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10 International News Fez Fest of Sacred Music Celebrates Moroccan Heritage The Sacred Music festival filled up the city square of Fez, Morocco. Amps Freshen Crowd at DecayDance LONDON — Britannia Row at Frankfurt’s Prolight & Sound 2007 purchased 84 of Outline’s new T9 computer controlled amplifiers for its Butterfly inventory. First outing for the new amplifier system was at London’s Hammersmith Apollo for DecayDance. A sold out multiband line-up featured Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship and Gym Class Heroes. Left and right hangs of 12 Butterfly hi-packs were used together with 6 x Subtech 218s per side. “We did a brief ‘A’ and ‘B’ test between our existing Outline TP6.5s and the new T9 in the warehouse,” says Systems Engineer Adam Smith for Britannia Row. “These new amps and wiring have taken the Butterfly to new heights. To prove the amount of headroom available, I am backing off the highs by 12 dB and the low-mids at 9 dB; subs now run at 3dB. “Control was via Dolby Lake units with the new amps and software,” Smith says. “I now have total control of all the system anywhere in the listening environment. The CHESSINGTON, ENGLAND — George Michael made his return to the world’s arena stages using two DiGiCo D5 Lives for front of house sound with a D5T on band monitors. But for the first Wembley show, a third D5 was added to mix the sound for a live television broadcast. Engineers Ruadhri Cushan and Niall Flynn were in charge of mixing sound via the DiGiCo console. “Both Niall and I were a little apprehensive, mainly because we both come from a studio background, and the idea of doing a live mix straight to TV was a little scary,” BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND — Northampton-based Production Hire provided sound reinforcement for the newly opened Club 2020 in Bournemouth, a property of the City Centre Leisure Group. Production Hire and club owner Mark Neal went for a combination of Martin Audio Blackline speakers and ground stacks of the original Wavefront 8s in front of the DJ booths on each floor. The 840-person capacity club has a ground-floor dance room (and adjacent tented chill area) that leads down to a VIP mezzanine room and main room in the basement. On the ground floor, two stacks of Wavefront W8 and W8S complement sets of AQ12 and AQ8s — as well as the F10 DJ monitors. In the large tented area, guests FEZ, MOROCCO — Filali Music recently deployed its new JBL VerTec system at one of Morocco’s premiere annual events, “Festival des Musiques Sacrées du Mondeo, Fes, 2007,” at Bab Boujloud, a large city square in the historic Moroccan city of Fez. great news is also that with the addition of a DSP card inserted into the amplifiers, we can control individual elements within the arrays, and with a further addition of a smart card, can actually tailor the amplifiers for even more power. Because the amps can operate from 95 volts to 240 volts, this means we can work anywhere in the world with no power supply problems.” The DecayDance event Ruadhri says. “If we were going to pull it off, we would need to get familiar with the D5 very quickly, so when DiGiCo invited us down to their demo rooms to run through it, we jumped at the chance.” Although only part of the show was broadcast live, the entire tour was being recorded. The existing setup included two stage racks with 56 inputs into each, those 112 lines feeding the two D5s and D5T. Adding an additional D5 into the chain was straightforward. “A PC-based ADK system with Samplitude software was used to record the shows, which chill out with music delivered at reduced volume through another pair of AQ8s. “I use Blackline for aggression and cut on the dance floor — and for DJ monitoring,” Neal says. “It has that bite anywhere you need it. The AQs produce a smooth, transparent sound and are perfect for the bar areas.” For the mezzanine VIP lounge — where a permanent DJ booth has been set up — there are two more AQ8s. The stairway then leads down to the deceptively large main club, with its resin-coated floor. Here, two ground stacks, each with two W8 and two W8S and a pair of F10s, immediately announces their intentions, while two more F10s serve as DJ monitors. Multiple AQ12s are used for in-fills, with further bass extension coming from OCTOBER 2007 www.fohonline.com The mainstage system setup included 12 VerTec VT4888 midsize line array elements (six per side) and eight VT4880 arrayable subwoofers (four per side). System processing was handled by a dbx 4800 loudspeaker system controller, in combination with JBL’s DSP files. “We were very satisfied with the first use of our new JBL VerTec system at the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, not only with its output capabilities, but also with its musical quality,” noted Yousef Filali, owner of Filali Music. “Bab Boujloud is a vast area and can accom- NUREMBERG, GERMANY — The Alterna Stage at the festival Rock Im Park, which together with its associating event Rock Am Ring is one of the largest German rock festivals, hosting The Rock Im Park crowd about 100,000 visitors each year, was set up with audio by HK Audio Cohedra. The Alterna Stage was an open-air stage that played to a capacity of 25,000 viewers and featured artists of many different musical styles. In 2007, bands such as The White Stripes, Machine Head, Type O Negative, Mia, Wir Sind Helden and Jan Delay played on the Alterna Stage. For so many different styles, a multilateral sound system was required. George Michael Returns to Arena Stage seems to be one of the few bits of kit that was capable of recording all 112 inputs simultaneously for up to three hours at a time,” Ruadhri says. “This also got a feed directly from the stage racks, which meant we were able to play back previously recorded shows to start building a mix, while getting to grips with the console at DiGiCo’s premises.” Perhaps the biggest challenge was “stadium spill” from Michael’s mic. “We had some reconfiguring to do for Wembley — we had added some extra audience mics, which needed to be sent to Club 2020 Goes Crazy for 8s a pair of AQ215 floor-mounted subs, while a pair of AQ6s service the floor’s dedicated chill-out bar. The company has done the same with the audio in this multizone venue, where the routing and gain structure are assigned to line-configured BSS Soundweb 9088iis (with two SW9008 expanders) and an SW9010 “Jellyfish” wall remote for local source select and volume control. This provides a capacity of 24 outputs and eight inputs — with most channels in use. “The whole system is correctly timeligned and EQ’d, and any DJ source can be sent anywhere in the building,” Neal says. “We have already had acts like Babyshambles and Peaches Geldof playing here — and we have the pedigree of modate an audience of several thousand people. Our first event with VerTec was a real success.” This year marked the 13th annual Festival des Musiques Sacrées du Mondeo, or “Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.” International artists included Johnny Clegg, Angelique Kidjo and more. The festival draws thousands of visitors each year to celebrate Islamic heritage in Morocco’s ancient holy city. The event not only features international musical talent, but also brings together politicians, religious leaders and social academics to discuss urgent sociopolitical issues. German Fest Confronts Multiheadliner Festival “Cohedra has optimally covered all resulting demands on the sound system,” says Wolfgang Geisler, CEO of the rental company Pave. “The feedback we’ve gotten from the many diverse FOH engineers was, except for few exclusions, outstanding. Positively mentioned was especially the minor sensitivity for wind, the high coverage and the high fidelity also at high acoustic pressures. We are using the system always at a top acoustic pressure level of about 108 dB/A at the FOH stand, which is sufficient for all requirements.” The load-in for George Michael’s return to arena-sized shows the broadcast truck separately from our music mix,” Ruadhri says. “The show passed very smoothly.” The DJ booth and dance floor at Club 2020 sound system that will appeal to the caliber of DJs like Erick Morillo and Trevor Nelson,” says City Centre Leisure’s Josh Simons. “In addition, the versatility of the system will enable the venue to stage the type of different events they have planned.”
D i g i d e - sign has appointed Frank Loyko to the position of w o r l d w i d e director of sales for the D i g i d e s i g n Venue live sound prod- Frank Loyko uct line. In his new position, Loyko will be responsible for defining and leading all live sound sales strategies worldwide, including managing Digidesign’s direct live sound sales team. As one of the founding members of loudspeaker manufacturer EAW, Loyko has more than 30 years of professional audio sales experience. Most recently, Loyko served as the senior vice president of international sales at LOUD Technologies Inc. Gary Pace has been appointed to the position of national sales manager for Dynacord. Pace will team with Jeff Taylor (Dyna- Gary Pace cord Product Manager, Americas). Most recently, Pace held a sales and marketing position with LSI. He also spent more than Ad info:http:// foh.hotims.com CORRECTIONS Hear Technologies heartech.com DiGiCo www.digico.com nine years as the global sales and marketing manager for Littlite gooseneck lamps and accessories. Beginning in the late 1980s, Pace was busy managing and marketing independent and major recording artists, with clients including ICP, The God Bullies, Green Day, Tori Amos, The Lemonheads, The La’s and Kid Rock. Martin Audio has appointed Reflex Marketing as sales representatives for the New York Metro and Northern New Jersey territories. Reflex, an independent sales firm specializing in the M.I., Pro Audio, Contractor and Audio Visual markets has been in business since 1983. Company principals, John McFadden and Bob Brennan, started Reflex based on the belief that “the dealers and manufacturers are our partners.” Bill Woods has been appointed to the position of group sales and marketingdirector for MC2 Audio, XTA and Quested M o n i t o r i n g Bill Woods Systems. Woods, a veteran of the pro audio industry, has worked on a freelance basis representing Quested for the past three years. Later he returned to live sound, working for Ashly Audio to help the company establish Camco in the U.S. Market. Brian T. Edwards has joined Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) as general manager of the company’s Los Angeles office. Edwards will oversee all aspects of PRG’s Brian T. Edwards Los Angeles division, including sales, event labor and rental operations. He will report to Joe Schenk, Sr., president of PRG’s West Coast operations. Veteran of nearly two decades in the motion picture and television lighting support industry, Edwards comes to PRG from Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he served for three years as vice president of operations. Sennheiser E l e c t r o n i c s C o r p o r a t i o n has hired Sebnem “Sebi” Altug for the position of project manager for marketing comm u n i c a t i o n s . Sebnem Altug She brings nearly a decade of experience in marketing and communications, mar- Model MSRP Frame Size Inserts EQ Metering Power Features Mix Back $2,495.00 16x12x2x2 16 4band w/ dual sweepable mids LED ladder Internal Auto switching. 240 W D1 69,100 16x8x1 Up to 160 CSD5/D5 4-band parametiric per channel plus 16 insertable 6-band parametrics 30-segment LED bridge 300 W Max On The Move keting research and advertising and film to the job. In coordination with the industry team leaders and product managers of Sennheiser’s many distribution channels, Altug will manage key communication projects for all Sennheiser products and services. TOA Electronics Inc. has appointed two new associates to its administration department, Lada Smirnova, director of finance and administration and Dino Marinopoulos, materials manager. Smirnova has extensive experience Lada Smirnova in management, financial analysis, accounting, and human resources. Marinopoulos, a former employee of Office Depot, is experienced in the areas of supply chain Dino Marinopoulos management, inventory control and fulfillment and logistics. Both Smirnova and Marinopoulos will work with other members of the administration department to continue to improve customer support in the areas of product availability and delivery. In the Sept. ‘07 issue of FOH, we left a couple of companies out of the Product Gallery on monitor consoles. Info for DiGiCo and Hear appear below. $92,390 (CSD5) 24x16x1 Up to 160 4-band parametiric per channel plus 32 insertable 6-band parametrics 30-segment LED bridge 300 W Max The Mix Back is a flexible, moderately priced 16 x 16 monitor mixer. With 2 stereo and 12 mono outputs, ADAT and H Bus outputs, it’s a companion to the Hear Back PM system. The mixer can be used as a stand alone monitor mixer. The D1 Live provides simultaneous processing of 64 mono/stereo channels and can be expanded up to 160 channels, in any combination of mono/stereo with full access to 224 inputs and 224 outputs. Each channel provides full routing from the remote mic pre amps, 240mS delay, Hi and lo pass filters, 4 fully parametric eq’s and dynamics with side chain filtering. The CS-D5 Live digital mixing system provides the full, extensive feature set of the D5 Live, with the exception of the optical I/O, creating a D5 Live at a price point in line with basic consoles. Tech advantages include a full 48 busses, 128 input channels, which can be increased with extra DSP to 160. 224 inputs and 224 outputs can be connected to enable large routing capabilities for multi-stage events and large orchestral performances, while digital redundancy ensures the show will go on. Ad info:http:// foh.hotims.com
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