Audio Media, March 2012
Audio Media, March 2012
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FIELD REPORT<br />
Allen & Heath's iLive system was<br />
selected to manage a three week<br />
run of performances held at the o2<br />
in London, featuring over 100 bands.<br />
The December Sessions were a series<br />
of free performances to celebrate<br />
emerging UK talent, hosted festivalstyle<br />
on an outdoor stage in the<br />
London Piazza at the o2. Allen &<br />
Heath's iLive digital system managed<br />
the gigs, with an iLive-T112 Control<br />
Surface at FOH and iLive-T80 on<br />
monitors, with iDR-48 MixRacks.<br />
www.allen-heath.com<br />
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FIELD REPORT<br />
DPA's new<br />
d:fine headset<br />
microphones<br />
have been used<br />
for the musical<br />
Lelies, a Judas<br />
Theatreproducties<br />
production at<br />
the Antwerp<br />
Fakkeltheater. <strong>Audio</strong> equipment<br />
was provided by Stage Unit, whose<br />
Managing Director Toon Van der<br />
Veken suggested the d:fine singleear<br />
headsets. Omni-directional<br />
versions of d:fine were used,<br />
supplied by DPA's Benelux distributor<br />
Amptec. “The single earpiece offers a<br />
huge improvement in contact noise<br />
compared to other headbands,”<br />
said the musical's composer,<br />
and Managing Director of Judas<br />
Theatreproducties, Sam Verhoeven.<br />
www.dpamicrophones.com<br />
APG Goes Upstairs At Opera<br />
House<br />
London's Royal Opera House has<br />
installed an APG MX1 sound system<br />
in its Clore Studio Upstairs; a versatile<br />
venue used as both a ballet rehearsal<br />
studio and a performance space in its<br />
own right with its own programme<br />
of workshops, events and small-scale<br />
performances for audiences of up to 200.<br />
It offers a 'laboratory' environment in<br />
which independent artists, small-scale<br />
companies and Opera House personnel<br />
can experiment and collaborate.<br />
RPG's Paul Nicholson explained that Martin Adams, Head of Sound at the<br />
Royal Opera House, had been looking for a solution for the Clore Studio for<br />
a while. “Martin wanted something that would deliver high quality speech<br />
and light music programme material across the whole of the audience<br />
seating area, which occupies the full width of the room, but is quite shallow.<br />
Furthermore, the ceiling is very low over the seating area,” said Nicholson.<br />
“The system had to be neat, compact and as visually unobtrusive as possible,<br />
so I suggested that he try out the APG MX1s.”<br />
“As sound systems go, this one may not be huge, but it has nevertheless<br />
made an enormous difference to the quality of the audience experience in<br />
the Clore,” said the Royal Opera House's Martin Adams.<br />
www.apg.tm.fr<br />
DiGiCo Does The Grammy Awards<br />
DiGiCo live music consoles were chosen for the 54th<br />
Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles,<br />
as specified by show production partner ATK<br />
<strong>Audio</strong>Tek. A combination of five of DiGiCo's newer<br />
SD10 consoles, along with an SD7, handled FOH<br />
and monitor duties, with a total of 400+ I/Os and<br />
256 mic preamps distributed between six SD racks,<br />
among four engineers in three locations within the Staples Center arena. The entire<br />
PA system was powered by an Opticore fibre optic network, which tied the consoles<br />
together and allowed the signal path to stay completely digital.<br />
“By using the best and most advanced tools, we guarantee the highest fidelity for<br />
every performance,” said ATK's Production Mixer Mikael Stewart. “The sonic quality<br />
of the DiGiCo consoles was one of the biggest assets this year, in addition to the<br />
Opticore infrastructure that allowed complete flexibility and accessibility.”<br />
www.digico.org<br />
NEW PRODUCT<br />
QSC <strong>Audio</strong> Products has announced<br />
the next generation of Q-Sys<br />
products. The Core 500i and Core<br />
250i provide advanced centralised<br />
processing, routing and control for<br />
contractors and consultants needing<br />
a solution for smaller venues such<br />
as restaurants, nightclubs, shops,<br />
schools and churches. The two new<br />
Core models are fully integrated<br />
solutions, each with eight card slots<br />
on-board. The Core 500i is capable<br />
of up to 128 network channels,<br />
while the Core 250i provides up to<br />
64 channels. I/O is selectable via the<br />
various Q-Sys I/O cards.<br />
www.qscaudio.com<br />
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NEW PRODUCT<br />
Aviom is now shipping its AllFrame<br />
Multi-Modular I/O System.<br />
The system<br />
eliminates<br />
several<br />
expensive and<br />
labour-intensive<br />
stages of the<br />
signal chain<br />
while reducing cable clutter, making<br />
it useful for permanent installations<br />
such as theatres or conference<br />
centres, as well as touring and<br />
portable live sound applications.<br />
At the heart of the system is the<br />
F6 Modular I/O Frame, a multipurpose<br />
network frame with six<br />
field-configurable I/O card slots and<br />
integrated Cat-5e and fibre optic<br />
connectivity. The F6 can be outfitted<br />
to meet the audio I/O requirements<br />
of nearly application.<br />
www.aviom.com<br />
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AUDIO MEDIA MARCH <strong>2012</strong>
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