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Monday, March 09, 2009
Jeff MacKay 03/09/09 02:32 PM, 0 CommentsLaunching in late fall 2008 and currently continuing in Europe, Metallica’s World Magnetic world concert tour (in support of the album of the same name) features the band’s long-preferred in-the-round live performance configuration, with more than 200 loudspeakers flown for each arena show. For more than 20 years, two mainstays on the audio crew have allowed the group to continue to pursue the development of its touring system: Front of House Engineer “Big Mick” Hughes and Monitor Engineer Paul Owen.… View this story
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Monday, March 02, 2009
PSW Staff 03/02/09 07:57 AM, 0 CommentsDuring the The Killers’ recent sold-out performances at O2 Arena in London, the band’s long-time sound engineer James Gebhard made the decision to fly his favorite compact Martin Audio line arrays without the W8L Longbow modules that extend projection to the rear of huge audience areas, exactly the situation presented by the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena. Coverage to the entire venue including side hangs, front fills and delays, was made up of 20 Martin Audio W8LC compact line array hangs as… View this story
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
PSW Staff 02/24/09 04:52 PM, 0 CommentsAmpco Belgium has supplied and installed 72 Martin Audio OmniLine micro-line array enclosures in different hang configurations within the five-story high Antwerps Sportpaleis concert and sports arena. “It’s ironic that the smallest line array in the market should open its account in one of the largest, multi-purpose venues in the country,” Ampco Belgium Sales Manager Steven Kemland comments. Built in 1933 and recently augmented with a new building, the main arena holds around 17,000, with the new space offering about… View this story
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
PSW Staff 02/22/09 09:52 AM, 0 CommentsThe Robert P. Knowles Center at the University of Wisconsin River Falls is a busy place, home to the university’s indoor track and field, tennis and multiple intramural sporting teams, as well as a wide and growing range of community activities and events. The arena houses a 200-meter indoor running track, a rock climbing wall, basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, exercise center and more. It’s a versatile yet acoustically challenging venue. “The announcements were pretty much unintelligible except right underneath… View this story
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
PSW Staff 02/19/09 12:21 PM, 0 CommentsRocky Mountain Production Services recently selected a Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing console to solidify the sound reinforcement system at General Motors Place, home to the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. The venue’s audio system is designed to enable console operation from any one of three locations around the arena, including the game position on the 300 level, the concert and special event position on the zero level and any office location throughout General Motors Place. “We chose the… View this story
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Sunday, February 08, 2009
PSW Staff 02/08/09 02:16 PM, 0 CommentsBerlin-based IT Audio, founded in autumn 2008 by professional audio veterans Til Schwartz and Ivo König, recently installed a diverse assortment of Meyer Sound loudspeaker systems in the O2 Blueroom, a VIP reception room in Berlin’s newly built O2 World arena. With more than 40 years combined industry experience, the IT Audio co-founders have been involved with an impressive long list of top-notch productions and installations. These include some of the most prestigious recent Meyer Sound installations in Germany. Now… View this story
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Friday, January 30, 2009
PSW Staff 01/30/09 01:15 PM, 0 CommentsHip-hop icon Kanye West had a successful tour across Europe in late 2008, making stops in Brussels, Rotterdam, Manchester, and at London’s massive O2 Arena. After supporting West on previous tours with Meyer Sound systems, London-based Canegreen provided a multifaceted Meyer Sound MILO and MICA line array system for the rapper’s latest shows. Working alongside West’s FOH engineer Horace Ward, systems tech Dan Seal used Meyer Sound’s MAPP Online Pro acoustical prediction program to plan out the system configuration and… View this story
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PSW Staff 01/30/09 01:07 PM, 0 CommentsML Executives, a leading provider of sound systems, microphones, backline and associated services for high-profile touring and event industries, recently added several EAW KF760 long-throw line array modules and KF761 short-throw line array modules to their stock. ML Executives has a long history with EAW products, and with the recent stock upgrade, they now hold a total of 68 KF760s and 22 KF761s, making them the largest EAW-equipped sound reinforcement contractor in Europe. Over the years, ML Executives has supplied… View this story
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
PSW Staff 01/13/09 04:52 PM, 0 CommentsAfter more than 15 years off the road, legendary singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen is treating fans to a long-anticipated world tour. Cohen and his nine-piece band, led by renowned bassist Roscoe Beck, kicked off the tour with dates across Canada and Europe. Montreal-based Solotech is providing support for the tour, using a high-performance system featuring Meyer Sound MILO and MICA line array loudspeakers. As FOH Engineer Mark Vreeken explains, Meyer Sound was chosen for flexibility in the face of… View this story
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Friday, January 09, 2009
PSW Staff 01/09/09 04:35 PM, 0 CommentsFor the fifth consecutive year, Texas-based LD Systems traveled to Las Vegas in December for the annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), a 10-day event that many consider the “Super Bowl” of rodeo now celebrating its 49th anniversary. LD has partnered with the WNFR since 2004 as the event’s exclusive light and stage producer. 2007 marked the first year that LD also supplied sound reinforcement for the event. Last year, LD used an Electro-Voice XLC rig to provide smooth, intelligible… View this story
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