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The Netherlands - Electric Sound Benelux head John Haug has started an in-house leasing company that allows customers to lease Dynacord Cobra systems "without a whole lot of red tape, and all with very attractive terms".

It's an arrangement that offers customer minimal risk and the potential for maximum profits. "The Cobra is absolutely ideal for the bread-and-butter business," says Haug: "A village fair, a speech by the Mayor, a rock band in the town hall... the system is simply so versatile, so compact and so easy to work with." With the initiative well underway, it appears Electric Sound Benelux has really struck a chord with the pro audio scene in the Low Countries.

"People are having positive experiences with this and word soon spreads. Th

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Spain - ETC's Spanish dealer Stonex continues to introduce users to Ion, with a training day held at the Teatro Campos Eliseos in the northern city of Bilbao earlier this month.

Stonex's product manager Ezequiel Nobili reports, "We did two days of basic training on the Ion with seven people using three Ions. One and half days were in ante rooms learning the geography, navigation and philosophy of the desk - in order to understand the most basic functions - followed by moving light control. The final half day was spent working on the main stage, practising what they learned by controlling moving lights, conventional profiles and a number of the theatre's ETC Selador Series LED fixtures. The new theatre also has a permanent installation of two Ions with fader wings.

"The technical team's experience was varied, with half having very little experience of moving light con

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Italy - Coemar reports that it supplied its products to some of the biggest-grossing concerts last year. At the end of January the weekly Billboard magazine ranked these concerts amongst the Top Ten Tours of 2009. Just under a month later Coemar was also present at the Lo Nuestro Awards organised by the American television network Univision dedicated to Latin music.

The Infinity Wash XL projectors were utilised on the concerts of AC/DC, Pink and Tina Turner. Each projector supplies 1400 W of power and incorporates a 5°- 84° zoom. The performances of Billy Joel & Elton John were highlighted by Coemar's ParLite LED lights.

At the Lo Nuestro Awards Laura Pausini won the award for Best Female Artist in the Pop category and the evening was also a triumph for Coemar lights: once again the Infinity line in the XL and S categories (90 Wash XL, 54 ACL S, 64

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UK - Analogue mixing console manufacturer Audient has announced the extension of its scrappage scheme to all UK customers. Purchasers willing to trade-in their old console will receive £2000 off the published price of a new ASP8024 or ACS8024 high resolution mixing desk until the end of June 2010.

Sales Director Luke Baldry explains: "As we had hoped, this scheme has been very successful with studios as well as colleges and universities, providing an easy way of releasing capital from their older consoles. There are a number of older consoles out there, particularly digital consoles that are becoming unreliable and difficult to service. This scheme provides the perfect opportunity to upgrade to one of our brand new analogue consoles."

The scheme accepts any old console, be it analogue or digital, and is subject to qualification.

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UK - Following the successful format of previous International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conferences, the three days will see over a hundred experts take part in around thirty presentation and discussion sessions. The Conference, to be held in London from 13-15 June, is attracting a broad range of delegates from venue design, construction, installation and management as well as a large number of designers and practitioners.

All delegates are invited to attend the opening plenary session, which asks the question, Do we need any more theatres? The keynote speaker will contrast the values of having a permanent theatre with the benefits of using found spaces and will examine ways in which venues can be designed or modified so as to be fit for purpose in the modern world.

As well as the main Conference sessions, there are presentations by the major sponsors and bo

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USA - Intercom specialist RTS announced at this week's NAB show in Las Vegas a strategic business partnership with IntraCom Systems.

IntraCom's core product is VCOM, the IP software matrix intercom system for professional communications, which runs on standard computer and network infrastructure and is based upon a client/server architecture. RTS has partnered with IntraCom to develop a platform that intelligently marries each company's intercom systems, offering the market "unprecedented interoperability, flexibility and value".

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USA / France - Digigram is making a change to the distribution of the company's end-user products in North and South America.

Starting 1 May 2010, Point Source Audio (PSA) will become Digigram's Master Distributor for these territories. PSA will take over all aspects of distribution and will be the main point of contact for Digigram's representatives and resellers.

James Lamb, who has been Digigram's business development manager for the Americas for the past 10 years, is now part of the leadership at PSA and will help to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of service. Lamb points out that, "we are fully prepared for the transition and our goal is that there will be no disruption in sales, prices or service support for Digigram's dealers and business partners."

Philippe Delacroix, president & CEO Digigram states: "North and South America have always enjoy

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UK - A Victorian building in Covent Garden has been reopened as a burlesque cabaret diner following a £2m conversion by owners, restaurateur Trevor Davies and his son Adam.

The 130-cover site has a rich heritage. Formerly used as a stable for elephants and horses by the Royal Opera House in Victorian times it was most recently trading as a jazz venue when the two entrepreneurs saw it.

The aptly-named Circus - which has been designed by Tom Dixon - features a quartz dining table running the length of the club which transforms into a dance platform later in the evening. This is surrounded by a bar at the far end and a second dining room to the side of the DJ booth, as well as a lounge set to the rear of the venue.

London-based AV integrators, The Sound Division Group, have specified the first new Allen & Heath Xone:DX with Serato ITCH software to enable Adam Davies to fu

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USA - Miami-area production company, Drummer Boy Sound, has added an Allen & Heath iLive-T digital mixing system, comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface, to its hire stock.

Founder and CEO, Harold Cummings, comments: "I took an iLive-T system out on a couple of demos and was blown away with what it could do, especially for such a great price. Our roots are in live sound, and we do a lot of high-profile events around Miami. When I began using the console system at those shows, I can't tell you what a difference it made; small footprint, easy and fast to set up, no outboard gear - and it sounds fantastic."

One of the first events Cummings managed with his newly purchased iLive system was the National Day of Prayer at Miami's Faith Centre. The venue seats about 4,000 worshipers, and the event was also recorded by the Telemundo network.

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USA - At NAB 2010 this week, Barco is introducing a powerful new line of 3G/HD/SD-SDI and Analogue routers. Specifically designed for the needs of the events market, the new routers are integrated with the Encore and ScreenPRO-II presentation systems.

The MatrixPRO-II series provides a flexible and dependable routing solution of 3G/HD/SD-SDI and high speed analogue signals for simple and complex configurations at an affordable price, says the company.

The line is offered in three models, 8x8, 16x16 and 32x32, in a slim, power efficient package that is only 2.2 inches deep. All three models support 3G/HD/SD-SDI signals at bit rates of 19.4Mbps to 3Gbps. Reclockers are standard on all three models. The routers can be controlled from the front panel, Ethernet or RS-232. A redundant power supply option is also available.

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UK - RCF will be showing newly developed products for both their Professional and Commercial catalogues - with the flagship being the UK debut of the VSA 2050 Digital Steerable Column at PLASA Focus in Leeds this month.

Visitors will be given a special sneak preview of this multi-amplified vertical steerable array which "embraces the new generation of digital technology".

With inbuilt DSPs, the audio signal sent to each speaker is processed and optimised for controlling its vertical acoustic dispersion pattern. This will make it a suitable speaker for indoor installations where the critical acoustic environment is an issue and where moderate visual impact is required.

Also showing under the RCF Professional banner will be examples from the new ART 4 Series, and the NX 10-SMA and NX 12-SMA.

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2010 saw Dutch loudspeaker manufacturer Alcons Audio creating a buzz on the trade show floor with an array of products that sees it confirm its place as a major player in the pro audio market.

On show were the LR7 micro pro-ribbon line-array and LR7B micro line-array bass unit, plus the Cinema Ribbon Monitor System (CRMS) three-way reference cinema sound system, first seen at this year's ISE Show.

However, the most noteworthy product on display was the new LR24 pro-ribbon line-array system, which is a major development for Alcons and marks an important advance for the company within the concert touring and large-scale installation market.

Designed to be able to deliver the same SPL as equivalent products in the mid-size line-array category, but with 15dB less distortion, the Alcons LR24 system utilises Alcons' pro-ribbon technology.

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Germany - Following a successful showing at ProLight&Sound last month, Wireless Solution Sweden is headed back to Frankfurt to demonstrate the new W-DMX G4 line at Light + Building this week.

The new G4 BlackBox is able to repair corrupted data and vouches for maximum security by running on dual band and creating a backup duplicate of the signal. This new standard is transparent and works with several protocols, creating extreme flexibility and reliability without need for additional controllers or software, says the company.

Attendees will learn about how the new G4 product line brings innovative new features to the W-DMX line of products, including Adaptive Frequency Hopping technology for peace of mind when using other radio products, W-DMX invisi-wire and data-safe technologies for fidelity, and support of RDM so units can be configured remotely with no fuss or cables.

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Germany - Optiled Lighting International will be showing its full range of products at Light+Building 2010 in Frankfurt this week. This is the first time that Hong Kong-based Optiled is showing its products at a European trade show.

Optiled offers a full range of indoor LED lighting products for different applications. Visitors to Light+Building can see a full array of its illumination solutions including: LED Tube series - measuring two, three and four feet respectively, plus a brand new five feet long fixture; the new Array-M AR111 in the LED lamps series; Super Star MR16, Accent Radar MR16, Rocket PAR30, Galaxy and Festival H12 and H13 colour fixtures; LED Downlight series, including the new Round 200, and the LED Array Accent series.

"LED lighting is already making significant inroads into the home and commercial markets, as traditional forms of lighting like tungsten

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Germany - GLP and G-LEC exhibited together for the first time at this year's ProLight&Sound Show in Frankfurt, with the large (260m²) stand fully lit with LED. This joint appearance saw nearly 120m² of G-LEC Phantom 30 LED video display and over 100 different impression units in various LED assemblies (warm and cold white / RGB / 5-colour XL / XL RGBWWC).

The presentation included four new developments from GLP - the Volkslicht Zoom (at the lower end of the LED range), the impression 300 RZ (at the upper end), the Creation II-2048 controller and the impression Meisterstück.

Head of marketing, Uli Steinle, said he was more than satisfied with the reaction. "This year again the large number of visitors was a pleasant surprise to us," he said.

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USA - Renkus-Heinz has expanded its engineering staff with the appointment of Derrick Pierce to the position of staff loudspeaker engineer.

The California native returns to the state after more than a decade in design engineering and product development with loudspeaker manufacturers JL Audio in Florida. A designer of several award-winning products, Pierce has also held high-level engineering positions with Niles Audio and Menlo Scientific., and contributed to the development of several patents.

"I'm really pleased to be joining a company as forward-thinking as Renkus-Heinz," Pierce remarks. "For me, this is truly the ideal opportunity to maximize the skills I've acquired through my years of loudspeaker design, and take things to a whole new level. I'm looking forward to taking on the challenge of designing the next generation of Renkus-Heinz loudspeakers."

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UK - Building on the successful Big Day Out events of the last two years, Shuttlesound is taking product demos to another level with the announcement of the first Big Day Outside over the second May Bank Holiday weekend. In conjunction with the Glastonbudget festival near Nottingham, a collaboration between the technical and performance sectors of the industry will allow Shuttlesound guests to demo three different Electro-Voice line array systems in a bona fide festival environment.

Glastonbudget is Europe's largest festival for tribute bands and new acts. Dubbed 'the Mecca of tribute', the event is now in its sixth year and will see more than 6,000 fans gather to see 130+ bands. With six stages on site, production services company OneBigStar has ample opportunities to set out the Electro-Voice stall on behalf of Shuttlesound. With XLC providing a fir

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France - Aviom is providing several of its best-selling products to help streamline audio monitoring for the 10-piece orchestra for a new production of The Lion King at the historic Theatre Mogador in Paris. Co-produced by Stage Entertainment and Disney Theatrical, this presentation relies on an Aviom-based monitoring system to simplify the audio setup and workflow.

Sound designers Steve Kennedy and John Shivers specified Aviom personal monitoring gear for this project. The audio setup, which was provided by Dispatch, consists of a Yamaha M7CL digital mixing console with a 16-channel Pro16 A-Net Interface card installed. The A-Net card is connected to three A-16D Pro A-Net Distributors and 19 Aviom A-16II Personal Mixers to provide 16 channels of monitor mix content to the orchestra's 10 musicians as well as providing a monitor feed to the main audio desk. The production

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Asia Pacific - QSC has strengthened its presence in the Asia Pacific market, recruiting two experienced audio professionals to help consolidate the company's market profile in the region.

With immediate effect, Sebastian Chong takes on the role of product specialist, Asia Pacific Region, while David Fuller joins the team as sales manager for the territory.

Before joining QSC as a product application specialist, Sebastian Chong worked as a technical sales manager with Architectural Audio in Singapore for six years, a company recognised as a leading distributor of installed DSP products in Asia.

"I have been seeking an opportunity to take my experience in installed audio to a regional scale and the position at QSC is a perfect match," he says. "QSC is recognised worldwide as an industry leader, and I'm ready to achieve strong company growth with its exciting pro

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UK - The chair of the Health and Safety Executive, Judith Hackitt CBE, has officially opened the new headquarters of PASMA, the trade association representing the mobile access tower industry in the UK and Ireland. Situated in the commercial heart of Glasgow, 7 Newton Place is the association's first permanent HQ and is home to its eight strong secretariat.

Unveiling a plaque to mark the occasion, and recalling her time as director general of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), Hackitt acknowledged the contribution of PASMA and trade associations in general to advancing safety and best practice.

In particular, Ms Hackitt highlighted the long time cooperation between HSE and PASMA and the work of the association in promoting competency when working at height. She commented, "PASMA is a good example of what can be achieved when regulator and trade body work together

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Norway / UAE - Tim Wood is the latest sales addition to projectiondesign's sales force. The appointment coincides with the opening of the company's first office in the Emirates, reflecting the rapid growth of projectiondesign's business.

Wood started his professional life in retail store management in the UK before moving to Saudi Arabia and then the UAE, and progressing into regional business development with Disney Consumer products throughout the Middle East. In 1999 he became regional business manager for Quadriga EMEA, looking after the Middle East and Turkey.

Chris Axford, international sales & marketing director at projectiondesign, comments: "Tim understands that our ambitions are International and recognises the potential of our products for specialist markets. In Tim we have found someone with whom we could realise our ambitions in the Middle East. I am confiden

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