International News

BOGOR, Indonesia – For Justin Bieber's My World tour performance at the 11,000-capacity Sentul International Convention Center (SICC) near Jakarta, DSS (Don Sistem Suara) Rental Company provided sound reinforcement services including gear from D.A.S. Audio.

LONDON – RG Jones Sound Engineering provided audio gear including a custom-designed Synco sub-bass array and Synco stage monitor systems to the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival. RG Jones supported the festival stage's audio needs for the fourth year running. Additional crew and matching equipment came from Ampco Flashlight of Holland.

MOUNT MASADA, Israel – Britannia Row Productions provided a Midas XL8 live performance system for an open-air production of Verdi's opera, Aida, as part of the Masada, Dead Sea and Jerusalem Opera Festival in June. The performance, where conductor Daniel Oren led the Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir, took place with Mount Masada as a backdrop.

HAMBURG, Germany – Cobra Sound Light designed and installed a new sound system for the 1,033-seat Hauptkirche St. Petri, Hamburg's oldest parish church, using Renkus-Heinz IC Live digitally steerable loudspeakers to meet architectural constraints without compromising on audio quality.

GLASTONBURY, U.K. – At the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, Peavey provided an array of audio equipment for the Strummerville stage, a showcase celebration created to invoke the spirit of the late Joe Strummer by offering aspiring musicians the opportunity to play live to the masses at the U.K. music event.

VIENNA, Austria – Covering Serbia and Montenegro, Harman Professional distributor Studio Berar has completed a conference system installation in the Belgrade, Serbia-based headquarters of NLB Bank.  The new boardroom was the first project undertaken for NLB by the AV specialists, as Studio Berar’s reputation for providing the highest quality in service and systems solutions made the dealer attractive to the large financial institution.

VALENCIA, Spain — Fairlight has been appointed the new official distributor of Lynx Pro Audio products in the Netherlands. Fairlight made contact with Lynx Pro Audio at Frankfurt in April and went to Valencia for meetings and to demo the product range.

LONDON – For the fourth year running, RG Jones Sound Engineering (which is celebrating its 85th year) provided the audio production for Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage. The soundco supplied a Synco by Martin Audio PA, a custom designed Synco sub-bass array and Synco stage monitor systems. Additional crew and matching equipment came from fellow Synco Network members Ampco Flashlight of Holland.

SCANDICCI, Italy — Powersoft has patented a new technology that incorporates solar power with bi-directional wireless A/V communications. The first product with the concept, the DEVA 1S, consists of a power/control module and an interface module. The power/control module has a solar panel, batteries, processing, WiFi communication and amplification. The interface module consists of loudspeakers, light and optional devices such as camera, microphone and telemetric sensors.

SYDNEY — Having owned and used analog Soundcraft consoles for more than 10 years, Alan Jurcan, managing director of GenX Productions, had more than a passing interest in experimenting with their digital consoles.

LEICESTERSHIRE, U.K. – The 9th Annual Download festival drew more than 70,000 over three days to Donington Park in central England to hear Def Leppard, Pendulum, System of a Down, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper and others. SSE Audio again supported the event, but this year with a digital network enhanced by the Dante compatibility available via the Lake LM 26.