Sand and Spectera
The Groningen open-air venue on the outskirts of Meerstad presents event organisers with an unwelcoming cocktail of wind and rain, and also ever-invasive sand. ‘No matter what you do, the sand just gets everywhere,’ says Kasper van der Spoel, responsible for the theatre’s RF equipment at the Zummerbühne Groningen (Groningen Summer Theatre) musical theatre premiere that was recently staged at the venue. Happily, the choice of Sennheiser’s Spectera wireless audio system proved up to the task.
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German colliery reborn as Moto59 Foodgarage with RCF
The former Ewald colliery in Germany’s Ruhr region has taken on a new span of life as the Moto59 Foodgarage. Where miners once worked underground, the Nord Machine Hall of Shaft 7 combines industrial architecture, detailed interior design, and a professional RCF sound system.
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Masque Sound upgrades NYU’s John A Paulson Center
New Jersey-based theatrical sound reinforcement, installation and design company Masque Sound has supplied an extensive gear package for the performance spaces in New York University’s John A Paulson Center performance complex.
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The SSL Channel Strip Guide
Over more than four decades, Solid State Logic has pioneered console innovation, creating a lineage of designs each with their own character, technology and sonic signature. The SSL Channel Strip Guide brings this story together for the first time in a single document, tracing the journey from the 4000 B, E and G Series, through the SuperAnalogue 9000 Series, to today’s flagship Duality Fuse and the Future Analogue Oracle.
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Lyric Theatre Belfast debuts L-Acoustics LISA production
Northern Ireland’s only full-time self-producing theatre and marking its 75th anniversary in 2026, the Lyric Theatre Belfast has become the island’s first to use an L-Acoustics L-ISA Immersive Audio with the world premiere of Denouement, a new drama, written by John Morton and produced in-house.
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NY’s Lincoln Center ensures performances past and future
Since opening its doors in 2004, the Rose Hall at the Jazz at Lincoln Center complex in New York has been the nerve centre for the prestigious organistion’s performance, archival recording and educational programming efforts. Recently, it has seen the installation of an intricate, modular audio production system built around DAD AX64 Next-Gen AD/DA/DD and audio routing interfaces to provide the quality and flexibility requires to preserve the music JALC champions for future generations while also offering audiences new performances.
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LEA appoints LatAm partner
LEA Professional has struck a partnership with Audio Americas to raise LEA’s presence in Latin America.
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