27. The event featured water skiers and wakeboard riders pulled by a cable system across a lake instead of a motorboat.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Neuron Pro Audio, based here, supported the Outlook and Dimensions festival, held in early September on the site of a ruined fort on Croatia’s Adriatic Coast, with a variety of components from Void Acoustics.
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SHANGHAI, China — At the 10th annual JZ Festival here, with an opening gala performance by Pat Metheny Unity Group followed by two days featuring multiple acts Oct. 18-19, 2014 including Bootsy Collins & the Funk Unity Band, Snarky Puppy and Marcus Miller, among others, the multi-stage setup included new KH8 and KS8 touring loudspeakers from K-array. Other featured performers included Tommy Emmanuel, The Soul Rebels, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Laura Fygi, Jojo Mayer & Nerve, Sinne Eeg and Jazzanova Live with Paul Randolph.
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HAARLEM, The Netherlands — For the 2014 Haarlem Jazz Festival, staged here in mid-August, Jurlights supported the audio needs of the performers with gear that included Alcons LR24, LR16 and BC543 speakers and subs for the Grote Markt main stage and Alcons LR16, BF362 subs and VR12 monitor speakers for the Nieuwekerksplein stage.
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LINCOLN, Lincolnshire, U.K. — Liverpool based Adlib has designed and delivered an L-Acoustics KARA audio system with Midas control for a prominent live performance venue here, the 1,600 capacity Engine Shed.
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ABCOUDE, The Netherlands – Soundcheck, an audio rental firm based here, recently purchased two iP24 iMode digital audio processors from Outline, based in Italy. Pictured here is Soundcheck owner Rodney van Zwol.
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MEXICO CITY – For Ricky Martin’s 2014 shows here and in Guadalajara, Monterrey, and elsewhere in Mexico, Audio Systems del Norte provided a system designed by Oscar Gamas, CEO of Sonotribe Audio Consultants. Gamas specified a main PA of Energia E15 and SpekTrix enclosures from Adamson Systems.
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LONDON – For the return of Culture Club to the stage more than 30 years after hitting the big time with hits like “Karma Chameleon,” longtime FOH engineer Jimmy Sarikas turned to Soundcraft’s Vi3000 console sourced via Harman distributor Sound Technology Ltd. He purchased the Vi3000 for multiple purposes, including live mixing as well as studio and mobile recording.
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OSLO, Norway — Norwegian distributor, LydRommet, has had a busy summer, designing and setting up an extensively upgraded light, audio and AV system at two concert halls used by the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. LydRommet provided Soundcraft Vi3000 digital mixing consoles and JBL VerTec line arrays from Harman for each performance space. The systems are powered by nine Crown I-Tech amplifiers and monitored and processed by JBL HiQnet Performance Manager software.
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VANCOUVER – Sub-zero temperatures, heavy snow, rain and direct sunlight, all within a 24-hour period require careful consideration to find loudspeakers that could withstand these extreme conditions. Allstar Pacific Integration Media Solutions was asked to find an audio system solution for the Patio Ski and Snowboard Park at Cypress Mountain and recommended the Community R.5-99 as the best fit.
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