AMSTERDAM — The Yamato troupe of Japanese taiko drummers used the d:vote 4099 Rock Touring Kit from DPA Microphones for their recent tour of venues around Europe. Sound Adventure provided the audio gear for the tour. Pictured here is Erik Bouwmeester, owner of Sound Adventure and FOH engineer for Yamato.
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GHENT, Belgium — Pro audio and lighting specialists ARC-Productions, based near this city in Belgium’s Flanders region, have confirmed the purchase of 16-enclosure Martin Audio MLA Compact and Mini PA rigs, the first company in that country to do so. Pictured here are, from left, Steven Kemland, Andy Davies (Martin Audio), Marc De Baets and Andreas Weingärtner (Martin Audio) at the PL+S booth in Frankfurt.
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LONDON — Britannia Row Productions once again chose Turbosound’s Flashline line array speaker system in January this year for the annual tour of Young Voices, which featured a full band and a choir of several thousand primary school pupils performing at major arenas throughout the U.K. The setup included Flashline TFS-900H, Flex Array and TQ-440SP enclosures and TFS-900L subwoofers.
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SYDNEY — Eternity Playhouse, the new home for the Darlington Theatre Company, is housed within the renovated Burton Street Tabernacle. The theatre company opted to install gear from JBL’s VP (Venue Performance) Series to optimize the sound within the space. The venue has also been equipped with a Soundcraft Si Expression 2 digital mixer for FOH mixing. Jands’ account manager Rod McKinnon led Jands’ technical resource team on the project.
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SHANGHAI – Sennheiser Group and the Shanghai Concert Hall have agreed to terms that officially renames the Shanghai Concert Hall, “Sennheiser Shanghai Concert Hall.” The company also introduces its new record label, Sennheiser Media. Famed Chinese musical prodigy, A-Bu is the label’s first signing, and Sennheiser is pleased to launch A Bu’s first album at this event.
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LONDON – Britannia Row’s latest DiGiCo SD7 console purchase went directly to use on the recent BRIT Awards. “For the first time on the BRITS I specified DiGiCo SD7 consoles for use on front of house and monitors,” said Derrick Zieba, audio designer and live sound supervisor for the show. “I had used this console for the first time on the Classic BRITS last year and was amazed by the audio quality, transparency, flexibility and reliability of this board.”
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LONDON — An investigation has determined that wooden ceiling frames held up by cloth and plaster ceiling ties since 1901 gave way in the Dec. 19, 2013 partial ceiling collapse at London’s historic Apollo Theatre, according to news reports.
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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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