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MS-Rent has been working with event producer Media Event Ltd., supporting summer festivals throughout Hungary with JBL VTX, VerTec and Crown I-Tech HD amps from Harman. Pictured here, the main stage at the Strand Festival.

MS-Rent Provides JBL, Crown Gear for Hungarian Festivals

BUDAPEST, Hungary – MS-Rent has been working with event producer Media Event Ltd., supporting summer festivals throughout Hungary with JBL VTX, VerTec and Crown I-Tech HD amps from Harman. The events range from the Strand Festival (main stage pictured here), the Belvarosi Fesztival, the Sziget Festival, the Balaton Sound festival, a student event called EFOTT, the Viva Comet music competition, and events geared for fishing enthusiasts and families sponsored by OTP Bank.

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Working with designer Bernard BYK, Amadeus director of R&D Michel DeLuc provided an installation of more than 180 speaker components for France’s National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

Amadeus Installs Custom-Designed Speaker System for Major French Museum

PARIS — Working with designer Bernard BYK, Amadeus director of R&D Michel DeLuc provided an installation of more than 180 speaker components for France’s National Museum of Natural History here recently. The massive installation, done in collaboration with Merging Technologies, Solid State Logic and Flux, also entailed the design of new Amadeus gear to meet the needs of the project.

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The main PA at Simon Bolivar Park consisted of two line arrays made up of 18 Adamson E15 modules followed by four E12 enclosures.

C. Vilar’s Adamson Gear Supports Back-to-Back Shows in Colombia for Carlos Vives

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia — In support of Carlos Vives’ recent back-to-back concerts here and in Bogotá, C. Vilar provided separate P.A. systems, both centering on Adamson Systems gear. C. Vilar used its full Adamson Systems inventory, in fact, to support the needs of the two shows, held at Macal Stadium in Villavicencio and Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá.

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Avicii Performs at Creamfields 2014 with SSL Live Support

Avicii Performs at Creamfields 2014 with SSL Live Support

DARESBURY, U.K. — Creamfields 2014 drew more than 60,000 EDM fans during its Aug. 22-24, 2014 run. The main North and South Stages both featured large-scale PA systems, supplied by Britannia Row Productions, Ltd., with SSL Live consoles at front of house.  Wayne “Rabbit” Sargeant, FOH engineer for Avicii, used an SSL Live L500 console for the headliner’s performance.

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16 Killed, 11 Injured at K-Pop Concert; Festival Safety Official Takes Own Life

SEONGNAM, South Korea — As a crowd of about 700 gathered Oct. 17 near an outdoor stage featuring different K-pop bands, some spectators hopped over a short wall to stand on a ventilation grate. The grate and 27 spectators fell more than 60 feet to an underground parking area. Fourteen died on site; two others succumbed from injuries later. The remaining 11 were severely injured.

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London’s National Theatre Boosts MADI Capacity with Six Optocore DD4MR-FX Converters. Pictured here, Alex Caplen with the Optocore rack in the Dorfman Theatre

London’s National Theatre Boosts MADI Capacity with Six Optocore DD4MR-FX Converters

LONDON – After reviewing of their playback systems, and to meet a need for higher capacity MADI streams, the National Theatre on London’s South Bank purchased six Optocore DD4MR-FX converters from HD Pro Audio. These have been deployed as MADI interfaces for the venue’s DiGiCo SD7T and SD10T consoles. Project engineer Tim Middleton and senior sound technician Alex Caplen worked on the upgrade. Pictured here is Caplen with the Optocore rack in the Dorfman Theatre.

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Behind the Scenes UK Launched at PLASA 2014

LONDON — The industry stepped up at PLASA 2014 to care for its own by supporting Behind the Scenes UK, the new charity that will provide financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals in need due to serious illness or injury. Through its raffle and other charitable donations, the charity received close to £40,000. Pictured here is White Light’s John Simpson, who also serves as chair of the Behind the Scenes UK Board of Trustees, with Amber Etra, winner of the Third Prize, a £500 hotel voucher. The Second Prize  (£1,000 Amazon gift card) went to Phil Hurley of Stage Sound Services Ltd in Cardiff. The First Prize was won by an American – Jerome Dunn of StageLight in Texas.

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