Working under instructions from the Army, Police officers evacuated the area, whilst a 200m cordon was put in place, forming an exclusion zone around the bomb. This effectively resulted in the immediate closure of the entire Film Studios, affecting all current productions in 15 stages totalling 114,000sq.ft and resident on-site businesses plus 200 production offices.
One of the oldest tenants in 3 Mills Studios, Rigging Se
"The art and practice of system alignment is as varied and expanding as the people, equipment and applications that encompass the field," says Jamie Anderson, company CEO and resident Educator Guy. "Anyone that understands their tools can create new and effective ways to use them, and our goal is to help that process along for the benefit of the measurement community as a w
The Allen & Heath ZED-R16 combines an analogue recording mixer with a FireWire soundcard, MIDI controls and 'home-studio' routing so you can build tracks in the studio, record live gigs, mix-down and remix.
"Allen & Heath used to be well known for its recording mixers and the last one we designed was the GS3000 - a traditional analogue mixer - nearly ten years ago," says designer, Mike Griffin. "The way the recording musician works now is quite different, so with the ZED-R16 I was looking to offer a product which addressed the world of digital recording. ZED-R16 offers an interface to that world but also offers great analogue functionality - where you can mix in
The announcement that L-Acoustics has signed an Icelandic distributor, Nyherji, is further evidence that this North Atlantic outpost has established itself as a leading player on the international live sound circuit. Many international tours now include Reykjavik in their itineraries, whi
Having recovered from its financial difficulties of the last three years, Cadac was close to putting its new digital console into production to fulfil an anticipated order book of approximately £2m. The directors are hopeful that buyers can be found for Cadac, as not only is the S-Digital console approaching production, but also the sales, service, refurbishment and new production of Cadac's analogue desks (F-type, J-type, R-type and S-type) is an ongoing business.
Managing director Bob Thomas said: "It is heartbreaking to see this
On the fixed installation side, Hrannar B Kristjanssson will focus on installing L-Acoustics systems to venues, club and sports halls.
On the rental side, Gunnar Moller, Nyherji rental manager is very enthusiastic about the dynamism of the rental market and foresees the future as "very promising".
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Marc Systems was contracted for the lighting and sound design, which on the sound side included four SpekTrix enclosures, two SpekTrix W, and two SpekTrix subs. The small 350 seat Brazil Telecom theatre's concert hall called for a system that would smoothly cover the wide room, without overpowering its intimate quality.
"The theatre will showcase performances by famous artists, but will also include performances by new regional talent," said Ricardo Knoepfelmacher, president of Brazil Telecom. "We want to guarantee diversity, and allow all people to have access to art and cu
Dion's world tour kicked off in South Africa on Valentine's Day 2008 and is due to run until the end of January 2009. Audio for the tour is being supplied by Canadian PA company Solotech, which has had a long relationship with Celine Dion; in fact, most of the tour's key personnel have worked with Dion for nearly 20 years, including tour manager Denis Savage, front-of-house engineer Frankie Desjardins and monitor engineer Charles Ethier.
Frankie Desjardins took over front-of-house duties last year, replacing Denis Savage who has stepped up to become tour/production manager. Together with Charles Ethier, they began the search for the tour's control systems while Ce
Introduced last year, the Vodafone TBA gigs started out as small, secret venue gigs in front of an invited audience and with just one artist on stage. However this year the format has been expanded and Vodafone TBA is now taking the form of multi-artist mini festivals, the first of which took place on Sunday in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. This was broadcast on Channel 4 with just a half hour delay.
Three bands took part in the gig - the Sugababes, the Feeling and 'odd-pop' trio, the Hoosiers. They performed live on the Ross Stage in front of an invited audience and also gave exclusive back-stage interviews to presenter and XFM DJ Dave Berry, which were subsequently broadcast as part of Channel 4's coverage.
Red TX was commissioned to han
BAHA Design's Alex Haje explained that the design process for Josephine faced a number of challenges: "The main issue was overcoming the limitations imposed by the height restrictions and the many structural supporting columns and beams in the space. My partner, Mood Bacho, was integral to the project's success with his background in installation, construction, and nightlife venues. He brings years of experience to the table working at clubs and lounges; which contributes greatly during the design and installatio
The central attractions of the prize draw competition was the ultra-compact Dynacord D-Lite 1000 system and a Streamliner BSC-090 bicycle. Around 2,000 visitors vied for the stretch-bike with the longest single-seater frame in the world; exactly 587 of them correctly answered the questions posed regarding the technical details of the new D-Lite1000 system.
Custom-modified, the bike winged its way to Frau Weinfurtner just in time for the summer season.
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This centre celebrates sports events with wide media coverage. Bossman, D.A.S. distributor for Russia, was responsible for this project and chose D.A.S. Audio's Aero 38A.powered line array systems. 16 of these units were installed as a central cluster and eight Aero 218 subs as bass reinforcement.
Bossman installed 16 powered Aero 38A systems, divided into three zones. In the first and second zones they installed two clusters with three Aero 38A units each. A third zone includes a cluster of four powered Aero 38A modules. This configuration and the precise aiming provided by the rigging system offers a uniform coverage throu
Based on Trantec's S6000 series, the S5.5 simultaneously operates up to 24 channels in 10 banks within its 35MHz window. Designed for larger projects, it utilises fully interactive PC monitoring, true-diversity reception, credit card size beltpacks, frequency autoscan, and in-built Infra-red data link.
Taylor's production company Taylor Made Broadcasts, has recently commenced a complete refit of one of its OB trucks and he explains, "Taking the Trantec wireless system on board has been a dramatic departure from the previous wired mics. We now have much more flexibility and t
Most recently, Thornton completed a contract as managing director of Stage Directions, an in-house media and event production sales and rental company in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, Thornton was with Apogee Sound International, rising rapidly from the position of National Sales Manager to Vice President of International Sales. His extensive background of sales and managerial positions also includes design, installation a
As the exclusive UK distributor for the Chroma-Q, Jands and Spotlight brands, A.C.'s lighting area will feature recent additions to each range. The Chroma-Q LED range includes the new Color Punch compact IP65 fixture, providing super bright results for both indoor and temporary outdoor applications, and the Color Split fixture with dual side by side RGBA LED cells. The Jands range includes the revolutionary Vista lighting console with graphic based user interface and the FPX/WMX portable/wall mounted, professional touring quality 12x2.4kW channel dimmers. The Spotlight range includes the Cyclorama Domino RGBA LED floodlight with
Lab.gruppen's managing director Tomas Lilja says, "At Lab.gruppen we have always taken customer support very seriously, talking and listening to our customers and taking their views on board. Over the last year we have conducted a series of informal research initiatives and the results have influenced the new website design and content."
"Right from the outset we've provided an auto-update feature on the PLMSeries software and firmware installer and we have now extended this initiative to make all updates and informational improvements totally available," says Michael Jarl Christensen, VP sales and marketing. "The new webs
The sale was confirmed following a training academy which introduced XL8 to Poland, just before the appointment became official. Audio Plus, a long-time Electro-Voice distributor, is regularly supported at its academies by local small-to-medium rental company Legro. Owners Jacek Graczewski and Grzegorz Lesniewski underwent a few hours of XL8 training before the academy, and went on to mix four bands throughout the evening.
"Just after midnight on 17 May - two minutes after Audio Plus became the official Midas and KT distributor for Poland - I received one of the shortest phone calls ever," recounts Pawlak. "It was Jacek from Legro, who said, 'Hi, Sebia
Performers at this year's festival included singer Angelique Kidjo, jazz legends Ron Carter and Pharoah Sanders with their ensembles, and jazz composer Maria Schneider conducting the Espoo Big Band. Sound engineer Tuomo Matikka handled the event's audio using a Meyer Sound system.
The Festival's largest venue, Tapiola Hall at Espoo Cultural Centre, was outfitted with two arrays of 12 M'elodie line array loudspeakers each. Low end was covered by six 700-HP subwoofers configured in cardioid pairs. The main arrays were augmented by two UPA-2P loudspeakers for in-fills and eight MM-4 mi
Now the largest Electro-Voice systems rental house in the UK, APR first adopted the X-Array concert sound technology in 2000, two years later, buying into EV's line array concepts, first with X-Line and then with XLC systems. With this latest purchase of 24x EV XLD281 and 12x XLE181 compact cabinets, APR is intending to service its growing interest in touring musicals and cabaret-style one-off shows, which play in town theatres where audience sizes are generally less than 1500.
APR's owner Andy Reed is also a partner in new company R2 Digital, which owns the rights to a number of touring productions and supplies production s
Details will be revealed on Day 1 of the show, but will include a major expansion of the successful Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeaker concept, and a new addition to the popular Sygma series of installation loudspeakers, say the company.
"People have been using Iconyx for a wide variety of applications," says Renkus-Heinz president Harro Heinz. "But we've had intense demand both to expand the technologies it features, and to broaden its application horizons. Our research and development team has also been very active on several other fronts. The pace has been fast here, and we think people will be pretty excited by the developments we will be showing at Infocomm 2008."
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While each firm serves different markets and has its own approach to rental sound reinforcement, the establishment of a large common inventory of similar loudspeaker systems provides some significant new options for rental customers in Oklahoma, Texas and beyond, says JBL. A total of 72 new powered midsize JBL Vertec line array elements with 36 supporting powered subwoofers will all now be located withi
Medialon Manager V5 can control any audiovisual equipment using any protocol and network. Being software based it integrates perfectly with IT, opening a wide range of new applications, says the company.
Medialon Manager is hardware independent and connects to controlled devices via industrial hardware as well as conventional AV control hardware such as AMX. Medialon Manager can run in hidden mode where only custom designed interface are visible or in user mode allowing live edition. It comes with free Panel software for custom touch screen design.
Medialon Scheduler is a Windows based application to schedule any type of events programmed with Medialon Manager Show & Media Control software.
Show Control Machine PRO has been designed with critical application in mind and every detail has b
In its ShowHub guise, the TiMax2 control software is configured specifically for programming and running shows and events, whilst the RoomHub version is optimized for more mainstream AV installations needing similar comprehensive audio processing resources but with less focus on real-time showcontrol or audio animation.
TiMax2 incorporates a scaleable multi-channel audio matrix and mixer to handle multiple sources and multiple zones in a variety of projects ranging from theatre and corporate or special events through to AV installations, museums, boardrooms, hotels and nightclubs. The compact 2U chassis provides 16 input and 16 outputs in analogue or AES/EBU format which is expandable up to 64x64 within the same frame. Optional networking interfaces include C
Little sister to the proven LX6464ES sound card which can exchange simultaneously 64 channels from and 64 channels to an EtherSound network, the LX1616ES can transmit and receive up to sixteen EtherSound channels, thus connecting computer-based audio applications to a 100Mb/s EtherSound network via a single Cat 5 cable.
The LX1616ES is designed for direct-to-disk applications that don't necessarily require as many as 64 channels, but still require maximum flexibility to play and/or record selected ES-100 audio channels using just a single Cat 5 cable. A scaled-down version of the LX6464ES, LX1616ES offers a starting point for price-sensitive applications, particularly since it can be upgraded on the fly from a 16/16 channel count
