VIENNA, Austria – Along with his years of performing, on his own and also with artists such as Juice Newton, drummer Rick Latham has been presenting educational workshops for up-and-coming drummers. He uses and promotes Harman’s AKG Drumset Groove Pack during the four-week group workshop.
Read More »MOSCOW — Close to 190 companies from 18 countries will exhibit at NAMM Musikmesse Russia/Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia, according to the show’s organizers. Other companies’ products will also be at the show, represented by various distributors. The event is set for May 16-19, 2012.
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PRAIA, Cape Verde — Praia, located on Santiago, one of the islands that make up the island nation of Cape Verde, is located some 350 miles off Africa’s Atlantic coast. As such, it might seem an unlikely place to find a Soundcraft Vi6. But Mario Bettencourt’s rental company, Marius Produções, has been using Soundcraft gear for the last 13 years, and he recently ordered a pair of Vi6s from Portuguese based importers, Tecnimusica.
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ABERDEEN, UK — SPE Offshore Europe, a biennial trade show for the oil and gas industry, recently drew about 1,500 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. A PA system was required for close to 25,000 square meters (270,000 square feet) of temporary exhibition space. Taylored Sound designed and installed a system using Community R.25 loudspeakers.
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JELENIA GORA, Poland — Established in 1976 by the Wroclaw actor Andrzej Dziedziul, the Zdrojowy Teatr Animacji, used mainly for children’s productions, is part of the Spa Theatre, which dates back 1836. Also featuring plays for grown-ups, and with some productions staged outdoors, the 200-capacity venue was looking to improve its audio system. The venue’s management turned to M. Ostrowski and CF Series solutions from Renkus-Heinz.
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LONDON — The first U.K. rental company to purchase Martin Audio’s MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array), RG Jones Sound Engineering also found themselves the first to debut the scaled down version of this new technology, MLA Compact. Simon Honywill used the gear for the closing dates of the recent Chris Rea tour in Europe and the U.K.
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK — Trinity Theatre, originally built as a church the mid-1800s, was converted into a theatre around 1980. Stage Electrics recently upgraded the audio system with a DiGiCo SD9 console.
Read More »BEIJING, China — Palm Expo 2012 is set to take place from May 24-27 at the China International Exhibition Centre (CIEC) here, with more than 1,700 exhibiting companies and brands from 35 countries featured within 110,000 square meters (nearly 1.2 million) square feet. The 2012 event marks the 21st time the exhibition has been staged.
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BERLIN — SoundHead Company provided Midas consoles for this year’s Echo Awards, including a PRO2 system for FOH and a PRO6 setup for monitors. The event, produced by EBS-Lights and Showplan, featured performances by Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, Sean Paul, Taio Cruz, Rammstein and Marilyn Manson. SoundHead sourced the gear through Midas’ German distributor Mega Audio.
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MOSCOW — U.K.-based DiGiCo has been expanding the geographic reach of its training seminars. The latest location added to its roster is Russia. In February, Russian distributor Aris Pro arranged for the first seminar for the territory to be held at Igor Sandler’s recording and performance studios.
Read More »VIENNA — The Burgtheater here has added five of DPA Microphones’ d:fine omnidirectional headsets to its existing armory of more than 70 DPA microphones. The d:fine microphones were purchased from DPA’s Austrian distributor, Studer Austria, for productions such as Debating Europe.
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WORCESTERSHIRE, UK — XTA Electronics recently launched their DS8000, a re-design of the company’s DS800 mic/line distribution system for the broadcast and touring markets. Taking on feedback received over the years about the DS800, the DS8000 has been re- modeled by XTA’s Lewis Evans. R&D Manager, Alex Cooper, oversaw the project.
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