36 l May 2014
www.psneurope.com SOUNDBITES
Capital Sound provided sound reinforcement for an exclusive gig with Kylie Minogue at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London in March. The performance was part of MasterCard’s Priceless London, a series of offers and events for MasterCard holders. Capital supplied Martin Audio’s new MLA Mini system, which consisted of main hangs of eight Minis with side hangs of four. Capital Sound general manager Paul Timmins says the MLA Mini was “the perfect tool for the job.”
www.capital-sound.co.uk The world-renowned
Kammerspiele theatre in Vienna has been equipped with a portable POLARIS touch console following a recent refurbishment. The theatre, built in 1910, was completely gutted and rebuilt during the project, with Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup commissioned to install the audio system. The POLARIS console will now take over as the main console for mixing the Kammerspiele’s wireless microphones and orchestra.
www.stagetec.com
liveSSL Live for Agorà
The Bulgari after Podd worked its magic
ITALY FOH engineer praises “high-level analogue sound,” says Jon Chapple
FOLLOWING ITS star turn supplying the audio system for Feburary’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia (see last month’s PSNEurope), Italian rental company Agorà has purchased an SSL Live console to support its local and international music, sports and corporate events.
The console has already hit the road with one major client, Italian blues singer Mario Biondi, whose front of house engineer, Piefrancesco “Hugo” Tempesta, has been using it on tour for two months. “Before I decided to use the SSL Live... I did a simple but efficient test,” says Tempesta. “I used one channel and carefully listened to the performance of the mic pre, summing and overall sound quality, which reminded me of the high-level analogue sound
SSL’s Giovanni Blasi (centre) with the Agora team
that I was used to. I had no doubt in my mind that this was the console for me, and I feel very confident in my choice.” Agorà, founded in 1990, has become renowned for its high-profile international events. In addition to the 2014 Sochi games, the company has
provided audio equipment for concerts by Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Elton John, the Live 8 benefit concerts in 2005, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
www.agoraaq.it
www.solidstatelogic.com
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UNITED KINGDOM
MJ Xscapes with Podd Sound
By Jon Chapple
LONDON-BASED sound hire specialist Podd Sound, using a QSC WideLine-8 PA with associated Shure UHF-R and ULX-D wireless microphone systems, provided PA and commentary facilities for Sony Music’s first UK playback of the new Michael Jackson album, Xscape. Held in the main ballroom at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge, London, on 31 March, the launch was attended by international media and assorted celebrities, supplemented by video messages from album producers LA Reid and Timbaland and the event was hosted by Radio 1 Xtra’s Trevor Nelson.
www.poddsound.co.uk www.qsc.com www.shure.eu
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