DUBLIN — Internationally renowned guitar duo, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, recently embarked on their EU tour, cutting out the big production and stripping back to just two people and two guitars. Performing in a handful of intimate venues across Europe, the tour also carried a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital system, including the iDR-16 MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmount Control Surface, with a Dante audio interface card for virtual soundcheck.
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LONDON — When Brixton Academy was built in Art Deco style during the cinema boom of the late 1920s, it never expected to be hosting rock bands like Chickenfoot, led by former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar. Ghosts of Brixton’s cinema past remain within this Grade II-listed building, and the bulging balcony facade has proved the downfall of many a sound system, returning the firepower off the stage and bouncing the sound waves back at the band. But Martin Audio said it was able to pull off a rare feat when their Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) made its debut there (via Capital Sound).
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RODEN, The Netherlands — Soundlink went digital with its purchase of a DiGiCo SD9 a year and a half ago. Since then, the board has been in near-constant use, and owners Bas Jansen, Floris Roelfzema and Hugo van Meijeren credited the console for its compact size, light weight and the convenience of a fiber optic multicore, among other advantages.
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ARNHEM, The Netherlands — TM Audio has completed a major audio upgrade at the GelreDome arena, replacing the original amplification and control network. Nearly 70 Powersoft 3904 two-channel 1U amplifiers now drive the GelreDome’s main audio system, with a new MediaMatrix NION system in control.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK – QAV recently added an L-Acoustics Kiva Kilo line array system to its rental stock. The AV company works with clients in the U.K., Europe and beyond, primarily in the corporate events and conferences market, with audiences ranging from 100 to 2000 attendees.
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MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi, Indonesia – Zion School, which serves over 700 students from kindergarten through high school, recently completed construction of a new building housing a 750-seat multi-purpose auditorium. Symetrix distributor PT Gracia Auvindo and local dealer JK Sound provided an audio system that includes processing via Symetrix Jupiter 8.
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MANILA — Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) 1,500-seat Newport Performing Arts Theater has been equipped with a Clear-Com FreeSpeak wireless system and Encore partyline intercoms to facilitate production staff communications.
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BRIGHTON, U.K. — The Zappa Plays Zappa concert series pairs Dweezil Zappa and his band with his late father, Frank Zappa, who appears via video. Together, they perform the songs from one of Frank Zappa’s best-known albums, Apostrophe (‘). For the U.K. series of shows, ESS provided audio gear including a Turbosound Aspect system.
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NEW YORK and BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — The organizers of recent live open-air concerts featuring tenor Andrea Bocelli used a RockNet installation from Riedel Communications for distributing on-site audio.
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FLORENCE, Italy — The Amerigo Vespucci Airport’s terminal building in Florence was equipped several years ago with an RCF sound system. For a new terminal, the airport recently turned to RCF once again.
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LA PUNTA, Argentina — Wanzo Producciones srl provided 16 dBTechnologies DVA T12 line array cabinets, 16 DVA T4s and an additional eight DVA T4s as outfills for a Grupo Slots-sponsored event staged in La Punta’s Hippodrome recently. The concert, featuring singer Abel Pintos and La Konga, a 15-piece band, drew 48,000 to the venue.
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GUILDFORD, U.K. — The Market Kitchen & Bar at the Radisson Edwardian Guildford Hotel changes, chameleon-like, from a midday bistro to an evening nightspot. Kazbar Systems’ Gavin Miller, who specified a Martin Audio AQ architectural solution for the multipurpose venue, worked with Darrin Smith from 33 Hertz and Martin Audio’s Kevin McNally on the project.
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