The main system used a total of 80 M3D line array and 24 Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers. As a point of reference for the immensity of this system, 24 Milo cabinets has proved more than sufficient as the main system for outdoor shows by major rock acts, while the same number of M3D cabinets has been used to power a hard rock festival. The Grönemeyer system used well over four times that many cabinets.
The M3D complement
The EXIT festival's musical programme mixes major international hard rock and hip-hop artists with dance music. The artist lineup this year included The Prodigy, Beastie Boys, CSS, Lauryn Hill, Robert Plant & Strange Sensation, Basement Jaxx, Snoop Dogg, The Wu-Tang Clan, LTJ Bukem with MC Conrad, and more.
''Even though we have worked on this festival for the past seven years, we perform detailed preparations each year in order to achieve the best possible sound quality," said Zoran Matic, system engineer for Studio Berar. "This festival has a great meaning for us here in Serbia, because in doing it
Jerry Lee Lewis's Spring tour of northern Europe and Scandinavia took in two venues in Norway, including the 3,000 capacity Kongeparken Amfi in lgard, a small town located south of Stavanger on Norway's west coast.
The sound system supplied by PA Produksjoner brought together the Soundprojects Linex, SP18 subs and SPA-15 diamond loudspeakers with power provided by MC2 Audio E45 and E25 amplifiers and processing by XTA. Jan Olav Sandsmark, CEO of PA Produksjoner said: 'We chose this set up for the Kongeparken Amfi because we needed to use a system that would cover the theatre's 3000 seats.
"The Soundprojects Linex comes with XTAs with presets for different setups and MC2 Audio's E45 and E25 fit the the syst
In 2005, Maltbury exhibited at the PALME show in Dubai. DUCTAC project managers met MD Philip Sparkes and a flexible package of Metrodeck was agreed for seating tiers in the studio space.
This equipment enables a range of layouts to be built so that the space can respond to the needs of future shows. The theatre and arts complex opened in 2006 and now runs a busy schedule of drama, dance and musical performances.
Gulf neighbours Doha College in Qatar managed a whirlwind purchase in February this year. New head of Drama Paul McCracken ordered a Maltbury Playhouse Staging Kit and within a month it was in Doha supporting a pr
European Performers House (EPH) intends to be at the forefront of entertainment in the arts and has already forged relations with comparable institutions around Europe, securing agreement for EPH studies to count towards formal educational qualifications from those institutes.
As such, they have invested heavily in the tools and technologies of modern presentation, the entire school is networked through an Apple Mac server system, linking all rooms to the resources of recording studios and other such facilities maintained on campus.
Audio receives much attention; al
The Interstate Batteries-sponsored event regularly packs the American Airlines Centre (home of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and the NHL's Dallas Stars) to full capacity during its three-day run, all to benefit the Dallas's Children's Medical Centre. For the sixth annual event, more than 20,000 fans filled the stands to watch rodeo pros compete in bull riding, barrel racing, and tie-down roping
At its core is a combined analogue and digital Cadac system, comprising an 82-input Cadac J-Type Live Production Console, complemented by D16 Digital Mix Matrices and M16 remote controlled microphone amplifiers. The main PA rig is from Opus, representing the company's largest theatre system to date, including eight AT1000 cabinets and eight SB218 subs, plus Sennheiser SK50 and SK5012 radiomics, and XTA 26 processing.
"The show is great entertainment and very well written," says Brooker. "The songs
"With over 3000 visitors to ENTECH 2006, this is the best place for Australia's professionals to gain an overview of the industry, and meet others in their fields," says event manager Louise Brooks.
"For 2008 we've also added a bar within the tradeshow, so visitors can relax, catch up with colleagues and get together with old and new friends - without having to leave the venue."
The ENTECH conference programme is returning in 2008, with seminars and workshops from leading industry figures and accredited training bodies. Details of the conference program will be available on the ENTECH website shortly.
(Jim Evans)
Grease, opening at the Piccadilly Theatre in August, is the latest version of the production that first appeared at the Dominion Theatre in 1993 and was one of the earliest moving light rigs supplied by White Light; the show has been playing in London or touring ever since.
For its latest West End outing, which had its leading actors cast by the public on ITV's Grease Is The Word, lighting designer Mark Henderson has updated his rig to include Martin MAC 300, MAC 550 and MAC 700s, High End StudioBeams and StudioColors, Vari-Lite VL2000 Spots as well as Par Cans, ETC Source Fours, Rainbow colour scrollers and L&E MiniStrips plus Robert Juliat Aramis followspots and haze and smoke machines from Look Solutions. Control for the rig is from a Wh
Following this warm-up show, the band are hitting the worldwide festival circuit and taking the Vi6 with them for a series of concerts and festivals from Croatia to Japan.
The Vi6 is an integral part of Unkle's live sound, recommended for the band by Chris Roberts, a sound engineer with over 20 years experience working with artists ranging from Mel C and Death in Vegas to the Fun Lovin' Criminals. Chris, who also works as a chief front-of-house engineer at the Glastonbury Festival, first put the Vi6 through its paces at London live music venue Koko, while working for The Bluetones. "Harman had installed one there as a house desk and I found it really easy to use," he reports
The event was project managed for ShowSupport by Andy Mayneord, who led a team of 12 for the get-in on the Thursday to be ready for a Saturday early afternoon start.
Two landscape format 4:3 ratio Lighthouse R16 I/O side screens were installed, and a 4 camera PPU. The cameras were positioned at FOH, two each side of the pit and a hand-held onstage.
Live video director Jim Bennett's fast cut mix matched the jittery energy of the music, adding an additional edgy layer to the show's visuality for the set - much of which was in daylight.
Working closely with lighting op Rob Gawler, the ShowSupport team also supplied a Coolu
The centre was designed by Penoyre & Prasad Architects in consultation with patients, their families and staff. One of its most striking features is the south façade. Folded aluminium louvres are suspended on a tensioned cable net to prevent direct light entering the building, whilst at the same time creating fascinating abstract imageries.
Lightscape Projects - part of the Light Projects Group - was responsible for the lighting design, installation and programming. A total of 64 Tryka Strip Module Optic IP67 in different lengths were selected for the project, along with other Light Projects LED fittings.
Light Projects Group's director Roger Beckett enthuses: "The Tryka LED linear units were mos
Stage Technologies was responsible for overseeing the entire rigging installation at the tabernacle, working with Jacobsen Construction, McLaren Engineering Group, Pook, Diemont & Ohl Inc, Tomcat Truss, Conductix and AMC Fabrication.
Fourteen BigTow390 winches were installed to control lighting trusses and speaker clusters. BigTow290 winches were also installed to automate seven large chandeliers. This allows the chandeliers to be lowered to a safe working height to be maintained and cleaned.
Three BigTow200 winches are used to car
The company managing the project, Arts, Dance and Music Productions (ADaM), spared no expense when it came to the theatre's technical equipment and called in Athens based pro audio and lighting specialists Telmaco to advise on the sound and lighting installations.
"The Badminton management demanded a high class sound reinforcement system," said Thanassis Drossos, Telmaco's audio projects engineer who was responsible for the design of the sound system. "I arranged for their Technical Director, Renos Papapaschos, to accompany me to d&b audiotechnik's headquarters in Backnang,
Although Shepherd already runs a couple of utility digital desks in his inventory he became intrigued by the Digidesign environment after being exposed to the console during the Black Eyed Peas' recent tour. The band own their own desk but when lead singer Fergie was asked to support Justin Timberlake at the O2 Arena, Shepherd says "this was just the excuse we needed."
With Marquee Audio sales director Andy Huffer providing full training and support, BCS Audio purchased the mixing surface with 48-channel Stage Rack, Local Rack and multicore.
"I love the feel of the desk and the options it gives us,&
"The client wanted a design/install company that could deliver a simple integrated solution" explains VSI's technical manager Tony Moruzzi, who oversaw the project working closely with Clive Hopkins, one of the owners.
VSI's brief included enabling Blancos' meeting rooms and public spaces - through the establishment of a technical infrastructure - to be as flexible as possible for multiple functions and events.
VSI specified LED lighting for all its energy saving properties, and its low running cost and maintenance advantages. In the main Function Room, they installed 72 i-Vision Lumos 3 RGB Link LED strips, ensconced in the coving
Cahyo Budiono was recruited as design consultant and PT Kairos Media Pemuja was appointed to design and install the audio systems. Having successfully installed the combination into other houses of worship, the Kairos team selected Allen & Heath's iDR10 DSP stage rack and iLive-112 control surface for its mixing needs, and an RCF line array speaker system.
"There were four reasons behind choosing the iLive system. Not only is this a cost-effective solution, but the system provides recall of settings for the various users, complete flexibility, and, with the addition of an EtherSound card, has the bonus of offering recording capabilities for the small recording studio above the main sanctuary," explains Kairos' Pratama Budiman.
(Jim Evans
First staged in 2004, the Crossroads Guitar Festival was created by Eric Clapton to bring together musicians of all genres. In addition to Clapton, featured artists at the all-day show included Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughn, BB King, Albert Lee, Stevie Winwood, John Mayer and many more.
"This was a once in a lifetime musical experience," observed Dave Shadoan, president of Sound Image. "The amount of musical talent that was pulled together in one place, on one stage, for 11 hours of live music, had to be experienced to be believed. On events like this, JBL's Vertec system really proves itself."
RCF played a leading role in this, the most important summer concert shows in Italy. Diego Spagnoli, tour and stage manager of Vasco Rossi, and his technicians chose to use the TT+ High Definition Touring and Theatre products for the stage monitoring of the Vasco Live 2007.
RCF's TTSM25-A stage monitors have been used mostly on the two 22m long fly bridges in the front part of the stage. In these areas, where the audie
Live coverage from the Falkland's service, attended by veterans and currently-serving British soldiers, was sent via satellite and simultaneously fed into live coverage of a corollary service taking place at the Horse Guards venue in London's Whitehall.
For the BBC's senior sound supervisor, Tim Davies, there were a number of important considerations since the crew would be working in arduous conditions with limited electricity supply. High on his list were reducing freight costs and equipment reliability.
As the hub for his signal chain, Davies chose a FiberPlex LightVipe
Gary Fails, City Theatrical's president, said: "I first used Dave Johnson's candles when I was a Broadway electrician. Dave was making them and selling them himself and I called him then and we worked out an agreement for CTI to be the exclusive distributor of his candle products. This sale allows CTI to take over the manufacturing processes and to make improvements in the technology, such as LED based candles, to allow these product lines to grow both now and in the future.
Dave Johnson commented: "I was lo
New products will be the true stars of the show, with the industry's leading manufacturers already confirming that they will use PLASA07 as the launchpad for their latest technologies, including new developments in lighting, analogue and digital audio, video, special effects, staging and rigging products.
The show's new single-floor layout - which gives the show plenty of room for future grow
Summit has already taken on Kate Smith as a dedicated administrator for all the O2 business, and will shortly announce the appointment of a new project manager. Summit's Jon Bray comments, "Obviously we're delighted with this result and appreciate all the hard teamwork that's gone into achieving it. We look forward to working with a venue of this calibre."
Summit will be responsible for the provision of all rigging services within the O2.
He turned to Paul Normandale for the lighting design, who put together a show that was both visually engaging for the lucky fans gathered at the Electric Ballroom in London, while also camera friendly - as the show was broadcast to various American TV channels that night.
Normandale said: "We had very limited stage space and power, so I had to come up with a practical plot to give the audience a feeling of just turning up to a small pub or club show. This was of course then filmed for American TV links which were mixed, edited and despatched overnight. I
