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ABBA-Based Show Live On Stage with Riedel RockNet
HAMBURG, Germany — PRG Germany is
supporting a touring replica of ABBA’s 1979
performance at London’s Wembley Arena
called ABBA — The Concert, by AbbAgain.
The tour features more than a dozen musicians
and 150 minutes of ABBA songs, and to
distribute audio at the various tour locations,
the show is using a RockNet digital audio network
from Riedel Communications.
To connect the stage and FOH into a
single audio network, PRG Germany is using
a set of three RockNet 100 interfaces, a costefficient
alternative based on RockNet 300
technology. RockNet 100 provides 80 audio
channels with 48 kHz/24 bit digital audio
quality.
The RockNet 100 interfaces are combined
with six RockNet RN.141.MY interface
cards for digital Yamaha consoles.
RockNet‘s Independent Gain feature lets
users control each input independently
from various points of the network. This
means different consoles can use the same
input with different gain settings without a
need for an additional passive splitter, simplifying
installations.
“Using RockNet makes the installation
and configuration of the audio network
for shows a breeze,”
said Marco Mahl, account
manager at PRG
Germany. “The intuitive
user interface of the
devices allows for easy
configuration even without
a PC. Thanks to the
modular approach we
can easily add RockNet
300 modules such as a
digital in/out interface
to handle all our digital
AES signals.”
JANUARY 2011 www.fohonline.com
ABBA — The Concert performed by AbbAgain
Rubicon AS Purchases
36-Box Martin Audio
MLA System
OSLO, Norway — Rubicon AS purchased an
MLA rig consisting of 20 MLA top boxes, 12 MLX
subs, and four MLD Downfill enclosures from
their local distributor, em nordic AS. The order
follows major system purchases by launch customers
Complete Audio of Germany and North
Carolina-based Special Event Services (SES).
By purchasing 36 enclosures, Rubicon, which
handles a wide range of assignments from festivals
to corporate events and one-off club gigs,
will be able to divide the rig into two separate
systems where necessary, having doubled up on
the power distribution and control.
Based in Oslo, Rubicon has been a regular
customer of em nordic since the early 1990s.
They were the first rental company in Norway to
purchase a Martin Audio W8LC system, and they
also have a large quantity of LE Series monitors
as well as a W8LM rig.
While they had been considering a larger
main system, they had no immediate plans to
supersede the W8LC — until MLA came along.
As em nordic’s Øystein Wierli noted, he had
the opportunity to hear the MLA at its first demo
at London’s Earls Court a year ago.
“I immediately informed Rubicon head of
sound, Roar Ånestad, that the MLA system broke
new ground and then had many long discussions
with him about upgrading their main PA
system,” said Wierli.
Ånestad himself later attended an MLA
demo and presentation in Antwerp, Belgium,
and by September, the remainder of Rubicon’s
sound department was sold on the system after
attending R&D director Jason Baird’s seminar at
September’s PLASA Show.
By early November, Wierli and Ånestad were
at the Martin Audio factory working out the final
technical details, which would enable them to
cater for smaller venues with the scaled down
rig, while maintaining the capability of handling
large venues like the 9,000-seat Oslo Spektrum
with a single system.
Martin Audio will support Rubicon with
hands-on system training and tour support during
the initial period, after which Øystein Wierli
and his team at em nordic will take over.
From left, Roar Ånestad, Rubicon; Øystein Wierli, em Nordic.