Spain - Space Club in Ibiza recently held its summer season opening night, installing three of Allen & Heath's Xone:92 mixers in the main room to fulfil the rider request of a majority of the performing DJs.

Unofficially regarded as the kick-off to Ibiza's summer season, around 20,000 punters attended the event, enjoying 20 hours of non-stop music from a line-up which included Wally Lopez, Juanjo Martín, Carl Cox, Dubfire, plus legendary live bands Orbital, and Rumanos Premiesky who performed a world premiere of their live show.

"Most DJs and producers performing at Space dema

USA - The number of Broadway productions relying on DiGiCo technology continues to grow, the company reports. This June, two of the newest productions and their respective sound designers took home coveted 2012 Tony Awards for sound design: Clive Goodwin for Once and Darron L. West for Peter and the Starcatcher. They each found DiGiCo desks critical to the creation and design process of their shows.

Once is based on the 2006 Academy Award-winning film about an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. In transitioning the s

UK - Sparks flew when the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay came to Chelmsford recently.

In the finale of a day-long series of events (collectively known as Sparks Will Fly: Essex) the action moved to Hyland Park where local sound company Event Sound & Light (ESL) fielded the largest combined RCF TT+ PA system yet seen in the UK. The company was working alongside Chelmsford City Council, who were responsible for staging the event, and their production company, Walk The Plank, who devised the concept for the pageant, closing event and street theatre style performance.

ESL direct

South Africa - After the success of the lively dancing competition, Step Up or Step Out, Blond Productions were once again commissioned by their client Endemol South Africa, to supply the lighting, sound, screen and design for the second season of the show. The television broadcast for e-TV was shot over a two-week period and returning for a live finale at Sasani Studios, stage five, in Johannesburg.

Christiaan Ballot, Peter Riek and Ryan Lombard from Blond used ESP Vision to come up with a concept and then asked Dreamsets to assist with the final set design. Dreamsets came to

South Africa - Prosound has sold their first Eurotruss 10 x 8 ARC Roof to SoundWave, Zambia. SoundWave Zambia is a new age music company that provides a rental and hiring division along with a music festival management service.

SoundWave Zambia was established 13 years ago by three music enthusiasts who met on the South African music scene. Founding members Arnold 'Ringman' Sibalwa and Dave Ter Steege were at Prosound to see the setup of the Eurotruss ARC Roof. Arnold runs the Sound Wave Zambia branch and is regarded as one of the top sound engineers in Zambia. Dave Ter Steege is a le

Australia - Audio-visual staging company AVCorp has recently supplied audio systems for several large events held at Sydney's Allphones Arena where they are a preferred supplier. Each gig required a completely different PA set up but due to the flexibility of their JBL VRX and PRX speakers that was not an issue for AVCorp.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme rally, with the Prime Minister as a guest speaker, saw the stage positioned in typical fashion at one end of the arena. The PA system comprised of two hangs of five JBL VRX 932LAP speakers and some VRX subs.

"The syste

UK - Marquee Installations has recently completed the design and installation of the audio system for the Wahaca Southbank Mexican restaurant at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Designed by renowned architects Softroom, the innovative Wahaca Southbank Experiment is a new two-storey temporary installation, constructed from eight recycled shipping containers on the outdoor terrace of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre.

The audio system for Wahaca Southbank is divided into four zones covering ground and first floors, walkways and outside areas. To provide simple but flex

London Calling - More than 12m people have taken part in the London 2012 Festival - the cultural programme of the Olympics - according to organisers. Their figures are based on ticket sales, attendance figures and surveys of the UK population. Approximately 2.9m took part in a mass bell-ringing session on the opening day of the games. A further 9.6m visited free events like Radio 1's Hackney Weekend and the Tate Modern's oil tanks. Festival director Ruth MacKenzie, said she was "delighted" and that audience numbers were "well ahead of expectations".

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Oman - More than a decade after Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman ordered the building of an opera house, his vision has finally became a reality. Work was recently completed on Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM), which now stands opulently in the Shati-Al-Qurm district of the city as Oman's premier venue for musical arts and culture.

A special production of Turandot took place on the 1,000-seat venue's opening night, which was directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli (who also designed the set) and conducted by Spanish tenor, Placido Domingo. Approximately 350 Italian performers

UK - The Hard Rock Calling concert weekend in Hyde Park, London is now one of the most important music events in the UK. Sponsored by the Hard Rock Café organisation and featuring world famous rock acts, each concert attracts an audience of 55,000 people to the most prestigious of the Royal Parks.

MDS of Maidstone were chosen to provide lighting and sound for the VIP area during the weekend and supplied MT Professional Audio speakers and lightweight amplifiers to provide FOH sound and on-stage monitoring on three stages. Artists using the equipment included Big Country, The Gui

UK - Offering spectacular views over the River Thames, the Grade II-listed Old Billingsgate is one of London's largest 'blank canvas' venues, with the capacity to stage major events, from film premiere parties, private dinners, concerts and fashion shows to conferences and exhibitions.

Of its three spaces, the vast 28,000sq. ft. main space, with its triple height ceilings, is the centrepiece, and can host sit-down dinners and conferences for in excess of 1,000 people.

LCI was invited to tender for the technical design, installation and commissioning of a comprehensive house producti

UK - A Midas PRO6 mixed The Stone Roses' comeback' gigs in front of 225,000 fans at Manchester's Heaton Park.

In control Front of House is long-time Midas user Robbie McGrath, whose sound engineering credentials include some of rock music's finest acts including The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Kasabian. McGrath praised the PRO6 for its wealth of musical ability.

"The head amps are incredible, I can set up the PRO6 the same way as I would a great analogue console such as the MIDAS XL4. On top of this you have a very smooth digital trim, which is fab. The EQ is exceptionally musica

UK - At PLASA 2012 (Hall 1, Stand F38), DPA Microphones and its UK distributor Sound Network will showcase its range of high quality microphones that are suited to the rigours and demands of the live sound and touring industries.

Christian Poulsen, DPA's CEO, says, "We are excited to be exhibiting at the PLASA show this year with the UK being one of our key markets. With the new d:fine headset, d:facto vocal and d:vote instrument microphones, we are raising the bar for good sound in challenging environments, where DPA microphones have already set the standard for headset and mini

France - French loudspeaker company APG has reported an exceptionally busy summer season so far following the sale of a number of Uniline line array systems to rental companies across France and abroad.

One of the most active has been Lyon-based rental company, Audio Technique, who have been very busy since they joined the Uniline Solution network with the purchase of their system in May this year. Two of their most prestigious festivals featuring Uniline this summer have been the FΩtes Escales in Venissieux near Lyon - a six-day festival that saw audiences of over 6000 every ni

UK - Olympic athletes, officials and guests arriving at London's Heathrow Airport were treated to a musical welcome on 25 July, as Myleene Klass serenaded Terminal 5 with the theme to Chariots of Fire. London-based Capital Sound provided the audio infrastructure for an event which attracted widespread attention by the national media.

The solo piano performances had to be planned in meticulous detail, as the piano and audio system were set up directly in front of the international arrivals area in one of the world's busiest airport terminals. Robin Conway was project manager for

USA - - As Donny and Marie Osmond continue their successful run at Las Vegas' Flamingo Hotel, Audio-Technica is the microphone of choice for the superstar siblings' act. Between recent performances, Donny Osmond was presented with a limited edition AT4050URUSHI Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone.

The AT4050URUSHI, a visually striking version of Audio-Technica's acclaimed AT4050, was created to commemorate A-T's 50th anniversary and sports a stunning traditional urushi lacquer finish with hand-painted Japanese maple leaves.

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Germany - Providing good, clear audio reproduction in a historical building can present a number of challenges for an installer, often with strict architectural limitations on where you can place the loudspeakers, as well as interiors rarely being open to having acoustic dampening installed to aid intelligibility.

The Federal Administrative Court - or Bundesverwaltungsgericht - was established in 1953 as supreme instance of the general administrative jurisdiction. It is one of Germany's six Federal Courts.

The building was erected between 1888 and 1895 by the architect Ludwig Hoffma

Hungary - At the very heart of Budapest city is the Váci 1 shopping and entertainment centre. Originally built between1911 and 1915 and one time host to the Budapest Stock Exchange, the building is a historic, protected monument and was designated as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1987. As prestigious sites go, it doesn't get much grander than this. After extensive renovation work it has been redeveloped as the central hub of Budapest's retail area.

On 14 December 2011, the Hard Rock Café opened its doors to the Budapest public for the first time. Spread over four floors o

USA - Audio-Technica US has announced the appointment of Javier Tiburcio as training & sales support specialist for the territories of Mexico and Central America.

He will be responsible for providing product training and sales support to Audio-Technica distributors and customers in Mexico, Central America and South America, as he works as part of the team to grow the A-T brand and increase sales within these regions. The announcement was made by Philip Cajka, Audio-Technica U.S. President and CEO.

Tiburcio has extensive and broad experience in microphone sales and training. A native

USA - The Jazz Theatre on the top floor of the Old US Mint Building in New Orleans is designed around the music itself: the small (120-seat) rectangular room is intimate and acoustically pristine, fitted with complex movable panels that provide both diffusion and absorption while offering variable acoustics as they slide into place as needed for different types of jazz artists.

As part of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, the Jazz Theatre is part of a larger museum that incorporates the State Museum's already substantial collection of jazz artifacts, a collection that inc

UK - A.C Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd's specialist audio division recently hosted two dedicated open days in conjunction with Yamaha, to showcase the new Yamaha CL series of digital mixing consoles.

Staged at both AC-ET's Northern office in Leeds and Southern HQ in High Wycombe, the events were very well attended with a wide cross-section of attendees representing many different industry sectors - including rental and staging companies, educational establishments, theatres, sound engineers and a variety of venue staff.

Three identical sessions were run each day in both loc

Russia - Russian PA company, City Sound, recently selected Allen & Heath's new GLD digital mixing system to manage BMW Group's national launch of its new generation 6 Series Gran Coupe.

"We were one of the first sound companies to adopt Allen & Heath's new GLD system in Russia, and had already tested the system at several top level events before the BMW presentation, so we had no doubts about the system's capabilities," comments Alexander Kosarev, general director of City Sound.

Hosted on a specially constructed rooftop stage in downtown Moscow with panoramic views of the

Iceland - Located in what many people know as Gardentown, Stjarnan F.C. is an Icelandic football club that is part of the KSI Premiere League. For their home games, the stadium had previously used various portable PA systems for announcements. This situation resulted in inconsistent sound quality, creating a most frustrating experience for both the announcers and the fans alike. Recognising the need for a better solution, stadium management recently elected to deploy a more permanent solution-one that was drawn from the catalogue of D.A.S. Audio.

Garðabær based Northern Lights Audio

Canada - Arriving at Booth 410 in Ontario's London Convention Centre between 16 and 18 August, visitors will be presented with two distinctly different loudspeakers from the diverse range available from d&b audiotechnik.

First up and new to the Canadian market, weighing in at a mere 2 lbs apiece, will be the duo from the E-Series, the E4 and the E5. These miniatures from the d&b range are designed to offer more flexible solutions to the user. Both loudspeakers are intended for speech and music reinforcement in theatres, conferences, industrial presentations, broadcast studios as well

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