MEXICO CITY — For the current world tour for Mexican alt/psychedelic band Zoé, monitor engineer Gustavo Zertuche is using an SSL Live console supplied by Meridian Proaudio to drive the group’s wedges and in-ear monitors. Meridian Proaudio was the first rental company in Latin America to add the new console to its rental inventory.
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STRASBOURG, France – For a cine-concert pairing the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and a 24-voice choir, Lawo’s mc256 console played a key role. Some 6,000 people attended.
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SYDNEY — Australian punk pop band, 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS), recently completed a tour of the U.K., U.S. and Australia, and is heading to Europe in support of One Direction in Europe. Ben Booker, pictured here, is using a compact Allen & Heath iLive system to manage monitors.
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LONDON — The Serpentine Gallery commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to create a second space — the Sackler Gallery, which features Zaha Hadid’s characteristic curvaceous white roof. Jake Miller from RG Jones met the challenge of meeting the objectives for “full-range sound — bass response below 100Hz — without being obtrusive to the eye” by installing K-array’s compact KZ12 and KKS50 components.
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LONDON — The West End production of the musical, The Bodyguard, is relying upon DPA Microphones’ d:screet 4060 Omnidirectional Miniature Microphones to provide amplification for all cast members with audible parts. Autograph supplied the gear.
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ERLANGEN, Germany — The Markgrafentheater here has installed a stage management system from the Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup as part of a recent equipment upgrade. New components include a PerformanCeTRL controller and a DELEC CS 1624 intercom matrix from the company’s oratis compact range. The systems were installed within three months. They are currently being used to support the Bayerische Theatertage festival, which runs from May 16-31.
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PRETORIA, South Africa — For a new 6,500-seat CRC Christian Church here, Pastor AT Boshoff and his team turned to an engineer in the U.S., Armando Fullwood of Waves, for audio console advice. They followed is recommendation and are now using DiGiCo consoles provided by local distributor Tadco, including an SD Ten at FOH and a pair of SD8s — one at monitors and the other for the church’s broadcast studio.
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SHANGHAI, China — The partnership between Sennheiser China, which represents K-array, and the Shanghai Concert Hall includes the installation of K-array speakers within the 1,122-seat venue. The system includes nine white KP102 units, two KMT18P subwoofers and a KP102 and a KMT18P unit for front fill.
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MUMBAI, India — Ansata CS Pvt Ltd founder Leslie J Lean noted that the company, which was named a distributor of d&b audiotechnik’s products at Prolight+Sound in March, had briefed its staff and trained three engineers to support the brand with its seven offices throughout the subcontinent. As an extra measure “to reach out to our clients and end users as quickly as possible,” Lean said, the two companies arranged for d&b’s Gert Sanner to travel to each regional office.
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VALENCIA, Spain — For the finals game staged at the 9,000-capacity Fuente San Luis, Sonovideo provided an audio system capable of rising above the cheers of the capacity crowd supporting the home team, the Valencia Basket, as they took on the Unics Kazan (from Russia). The audio was flown above center court, with six LX-V8 arrays rigged on an aluminium frame.
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OSLO, Norway — The Internasjonalen (The International) club her turned to audio-provider Avon for a main stage loudspeaker system by VUE Audiotechnik. Avon owner Edgar Lien co-designed a system centered on VUE’s h- and a-Class components. Pictured here is designer Eddie Lien with Internasjonalen’s new VUE h-Class system.
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BUTTENHEIM, Germany — Salzbrenner Stagetec Audio Video Mediensysteme GmbH staged its first HighTecDay at the company’s headquarters here on May 15. The event was organized with an assist from Sennheiser and drew attendees from Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the stage, show, audio and communication sectors.
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