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Audio producer Jesse Lewis with DPA Microphones’ d:dicate Recording Microphones

World Cup Concert in Rio Heard via DPA Microphones

RIO DE JANEIRO – Audio producer Jesse Lewis knew he needed reliable microphones for the the World Cup Concert, which was broadcast live from HSBC Arena here July 11 and featured performances by Plácido Domingo, soprano Ana María Martínez, Chinese pianist Lang Lang and the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, among others. Lewis, pictured here, turned to DPA Microphones for its range of d:dicate recording mics, including the 4006 Omnidirectional, 4011 Cardioid and 4041 Large Diaphragm solutions.

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Harman Provides Sound For Kopparberg Urban Forest Festival

LONDON  – The Kopparberg Urban Forest Festival will feature a complete sound reinforcement system composed of Harman AKG microphones, Crown amplifiers, JBL loudspeakers and Soundcraft mixing consoles. The main PA features eight JBL VTX V20 loudspeakers, four S25 subwoofers, complemented by two VTX F15s plus VTX F12, VTX F18S and STX812M stage monitors. The system is powered with two Crown VRack 4×3500 HD systems and an I-Tech 5000 HD amplifier.

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Harman Provides Sound for An Ode to the Blues Festival

BANGALORE, India — Harman provided a complete live sound system and Martin lighting for the An Ode to the Blues festival in Bangalore, India. Two stages were equipped with a variety of JBL loudspeakers including four VRX 900 Series loudspeakers, two STX828 dual-18-inch subwoofers, two PRX615M powered loudspeakers and two STX815M loudspeakers. The loudspeakers were powered by Crown VRACK complete, self-contained amplifier systems, which include I-Tech HD Series power amps, analog and digital connections and a globally universal power distribution system, all housed in wheeled rack with a suspension system that enables VRACK to be flown if desired.

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TVN Uses Lawo Technology for Hurricane Festival in Germany

TVN Uses Lawo Technology for Hurricane Festival in Germany

SCHEESSEL, Germany – For the Hurricane festival, where headliners Arcade Fire, Volbeat, Seeed, Kraftklub, and Fettes Brot, among others, drew 70,000 visitors, TVN Mobile Production GmbH brought their Ü3 OB truck (equipped with a Lawo mc²66) and a mobile control room (with a Lawo mc²56) to mix the live broadcast sound from the two main stages and make multitrack recordings for later broadcast.

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National Theatre Nicaragua Upgrades Sound System with d&b Components

National Theatre Nicaragua Upgrades Sound System with d&b Components

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — International Sound’s Licenciado Ramon Rodriguez provided d&b audiotechnik components for the multi-level 1,200-capacity Teatro Nacional here last fall. The setup includes T-Series including the T10 in a flown LCR configuration. The L-R hangs also include 27A SUBs from the d&b xA-Series flown immediately behind them. More T10s are stacked L-R at stage level atop d&b V-Series V-SUBs.

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Antonius Kern and Stefan Kling

Antonius Kern Using WavesLive Tools for TV Shows in Germany

BERLIN, Germany — Live FOH, broadcast, and monitor mixing engineer Antonius Kern is part of a growing trend of live audio professionals using tools from Waves Audio’s WavesLive division, a leader in all live sound market segments and an innovative developer of solutions for live platforms. Kern’s credits include German TV productions Popidol, Popstars, The Voice of Germany and The Voice Kids, and music acts such as Patrice, Max Herre, and Joy Denalane.

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Pure Groove Systems Gears Up for “Lost in A Moment”

AMSTERDAM – Pure Groove Systems is gearing up to support Lost in a Moment, due to take place July 20 at Sportpark Riekerhaven here. The company, which also recently supported the Lightning in a Bottle transformantional festival in Bradley, CA, notes that the Lost in a Moment event will be an “11-hour musical journey based on the challenging and innovative Berlin sound.”

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Light of Life Chapel in Korea Features Discreet K-array Solution

GAPYEONG, South Korea – The ‘Light of Life’ Chapel, made from more than 600 trunks of Russian red pine that a Korean businessman gathered over the course of 10 years, is an architectural wonder but an acoustic challenge, particularly when the installation requires that the audio gear be heard but not seen. Soundus, K-array’s Korean distributor, provided a system that includes four KP52 ultra slim wall mount speakers that were hidden within the beams, with three KAN200s  also wrapped around the shape of the buildings’ structure, in particular the cylinders extending from the roof.

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Jazz Festival in Lugano, Switzerland Mixed by Aurus Console

LUGANO, Switzerland – Stagetec equipment supported TV broadcasts of Estival Jazz, a festival produced by Swiss broadcaster RSI, which tagets the Italian speaking portion of Switzerland. The outside broadcast vehicle with its integrated Aurus console was patched directly to Studio A of the RSI TV station in Comano, 10 kilometers away, via fiber optic cables. The signals from the musicians were routed to the Aurus sound control room in Studio A via this line, mixed there and routed back to the OB. From there the mix was integrated into the TV program. The festival took place July 10-12 at Lugano’s Piazza Riforma.

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Paolo Nutini U.K. Gigs Mixed at Monitors with iLive Setup

LONDON – Fresh off the Franz Ferdinand tour, monitor engineer, Tom Howat took the same iLive modular set up of an iLive-112 Surface and iDR10 MixRack with additional PL10 remote controller on a short UK tour with Paolo Nutini. The tour began with BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival in Glasgow in late May and culminated in a performance at London’s Roundhouse on June 3.

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Funktion-One for Roskilde’s Apollo Mission

ROSKILDE, Denmark – Seeking to minimize bass spread from the Apollo stage, organizers of the Roskilde Festival chose Funktion-One speakers. The system comprised 24 Funktion-One Resolution 5 Touring speakers, configured in left and right clusters of 12. The all-important bass reinforcement came from 12 Funktion-One F221 and eight F218 enclosures.

 

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