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Taiwan’s KMC takes first d&b KSL Soundscape

Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Music Center

Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Music Center (KMC) is the result of a local government initiative to rejuvenate a former industrial site – and also the first ever d&b KSL Soundscape installation.

The uniquely shaped venue includes a vast HI-Breeze Square outdoor stage, four auditoria and the HI-ING Hall – deemed the most important element of the park. A further auditorium is located outside the building on a bridge overlooking the Love River.

Much like the auditoria, the main stage can be subdivided into smaller units, giving the centre great flexibility in its hosting capabilities. The Music Center, which also functions as a tourist attraction, will primarily showcase musical performances and concerts.

Sound Adventures immerses Inspire Onmyoji production

Umeda Arts Theater production of Inspire Onmyoji

Although limited by the Japanese Government’s Covid restriction, the 1,300-capacity Nissei Theatre in Tokyo staged a Umeda Arts Theater production of Inspire Onmyoji, starring Japanese actor Takao Osawa at the start of the year.

The show was scripted by Brazily Anne Yamada, Takaya Okamoto and Natsu Teranishi, and directed by Junya Yamada. It was staged using Martin Audio’s Wavefront Precision platform (WPM) and Sound Adventures immersive 3D with all outputs controlled by the Sara II Premium Rendering Engine, alongside next-generation video and lighting effects.

Mid South Audio opens with Audient ASP8024-HE

Kevin Short’s Mid South Audio

In a pandemic-defying move, Kevin Short’s Mid South Audio recording studio opened in Milton, Delaware, to great fanfare in September 2020 – with A-list musicians flown in from Nashville to be recorded on the facility’s new ASP8024-HE Audient mixing console, and showcasing the stage, sound and lighting abilities.

Owner Short had called in Gavin Haverstick of Haverstick Designs for the studio’s ground-up design, which includes a spacious live room for large ensembles, three separate Iso rooms, two control rooms and a smaller studio for voiceovers and additional mixing.

#WeMakeEvents hits hard with new UK campaign

The Government Can’t See Us, Can You?

#WeMakeEvents has launched a hard-hitting initiative, urging the UK Government to provide relief to the struggling live events sector. The Government Can’t See Us, Can You? shows the devastation the pandemic has wrought on the live event supply chain – told through the stories of the highly-skilled professionals whose livelihoods have been seriously damaged.

In an open letter to Rishi Sunak, the campaign calls on the Government to halt this destruction by recognising the impact of the pandemic on the live event supply chain, to support individuals and businesses while they cannot work, and to engage with the sector to develop a plan for reopening, including Government-backed Covid-19 cancellation insurance.

NDR Hannover venue installs Yamaha Rivage

Landesfunkhaus Nierdersachsen

The installation of a Rivage PM7 digital mixing system in the larger of two concert halls at the historic Landesfunkhaus Nierdersachsen in Hannover marks nearly 30 years of NDR’s use of Yamaha mixers at the venue.

NDR broadcasting from Hannover dates to 1924, moving to the Landesfunkhaus Nierdersachsen in 1950 with the construction of what was then the most technically advanced broadcast station in Europe. The 350-seat Kleiner Sendesaal concert hall was joined by the 1,250-seat Großer Sendesaal in the 1960s, home to the NDR Radio Philharmonic orchestra. The venues are used for live concerts, shows, awards ceremonies and events, many broadcast live or recorded for transmission.

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