Handling tour production is Eighth Day Sound, who supplied the D5 consoles at FOH and monitors, along with d&b J- and Q-Series line arrays and subs, and Dolby Lake drives.
"I went online and got their standalone software and programmed my own console before I even sat in front of it," Colby raves. "I immediately fell in love with the struc
The Avini Hall is a 1,700-seat, multipurpose theatre and is the centrepiece of the Iranian capital's Bahman Culture Club. Not only is the Avini home to the Tehran Symphony Orchestra but it also hosts a wide variety of productions from musicals, plays and concerts to seminars and live TV and radio shows.
To meet the demands of this broad range of performances, the board of directors at the Bahman Culture Club decided to upgrade the sound system. Following a shoot-out between the main loudspeaker brands in Iran, Foujan Loudspeakers was chosen to supply a four-way, P Series system and was installed by their installation division.
MC2 Audio's T2000 and T4-250 amplifiers power the Foujan Loudspeakers at FOH, front-fi
"It did not take long for me to find my way around the control surface - it is very intuitive," comments monitor engineer, David Copin. "I love the precision of the EQ, the quality of the effects, and the surface ergonomics, which allow me to make adjustments without having to consult the touch screen."
Accompanied by the house orchestra, the band comprised 10 singers and five musicians performing on bass, guitars, drums, keyboard and accordion. Using an iDR10 mix rack with iLive-144 surface, L'Art Scene provided eight line stereo in-ear and eight line mono in-ear and wedge feeds.
"iLive is great for monitor a
Scotaudio technical director, Andy Greig, commented: "We needed loudspeakers that were aesthetically pleasing and could cope with the high humidity environment whilst delivering a solid and accurate reproduction in an acoustically live room - the Community I/O8 was a perfect choice. For some of the children who will use this facility, sound is one of the main senses they use to explore their environment, and we needed the best
"On the one hand, you have to provide even coverage to all 45,000 spectators attending the races, but on the other, you must avoid interfering with the efforts of colleagues to provide TV and radio coverage to those following the event from the comfort of their homes. And then there's t
Such is the demand for the R16 that the new panels were immediately put to work on the national annual celebration in Singapore, the Chingay Parade, which took place in February. JM Rental was appointed as the official LED Screen Partner for the iconic event, supplying a turnkey solution from technical support through media production. The key elements were the two 12.24m (W) x 9.12m (H) screens where the 30 Chingay Parade sponsors broadcast their bran
Dan Omerod is the live video director. Show director is Tim Byrne, the set has been designed by Iain Whitehouse from Production North and production manager is Sarah Hollis. The tour is being project managed for XL by Jo Beirne and Phil Mercer, and is one of a number of shows they are working on this spring for Leeds-based Production North in conjunction with Blink TV.
Phil Mercer adds, "As screen supplier for the recent ITV series it's been a good challenge for XL to adapt the system for touring whilst still maintaining the overall scale, variety and quality of the original TV studio based design."
Similar to the TV show, X-Factor Live is fast-paced and involves l
This year's theme was Wild at Heart. Bandit CEO, Michael T. Strickland and wife, Nicole Strickland co-chaired the event, which included silent and live auctions, and dancing to live music.
Lighting designer Steve Hoover chose to use Martin MAC 2000 Washes, Profiles and Performances, MAC 600s, MAC 300s, Vari*Lite 3500 Washes, Vari*Lite 3000 Spots,Coemar LED PARs, Color Kinetics 4 ft. iColor Accents and Bliss lights to light the event. Lighting was controlled by a Whole Hog II.
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With seven musicians on stage (drums, bass, percussion, two guitarists and two keyboard players), sequencer tracks and the five girls plus spares, the show is running around 109 inputs, including VT feeds and talkback mics.
Monitor engineer Matt Napier is using two D5s, one for the band and one for the girls, with both the musicians and Spice Girls using Ultimate ears UE7s with Sennheiser G2 IEMs, plus flown d&b C4 side-fills for the dancers.
"I decided to use two D5s as I wanted to be able to approach the in ear mixes for the girls in a different way to those for the musicians," he says. "The band all have a relatively conventional in ear mix, with minimum EQ and compression. For the girls, on the other hand, I
XTA DP224s managed the majority of the Adamson loudspeaker system used on the French leg of the tour. The main loudspeaker system consisted of 16 Adamson Y10 speakers - two racks, each containing a DP224, provided system control for eight cabinets apiece. DP224s also featured in the slave racks used for the Adamson T21 subs, as well as for the ground-stacked loudspeakers that consisted of eight Y10s. Eight Adamson SpekTrix and four SpekTrix bass were used as out-fills, once again managed by DP224s. And for lipfills, four SpekTrix were
Nottingham-based design and installation company OneBigStar has rejuvenated the venue for its owners Great Northern Inns.
Although OneBigStar has subsequently provided AV and lighting systems to other venues in the Great Northern Inns portfolio, the Southbank Bar was their first collaboration. An extensive refurbishment at the end of last year has produced an impressive video network of 12 HD plasma screens plus two large drop-down projection screens.
The screens are complemented by 12 Electro-Voice ZX1 full-range loudspeakers. "On a match day, this venue is absolutely packed with people," explains Simon Taylor of OneBi
Promoted by MCD, Ireland's National Music Awards have been held annually since 2001, and is held at the 7000-capacity RDS Simmonscourt pavilion in Dublin. The show was televised by RTÉ in a special programme directed by Niamh White.
CAVS have many years experience handling similar large-scale events for the Awards' production company, Diffusion Events, and have rigged many shows at the venue. For this event their crew included Brian Moran (head technician) and Malcolm MacDonald, on main stage, while in the media centres and VIP rooms were Neil Whelan, Austin Agnew, Jeff Doolin and Eoin Devitt.
"Fr
Presented by DHL, the event took place at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in December and was telecast to over 33 million homes throughout the United States and Latin America.
Because this award show was a high profile production, the team at Paradigm Production Services relied on the most dependable lighting products most certain to create a visual presentation that would be as dynamic to the studio audience as it was on screen.
"The Stagebar 54s were very effective," said Jorge Valdez of Paradigm Production Services. "They were a pleasure to work with." The Stagebars were located upstage and betw
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Jim Dalia of Frequency Music comments: "You get what you pay for. Whether for portable or fixed install applications, the value in these Dynacord systems literally speaks for itself, night after night. You can hear the difference, that these are specifically designed as high quality solutions for small-to-medium entertainment installations like this. From the streamlined enclosures to the state of the art components inside, they sound superb and they're built to last-that's where their value lies."
A combination of D-Lite Sub 115 and Variline VL262 speakers are proving Dalia's point at Yabbas, a high
Andre Gilbert, president of Orion Software comments: "I am very proud to receive this prestigious award on behalf of our development team who have worked hard to create great software! Being voted as the most innovative Rental Software in the industry encourages us to stri
Blinding Light invested in a new Litec trussing system for the ice rink project, which was supplied by AC Lighting. With it they built a 32 x 32m box truss on a 7m high, eight-legged ground support system to surround the 30 x 30m ice rink. The rink is installed at the O2 for four months, taking advantage of the huge popularity of ice skating during the winter months.
Blinding Light's Patrick Stacey designed the rig for the ice. It had to be dynamic and flexible, and account for the fact that the rink is effectively operating in a daylight zone of the O2 for the majority of
"We have experienced a strong and consistent level of business growth due to the high demand for Meyer Sound products and services - our business has more than doubled in size over the last two years and we've increased our staff accordingly," says Jim Sides, managing director of Meyer Sound Germany. "We are elated to have the opportunity to move into a facility that is ideally suited, both in its location and amenities, to help us better serve our expanded base of customers and support our continuing growth and success in the German and Scandinavian markets."
The new location i
The standard system configuration was 12 boxes a side for left and right arrays, combined with four dV Subs on the floor along with eight of the new high output SB28 double 18" subs. The system was driven with the new LA8 DSP-laden amplifiers which are also part of Adlib's recent L-Acoustics investment.
Butterworth - also the tour's production manager - specified the Digidesign D-Show Venue FOH console, on which he utilised all the onboard effects, plus
While X Factor rehearsed in the Studio, the Litestructures stage and set department were busy putting the finishing touches on a custom stage set for Westlife. Litestructures has built Westlife's stage sets for the past five years, but this year's was the biggest yet with a 72ft wide, 40ft deep and 12ft high stage. It also featured Litestructures' 3.5m high modular climbing leg lift made of LitePro 4 Heavy Duty truss which was specially designed for the show.
Fresh from their US tour, Editors dropped into Litestructures Studios for two days in February to prepare for their European tour which started on 26 February in Glasgow.
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Meyer Sound's expansion plans for its operations in Germany is another welcome indicator that the German economy is easing intro better shape after a long time in the doldrums. It has not been without its problems - social and economic - since the heady days of re-unification but it's looking healthy now. And Meyer can expect stiff competition
As in 2007, the full width of the Earls Court arena was filled by a double stage, which allowed producers to flip-flop between live performances on the 'Glam' stage and the 'Punk' stage, with the presenters Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne in the centre. According to Zieba, the show turned out to be "my best BRITs ever; we delivered an event for everyone, and still managed to develop a real stage show for each artist from Mika who opened the evening, to Sir Paul McCartney who close
The new centre is part of a commercial development designed by Behnisch Architects and Studio MDA, providing street-level retail space with a high-rise residential tower. The plinth houses the performance, studio spaces, administration and technical support program for the cultural component of the development.
Arup is leading the programming and planning process for the fit-out of the new centre with architect Sn°hetta. A main flexible performance space with facilities for dance and movement, and an inventory of large studios for rehearsal, workshops and production creation is being planned by all the stakeholders of the organisation, including the client, the Downtown Brook
Bikini's artists now perform completely in the digital domain, using a new EtherSound-based network that carries the audio signal from microphone to loudspeaker without any loss of quality. According to the club's resident sound engineer Robert Perez, the results are astonishing. "When you hear the system, it sounds so much better than anything you could compare it to, including our old set-up. We have a lot of visiting engineers coming through here with the touring
