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Yamaha and NEXO AFC System is the Sound of Success for Award-Winning Qatar University Installation

Today’s sound, lighting and control technology can offer customers flexibility in multipurpose spaces that, in the past, could only be dreamed about. A recent example is the main hall of the Qatar University Sports and Events Complex (QUSEC) where, thanks to a combination of hard work, close co-operation and cutting-edge Yamaha and NEXO audio technologies, systems integrator and installer Techno Q deservedly won the award for Best Flexible Space Experience for the project at the 2020 AVIXA AV Experience Awards.

RIVAGE PM7 Brings The Music Back At Italian Festival

The end of July 2020 was significant for Italian festival organisers, as they were able to organise some events after the country’s initial Covid-19 lockdown. One of the first was the 10th anniversary Reload Sound Festival, in Biella, northern Italy, where obligatory self-certification and wearing of masks helped to bring some welcome musical sunshine to the Italian summer.

Hilversum’s Studiohuyz Delivers Online Excellence With Yamaha TF-RACK

Historically famous as one of Europe’s major broadcasting hubs, the Dutch city of Hilversum is still host to many media organisations, radio and television broadcast studios. Tucked away in between the larger studios is Studiohuyz, where a Yamaha TF-RACK mixer plays a key part in creating a wide range of webinars and other online broadcast content.

Yamaha Delivers Sound Fit For Royalty At Historic Madrid Basilica

Real Basilica Nuestra Señora De Atocha (The Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha) is one of the most historic houses of worship in Madrid. Very popular as both a centre of worship and with tourists, a new Yamaha audio system has improved the sound for visitors in a very acoustically-challenging space.

Nuage and RIVAGE PM Bring The Best Sound To Oestrich-Winkel’s Studio 22

Located on the river Rhine, the German town of Oestrich-Winkel is perhaps best known for being at the heart of the Rheingau wine-growing region and its annual Rheingau Musik Festival. But in a quiet residential street, Studio 22 owner and audio engineer Stephan Weber is at the cutting edge of live and recorded sound with Yamaha RIVAGE PM5 and Nuage systems.

New court complexes choose Yamaha VXL series line array speakers

Audio quality and intelligibility are of prime importance in courtroom sound reinforcement systems, ensuring that all present at court proceedings can clearly hear every word. A new court complex in the Sultanate of Oman has chosen Yamaha VXL series line array speakers, thanks to their excellent reproduction qualities.

RIVAGE PM7 Helps Support Wroclaw Culture

The 3-Majówka Festival usually takes place in early May, on several major stages in and around the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. Although this year’s event had to be cancelled, in mid-September a condensed version with a single outdoor stage was held as rules were initially relaxed a little, renamed Last Minute Summer Festival - WrocLove 2020. Production company PogoArt deployed Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 and CL series mixers, together with a NEXO STM PA system.

Zepp Lands Armed and Ready in Taipei

The Zepp Hall Network, part of the concert-going experience in Japan since 1997, has arrived in Taiwan. The Zepp concept, whereby all venues are permanently installed with standardised sound and lighting systems, 4K projection and stage machinery, offers advantages to tour promoters and artists alike. Nine pre-equipped Zepp venues in Daiba, Fukuoka, Haneda, Nagoya, Namba Osaka, Osaka Bay Side, Sapporo, Tokyo and Yokohama allow bands to simply turn up and play without having to stage a full production.

AUX Media Group Upgrades for Future and Online Events with Yamaha

Following discussions with Yamaha Music Asia earlier this year, AUX Media Group has taken delivery of a full digital mixing ecosystem for its future live event and virtual requirements. The RIVAGE PM system comprises of CSD-R7, CS-R5 and CS-R3 control surfaces paired with the new DSP-RX DSP engine. In terms of inputs and outputs, the RPio622 is fitted with 64-in/32-out and Rio3224-D2 and Rio1608-D2 I/O racks. The entire package combines to create Singapore’s first XR “extended reality” studio.

The Peak Of Outdoor Innovation

Founded by Japanese mountaineer Yukio Yamai in 1958, Snow Peak has become one of the world’s premier outdoor lifestyle brands. In October 2019 it opened a new store in London - its first in Europe - where a high end sound installation is helping the company’s mission to inspire a new type of outdoor adventure.