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Studio Zuid adopts TiMax
Located in the south of Antwerp, Studio Zuid theatre has transformed its ability to entertain with TiMax SoundHub-S64 spatial processing. The venue’s amphitheatre-like auditorium hosts a wide variety of musical dining experiences, the first of which was an immersive production of The Bodyguard, made famous by the Whitney Houston film and its award-winning soundtrack.
Sound designer and venue audio director Erik Loots had a bold vision for the type of production the venue needed and the level of audio flexibility he wanted for shows: ‘I needed TiMax because of its capability to deal with both channel-based and object-based audio," he explains. ‘I have long been a fan of TiMax and its flexibility and, as this show was entirely mixed in immersive, TiMax was theperfect for the job.’
Warsaw Ursynów Cultural Centro takes L-SA alternative
Poland’s new purpose-built Ursynów Cultural Centre Alternatywy (Alternatives) was commissioned to provide an iconic and versatile public entertainment space. Central to its appeal is an audio system design featuring L-Acoustics L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound, specified and installed by local equipment supplier,
The venue’s name references 1980s Polish TV series, Alternatywy 4, chosen in a competition between residents to encapsulate the centre’s vision of rich and varied cultural programme for the community. ‘The South-West Warsaw community had waited a long time for a decent cultural centre,’ says Audio Plus System Design and Project Manager, Łukasz Kaźmierczak.
SSL celebrates Elevation
At the beginning of 2021, ‘Graves into Gardens,’ the title track from Elevation Worship’s sixth album, simultaneously topped Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Elevation Church band’s album, , is a collaboration with Atlanta-based Maverick City Music that reached No.1 on both the Billboard Christian and Gospel albums charts upon release, and has generated nine Top Ten singles.
With the completion of Elevation Church’s new music production facility – centred on a 48-channel Solid State Logic Duality Delta SuperAnalogue mixing console – the band has a home base from which to to spread its message.
Orchestra Hall installs suite of DiGiCo systems
Home to the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall is a modernist landmark that signals classical music as more widely accessible than its popular perception. Inside, it uses a symmetrical ‘falling rock’ of 114 cubes on its ceiling and stage back wall and its balconies as an integrated diffusor. The result is an exceptional aural experience for its 2,089 seats.
That experience recently saw the completion of the installation of a suite of DiGiCo systems, creating a renewed audio infrastructure for the venue and its ensemble. This includes a Quantum338 at FOH, an SD12 96 for mixing orchestral and other performances for Minnesota Public Radio’s broadcasts, and an SD11i as an auxiliary mixer able to be deployed as required.
Turkey’s ISF Studios installs Audient ASP8024-HE
Among the largest animation and production studios in the Turkish capital of Ankara, ISF Studios is behind Rafadan Tayfa, the country’s most popular children’s animated series, as well as the 2017 cinema release, Rafadan Tayfa: Dehliz Macerası. Other recent projects include a live recording of the Turkish national anthem and the renewal of the ident for TRT Çocuk national children’s television.
Inside the facility, producer/mixing and mastering engineer Mustafa Tarkan Ergün now finds himself behind a 48-channel Audient ASP8024-HE mixing console.