International News

LONDON — Midas and Klark Teknik have brought their U.K. distributorship in house. Rob Hughes, previously employed by Shuttlesound to handle the brands, has joined Midas and Klark Teknik to continue his role as U.K. sales consultant.

BUENOS AIRES— Buenos Aires Live Show (BALS) chose Proel’s Edge system for stage monitors during Elton John’s first tour stop in Argentina in 16 years. James Blunt opened the show.

LONDON — Even though DiGiCo’s SD8 is known primarily as a live music console, Richard Brooker, sound designer for Never Forget, a tribute musical with hits by the British group Take That, is using the SD8 as the production tours the U.K.

MAJORCA, Spain — The Palma Teatre Principal, which dates back to the 1600s, launched an effort to take advantage of the technology available in the new millennium in 2001, including a more recent sound system upgrade with gear from EAW.

HERTFORDSHIRE, U.K. — Soundcraft has published its Guide To Mixing video series on YouTube.com. All 18 chapters from this tutorial, previously available only on DVD, may be viewed online, including sections on microphone placement, setting up a mix and monitor mixing.

LONDON — Members of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, which runs Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, care deeply about tradition. But like it or not, change happens, and as RG Jones Sound Engineering and their custom Martin Audio AM Series distributed stadium system has proven, it pays to be flexible.

STOKE-ON-TRENT, U.K. — Adlib Audio supported a diverse array of performers at the Love Music Hate Racism Festival 2009, staged at Britannia Stadium, organized by the Stoke City Football (Soccer) Club and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

PARIS — Stéphane Plisson, lead engineer for French gear rental company Dispatch SA, used a Studer Vista 5-42 digital console for the tour of top-selling singer/songwriter Mylène Farmer.

LONDON — The Underglobe, as the name suggests, is situated in the depths of the Shakespeare Globe Theatre. Autograph Sales and sound designer Sarah Weltman recently updated its sound with Meyer Sound speakers and Allen & Heath digital mixing products, including the new iLive-T Series.

LONDON, UK — The British Music Experience at the O2 Arena includes an exhibit called the Gibson Interactive Studio, where visitors can mix the individual components of a track by Queen on a Soundcraft GB2 console and then compare their result with the original final mix to see how close they got.

MARCOUSSIS, France — L-Acoustics has named Tim McCall and Peter Owen international sales managers. Owen will handle Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, India and the Middle East. McCall will handle southern Europe, Africa and Australasia/Oceania.