LONDON — Stage Electrics continues to invest in pro audio equipment for their rental department with the recent purchase of two Yamaha CL5 digital consoles plus four RIO 3224-D and two RIO1608-D racks.
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LONDON — For the Relentless Energy Drink Freeze Festival, which brought two days of top-flight snowboarding, skiing and live music to southwest London’s Battersea Power Station in late October, Capital Sound provided a Martin Audio LC system with 218 subs for the main stage. The event featured Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, DJ Shadow, Mark Ronson and Zane Lowe, among others.
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MALANG, Indonesia – For a new 1,600-seat auditorium and 150-seat recital hall at the Southeast Asia Bible Seminary (SEABS) here, Jakarta-based AV integrator PT Gracia Auvindo designed and installed systems including Symetrix’s Solus 8 and Jupiter 4 processors.
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SINGAPORE — Making good on the pledge for international training events made during the company’s Global Distribution Meeting in October, K-array’s Francesco Maffei flew here for a seminar held Nov. 20-23. There, Maffei met distributor partners including representatives from Livegear in Japan, Soundus in Korea, Sennheiser China in Hong Kong and Sennheiser Asia, which hosted the Singapore event. The company expects to sponsor similar events in the U.S. and Hong Kong within the year ahead.
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ALGIERS, Algieria — To mark 50 years since its independence from France, Algeria commissioned a music and dance spectacular to tour the country. An audio rig centering on Outline components supported the production, which was written, composed and choreographed by the Caracalla Dance Theatre of Lebanon.
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OSLO — Midas’ long-time Norwegian distribution partner, AVAB CAC, recently marked the sale of its 50th Midas PRO2/PRO2C consoles in just 12 months. Although most of the consoles have been sold to rentals companies, AVAB CAC has also seen a number go direct to end users, including concert venues, theatres and sound engineers.
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LONDON — Capital Sound was recently approached by Trigger, Professor Green’s tour manager, and Ben Ashbourn, of Relentless Energy Drink promoter Vision Nine, to supply an audio package for the Professor’s last U.K. gig this year before he heads into the studio to work on his next album in early 2013.
Read More »LONDON — Orbital Sound recently completed an audio upgrade at for the 1,800-seat Concert Hall within Fairfield Halls in Croydon, south London. Orbital installed d&b audiotechnik Q1 line arrays along with flown 27A cardioid subs, ground-stacked B2 subs and a Yamaha M7CL console with DME64 mix engine. The Q1 array is complemented by a T-series center-fill cluster, using three Ti10L d&b audiotechnik loudspeakers.
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COLOGNE, Germany – For the 20th annual Arsch Huh music festival, which drew 85,000 to hear 25 bands including BAP, Bläck Fööss, Brings, Tommy Engel and more, Sirius Showequipment AG provided an audio system that included JBL VTX Series line arrays and other Harman gear.
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SYDNEY — A new 500-capacity bar owned by Sydney Theatre Company (STC) may not have the most poetic of monikers, but the name is practical, with directions built-in. It’s called “The Bar at the End of the Wharf.” Head of sound Ben Lightowlers, who notes that STC already owned two DiGiCo SD8 mixers, opted for a DiGiCo SD9 for the venue.
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LONDON — Subfrantic provided sound, light, staging, truss and video for a Brazil-themed fundraiser here recently. The audio package for the event, which raised funds for the Red Cross, included Turbosound loudspeakers.
Read More »LONDON — Starting in April 2013, Britannia Row will be offering a three-month, full-time Live Sound Technology course for those considering a career in the field. Brit Row also announced that advanced courses will be available to industry professionals looking to hone their skills in such disciplines as mix engineering.
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