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Anecdotes and Acoustic Guitars: Yamaha DM3 Mixes Francis Rossi Tunes & Chat UK Tour

Following successful spoken word tours in 2019 and 2021 to promote his autobiography, in 2023 Status Quo’s Francis Rossi set out to do something a little different. Bringing anecdotes and acoustic versions of well-known songs to intimate venues throughout the UK, Francis Rossi Tunes & Chat has been the perfect task for the Yamaha DM3 digital mixing console.

Maximising Return: Norwich Theatre Upgrades With Yamaha RIVAGE PM

When a large regional venue outgrows its audio mixing system, major capital spending is needed for a replacement. In the case of Norwich Theatre, investing in a Yamaha RIVAGE PM5 digital mixing system has maximised its long-term return.

The Lehman Trilogy Banks On Yamaha RIVAGE PM3 In Successful London Return

When the multiple Tony Award®-winning The Lehman Trilogy returned to London’s West End earlier this year, UK audiences were again treated to a unique theatrical experience, both in terms of the play and technical production. For this run the sound design switched to a RIVAGE PM3 digital mixing system, showing how a compact solution can support a large, complex audio production.

RIVAGE PM5 Delivers Magical Sound For Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Tokyo

Since its world premiere in 2016, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been a worldwide hit in London’s West End, on Broadway, in Hamburg, Melbourne, San Francisco and Toronto. For the latest production, which opened at Tokyo’s TBS Akasaka ACT Theatre in July 2023, the show’s Olivier and Tony award-winning sound designer Gareth Fry has trusted a Yamaha RIVAGE PM5 digital mixing system to handle a globally popular production, which previously needed two mixing surfaces.

Yamaha Active Field Control Makes World First Classical Performance Possible

In October 2021, a world first saw the Shimizu Cultural Centre Marinat in Shizuoka City, Japan host a unique production titled The Marinart Forest, directed and conducted by Maestra Tomomi Nishimoto and performed by the IlluminArt Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir.

Yamaha MTX Chosen For Park Holidays Entertainment Systems

With 47 sites throughout England and Scotland, Park Holidays UK is the UK’s second largest holiday park operator, with holiday homes, touring and camping facilities. Recently it started a major investment programme in its entertainment systems, upgrading and digitising them to deliver an enhanced, more flexible experience for its customers. Yamaha MTX3 and MTX5 matrix processors have been trusted to manage the audio systems.

Three RIVAGE PM Systems Mix Unique White Juju At Printworks London

In mid-March, White Juju, a unique collaboration between the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and jazz saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch, was performed at Printworks London. Three Yamaha RIVAGE PM digital mixing systems brought a variety of elements together in a powerful, sold-out performance.

Yamaha Audio System Chosen For Moment Factory’s Enchanted Night Walk In Shanghai

Moment Factory’s Oriens Lumina is the company’s 16th enchanted night walk experience and its first in China. Like the previous Foresta Lumina, Alta Lumina and Kamuy Lumina night walks in Canada, France and Japan respectively, it relies on a large Yamaha audio inventory.

Yamaha Launches PA Demo Space At guitarguitar Glasgow

Yamaha has unveiled a new PA demo space at guitarguitar in Glasgow, where visitors to the store can listen to and compare the sound of all Yamaha’s D-series powered loudspeakers. To launch the new facility, Andy May - longtime Front of House engineer for Status Quo and other high profile artists - hosted a free live sound masterclass.

Yamaha Delivers The Soundtrack For Spectacular Kamuy Lumina Enchanted Night Walk

From June through to November 2022, Kamuy Lumina - an immersive night walk at Lake Akan - is taking place in the Akan-Mashu National Park on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. A Yamaha audio system has helped to give visitors a taste of the indigenous Ainu people’s mythology in this impressive multimedia experience.