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The Oracle according to K-Pop
K-Pop music champion SM Entertainment has placed a new Solid State Logic Oracle mixing desk in the BigShot Studio at its facility in Seoul, South Korea. GearLounge, SSL’s distribution partner in South Korea, supplied the console and carried out the integration.
Spectera advances at ESC
As official audio supplier to host broadcaster ORF for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Sennheiser deployed its largest Spectera set-up to date at Vienna’s Stadthalle, including manufacturing samples of the yet to be launched Spectera handheld transmitter.
Embassy Studios
Embassy Studios has opened its doors in Midtown Manhattan’s Engineering Building on West 39th Street, a new faility offering a multi-room studio environment designed around hybrid production workflows, a networked audio infrastructure and immersive mixing capabilities.
Gojira’s Sound Victory
Having performed at the 2025 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony alongside opera singer Marina Viotti and completed a summer festival run that took in 30 countries, French progressive metal band Gojira returned home for their first French arena tour with the band’s long-time touring partner, Victory Event, fielding a comprehensive L-Acoustics K Series system – marking the company’s first major tour with L-Acoustics.
Ministry of Sound refurbishment
Recently refurbished, the main room at the UK’s iconic Ministry of Sound is now home to a KV2 Audio sound system designed by Technical and Production Manager Oscar Zammit and integration specialist, Louis Jemmott.