BRUSSELS, Belgium – For a tour for Ozark Henry, which is touring arenas up to 6,000 capacity in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg through spring and early summer, FOH engineer Tom Janssen and monitors mixer Marcel Cortleven are using Soundcraft's Vi platform for the first time.
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LONDON – Westminster Abbey, which hosts the Royal Wedding later this month, recently commissioned the installation of new speech reinforcement, induction loop and CCTV systems, along with ancillary video, audio and data distribution facilities. The project included the installation of Martin Audio OmniLine micro-line array loudspeakers.
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FRANKFURT – Proel is previewing its four-model HPX amplifier line, including the HPX 900, HPX1200, HPX2400 and HPX2800, with output ranging from 900 W to 2800 W using power stages in Class AB and Class H and switching power supplies, at ProLight + Sound 2011.
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VINA DEL MAR, Chile – The 52nd annual Viña del Mar Song Festival drew some 15,000 visitors a day recently to the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater to hear Nelly Furtado, Simply Red, Sting, and other international artists perform and, in many cases, compete. The production crew relied upon Riedel Communications for the wired and wireless communications infrastructure.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Ricky's Audio Corporation used Harman JBL VerTec and VRX line array systems for musicians entertaining some 15,000 runners and walkers participating in Puerto Rico's annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The event, held recently at the Coliseum of Puerto Rico in San Juan, raised awareness and funds for breast cancer research.
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LONDON – Britannia Row Productions is providing a dual Midas PRO6 system at FOH and on monitors for Liam Gallagher's new band, Beady Eye, manned by FOH engineer Dan Lewis and Josh Lloyd on monitors. Midas has long been a favorite in the Oasis camp, with Lewis using an XL4 for the last few months of the band's final tour.
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SYDNEY – Hillsong Church is using Lab.gruppen's PLM Series powered loudspeaker management system for its flagship Baulkham Hills campus here. The PLMs power the church's new speaker system and make use of the Lab's integrated Lake processing and monitoring features.
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RANCHI, India – The Opening and Closing Ceremonies at India's 34th National Games 2011 involved 7,000 athletes from all of the nation's states and 45,000 people in the audience. Sound.com, which had also provided audio for the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, used Optocore gear for audio transport.
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MELPIGNANO, Italy – More than 100,000 people crowded into the square here last year for the Notte della Taranta Festival, which included 13 concerts in 13 towns. GM Music supported the event with a variety of Proel and Powersoft audio gear.
Read More »PENRYN, U.K. – To coincide with the release of Allen & Heath's M-Dante option module for the iLive digital mixing system, Audinate and Allen & Heath are staging interactive online seminars to provide information and technical understanding about the card and the Dante protocol in general.
Read More »STOW, OH – Audio-Technica U.S. reported that its Japan-based personnel are safe and that its facilities were not damaged by the recent earthquake and tsunami, and the company extended condolences to those who were less fortunate.
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VIENNA, Austria – Österreichischer Rundfunk, the Austrian national public service broadcaster, has added a pair of Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 digital consoles to its inventory. The order was placed with Soundcraft's Austrian distributor Kain Audio by Landesstudio Tirol, one of nine regional studios operating under the ORF umbrella, after carrying out extensive tests against other brands. These will be used for live broadcasting, FOH mixing and recording purposes in the Innsbruck/Tyrol region.
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