SOCHI, Russia — Scott Willsallen, director of Auditoria Pty Ltd (Australia), was Audio Director and Designer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic games at Sochi’s 40,000-seat Fisht Olympic Stadium. Agorà of L’Aquila (Italy) supplied the audio gear, and DiGiCo consoles played a major part..
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SOUTH LONDON, U.K. — Following the advice of tour manager Mark Portlock and engineer Liam Halpin, U.K. R&B artist Joel Compass switched to DPA Microphones’ d:facto Vocal Microphone. Since then, the team has noticed an improvement in the singer’s vocal technique.
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WILLINGEN, Germany — The Spring Harvest Festival drew some more than 3,000 German-speaking Christians for a six-day conference here April 6-11. Along with 12 A360 Personal Mixers in the largest hall, Aviom provided two AN-16/i-M Mic Input Modules, one AN-16/i v.2 Input Module, one AN-16/o v.4 Output Module, one D800 A-Net Distributor, and one A-16D Pro A-Net Distributor to support the event.
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PILTON, U.K. — The main audio setup for the Pyramid Stage, a focal point at the annual Glastonbury Festival near here, will include Martin Audio’s MLA system provided by RG Jones Sound Engineering. Pictured here are images from last year’s festival. The 2014 festival is set for June 25-29.
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LONDON — Theatre sound designer Mike Walker chose the Cadac CDC eight digital production console for the recent 50th anniversary revival of Oh What a Lovely War, in London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East. Cadac noted that the application served both as the new console’s musical theatre debut and as the highest-profile use of the digital desk to date. It also marked the first time Walker used a digital console on such an elaborate theatre production.
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BOGATA, Colombia — C. Vilar LTDA provided Adamson Systems gear for the 60,000 drawn to a late April One Direction concert at the Estadio el Campin here. The main FOH system included Energia line arrays, with a variety of Adamson loudspeakers in support roles. The concert kicked off the band’s “Where We Are” world tour.
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DOURO VALLEY, Portugal — Allen & Heath distributor Avitel, provided an Allen & Heath GLD digital system for the Casa da Cultura Mestre José Rodrigues auditorium here. The system includes a GLD-80 mixer plus AR2412 and AR84 remote I/O racks. Pictured here is sound engineer Nelson Martins with the GLD-80.
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SINGAPORE — Concept Systems provided K-array gear — six KK100 line arrays, two KL12 subwoofers, a KA10-10 amplifier and a Redline KR102 system — to support the audio needs for the Atrium at the luxury Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore’s Marina Square development. Concept Systems, K-array’s distributor for the area, collaborated with Sennheiser Asia on the project.
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SILKEBORG, Denmark — Anders Jørgensen, project manager for Copenhagen-based integrator Stouenborg, worked with Steen Mertz, director of communications technology at Jyske Bank, on what is being called an architectural and sonic showcase of sorts — a new approach to corporate meeting room design that includes the use of Meyer Sound’s Constellation acoustic system at Jyske Bank’s headquarters here.
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SEOUL — Di Au Tech worked with Turbosound senior technical specialist Howard Smart on an installation of the company’s Flashline speakers at Vanguard, a mega-club that opened in Seoul’s Samsung District earlier this year.
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