Finnish brewery celebrates beer with immersive museum
A new immersive installation at the OLVI Foundation Brewery Museum – Finland’s only brewery museum open to the public – The Spirit of OLVI is a five-sided space that uses light, image, vibration and spatial sound to allow visitors to explore the 145-year history of the country’s last major independent brewery. Located in Iisalmi – home to loudspeaker manufacturer Genelec – it relies on a sophisticated Genelec loudspeaker set-up.
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Staffordshire Uni offers UK’s first eSports courses
The first higher education facility in the UK to bring an eSports broadcast course to market, the University of Staffordshire has won itself a place as an industry pioneer. The facilities now being offered to students at the University’s Stoke-on-Trent campus include a 60-seat eSports arena, two broadcast galleries and well-equipped studio.
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Rightway to handle Optocore in China, HK and Macau
Rightway Audio Consultants (RAC) has been appointed Optocore distributor for China, Hong Kong and Macau in ‘a strategic elevation of the existing reseller partnership between the two companies’.
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Soho Mews House pairs refined sound with refined setting
Designed to offer a ‘refined and mature atmosphere’, the new Soho Mews House reimagines the early days of the Soho House brand and promises next-level exclusivity with membership extended only to the longest-standing of the brand’s patrons on an invitation-only basis.
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Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse gets anniversary upgrade
Ireland’s leading visitor attraction, Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse, has seen new audio systems installed as part of a new live music concept from John Brady Events (JBE), as well as new installations in two visitor zones. Featuring d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker systems, the work was planned using d&b’s ArrayCalc acoustic prediction software, and employ d&b’s xS-Series installation loudspeakers.
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US university swaps boombox for modern sound system
With a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programmes and a commitment to academic excellence, faith-based learning and community service, Campbellsville University is a private Christian university in Kentucky. The university recently upgraded the audio system in the athletic centre swimming pool, using gear from Danley Sound Labs, Allen & Heath and LEA Professional.
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Guz Box brings clarity to St John’s Anglican church audio
To mark its bicentennial, St John’s Anglican church in Tasmania committee undertook a major revision of its sound system, largely to enhance speech intelligibility. Guz Box design+audio oversaw both the acoustic and electro-acoustic design works.
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