ABC installed used two Sennheiser EW145 hand-helds, a Sennheiser EW112 lapel system and a Sennheiser EVO pack and receiver for the lectern mic with a Sennheiser COM1425 attached to the transmitter. This was placed with an additional on/off switch on a perspex mount out of sight beneath the lectern. The hearing aid loop was Ampetronic and the speakers were eight Bose 161s. The amplification was supplied by two Citronic PSX350s, all mixed with a Sp
Hand Held began by supplying the show with a total of 14 Shure hand-held systems featuring Beta 58 capsules which were for use on the live performances at the end of the week. For the rest of the time, the students were furnished with a Shure beltpack lavalier system using MKE2 capsules as the cameras followed their progress at work and play. Hand Held's Mick Shepherd pointed out a certain irony in the fact that as the show's ratings go up, the gear requirements go down. "As students ar
Among the 25+ stands that Gearhouse SA was involved in were Land Rover, Ford, Mazda, Alpha Romeo, Fiat, Chrysler Jeep, Renault, Honda and Porsche. The range of equipment was extensive: for example, a cube wall on the Mazda stand involved 48 separate cubes. "To set that up they had to be perfectly balanced and stitched together which was quite a job,"
The system consists of eight Vertec VT-4889 elements - and was specified by David Bradshaw, the Ministry’s Head of Production. Bradshaw was looking for a system with large amounts of energy and direction that would adequately cover all areas of the unorthodox shaped room: apart from that, it had to look good, and work in the context of the space’s aesthetics. Bradshaw had realized the versatility of Vertec during the Ministry of Sound’s University tour earlier in the year, where they "used it in all conceiv
Denon equipment has always been a favourite with Humphries. The first piece of Denon kit he bought was the maverick DN-2000F twin CD player. This was followed by the state-of-the-art DN-2600F twin CD player and the DNM-2300R Mini Disc recorder. When he heard about the DN-S5000 Humphries contacted Silvio Zeppieri at Denon USA. The gig at Ministry of Sound was approaching and he was keen to be the first person to use the machine at a major UK event. Zeppieri thus arranged for a loan model to be made available for use in his studio. To ensure the a unit would be available at the Minis
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium seats 80,000 spectators, which makes it one of the world's largest Olympic stadia. The opening event featured a match between the teams of Galatasarray Istanbul and Olympiakos Athenes. Although the venue is intended mainly for athletics and football, it will also be used for concerts, where it’s capacity can climb to 100,000.
At a total cost of about USD140 million, the Atatürk Olympic Stadium is a state-of-the-art facility. Designed in the form of a crescent, the stadium's roof is a complex, huge steel structure with a total weight of 4,400 tons and a total size of 31,000 square metres. In addition to all th
Although the Mk 2 units have a smart new appearance, plus some extra facilities, they still feature exactly the same internal design and construction which have made the original units consistently popular with artists and audio engineers throughout the world. Designed in conjunction with a world-famous recording studio, the original QUE - 8 and QUE - 10 gave musicians and vocalists the opportunity to set and adjust their own monitor mix without affecting any master recording or PA mix. The units featured 8 or 10 channels respectively, each with its own volume and pan control, plus a master treble, bass and volume control section. They
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"We’re used to being busy," said Brit Row’s logistics planner Roly Oliver, "but even by our standards to have eight PM1Ds out at the same time was a significant event. The applications were a real mix, from events like MTV and TOTP Awards to tours by artists as varied as Richard Ashcroft, Robbie Williams, Jamiroquai and Cliff Richard. Craig David took two boards for a series of TV promotional appearances all over Europe.
"This is a prime example of our commitment to new technology," said Brit Row’s director Bryan Grant. "As a company we actively seek out what equipment best supports our client needs, and both the up
"For the gigs we now have 20 channels of A-T mics", explains Morris, "covering all of the kit, vocals and the bass and guitar rig
The show was mixed by Harry McLean from BBC Northern Ireland, who was as impressed by the dV-DOSC rig as its new owner, John Willis of Production House. "The coverage was even, and the output and sound quality was impressive for such a physically small box. Once Harry had done a walk round the venue, he was completely confident that everybody in the arena would be hearing the same thing and that let him concentrate on mixing the show which, in true Children in Need style, was hectic from sta
In the past Centre Stage have specialised in one-off arts events shows and local authority events - and this summer provided coverage for Miss Dynamite at West Ham’s Upton Park stadium. Graham told us: "I was introduced to Martin Audio and have always felt confident about their systems. The day FX Music went out and bought 30 stacks the writing was on the wall."
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Midas’ head of sales, David Cooper, says the new initiative has two key benefits: "Firstly it allows us to offer an upgrade service for our existing client base - say from an XL200 to a Heritage 2000," he said. &
According to ATI Group president Larry Droppa, sales of the Paragon monitor and the Paragon production console are brisk and expanding, and the company's growth potential will only be improved by the change. "The Paragons are still at an early point in their product life cycle," notes Droppa. "We intend to be selling these consoles for many
Argus director, Jerry Matthews, said that a 30-year-old system had to be removed to accommodate the new Martin enclosures - which are used for music reproduction on match days. After the construction of the new Purple stand (formerly Gilbert Alsop stand), Argus were called in to bring the public address and sound reinforcement in the remainder of the stadium up to the same level. The solution was provided by 27 of Martin Audio’s Blackline F10s, assigned to five QSC 100V line amplifiers. These are all mounted individually under the s
The auditorium - seating 1,202 with a ceiling height of 50ft - was opened in 1970 and has been in constant use ever since. Matt Horwood of Reflex Limited was approached by Margaret Young, head of media support at RMA Sandhurst to improve the ageing facilities in the auditorium. With the help of specialist audio distributor Leisuretec, Horwood came up with the specifications for the project. In turn, he approached Arbiter to sup
ARX’s recently-appointed distributor for The Netherlands, Electric Audio, has supplied EQ-60 graphic equalizers to the Ogterop Theatre in Meppel; Maximix line mixers to Video Schaay in Rotterdam and EQ-60 and EQ-15 graphic equalizers to Super Sound, the Leiden -based rental company.
German distributor Show Service supplied DI-4 direct boxes and AFW 1 anti-feedback workstations to the Baptist Church of Waldbrol; EC 2 electronic crossovers and AFW 1s to the Detmold Gospel Church; Mixxmaster mic line mixers to Siro AV in Mainz and Maxisplit line splitters to AV Long in Lindlar, while Swiss distribu
At London’s PLASA Show, P&B discovered Funktion One’s Resolution 2 system and, noticing the demand for high-end larger scale FOH PA, they made the radical decision to do away with almost their entire previous inventory to invest in a larger system. "As a result, we switched to QSC’s PowerLight Series - and we wished since that we had done this years ago," says P&B’s Michel van de Beek. The new QSC system drives the company’s eight stacks of Funktion One Resolution 5/F218s. "W
In addition to rotary knobs, each of the DX-5R’s four channels has individual LED indicators. The highly-visible LEDs make it easy for DJs to manipulate channel settings in any environment. The DX-5R is also equipped with a large Master Volume rotary knob. Additionally, there’s a 4-band rotary EQ on the master level that controls bass, mid low, mid high and treble. It comes standard-equipped with a high-quality Feather Fader for smooth, quick crossfades, and offers Fader Q Start, when us
AS-1+ is a self-powered 18" subwoofer in a bass reflex configuration. Due to the integrated ribs, safe stacking is possible when using multiple AS-1+s. AS-1+ is equipped with link out to one PS-1 (unamplified) when dual 18" systems are required. PS-1 is an AS-1+ without the amplifier module, and intended for use as a slave to the AS-1+ or for use with other amplifiers, giving the option to later upgrade with AS-1+.
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The move is certain to be seen as adventurous in the current climate and watched with interest by senior industry figures. The studio industry has been in a state of flux for a couple of years with a change in the way records have been made, resulting in a number of mid to large studios closing. Metropolis created studio E, one of the world’s first purpose-built music surround mix rooms in 1996 and was the first major studio complex to embrace the ProTools revolution in the early 90s. The Group was also unique in offering ProTools workstations for every session with Prism con
The installation was supervised by DAT AB, Renkus-Heinz’s Swedish distributor. DAT installed the new Renkus-Heinz ST7/94 (90 x 40 degree dispersion) loudspeaker and a series of distributed nearfield speakers in the church, to minimize the effects of a long reverb time while projecting vocal and musical clarity throughout the building.
Faced with a limited budget and the requirement for a compact, simple, but state-of-the-art sound system, DAT measured the reverberation time at almost 4.5 seconds and created an EASE model of
For this latter, Mamma Mia! is being staged by the Shiki Theatre Company at this brand new 1200-seat theatre, which is located in the new Bayside Tokyo Shiodome SIO-SITE complex. The show is the latest in a long line of large-scale musical productions under the Shiki banner, including Phantom of the Opera, CATS and The Lion King. The Shiki team was responsible for the design of the Umi
To maximize an ideal location, Urbium brought back interior designers Tibbatts & Co to deliver this 1800-capacity multi-bar concept. With a large ground floor Tiger Bar, Moroccan-themed Kaz Bar, Manhattan-style Loft, colonial-style Raffles Bar and the retro feel of The Den, as well as a clever tunnel which acts as a bass trap into the industrially-appointed club, the venue caters to all tastes. There is also further evidence of the company’s move towards fine dining with the stylish, silver service restaurant. Yet where Newcastle has become truly groundbr
