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Big Mick Hughes and others at the event

AED Rent, Harman Stage JBL VTX Demo in Belgium

WILLEBROEK, Belgium — On March 16, AV rental system provider AED Rent and Harman’s JBL Professional hosted the VTX System Listening Experience for more than 240 pro audio attendees at the AED Demohall at AED Rent’s global headquarters here. The event included a demonstration of JBL Professional’s new V25 line array loudspeaker in a left-right format, powered by Crown VRack amplification with V5 processing, and mixed on a Soundcraft Vi6 console.

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From left, Antony King and Nahuel Gutierrez with the Midas XL8

Noel Gallagher Tour Crew Adapts to Changing Needs with Different Midas Consoles

LONDON — Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds world tour recently completed its U.K. arena leg, with Midas XL8s from Britannia Row at FOH and monitors. As the tour moves on to more European and U.S. dates for spring and summer, The band’s FOH and monitor engineers will be adapting to the needs of different performance spaces with other Midas products — first a Midas PRO6, then Midas’ new PRO2C for summer festival appearances.

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Jazz Tibet Club

Czech Republic’s Jazz Tibet Club Upgrades with Soundcraft Si Compact 32

OLOMOUC, Czech Republic – Vladimir Foret, program director of the Jazz Tibet Club, noted how the venue’s sound engineer, Peter Svarc, opted for a Harman Soundcraft Si Compact 32 digital audio console to upgrade the older digital console with 16 inputs that had been in use at the club. Among the new console’s benefits, Foret said, is the ability to combine the best of both worlds — analog’s ease-of-use and digital’s vast array of audio processing resources.

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Harpa concert hall and conference center

iLive and IDR Systems Installed in New Icelandic Venue

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Several Allen & Heath iLive and iDR digital mixers were installed in the new Harpa concert hall and conference center here, which features four main performance spaces. iLive systems including an iDR-16 MixRack and iLive-R72 Control Surface have been installed in the Norourljos recital hall and Kaldalon hall, while a combined FOH and monitor system, including iDR-16 MixRacks and an iLive-R72 and iLive-T80 surfaces, is in use at the Silfurberg conference hall.

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