Lawo takes Waltz into Space with Voyager 1 probe
It was a moment where technology, culture, and pioneering spirit converged: On 31 May 2025, Johann Strauss II’s Blue Danube Waltz was performed at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) and transmitted live towards the Voyager 1 spacecraft more than 15 billion miles from Earth. It was the centrepiece of the Waltz into Space initiative, ,marking both the 200th birthday of the Waltz King and the 50th of the European Space Agency.
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Grenoble’s Alpexpo poineers new event space concept
Recognising that event organisers were in need of something between Grenoble’s massive arenas and intimate live venues in size, Alpexpo devised a ‘box-in-a-box’ concept for a 3,389sq-m within the existing Greater Hall, served by an L-Acoustics L Series professional sound system.
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Riedel gives Garage 59 team racing head start
Enjoying a fighting start to the 2025 motor racing season, UK-based endurance GT team Garage 59 is benefitting from its recent adoption of Riedel Communications’ Bolero wireless intercom system and RiFace radio interface for its race control.
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RCF releases BIM files
RCF Audio has made BIM files available for its HDL and HL loudspeaker families.
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Van Damme makes connections at Duo Mastering
The signal chain at Hamburg’s Duo Mastering has been meticulously chosen to serve the goal of ‘finding sonic truth’, a mission that is achieved through the use of a Maselec MTC-1X mastering console, an ultra-precise Dutch Audio insert switcher and a careful selection of boutique analogue outboard. The final step… the cabling; Van Damme.
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The Music Station, Madrid
Warner Music Spain and Warner Chappell Music launched The Music Station several years ago, an artist-friendly complex in Madrid offering a non-traditional working environment for the company’s employees. Designed and built within the former Príncipe Pio North Station, the facility houses several music production spaces, all equipped with equipment from Solid State Logic, including an Origin mixing console in the main room, and U Series controllers and interfaces in breakout production spaces.
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North Carolina church continues Martin Audio heritage
Havigng installed a Martin Audio Wavefront W0.5 miniature sound system in the Heritage Baptist Church in Zebulon, North Carolina, in 2000 – a move that has since given the church an excellent return on its investment – RMB Audio recently returned to refresh the installation and realised that components of this vintage were no longer available. An alternative solution was now required...
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