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Presidential Sound
At Debates
The presidential and vice-presidential debates, which take place in the runup
to the US presidential election, have been giving a selection of sound
equipment the chance to shine. The presidential debates took place at
the University of Denver on October 4, Hofstra University in Hempstead, New
York on October 16, and Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida on October
22. The vice presidential debate took place on October 11 at Centre College in
Danville, Kentucky. The PA system for each event remained consistent across the
different locations, with JBL VRX932LA portable line arrays arranged in clusters
of two each in left-centre-right configurations, with two additional delay fills of
two VRX932LA loudspeakers each. Crown I-Tech 4x3500HD amplifiers powered
the system, with processing
The St James Theatre in London, the first
newly built theatre complex in central London
for thirty years, features a main 312-seat theatre
and 100-seat studio theatre. The sound design
was undertaken by Mathew Smethurst-Evans
of Theatreplan. A proscenium LCR system
of EM Acoustics MSE-159 two-way medium
format passive loudspeakers was installed in
the main theatre with three EMS-61s as delays
www.emacoustics.co.uk
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar
has been touring to venues in the UK and
Northern Ireland, including Liverpool’s Echo
Arena, Wembley Arena, and Dublin and
London’s O2 Arenas. Full touring audio is
supplied by SSE/Canegreen with a DiGiCo
SD7 in monitor position. “It is literally the only
console that can handle a show like this,” said
Monitor Engineer Seamus Fenton.”
www.digico.org
A MIDAS Pro6 console has been supplied to
Abu Dhabi’s Heritage Theatre, a 550 seat multipurpose
venue. “MIDAS is enjoying increasing
popularity in the Middle East, as it increasingly
becomes a destination for international
events,” said Chicco Hiranandani, Business
Development Manager at MIDAS’s Middle
East distributors NMK. “The Heritage Theatre
is an iconic venue in the capital of the United
Arab Emirates... and now the technical team
can manage these shows with an excellent
digital platform.”
www.midasconsoles.com
The International Space Orchestra is the
world’s first orchestra of space scientists. The
world premiere of Ground Control: An Opera
In Space, a staged concert inspired by mission
control rooms, was recently performed by the
orchestra, using an assortment of Lectrosonics
wireless technology. Three Lectrosonics
Venue receiver systems were used, augmented
by three Lectrosonics UCR411a compact
receivers. Feeding the receivers were a wide
range of Lectrosonics beltpack, handheld , and
plug-on, transmitters.
www.lectrosonics.com
The Veerkracht Ecocentre is a new conference
centre built in Klarenbeek in the Netherlands,
and has been constructed according to strict
sustainable principles, making maximum use
of natural materials and recycling as much as
possible. Centrally controlled AV systems can
be activated remotely and the main auditorium
has a QSC KLA line array composed of eight
full-range KLA elements and four KW181 subs.
www.qsc.com
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handled by a dbx SC32.
Larry Estrin, of Best Audio
in Studio City, California, who
serves as Audio and Production
Communications Director for
Yee Hah Audio-Technica
Audio-Technica has provided an extensive
selection of vocal and instrument microphones
for the Country Music Association (CMA)
Awards. The 46th Annual CMA Awards aired live
in 5.1 channel surround sound on November 1 on
the ABC Television Network, and featured over
200 Audio-Technica microphones, including
an array of hard-wired microphones and Artist
Elite 5000 Series UHF wireless systems. The team
responsible for the audio at this year’s CMA’s
was supervised by audio producers Tom Davis
and Paul Sandweiss; ATK/Audiotek provided the
sound system with FOH mixers Patrick Baltzell
and Rick Shimer; the broadcast music mix was
handled by M3’s John Harris and Jay Vicari; while
stage monitoring was done by Tom Pesa and
Jason Spence.
www.audio-technica.com
Everyone Can Hear You
Scream
Riedel Communications recently
provided the entire communications
solution for the Red Bull Stratos,
the 120,000 feet skydive by Felix
Baumgartner from the edge of space.
Baumgartner ascended to 24 miles
in a stratospheric balloon and made
a freefall jump towards earth at
supersonic speeds before parachuting
to the ground. A specially developed
communications solution from Riedel
was used for reliable communication
between Baumgartner and Mission
Control. All ground-based facilities
and positions were integrated into one
single communications infrastructure
via a Riedel Artist Digital Matrix
system. Riedel also furnished the
on-side digital radio network with
more than 100 radio receivers and ten
channels, which were integrated into
the wired matrix intercom system.
The connection to the launchpad
of the capsule was realised with the
MediorNet system.
the Commission on Presidential Debates, chose Audio-Technica microphones
for each of the four debates in the series. Products used included A-Ts 5000
Series wireless with AEW-T5400a condenser handheld transmitters and AEW-
R5200 receivers for President Obama and Governor Romney, which allowed the
candidates to freely roam while answering questions. Moderator Candy Crowley
used an AT898cW subminiature cardioid condenser lavalier microphone with
AEW-T1000a body packs – doubled for redundancy. Audience members
asking questions of the candidates were given AE6100 hypercardioid dynamic
handheld wired microphones connected to Audio-Technica’s AT-MX351a
SmartMixer five-channel mixers.
Integrated communications solutions for co-ordinating the production
elements within the venues were provided by Clear-Com, with an Eclipse
Median digital matrix and HelixNet Partyline systems in use, as well as the
Tempest 2400 digital wireless intercom with the new Seamless Roaming feature.
www.harman.com
www.audio-technica.com
Go To Defcon1
The Defcon1 Dance Party, a massive outdoor festival featuring seven stages and
attracting 22,000 people, recently took place at Sydney International Regatta
Centre, Australia. The main ‘Red’ stage had an audio system design executed
by event FOH Engineer Scott Harrison using the new Adamson Blueprint AV
software, which enabled the plotting of the four hangs plus a front fill. The main
E15 hangs per side were made up of 16 boxes in each, outer hangs had 10 Y18
boxes and the subwoofer extension was provided by three clusters of eight T21
subs arranged in a two high, four wide configuration at each location. Front fill
features three stacks of three Y10s and for DJ monitors, EAW’s SB730 with KF730
subs were used.
www.adamsonsystems.com