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Sound on ice
The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition represents the world’s greatest arctic research endeavour and is a milestone in climate research.
One of those taking part in the expedition was Friederike Marie Krüger, a German teacher who exchanged classroom for a research ship berth for six weeks in order to create teaching materials. She also made a documentary using Sennheiser microphones.
Paragon 360 upgrade at Bellevue Baptist
The largest house of worship in Memphis and one of the leading churches in the Southern Baptist Convention, the Bellevue Baptist Church recently renovated its audio systems, alongside extensive acoustical work throughout the church sanctuary. The project was led by the church’s long-time systems integration partner, Paragon 360, which had previously designed and installed its scenic, lighting and video systems.
The new installation, in the church’s 6,800-seat main sanctuary in the suburb of Cordova, features Quantum7 mixing consoles at FOH, monitors and broadcast. In addition, an SD12 console is now also in use in church’s fellowship hall, in what Paragon 360’ Mark Coble calls ‘a full DiGiCo solution for the church’.
STS at Santiago’s Mother of Cities football stadium
In 2018, the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA-Asociación de Fútbol Argentino) and Government of Santiago presented the plans for the new provincial sports stadium and quickly began the building process. By July of the following year, the Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades was confirmed as one of the venues that would host the Conmebol Copa América (America Championship) – although this was subsequently postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The work progressed, and in October 2020 a unique sound installation was completed by Buenos Aires-based Equaphon Sistemas de Sonido, comprising equipment from STS Sound Touring Systems, Powersoft and Xilica.
The Flying Dutchman
August saw a production of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman brought to 1,000 socially distanced Lithuanian opera fans for the first time on the slipway of the Paul Willy Lindenau shipyard complex in Klaipėda. Performed by the Klaipėda State Musical Theatre and featuring soloists including Sandra Janušaitė, the event called on dual DiGiCo SD12 96-channel mixing consoles with two SD-Racks and D2-Racks.
Changing weather presented leading Baltic audio rental company NGR Service with major challenges from the outset. ‘The setting in the historic cruise ship terminal made for a unique and spectacular location, but it also meant dealing with rain and winds of up to 20m/s while thinking of how to make the orchestra and soloists sound as natural as possible,’ says NGR FOH Engineer, Tomas Ždanovičius.
Goose’s binaural Synrise
After two decades, four albums and headline slots at major festivals including Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop and Tomorrowland, Belgium electronic rock band Goose are marking the tenth anniversary of their second album, Synrise, with a binaural recording of the title track.
The project is a collaboration between the band, Sennheiser and the Music Research Expertise Unit of Belgium’s PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts. ‘We had been introduced to immersive sound for multiple applications such live mixing and experiencing live music in a room, or using the technology in our IEMs,’ the band say. ‘But none of these applications seemed useful to us – we love the simplicity of a good old rock ’n roll show – speakers left and right and a crowd jumping up and down...