BARCELONA, Spain – Equipson product manager Juan José Vila joined a panel discussion on the use of the latest audio visual technologies in a retail setting. The meeting took place Oct. 2 at Barcelona’s Escuela Superior de Disseny IED.
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LONDON – To support the audio needs for Monty Python’s performance at the O2 Arena here in July, sound designer and Sonalyst Rory Madden included Countryman’s H6 headset mic. The final show of the ten-date production was aired live on UK Gold and across the world, so choosing the right microphone was a top priority.
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CARTHAGE, Tunisia — Lawo announced that the audio crews for the International Festival of Carthage’s 2015 edition, set for July and August next year, will make use of its recently introduced mc²36 mixing console. Pictured here at IBC 2014 is, at left, Sami Sidhom from Lawo’s Tunisian partner, Pro Audio and Light (PAL). With Sidhom are Lawo’s Rainer Kunzi, Christian Struck and Klaus-Jörg Jasper.
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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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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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LONDON — Joao Caetano, percussionist for jazz funk band Incognito, took along his own selection of DPA microphones including four d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones and a stereo pair of d:dicate 4011A Cardioid Microphones for a performance at Shepherd’s Bush Empire here. The band, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, recorded a live concert DVD at the venue.
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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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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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IBIZA, Spain — For a seasonal send-off dubbed the Space Closing Fiesta, the Space Ibiza nightclub welcomed more than 30 DJs and thousands of guests on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, who bid farewell to the iconic venue for another year. The musical beat was once again heard via a Funktion-One sound system.
Read More »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 – 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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SAN PIERO a SIEVE, Italy — K-array, based here in Italy’s Tuscany region for 24 years, has been inviting its business partners to visit for its annual meeting. The most recent GDM event was attended by 26 distributors representing the brand in close to 100 different nations. K-array honored them for their innovative efforts to keep the brand growing.
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