International News

CHENGDU, China ― DPA Microphones played a key role at the 2013 Fortune Global Forum, held here in June. The event included a variety of presentations along with a gala dinner, with 30 traditional guzheng players, opera singers, choral and pop singers and a classical piano performance by Lang Lang. Fortune’s audio designer, Ron Lorman, worked with Ken Kimura at DPA’s office in Hong Kong to source several DPA d:facto Vocal Microphones, d:fine Headset Microphones and d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones for the event.

LIVERPOOL, UK — Adlib’s sales and installation division, based here, has supplied rental company Stagetex, based in Merseyside, U.K., with an L-Acoustics ARCS wide / focus (WIFO) sound system. The deal was coordinated for Adlib by Nick Turner. Stagetex’s Peter van Neste is pictured here (left) with Nick Turner.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – For Athletissima, an international track and field competition at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise here, Swiss PA company Auditech provided its recently-acquired Allen & Heath Qu-16 compact digital mixer at FOH. The annual event draws top athletes, and several world records have been set during the games.

OSAKA, Japan – The Hibino Corporation, one of the biggest entertainment production companies in Japan, has purchased Martin Audio’s Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system. The purchase includes four MLA System 36 rigs plus an additional four MLD downfill and four MLX subwoofers. This gives them a combined inventory of 92 MLA, 8 MLD, and 52 MLX enclosures. The new system promises to cover venues like Nagai Stadium in Osaka (pictured here) without requiring the use of delays.

WARSAW, Poland – Michal Ostoja-Ostaszewski, who works often with the Warsaw Philharmonic, is an FOH engineer. While “FOH mixer” is not a position typically associated with a classical orchestra, Ostoja-Ostaszewski is far from your typical live sound engineer. A classically trained master musician and technology-savvy engineer and producer, Ostoja-Ostaszewski brings a modern technological perspective to Warsaw’s concert hall. As he explains, the Mackie DL1608 digital live sound mixer has proven to be the ideal mixing console for this demanding and exacting job.

CORNWALL, U.K. – For Frank Ocean’s recent European tour, engineer Dave McDonald supported the singer’s shows using an Allen & Heath iLive digital system at FOH. The setup included an iLive-112 control surface with 8 in, 24 out, RAB2 ACE, connected to a modular iDR10 MixRack with 56 in, 24 out, RAB2 ACE and Dante. The crew also used an analog split between the iLive and monitor console.

LONDON – Like a “Fine Studio Monitor” for Michael Bublé’s 10 consecutive sellouts at London’s O2 arena, FOH engineer Craig Doubet mixed the shows for 16,000 fans per night on a powerful Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system provided by Montreal-based Solotech.

BADEN, Austria – TON Eichinger Professional Sound Systems provided a wireless system upgrade at the Bühne Baden theatre here. The sales and rental provider equipped the venue with Digital Hybrid Wireless technology from Rio Rancho, NM-based Lectrosonics.

QUEENSLAND, Australia – Salt House is a unique dining, bar, and entertainment venue situated at Marina Point here. Fintan Rafferty and Luis Garozzo, owners and managers of Salt House recently decided to replace the existing sound system in the main Bar and Outdoor Deck Bar. It was at this stage that the experience of Mick Evans from Talk to the Mac was enlisted. Mick worked with Syntec International, K-array’s distributor in Australia and New Zealand to come up with a K-array solution.