livenews SWEDEN MLA Compact quells complaints By Erica Basnicki
STOCKHOLM’S DM AUDIO was quick to swap its conventional line array for an MLA Compact system for this year’s Parkteatern (Park Theatre), held at the Vitabergsparken (White Mountains) in the Swedish capital. This year marked the 70th anniversary of the event. Entertainment during the four-
week festival takes place in an open-air amphitheatre, and covers a wide range of genres from shows for children, to hip hop, modern Danish dance and opera. Working with show designer Mårten Ihre, the company
fielded 12 elements and six DSX subs per side, double stacked in a cardioid pattern. “We set up the ‘hard avoid’ parameters for behind the stage and the controllability of the cardioid subs also ensured that no sound escaped at the back,” said DM
Audio’s Lars Wern. “Everybody was immensely pleased how we managed to taper off the sound and the result was that there were no complaints (from residential neighbours).” n www.dmaudio.sewww.martin-audio.com
Swedish singer-songwriter and comedian Emil Jensen takes the stage at Stockholm’s Parkteatern
The Beatniks played at the Soundcraft Si Performer launch in August
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Adlib among first for Si Performer
ADLIB IS among the first to invest in Soundcraft’s newest console, the Si Performer. The company purchased four of the recently-launched hybrid audio/lighting desks from Sound Technology at this year’s PLASA show, following a purchase of three new Soundcraft Vi6 consoles earlier this summer. Adlib director Dave Kay
confirmed that the Liverpool- based production company ordered two Si Performer 2 (with 24 recallable mic preamps) and two Si Performer 3 (with 32) for rental stock. “Si Performer 3 can be used as a monitor desk to work alongside our Soundcraft Vi consoles and the Performer 2 will be popular in the corporate world as a FOH desk. We have Cat5 cards and already own Vi standard and Compact stage boxes with which they are compatible, so it gives us a lot of options.”
For the first time ever, Si Performer integrates class-leading Soundcraft digital audio mixing with parallel control over stage lighting. So now even a ‘single operator’ can produce a very special event.
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