With Ancora, Il Divo have turned their classical talents toward their own original music, as well as interpreting popular tracks like Unchained Melody and a duet with Celine Dion on I Believe in You. The group is currently in the midst of a tour in which they are covering nearly 100 cities on five continents over the course of eight months.
London's Capital Sound has been providing the front-of-house control an
The band is using a full complement of Sennheiser's evolution range of microphones on vocals and back line. Front-of-house sound engineer Rob Webster Reed commented: "After trying various manufacturers we found the e840 absolutely superb on lead vocals. In a major tour environment you look for consistency in a mic, and the e840 goes out every night virtually without any EQ. It's meaty sound and impressive feedback rejection also made it the obvious choice for backing vocals." Webster Reed also added that the e840 coped extremely well with Preston's very high vocal input levels.
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HK Audio's exclusive UK and Eire distributor, JHS, achieved an impressive 40% sales increase with HK Audio's range of pro audio systems last year. This result was undoubtedly spearheaded by the profile achieved following the introduction of the compact and innovative HK Audio Cohedra Compact ('CoCo') line array concert system, a high-performance system well suited to the majority of UK mid-size tour venues, and to the budgets of most pro audio touring and rental companies, say JHS.
"The UK and Eire pro audio market has demonstrated great interest in the potential offered by the Cohedra Compact system," says JHS MD, Dennis Drumm. "Sales of this system in particular
He has been looking for the best tools in the market to complement their other sound gear, and just last year they updated their old amps with Lab Gruppen amplifiers in order to reduce weight and to increase headroom. Doyon adds: "I am very impressed with the amount of positive comments our customers have expressed about
Olma created a massive lighting system with more than 100 moving lights - including a total of 40 Clay Paky Stage Zoom 1200 - and 320 conventional Fixtures, as well as complex architectural lighting with LED RGB colour changers, 4 kW Xenon and 2.5 kW HTI fixtures. To control the whole lighting system he used a grandMA full-size and a grandMA light as a back up.
Olma and his programmer Manuel Da Costa gained access to the full lighting system only one day before the show went Live 'on air', so they had little time
The quadrennial show is one of the largest print media exhibitions in the world, and Heidelberg - among the world's major printing machine manufacturers - featured the biggest single stand, occupying all of hall eight and half of hall seven in their entireties.
All lighting fixtures for the Heidelberg Print areas, the 1.8 kilometres of trussing and 220 points on which it is hung was supplied by Siegen-based Trendco, and designed by Michael Diederichs. Trendco also supplied all the stand's audio systems. The stand consisted of numerous different product areas showing: types of printing, dye-cutting, folding, packaging and other associated machines, plus four presentation areas and several hospi
"The Netherlands' audio industry has always been important to ARX and we're looking forward to working with Robert Pigeaud and his energetic team at Match Audio & Vision."
Alongside ARX, Match Audio & Vision also represents manufacturers including Celestion, Logic System, MC2 Audio and Quested.
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Martin Clark acted as project manager for a team of 40, who completed their first circuit of the course on the Saturday, installing the structures across the course in potentially hazardous conditions before the road closures came into force. Martin's experience working on the race over the past 12 years was a great advantage in liaising with organiser and the police to prepare the structures and co-ordinate the operation across 36 hours on site.
Lucy McCrickard, director of LGM Consultancy, has organised 11 London Marathons and explained the
Since the owner is a former musician, he also wanted the facility to build high-octane live music and DJ sessions into the entertainment programme, and tasked his technical representative Hidenori Kawamoto with sourcing a professional, fully-optimised system that could be distributed throughout the whole facility. LadyBird presented the challenge to Kiyoaki Fuku
Lab.gruppen, the Swedish manufacturer distributed exclusively in the UK by Sennheiser, is one of the leading amplifier brands within the pro audio industry. According to Jim Stevens, SES's general manager who oversees the Coldplay account: "We have been changing over to Lab.gruppen amplifiers for the last three years. We had an amp 'shoot-out' in 2003 and Lab.gruppen won hands down, so we decided to start
In addition to the main screen projection, lighting company Neg Earth provided High End Systems' new DL2 digital lights, which repeated details from the main screen in a number of circular projections dotted around the stage.
PSL also provided an electric screen, 14ft wide by 10ft deep, which dropped down for a few numbers in the show. "The production took the best of both worlds," commented PSL Music's Pod Bluman, "cutting-edge technology like the DL2s integrated elegantl
The Sinus for the Information category was awarded to Erwin Schenk, the technical manager of The Zentrum Paul Klee centre in Bern, Switzerland, and to Christian Simmen the project manager of John Lay Electronics. The Zentrum Paul Klee was designed by the famous architect Renzo Piano and is one of his most striking buildings. It distinguishes itself from traditional museums in being not just the h
A key part of the sponsorship will include a series of Allen & Heath master classes where the Xone Ten will be on hand to demonstrate the full capacity of Allen & Heath mixers and outline the key features of their performances to the next generation of DJs. Allen & Heath says that with their high quality filters, construction and audio signal path, Xone has quickly become the mixer o
Directed by Salvador Tavora, Carmina Burata is operatic spectacle that translates Carl Orff's most renowned choral piece into an unprecedented theatrical experience. Featuring over 30 dancers, actors, a soprano choir and two famous Andalusian stallions, the show is touring the UK, visiting 16 venues in a 3-month period - culminating in a spectacular finale at The Welsh Millennium Centre - the home of the Welsh National Opera.
Having deployed Trantec S5000 on 'La Cuadra de Sevilla's previous national tours of Carmen, Stage Sound Services' MD Phil Hurley specified the new 60
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The P-1 captures the unique sound of the 1970s Quad Eight Ventura, Coronado and Pacifica consoles, say MTR. The EM-Silver has a custom all-steel-wound output transformer, which produces a dark, warm tone perfect for ribbon microphones. The EM-Blue, with its high nickel wound output transformer, conversely generates a brighter, airy tone, says the company, while the EM-Red has a modified custom wound input transformer that brings the 'mid levels' forward.
The A-Designs line-up is completed by the REDDI va
Alcons' Tom Back says: "It's good to have a presence at PALME in this stage of our company's development in this region, as already a number of high-profile projects have been realized with our Pro-Ribbon Partner in the Middle East, SPL from Lebanon."
Furthermore, Alcons Audio have announced that an agreement has been made during the show for delivery of the first Alcons LR16 pro-ribbon line-array system in the Middle East. The significantly-sized system consists of LR16 ribbon line-array, LR16B line-array bass and BF362 subwoofers, all powered and controlled by ALC4 and ALC6.
Back continues: "Although it's clear the show needs to mature, we had a successful event, with good, specific interest.
Although there are many reasons for the church's fast rise in popularity and growth, one of them can certainly be attributed to NewSpring's praise band, which peppers its contemporary worship service sets with songs by the likes of U2 and Nickelback.
Consequently, the NewSpring team knew that a traditional church P.A. wasn't going to suffice for its new sanctuary and therefore contacted regional sound company Custom Audio
Attendees of the April course all enjoyed the lively discussion on audience scanningand commented on how good it was to meet other Laserists. The course has been designed to provide essential and valuable information for anybody involved with working with laser lighting products, whether they be show operators, installation compan
Product demonstrations and musical entertainment will feature heavily on the schedule, with numerous product demo artists performing over the three-day event. A very special time will be dedicated to visit the little city where PROEL was established in 1991 and its beautiful surrounding territories: the flourishing countryside and the spectacular views between the Adriatic Sea and the Gran Sasso Mountain, the ancient villages and their story. Live and breathe the Italian way of life, will be the "leitmotiv" of the entertainment time, making visitors able to visit winemakers and cellars, and taste the m
A joint project of the International Coliseums Company (ICC) and the City of Youngstown, the 5700-seat Chevrolet Centre is home to the Central Hockey League's Youngstown Steelhounds, and has been designed as a multi-purpose facility that will host up to 100 events per season, including concerts, trade shows, conventions, sporting events, mon
Since the primary focus of folk music performances is the words and music, it was of utmost importance that the words be intelligible and sound natural and that individual instruments be rendered distinctly and accurately, and Cohedra Compact was chosen for these tours.
The Kastelruther Spatzen from South Tyrol-who were awarded the German music prize ECHO for the ninth time this year, making them the most honoured recipients of
The extra square footage will allow C.B.I. to increase the number of workstations in the high tech fabrication area, as well as greatly increase warehouse space. This expansion is a direct result of increased business in many areas, with a dramatic increase citied in pro sound, power, lighting, and distribution.
Accompanying the expansion will be a wave of promotions, new positions, and a general aesthetic makeover to the current building, with expansion due to be completed 1 August.
CBI will be at InfoComm on booth 2791.
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The weekly acoustic night, held at the Ginglik club, attracts some of the best singer songwriters on the circuit, from establish names to up-and-coming artists. The Big Secret is enhanced by the projected workings of a live illustrator, who takes inspiration from the performance.
"The Big Secret was established to bridge the gaping chasm between the gigging singer songwriter and the professional music business," says organiser, Amity Fletcher. "The night is frequently an industry hunting ground for talent and we've launched a f
