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Viva DiGiCo! SD Consoles Spice Up London's West End
Girl Power is back and, since mid-December, has taken over London’s Piccadilly Theatre, as the musical Viva Forever! brings the Spice Girls hits to the West End. A pair of DiGiCo mixing consoles makes sure the audience gets the sound it really, really wants. The show’s sound designer is Bobby Aitken, who is no stranger to musical theatre, having...
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DiGiCo Is The (USB) Key For Live Band Audio
Added value for both performers and fans is one of the many advantages that digital audio has brought to live music. Taking this side of digital audio to the next stage is Live Band Audio, whose recently-purchased DiGiCo SD8 is key to delivering live recordings to audiences much more quickly. Thanks to digital audio, instead of a few dates of an entire tour being...
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DiGiCo SD8 Brings Oktophonie Opus To Light At NYC's Park Avenue Armory
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s electronic masterpiece OKTOPHONIE made its New York premier at the end of March at Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan. Stockhausen was a compositional pioneer who grappled with spatial music as he bent the rules and redefined the listening experience. The German composer’s magnum opus “Licht” (or “Light”) OKTOPHONIE...
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Rihanna's Diamonds World Tour Sparkles With DiGiCo
Rihanna’s much anticipated “Diamonds” World Tour kicked off in early March for 27 dates peppered across the U.S. and Canada through May—with more dates on the global horizon stretching into the fall. With Eighth Day Sound at the production helm, the audio kit included a pair of SD7s and a d&b audiotechnik PA provided by Eighth Day Sound,...
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The Bodyguard Will Always Love DiGiCo's SD7T
The Bodyguard, the smash hit musical from producers Michael Harrison and David Ian, has already won Best New Musical in the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards. Richard Brooker, no stranger to such mammoth productions having worked on some of the industry’s biggest theatrical productions, including Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music, Chess and Cabaret, took...
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Mastering Outside The Box with DiGiCo Helps Engineer Vinnie Alibrandi Take It To #1
Engineer Vinnie Alibrandi has found a new use for his DiGiCo SD11 console in the post-production world. The 19-inch rackmountable mixer, which has typically ended up on small tour riders and install gigs where small but powerful were the major requirements, proved to be the perfect solution for Alibrandi to handle mastering duties in the studio. Alibrandi, who is...
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Nikos Vertis Chooses DiGiCo SD5
Nikos Vertis is one of Greece’s most popular performers and when he decided to invest in an audio and lighting rig for his performances, DiGiCo’s SD5 digital mixing console was top of his wish list. “Nikos and his Front of House engineer, Akis Eleftheriadis, first saw the SD5 at its ProLight+Sound launch last year,” explains Pandelis Kariotis,...
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Port Fairy Folk Festival Laps Up The Sunshine With DiGiCo
Since 1977, The Port Fairy Folk Festival (PFFF) has been the cornerstone event for the humble ex-fishing village of Port Fairy in Victoria Australia. With its origins based firmly around Irish folk music and culture, the four day event has grown considerably in popularity over the past four decades and has evolved into an eclectic festival that encompasses...
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Australian Psychedelic Trio Tame Impala Grooves With DiGiCo
Australian psychedelic hypno-groove melodic 5-piece - Tame Impala will traverse the U.S. through June in support of last year's Lonerism release. Wanting to carry his own desk for the tour, the band’s new FOH engineer Parker had the challenge of sourcing a compact console that would fit within their adjunct trailer, alongside the group’s gear....
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Sure Shot Adds DiGiCo's SD10B Console To Its Newest Mobile Broadcast Truck
Sure Shot Transmissions is a mobile production and satellite services outfit with offices located in New York, Dallas, and Youngstown, Ohio. Last fall, owner Dennis Kunce added a fourth 40’ full-service expandable truck to its offerings. The Cynthia Lee, outfitted with DiGiCo’s SD10B console, will handle sporting and entertainment events under the direction...
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DiGiCo Rocks In Brazil
The beginning of 2013 has seen DiGiCo consoles partying on down in two of Brazil’s hottest destinations, with an SD8 on monitors for Jamiroquai at the Credit Card hall in São Paulo and the flagship SD7 at Rio de Janeiro’s legendary Carnival. Monitor engineer Dan Ungaretti has been working with Jamiroquai since early 2011, and uses a DiGiCo SD8,...
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DiGiCo - Optocore System Streamlines Complex TED Production
Leading thinkers and doers from around the globe recently gathered in Long Beach, California, for the annual TED Conference. The topical event, which was held February25-March 1, 2013, was structured around a theme: “The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.” The fast-paced format of 50+ TED Talks and musical performances presented a dizzying array of talent...
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DiGiCo's SD Ten Takes To The Boards
DiGiCo’s SD Ten digital mixing console sits perfectly between the midrange SD8 and the industry leading SD5 in terms of both price and performance. Like all DiGiCo consoles, the SD Ten and the broadcast specific SD Ten B have been designed to combine ease of use with a comprehensive feature set. New at ProLight+Sound 2013 is a theatre specific counterpart,...
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DiGiCo Reveals SD9 Software For Broadcast & Theatre Markets At ProLight+Sound 2013
Last year’s ProLight+Sound saw UK digital solutions manufacturer DiGiCo announce the SD9 Supercharged software and firmware upgrades, freeing up more of the FPGA’s processing power and adding 100% more on many of its features. This year, DiGiCo takes the SD9 further for both the broadcast and theatre markets, with stand 8.0 F60 & G56 at ProLight+Sound...
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DiGiCo Launches SD Convert At ProLight+Sound 2013
Stand 8.0 F60 & G56 at ProLight+Sound 2013 sees DiGiCo launch SD Convert, allowing sessions files to be transferred from one SD Range console to any other. DiGiCo offers a range of consoles for every possible demand, all with the same easy to access user interface and superb audio quality. This allows you to move from one model to another and know exactly how...
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DiGiCo Audio Router Makes ProLight+Sound Debut
Do you need more flexibility from your recording or playback structure? DiGiCo’s new Audio Router has been designed to deliver… DiGiCo was the first console manufacturer to offer advanced live sound digital recording. As long ago as 2002, the now legendary D5 Live offered digital recording connection to almost all digital audio workstations. Others followed,...
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DiGiCo Increases SD9 And SD11 Sonic Capacity
Hall 8.0, stands F60 + G56 at ProLight+Sound 2013 see’s British console manufacturer DiGiCo significantly raise the sonic capabilities of its SD9 and SD11 digital mixing consoles. “In 2012, to celebrate 40 years of console manufacturing, we unleashed some more Stealth Digital Processing™ FPGA power to our SD Range of consoles,” says DiGiCo...
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DiGiCo SD10B Serves As Digital Hub For New NEP Hawaii Broadcast Truck
A DiGiCo SD10B is the newest edition to NEP’s Hawaii-based Supershooter 3 (SS3) mobile broadcast truck. The expanding 53' trailer outfit with modular workstations and removable equipment racks is a unique and versatile broadcast facility that can serve as either a mobile production truck or as a fly-pack unit. Under the direction of NEP’s General...
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DiGiCo Airs New Digital Broadcast Solutions At NAB 2013
Las Vegas, NV, April 8 – 11 2013 • Booth # C1344—UK digital console manufacturer DiGiCo is pleased to showcase its latest digital broadcast offerings at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas. Hosted by its U.S. distributor, Group One Ltd., DiGiCo will feature its newest SD9B Broadcast Upgrade and the DiGiGrid System, a range of audio hardware and software...
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DiGiCo Reveals SD9 Software For Broadcast And Theatre Market At ProLight+Sound 2013
Last year’s ProLight+Sound saw UK digital solutions manufacturer DiGiCo announce the SD9 Supercharged software and firmware upgrades, freeing up more of the FPGA’s processing power and adding 100% more on many of its features. This year, DiGiCo takes the SD9 further for both the broadcast and theatre markets, with stand 8.0 G56 at ProLight+Sound and stand...
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DiGiCo SD8 - Mixing In A Beautiful Light
After playing festivals last summer, multi award-winning Scottish singer/songwriter Amy Macdonald has spent February and March on a European tour to promote her latest album Life In A Beautiful Light. Front of House engineer Fabrizio Piazzini is mixing the shows on a DiGiCo SD8. Fabrizio is a long-term DiGiCo user, having started on the D1, not long after the company...
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Pink Floyd Experience 2013 - Tour Shines On With DiGiCo SD8s
Pink Floyd remains one of the most influential rock bands of all time. Known for their mind-blowing theatrical shows with mind-blowing lights and unsurpassed sound, it was no easy feat to bring such a story to the stage. Annerin Productions did just that with The Pink Floyd Experience (PFE), combining the band’s music, sound and lights in an intimate, theatre...
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DiGiCo Gets Intimate With Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow’s recent solo tour was of a more intimate nature than those he undertakes with his fellow band members, but the quality of the audio is no less important than it is for Take That’s stadium shows. The requisite equipment inventory boasts DiGiCo consoles, supplied by audio rental company Delta Sound, at both Front of House and monitor positions,...
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Trans Siberian Orchestra Rocks Holiday Opera Live
For the first time ever, Trans-Siberian Orchestra performed their acclaimed 2004 rock opera The Lost Christmas Eve live in its entirety. Written by founder Paul O'Neill, it tells the uplifting story of redemption and salvation on an enchanting Christmas Eve in New York City. The orchestra takes listeners on a journey deep into their imaginations, from a run-down...
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Paloma Faith Graces The Apollo With DiGiCo
Since breaking into the UK music scene in 2009 with three top 20 singles, Paloma Faith has had two platinum-selling albums; the latter, Fall to Grace, reached number two in the UK Album Charts, and led to several 2011 BRIT Award nominations. Currently in the midst of an extensive UK tour, her FOH engineer, Huw Richards, is working from a DiGiCo SD10 with SD Rack,...
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DiGiCo Takes Top Honors At 55th GRAMMY & 85th Academy Awards
UK manufacturer DiGiCo held the coveted position as console provider for the second year in a row at the annual GRAMMY® Awards this year. The 55th installment of “Music’s Biggest Night” was overall a bigger show musically, with 20 acts on the schedule, up from 2012’s 18. As the show’s live performances have expanded, so has its audio...
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DiGiCo Appoints New Technical Specialist
UK digital solutions manufacturer DiGiCo has added another member to its team, with the appointment of Fernando Delgado to the role of Sales Application Specialist. Fernando joins from Rental Multimedia Systems S.L. in Spain, where he spent eight years, and will be working alongside Dan Page to provide technical support to the DiGiCo sales team, as well as offering...
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The Who Reign O'er Quadrophenia
The Who's 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia—which sets the tale of teen Jimmy Cooper amidst the global sociocultural upheaval and psychological angst of the times and the rivalry between Britain's mods and rockers—has been reprised in a multimedia display on the band’s latest outing. The 37 date tour, which began in November and runs through...
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Four DiGiCo Consoles Are Manna From Heaven
In 2012, a DiGiCo SD7 was installed in Jiguchon Church in the South Korea’s Bundang New City. Such was its success that four more of the company’s mixers have now been installed in another church in the city, demonstrating how DiGiCo mixing consoles are making significant inroads into the country’s house of worship market. Featuring a state-of-the-art...
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Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball Delivers With DiGiCo
Eighth Day Sound built three complete, universally controlled stadium systems—comprised of 3 DiGiCo 96kHz SD7s with two 192kHz SDRacks each—to handle the year-long production on multiple continents The perennially touring Lady Gaga is at it again. The five-time Grammy winner is in the midst of the Born This Way Ball tour, a seemingly endless succession...
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