Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Bringing the world of technical theatre to you.
The award-winning music programs at two Texas high schools—one in the community of Spring and the other 140 miles away in Temple—are getting a boost from their new Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic systems. According to the schools’ music faculties, Constellation’s astonishing flexibility and natural acoustical characteristics not only enhance the value of the auditorium as [...]
A strong upsurge in PLASA 2010 visitor registrations has taken the total soaring past last year’s pre-registered figure, with over two weeks still to go before the show opens. Over 2,000 chairmen, 800 lighting designers, 1,000 engineers, 900 technicians / programmers and 500 installers are among them – with concert & touring, live events and [...]
A range of DPA miniature microphones were used at Jacky Cheung’s recent Private Corner concert in the Jockey Auditorium, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The DPA 4099S 4099T instrument clip mics were used at the concert for trombone, trumpet and saxophones, while a grand piano was miked with 4061 miniature omnidirectional microphones. Mike Wong, Cheung’s monitor [...]
When Christina Aguilera postponed her 2010 Bionic Tour in the spring, engineer Jon Lemon was able to transition his gig—and the DiGiCo SD8 he was using for the tour’s promo leg—onto a Smashing Pumpkins’ run. Having worked extensively on an SD7 over the last few years with artists including Janet Jackson, Lemon wanted to use [...]
After re-forming in 2009, Irish rock band The Cranberries has embarked on a 2010 European Summer Tour. Their audio arsenal centres round a DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console, manned by Oliver Waring at the crucially important monitor position. “I’ve been using DiGiCo consoles for a number of years,” says Waring. “I started out teching with [...]
5 Star will be displaying a selection of its standard and custom designed and built cases most relevant to the entertainment industry at the PLASA 2010 exhibition at Earls Court, London, in September. Leading sound console manufacturer DiGiCo’s recently launched their SD9 ‘Red Snapper’ digital console – which is housed in its default 5 Star [...]
