Owned by former Abba keyboardist Benny Andersson, the exclusive Rival Hotel in Stockholm’s fashionable Mariatorget Square is rapidly realising it’s owner’s dream of recapturing the glamorous 1930s era when the hotel first opened.
Located on the western side of Paris, the historic L’Hippodrome d’Auteuil is one of the premier horse racing venues in France. Highly regarded for the diversity of its different racing circuits, events at the course are always hugely popular with crowds of up to 30,000 race goers, with many more enjoying the spectacle on television. With this in mind, the quality of the sound system is paramount.
When a major late night bar operator wants to create the ultimate clubbing experience, then the specified audio system is obviously going to reflect that aim. And ‘ultimate’ sound doesn’t necessarily mean lots of loudspeakers - it means the ultimate in control.
Beware of the misconception that providing pro audio for a few conference rooms is a straightforward task! The new installation of complex audio and media technology at the Convention Centre of the Swissôtel Zurich is a good example of the impressive flexibility of Yamaha’s DME64N Digital Mixing Engine and of how simple the control of highly complex systems can be for the user when all the stops are pulled out during the design and programming stages.
A pioneering regeneration project led by legendary producer Sir George Martin has seen the inauguration of the new state-of-the-art Montserrat Cultural Centre. The centre will provide a national focal point for the islanders and an international centre for cultural excellence and education.
There are many nightclubs which are limited in terms of available space, and so zoning audio can be a problem in terms of where a club owner might want to have different areas and the lack of physical barriers between them.
Sweden’s second largest city, Göteborg (Gothenburg) is a key industrial centre and is the largest port in Scandinavia. This, with a population of nearly half a million, means that the city has a lively bar culture, both day and night.
Since being designated as a New Town in 1967, the conurbation that has been developed around the village of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, has grown rapidly in the ensuing 40 years.
