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Alongside the case study presentations at the first Installation Showcase: Entertainment at London’s BAFTA on 5 November, there will be a panel session entitled ‘Trends in venue design and operation – how do they affect the integrator?’ Experts participating in the session have been announced as Ian Stickland (senior consultant with theatre specialist Charcoalblue) and Sam Wise (ex-Arup). Meyer Sound has signed up as a Platinum Sponsor for the inaugural event.
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Stardraw.com’s online content and services are now Cloud-based and replicated across three virtual servers in each of two geographical locations. “All our current operations are aligned to the strategic vision that Cloud and Mobile are the way ahead,” said CEO Rob Robinson “so it is right and proper – and exciting – to cut the cord to last century’s technologies.”
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Following the recent
appointment of industry veteran Graham Rowlands to head the business development efforts of Music Group Professionalbrands Midas, Klark Teknik and Turbosound, the company has announced that Rowlands will also take on responsibility for the Installed Sound (IS) division in the Asia-Pacific region. The IS division encompasses offerings from across the stable of Music Group brands.
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Integrator Tommex Zebrowscy, has completed the design and installation of a Community Professionalaudio system for the new multi-use Mielec Stadium in south-east Poland. The solution comprises 12 Community R.5HPT three-way, horn-loaded coaxial loudspeakers covering the seating areas of the West stand, with a mirrored system of 12 Community R.5HPTs covering the East stand.
www.communitypro.com New sound at La Sagrada Familia
BARCELONA’S GAUDI- DESIGNED church La Sagrada Familia upgraded its audio system earlier this year. Included in the installation were Denon DN-F300 and DN-F400 digital audio playback systems and a DN- F650R professional solid-state recorder supplied by D&M Pro’s Spanish distributor, Gaplasa S.A. Selected for the playback of
music during tourist visits and special events, the DN-F300 and DN-F400 are both able to read MP3 files and uncompressed WAV files from SD or SDHC cards. The DN-F650R, meanwhile, offers recording to and between SD/SDHC flash cards and external USB drives and is used for recording events and concerts. Gaplasa also installed the majority of the audio system, which included racks, commissioning and programming, as it was a considerably challenging project. An unnamed company that has a long-term contract with the Sagrada Familia performed the installation of the loudspeakers and cabling.
UNITED KINGDOM The Apollo lives on
THE VENUE formerly known as the Hammersmith Apollo has been unveiled with a new look and a new name – The Eventim Apollo. The new name for the legendary live music venue follows a multi-million pound purchase and investment from owners AEG Live and CTS Eventim that has seen them recreate the venue’s iconic 1932 Art Deco design. Technical upgrades included
moving the down stage edge back to its original line, just in
front of proscenium and the installation of multicore routes into the floor. Additionally, the organ lift was completely rebuilt and lowered so that it now sits below the front row. “I am sure when you have time to look around or indeed come back to enjoy a concert or comedy night you will appreciate we have made real improvements in this first phase to what is one of London’s premier venues,” said Colin Chapple, CEO of AEG Live. n
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Restoration of the venue was overseen by award-winning architects Foster Wilson The Bose PA comprises 64
Panaray MA-12, 32 WMB MA12EX and 16 WMB2 MA12EX loudspeakers, networked through a Biamp Audia Flex system and amplified via a Bose Powermatch PM8500N. A range of beyerdynamic microphones has also been installed throughout the church. “The Sagrada Familia is one
of the most complex systems we have designed, in terms of acoustics,” said Gaplasa’s Óscar Valero. “The church is so big, the air volume is so high, and the construction materials are so reflective, that the result is a huge reverberation time. This makes it very difficult to achieve good intelligibility parameters. “We also needed to be able to
Denon and Bose kit was chosen for the upgrade
integrate playback and record functions with the Biamp control system we installed, allowing the operators to control the system remotely via the control application,” Valero concluded. “The DN-F400 and DN-F650R allowed us to do this and, as the quality of Denon products is well-proven, we knew they were the ideal solution.”n
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