Among a lengthy list of new products receiving their UK launch were the Chroma-Q Studio Force and Jands Vista V2, both launched by AC Entertainment Technologies; a new generation of moving heads from Robe; Avolites' Sapphire Touch and a preview of its Titan V5 software; the Wave 28 all-in-one modular PA from Adam Hall; Christie's new Nitro Solutions range of motorised moving yokes; the new Showtec luminaire
Mick brings with him over 25 years' experience in the live sound industry. Before joining Avid, he spent four years in Barcelona as the international sales and marketing director of professional products for Vieta, based at SeeSound, Avid's Spanish and Portuguese distributor. In this role he drove sales of the VENUE product range in Portugal, gaining extensive knowledge of the system and customer base. In addition, he's held positions at mixing console company, AMEK, where he spent 11 years, three as international sales director. Mick also worked as a consultant for various audio companies, advising them on how to grow their sales.
Mick will be based at
The Super Live Audio name derives from KV2 Audio's opinion that live music is "the ultimate source and features three distinct disciplines, Super Digital, Super Analogue and Super Acoustic... The three disciplines are the culmination of KV2 Audio's innovations and technologies".
Where digital processing is required, KV2 Audio listened to the industry standard 48kHz and 96kHz delay lines and found that they badly distorted the sound, offering reduced intelligibility, especially over distance. Refusing to accept this KV2 created Super Digital technology featuring 20MHz High Resolution Sigma Delta A-
Major attractions included the company's first digital mixer, the DIGILIVE 24. A proprietary development, complete with moving faders and optional Firewire interface, it provides a unique expandable mix platform at an entry level price point; rackmount expander modules provide 40 channel and 56 channels systems. Also debuted in production prototype form was the Horizon 2012 powered mixer, offering unrivalled power and performance in
Rich Harris from Cambridge Community Church considered two other competitive products but following a demo at Mercury AV, decided to purchase iLive.
The iLive system comprises an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface for monitors together with an iDR-16 Mixrack and a second iLive-T112 Surface at FOH. The two MixRacks are connected via MADI, which provides a 64-channel bi-directional audio link between monitors and FOH. An iDR-32 MixRack has also been supplied for use with a laptop for smaller external events.
Ian McDonald, Director of Mercury AV Ltd comments, "iLive is an incredibly flexible system. Digital signal distribution is one of the key benefits of using digital mixers and with Allen & Heath's iLive-T Series, this ben
FoH engineer Spike Jones used an Innovason Eclipse in tandem with another console, as well as a full complement of Neumann digital microphones for the orchestra, all controlled via Eclipse. The tour included a date at the art deco Parisien venue, Le Grand Rex - the first with the digital microphones; a special 'electric' show in Karlsruhe which was just the band, and the final show at the concert hall at the university of Berlin with the orchestra and digital mics which was recorded live using Elipse's integrated digital recorder, M.A.R.S.
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The Behringer-related entities currently involved in these suits include Music Group Services LU SARL - a corporation currently located on Mauritius; Music Group Services US, Inc - a Washington state corporation; Behringer International GmbH - a German corporation; Behringer Holdings (PTE) Ltd - a Singapore company; Red Chip Company Ltd - a British Virgin Islands corporation; Behringer USA Inc - a Washington state corporation, and Behringer Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH - a German corporation.
Peavey filed a lawsuit in 2009 against Behringer in US District Court i
Hosted by Olivia Newton-John, a close friend of Denver and his family, the evening featured performances from a large roster of artists including Lee Ann Womack, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Oates, Trace Bundy and the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. The show opened with Denver's induction into the Colorado Music Hall Of Fame, the first artist to be so honoured, and also included performances from his first wife and his widow.
Sound production for the event was handled by Colorado-based Dowlen Sound who deployed a combination of Outline GTO, Butterfly and Mantas loudspeaker modules in the 6500-capacity venue. The main L&R system comprised 12 GT
In opening his eponymous Momo At The Souks, the proprietor says he wanted to remain faithful to his origins, and discovered in the Lebanese capital fusion between tradition and modernity in an Arabic Mediterranean city. Situated above the jewellery souks in the centre of the city, the new build restaurant overlooks the chaos of the city below.
Contacted by Lebanese construction company, Solidere, QSC's Lebanese distributors, Technosound, have provided sound distribution to the extended terrace, which has a capacity of more than 200 seats. The overall capacity, taking in the café, bar and restaurant, is 300.
Mixing vintage furniture, designer pieces and made to measure fixtures in the shel
The three-storey venue offers background music in the ground floor restaurant (and terrace overlooking the river) where acoustic artists and DJs often appear.
The 225-capacity Cellar Bar and the small stage accommodates a Martin Audio Blackline+ PA system, comprising four Martin Audio Blackline F15+, four Martin Audio S218+ subs and LE1200S floor monitors.
Upstairs, the 400-capacity Kerubi-Sali main stage and the highly specified room boast a Martin Audio W8LM Mini line array (four elements a side), plus a W8LMD down-fill box at the bottom of each hang, a pair of Blackline F10+ providing centre cluster imaging and six Martin Audio WMX subwoofers recessed across the front, under the stage extension.
When The Doors were visiting Mexico on their Latin America concert tour, one of the dates was at the Art Palace in Morelia, Michoacan, where the company Soundset Productions was in charge of the production and supplied the event with a large scale RCF TT+ System supported by Mexican RCF distributor Hermes.
Professional advice was provided by RCF product specialist Oscar Mora and local sound engineer Angel Hernandez.
The main front system was based on RCF TTL55-A and RCF TTL33-A. The TT+ System setup also included several RCF TTS28-A and TT25-A units. Sound Engineer for the show was Grammy award winner Michael Dumas.
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"After 15 years, it was time for us to update our systems and enter the 21st century," states David Jensen, director of production for New 42nd Street Inc. "Part of our mission was to build an audience for the future, and we want New Victory Theatre productions to be as technically advanced as any of the other shows - just aimed at a younger audience. The PRO3 console is a perfect fit."
Anthony Nittoli, design principal at Connecticut-
Genuine ticket sellers claim the delay in sending out tickets is meant to limit the time counterfeiters have to copy the originals. But an unintended consequence of this has allowed tens of thousands of people over the past five years to buy tickets from fraudulent websites, without realising the tickets will not arrive at all until it is too late, according to BBC Radio 4's You and Y
It's just a year since members of PLASA voted overwhelmingly to merge with leading North American trade association ESTA, and on the 1 January this year, the two formally came together under the PLASA name, creating one of the largest membership organizations in the industry with over 1100 members worldwide.
Though still in its early stages, the merger has already greatly strengthened PLASA and given it a new profile in the industry, reinforced by a new PLASA logo and brand identity. The first phase of a new PLASA website has gone live and the first meetings of the new Regional Boards and over-arching Governing Body have also taken place. New services and research projects have been introduced, and the teams are currently
Audio consultant Trevan Johns of Trevan Johns and Associates was employed to design a new audio system with a level of protection and performance to allow for intuitive operation in a simple user mode, or full access to a digital mixer in concert mode.
The lower level ceilings in the gallery areas shade the central cluster and so required time delayed loudspeakers to provide acceptable performance. This is of particular importance on the northern side of the hall, where an extension to the hall has increased the low-ceilinged area to more that 5m wide.
Trevan specified a front of house loudspeaker array consisting of six
Neon Trees is a straightforward rock band, with two guitars, bass, keyboard and drums along with four vocals. "We are using 24 inputs," Bangs notes. "We are sharing preamps between monitors and FOH and doing a digital split from the Monitor console's iDR-32, so our FOH snake is just one Cat 5 cable. The second iDR-32 MixRack is currently being used for the FOH console's DSP. That will change when we start headlining on o
Skramstad's specialty is front of house mixing and he has worked on tours for a wide variety of Swedish artists including the Cardigans, Miss Li, A Camp, Laleh and Dundertåget, among others. His routine is split to approximately 50 percent live music tours and 50 percent corporate events. The majority of the time, he can be found freelancing for various production and rental companies. In addition, Skramstad regularly conducts a live audio seminar and workshop for SAE (School of Audio Engineering) St
Travelling outside Paris for the first time since it debuted in 2006, this successful production by StadeFrance Live Events required a high level of international cooperation between its French producers and Australian logistics teams. All audio technical management was in the hands of GL Events Audiovisual, and a team headed up by Fred Viricel, the technical director of sound.
In the world's biggest theatrical space, audio distribution was planned and achieved over an EtherSound network, using Ethernet and optical links. The system, designed by J.Lyonnet, used L'Acoustics cabinets, wi
British audiences are traditionally more reserved about 'challenging' music, but Archive's live shows are extremely popular in continental Europe. On the band's latest tour, Jones has been manning two digital consoles at the FOH position - a Digidesign Profile for the band and an Innovason Eclipse mixing digital microphones for an accompanying orchestra. Both are digitally linked, with the latter as the master console and an Apex Intelli-X² 48 inserted to EQ house PA systems in the tour's venues.
"I have been using it on tour for a couple of
In his new post, Peter Claussen will be responsible for installed sound technology. His core responsibilities will include the operative business and the strategic development of the Installed Sound division, with the task of "guaranteeing that Sennheiser addresses the many and various customer demands even more successfully in this product area".
"I'm really looking forward
"The new PSM900 is the first phase of the new direction Shure is taking in their development of the in ear monitoring product line," commented Richie Hiranandani, marketing manager. He added, "with a brand new design and improved technology, Maestro Sound have invested in the future."
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"Initially, I had wanted to look at K-array's largest system, the KS4," says Eclipse CEO, Mark Brown. "Unfortunately, they weren't demonstrating it at Prolight+Sound, which was disappointing. However, Ryan Burr from Sennheiser Middle East and Dave Wooster from Sennheiser UK took me to a demo of the KR400s in a line array configuration. I couldn't believe what I was hearing - and seeing... the boxes are tiny, but they sound very impressive! And when I heard the price, I decided to purchase them for the new season starting i
Mark Van Hoosier of Davenport, IA-based Electronic Communications Systems (ECS) comments, "We chose Community's R-Series for their exceptional intelligibility and well defined sound projection capabilities. Of course, being an outdoor venue, weather resistance was another critical factor."
The system includes two Community R2-694Z loudspeakers for short-throw coverage, and two R6-51 loudspeakers for long-range. Since this phase of the construction included no physical buildings, the assembly was mounted atop a 65ft pole at the near end of the field. Rigging for the speakers was provided by Hadley, MA
The SD11 is DiGiCo's smallest sized sound desk to date. It is two consoles in one - a rack-mountable and a table top mixer with smart end cheeks and an arm rest - and an easy one-person lift from truck to table top, ready for action.
5 Star's design team was commissioned just before Christmas 2010 to create a special case for the SD11's planned launch at the recent Prolight+Sound 2011 exhibition in Frankfurt. "Once we saw the prototype SD11 at the end of last year, the first thing that was obvious to us was its neat and compact size," says 5 Star's MD Keith Sykes.
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