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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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Doha International Tennis Court in Qatar recently hosted a concert for an audience of more than 10,000 by acclaimed Indian Bollywood pop singer Sonu Niigam, noted for his singing performances in a number of blockbuster Hindi movies. Maestro Sound & Lighting Company of Bahrain was the provider of sound, lighting and video backdrops for the event, with the help of tour manager Vincent Rodrigues and event manager Shafiq of Regency group. Doha International Tennis Court was not originally designed for…
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
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Iconic London landmark The Clapham Grand is in the process of a technical upgrade that includes the installation of Martin Audio W8LC compact line arrays as well as multiple Martin Audio AQ architectural loudspeakers. Designed to reposition the 1,250-capacity, 100-year-old Victorian theater from a pure party/dance venue to a leading-edge live circuit venue, live music and promotions manager Richard Beck called in F1:Sound Company Limited to carry out the refit. With the venue spread across three floors, Martin Audio’s proprietary…
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Electronic Design Company (EDC) installed the audio system at the new TCF Bank Stadium, home to the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers NCAA football team. Designed by WJHW, the system features JBL Professional VLA line array loudspeakers as part of the main PA system in the west end zone of the stadium. The opening of TCF Bank Stadium was part of an expansion to the University of Minnesota’s main campus, which is expected to include an additional 10 new academic…
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
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The 18,000-capacity O2 Arena in London recently hosted its first fully staged opera, a larger-than-life rendition of Bizet’s vibrant and passionate Carmen, with Autograph Sound Recording Ltd. providing a sound reinforcement system featuring Meyer Sound line arrays and loudspeakers. To cover the O2’s main seating bowl, the production relied on left-right arrays of 16 MILO and two MILO 120 line array loudspeakers each for the orchestral system, with 90 MICA line array loudspeakers dedicated to performers’ voices. A total of…
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
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Rapidly growing Asbury United Methodist Church in Madison, AL, recently built a new 1,500-seat worship venue called the Grace Building, with American Audio of Ruston, LA hired to design and budget for sound, lighting, and video systems for the new facility, in addition to being contracted to review room acoustics, wall shapes, conduit systems and AVL power needs. “Budget was a big issue since the church wanted the quality of a high-powered touring system, but at a cost-effective price point,”…
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In March, Guns N’ Roses brought the “Chinese Democracy” tour to Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay for an enthusiastic crowd estimated at more than 30,000 people, with sound reinforcement for the outdoor concert employing a high quantity of D.A.S. Audio Aero Series 2 and Aero line arrays loudspeaker. Three sound service companies united for this large undertaking: Leggio Sonido (directed by Jorge Leggio), Ariel Marti’s Marti Audio, and Victor Lampariello’s Compañía Uruguaya de Sonido. Together, these firms pooled an impressive…
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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CCI Solutions of Olympia, WA, recently completed the first phase of a full audio system retrofit at Shoreline Community Church, located in Monterey, CA, with the primary accomplishment of this phase being the installation of an all-L-ACOUSTICS loudspeaker and amplified controller package. According to CCI Senior Systems Consultant Mark Pearson, Shoreline’s 950-seat worship center now features a sound reinforcement system comprised of two clusters of six KIVA enclosures each paired with two KILO low-frequency extension boxes. Four SB28 subs are…
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Monday, May 03, 2010
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Editors Note: Updated with video below. Following a seven-year hiatus, The Cranberries returned for a European tour showcasing their greatest hits, and to reinforce the band at venues from 4,000 to 20,000 people, Dublin, Ireland-based live sound provider Litton Lane deployed Meyer Sound MILO line array loudspeakers. “This Meyer Sound system is brilliant,” says Tom Wiggans, FOH mixer for The Cranberries. “Because the setup is going to achieve such even coverage, you can be confident that the audience will be…
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
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Held in Egypt’s El Sawy Culturewheel cultural center, which shares its walls with the 15th May Bridge across the River Nile, the recent five-day Cairo Jazz Festival featured sound reinforcement headed by Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers. “The MICA arrays were used because we wanted the power, not so much to simply make it loud but to give us dynamics,” states FOH engineer Hameed Sabry. “We hosted a number of bands with diverse styles that the MICA supported very…
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Friday, April 02, 2010
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At the Winter Olympics JBL VERTEC line arrays were deployed by SW Audio Visual in a complete outdoor wintertime entertainment audio system to accommodate up to 50,000 people for the Richmond O Zone, one of the official celebration sites of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The O Zone was open for the duration of the Games from February 12-28, and featured live performances by some of Canada’s most successful musical artists. Situated on 60 acres…
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