TROMSO, Norway — The Hålogaland Theatre here is putting its new DPA d:fine Headset Microphones through their paces for the venue’s current musical, which runs from Sept. 6 to Nov. 28. Jim Oddvar Hansen, head of sound at the venue, credited the headset microphones not just for performance but for user comfort as well — undoubtedly making the cast of Les Misérables less miserable.
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UTRECHT, The Netherlands — The summer production of Orfeo ed Euridice involved a number of challenges, including the need for veteran opera singers to get used to in-ear monitors and an FOH position by the floating orchestra pit on a pond near Soestdijk Palace here. Amco Flashlight Rental provided a DiGiCo SD7 at FOH and a DiGiCo SD9 at monitors.
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Turkish integration company Asimetrik installed RCF’s TT+ Touring and Theatre series speakers within the 60,000-square-meter, 10,000-capacity Astana Hz. Sultan Mosque, one of the largest mosques in central Asia. The 90-foot diameter, 140-foot tall main hall has one main and eight smaller cupolas.
Read More »LONDON — Shure’s new Axient wireless microphones were widely used by a galaxy of headline stars at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies during London’s sporting summer. Working together with the UK-based company Delta Sound, Antipodean audio systems supply specialists Norwest favored Shure from early on in the systems design process for the event. The games this summer marked Axient’s debut at an Olympic Ceremony.
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LONDON — The TiMax Soundhub matrix server found itself at the heart of the London 2012 Olympic Park this summer when it was deployed in the Coca-Cola Beatbox pavilion to control a multi-channel soundscape system distributed around the interior.
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KRAKOW, Poland — Tommex Zebrowscy Sp. J. factored the difficult acoustics and harsh climatic conditions of the Cracovia Rink before installing Community WET and R-Series loudspeakers. The sound system also includes a Dynacord CMS 1000-2 mixer and Dynacord DSP244 digital processor and also a g+m elektronik APROSYS APS modular system.
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SANDNES, Norway — PAP Stavanger, Svakstrøm and Kran Elektro Service installed a new L-Acoustics KARAi system at the Sandnes Kulturhus in western Norway. The cultural venue was seeking a consistent-sounding system that could handle higher SPLs. Norway’s L-Acoustics distributor, Scandec Systemer AS supplied the system.
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CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Idol Puerto Rico, the Caribbean island’s version of American Idol in the U.S. and Pop Idol in the U.K., is now in its second season, now accompanied by another extension of the franchise, Idol Kids Puerto Rico. Ricky’s Audio Corporation of Arecibo, PR handles audio production for the show, and has supplied a new Yamaha CL5 digital audio system for the live mix to direct TV audio feed.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia — A DiGiCo SD8 is the latest mixing console purchased by Colombian company Grupo Hangar, which provides technical production services to events in and around the city of Medellín, including the Feria de las Flores (Festival of the Flowers), a high-profile, week-long event.
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LONDON — As the Torch Relay made its way around the UK in the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, DPA Microphones were part of the production gear package supporting a total of 70 evening celebrations as well as the daily ceremonial lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the Games themselves.
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ISTANBUL — Elit Light/Sound Technologies provided an L-Acoustics sound system for Date Restaurant & Designers’ Corner, which recently opened in a vintage building here. Kaan Ozcan, manager of the retail outlet that combines for food, fashion and entertainment under one roof, credited L-Acoustics for delivering “excellent sound in a small package. It is ideal for the space and versatile too — ideal for our needs.”
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A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd’s audio division has supplied one of Yamaha’s CL5 digital mixing consoles — along with two Yamaha Rio I/O rackmount units — to Sterling Event Group (SEG), based here.
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