School of Rock - Broadway musical School of Rock, written by Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, has opened to mixed reviews. The show, which was a hit 2003 film starring Jack Black, is about a wannabe rock star
The production spared nothing. Concert directors Travis and Stacyz, having worked with Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga, were brought in to create an unprecedented audio-visual feast, in turn bringing in the best teams from all over the world to give fans their most impressive production experience to date.
MSI Japan was in charge of the sound production and Martin Audio's award-winning MLA system was chosen for the Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou leg of the tour. With more than 3
Having received such a positive response to their initial Yamaha QL1 digital console investment which has successfully served their increasing sub-hire market demands, Joe Haycocks, director at RSH Audio was prompted to consider the suitability of the company's other assets for the demands of busy rental and production companies.
"I am keen to continue developing our sub-hire market work which we supply very effectively. With that in mind I looked to Yamaha CL and QL digital consoles and Shure QLX-D digital wireless systems for the solution", comments Haycocks. "On our own shows, we have found the Yamaha and Shure systems work brilliantly for both the live and corporate shows that we do.
Reflex were approached by designers to provide a sound system solution that would complement the venue by providing high quality music. From a relaxed daytime atmosphere to a more sophisticated, livelier environment for the evenings and weekends, it had to meet a range of demands.
It was also vital that the system sounded great but was also simple to use requiring minimal management. Equally it was critical that the speakers did not detract from the stylish décor of the restaurant and bar.
When it comes to hospitali
Billund Airport was originally established in 1961 as a private airstrip by Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, head of The Lego Group, whose company is based in the nearby town of Billund. The current airport opened in 1964 and has been continually expanded and upgraded ever since. Owned by a group of the area's municipalities, today Billund Airport is the main airport for passengers in western Denmark and handles significan
This celebration took place on Alba lulia for more than 15000 people with 1200 soldiers on parade, trucks and military equipment. Alba Iulia is a historic town and attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists annually. It is in the top three of the most beautiful and visited cities in Romania.
For this event, the challenge was to cover a distance of 200m, left and right of the main stage. It was basically a street with two lanes where soldiers paraded and sidewalks were located viewers (tourists).
"We like challenges, but in this case we have tried to primarily ensure the safety of the thousands people who attend to this event. We think for the organization was the most important even
Gavin Tempany is the monitor engineer on the tour and he has chosen an SSL L500 Plus console, having already used it at Front of House on other high profile events. "I had the choice of a couple of consoles," he explains. "They were the only ones that would do the number of ins and outs I needed. I ended up using 186 wet audio paths, and 32 dry, so it was pretty hectic."
The L500 Plus can handle up to 256 audio paths (208 with full processing, and 48 dry), and up to 1008 inputs and outputs. Tempany's set-up on the Gilmour tou
It would be a given that the designer of some of the world' best concert halls and a conductor with the stature and experience of Michael Tilson Thomas would make a fantastic design, but no corners have been cut in installing the latest media equipment to cover all requirements. The 756-seat Performance Hall and the smaller Sun Trust Pavilion are fully equipped for live performance and recording and share two multi-track surround capable control rooms. HD video recording and projection is also available for those hiring the spaces.
Originally set up to record 64 tracks at 24bit/48kHz, it became apparent that the majority of the major opera and concert venues had installed Pyramix and Horus/Hapi Networked
Released on Universal Music, the album was recorded at the duo's Arena di Verona concert in May. The show was also broadcast live on Rai 1, Italy's premier national television channel.
Francesco has worked with Al Bano for many years and has used many digital mixing consoles. His favourite is undoubtedly the CL5. "My job is to keep the artists on stage happy and the CL5 is always my first choice to achieve that," he says.
He continues, "This show was huge. We had a
The track's previous sound system, installed in the late 1990s, used four, pole-mounted loudspeaker clusters aimed back at the spectators. However, after a major renovation in 2013 along with a new press box and additional luxury suites, the pole-mounted loudspeaker clusters faced a wide expanse of newly-added glass causing unwanted audio reflections onto the seating and the track.
In 2014, Santa Anita asked AMT Systems of Santa Clarita, California to propose a new system to eliminate the reflections, add audio coverage in some of the newer areas and upgrade the overall sound quality to me
"This installation was completed 15 years ago by John Brown's Limit Audio and all the equipment - including W3P, S218, EM15 and LE12JB - is still going strong," says Stu. "We maintain it every year, but have never had a single fault with any of the gear to date. 'Service' generally amounts to little more than cleaning the amp rack, or repairing the occasional pin on the EDAC."
As a rental company Insert Audio also holds a vast inventory of Martin Audio components, including W8C, WSX, WS2A, W3, F12, LE12JB, LE400 and LE20
With over 60,000 music fans attending, the 2015 event was the largest to date. For the first time, Clockenflap invited French loudspeaker manufacturer Nexo to be the festival's audio partner, a huge undertaking which meant supplying PA systems to seven separate performance stages (monitoring included) as well as a number of lounges, VIP areas and band common rooms.
The festival was the ideal showcase for Nexo's modular line array system, the STM Series, allowing the four-module system to be configured in four different ways to suit the main PA requirements of four different princip
With strict coverage specifications dictated by SZGMC's audio consultants and in-house sound engineer, the requirement was met in the Main Hall, largely by using Almoe's Martin Audio MLA rental system for the main prayer hall. The promise of MLA being able to deliver the specific coverage from front to back with minimal reverberation was key to Almoe's bid, as was the finished look.
"The only goal we were given was 'to deliver consistent coverage everywhere'," said system designer and technical project manager, Bruno Vitanza. "We showed all the prediction results and calculations in the Display softwa
The Fabric of India explores the rich world of handmade textiles from India. Music composed by sound artist Jason Singh complement the spectacular display. Audica MICROpoint loudspeakers were chosen for their ability to deliver high quality sound despite their small size, which allows the speakers to discreetly blend into the background.
Richard Gainsborough, business development manager at Audica, said, "The MICROpoint has been designed to be the smallest possible loudspeaker to deliver high quality audio over a wide area, whilst the softly shaped design ensures it is
We're filling the stadium: powered by HK Audio takes place on 9 July 2016 and will see what would be the world's biggest ever orchestra performing four pieces - excerpts from Dvorak's 9th Symphony and Beethoven's 9th Symphony (4th Movement), the Starlight Express musical's title track, and John Miles' Music (Was My First Love) - under the watch of renowned conductor and ECHO Award winner Wolf Kerschek.
Later in the day, celebrated German performers Yvonne Catterfeld, Johannes Oerding and Daniel Wirtz will help the 40,000-strong crowd celebrate their
With School of Rock opening in early December, Potter says that his choice of Lyon to cover the 1,500-seat Winter Garden Theatre was a matter of scaling up from the Leo Family's newest and smallest loudspeaker, Leopard.
"We workshopped the show at the much smaller Gramercy Theatre, where we had 10 Leopardss per side," explains Potter, who has designed sound for Andrew Lloyd Webber's productions for
"I think it is imperative to keep your eye on the ball with what is new coming onto the market," he says. "Being back out on a smaller scale tour - something I have not done for a few years - was a great opportunity to see where the more budget end of the market was with mixing desks."
James, a long-term SD7 user, has also worked with a variety of entry level / semi pro consoles, so when he was given the opportunity to use an S21, it seemed a logical step.
"I had only had a basic demo on the desk at DiGiCo HQ, but I was so impressed I pretty much place
Also, on display will be the new Qu Chrome Edition compact digital range, which adds major new features including Automatic Mic Mixing, a Spectrogram and additional monitor mixes.
Making their debut will be several new models from the ZED range, designed for recording/gigging artists and AV rental and installation companies, including the new ZEDi hybrid mixers.
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Built to the usual rugged JTS standard, the IN-164, is available in both handheld and beltpack versions, has a 200~480 meters operational distance and offers six pre-set groups, with a maximum of 23 channels in one group.
The handheld version, the JTS IN-264TH, features JTS's New SAM-8WLN mic capsule for high gain before feedback and low handling noise. The transmitter is powered by
The number one main stage saw artists as renowned as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bastille, and Sam Smith. Topping the bill on the closing night was Muse, "and it was because Muse were the headliners that the obvious choice for main stage PA was a d&b audiotechnik system," said Silvio Koenig, project manager from Berlin based production house TSE AG. "We have already been investing in d&b and chose this event to have our first try out with d&b's new ArrayProcessing tool."
TSE AG's system design saw J-Series hung left/right of the stage, with J-SUBs and J-INFRAs; delays used V-Series and Y Series. "The throw distance fr
The system represents a major upgrade for the venue to handle the increasingly bigger bands the club is booking. The system produces over 7Kw FOH with over 4Kw of monitors on four discrete mixes. The system consists of AD2000LA, AD1000S, AD1000M and AD1000NF with our AD9000QQ amplifiers and AD48DX digital speaker management.
Deciding factors in choosing Acoustic Development were "the incredible headroom, low end projection, clarity and compact size", says the company.
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In addition to the spectator areas within the O2 arena floor, including VIP boxes and seating areas, there are lots of commercial areas with vast lounges, restaurants and bars, in addition to a number of hireable spaces for press conferences, seminars or conferences.
The prestigious VIP Premier Club within the 02 Arena recently undertook an upgrade to its installed audio system in order that VIP guests can enjoy a better background music experience wi
Production company Just Lite has grown their formidable stock of KV2 products over the past three years and have been providing audio and production services to a range of high profile Dance events throughout the UK.
These events include regular nights at Sankey's Warehouse, Victoria Warehouse Manchester featuring Basement Jaxx and Arman Van Heldon, Dublin's Metropolis Music Festival and Blackpool's Pier Jam amongst countless others.
Having formed predominantly as a lighting-based company over 20 years ago, KV2 Audio has worked with Just Lite since the inception of its audio division in 2012. Director Paul Smith and head of audio Evin Doyle recognised KV2's clarity, definition and incredible output to footprint ratio would be a great foundation to build this
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