LONDON — An investigation has determined that wooden ceiling frames held up by cloth and plaster ceiling ties since 1901 gave way in the Dec. 19, 2013 partial ceiling collapse at London’s historic Apollo Theatre, according to news reports.
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WIGAN, U.K. – The Midas PRO1 Digital Mixing Console is the board of choice for Russ Miller and the Tudor House, a popular hotel, pub and performance venue based here. Tudor House has extremely demanding requirements of their sound system. Speaking to his choice of mixing console, Miller offers, “I love the immediacy of the sound of the Midas PRO Series, and the PRO1′s compact footprint fits the limited space in the sound booth.”
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GUANGZHOU, CHINA – To help Chinese manufacturing firm Donlim celebrate 25 years with a concert attended by close to 10,000 people, audio distributor DMX provided an Adamson Energía system. The setup included L-R line arrays of six E15 and four E12 enclosures. A total of 12 T21 subwoofers provided low end reinforcement – six stacked on the left and right of the stage. “The system performed extremely well,” said Adamson Systems’ David Dohrmann. “We were covering an area of 120 x 80 meters and it sounded great in every seat.”
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BEAVERTON, OR – Biamp Systems, a provider of networked media systems based here, named Paul Waadevig as its new Unified Communications Product Manager. Bringing more than 10 years of conferencing, collaboration, and telecommunication service experience to Biamp, Waadevig will oversee the strategy, development, and promotion of the company’s conferencing products.
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RED HOOK, NY – Solid State Logic is continuing to build its U.S. dealer network to support its new Live console with the appointment of Firehouse Productions, based here. A 2014 TEC Award winner for its support of Peter Gabriel’s Back to Front tour, Firehouse provides sound reinforcement and complete sound systems for every aspect of live production. Pictured here is Firehouse Productions owner/president Bryan Olson with the console.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Frankfurt’s 2014 Prolight+Sound exhibition drew 897 exhibitors from 42 countries from March 12-15. Combined with Musikmesse, there were a total of 2,242 exhibitors, with 110,000 visitors from 142 countries attending. New product launches tend run in cycles, and right now, live sound consoles are hot, hot, hot. Along with an ample assortment of new sound reinforcement consoles (for any budget), there were plenty of upgrades and updates for existing models.
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AUSTIN, TX – An annual onslaught of bands during the the South By South West Music Festival, Good Danny’s recording studio plays host to 40 bands in 5 days. Managing so many musicians in such a short span of time has its share of headaches, but one thing the staff at Danny’s doesn’t have to concern themselves with is the microphones and headphones that are their brand of choice – beyerdynamic. This year beyer brought in 20 pairs of the new Custom Studio headphones for the Day Trotter series at Danny’s.
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ITHACA, NY – The sound reinforcement system inside Cornell University’s Sage Chapel has evolved with the state of technology over the decades. Its latest upgrade condensed seven feet of rack space used for 1990s-era processing and amplification into just seven inches using an Ashly Pema 8250 and an Ashly ne4250pe. Each unit combines Ashly’s Protea signal processing with clean, high-powered amplifier channels – twelve in all.
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MONTREAL – Justin Timberlake selected Solotech, based here, as the audio provider for his 20/20 Experience world tour. The sound company designated Shure as its primary wireless supplier. The 2014 tour, which began in January, is currently in its second leg with dates across North America..
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LONDON — Britannia Row Productions Training is introducing a new way of accessing its professional industry-based training in Live Sound Technology. People who already work as live sound technicians and do not require a comprehensive training program are able to book individual topics as one-day sessions from Britannia Row Productions Training’s 12-week Live Sound Technology course. This allows participants to selectively address gaps in knowledge and skills and provides the opportunity to gain confidence in all aspects of Live Sound Technology.
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AKRON, OH – The Chapel, based here, added an Adamson SpekTrix line array to their campus in Green, Ohio as part of a recent renovation. Because the various worship services there include musical accompaniment ranging from live praise bands to piano or choir performances, it was important that the system be musical while also providing the intelligibility important during services. On occasion the sanctuary is also used for full-fledged concerts as well.
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TIRANA, Albania – Harman Professional named Prosound, based here, distributor in Albania for its AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, JBL Professional, Lexicon and Soundcraft product lines. As Prosound is also the existing Albanian distributor for Martin Professional lighting, the company is positioned to address all the key vertical markets where Harman Professional is active in the country. Pictured here, from left, are Prosound technical director Endrit Veleshnja and managing director Kliton Gjika.
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