SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama, Japan — Shirahama Adventure World, an amusement park and zoo, upgraded its facility with a new sound system including One Systems 106IM and 103IM speakers. One Systems’ distributor in Japan, M and N Co., Ltd, designed the system and oversaw the project, and Toyo Giken Co., Ltd installed the gear.
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LONDON — Community noted that close to 230 of its R-Series loudspeaker systems were installed in various venues used for the London 2012 Olympics, including the Handball Arena, Basketball Arena, Water Polo Centre, Aquatic Centre, Outdoor Water Sports Centre and the Main Olympic Stadium.
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WEYMOUTH, U.K. — APR Audio and SXS Events, running separate Olympic events here, where all of the sailing events were held, used Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems to support their events.
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HOLSTEBRO, Denmark — Victory Tour Production and AED Rent provided a massive JBL VTX line array system for the inaugural Jamboree Denmark 2012. The event drew more than 37,000 to a field on the city outskirts here for the eight-day festival, which was organized by the five guide and scout associations in Denmark.
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CANBERRA, Australia — Elite Sound & Lighting has taken delivery of its first order of Shure UHF-R Wireless Microphone Systems to cater to their growing corporate, events and rock ’n’ roll market. Unparalleled RF performance provides them with all the features and flexibility required to tightly control up to 160 systems for the most elaborate productions.
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LONDON — Since its inception four years ago, the Rewind festival has seen the 1980s reborn for two days every year in Henley-on-Thames, while its sister event – at Scone Palace in Scotland – made its debut in 2011. Both enjoy the benefits of great audio courtesy of Capital Sound.
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TERMOLI, Italy — Lombardi SLR, based here, has become the first full service rental company in Italy to purchase E15’s, joining the growing global team of Energia rental companies. Lombardi SLR’s new E15 system made its debut at the 2012 Umbria Jazz festival in Perugia, headlined this year by Sting.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Local production company Universal Sound has been supporting performances here by artists including Billy Ocean and Olivia Newton John with a JBL VerTec line array system from Harman.
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LIVERPOOL, UK — Adlib supplied FOH and monitor system gear for the recent U.K. and European tour for American country pop trio, Lady Antebellum.
Read More »NOVI SAD, Serbia –Studio Berar equipped three of the top stages at the EXIT Festival here with JBL and Soundcraft gear from Harman. Close to 100,000 attended the 13th edition of the annual festival July 12-15, which featured a total 20 stages and 500 bands performing.
Read More »THISTED, Denmark — DPA SoundCo supported the annual Thy Rock festival here in late June with a Coda Audio PA system and multiple DiGiCo consoles.
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