International News

GYEONGSAN, South Korea – Opened in 2009, Chunma Art Center at Yeungnam University is using Alcons audio systems in its two main performance spaces – the 1,899-seat Grand Hall and the 510-seat Chamber hall. Both are housed in a technologically-advanced building with seven stories above ground and two stories below.

CUNEO, Italy – A Dog On Tour Service, a pro Audio rental company that specializes in live rock, pop and jazz events, recently added a HK Audio ConTour Array system including four CTA 118 subwoofers and four CTA 208 mid/high units to its rental inventory.

BERLIN, Germany – German comic Cindy aus Marzahn kicked off her 80-date tour, titled  Nicht jeder Prinz kommt uff'm Pferd, or Not Every Prince Comes on a Horseback, with three consecutive nights in Berlin's Tempodrom. Weimar, Germany-based adapoe Event und Studiotechnik GmbH is providing a Meyer Sound system for the tour.

ZURICH, Switzerland – For the touring musical comedy, Die Patienten, audiopool sound designer Thomas Strebel specified Out Board's TiMax2 SoundHub and TiMax Tracker system. Sugar Veranstaltungstechnik supplied the gear, sourced through Out Board's German distributor, Pro Audio Technik.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Euroshow, one of Russia's largest rental companies, has become the latest member of the L-Acoustics K1/KUDO Pilot Program.

LONDON – French electronic pop duo, Air, recently completed a tour of Europe and the U.S. to promote their new album, Love2, carrying a combined FOH and monitor iLive digital system from Allen & Heath.

DUBLIN – Following a seven-year hiatus, The Cranberries returned for a European tour showcasing their hits. To reinforce the band at venues from 4,000 to 20,000 people, Dublin, Ireland-based live sound provider Litton Lane deployed a Meyer Sound system based on the MILO line array loudspeaker.

COPENHAGEN – L-Acoustics' Danish distributor, Moto Audio Sales, has extended the system it installed into the Danmarks Radio Concert Hall in Copenhagen, adapting the venue for other uses including rock concerts.

MIAMI – Martin Audio's dance system at London's Ministry of Sound was voted Best Club Sound System Design at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA). In all, the IDMA awards competition received more than a million votes from music enthusiasts in 183 countries. There are 57 award categories, and the awards are a focal point of the annual Winter Music Conference in Miami.

BACKNANG, Germany – After almost two decades, d&b audiotechnik has superceded its E3 loudspeaker with the new E6. Smaller and lighter, the E6 still manages to equal or exceed the E3's performance characteristics, according to the company. It is designed to fit between the E0 and E8 loudspeakers within the d&b audiotechnik's E-Series product range.

SYDNEY – Dubology Studios recently unveiled the DubMobile, a mobile facility featuring a 128 channel DiGiCo DS-00 digital console with two EX-00 fader expansion modules, DiGiRack and MiNi-DiGiRack, with up to 288 tracks of multitrack recording on to ProTools HD, Steinberg Nuendo and MOTU Digital Performer.

LONDON – FOH engineer Trevor Gilligan recently completed a U.K. tour with Beverley Knight using a Midas PRO6 live audio system, his first time touring with the console. He credited the PRO6 for its ease of use, metering and overall sound.