Category: TV

This week we have had the pleasure of working with jazz legend Gregory Porter on his very own Christmas TV special at the Exchange Hotel in Cardiff Bay. Mr Porter was joined by special guests Courtney Pine, Corinne Bailey Rae, Clare Teal, and Jacob Collier in performing special jazz arrangements of Christmas classics accompanied by the Gregory Porter band, and conductor Steve Sidwell’s fantastic orchestra. We provided EAW MicroWedge 10’s and Logic Systems LM 8’s as monitors, radio microphones and In Ear Monitors, band microphones and a large amount of DPA 4099’s f or the orchestra. It was the first time for us to experiment with our Coda Coray tops coupled with the new Coda Tiray subs. This system proved to be perfect for TV sound reinforcement, and compact enough…

We are feeling quite festive here at ABacoustics after spending a few days in Edinburgh’s beautiful McEwan Hall with Avanti Media filming seasonal episodes of Songs of Praise Big Sing. We recorded two episodes in one day, with special guests including Susan Boyle, Collabro, The Overtones, Russel Watson, Katherine Jenkins, our old friend Aled Jones, and a congregation of over 1000 people. All of whom were accompanied by Ken Burton’s fantastic orchestra. It was the first outing for our brand new Coda TiRay p.a which proved to be surprisingly loud for such a compact system! We also supplied EAW Microwedge 10’s, Radio Microphone and IEM systems, band microphones and all of our DPA 4099’s for the orchestra, Midas Pro series mixing consoles and three engineers. Christmas Big Sing with be…

This weekend we have been at the Albert Hall in Nottingham with our friends Avanti Media filming the finals of the Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year competition. David Grant hosted the exciting climax of this year’s choral competition, as five of the best amateur choirs in the country returned to the stage to sing in front of the judges; award-winning choir director Gareth Malone, gospel choir leader Karen Gibson and actor and singer Shaun Escoffery. The competing choirs were IDMC from central London, Keele University Gospel Choir from Staffordshire, Shalom Chorale from East London, Spring Into Soul from Worthing and C3 Vocals from Cambridge. We sent three engineers with our Coda Coray system and new Coda G18 subs, Allen & Heath GLD80 desk, band microphones, Schoeps and…

We have recently been working with our long time partners Avanti on a brand new political programme for BBC Wales called The Hour. At a time of momentous change for Wales, The Hour will focus on some of the major issues shaping the Welsh and UK political agenda. The debates will involve members of the public, politicians and experts sitting side by side as they explore each subject. The programme is set to be aired monthly, and will travel to locations across Wales, and has already taken place in Ebbw Vale and Newport. The debates will be hosted by Catrin Nye, who many viewers might recognise as a regular reporter on the BBC’s daily current affairs show Victoria Derbyshire, and Radio 1 Newsbeat Reporter Steffan Powell, who will provide additional…

  Friday night saw us return to BBC Cymru|Wales HQ to take part in Children In Need's 'Big Welsh Show'! It was amazing to be a part of such a brilliant production, and such an important cause. We supplied our CODA PA System, EAW Microwedge 10 monitor system, Midas Pro 2 mixing console, Schoeps microphones and Shure radio microphones, and three of our finest engineers! The programme was aired on Sunday, 19th of November at 4:50pm on BBC Wales, and we hope that all those who tuned in enjoyed watching some of Wales' finest musical talent!   [caption id="attachment_2066" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Photograph courtesy of @lucyowenwales on Twitter.[/caption]

(in English below) Mae gennym ni wythnos brysur yma yn ABacoustics. Fe fyddwn ni yn gweithio efo ein ffrindiau yn Avanti Media i  lawr yn stiwdios BBC Cymru | Wales i gynhyrchu tair rhaglen teledu fydd yn cael eu darlledu dros y penwythnos; Jonathan’s Six Nations Quiz, Cân I Gymru, a Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol. Fe fyddwn ni yn defnyddio ein system meicroffon radio Shure, Schoeps, a meicroffonau band; system monitro-fewn-glyst, LM 8’s ac EAW MW10’s ar gyfer system monitro, KT Active Splits, ac y desgiau digidol GLD a Midas Pro2. Fydd system PA Coda yn darparu sain yn y stiwdio, felly gall y gynulleidfa cael blas o beth fydd yn cael ei darlledu ar y teledu. Rydyn ni hefyd yn danfon dau beiriannwr gwych am yr wythnos. Rydyn ni yn edrych ymlaen at…