A collaboration between Theatre Projects, architect Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, and acoustician Jaffe Holden, the $6.7 million renovation of Talbot Hall addressed not only upgrades and modernization of the Danos Theater, but also improvements to the campus TV studio, radio station, several classrooms, and other communications department facilities located in the hall.
Improvements to the Danos Theater
The business is run by Justin Hemmes, who takes a very personal and hands-on interest in the audio; thus when The Newport was added to the portfolio this year, he and Merivale's AV Manager, Glenn Rayner were only likely to specify the best - and this included Martin Audio's new CDD (Coaxial Differential Dispersion) series and MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array).
Formerly known as the Newport Arms, the venue is a large shore-line pub with an al fresco garden area that looks out over the water.
Setting out the sound design rationale, Glenn Rayner explained, "We looked at the existing audio at The Newport and quickly established that the only way we'd get the sort of clarity and coverage we required was to ha
A Usd 550m project, the Dubai Water Canal comprises one shopping centre, four hotels, 450 restaurants, luxury housing, walkways and cycle paths. The Canal is 2.9 Km long, starting from Business Bay down to the Gulf through Safa Park and Jumeirah. The width ranges from 80mto 120m. The navigable canal is crossed by 12m high bridges.
One of the main visual attractions of the complex is the giant 160 m water feature of the Sheikh Zayed Dubai, a technical marvel that at night turns the bridge into a waterfall shining with the eye-catching magic of dynamic colour lighting.
For a project of this scale and complexity, the choice of the technical partner could only fall on Magical Water Fountains company, specializing in top level water feature projects realized all
"This is an important year for PLASA and for the Scottish live events sector," says PLASA's events director, Chris Toulmin, "we hope our continued investment in the Scottish market, through our Focus events and its seminar programme will reflect and support the Scottish government and VisitScotland's recently unveiled ten-year strategy to grow this sector."
Taking place across both days of the show, highlights on day one will include: Panel sessions led by audio journalist Phil Ward, who presents Is Point Source Fighting Back? an exploration of the varied applications of p
"Our strategy is focused on providing superior customer solutions and driving growth in each of our market segments," states Chris Simpson, president and CEO of Wenger Corporation. "The addition of SECOA builds on the momentum we are driving with the J.R. Clancy and Wenger brands to offer the most comprehensive integrated project solutions in the performing arts market.
"This acquisition further complements our integrating manufacturing model by bringing on board some of the key talent who have executed a similar model very s
Naoki Shimizu, CEO of Creativeman Productions Co. Ltd. takes up the story. A well-known organizer of Japanese music festivals such as Summer Sonic, he had heard about the impending closure of the previous nightclub and decided to develop a permanent location for his company to showcase live entertainment for the first time.
He approached MSI Japan to supply the sound system and Takashi 'Kon' Imaoka from Martin Audio distributor Audio Brains was placed in charge of
With Kobus van Rensburg at the helm of Blue Array, the company has supplied prominent international artists visiting South Africa. They also have a reputation for their talented audio engineers, who are some of the best in the country.
"There are many reasons we've gone the SD5 route," said Marinus Visser, head of audio at the company. "It's on every international rider, which was the main selling point. But for our shows, it was the ability of the console and all the things it can do, the enormous IO count and its exceptional audio quality. As Blue Array typically work on international productions, they've invested heavily in D&B Audiotechnik sound systems. It justifies having something that sounds so good complemen
In keeping with the organization's long-standing commitment to elevating the fan experience, the Arizona Cardinals unveiled a new sound system in University of Phoenix Stadium for the start of the 2016 NFL season. Designed and specified by the Arizona Cardinals, the system consists primarily of flown L-Acoustics K2 arrays permanently installed in July by AV systems integrator Pro Sound & Video.
"We are committed to providing a world-class stadium atmosphere in every possible way," said Ca
Constellation's power to optimize the room's acoustic signature for any use - from conferences and banquets to amplified and acoustic concerts spanning all musical genres - has expanded utilization of the venue to encompass a broader spectrum of events.
"With the addition of Constellation, Peer Gynt Hall has become an extraordinary room for any type of acoustical music performance, including chamber music, brass ensembles, piano recitals and a cappella choral music," says Rolf Skogstrand, event manager for the Grieghallen complex. "In addition, Constellation has presets for acoustical environments to enhance many types of amplified music as well
The new products are: the stand-alone voice alarm/public address system (VIGIL Eclipse4), VIGIL3 transformerless amplifiers, VIGIL3 charger module and last, but not least, is the touch screen microphone.
The new VIGIL Eclipse4 uses Baldwin Boxall's latest transformerless voice alarm amplifiers. In common with its predecessors, the VIGIL Eclipse4 is a wall mountable, stand-alone voice alarm/public address system, providing a highly-efficient solution to the market.
The Eclipse4 uses proven EVAS routeing technology and has the ability to include up to four of the company
"It was formerly Demsey's, a neighbourhood tavern that, after 24 years, had run its course," explained Rich Trombitas, regional sales & product manager with A/V manufacturer's rep firm Cardone, Solomon & Associates (CS&A). "It's the same owner, and he did a great job of ripping out the old and building in the new. It's in a young part of the city, and it now hits all of the high points for that group."
Trombitas drew on his own expertise and CS&A's representation of Ashly Audio and other manufacturers to assist NYC's local integration firm, Starview Satellite, with the Gray Mare's killer sound system.
"Starview Satellite's John Paturno and Hector Martinez needed a system that
Organised by Coconut Events, the 10-day festival was staged in the Golden Memories Dome, and attracted 12,000 guests. Renowned Indian folk singers, Kirtidan Gadhvi, Nisha Barot and Jetal Soni, performed every day.
The organisers appointed pro rental company, Stagecraft, to manage the challenging brief. Stagecraft had recently purchased a second dLive system from Allen & Heath's distributor, Sun Infonet, comprising the flagship S7000 Surface with DM64 MixRack, to join its existing S3000/DM48 system. The S7000/DM64 system was selected as the FOH and monitor mixer for the festival, managing a spectrum of instruments such as 8 dhols, 6 drums, 5 floor drums, 1 kick drum, Indian acoust
In true rock n' roll style, the production is currently out on tour following this award winning West End residency. With a philosophy based around live music, the ultimate source, KV2 Audio products were the choice for sound designer Matt McKenzie when considering which sound system to tour.
Autograph Sound once again provided a complete KV2 solution for the eight-month UK tour. Top reviews follow many other recent collaborations between KV2 and Autograph such as Mamma Mia!, Annie, Kinky Boots and Bend it Like Beckham.
The tour takes in a wide variety of venues across the UK of various sizes. To tackle these, Autograph provided a range of products from KV2's ES, ESR and EX
Among the fine contemporary architecture, restored listed buildings, three acres of contemporary art and culture, restaurant and bars, it is fitting that the new 500-capacity urban events space should occupy the original Grade II*-listed Boiler Shop itself, rich in engineering history.
It is today able to host a wide range of corporate, cultural and arts events as well as live performance and exhibitions - thanks to the versatility of an integrated Harman sound reinforcement network featuring mission-critical JBL loudspeaker sy
"The Royal Albert Hall is always busy," commented Britannia Row's project manager Lez Dwight, "but this was exceptional. It saw a Britrow crew load in just after midnight for rehearsals commencing at 2pm that Monday afternoon, with the show on the Tuesday, 1 November."
The show was in part a tribute to Sir Terry Wogan, the BBC Radio 2 presenter who was one of Children in Need's staunchest advocates. Stars willing to offer their talents for such an event were not in short supply: the show featured Olly Murs, Ellie Goulding, Rick Astley, Beverley Knight, Alfie Boe & Michael Ball, Take That and Gregory Porter.
"It was a tricky
The primary feature additions include a re-work of data handling, the addition of a multi-spectrum plot view, a built-in program updater, automatic broadband meter configuration based on selected inputs, password protection for the API and the ability to run measurement engines in the background when switching between tabs.
A major new component within data handling is the Session Folder for improved day-to-day and gig-to-gig data management. Pinned to the top of the data bar, the Session Folder serves as the target location for all new captured data. Automatically named with the curre
Amongst the company's corporate clients, regular use of wireless microphones is rapidly becoming widespread, and with channel counts that would have seemed unthinkable a few years ago. By way of recent example, Peter Russell has recently returned from Barcelona, where Blitz|GES supplied the audio infrastructure during a large corporate event for a major computing sof
In these two decades the show has presented them with any number of audio challenges, but the team, formerly led by the late Derrick Zieba and more recently by Colin Pink, has always delivered on all audio fronts. For the past 14 of those years, they have had the support of Sennheiser, both in terms of equipment and technical assistance.
With increasingly RF-heavy environments, the use of Sennheiser equipment, particularly products such as its flagship Digital 9000 Series, which was used by the presenters including US singer Bebe Reixa, has proved increasingly important.
Eight channels of Digital 9000 were on hand for the guest presenters and award acceptance speeches ("On top of the
Data can be exchanged easily between systems, such as Sennheiser's conference solution ADN - here, because control commands are transmitted via TCP/IP, the audio conferencing system's central unit, the ADN CU1, can be connected effortlessly to one of Cestron's media controllers. For example, when the talk button on a docking station is pressed, the media controller interprets the transferred information and triggers functions, such as aligning a camera with a speaker.
This device communication naturally works in both directions, meaning that Sennheiser communication stations can accessed remotely via Crestron touch
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 blazes into Broadway's Imperial Theatre this fall with multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban in the role of Pierre. The production audaciously retains the show's original staging concept, with the audience inches away from the action, which takes place throughout the theatre. Sound designer Nicholas Pope devised an innovative loudspeaker configuration with multiple small
The company asked customers to share stories about how they use microphones and offered a range of prizes, including a first prize of 2,500 (US$2,800) in DPA microphones and accessories.
"We were overwhelmed by the response and very surprised by the creativity of so many of our users," says Anne Berggrein, DPA's VP of marketing. "It was great fun hearing about the many different environments in which our mics have found themselves and the applications they have been used for. Picking a winner was hard because there were so many to choose from."
In th
KLANG:technologies innovative 3D personal monitor mixing system is a breakthrough development in in-ear monitoring which creates a natural and controllable spatial image around the musician, with a quality of sound that delivers new levels of accuracy and transparency.
"Our aim is to create the perfect in-ear monitor sound for musicians, enabling them to work with greater ease and focus on their performance", says KLANG:technologies' founder and marketing director, Dr. Pascal Dietrich. "Finding the right distributors that sh
An introduction came about via mutual associates at the prestige Royal Danish Theatre, who have used TiMax systems for many years and respected Nordic Pro Audio's high standards of technical support and passion for groundbreaking audio products.
Out Board's Dave Haydon and Nordic's Torben Aalykke sealed the deal on the company's stand at a busy Monitor Expo show, where Nordic also won an award for Best AV Dealer.
Nordic Pro Audio MD, Torben Aalykke, says, "We are very pleased to distribute the impressive TiMax range of products through Denmark. It is a product that has a great deal to offer theatres and AV installations here, a
Singapore-based OneCircle LLP has been appointed as sole distributor for Singapore and Brunei and takes its place alongside over sixty Outline distributors on five continents.
Although helming a newly formed company, OneCircle's founder and managing partner Hikam Ali explains that he is more than familiar with Outline's product range, as he worked for Outline's previous distributor in Singapore.
OneCircle has decided to concentrate solely on Outline Audio, without compromising its standards handling other brands, and is therefore fully committed to solely promoting Outline.
He adds, "By demonstrating portable, live sound and fixed install systems in schools, places of worship and other venues, we're making sure the systems are being h
