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Red Bull X-Fighters World Series hits Japan

Reflecting the soaring popularity of FMX in East Asia, the Red Bull X-Fighters World Series made its Japanese debut in front of Osaka Castle in the city’s famous Nishinomaru Garden. Team riders performed their tricks at heights of 15m in front of 11,000 spectators.

Clear lines of communication were essential to the success and safety of the show…

Lana Del Rey tours Europe and the UK

Currenly working her way around the UK and Europe, singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey has the support of UK-based technical solutions provider Adlib and a Soundcfaft/L-Acoustics K1 sound system.

The main PA hangs in their largest configuration are 12 L-Acoustics K1 per side with three Kara downs, together with side hangs of three L-Acoustics SB18s with 12 Kara boxes underneath. The consoles were both Soundcraft Vi6s, with Vi1s for support.

Suede in session... with DPA at Abbey Road Studios

Supporting their sixth album release, Bloodsports, British Indie-rock stalwarts Suede recently recorded a live acoustic session for Absolute Radio at London’s Abbey Road studios.

The recording equipment line-up for the session included three DPA d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones, which were chosen ’for their clarity and exceptional audio quality’.

Much Ado About Audio: RSC Re-opens in Stratford

Re-opened in late 2010, the Royal Shakespeare Company ventured into new territory with a Bollywood-style Much Ado About Nothing and its own hit West End and Broadway musical, Matilda.

The move followed extensive re-modelling of the main Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) auditorium and smaller adjacent Swan Theatre, accompanied by a substantial and ongoing investment in new production technologies. Part of audio infrastructure developemt is TiMax2 SoundHub matrix…

Broadcasting the UEFA Europa League Live

Following the broadcast of the Netherlands Coronation, the United OB14 mobile truck was in action at the 2013 UEFA Europa League.

The truck found itself at the centre of another mission critical international broadcast. This time it was of the Chelsea-Benfica encounter awaited by a worldwide audience, where United provided a live 5.1-channel surround audio feed to Infostrada Sports in the TV Compound for the 35-camera production.

Off the field, Lawo and DPA were key players in the event...

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Case Study: Miking Eurovision

Eurovision Song ContestWith more than 100m television viewers watching live in 44 countries, the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest took its particular mix of music, spectacle, camp and kitsch to Sweden.

Here, the 26 finalists competing in the world’s most-watched non-sporting event were served by a typically ambitious broadcast set-up, including its biggest ever radio mic system.

 

Case Study: Building The Best Studio in the World

Gabon Studio

The best after dinner story that Studio People MD Peter Keeling has to tell begins with an unexpected telephone call posing the question: ‘what will it take to create the best studio in the world?’.

And it continues with, ‘the studio was to be a gift for the President of Gabon – it absolutely had to be finished on time because it’s for his birthday’. This is that story…

 

Case Study: Netherlands Coronation Ceremony

Queen Beatrix and King Willem-AlexanderAssuming the Netherlands throne on the abdication of Queen Beatrix, the coronation of Willem-Alexander centred on a grand ceremony that was broadcast live by Dutch national broadcaster, NOS, as well as being relayed to other countries’ broadcasters.

The event was also marked by concerts from Dutch violin superstar, Andre Rieu and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

 

Language: A Virus?

Language is a virusOnce again, it began as a throwaway Facebook exchange. Why, a Friend asked, do DJs have to invent new words and stupid spellings for everything?

Moving on from DJs posturing and muso disdain, there is a wealth of worth in the language of the music business. It is constantly evolving to define, enable and exclude, responding to events, techichal advance and outside forces. And we need it as much as we need mics and mixers or ambition and opportunity…

 

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