Long-running BBC TV sports quiz, A Question of Sport, set off on its second UK tour during November with a full quota of DPA’s new d:fine single ear headset mics. The show’s audio provider, RG Jones Sound Engineering, purchased the mics from UK distributor Sound Network especially for the tour. “We bought the d:fine mics essentially because of the ease of fitting them,” explains RG Jones’ Owen … [Read more...]
RG Jones’ guide to the sound of Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage
RG Jones will present an overview of the sound for the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, as part of the PLASA 2011 seminar programme, on Wednesday 14 September. The seminar is an entry level primer on festival sound, designed for students taking accredited performing arts courses or apprenticeships who want to deepen their understanding of how festival audio production works. Simon Honywill, … [Read more...]
RG Jones takes Lords to new dimensions
RG Jones Sound Engineering has completed the latest phase of development of the PA / VA system at Lord's, the home of both Marylebone Cricket Club and of cricket itself. The newly completed system, developed by an RG Jones project team headed by Roland Hemming, sees a fully integrated IP based PA/VA system that incorporates the latest safety standards including EN54. It also meets the much … [Read more...]
RG Jones gets Spectacular with Synco
RG Jones has been providing the sound for Raymond Gubbay’s Classical Spectacular concerts for over a decade, and if there’s one thing that’s constant, said RG Jones’ FOH engineer Simon Hodge, “it’s that the audience’s expectations for a loud, exciting and high quality experience keep on rising, year after year. And they do like it loud.” With over 200 musicians on stage for the recent Royal … [Read more...]
