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"Faithfully reproducing music for 65,000 is no easy
"Faithfully reproducing music for 65,000 is no easy
Two enormous screens mounted back-to back, floating on a gigantic platform and stage on the River Lea face out to acres of parkland areas on either side.
Sound Directions UK designed a distributed sound system for the parklands to ensure all visitors enjoyed high quality and evenly distributed sound.
Cloud VTX-4400 4-channel 400W amplifiers are used to drive nearly 100 SoundTube XT850i-GN in-ground loudspeaker
Peavey Hollywood is billed as "a unique brand experience that will give musicians, audio pros, systems integrators and music retailers a 360-degree view of the products, artists and philosophy that have made Peavey an iconic brand in music and audio". A high-end retail showcase for Peavey and its affiliated brands -
Rental company Sound Headquarters partnered with the organisers for the second consecutive year and provided the full technical for the main and Klipdrift stages.
"The first year was very stressful for us," said Anrika Bruinders from Sound Headquar
Kath Mainland, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said it was "in fantastic health", with more than 1.8 million tickets sold. She said there were also more than 800 free shows at which attendance could not be measured. However, it is only the second time
Watson has been involved in the industry in some way for the last 12 years, working at Middlesex Sound and Lighting (2010 - 2012), and as a UK & international salesman for Martin Audio (2000 - 2010), and said this about joining the Void family, "working at MSL (Middlesex Sound & Lighting) was a fantastic exper
David Liles is set to manage the company's New York office which will be opening shortly. Liles is currently undertaking FOH duties for Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings.
The Railway in Bolton has just upgraded to the LS1000M monitors from the Tannoy units previously us
"Our Shure UHF-R systems will service many of our premium gigs," remarked Darren Russell, Elite's managing director. "So far we've found them to be very good, reliable and provide very stable RF performance. The Shure UHF-R's user-interface is very friendly and easy to follow. We really like the simplicity of use and the fact that they come with all the inter-connect cables and
Since its initial showing at PLASA 2011, the Green-GO Communications digital intercom system over Ethernet has been adopted throughout the world, with a growing population of national distributors taking on the brand. This fully-featured digital intercom system has all the performance of a matrix-style network, but withou
As part of a national programme of investment in infrastructure by Network Rail, who operate and are responsible for Glasgow Central, a new public address system was required as part of a wider renovation of this important transport hub. Previously, the station had a long-standing problem with intelligibility due to the cavernous nature of the iconic structure and its architecture, with expansive reflective floor surfaces, sandstone walls and a gla
An established leader in beam steering, Pan Beam's range of self-powered, DSP controlled column loudspeakers are designed to provide solutions for speech and music even in the most difficult of surroundings, delivering optimum sound quality in halls and other reverberant spaces.
Stuart Thomson, MD of CUK Audio explained their choice of Pan Beam, "With steerable columns being established in the market place over the last 10+ yea
And, in an 'icing on the cake' gesture, Midas is also generously offering free entry to the show for all those who pre-register for training on the Midas website before 5 September.
Midas's Jason Kelly will run two one-hour training sessions per day on a range of PRO consoles including: PRO2, PRO2C and the new PRO1. The daily sessions will take place in a purpose-built demo room on-stand (Hall 1-Stand F19) and will run from 1pm until 2pm and from 4pm to 5pm.
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"It's an older structure, and it has some history, and they didn't want to just tear it down and build something bigger," says H
Rewind attracts a wide demographic, from legwarmer-toting 40 and 50-somethings keen to recapture their Pac Man-inspired youth for a weekend, to their children and many younger people keen to discover if the music of the 1980s stands up to 21st century scrutiny.
Despite acts on this year's bill like OMD, Midge U
Abbott's tour has visited 30 Caffè Nero outlets, tying many of them in with sets at local radio stations. This has meant that he was often playing two or three gigs in different towns or cities on the same day.
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For Die tote Stadt IOSONO 3D sound creates a unique acoustical reproduction of the physically absent orchestra by bui
"The Milo system sounded phenomenal, as it always does," comments Thunder's Gregory Snyder, who served as system designer
The system was provided by Lombardi SLR, the first full service hire company in Italy to purchase E15's and join the growing global team of Energia rental companies. Based in Termoli, located on the Adriatic Sea, Lombardi carries a sizable existing Adamson inventory of Y18, Y10, T21 Sub, SpekTrix, Metrix, M15 & M215 monitors.
Historically Lombardi has worked with some of the biggest names in Italian touring including Gigi D'alessio, Anna Tatangelo, and prov
This event saw some of the finest musicians in the jazz world take to the various stages, with Spanish company Soinua relying on its collection of Lab.gruppen amplifiers to provide the power and musicality required.
A total of 14 PLM 10000Q's were used on the main PA, which powered a rig featuring Electrovoice X-Line, with a mixture of Xvls, Xvlt and Xsubs. The monitor duties were handled by a
The Superliga is Denmark's top football league, featuring 12 teams who play each other three times during the season. The teams finishing in the top four places at the end of the season gain places in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, so competition between the comparatively small number of clubs is fierce.
"On the strength of its audio mixing facilities alone, the Soundcraft Si Performer is a remarkable live sound mixer," says the company. "Combining legendary Soundcraft sound quality with intuitive, analogue-style operation, Si Performer delivers built-in Lexicon FX, sophisticated 4-band fully parametric EQ and full dynamics
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Organisers approached Steve Gosling of 24 Acoustics to give guidance on noise control at the event. Gosling created noise prediction models for the site and drafted in entertainment noise specialist Richard Vivian of Big Sky Acoustics to assist with real-time event monitoring. Together they co-ordinated the noise monitoring and control activities over the two day event e
The lighting design is by Patrick Woodroffe with Mac Mosier out on tour as lighting director. The rig is a self-contained Upstaging production that includes about 270 moving lights and multiple LED fixtures - all controlled b