LONDON — Among the London stage productions recognized with 2012 Olivier Awards was Matilda The Musical, staged at the Cambridge Theatre, which honored Simon Baker for best sound design. The awards ceremony was held April 15 at the Royal Opera House.
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LONDON — After testing Martin Audio’s active Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) on a series of events, UK rental company RG Jones Sound Engineering Ltd has invested in the new system. The company’s 24 MLA top boxes and 12 MLX subs, with six dedicated amplifier and DSP channels per enclosure, will make their debut on a series of shows in April and May.
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BRISBANE, Australia — Monitor engineer Jimmy Nicholson has been using the MIDAS PRO2C live audio system for Jessie J dates in Australia and Asia. This included an early afternoon slot at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane and a headline tour of small arenas in tandem with a Midas PRO6 at FOH.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Peavey sponsored the Agora Stage’s performances by the Alex Skolnick Trio at Musikmesse 2012 here March 21-24. Peavey also supplied the audio system at the stage for the four-day event.
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SEOUL — Dai Kyung Vascom, Renkus-Heinz distributor for South Korea, recently installed a pair of Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeakers as part of an overall audio system upgrade for the Donam-dong Catholic church in Donam-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Used for both the spoken word and music, the system was designed to improve acoustic intelligibility and musical clarity in this 400-seat local church.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgian audio visual company GSF Event co-owner Sammy Freh was looking for a “compact console with lots of inputs and outputs and with very good sound quality” to support an event promoting the latest in the 49-year-old line of Porshe 911s. Freh used a DiGiCo SD9 with a DiGiRack and L-Acoustics PA system for the event.
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LONDON — British metalcore band, Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH), has invested in a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, including an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-R72 Control Surface, to manage monitors on tour.
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BELMONT, Victoria, Australia — Total Events supplied the audio requirements, including background music, MC and umpires, for the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club stands at the recent Davis Cup tennis tournament. The main challenge for Total Events was keeping a minimal layout without obscuring sightlines. Their stock of low-profile JBL VRX speaker cabinets proved well-suited to the task.
Read More »DUBLIN — Canegreen and SSE Audio supported the recent 2012 U.K. arena tour for The Wanted. The “boy band” wrapped up its tour with a show here in early March. The crew included Ryan McLean at monitors and Andrew Thornton handling both FOH and production manager duties. Both said Sennheiser mics and in-ear monitors proved to be the right choice for the band.
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SINGAPORE – Switch by Timbre, a recently-opened, 300-seat live music restaurant and bar owned and operated by the Timbre Group, is equipped with D.A.S. Audio’s Aero Series 2, Road, and Avant loudspeakers. It’s the third Timbre property to be equipped with D.A.S. Audio gear.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Yes Events Ltd., which purchased a major Theatre & Touring (TT+) system from RCF nine months ago, has expanded its inventory with an eight-enclosure TTL33-A compact, 3-way active line array system, two more TTS28-A subs (bringing their total to six), plus six TT25-SMA touring 15in stage monitors.
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ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — In 14 years, Vrienden van Amstel Live has grown from a café showcase for Dutch acts to seven sold-out nights at Rotterdam’s 10,000-seat Ahoy Arena. The televised show’s three-stage setup required four DiGiCo SD7 consoles and seven of the latest SD racks to manage the audio, with all equipment supplied by Ampco Flashlight Rental.
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