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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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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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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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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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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