MLA delivers potent Sting in Berlin's Waldb
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BergenPAC Kara on debut for Ringo Starr
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Throughout its most recent existence, the venue has rented PA systems for major shows. But, as of June, BergenPAC is now a self-sufficient venue featuring its own L-Acoustics Kara sound system designed and installed by Boulevard Pro, a leading NYC metro area audio systems and backline provider supplying L-Acoustics sys
ICMP and Tileyard Studios in employment initiative
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This will provide ICMP students with a unique opportunity to study in and engage with an immersive industry environment, building their networks amongst some of the music industry's biggest names.
Tileyard Studios is the largest professional music community in the UK, with more than 70 music studios and 100 businesses that provide a home to a wide spectrum of companies working in music, film, television, fashion and creative new tech sectors. Artists and companies at Tileyard include Mark Ronson, Tynchy Stryder, The Prodigy, John Newman, Lily Allen, Notting Hill Music, Marathon Artists, Spitfire Au
The Week in Lighting & Sound
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As part of the review, DCMS has opened an online survey asking for feedback on the Arts Council, which is open for submissions until 20 September. ACE deputy chief executive, Althea Efunshile, said she felt the body was well placed for the review, referencing changes to the application
Nexo STM arrays enchant Nurembourg festival
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The Classic Open-Air Music Festival in Nuremberg, Germany, is one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. The series of free outdoor concerts, organised by the city, features the Nuremberg state orchestras on stage in the Luitpoldhain park. As a mark of respect to the tragic events in Munich this summer, two July dates were cancelled, but an enthusiastic crowd of 60,000 gathered for the next scheduled concert, with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley and featuring organ soloist Cameron Carpenter.
In Phase Event is one of the primary rental suppliers of Nexo systems in Germany. CEO Ernst Sieber
Yamaha digital mixers in the eye of the storm
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Safari in the City was a charity gala dinner hosted by the Zoological Society of London at Regent's Park Zoo. Held in a large, tepee-style tent to raise money for the fight against the poaching of rhinos, elephants, tigers and other wild animals, the key audio requirement was to provide enough coverage and volume for a gala evening, without any unnecessary spill.
"We used a QL1 because of its comprehensive facilities in a very small footprint. A Rio1608-D i/o unit was positioned by the lectern to keep the XLR cable length to
PLASA 2016: Gottelier Award nominees announced
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Voting in the Gottelier Awards is only open to PLASA Members, registered readers of LSi magazine and pre-registered visitors to PLASA 2016. All will receive an email with a unique code inviting them to place their individual vote via the PLASA Show website. Voting closes on Friday 9 September 2016 and the winner will be announced at the PLASA Show at Olympia, West London, on Monday 19 September.<
JHS launches new website
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New features also include social media and manufacturer website links to enhance the user experience with further information on products, and an up-to-the-minute news section with additional useful links including products articles, shows & events, designer backgrounds and even career opportunities at JHS.
An interactive Dealership Locator with contact info, directions and street view facility can be accessed directly at product level for consumers to find their nearest stock
dLive manages sound for Russian opera star
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The concert was to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the end of World War II. Hvorostovsky's performance was accompanied by the 60-member choir and orchestra of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of Russia.
The orchestra included strings, woodwind, brass, drums, accordions and rhythm section. Alongside the orchestra, the Quintet of Russian folk instruments, The Style of Five, from Saint Petersburg were special guests invited to perform alongside the opera star.
The dLive system used at the concert consisted of a DM64 MixRack and S7000 Control Surface. All 64 inputs of the DM64 were employed for
Meyer Sound solution for Twenty One Pilots
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The difficult to define duo - with music falling somewhere between the genres of alternative rock, electropop, hip hop, and indie - has captured worldwide attention since its wildly successful 2015 release Blurryface. Inevitably, this has led to playing bigger shows than the band has ever seen before.
Right now, Twenty One Pilots is in the midst of a massive 11-month tour dubbed the Emotional Roadshow World Tour. The band performs at venues ranging from amphitheaters the size of Ber
Obituary: Rick Clarke (1946-2016)
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One of the UK's most prolific and accomplished sound designers, Rick Clarke started out as a roadie and mix engineer for the 1970s band Medicine Head and The Grateful Dead. He went on to enjoy a successful career in theatre, especially musicals.
In 1980, Clarke joined the staff of the National Theatre, under Peter Hall, and worked there for four years. He was fondly remembered by the National's technical coordinator Rob Barnard as "a very capable technician - fearless, self-confident and a lot of fun".
Clarke himself recalled Richard Eyre's 1982 Guys and Dolls as a stand-out National production that helped to make musicals more highly regarded by the theatre establishment.
He left the National in 1984 to work on Howard Goodall's groundbrea
Midas spurs Jockey Club Live to record
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In the sophomore year of a three-season contract with Symphotech, which manages production for Jockey Club Live, Midas accommodated the weight of shows with three separate kits of 220 kVA synched generators on the road.
Starting at Aintree in May, with turns from Tom Jones and Deacon Blue in a 10,000 capacity structure, Midas supplied stage and backstage power to a further 21 dates at seven racecourses across the country. Busted, Bryan Adams, Tears For Fears and Jess Glynne were among the performers, a significant number of the shows sold out and the tour is sure to keep growing.
Midas' managing director, Dave Noble, comments, "Jockey Club Live is a demanding schedule with so many dates close together at different venues, but
MLA Compact makes impact at Olympic Stadium
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PLASA 2016 hosts essential Dante training seminar
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Taking place on Tuesday 20 September in the Apex Room, Olympia London, the seminar is recommended for anyone involved with the installation of networked audio systems; including design consultants, system integrators and live sound engineers. Certified Technology Specialists will earn four RU credits for attending.
The seminar, which will run from 10.00-15.30, is sponsored by a number of leading audio technology companies, including Audinate, Focusr
Dawn Chiang joins Behind the Scenes board
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Dawn has designed lighting on Broadway, Off Broadway, the New York City Opera, regional theatres across the country, and concert tours. A few highlights include Zoot Suit on Broadway; work at Manhattan Theatre Club, Arena Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Guthrie Theatre; and a Paul Anka tour. Dawn has earned two Drama-Logue Critics' Awards and numerous nominations around the cou
Gold Coast venue upgrades with dLive
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The Events Centre has two theatres and dining spaces for over 1,000 patrons, and is the largest function centre on the coast with fine dining, high tech staging and presentation equipment for large and small dining events, award nights, conferences, theatre and special events, as well as an exciting annual program of entertainment and cultural events.
"The Centre had auditioned most of the big name consoles and we had pretty much decided on the way forward when dLive came into the picture. Once we heard it the whole game changed," explains David Cartledge, senior audio & vision engineer. "dLive has astounding a
RIVAGE PM10 stars at Paléo Festival
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Established in 1972, Hyperson SA is one of mainland Europe's major technical production companies. It has been supplying audio equipment to the Paléo Festival since 1978. "Yamaha consoles are suitable for a very wide range of applications and everyone knows them. That's incredibly useful for festivals, because a lot of bands have show files and it's very easy to accommodate guest engineers. For example many artists
Meyer founders to visit China
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The two founders' first-time visit to China is in response to increasing demand for the company's advanced technologies as evidenced by high-profile installations throughout the country. "China has become the world leader in creating imaginative, large-scale entertainment spectaculars," observes John Meyer. "These are among the largest and most sophisticated audio systems anywhere,
ARX release second generation USB DI
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"ARX released our first USB DI back in 2007 and the unit has become an industry standard for USB - analogue audio conversion," says ARX managing director, Colin Park.
"Recently, we've been looking at where and how ARX's USB DIs are being used, and concluded that along with USB enabled devices, some users also stored their audio playback material on tablet devices, phones and iPads which have no direct USB digital outputs, and that interfacing these devices outputs reliably with the professional world of balanced audio can be a problem.
"At ARX we concluded that our new second generation 'USB DI Plus' should offer users a 'one box - dual mode' solution to both their USB digital and analogue audio interface needs
Creating a scene at Cannes Lions
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The Lions event is an all-action global event renowned as the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals, designers, digital innovators and marketers.
The DesignScene team of 21, led by Attila Keskin delivered an environment for key influencers and movers-and-shakers who were in town for the Lions.
The party event culminated in a special acoustic performance by Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl in a truly magical setting.
DesignScene also created two different innovative and highly visual 'cabana' meeting environments for Live Nation (
MLA reinforces Rock In Japan
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More than 200 leading artists took part in an event in which each of the four days was sold out well in advance.
Grass Stage included three types of audience area. The Standing Zone was for watching the bands from closer to the stage, a 'Sheet Zone", where those watching can spread the sheet and at the furthest point a Tent Zone where crowds can sit directly on the grass and pitch parasols.
Thanks to the MLA's high degree o
dLive manages Ecuadorian diva show
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Nexo STM for Swansea University swansong
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TSS was once again the official event production company for the Swansea University Summer Ball 2016 as it reached its eleventh anniversary, providing staging, sound, lights and power across the three-arena event, and looking after a 5000-capacity crowd in the university grounds.
This summer, TSS was eager to put out its new Nexo STM inventory for the main Enchanted Forest stage, deploying a flown system comprising left/right hangs of STM modules, two B112 bass cabinets above four M28 main modules in each array. In front of the stage on the ground
RG Jones MLA excels at Henley Festival
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The Festival began as an idea, in 1983, to bring music and culture to the town of Henley-on-Thames - and sound production company RG Jones Audio Engineering has been involved in the five-day, black tie affair almost since the beginning - for much of that time fielding Martin Audio PA systems on the various stages.
In 2016, the Festival again brought high-calibre artists from all over the world, attracting crowds of more than 30,000 people to this unique riverside setting.
The formula has evolved along the way, as has the loudspeaker technology, and for the past few years RG Jones has been able to field Martin Audio's flagship and award-winning MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array technology.
