AMSTERDAM — Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz tour recently completed its run through Europe following a North American leg earlier this year. Cyrus has been using a Digital 9000 microphone system from Sennheiser with an SKM 9000 handheld transmitter and MD 9235 capsule. The tour returns to the U.S. for the first half of August before moving to the Caribbean, Mexico, South America and Australia this fall.
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ROME — Pope Francis’ address to the 37th National Convocation of the Renewal of the Spirit at Rome’s Olympic Stadium drew a crowd of more than 50,000. The event took place June 1 and 2 and included a variety of speakers, including Pope Francis and cardinals Angelo Comastri, Agostino Vallini and Stanislaw Rylko. The speeches were heard via 84 RCF loudspeaker elements.
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UTRECHT, The Netherlands — Ampco-Flashlight, based here, has updated its rental stock with 24 ME-1 personal monitor mixers and two ME-U hubs with a MADI option card along with four Qu-16 rackmount digital mixers, all from Allen & Heath. Pictured here are Ampco’s racked Qu-16s and ME-1s, in use at the most recent Top 2000 event.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — For the SBB/CFF Swiss Railway exhibition at Lausane Station here, K-array’s Swiss distributor, ZAP audio, provided 16 K-Array KAN200 (Anakonda) speakers, four K-Array KU36 sub-basses and two K-Array KV50s. The latter were installed on top of the two large LCD screens seen by the audience.
Read More »HANOI – Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup Audio Video Mediensysteme GmbH’s system contractor department in Buttenheim (Germany) has been selected to equip the all-new Vietnamese parliament complex with cutting-edge conference and audio gear. The total investment for the new building facing the mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh is thought to be a nine-figure amount.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Allen & Heath’s iLive-112 digital systems were used at Brazil’s big carnival celebrations to manage the live performances of artists including Claudia Leite, Jota Quest, Pericles, and Michel Telo. Mixes were also routed to four GLD-80s, which handled the worldwide broadcast feeds.
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BECHYNE, Czech Republic — For an event set to take place Aug. 4-10 at the Chateau Resort Bechyne here, Sensaphonics president Dr. Michael Santucci will be giving a talk on hearing protection. The event is a musical retreat led by jazz-fusion drummer and composer Billy Cobham, pictured here.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The 2014 FIFA World Cup, set for June 12 to July 13, is showcasing the world’s best soccer players at 12 major venues around the country — including seven new and five renovated stadiums. Soundvision Engineering designed and installed the system at Estádio Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte, capital of Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, and played a role at two other stadia as well — Arena de Sao Paulo (in Sao Paulo) and Arena Amazonia (in Manaus, capital of another Brazilian state, Amazonas). For all three venues, Soundvision chose Community Professional loudspeaker systems.
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Big A Productions supported the audio needs at a post-race party at the Pullman Hotel here. Audio engineer Anthony Noel Yap deployed a system including KR402, KMT21 subs and KP102 (Python) components for complete coverage.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The stadium hosting the FIFA World Cup 2014 finals competition features an Electro-Voice sound system and a Dante network card-enhanced Allen & Heath GLD-80 mixer. The mixer controls audio distribution around the entire stadium through fiber optic cables. Pictured here with the GLD-80 mixer is Carlos Eduardo Melo Ramires (Kadu) from A&H’s Brazilian distributor, AudioPremier, at the stadium.
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ZHENJIANG, China – Placing an emphasis on audio clarity and power, the 2014 Chang Jiang International Music Festival used a variety of equipment from Harman’s JBL, Crown and Soundcraft lines. The PA system at the Yangtze Stage featured 24 JBL VTX V25 line array elements, a combination of 12 VTX S28 and G28 subwoofers, 16 STX812M loudspeakers as stage monitors, eight VERTEC VT4888 midsize line array loudspeakers as front and side fills. The system was powered by 32 Crown I-Tech 12000 HD, eight I-Tech 6000 and two sets of I-Tech 4×3500 HD amplifiers. The Jinshan Stage featured 24 JBL VERTEC VT4889 fullsize line array elements as the main PA, 16 VT4880 subwoofers and eight VT4888 loudspeakers as front fills and side fills. This system was powered by 24 Crown I-Tech 12000 HD, eight I-Tech 6000 and two sets of I-Tech 4×3500 HD amplifiers. Two Soundcraft Vi6 consoles were used to manage the sound at these stages.
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