KIGALI, Rwanda — To accompany an expansion of the Stade Amahoro here, with a seating capacity that will grow from 30,000 to 50,000 by 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa-based Prosound installed a distributed system consisting of 112IM full weather loudspeakers from One Systems.
Read More »
BANGKOK, Thailand — The College of Music at the Mahidol University here has equipped its new performing arts center with audio, communication and media technology from Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup.
Read More »
GLASGOW — Scottish alt rockers Del Amitri reunited and hit the road for the first time in 12 years with lighting, sound and crew supplied by Liverpool based rental specialist Adlib.
Read More »
HANOVER, Germany – Oliver Voges is among the sound engineers turning to Waves plug-ins to support live shows, including major festivals, live TV events and a roster of artists including Faith No More, Deftones, Tangerine Dream, David Copperfield and Sarah Brightman. Most recently, for German rapper Casper, Voges has been using Waves MultiRack SoundGrid with Waves SoundGrid Server One to run Waves plugins on a Yamaha CL5 Digital Mixing Console.
Read More »
SELANGOR, Malaysia — Clef Productions Sdn Bhd owner Alvin Koh, a user of DiGiCo’s original D5 consoles before adopting the company’s SD Series consoles, used DiGiCo’s SD10 at FOH for a major production titled Anuar Zain’s Three Decades of, Music, Love and Passion. The concert, featuring the singer famed for also serving as a steward for Malaysian Airlines, filled 8,000-capacity Stadium Melawati on Feb. 16.
Read More »
MONTEBELLUNA, Italy – Leading Technologies, a distributor of Harman Professional products, helped the owners of an architecturally significant industrial building convert the structure from its historical use for drying tobacco to a new purpose – the site for the recently opened Mattorosso Restaurant & Live Bar. Although the building itself was not designed with acoustics in mind, Harman components help the site work as a performance venue.
Read More »
SOCHI, Russia — Following its involvement in support the needs of the Summer Olympics, Riedel Communications is providing a large-scale communications network infrastructure for the 2014 Winter Games. Riedel’s MediorNet fiber-based network helps transport HD video and audio signals, data and Riedel Artist intercom signals. Organizers also opted for a Riedel Mass Cast deployment with 14 transmitters and thousands of receivers and earpieces for the big opening and closing ceremonies.
Read More »
NANCY, France – Indochine is kicking off the European leg of its Black City tour this month with Adamson Systems gear including E15 and E12 line arrays and T21 subwoofers. System engineer Julien Poirot is impressed with the sonic quality and coverage of the setup, which was also used for an earlier tour leg for the band.
Read More »
LONDON – Britain’s 19th National TV Awards were held recently at London’s O2. Stewart Chaney’s London-based Plus 4 Audio handled the audio in the venue, specifying a Martin Audio MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array) system. The event, initiated in 1995 and moved to the O2 in 2010, featured host Dermot O’Leary and celebrated the most popular TV shows of the past year.
Read More »
NEW DELHI – Adding to his global collection of luxury nightclubs, Michael Ault recently opened Pangaea in Delhi’s Ashok Hotel. Project manager Garry Lawrence chose Outline gear for the upscale 450-capacity club. White Eagle Entertainment Pvt Ltd (Outline’s distributor for India) supplied and installed the audio, lighting and laser equipment.
Read More »
AMSTERDAM — Bazelmans AVR, a Dutch AV rental company, has invested in the Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system and become one of the first suppliers of the new product. Pictured here, from left, are Eric Mattijsen (AEM), Scott Gledhill (Meyer Sound), Roland Mattijsen (AEM), Aart Habraken (Bazelmans AVR) and Wiljan Bazelmans (Bazelmans AVR).
Read More »SOCHI, Russia — Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup announced that several venues used for the 2014 Winter Olympics here have installed the company’s technology.
Read More »