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Everyone’s a Star! World Tour

Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer are currently travelling the world with their Everyone’s a Star! World Tour, making the sound team an early adopter of L-Acoustics Source Intelligence after participating in its development.

Covered Bridge Recording

Opened less than a year ago in downtown Nashville by studio manager and engineer Grace Ritter and her partners, Covered Bridge Recording was designed from the ground up around the Genelec 9.1.4 Smart Active Monitoring system that serves as the heart of the studio’s Dolby Atmos production environment.

OnlyCproduction

Music production company OnlyCproduction has installed the first Solid State Logic Origin analogue mixing console in Vietnam. The 32-channel desk is to be found in the Ho Chi Minh City studio of musician, singer and producer OnlyC.

Whale song

Armed with Sennheiser HD 300 PROtect headphones, Sennheiser MKH 8020 mics and a bespoke 3D hydrophone array, nature sound recordist Thomas Rex Beverly recently visited Hawaii’s Big Island and French Polynesia in pursuit of high-definition, spatialised recordings of whales – the likes of which researchers had previously been unable to make.

The Music of Zimmer vs Williams at the Royal Albert Hall

The recent Music of Zimmer vs Williams show at the Royal Albert Hall brought a spatial twist to the sound through use of a 64-channel TiMax SoundHub – bringing the ‘beyond stereo’ thinking FOH engineer Phil Wright had seen succeed at festivals and other events.

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CUK upgrades Uni of Birmingham Medical School theatre

Among the largest in Europe, the University of Birmingham’s Medical School is a leading centre for medical education, using A/V technology is a major part of its practical learning. After a recent review, some facilities were deemed in need of an upgrade, including the 450-seat Leonard Deacon Lecture Theatre – Renkus-Heinz beam-steering solution was the answer to more intelligible sound.

Tateside lead integration of Old Granada Studios rebirth

Opened in 1956 as the UK’s first purpose-built TV centre, the Old Granada Studios remains a landmark of central Manchester. Once home to Coronation Street, the studios are now undergoing major redevelopment featuring event spaces and hospitality venues including Manchester’s first Soho Houseand Mollie’s Motel & Diner. London-based system integration specialists, Tateside, led the A/V installation across both the Soho House & Mollie’s sites.

Miami claims first US SSL Oracle mixing console placement

Miami talent development and collaboration company Electric Feel Entertainment has expanding its operation with a new facility in the Wynwood Arts District housing two music production studios designed by WSDG, alongside creative, administrative, and hospitality spaces. At its heart is the first Solid State Logic Oracle Future Analogue mixing console to be installed in the United States.

AtlasIED partners with MI Engineering for APAC expansion

AtlasIED has struck a partnership with Bangkok-based MI Engineering to both expand its reach across the APAC region and broadening MI Engineering’s access to mass notification systems, IP endpoint solutions, and commercial audio technology.

Martin Audio onboard with Blackpool’s Rebellion

The largest independently run punk festival in the UK, Blackpool’s Rebellion Festival took place recently at the inside historic Winter Gardens with more than 300 live acts spread across six stages. Held over four days, it brings together tens of thousands of punk fans, musicians, and artists from across the globe.

SSL adopts EM Acoustics monitoring for Live desk demos

Solid State Logic has installed EM Acoustics Reference Series loudspeakers in its demo facility for engineers wishing to to experience the Live Series of mixing desks.

LEAP Group established with Fraunhofer IDMT

Leading professional audio manufacturers Nugen Audio, RTW, Steinberg and Telos Alliance have teamed up with Fraunhofer IDMT to establish a common approach to measuring and presenting dialogue intelligibility across broadcast, production and postproduction environments. The companies have formed the LEAP Meter Manufacturers Group (LMMG) and, with Fraunhofer IDMT, developed the LMMG Dialog Intelligibility Implementation Agreement.

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5SOS Get Star Billing

Covered Bridge Recording breaks cover

Vietnam gets first SSL Origin

Recording Hawaii’s whale song

Zimmer vs Williams