50 l March 2014
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livenews AUSTRIA
AKG shines at 125th anniversary bash
By Murray Stassen
AUSTRIAN-BASED ENGINEERING and manufacturing company Pollmann recently held its 125th anniversary celebration in the sports hall in Waidhofen an der Thaya in Austria. The event saw over 800 guests
in attendance and Austrian rental company, Stagesound Event Technology, supplied the sound equipment. Stagesound used two AKG GN30 gooseneck microphones with CK31 high-performance condenser microphone capsules for each speaker. System engineer at
Stagesound, Markus Kouba says: ”Although the majority of speakers were professional presenters, the event also featured several untrained speakers. For these inexperienced speakers we wanted to make the system as easy to use as possible while still providing a clear sound to the audience. The AKG microphones more than met that requirement.” Two AKG C414 B-ULS condenser microphones were
The AKG mics can be seen onstage at Pollman’s 125th anniversary party
UNITED KINGDOM
KV2 for Albert Lee’s birthday celebration
By Murray Stassen
THE WORLD famous country-rock guitarist, Albert Lee, performed two concerts at the Cadogan Hall in London at the beginning of March, in celebration of his 70th birthday.
Hall and his band
used for drum overheads and several D112 microphones were used for the kick drum and bass amplifiers. Stagesound also used four C518 M miniature clamp- on microphones on the toms and snares. “The AKG microphones
impressed, with clear sound and simple handling,” adds Kouba. “We are very satisfied
with the performance and with AKG in general for all of our events around Austria. It is important as a rental company to have equipment that will withstand the unique technical riders for each event, as well as the transportation and wear and tear during each project.”
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performed with various high profile guest musicians – Joe Brown, Chas & Dave, Marty Wilde, Bruce Welch, , Andy Fairweather Low and Ralph McTell to name just a few –and the concerts and the build-up were filmed for a forthcoming documentary. Concert producer David Mann decided to use KV2 Audio’s “Very High Definition” VHD System, instead of Cadogan Hall’s in-house system. The VHD System, built
around the VHD 2.0 Mid/High unit, features a large format 3-inch compression driver, two 8-inch transcoil mid-range drivers and two 12-inch low/mid drivers accompanied by VHD 2.16 double 15-inch subwoofers and associated VHD 2000 and VHD 3200 amplifiers.
Legendary country-rock guitarist, Albert Lee, at 70
In addition to the FOH system, the monitoring system also consisted of KV2 products: eight ESM 12 and ESM 26 speakers as well as KV2 Audio ESP amplification. Yamaha was an official partner for the anniversary gigs, and so a CL5 mixing console was chosen by Mann for FOH sound. Yamaha instruments at the show included PHX Phoenix Drums and N3 AvantGrand hybrid piano, plus two CP1 Stage Pianos, a Motif XF8 synthesizer and a Yamaha SLB-200 Silent Upright Bass.
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