Sofitel and Hotel Mercure in Portugal Install WORK Pro Audio Gear
LISBON and BRAGA, Portugal — Portuguese installer Sislite provided WORK Pro products for installation projects at the Sofitel hotel in Lisbon and Hotel Mercure in Braga.
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In Memoriam: Clay Paky Founder Pasquale “Paky” Quadri
TORRE de ROVERI, Italy – Pasquale Quadri, founder and chairman of Clay Paky SpA, passed away in his home shortly before midnight on Sept. 6. He was 67. Quadri, who is survived by his wife, Antonella; his daughters, Alessandra and Francesca; and granddaughters, Melissa and Martina; is credited as the driving force behind one of the world’s most prominent manufacturers of entertainment lighting fixtures.
Primavera Festival in Spain Features L-Acoustics at Five of Seven Stages
BARCELONA, Spain — For this year’s Primavera music festival in Spain, an event that draws huge crowds to the Parc del Fòrum public park grounds here, Twin Cam Audio specified L-Acoustics sound systems for five of the festival’s seven stages. Twin Cam’s technical director, Juan Cid, worked closely with L-Acoustics touring application engineer Frédéric Bailly to optimize the sound for the five stages. Twin Cam also used the event to debut its recently-acquired K2 components.
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Italian Theme Park Chooses K-array Speakers for New Ride
The Dark Sea, a new ride at Italian theme park Cinecittà World, is a roller coaster journey through Dante’s interpretation of hell which ends with a vertical free fall of 20 meters. The visual elements for this ride are stunning depicting visuals of hell; however, the sound was equally as important to create the fear factor and recreate the imagination of Dante’s inferno. 26 x KK52s and 12 x KMT12s are installed to substantially help the yield of the low frequencies and create a thundering boom for the fear factor.
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New Night Club In Tianjin, China Using EAW Gear
TIANJIN, China– Eastern Acoustic Works Avalon loudspeakers played a key role in the success of the new S.Muse nightclub, located in the Binhai New Area in Tianjin, China. The two level night club features a main PA that consists of four Avalon CLUB.two full range loudspeakers mounted 4 meters high and firing down on the dance floor while four Avalon Sub.two subwoofers drive the low end of the club system. Four compact CLUB.four loudspeakers are used as near-field monitors for the DJ booth. Fourteen EAW JF59 and 10 EAW LA128ZR loudspeakers deliver music to the lounge areas on the first and second floor.
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DPA Microphones Helps Ivan Rutherford Bring Sound of Broadway to Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Actor and singer Ivan Rutherford, who has performed the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables over 2,000 times on Broadway, sang a series of Broadway hit tunes for a recent one-off show staged at the Academic Community Hall here recently. The show, titled A Taste of Broadway, got an assist from DPA Microphones and its Hong Kong distributor, Digital Media Technology. Rutherford performed with DPA’s d:facto vocal mic, and the company’s d:dicate 4011A Cardioid and d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones were used for a piano that accompanied Rutherford’s voice.
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FIFA World Cup Stadiums Relied on Harman Audio Components
BRASILIA, Brazil – Eight of the major stadium venues in Brazil’s 12 host cities featured Harman’s wide range of audio solutions. While the components installed vary by venue, popular products include Harman’s IDX communication systems, AKG microphones, BSS signal processing, Crown amplifiers, Soundcraft digital consoles and JBL loudspeakers.
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Multi-Touch Display at QUT in Australia Uses Biamp Systems Tesira for Interactive Audio
BRISBANE, Australia – Biamp Systems’ Tesira, a DSP-based media system, is used for interactive audio for The Cube, an interactive learning and display space at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) here. The Cube is installed in the university’s Science and Engineering Centre.
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Show-Concept.ch Invests in JBL’s VTX Line Arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers
ELSAU, Switzerland – Swiss rental and event production company show-concept.ch has recently purchased a Harman JBL VTX V20 line array system and additional Crown amplifiers from Harman Professional distributors Dr. W.A. Guenther Audio Systems AG with the aim of broadening the range of services they offer.
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AED Rent Provides JBL VTX, Crown Amps for Euro Gigs
WILLEBROEK, Belgium – Harman’s JBL Professional and Crown amplifiers are turning up the volume across Europe, as AED Rent, based here, delivers a new level of sound quality to festivals and tours across the continent with its inventory of JBL’s VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amps.
Read More »European Athletics Championship in Switzerland Relies on Stagetec Nexus Network
ZURICH, Switzerland – A Stagetec Nexus network consisting of a Nexus Star and five Nexus Base Devices provided signal distribution at the European Athletics Championship held Aug. 12-17 at the Lezigrund Stadium here. Seven OB trucks were connected to the Nexus network, which consisted of 16 base stations. Along with 150,000 visitors over the six days, the event was expected to draw some 370 million viewers.
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The 2014 World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival Mixed on SSL Live Consoles
MALMESBURY, U.K. – Britannia Row Productions once again supported the audio needs for the 2014 World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) Festival, with an assist from Solid State Logic, which provided its SSL Live consoles at FOH for the main Open Air Stage and the Society of Sound marquee at this year’s event. New Zealander Johnny Keirle, pictured here, who returned to mix FOH at the Open Air Stage, credited the desk after quickly getting acquainted with many of its features.
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