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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 10 | October 2015

InNews
Audient ASP800
Pre Ships In USA
USA: Audient's new ASP800 eightchannel mic pre & ADC is now
available in the US market.
Following the release of the buspowered audio interface iD14,
the highly anticipated ASP800
offers eight Audient console mic
pres, Burr-Brown A-D converters,
two discrete JFET instrument
inputs and two brand new 'Retro
Channels' featuring tone controls
HMX and IRON.
Key features also include ADAT
connectivity, a Word Clock input
and balanced analogue line outputs
- all packed into a convenient, 1RU
rackmount.

Arcadia Captured With
Allen & Heath Qu-Pac
B

ringing together choreography,
music,
installation
art,
pyrotechnics, robotics and more, the
Arcadia Spectacular show might be
best known for its gigantic 'Spider

Sennheiser Expands
Irish Operations
IRL: Sennheiser has announced
the acquisition of several business
units of Professional Audio Ltd.
(PAL) in Ireland.
This new and exciting step in the
development of Sennheiser's
Irish operation follows a mutual
agreement between Sennheiser
GmbH & Co. KG and PAL, which
among others sold Sennheiser
products in Ireland.
Sennheiser already employs over
300 people at its manufacturing
plant in Tullamore, where it
produces headphones, headphone
capsules, audiology products,
studio monitors and products for
the integrated systems sector.

HARMAN's Studer
Intros Vista 1 Black
NED: HARMAN's Studer introduced
the Vista 1 Black Edition at IBC
2015. Thanks to the patented
Vistonics user interface with 40
on-screen rotary knobs, the Vista
1's look and feel is identical to that
of its larger sister models the Vista
X and Vista V.
Features such as true broadcast
monitoring, talkback, red light
control, GPIO, N-x (Mix Minus)
busses, snapshot automation and
DAW control make the Vista 1 an
ideal choice.

Allen & Heath's Qu-Pac rackmount mixer
captures the Arcadia Spectacular show

Stage', but it's about much more than
that.
With a mission to 'unite audiences
on a mesmerising journey through
emotion, electricity and energy',
Arcadia brings together
aerial
acrobats,
50foot fireballs and DJs in
a
thoroughly
modern
expression
of
artistic
creativity.
Responsible for recording
Arcadia's
pummelling
soundtrack
is
Sound
Engineer Jonnie Parker.
He describes the show as
having 'the busiest FOH
environment
I've
ever
worked in' - something

that lead him to rely on a remarkably
compact (if powerful) mixing solution
for the show's recent stop in Bristol in
September.
Allen & Heath's Qu-Pac rackmount
mixer was Parker's choice for
the event, thanks to its blend of
space-saving design and flexible
functionality.
"It's no cliche when I say that
absolutely anything can happen during
an Arcadia show," he explains. "All in
all I'm very glad I chose the Qu-Pac; it's
compact, simple to use, reliable and
powerful - it does everything I ask of it
with plenty of routing capabilities and
features. In the end the Qu-Pac didn't
just tick the boxes for the Arcadia
Spectacular, it smashed them."

Blind Nature Recordist Trusts
Sound Devices

W

hether enduring South America's
extreme heat or frigid mountain
air, nature recordist Juan Pablo Culasso
always sets out to capture high-quality
unique bird sounds and soundscapes.
Blind since birth, the 29-year-old
Uruguayan-born Culasso has a unique
perspective on sound recording. When
on location, he makes sure his Sound
Devices' 788T-SSD and 702 Portable
Digital Audio Recorders are part of his
rig, because he counts on their long
running time and reliability to capture
superior audio in extreme atmospheric
conditions.
In 2003, Culasso began his work as a
nature recordist capturing birdsongs.

Today, he also records
soundscapes, contributing
his
recorded
nature
sounds for publication,
documentation, and in
some cases, research
purposes.
To achieve his goals,
Culasso must also overcome the
environmental challenges of capturing
audio on location, which is why the
788T-SSD and 702 are his recorders
of choice. The 788T-SSD is a portable
eight-input, twelve-track recorder
with timecode, while the 702 is a twotrack, file-based digital audio recorder.
Their low energy consumption, fast

Culasso utilises 788T-SSD and 702
portable digital audio recorders

start-up time, lightweight feel and
solid construction are just some of the
features that he says have aided him
on his recent treks. Culasso regularly
adds the CL-8 Controller, a powerful
mixing control surface for the 788T,
to his setup, for greater control of his
mix.
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