ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Asian Pro Music (APM) provided Harman’s AKG CS 5 conferencing system for the Palace of the Republic here as part of a broader upgrade. The gear was chosen in part for its modular design and ability to support a wide variety of uses.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Dry Live, a multi-use venue within the recently refurbished Dry Bar here, features a sound system designed by Jack Jennings of local audio specialists Masons. The Dry Bar, a landmark of the city’s Northern Quarter since 1989, recently underwent an interior upgrade in the bar and its newly refurbished basement music venue Dry Live. Tasked with equipping Dry Live, a Martin Audio Blackline H3H+ horn-loaded solution was selected.
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HONG KONG — Sound Classy Holding Limited specified a sound system for Tai O Lookout, a restaurant built into a 100-year-old former police station on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The new system uses a Symetrix Jupiter 8 turnkey signal processor and the Symetrix ARC-2e user interface. Sound Classy works directly with Sanecore Audio Ltd, Symetrix’ distributor in Hong Kong.
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VALENCIA, Spain — In late June, the city of Valencia and its Valencia Street Circuit hosted a number of Formula 1 European Grand Prix-related events. D.A.S. Audio professional sound systems were used for some of those, and for the benefit of the 45,000 at the race course itself.
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BEIJING, China — Organizers of the Palm Expo, an annual exhibition devoted to pro audio, lighting and musical instruments, noted that its most recent show, staged at the New China International Exhibition Centre (NCIEC) May 24-27, was among the largest yet, with more than 1,700 exhibiting companies and brands from 35 countries in 10 halls occupying a total 110,000 square meters of floorspace. Nearly 50,000 attended the event, which is jointly organized by China Entertainment Technology Association, IIR Exhibitions and China Technology Market Management & Promotion Centre.
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PARIS — John Pouzet of Paris-based Sonosystem worked with Cyril Ubersfeld of Meyer Sound’s French distributor, Best Audio on a sound system upgrade for the original Buddha-Bar, which opened in 1996 and now features Ravin as its resident DJ.
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NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands —Story Sound BV recently deployed its new Harman’s JBL VTX line array system at the Emporium dance festival here, attended by 30,000 revelers and 120 DJs.
Read More »RIO DE JANEIRO — Live sound provider Hoffmann deployed a Harman audio system to support the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20, held here June 13-22. The setup included AKG microphones, JBL EON510 portable powered loudspeakers and a Soundcraft Vi1 console.
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LONDON — Theatre sound designer Richard Brooker is using Waves plug-ins for productions including the new musicals I Dreamed a Dream (based on the life of Susan Boyle) and an adaptation of The Bodyguard. His favorites for live production include Renaissance Compressor, Renaissance Reverb, Bass Rider, SSL G-Equalizer and SSL G-Master Buss Compressor.
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COPENHAGEN — Nordic Sales, part of the Matrix Group, provided and installed a new RCF speaker system for Parken Stadium here. The system includes 42 RCF Acustica H1315 WP, 18 RCF P4228 and 12 RCF H6045 fiberglass long-throw horns.
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SEOUL — David Millward , FOH engineer on Morrissey’s 2012 worldwide tour, is mixing the shows using Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system — specifically, an iLive-80 Control Surface and iDR10 modular MixRack fitted with a Dante Card for multitrack recording and virtual soundchecking.
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NANDANAM, India — Ravi ‘Drums’ Jakhotia, who played with First Project and Colonial Cousins, two acts joining Katy Perry to kick off a major cricket tournament at a soccer stadium here, relied upon AKG IVM4500 IEMs for his performance.
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