The Soundcraft Vi6 was installed in a way to cope with all manner of monitor feeds, allow for joint front-of-house redundancy and to provide ultimate portability. "After researching the venue and presenting our ideas, the Vi6 was the easy choice for the Hall to make," says Aaron Rudden, owner of CET /AMR Export. "Key items that secured the Vi6 were its 96-channel solution, Soundcraft's commitment
Adlib is supplying an L-Acoustics V-Dosc system, with dV-Dosc in-fills, Arcs side-fills and SB28 subs. This was specified by Davidson for its sound and clarity.
The set-up varies according to venue, and in its largest format the main arrays consisted of 8 V-Dosc cabinets a side, with three dV underhangs. They are using a combination of d-V and ARCs in-fills and out-fills along the front of stage and with James Neale as systems tech, it's fine tuned each day.
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Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine-based Indigo Music Companywhich handles a wide range of projects encompassing live sound for concerts, commercial installations, as well as broadcast and telecommunications applications, was contracted to provide sound reinforcement for the event.
Company president Dmitry Lokshin reports, "One of the biggest obstacles we faced on this conce
Midas Klark Teknik's Ukrainian distributor CORTMI provided a PRO6 as FOH console for the entire three-day seminar. As well as demonstrating the Midas sound to delegates for all the presentations, the set up was used for a vocal microphone test arranged by the Ukrainian Sound Engineers Union, as well as a sound engineers' proficiency contest.
The seminar also included a presentation devoted especially to the PRO6 by CORTMI sound engineer Vladimir Prokof'yev. Delegates participated in a workshop introducing them to the practical aspects of working with the console, and were given a presentation by sound engineer Vitaliy Siroshtan from rental company Jazz-Club Service, the first Ukrai
Located in Dammam, Moon Systems handles a range of high end products geared towards the professional recording and post production markets. It now has exclusive rights to distribute Prism Sound recording and post products as well as the full range of SADiE products.
Commenting on the appointment, Jody Thorne, Prism Sound/SADiE's sales and marketing manager, says, "The Middle East is already a successful territory for us and it is great to have a company like Moon Systems supporting and selling our brands in Saudi Arabia. We look forward to a long and profitable relationship with them."
Among the products Moon Systems is handling is the new SADiE 6 software. This allows audio professionals the opportunity to access the power and flexibilit
Conveniently based midway between Glasgow and Edinburgh, business partners David 'Steedsy' Stevenson and Steven Ward have been using several of the amplifiers to power part of their Funktion-One touring rigs for the past few months.
"We initially supplied a four-channel FFA amplifier to a local school who had managed to find enough budget for a small Funktion-One system. The four-channel FFA with custom crossover cards fitted allowed us to bi-amp the system from a two-unit module without any external DSP. Listening to this system convinced us of the audio quality of the FFA amplifiers and we ordered some for use in our Resolution 4 systems," said Stevenson.
"Becoming t
The move sees the existing Midas Klark Teknik reps for Canada, who operate under the PAG banner, supported by the Erikson infrastructure. For the first time, all inventory and spares will be warehoused in Canada, enabling clients to benefit from prompt access to product and demo units, with pricing stabilised in Canadian dollars. Localised technical support and servicing will also be enhanced in the deal.
Jeffrey Carman, division manager, Erikson Audio will oversee the performance of Midas Klark Teknik in Canada, with support provided by product specialist Bill Kinal who has over 25 years' pro-sound experience working with artists across the board from heavy rockers I
For the thousands of eager football fans out there that haven't been lucky enough to get tickets for the big matches, FIFA Fan Fest areas are an alternative, allowing people to share in the football fever and take in the match on giant screens supported with world class audio systems.
The Sound Corporation provided the audio systems for four of the fan parks, including one of the largest in Soweto where over 75,000 fans watched the opening match between South Africa and Mexico, as well as those at Rustenburg, Bloemfontein and Nelspruit. The systems have been based around Lab.gruppen FP+ and fP Series amplificatio
The CAB team, which comprised MD Michael Prinke, monitor technician Klaus Wallner, and audio engineer Sebastian Berger, relied for the event with its diverse programme material on the compact XLD line array system from Electro-Voice. In total, some 24 XLD 281 enclosures were deployed under the direction of a DC-One digital loudspeaker controller - also from Electro-Voice.
"The EV XLD is
Through the use of the latest DSP technology, the VSA 2050 processes the audio signal sent to each speaker for controlling its vertical acoustic dispersion to address the audio signal exactly to the listening area, avoiding sending the acoustic energy to ceilings and empty floors, thus not introducing bad reflections that would affect speech intelligibility, mainly in critical environments with high reverberation time.
Special transducers have been developed for the VSA, in order to offer the highest possible intelligibility and wider frequency response, according to R
Coco Sound was established in 1986 by sound engineers Hans-Georg 'Hage' Romberg and Ellen Muschal who still run the company today, and is now one of the leading audio, lighting, staging and conferencing production service providers in Freiburg region.
"We chose the Uniline system from APG for a number of reasons," says Romberg. "First, it's a speaker system that really plays in the premier league - it measures favourably against any oth
There are over 43 new exhibitors who weren't at the show last year, including Ateis, Baldwin Boxall, Bosch, Bose, Christie, Chroma-Q, EAW, Electro-Voice, Intertek, Korg, Lighthouse Technologies, Line 6, Mackie, Martin Audio, M Studio, Penton, Turbosound, Stageco, Sundrax, Taiden, Tomcat, Wasp and Zero 88.
These will add to an already comprehensive line-up of leading manufacturers and industry specialists underscoring PLASA's position as the place to see new products and major industry brands.
The PLASA Innovation Gallery, which profiles all the launch products nominated for a PLASA Innovation Award, will showcase a new format on Sunday 12 September, when entrants will publicly demonstrate their products to the Awards judg
This historic landmark church required a loudspeaker system that provided clarity of the spoken word, as well as seamless visual integration. Community Professional Loudspeakers answered the challenge with Entasys, a three-way, full-range column-array, weather-resistant loudspeaker system. This system boasts multiple low frequency, midrange and high frequency drivers, delivering a targeted vertical beamwidth from 800Hz to 16kHz. ENTASYS' modular design allowed the installer to use multiple full-range columns to create an exceptionally tight-focused vertical coverage.
"The Entasys system was selected for its quality audio performance and the ability to visually blend with the aesthetics of the hall's classic architecture,&qu
Covering the entire colour spectrum, ACO allows Alcons loudspeakers to blend into the background against any type of decor, from plain blacks and whites, through subtle shades to vibrant colours, even natural wood and metal finishes, says the company.
ACO is available for the Alcons models in the C-(cinema) series, T-series, S-series, L-series, B-series and V-series. In addition, system designers can preview the colour options online using the Alcons ACO Simulator on the company's web site.
"All of our products are developed to be as unobtrusive as possible, in their sonic response as well as in their appearance, which is also why we only appl
The annual festival, created by local radio station KAZR in nearby Des Moines, has grown rapidly since its resurgence in 2007, and this year marked the first time the show has expanded to two stages to accommodate an expanded roster of hardcore metal musicians.
Grand Island, NE-based Sure Sound and Lighting provided a massive system of integrated Renkus-Heinz line arrays to deliver powerful non-stop metal punch to the show's side-by-side stages.
Sure Sound's Jeremy Wann reports, "We set up two hangs of 12 VerSys VLX3 line arrays on the outer side of each stage, and two hangs of 12 STLA9 line arrays on the inner sides. "We set the system up
With 18 masts holding it aloft, the big top was furnished with XLD and XLE compact line array loudspeaker systems from Electro-Voice. These were supported by PX1122M and PX1152M multi-purpose loudspeakers, whilst the requisite sound pressure in the low-frequency range was supplied by Xsubs.
The system was driven by amp
vento Totales and FrancoSound (owned and operated by Jader Montoya and Amilkar Franco respectively) are two well-known sound companies in the Colombian professional audio sector. Both firms service the live sound/pro touring market and also operate equipment rental divisions. Together, they pooled their talent and resources to assemble a high performance sound system that made this year's event among the most memorable in recent history.
Amilkar Franco - with assistance from associate Reynaldo Flores - oversaw the selection and installation of the equipment for this year's event and also handled various sound engineering responsibilities.
This year, the festival took place at the Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran (JIE). "JIE is an exhibition venue," Andre Supryanata from Sumber Ria Sound, the pro audio rental company in charge, stated. "But it fits perfectly to accommodate the festival's growing audience. What we had do was to present the best audio system that can cover up the lack of acoustic treatment of the building."
In total, P.T. Kairos Multi Jaya, EAW's Indonesian
The show was a big event that included live performances from a number of top Scandinavian artists including Eagle Eye Cherry, Linda Sundblad, Carpark North, Gentlemen, Jasmine Kara, Anna Maria Espinosa and many others.
Part of the system provided by Electrosound was a full Innovason network system running
Voxguard is a high performance ambient noise attenuator, designed to mount on a microphone stand and surround a recording microphone, to help control the sound from entering the microphone by minimising the reflections in the room.
Crashguard is designed to shield a drum mic and attenuate the sound of cymbals during recording. Small enough so that it will not get in the way and durable enough to sustain repeated abuse from drummers.
The TriPad is a tripod mic stand isolator designed to prevent vibrations from the stage and floor
With an excellent price-performance ratio, it is ideal for entertainers, duos, smaller PA systems and presentation applications, says the company.
The DAVEG2Series active module features all necessary inputs and outputs as well as protective circuits. Transport bags for the subwoofer and satellites, are also available.
Other features include a lockable Volex power plug, an output clip-limiter and the subwoofer is equipped with a M20 thread.
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Director Phil Lidstone believes this purpose-specific policy has given them a competitive edge in one of the company's core market areas.
"We design for each individual application rather than use a one-system-fits-all approach," he stated. "We are known as specialists in this sector, where we integrate the two disciplines of pro audio and audio visual under a common control platform. It's a case of being able to differentiate between speech-only systems and those requiring a full dynamic range - and make them operable by non technical users."
RCF, he says, have systems that cover all eventualities. "We have confidence in their ranges, and from R&D to fini
As part of the refurbishment, the hotel brought in Bose Pro Partner, Apple Sound, to upgrade and enhance the AV in the Carden Suite. The self-contained Carden Suite, which has its own entrance and car park, can accommodate up to 400 delegates and continues to complement the existing 11 conference rooms and dedicated business centre, all supported by highly trained event and conference organisers.
In addition to nine 60" plasma screens, Apple Sound installed a Bose sound system, consisting of a Bose ControlSpace ESP-88 audio management system, and Bose Panaray 502As loudspeakers with bass support from Panaray MB4s, to provide both background and foreground sound for c
Monitor engineer, Steve Pattison, uses a mixture of the R72 surface and a Touchscreen laptop, giving him the flexibility to talk to the artists during sound check, and move around the venue during the show.
"The band are loving the fact I am on stage face to face changing their mix as they ask, and not running back and forth to the desk. They want to know why we haven't had this before! It's useful having the laptop when stage space is cramped as I can put the rack backstage and sit my laptop on the house desk."
