SYDNEY, Australia – FOH engineer John Delf has been using his Soundcraft Vi4 digital console in conjunction with the Realtime Rack—a library of plug-ins from Universal Audio, compatible with all Soundcraft Vi Series digital consoles – to support the band 5 Seconds of Summer.
Read More »U.K. and ITALY – U.K.-based Audient named Monza, Italy-based Leading Technologies as its distributor in Italy for the company’s compact range, including the USB interface, iD22 and the 8-channel mic pre and ADC, ASP880. Funky Junk Italy continues to look after Audient’s console sales in Italy.
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REGGIO EMILIA, Italy – Eighteen Sound, based here, updated its website recently with a new section devoted to educational videos. The videos, hosted by R&D Manager Steve Hutt, cover a variety of topics relevant to transducer/loudspeaker design, manufacture, behavior and terminology.
Read More »MILAN, Italy – FaitalPRO, based here, has partnered with Russia-based distributor George Vorozheykin’s new company, Spektr Ltd, on the development of a website for the Russian market. The website can be accessed via two URLs: italianspeakers.ru and faitalpro.ru.
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PARIS – SGroup provided two SSL Live consoles to support pop star Amel Bent’s Instinct Tour, with stops this year in France and Switzerland. FOH engineer Thibault Maestracci (pictured here) and Alex Maggi are mixing at FOH and monitors, respectively.
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CHONGQING, China – With a total area of 36,000 square meters, the Guotai Arts Centre hosts a variety of productions including musicals, operas, drama, entertainment, exhibitions and commercial events. The center recently installed Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system, the iLive-176 Surface and iDR10 MixRack as its new FOH console.
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GATESHEAD, U.K. — The Sage Gateshead, a multi-arts venue here, upgraded the sound system serving its 1,700-capacity Hall One performance space with an RCF HDL 20-A line array system provided by Nitelites.
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SHANGHAI, China — More than 350 pro audio and lighting brands are slated to exhibit at Prolight + Sound Shanghai 2014, held from Oct 8 to 11, 2014 at the Shanghai New International Centre Expo.
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LONDON – Adlib supplied audio crew and equipment for Capital FM’s Summertime Ball event, staged at Wembley Stadium here June 21. System Engineer Tony Szabo designed an L-Acoustics K1 / K2 PA system to complement the new stage design. Adlib also provided DiGiCo consoles at both ends of the multicore. The lineup of artists included David Guetta, Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus, Enrique Iglesias, Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris, 5 Seconds of Summer and numerous others.
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CALABRIA, Italy – Outline Butterfly and Mantas loudspeaker systems amplified the voice of Pope Francis on the occasion of the Holy Mass celebrated on the Plain of Sibari here before an estimated 250,000 worshippers June 21. The rig included 56 Butterfly modules, 24 Mantas modules and 24 Subtech 218 for low-end reinforcement. In the vicinity of the Papal chair, two Outline DVS 8, two stage monitor H.A.R.D. 212 and two H.A.R.D. 115 speakers were installed. The choir had other H.A.R.D. 212 monitors at its disposal, while Tripla, Doppia and DVS 10 enclosures covered other areas of the stage. Dee Jay Service from Rende (Cosenza) provided the gear.
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LONDON – Last year, Martin Audio’s MLA technology took on the noise leakage challenges posed by big concert performances at London’s Hyde Park and its close proximity to residential neighborhoods. This year, AEG Live, promoters of the British Summer Time Hyde Park festival, adopted a similar MLA solution. Capital Sound once again deployed MLA and MLA Compact gear, filling the ears of festival attendees listening to McFly and Busted (McBusted, pictured here) while sharply limiting the noise levels registered offsite.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel – The Backstreet Boys, who had been planning to end their 145-date In a World Like This global tour with three shows in Raanana, near Tel Aviv, July 29-31, have cut the tour short and postponed those gigs. Paul Anka also pushed back shows planned for Tel Aviv July 24 and 26.
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