OSLO – In preparation for President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and related music events, the sound system at Oslo City Hall was upgraded with Allen & Heath digital mixing and audio distribution systems and a low-profile Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC32 Digitally Steerable Array system.
POTTERS BAR, U.K. – Soundcraft Studer recently produced and tested the first Studer Vista large-format consoles on its new U.K. production line, which has taken on manufacturing for Vista, OnAir 3000 and Router production formerly done in the Studer Regensdorf facility near Zurich in Switzerland.
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LONDON — Monitor engineer Nahuel Gutierrez has been using a Midas PRO6 live audio system for the Noisettes’ U.K. tour. Having previously spent 15 months with its big brother the XL8 on the final Oasis world tour, Gutierrez found the transition to the PRO6 an easy one.
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BRESCIA, Italy — To mix the sound on Italian singer/songwriter Gianluca Grignani’s latest tour, rental firm Idea Musica Service (Latina, Italy) fielded a DiGiCo system conceived by AudioProgetti (Cavenago Brianza, Italy, near Milan).
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ADELAIDE, Australia — The Adelaide Convention Centre has recently added a Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeaker system.
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LONDON — The 15-date Snow Patrol Reworked tour of the U.K. and Ireland recreated songs from the band’s 15-year career with a dual Midas XL8 system at front of house and monitors, provided by Britannia Row. As the shows featured six band members, 10 musicians and special guests, all 96 channels of each desk were full to capacity.
Read More »KIDDERMINSTER, UK — The Music Group signed a deal to acquire the Midas and Klark Teknik brands from Bosch Communications Systems. The Music Group owns the Behringer brand as well as a number of other associated companies and is managed by Uli Behringer and Michael Deeb.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Buddha Bar, a global chain with venues from Kiev to Monaco, Sao Paulo and Casablanca, is known for playing a wide variety of music. Elie and Maya Louaizi, owners of SPL-Sound Pressure Level (SPL), chose Alcons for the new venue in Lebanon’s capital.
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CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian War Memorial (AWM) recently embarked on a major exhibit, recording and reproducing the exploits of Australian pilots in the skies over the Western Front in France and in the Middle East.
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BERLIN — For the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Riedel Communications delivered a comprehensive audio, video and communications distribution network for the multiple stages and video walls used at the event and the various departments.
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LONDON — Outline’s Butterfly VLA was again requested by both the BBC and London’s Roundhouse for the 2009 Electric Proms season, which featured Robbie Williams backed by a 34-piece orchestra plus his own touring band on opening night. Producer Trevor Horn was playing bass and directing the band.
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LONDON — FOH engineer Russell Fischer and monitor mixer Andrea “Vito” Carena had no qualms about using Audio-Technica’s 5000 Series wireless system for Taylor Swift’s Fearless tour for frontline and backing vocals.
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