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Funktion-One drives 2017 What The Festival sound
The boutique What The Festival (WTF) returned to the Wolf Run Ranch in Oregon with Funktion-One sound reinforcement systems – including a Vero system for the main stage – deployed across the festival by Sound Investment and Fusebox Productions.
WTF first played in 2012, the same year that the festival’s co-founder, Glen Boyd, had Sound Investment install a Funktion-One sound system in his house. This year’s event welcomed 7,500 people, who came for what Boyd describes as ‘a totally immersive’ festival.
Moods streams live jazz in Sennheiser Ambeo 3D
Zurich’s famed Moods jazz club has a new streaming platform for its concerts – called moods.digital, it will carry both live streaming and video on demand, with 20 concerts in Sennheiser’s Ambeo 3D. It is the world’s first streaming platform to offer concerts in Ambeo 3D audio.
The new Digital Concert Club has already gained a good level of popularity and, with Ambeo, Moods co-director Claudio Cappellari promises listeners ‘an immersive listening experience beyond compare’ with the support of Sennheiser co-CEOs Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser.
Galaxy goes to Hell for Dierks Bentley
Performing arenas and amphitheatres across North America, country music star Dierks Bentley is using the first digitally linked Meyer Sound Leo Family sound system with a Galileo Galaxy platform and AVB/TSN Ethernet networking.
‘I wanted to have more flexibility and distribution options to the stage,’ says James ‘Pugsley’ McDermott, who doubles as FOH mixer and systems engineer. ‘With our old set-up we didn’t have a one-box, one protocol solution. With Galaxy and AVB, I have all my digital signals on a single fibre-optic line and four channels of analogue backup. But the real selling point for Galaxy was the move up to the 96kHz sampling and high bit-depth processing. The difference in sonic quality and dynamic range is huge.’
The Analogues revive The Beatles – Live on Stage
Performing the final six studio albums from The Beatles catalogue using the same instruments, amplifiers and arrangements – complete with live strings and horns – Dutch band The Analogues have tracked down and restored period instruments from all over the world. To date, the band have conquered Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour, and will tour The White Album from January 2018.
FOH engineer Remko Luijten has been working with The Analogues for two years, with monitor engineer Ger Arts recently joining the tour. The extreme demands of the project have drawn both to SSL Live L500 consoles, supplied by the Dutch rental company, Peak Audio.
TiMax takes the stage with Rigoletto in Austria
The scope and scale of the production of Verdi’s Rigoletto on Europe’s largest natural stage demanded audio design of similar scope – and faced challenges of similar scale.
The open-air performance at Austria’s St Margarethen Quarry prompted sound designer Volker Werner to adopt Out Board’s TiMax SoundHub spatial audio processing to address both issues.
Fast Moves
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Paul Richardson: Lavoce
Transducer specialist Lavoce Italiana has recruited Paul Richardson to take on the role of Business Development Manager for the Americas. With more than 20 years’ in the audio industry, Richardson’s...Read More...
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Fast News
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Dolby Atmos adopted by Vancouver’s Farm studio
Sometimes known as Gggarth due to his stutter, Canadian music producer and engineer Garth Richardson has installed a PMC immersive monitoring system at his recording studio near Vancouver, British Columbia,...Read More... -
Brainworx builds critical listening studio
Renowned for plug-ins that replicate classic mixing console channel strips and analogue outboard equipment, as well as virtual instruments, Germany company Brainworx called on Dennis Busch from Acoustic...Read More... -
TiMax SoundHub rocks Amadeus production
Tim Ferns from Swiss sound design collective, audiopool, recently placed a 64-channel TiMax SoundHub at the heart of his design for Rock Me Amadeus, Vereinigte Bühne Wien (VBW)’s latest in-house production,...Read More... -
Holoplot X1 Matrix Array over the moon at Lightroom
The Moonwalkers is the latest experience at the Lightroom space in London, following its highly successful opener, David Hockney: Bigger & Closer not smaller & further away. A...Read More... -
Japan’s ARTA showroom chooses Genelec sound
Begun in 1997 to nurture world-class drivers, ARTA (Autobacs Racing Team Aguri) is the product of a collaboration between racing driver Aguri Suzuki and Japanese car parts manufacturer Autobacs Seven....Read More... -
Audiotonix announces next-stage financial investment
Audiotonix has secured next-stage investment from private equity firm, PAI Partners. The move follows a successful partnership with global investment house Ardian that has seen Audiotonix build its presence...Read More... -
UK stadium switches from sport to music in minutes
Within 15 minutes of Birmingham City’s football match ending on Easter Monday, the club’s St Andrews Stadium had been transformed for UB40 to kick off their world tour and announce their new UB45 album...Read More... -
Focusrite secures Ecologi For Our Planet Gold Award
Marking Earth Day 2024, the Focusrite Group has announced that it has achieved the Ecologi For Our Planet Gold Award and has committed to setting science-based emission reduction targets through the Science...Read More... -
Shure reports sustainability success on Earth Day
Having announced aggressive targets for recyclable and/or renewable packaging of new products two years ago, Shure claims its goal to convert to 75 per cent by 2023 has been achieved and that the company...Read More... -
North Carolina’s ESUMC installs Martin Audio O-Line
Noted for its pipe organ and stained-glass windows that dominate its sanctuary, Edenton Street United Methodist Church (ESUMC) in Raleigh, North Carolina, recently installed a Martin Audio O-Line micro...Read More... -
The Minimoog Book
To be launched imminently on Kickstarter, The Minimoog Book is the latest project for Kim Bjørn, founder of Danish independent publisher Bjooks. ‘The Minimoog Book is our most vital project yet, documenting...Read More...
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