BEIJING — Allen & Heath recently completed an iLive and GLD training roadshow in China, traveling to several key cities. Organized by Allen & Heath’s distributor, Sanecore, and delivered by A&H product specialist, Nicola Beretta, the sessions were attended by dealers, sound engineers and Sanecore’s technical staff, offering operational training on the iLive and GLD digital mixing systems.
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JOHANNESBURG — In response to brisk sales for Midas PRO consoles via the company’s South African distributor, Prosound (PTY), Midas technical sales manager Jason Kelly and Prosound’s Mark Malherbe hit the road to ensure that the new owners would get the most out of their new consoles.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Electrosound, the distributor for Innovason in Sweden, supported the four-day Oriflame Global Conference attended by 4,000 by providing an Innovason Eclipse digital console to mix the Meyer Sound PA system used for the event. Electrosound’s Brollan Soderstrom set up and piloted the Eclipse for the event, held in Stockholm’s new Friends Arena.
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SHANGHAI — The Budee-sponsored Green Note Stage at the Shanghai International Jazz Festival featured audio mains that produced some hefty output. The L-R setup included seven Martin Audio MLAs and one MLD in each hanging array, and four MLX subs per side on the ground. But the gear itself was compact and light in weight, only 790kg (1,742 lbs) per side. Other gear at the stage included an Avid Profile at FOH, Avid VENUE SC48 on monitors, Lab.gruppen FP 10000Q amplifiers and mics from Blue Microphones and Sontronics.
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PORI, Finland — For Ultra Music Nights @Theatre, one of the venues used for experimental and modern music at the Pori Jazz Festival staged here, Noretron Communications provided L-R configurations of six TTL11-AH/AB assemblies and TTS26-A subwoofer managed by an RDNet control interface. RCF gear was found elsewhere at the festival as well; a total of more than 30 RCF TT+ Series cabinets were in use in five different stage locations.
Read More »WEST LONDON, U.K. —Entec Sound & Light’s Audio division has invested in the latest d&b V-Series line array system, adding to their already substantial rental inventory of d&b gear.
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RIMINI, Italy — Soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone led a concert here recently that was mixed on DiGiCo SD7 consoles at FOH and monitor positions. The live event included multiple genres of music — everything from orchestral music to rock, a vocal chorus and a solo soprano.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Adlib’s audio division is supplying an L-Acoustics K1 sound system and delays for the U.K. and European leg of Radiohead’s current world tour. They are also supplying two of their top engineers —Tony Szabo and George Puttock — who are working with the Radiohead audio team.
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BANGALORE, India — Noting a significant investment in India-based R&D, operations sales and support, Harman Professional has implemented a direct distribution model for its products in India.
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BACKAN CITY, Vietnam — Ohm’s Hanoi based Vietnam distributor, Saomai Audio, recently completed the installation of an extensive Ohm sound system in the Kingdom Disco in Backan City. The distributor’s sound engineers spent a week installing the system and providing training for the house engineers.
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BERLIN — Theater des Westens is currently playing host to a stage musical production of Roman Polanski’s Tanz de Vampire (Dance of the Vampires) with libretto by Dr. Michael Kunze and music composed by Jim Steinmann of Meat Loaf fame. A TiMax Tracker performer tracking system and TiMax SoundHub-S32 delay-matrix help create authentic vocal localization and immersive surround sound effects.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Ankara Sinpas, based here, installed One Systems’ weatherproof 312CIM speakers and 218Sub-W subwoofers as part of the sound system for a new water show here. Akhan SES Isik Ve Gorsel Sistemler Tic of Istanbul handled the audio system design and installation for the attraction, a perk for future owners of 1,000 luxury housing units to open here soon.
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