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Monday, May 13, 2013
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05/13/13 01:41 PM,
Riedel Communications has announced that Hillsong Church, the Pentecostal megachurch with worship sites located around the globe, is using a Riedel intercom solution to support weekly services at the Dominion Theatre in Central London. A fully integrated system incorporating Riedel’s Performer digital partyline intercom and Acrobat digital wireless intercom enables seamless communications among the technical crew members of the London Hillsong team. “Our services are run by a great team of volunteers who need to be able to communicate effectively,…
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
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03/21/13 10:45 AM,
Willow SoundVision, a specialist integrator of audio visual systems and digital media solutions, has recently completed the audio and video installations for The Hippodrome Casino in London’s Leicester Square, incorporating over two hundred Community loudspeakers. The former Hippodrome Theater and adjacent buildings have been transformed into The Hippodrome Casino by father and son team Jimmy and Simon Thomas, who have invested more than £40 million ($60.4 million) creating a high-end, opulent casino, blending theatrical history with contemporary, luxurious furnishings. The…
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Monday, March 04, 2013
03/04/13 03:26 PM,
London’s Ministry of Sound closed last month for its annual technical overhaul. During the 3-week shutdown, Harman Professional brands distributor Sound Technology Ltd. assisted with the planned upgrade. The world-famous club extended its existing BSS network and provided an additional four channels of AKG DMS 700 wireless capability; but the piéce de resistance is found in 103—the venue’s second dance room—where a new Soundcraft Si Performer digital console now partners the Soundcraft Si2 in the adjacent box. This is the…
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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02/19/13 02:20 PM,
Orgone Studios, a facility specializing in recording, mixing and mastering, has added a Solid State Logic AWS 948 Hybrid Console/Controller. Primarily working with bands signed to independent metal and avant-garde rock labels, the studio offers a space ideal for recording up to six musicians in the main room. The AWS delivers SSL’s sonic legacy and industry reputation to Orgone, enhancing sound quality, streamlining workflow and providing high-end name recognition for potential clients. “The goal of the studio has always been…
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02/19/13 02:07 PM,
An Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system has been installed in London’s exclusive Arts Club. Managing FOH and monitor audio in the live performance room, the modular system comprises an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-112 Surface and fulfills the venue’s need for a fully-spec’d pro mixer installed in an extremely compact control area. Founded in 1863 by Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Lord Leighton, the members-only venue attracts a top-end clientele, hosting gigs, art and fashion events, and private parties.…
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Monday, February 11, 2013
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02/11/13 02:51 PM,
There is something uniquely timeless about Kander and Ebb’s ‘Cabaret,’ if only people could wear their age as well as this musical. The current production at the Savoy Theatre, London bears the familiar hallmarks of love and lust that the musical is know for. Ben Harrison, sound designer, created a system based around older elements from d&b audiotechnik to create the ambiance he felt the production required. “Orbital Sound happens to own some d&b F1222s, these are the successor to…
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
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08/05/10 07:45 AM,
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Design and engineering firm FUNA International has outfitted Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, with BSS Audio Soundweb London processing devices. With more than three decades of experience in designing and integrating audio systems on the world’s largest watercraft, FUNA has deployed Soundweb London devices extensively in various projects throughout the past eight years, including the last four new cruise ships built out of its Turku, Finland manufacturing facility. The ship’s audio system,…
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
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06/13/10 12:19 PM,
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See PSW’s comprehensive 2010 InfoComm coverage. BSS Audio has added a cost-effective break-in box to its Soundweb London family of digital signal processors, the new BLU-BIB input expander, which compliments the eight other members of the family and represents an inexpensive solution to increasing the number of inputs in a Harman HiQnet networked system. The BLU-BIB features eight analog audio inputs on standard terminal block connectors and the 256-channel, low latency, fault tolerant digital audio bus, also found on the…
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
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05/06/10 06:16 PM,
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This weekend (May 8), musical icon Julie Andrews will be performing on London’s O2 Arena in “The Gift of Music—an Evening with Julie Andrews.” The sound system, provided by Capital Sound, will be headed by Meyer Sound line arrays, loudspeakers and subwoofers. Andrews, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Ian Fraser will take the audience on a musical journey through Andrews’s illustrious career that has brought the world Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, and The King…
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
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01/07/10 02:51 PM,
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Rational Acoustics, owners of Smaart and specializing in professional training in sound system optimization, has announced an upcoming slate of Smaart training classes to be held in Mexico, Venezuela, England and the U.S. The sessions in Mexico and Venezuela will be led by Sonotribe Audio Consultants, while the others will be presented by long-time Smaart guru Jamie Anderson of Rational Acoustics. Go directly to specific course outlines: Smaart Fundamentals Smaart Applications Smaart Practical/Advanced User The full Rational/Smaart Training Schedule page…
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