NORROY-LE-VENEUR, France — Adamson Europe GmbH and DV2, Adamson’s distributor for France, hosted a two-day Energia seminar recently. Additional guests traveled from the U.K., and technical presentations were provided by Guy Vignet, MD at DV2; Didier Dal Fitto, chief engineer at DV2; Jochen Sommer, MD of Adamson Europe GmbH; and Jesse Adamson, director of marketing and sales at Adamson headquarters.
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LONDON — FOH and Monitors engineers, Antony King and Nahuel Gutierrez, have used Midas consoles of varying shapes and sizes during the year-long world tour with Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds. The pair kicked off the tour with a Midas PRO6 then picked up an XL8 for the arena leg and followed up by using a PRO2C for festivals.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — When Bromma-based Electrosound was tasked with turning a former brewery into an acoustically-viable music venue, the challenges included a profusion of hard, angular surfaces. Electrosound was able to overcome those challenges with careful speaker placement and fine-tuning using gear from Alcons.
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NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK — Adlib’s sales and installation division supplied an L-Acoustics KARA sound system to Scarborough Open Air Theatre, which featured concerts by JLS, John Barrowman, Olly Murs, Alexandra Burke, Russell Watson and others during its 2012 Summer Season.
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LONDON — SSE Audio Group used Soundcraft Vi6 consoles at FOH and monitors for the sixth annual Sunflower Jam, a benefit concert held at Royal Albert Hall to raise money for sick children. The event, which featured Brian May, Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson, Kerry Ellis and Alfie Boe, also served as the debut for Soundcraft’s Si Performer, which controlled narrator mics and interval music.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Land Mawe Ltd, based here, transforms trucks into musical road show vehicles for brands such as Coca Cola and Vodafone. Each vehicle is installed with a stage, screen and sound system equipment, including an Allen & Heath ZED-10FX multi-purpose mixer. Sound Creations, the Paxt Ltd-appointed distributor for Allen & Heath in Kenya, supplied the ZED mixers.
Read More »REGGIO EMILIA, Italy — RCF is offering a three-day introductory seminar in EASE JR and the full version of EASE at the RCF Audio Academy at company headquarters here Nov. 5-7, 2012. Led by Daniele Ponteggia, it is offered in Italian and English and will be geared toward engineers and acousticians new to EASE or looking to improve their basic skills and work more efficiently. The price is 700 EUR (net).
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GLASGOW, Scotland — Wet Wet Wet’s recent one-off show here marked the band’s 25th anniversary and drew a crowd of 12,000. FOH engineer Steve Pattison opted for an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system that included an iDR-64 MixRack and iLive-112 Control Surface with Waves networking.
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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 — DM Audio of Stockholm, Sweden recently used a Martin Audio MLA Compact system with 12 enclosures per side at the Vitabergsparken (White Mountains) for the annual Parkteatern Festival staged by Stockholm City Theater. The festival consists of four weeks of entertainment in the open-air amphitheater.
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BELGRADE, Serbia – Studio Berar recently provided an extensive audio system for The Prodigy’s Warriors Dance Festival at the Kalemegdan Fortress here. Co-promoted by the team behind Exit Festival, the event featured an eclectic and innovative lineup, while the sound reinforcement system included JBL VerTec powered line arrays and Soundcraft Vi6 digital audio consoles.
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LONDON — Jesus Christ Superstar, currently touring venues within the U.K. and Ireland, is receiving full audio support by SSE/Canegreen that includes a DiGiCo SD7 at monitors.
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