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International news highlights from the worlds of live sound, sound recording, broadcasting, postproduction, sound installation, gaming and audiovisual
Spacer Bubble joins ABB Formula E starting line-up
Working within Covid-19 restrictions, recent coverage of ABB FIA Formula E 2019/2020 races saw the BBC make good use of Bubblebee Industries technology for sound.
Normally the fully electric, single-seat cars race around major city centres in front of thousands of spectators. Instead, the 2019/2020 season was completed with six races over nine days, behind closed doors, at Berlin’s Templehoff airport. Live TV coverage was provided by host broadcasters Aurora Media Worldwide and North One TV (Formula E TV) who supply the international and English host broadcast feed to channels such as the BBC, Eurosport and Mediaset.
KV2 is people’s choice at Vienna Volksoper
The Vienna Volksoper (People’s Opera) is Europe’s leading operetta house and Vienna’s largest theatre for opera, musicals, classical concerts and ballet. The venue is also the first in Vienna to open its doors to the public after the summer break, but more importantly in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, with a performance of Strauss’s Die Fledermaus on 1 September followed by a revival of Cole Porter’s classic musical, Kiss Me Kate on 2 September.
Both will benefit from the recent installation of a new KV2 audio system, which is also the first to use KV2’s new Control & Diagnostics Tool for remote system management and control.
Michelle Pan leads Taiwan’s live concert revival
Taiwanese Madopop star Michelle Pan (Pan Yueyun) delivered a stunning performance in front of 2,500 enthusiastic, socially distanced fans, friends and musicians at the Taipei International Convention Centre (TICC). Despite its reduced capacity – the venue is primarily used for corporate presentations and conferences and holds up to 3,000 – there was no audio compromise, with Winly Engineering providing an L-Acoustics K Series for FOH.
Winly faced numerous acoustical limitations within the vernue in delivering uniform sound across the entire space. Winly FOH engineer Nova Lo, systems engineer Scott Kuo, and monitor engineer Andre Lai played key roles.
Russia marks VE Day
June saw a spectacular concert hosted at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day. One of the only concerts allowed during Russia’s Covid-19 lockdown, it featured artists from Russia’s theatre, opera and cinema worlds, accompanied by the All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yuri Bashmet.
The concert was broadcast live on the state-owned, Russia-1 TV channel. Rental company Stage Audio was chosen as a technical support contractor for the show.
KBS facility upgrade
South Korea’s KBS public broadcaster has upgraded TV production facilities at its headquarters in Seoul, with IP technology from Lawo as part of an extensive renovation project. The installation, which includes two new Lawo consoles – an mc²96 Grand Production Console and an mc²36 ‘all-in-one’ console – is part of KBS’ move to a completely new IP-based production workflow.
KBS’ new Lawo mixing consoles replace systems that were no longer able to meet requirements for current and future productions. Like all Lawo broadcast products, the mc²96 and mc²36 mixers are native IP consoles, with Ravenna/AES67 built in for industry-standard networking, flexibility, scalability and efficiency.
Fast Moves
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Brecht De Man: AES Board
The Audio Engineering Society’s Board of Governors (BoG) has elected Brecht De Man to the role of AES Director, beginning 1 January 2021. He takes over the post from Alex Case (Past President and Membership...Read More...
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Fast News
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Bremerhaven City Hall installs SE Audiotechnik PA
The German town of Bremerhaven used the Covid break to bring the PA system in its City Hall up to date, using the flexibly of SE Audiotechnik’s scalable M-Line loudspeaker systems to address...Read More... -
Events industry prepares for Global Day of Action
With no possibility of a financially viable return to business for the foreseeable future for the 30m-plus people in 25 countries who usually work in the events industry, the #WeMakeEvents campaign has...Read More... -
The PA People adds BroaMan transport solution
Among the world’s leading suppliers of event communications systems, The PA People counts some of the largest celebrations and events across the globe – including five Olympic Games – in its portfolio....Read More... -
Nartan Records in the mainstream with Nugen
Serving independent artists who rely on streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify for their releases, Nartan Records is an independent record label and recording studio owned and operated by musician...Read More... -
NDR refits Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen live halls
Serving as the regional headquarters for Northern German Broadcasting (NDR), the Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen in Hanover is also one of Lower Saxony’s most recognisable landmarks. The buildings include...Read More... -
DEMOA appointed to handle Renkus-Heinz in France
Improving integrators’ and end-users’ access to Renkus-Heinz loudspeaker systems in France, the US-based manufacturer has appointed DEMOA as its regional representative. DEMOA specialises in professional...Read More... -
Martin Audio accompanies Olivia Dean on ‘truck tour’
A unique Luton van conversion featuring a Martin Audio sound system has enabled recording artist for singer-songwriter Olivia Dean to perform live her local East London area during the Covid-19 lockdown. Conceived...Read More... -
dB Broadcast moves to purpose-built HQ
Leading UK broadcast systems integrator dB Broadcast has completed its relocation to a new purpose-built facility on the outskirts of Ely. The building has been designed to be flexible and capable of expansion...Read More... -
12Stone Church puts weight behind online service
Founded by Senior Pastor Kevin Myers, 12Stone Church has been serving communities across the Georgia counties of Gwinnett, Hall and Barrow for the past 33 years. In addition to onsite ministry, 12Stone...Read More... -
Streaming the 2020 Unlimited Fire Conference
The Unlimited Fire Conference is an interdenominational youth network in Indonesia connecting various churches, businesses, governments and communities and building relationships and networks with youth...Read More... -
LA’s LemonTree Studios bears fruit with RedNet
When Los Angeles-based musician, composer, engineer and location sound mixer Erik Nillson went looking for a small production space to call his own in 2004, he quickly discovered that his options were...Read More...
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