International News

HERNING, Denmark —Team Teatret, a theatre company, built a cube-like structure in the pavilion of the MCH Messecenter Herning exhibition center here for its one-man production, Dokumentaristen. Ingvar Cronhammar, the theatre company’s sound engineer, chose K-array gear for the unique performance space, including 12 KP52s, four KMT21s, two KMT18s and a KA10 amplifier.

BEDFORDSHIRE, U.K. – Clair UK’s first outing with their new Cadac CDC Four compact digital live console, paired with the new Clair iMicro small format line array, allowed for plenty of toe-room for the recent Footstorm dance tour through the U.K. and Ireland for production company Accept Management, without sacrificing full-scale sonic performance.

CHIBA, JAPAN — For the second year in a row, Comestock provided RCF to support Japan’s Big Beach Festival (BBF) at the Makuhari Seaside Park here. The BBF featured Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) and Basement Jaxx as headliners. Comestock provided active RCF TT+ Touring & Theatre Systems for three stages at the event.

DUBAI, UAE — Audio designer Joe Chidiac of Pulse Middle East was looking to create a focused, high energy dance floor sound field for Café Del Mar in Meydan Beach here. He found a solution in the form of a Turbosound Aspect TA-500 three-way point-source loudspeakers.

DERRY/LONDONDERRY, Ireland — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that Production House, Ireland’s leading supplier of professional audio systems, used an extensive RockNet real-time audio network to support the finale of “The Return of Colmcille” — a landmark production of the 2013 City of Culture celebrations in Derry-Londonderry.

BANGOR, Northern Ireland – MGA Communication Ltd provided a site-wide RCF communication network for the Bangor Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex, a new sports facility located here. The complex houses Northern Ireland’s first FINA standard 50 meter swimming pool.

AMSTERDAM – When in late 2009 leading Amsterdam music and arts centre, Melkweg (Milky Way), purchased a multipurpose Soundcraft Vi4 from Dutch distributors Audio XL it was just the beginning of a relationship with the UK Company’s digital platform. They have now doubled inventory by adding a Vi6, using the same operating platform and Vistonics II interface, but packing a greater number of inputs and busses.

WREXHAM, WALES — Cadac Holdings Ltd., Luton, Beds. UK. CUK – CADAC’s UK distributor – has supplied a CADAC CDC8-16 to Glyndŵr University AVL Technical Services for evaluation and first time ever use for a public performance. The CADAC CDC8-16 features an ultra-compact frame-size with identical 128-channel I/O count, just as the full 32-channel version.

MOSCOW – Completed in 2000 to replace the original cathedral destroyed by Stalin in 1931, Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior is the world’s tallest Orthodox cathedral. It features a vaulted ceiling and hard walls that create reverberation times of over 10 seconds. To improve clarity for its speech and music programming, the cathedral recently upgraded to the new steerable CAL column array loudspeakers from Meyer Sound.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s Space Museum has reinvigorated its visitor offering with an Omnimax planetarium system. The museum’s Lecture Hall has not only benefited from the visual elements of cinematic styling, the audio system is also brand-new. It includes a TiMax2 SoundHub16 multi-channel delay matrix installed as surround system management and spatialization processor.

GELDERLAND, The Netherlands – Decibel 111 Audio recently invested in an Allen & Heath iLive-T80 digital mixing system and ME-1 personal monitor mixers to supplement its rental stock and specifically manage the summer tour dates of top pop band, Hike. Decibel purchased the new A&H equipment following a demo and training day for engineers and musicians at pro audio dealer, Aptronics.

MEXICO CITY — El Tri, a prominent Mexican rock band, opened Oaxaca’s Jovenes en el Arte (Young People in Art) festival with a  free concert that drew a crowd of 10,000 to the Auditorio Guelaguetza.  The concert featured the new NEXO STM modular line array sound reinforcement system, recently purchased by PA rental company Tecno Son Espectaculos.