LUTON, U.K. — Cadac Holdings Ltd. noted an increase in the number of summer festival gigs are getting support from Cadac and Funktion-One gear as sound companies increasingly pair Cadac’s CDC four digital and LIVE1 analog compact consoles with Funktion-One loudspeaker systems.
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LONDON — Dennis Fernandez, longtime FOH engineer for sitarist and world music artist Anoushka Shankar has, until recently, mixed most shows on an Avid VENUE console due to its ability to run Waves plugins. Recently, he has been using Waves plugins on other consoles too. For Shankar’s Traces of You tour, he has been using a Yamaha CL5 console, running his plugins with a Waves MultiRack SoundGrid system for Yamaha, make use of Y16 cards and Waves Impact Servers.
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SEOUL, South Korea — For recent installations in South Korea, Sound Solution, based here, has been supplying gear from Italy-based audio gear manufacturer RCF to Winmediatech, Lotte Data Communication and Desco, respectively, for installations at Gachon University in Gyeonggi Province (pictured here); the Gimhae Lotte World Water Park, near Busan (pictured below); and the Water Polo & Horse Riding Arena, Incheon City (also pictured below).
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LONDON — Forty-five years after they first hit TV screens, the five surviving members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus reunited for a series of live stage performances. Monty Python Live (Mostly) brought together five of the six original Pythons — John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones — along with video clips of Graham Chapman (1941-1989) for 10 shows at London’s O2 arena this summer. DiGiCo consoles were deployed at both FoH and monitor positions.
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WARRINGTON, U.K. — Along with lighting and rigging, Adlib provided for the audio needs of two main arenas and the Hospitality / VIP area at the 2014 Creamfields EDM festival staged at Daresbury Estate near here.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — An Allen & Heath GLD-80 digital mixer has been installed in the main auditorium of the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). The venue mainly functions as a performance site for NTNU’s department of music, and other speech or music performance courses. A GLD system is the main FOH mixing system, fitted with a Dante card for use with playback and recording software, and to provide multi-track live recording facilities if required.
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Gobos do Brasil designed an audio system for a new auditorium here, the Auditório da Basílica Nossa Senhora do Rosário, that includes K-array components, chosen for their compact size and clarity. The project was done on behalf of a religious organization known as Arautos do Evangelho, or “Heralds of the Gospel.”
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BRUSSELS, Belgium –PRG’s EML division, based here, is expanding its inventory this year with 36 E15 line array enclosures and 24 E219 subwoofers. The E15 line arrays have already been deployed at Festivalpark in Werchter, Belgium. PRG EML provided the Energia system for the TW Classic, headlined by The Rolling Stones, and then for Rock Werchter, featuring Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon and Metallica. The E15 system is now currently out for a Spanish tour with Negramaro.
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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Yamaki, Shure’s distributor in Colombia, worked with Idol audio director Juan Pablo Banchik to support Idol Colombia, the 47th local adaptation of the franchise since Pop Idol was launched in the U.K. in 2001. The show relies on an Axient wireless management network, ULX-D digital wireless and Shure KSM9, SM58, and BETA 58A vocal microphones.
Read More »TEL AVIV – Although big concerts planned for Tel Aviv this summer have been cancelled, starting with a July 17 Neil Young/Crazy Horse appearance that was canceled by police out of safety concerns, Lady Gaga’s artRave: the ArtPop Ball tour stop at the same outdoor Tel Aviv site, Hayarkon Park, went on as planned.
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LONDON – Electronic pop band Little Dragon took to the stage at Somerset House here recently. Monitor engineer Marco Cruneri opted for a Soundcraft Vi3000 console to handle mixing duties for the band.
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SALZBURG, Austria – For the 2014 Salzburg Festival’s late Aug. 2014 presentation of Don Juan Kommt aus dem Krieg (Don Juan Comes Back from the War), a play written by Ödön von Horváth in 1936, technical director, Andreas Zechner used a three-module setup of Salzbrenner’s Polaris Touch system.
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