Full explained: "The sound design for the tour of Joseph required a versatile, high power sound system that also fulfilled the budget requirements of the show. I had used the WT3s and baby subs before, and liked the way the system sounded - particularly with respect to throwing the sound to the back of a venue. We are not touring delays as the turn around between venues
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
When the commercial climate made an investment in line array technology a 'must', Davidsson immediately opted to audition the new, compact PN102LA: "I am very satisfied with all loudspeakers from Renkus Heinz; it doesn't matter if it's a live concert or an installation, the results are always good."
Renkus-Heinz lent the company a complete system for field trials at two major concerts this autumn, he says. "The result was very, very good - t
The latest desk is being used for The Sports Channel, which broadcasts live coverage of international and domestic sports events. The MH-4 is intended primarily for the many talk-shows broadcast on The Sports Channel, which use multiple mic inputs, as well as international feeds and telephone hybrids.
"We are really pleased with our MH-4," says Andrey Vetr, chief of recording staff. "Everything is great about it, especially the ergonomics, and the benefits of the VCA and Matrix features. We've measured the console ourselves, here at VGRTK, and are delighted to find exact correlation with the original specifica
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The new UPJ-1P combines the advantages of self-powered systems with the placement and arraying flexibility offered by a rotatable horn, and can therefore be used either singly as a primary loudspeaker or in multi-cabinet horizontal or vertical arrays. As well as the 10 UPJ-1Ps, Autograph Sales also supplied Meyer UMS-1P and USW-1 subwoofers. The club is the latest to be opened by manageme
The lighting and set had to fit into a wide range of venues, from Bridlington Spa Theatre to Manchester Apollo, Shepherd's Bush Empire, etc. Taking the new albums artwork featuring 1950's male bodybuilders as his creative starting point, Byars decided to give the stage an atmospheric retro-cinematic look. This was achieved by defining the space with three trussing arches - a main flown one at the rear, flank
Michael Skinner, assistant professor of lighting design at TCU, directed the students in their use of lighting and particularly the ColorCommands. One of Skinner's favorite features is the beam shaping ability, allowing the fixture to move from a tight focus to a wide wash. "This replaces having to have a supply of various lamps to fit your PAR 64, with ColorCommand it is simply an adjustment of the beam angle via your console. You retain the brightness and get the amount of coverage you need without having to settle for too much or too lit
A new Soundcraft MH3 console, with 32 channels and four stereo sends, drives a JBL AL Series PA system. The new monitor rig is also JBL, and both systems are powered by Crown amplifiers and controlled by BSS Soundweb.
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The celebration began on 29 October with an official dinner banquet held at the Harbor View Hotel in Zhuhai. The official opening took place the next day with a VIP reception and tour of the new factory. General manager of the Zhuhai plant, Henrik Larsen, welcomed the guests follo
One of the most exciting areas of the development is the new 300-seat auditorium, which has recently been completed and is now in use. Designed by MJS Architects with Arup Venue Consultancy and the Robin Haddow Partnership, the client's brief involved finding a way to optimize the room design, keeping me
One of the largest video projection screens ever made, 27m wide by 14m deep covered the whole of the RAH's upstage area. XL commissioned screen manufacturers ECT to produce the Matt Bright front projection surface. It was hung and stretched onto a rectangular truss with a slight curvature, pro
26% of companies in the industry are set to exploit the buoyant market. These companies built strong businesses to get ahead of the competition in 2003 and have now set themselves up for continued expansion in the market. Sales look to increase at a staggering 10% on average and margins could be as high as 10.8%.
34% of the industry will be in t
Gallowglass used a variety of case studies to illustrate their versatili
Delivered to Skan's Reading-based warehouse this month, the system went straight out the door on a European arena tour with chart-topping rock band Muse, together with Skan technicians Matt Vickers and Ant Carr who are working closely with the band's engineers Marc Carolan and Adam Taylor. Skan is a long-term user of XTA's 226 controllers, recommended by L-Acoustics for use with V-DOSC, and also owns almost 100 Lab Gruppen amps, the company which
The Spanish translation opened at the Calderon Theatre Madrid in November and as with the UK and Australian shows, the system was designed by Bobby Aitken. Aitken, formerly of Autograph but now a freelance designer, also co-designed all worldwide productions of Mamma Mia with Autograph Chairman, Andrew Bruce.
Autograph's Andy Brown was the nominated production sound engineer for this Spanish interpretation, Andy's experience is second to none having been PSE on such productions as Witches of Eastwick, The Lion King,
"We chose the DPA 4061s because we found them to be the only ones of their kind that sound good," says RG Jones' classical engineer Simon Honywill. "For years we've refused to move away from conventional overhead mic techniques because of the ina
Ebdon first used the 64-channel D5 Live on Annie Lennox's tours of Europe and the US earlier this year. The 24-bit audio board interfaces with the stage inputs through a proprietary fibre-optic network that allows for cable runs of up to
Once again FX Rentals has played a large part in the scoring process. The West London-based hire specialist supplied transportable recording packages based around a Pro Tools Mix system and numerous Pro Tools edit systems, Prism ADA8 A/D converters, a Studio Network Solutions Storage Area Network (SAN), MADI routers and converters and a host of ancillary equipment to capture the orchestrations of composer Howard Shore. The soundtrack was recorded direct to hard disc with a Sony PCM3348HR as back-up by scoring engineer John Kurlander, who was based at Abbey Roa
Stone added that Stagetec Distribution Ltd, the UK distributor for Compulite and LSC is not affected by the liquidation of S
Adlib - based in Liverpool, where football is religion - emulated their home turf by fielding two teams - FC Adlib, captained by Dave Jones, and Adlib FC, led by Jean Luc Picard. A team from Lite Alternative had to pull out at the last minute - vicious rumours were circulating that this was to save themselves the embarrassment of the token lampies near certain collection of the Plastic Spoon fifth place prize!
The competition was run, league style, with the top point earners playing each other in the Championship Final, and teams 3 and 4 playing off to
Three PixelPAR 90 (A) units are rigged in the branches of each of the Square's trees. JTE devised a low maintenance control system, featuring a custom-built box located in the last-minute-ticket booth, complete with in-built colour chases. The box is programmed to switch on at a predetermined time and step through a repeating sequence of colour changes until switch off time. The Pix
The Grant is valued at $50,000 and consists of a variety of Martin fixtures and control products. Martin also provides technical training and support for the winning college or university, as well as quarterly seminar's on emerging technologies and application discussions.
Professor Franklin commented: "The Department of Dramatic Arts is a top quality program
The challenge for local company Stagecraft, who carried out the installation, was to light the interior of the building to maximum effect. Martin Palmer, Stagecraft's project manager, called in MTX Engineering to construct a variety of curved lighting bars to form an elliptical grid, complete with two semi-circular bars of different radii. Onto this, Palmer mounted six Selecon Axial Profiles, two Pacific 18/36s, four 1k Comp
