Rental operation moves to Vestby

New dimming at the Oslo Opera - installed by AVAB CAC

In July 2009 we started on a journey that ended in a final handover in June this year: The mission was to replace all the dimmers at the new Operahouse in Oslo, as the initial installation ended unsuccesfully. 25 full-size cabinets were disconnected and pulled out of 8 dimmer-rooms, 25 new cabinets from State Automation were put in place, all otugoing cables were extended and terminated, and in less than 5 weeks everything was up and running for the trial-period! More than 2000 channels of Sinewave dimmers are now ensuring silent and energy-saving... Read more...

AVAB CAC supplied PA and monitoring for ESC 2010 - Oslo

The world's biggest TV-event - The ESC! AVAB CAC was awarded the contract for PA and Monitoring in December 2009. The system-design was a major key to success, and the consoles of choice for the PA and Monitor services were Midas XL8 and Pro6. The consoles were configured as a totally redundant set up with two XL8 consoles at monitor mix position and a total of four Pro6 consoles at Front Of House. We also had a third Midas XL8 at the In Ear Monitor rehearsal station. The main loudspeaker system was a Meyer MILO Line Array with 700HP/M3D subs. Meyer MICA, M’elodie and... Read more...

The Nobel's Peace Prize Concert 2009

The 15th. Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Oslo Spektrum in honor of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Barack Obama. The show was hosted by Hollywood actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett, and featured headliners such as Wyclef Jean, Toby Keith, Natasha Bedingfield Lang LAng and 80s disco-legend Donna Summer. Once again AVAB CAC was awarded the contract for lighting, audio, LED/video and IMAGs for this event. The sound system was based on Meyer MILO, MICA and M'elodie, with 2 x Midas XL8 as FOH desks, and 3 x Midas PRO6s as monitor... Read more...

Award-winning design from AVAB CAC

At this year's PLASA in London AVAB CAC was awarded the prize "Pushing the boundaries of technical excellence", for the systemdesign at the Nobel's Peace Prize Concert in Oslo in December 2008. The prize was awarded by MIDAS consoles, as this was the first time ever that 2 XL8s on FOH and 3 Pro6s as monitor consoles on different locations in the venue was networked together in one system. Asle Nilsen received the prize on behalf of AVAB CAC engineers Geir Østensjø and Øystein Karlsen. Check out the full story from the February issue of L+SI... Read more...

MIDAS XL8 installed in Olavshallen - Trondheim.

AVAB CAC installs the first XL8 system in Norway. In August 2009 The concert hall in the city of Trondheim, "Olavshallen" refitted their main auditorium with an XL8 system. After 15 years with the industry standard MIDAS XL3, it was now about time to go digital, and to go digital in a way that didn't require weeks of training. The system is 128 input, 56 output. In addition to Olavshallen, two XL8 systems are available on hire from AVAB CAC. Read more...