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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JYVASKYLA, Finland — Noretron Group recently provided the Jyväskylä City Theatre with Lectrosonics wireless gear, including 22 Lectrosonics SMDB/E01 beltpack transmitters, two HH/E01 handheld transmitters and four WRMWB Venue Series/E01 receiver mainframes with 22 channels in all.
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LONDON — The Neon Trees requested a dual FOH/monitor Allen & Heath iLive digital system for a recent performance at a private function in central London hosted by Universal Music.
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BIRMINGHAM, UK — FBT, a first-time exhibitor at the DJ-oriented BPM exhibition held at the NEC here Oct. 6-8, made some noise beyond its booth with its new white-finish Vertus products put to good use at the Denon DJ stand.
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LONDON — Norwest Productions, which has been supporting the production needs of Olympics ceremonies since the Sydney games in 2000, wrapped up its latest Olmpian effort with the closing show for the Paralympics in London in early September.
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SAN PIERO A SIEVE, Italy — K-array drew more than 80 people from around the world to its headquarters here for its first Global Distributors Meeting (GDM) Oct. 2-3, 2012. The GDM represented a chance for the company and its distributors to all meet face to face and discuss new products and noteworthy installations.
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GDANSK, Poland — For a Jennifer Lopez performance that drew nearly 25,000 to PGE Arena Stadium here recently, Gigantsound Letus provided a JBL VerTec system powered by 80 Powersoft K Series amplifiers.
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