Mann's Neumann KMS 105 mic goes directly into the InnovaSON Sy40 digital console without any outboard processing. "Aimee sings centre stage for the whole show and at one point she sings a new song called King of the Jailhouse, where she moves over to the piano player's position and plays and sings using her Sennheiser
The training will include the fundamental physics of line arrays; the developmental background behind Cohedra; using the Cohedra manual; CAPS - Cohedra Acoustic Prediction Software; the Digital Field Controller and the DFC software for the PC; Cohedra rigging and ground-stacking; listening tests, with multiple configurations; live troubleshooting and servicing. The course concludes with a 60-minute proficiency test, enabling participants to earn the Cohe
RK Sound selected Allen & Heath's iDR fixed installation/live sound system, specifying an iDR-8 digital processing unit and the expansion units iDR-In and iDR-Out, providing a 16x16 matrix. The system can be set up, managed and controlled by PC and includes sophisticated digital processing features such as paging, delays, EQ, gates, compressors, limiters and remote pre-amp control.
Eight Shure MX412D/N microphones feed the iDR on the cashiers' side, which drives eight Work Studio 3 loud
David Pattison, senior analyst at Plimsoll Publishing Ltd, commented: "There is clear evidence of stagnation at the top of the market: 12 of these Top 39 companies failed to increase sales above inflation compared to 17 last year. With many also experiencing rising costs, their future direction now looks uncertain.&qu
Madema SpA, one of Italy's premier rental companies, was contracted to provide a sophisticated EAW sound rei
"We had taken stock of the new Martin system only a couple of weeks earlier, and we had the entire 32-box system straight out on duty," reports RG Jones project manager, Simon Hodge. Measuring 11m from the ground to the top of the hang, and com
Having just designed the new Miss Saigon UK tour, Nick Lidster one of Autograph's designers, is now in Tokyo working on another new production of this popular musical, which opens in mid August at the Imperial Theatre. Supplying the equipment for this Japanese version of Miss Saigon demonstrates how successfully Autograph has expanded their global market.
Another hit show to make use of not only Autograph's sound design but also rental expertise is Mamma Mia!
After three months in Portugal, the production now arrives in Los Angeles, and will perform at the famous Los Angeles Theatre between 30 September and 5 December. ATEC Audio Technology, Wharfedale's Austrian distributors, originally equipped the show with 14 x EVP12P (powered 200W trapezoidal enclosures, with 12" woofer and 44mm compression driver) which worked so well that Andreas Buechele decided to take them around the world with him.
However, the sound designer's first task on takin
Situated in the southern resort of Tozeur, the park, which is open seven days a week, recalls 3,000 years of Tunisian history. "To this day, the PMD320s continue to function impeccably over an eight-hour cycle, operating until midnight on a daily basis," says M N Chelli, from Backstage Technology - a company created with the visitor attraction's owner Chérait Jallel back in 2002 to take care of all the Chérait Group's technical requirements.
But times have moved forward and the professional playback device has now evolved into the PMD325. In addition to playing conventional CDs it will handle CD
The M16 remote mic amp is a direct response to market demand for a high quality remote microphone amplifier for seamless interoperation with all marques of analogue and digital console. Designed to address live, broadcast and recording market requirements, the M16 integrates directly with Cadac's new D16 Digital Input Matrix, and up to 16 M16 units can be controlled within a single system. A remote control option is available, via the Cadac RM16 Remote Control Unit, or via Cadac's SAM software. The M16 demonstrates high headroom throughout the whole system, as well as an extended response frequency, say Ca
From Phonic will be the new MU range of compact mixers, ideal for a variety of applications with a great combination of features and with competitive pricing, say Shure Distribution. Also on show will be Phonic's new RoadGear range - a fully integrated mobile soun
The project called for some 150 speakers in a combination of ceiling and wall units, together with outside projectors for the loading bay. It was also important to create a zoned approach and Stage Two opted for the Cloud Electronics range of products for the amplification and signal processing equipment, augmented by an ambient noise computer from Symetrix and a telephone interface from Baldwin Boxall. Speakers were selected from Pen
Cambridge Folk Festival has never been easy to work on, but Canegreen, now on its third consecutive year, has always risen to the challenge, creating a system unique to this event. The festival is situated in the middle of a residential area, so sound levels have to be c
Every year since 1995 sound engineers of the Theatre Vorpommern have been faced with the challenge of staging open-air performances during the summer season with a symphony orchestra and choir performance in front of an audience of up to 2,000. The sound system varied each year, according to the specific requirements of each performace, and it was decided that a more permanent solution had to be found for the next few years. After intensive research, the final decision fell on K.M.E
Brähler ICS was chosen as the principle supplier for the project. Facilities will include an 85-user Automic microphone system, linked to an Infracom simultaneous interpretation system with infra-red delegate receivers and a full public address system. A flexible and robust system was required, as uses will include conferences, seminars and training sessions in multiple languages.
The Automic microphone system comes with portable delegate and chairman's microphones, both with gooseneck stems and interfaces with the interpretati
With a number of high-profile shows and events in prospect, Blitz had systematically purchased a DM1000, PM5000 and PM5D digital desk from their long-term suppliers over the past couple of months - and all were on display, allowing a number of leading independent freelance, corporate and theatre engineers (including the National) to get hands-on training by Marquee and Yamaha support teams.
"This is part of our ongoing inventory upgrade, and Marquee have supported us as they always do," said Blitz Sound regional manager, Chris Jordan. "Today is overview-type training . . . when we need to do intense training we can either do
Based on NXT technology, Flat panel speakers are a flexible, plug-and-play sound system with 1-8 channels of audio. Sound is generated by vibrating a plain panel surface resulting in audio radiating in all directions. This room-filling effect makes Flat panel speakers the ideal solution for any public space where even sound distribution is a must.
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Richmond Film Services' founding partner Nigel Woodford provided location sound supervisor James Godard with a total of 20 COS-11 lavalier microphones from its stock of nearly 100, which has been built up over the years with a number of purchases from Pure Distribution. The COS-11 is an omni-directional miniature lavalier microphone that is so small it is almost invisible, yet still provides superb sound, with the frequency response being consciously adjusted to the human voice which makes it ideal for use on this kind of s
Moeller is reportedly delighted with his purchase, despite the fact that he had to consign most of his furniture to the skip in order to make room for it in his apartment. Home also happens to be on the fourth floor, so he was obliged to call in a few favours from several of his skinnier musical friends to help him lug it up the stairs! "It was a fair amount of effort, but definit
90 Degrees is located in a cavernous old building above a wine warehouse and consists of several rooms, including a main DJ/dance area, a secondary dancefloor and a seated 'booth' area with rounded, cocoon-like seats. From the outset, the club has been designed to be truly multipurpose. The name '90 Degrees' refers to the owners wanting everyone to have a clear view of the performance area in fro
Sound Division managing director David Graham is very pleased with the nomination. "I feel that it's a great achievement for Sound Division," he stated. "We've made a conscious effort over the last two year to focus our energies on the London contracting market, and we are fortunate to be able to count a number of very pre
Purchased from Shure Distribution UK, the AD-S52s are fed from background hard drive computer by day and live DJ playback sources after dark. Each of the restaurant's four zones is addressed by a single channel of a four-channel QSC CX254 amplifier, which occupies just 2U of rack space. Two AD-S52 enclosures are located in the main restaurant, with a further two in the conservatory, two in the smaller restaurant area and two in the bar. The final pair are installed upstairs and run on an independent system.
Project Audio's Dave Findlay, who was introduced to the AD-S52s at last year's PLASA Show, believes he is the first person to install them in the UK. Commenting on the p
