New Zealand singer, songwriter and producer Lorde’s 2017 whirlwind Melodrama Tour has been making waves across the globe, including at some of the most renowned music festivals. Front of House Engineer Philip Harvey was awarded the task of engineering for the tour.
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Topics:
Live sound,
solid state logic,
L500
The Art of Foley is a fascinating one. It takes precision and unwavering attention to detail to do properly – an aspect of the form Foley mixer Geordy Sincavage is all too familiar with. Sincavage owns Sinc Sound, a company that creates sound effects and ambient sound for film and television. With the absence of an audio library, Sincavage uses everyday objects like paperclips for dogs’ paws and plungers for horse’s hooves, to capture the native, realistic sound of an object, artificially. He depends on DPA Microphones’ d:dicate 4006A Omnidirectional Microphones to maintain the standard in quality he needs.
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DPA Microphones,
foley
Jacquire King’s new studio ‘LBT’ is an innovative space. Built to allow for what he describes as ‘creative elbow room’, it showcases King’s rich collection of instruments from over the years, all within arm’s reach.
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Topics:
recording,
acoustic,
panels,
studio,
primacoustic
Sound technicians installing wireless microphones and in-ear monitors in hospitality, conference halls and live entertainment venues, can now use the JTS Professional frequency check website to select correct JTS products for minimal signal interference, in a specific geographical area.
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Topics:
Vocal microphones,
in-ear,
jts,
wireless
Solid State Logic has recently announced the launch of the much anticipated L100 live console – the most recent inclusion in the SSL Live console range. With a smaller, compact frame, the console offers the perfect solution for users who favour premium sonic performance in tight space installations, for sub-mix positions or corporate production.
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Topics:
Live sound,
live performance,
solid state logic,
live console
Solid State Logic has just announced the exciting new inclusion of the Remote Tile and V4.7 software to their Live Console range. The new software update which is free to all current SSL Live users, is inclusive of an upgrade to SSL’s revered Super Query workflow, enhance TaCo features, a new Transfer Function Analyser Tool, Auto Pan effect and external touchscreen control support.
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Live sound,
solid state logic,
remote tile
A recent firmware update allows both Onkyo and Integra users to seamlessly stream music using the SONOS Home Sound System with a selected range of products manufactured from 2016 onwards. Custom AV installers can now offer seamless integration with new or existing SONOS Home Sound Systems using Integra products.
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Topics:
home entertainment,
Onkyo,
Integra,
music,
sonos
Optoma is an industry leader in video and audio manufacturing and recently released the all-new 4K projector portfolio and the UHD5x projector series, including advanced, premium 4K UHD home cinema projectors, UHD51 and UHD50.
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projectors,
Optoma,
4K,
UHD51,
UHD50,
AUS,
NZ
Prior to pop star Halsey’s tour late 2017, early 2018, FOH Engineer Vincent Casamatta and Monitor Engineer Scott Wasilk decided to test the waters of several vocal microphones, in search of optimal sound quality and amplification. Following its high praise from industry friends and colleagues and after comparing it’s unrivalled clarity in audio delivery with other brands, the team settle on DPA’s d:facto Vocal Microphone without hesitation.
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Topics:
Live sound,
DPA Microphones,
halsey
In 1982, under the leadership of Maurice Fleuret, the French Ministry for Culture created Fête de la Musique - or Make Music Day – in and effort to revolutionise the way society celebrated music. A 1982 study showed around 50 per cent of children played a musical instrument and so Fleuret imagined a day where music would flood the streets, cafes, parks and bars for a single day of the year; France's Summer Solstice (21 June, 2018)
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Topics:
live performance,
make music day,
music