WIGAN, U.K. – The Midas PRO1 Digital Mixing Console is the board of choice for Russ Miller and the Tudor House, a popular hotel, pub and performance venue based here. Tudor House has extremely demanding requirements of their sound system. Speaking to his choice of mixing console, Miller offers, “I love the immediacy of the sound of the Midas PRO Series, and the PRO1′s compact footprint fits the limited space in the sound booth.”
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LONDON — Britannia Row Productions Training is introducing a new way of accessing its professional industry-based training in Live Sound Technology. People who already work as live sound technicians and do not require a comprehensive training program are able to book individual topics as one-day sessions from Britannia Row Productions Training’s 12-week Live Sound Technology course. This allows participants to selectively address gaps in knowledge and skills and provides the opportunity to gain confidence in all aspects of Live Sound Technology.
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FRANKFURT — RCF chairman Arturo Vicari (pictured right) announced the formation of the new RCF Mixer Division at Prolight + Sound, in partnership with Umberto Zanghieri, founder of ZP Engineering (pictured left), which has become part of the RCF Group. The company unveiled the first group of its new L-PAD range of audio mixers at the show.
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LONDON — LMC Audio Systems Ltd. and production company DB Audio recently provided a pair of Midas PRO6 digital mixing consoles for the Electric Ballroom venue here, the site for the first in a series of non-publicized performances by Prince (the artist, not Harry and William). The console was chosen for sound quality, but its flexibility also proved advantageous – it easily accommodated a request by Prince’s sound engineer to have all monitors, in-ears and FOH controlled by a single console at FOH.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — The 2014 edition of Prolight + Sound finished strong after four days on March 15, with 897 exhibitors from 42 countries on par with stats from the 2013 event (901 from 41 counties) despite the 2014 event’s month-earlier time frame. Combined with Musikmesse, there were a total 2,242 exhibitors from 57 countries, with a total 110,000 visitors from 142 countries attending the March 12-15 event.
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TEXCOCO, Mexico — The two-day Hell and Heaven Metal Fest that had been scheduled to take place March 15 and 16 at the fairgrounds in this Mexico City suburb has been canceled. State officials cited public safety as the reason for pulling the plug, but town officials and concert organizers, including town spokesman Francisco Vazquez, speculated that politics and economics might have played a role.
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LONDON — Fran Healey, the lead singer of U.K. band Travis, and Marti Pellow, the lead singer of Wet Wet Wet, are the latest in the growing list of vocalists to switch to DPA Microphones’ d:facto Vocal Microphone. In both cases, the artists made the change on the recommendation of their live sound engineer, Tom Wiggans, pictured here.
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SHIJIAZHUANG, China — Sanecore opted to use Allen & Heath’s iLive digital products at the heart of a new audio system installed within an office building for Hebei Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. The new system includes four iDR-16 MixRacks.
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SINGAPORE — Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) recently played host to a congregation of Asia-Pacific sound reinforcement professionals to launch its Anya system to the region. About 200 EAW distributors, FOH engineers, pro audio consultants and rental house representatives from China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Australia met in Singapore to experience Anya first-hand. The two-day event featured in-depth Anya training, an Anya demonstration, and a tour of EAW installations.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Harman’s Soundcraft is hosting its “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) training sessions at Prolight & Sound 2014 in Frankfurt. The sessions offer formal training and demonstrations on Soundcraft’s Si Expression range and the new Vi3000 digital live sound console.
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MEXICO CITY — For the first Spanish language adaptation of the musical Wicked, staged at Teatro Telcel here, Broadway sound designer Tony Meola is using Mexico’s first Constellation acoustic system from Meyer Sound. The system, installed by Naucalpan de Juárez-based Teletec, includes Stella-4, Stella-8, UP-4XP, MM-4XP and UPJunior speakers and and MM-10XP subs.
Read More »UDON THANI, Thailand — The staging structure for a free concert held to raise awareness of human trafficking and slavery collapsed at 12:40 a.m. March 13. One of the 11 crew members injured by falling lighting and video structural elements later succumbed to his injuries. The worker who died was identified as Wichit Srichompoo, 35.
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