Historic Rialto Theater Makes A Giant Leap With LR7
With historic entertainment venues predating sound reinforcement and their physical features often being protected, it can be a major challenge to meet the audio expectations of 21st century audiences. But at the Rialto Theater in Loveland, Colorado, an Alcons LR7 micro line array system has achieved exactly that. As with many historic movie theaters, the […]
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Taming Reverberant Church Acoustics For Plácido Domingo Jr
The church of St Brygida (St Bridget) in Gdańsk, Poland, recently hosted a televised concert to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s appointment. An Alcons Audio pro-ribbon audio system was the ideal solution to tame the church’s difficult acoustics. St Brygida is a large, brick-built church, famed for its amber altar and […]
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KD Lang Ingénue Celebration Tour With Alcons
Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang recently wrapped up a 21-date tour across the US, celebrating the 25th anniversary of her critically-acclaimed second solo album Ingénue. Playing theatre-sized venues throughout, an Alcons Audio LR18 compact mid-size line-array was requested to satisfy front of house (FoH) engineer Gary Stokes’ desire to precisely reproduce the purity of sound that […]
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Giving Youth Its Voice At Gyeongsan Central Church
With a growing youth congregation enjoying high energy, high volume praise, the existing audio system at South Korea’s Gyeongsan Central Church was definitely showing its age. But with the installation of an Alcons LR14 pro-ribbon system, the sound of its worship has been transformed. Gyeongsan Central Church is a Presbyterian church located in Gyeongsan City, […]
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Alcons Reinforces Iron Maiden and Volbeat
This season saw the debut of a new Norwegian hard rock festival, Trondheim Rocks, headlined by Iron Maiden and Volbeat. Over the past few years Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems have proved themselves more than capable of handling the high SPLs demanded at European dance music festivals and, at Trondheim Rocks, an LR28 system showed that […]
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Dietrich Theater Decides For Atmos And Alcons, Twice
The demands of moviegoers are growing – and with them the pressure on cinema operators to enable ever better and increasingly immersive cinema experiences. Dolby’s surround sound technology Atmos is one of the most sought-after features in the cinema market, and is often integrated into a larger premium concept. Such a premium concept was realized […]
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LichtWerk Amplifies Havelfest With Alcons
The Havel Festival has a long tradition in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany. For over 40 years, it attracts in the summer – now around 200,000 – visitors. In 2018, the Havel Festival included a total of five stages. LichtWerk Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH, one of Berlin’s leading companies for the planning and technical implementation of professional […]
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Bringing The Sound Of Singapore To Fun Home
Singaporean theatre company Pangdemonium! recently staged Fun Home, the multiple Tony Award-winning production renowned for being the first Broadway musical with a lesbian protagonist. Alcons Audio RR12 point source array modules and VR12 mid-sized versatile monitors ensured that every line of dialogue and lyrics was clearly heard by the enthusiastic audiences. Staged at Singapore’s 615-seat […]
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