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"Wharfedale Pro is a fantastic addition to our Live Sound and Sound Reinforcement offering," states Lynn Martin, president of American Music & Sound. "They bring an historic brand legacy and couple that with state of the art manufacturing techniques making Wharfedale Pro a tremendous opportunity for dealers, sound companies, consultants, and installers in the USA."

Daniel Chang, Wharfedale Pro's managing director adds: "American Music & Sound's distribution network and expertise in Pro Audio markets is perfect for our products. We are very excited to

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"The Xone:S2 was the perfect choice for the Hudson Terrace for a number of reasons," states D&A's Steve Petrik. "The fader/rotary option makes a lot of sense for this space. I have the faders installed on the rooftop's S2 because the music up there tends to be more hip hop oriented, and the rotary option is installed on the dance floor which is great for club DJs. And, the fader/rotary units can be swapped as necessary to please the performing DJs."

The A/V System at Hudson Terrace, designed by Steve Petrik, is composed of co

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James Tingay of Cirrus Research explains, "Cirrus equipment is used in so many different sectors, from mining and industry, to clubs and bars, and we are looking to add colour to our promotional material and website with some really exciting images of our products in use."

The entries can include any Cirrus Sound Level Meter or the doseBadge Noise Dosemeter, and must include the product in use. Full competition rules can be found

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"We are confident that Laz will strike the critical balance between market opportunity, our business objectives and sales team support," said Adrian Bell, director of marketing. "We look forward to continued, explosive growth in our Asia-Pacific markets."

Harris joined Loud in November, 2004 and most recently held the position of product specialist. Harris will be based in Singapore, reporting to Adrian Bell.

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Designed as a multipurpose location, the club contains two areas - one for live sound and one for background music. In the first area, two clusters that cover the entire dance floor have been installed. Each cluster incorporates six powered Variant 25A line array modules and two Variant 18A subwoofers.

Two powered SML-12A systems have been installed as stage monitors. Three Sub-218G subwoofers were chosen to supply high low frequency sound pressure levels.

In the second area, four powered DS-108A systems have been installed, along with four Sub-18-A powered subwoofer systems to enhance bass response. To achieve a high quality system for messaging

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"InfoComm is an exceptionally good showcase for Turbosound," says Brad Stephens from US distributor American Music & Sound. "This year on we have two very different and exciting new product ranges that we anticipate garnering a large amount of interest."

"We have worked hard to ensure that our product range continues to reflect the needs of the market," adds Turbosound's managing director Simon Blackwood, "and this is borne out by how well Flex Array has already been received. The combination of our new line array technology alongside Turbosound's proven virtual po

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This year's system was configured with 10-element hangs on either side of the stage (8x S805 plus 2x S830) with two CD18 subs on either side. Over the four days of the festival, the audience could enjoy an exotic bill of bands from Poland, Italy, the UK, Spain and Mexico. Among the big names were 1970s superstars Focus and Tony Levin from King Crimson and Peter Gabriel, as well as Cast (Mexicali host band), Alonso Arreola (México), Riverside (Poland), Omni (Spain), Rocket Scientists (United States), and the legendary New Trolls (Italy), Le Orme (Italy) and Circa.

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The three-week long rodeo is both the world's largest livestock exhibition and the world's largest rodeo event. Every night after the rodeo competitions wind down, the Rodeo brings on the big name entertainment, making it one of the world's largest live concert event series. This year, audience attendance for concerts by Brad Paisley and Hannah Montana both hit the 73,000 mark.

A veteran sound engineer of 30+ years, and long-time Midas enthusiast, Howie Lindeman worked alongside Houston's LD Systems - whose large deployment of Electro-Voice audio equipment ensures the Rodeo events and concerts sound superb every year - supervising the XL8, which was on hand as the house console for visiting engineers.

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The Seattle event took place at the Experience Music Project, an interactive museum of rock history. "The Experience Music Project is dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in popular music, and we felt that it was the ideal place to stage this seminar," said Van Browne of Brownstone LLC, the Shure representative for the Pacific Northwest.

Each six-hour Advanced Wireless Seminar covers the fundamentals of radio waves, transmitter and receiver design, RF spectrum and 'White Spaces', frequency coordination, antenna placement, scanning equipment, a

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Founded in 1998 by Eduardo Machado, Jose Manuel Machado and Miguel Andrade, Megafone is one of the busiest rental companies in Portugal and specialises in sound reinforcement for concerts, festivals, musicals and high profile shows.

The recently purchased Outline system comprises a total of 12 CDH 483 Hi-packs, supported by eight Victor Live subwoofers, all powered by T series digital power amps and processed by Genius 26 DSP.

On the occasion of the changeover to the Outlinearray, Megafone also decided to buy four Outline DVS 10 full-range enclosures for use as all-purpose systems.

Megafone co-owner José Manuel Machado comments, "This is another big step for us at Megafone - as was the case in 2003, when we bought the Doppia

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"The E8 and E12 loudspeakers and the E15X subwoofer will all be on display," said Stephen (Oggi) Hogg who heads d&b's UK distribution. "These new loudspeakers will be of particular interest to all our friends and colleagues in the theatre fraternity; from our perspective they are the successors for the C6 and E9, performing with the same vocal presence, versatility, musicality and precise pattern control to which we have all become accustomed.

"The use of new materials and driver technology makes for a design that is lighter and remarkable both visually as well as functionally." Hogg continued "The D6 of course, maintains d&b's long history of high-efficiency, lower power consumption amplifiers that coupled with t

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"To hear my name nominated in such company is such a huge honor," Grant told the Shreveport Times, humbly paying tribute to all the other artists singled out for kudos at the event. "My microphone used to be a hairbrush, and my audience used to be stuffed animals. I hold loosely to it all. I may be the flavour of the moment right now, but at some point it will be someone else's turn."

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E.J.R. Systems S.L, a sound and lighting rental company based in Benicarló, headed the sound reinforcement effort, collaborating with production suppliers Dodinuf and Yapadú Produccions on a main system featuring 32 KF730 Series small line array modules joined by 16 EAW SB1000z double-18" subwoofers.

"Day after day, I honestly enjoy my job more," states Eduardo Soriano, sound technician and co-owner of Yapadú Produccions. "I'm working with an unbeatable team of world-class brands such as EAW, as well as Lab.gruppen and Dolby L

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The agreement transfers to Sound Technology a strong team of sales professionals and exclusive distribution rights for JBL Professional, Crown, Soundcraft, AKG, dbx, BSS Audio and Lexicon products in the UK and Ireland.

"Sound Technology is a premier pro audio distribution business in the UK and Ireland with strong market knowledge and a commitment to selling systems across Harman's served vertical markets," said Blake Augsburger, Harman Professional's CEO. "This direct-to-third-party shift provides Harman the entrepreneurial drive necessary to support its international go-to-market strategy".

"We are thrilled to be representing the legendary professional brands of Harm

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These are the USB DI box - a USB-to-analogue transformer isolated audio input interface, and the ePre 2 USB - a true plug-and-play Digital-to-Analogue dual channel mic/line pre-amp to USB interface. Also on the ARX stand will be several additions to its popular AudiBox series of audio tools and its range of signal processing products.

ARX's managing director Colin Park said: "Eventech is a new and exciting exhibition for the Asian region with what looks to be a unique networking format for both exhibitors and more importantly show attendees. ARX's Singapore-based Rob Yeo and I are looking forwar

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"My job was to deliver products so that the venue can do its business successfully," says Archie McIntosh, director of VMS Live, who the Mama Group brought in to oversee the Forum's refurbishment. "I've used Turbosound Aspect in other projects and it was good to have the chance to use it in such a wonderful venue as the Forum."

The main front of house system comprises both ground stacked and flown elements. Four Aspect TA-880L low frequency, three TA-880H mid/highs and two TSW-218 subs per side are complemented by a pair of TA-500 Aspect Wide cab

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According to front of house engineer Dave McDonald the Neumann KMS 104 was always going to be an essential part of Adele's audio makeup.

"I've been touring for the last year with Air," he explains, "and we were using the Neumann KMS 104. It takes the vocal and really throws it to the back of the hall with clarity. When I started working with Adele I said, 'let's get you one of these, it's the right mic for your vocal'. The KMS 104 just has this depth. It goes right to the bottom and the high end of the vocal and it's crystal clear. That's what I always want. I don't want to be messing around f

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The Echo Awards are given each year by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie, an association of the country's recording companies, and reward the highest selling artists of the preceding 12 months.

2008 was the third year in which Bushido has won Echo Awards and, with three major live tours having been undertaken in 2007 alone, it is unsurprising that he came top in both the Best National Live Act and Best National Hip-Hop/R&B artist categories.

Berlin-based Complete Audio provides the audio system for Bushido's live shows, using two XTA DP448 and one DP226 processors to control a large Martin Audio PA system.

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Rob comes to Trantec from a 15 year career at the Music Factory Entertainment Group where amongst other roles, he headed up MastermixDJ, a service that provided DJs with access to the best in equipment and advice.

Commenting on his appointment, Moore said: " I've long been an admirer of the quality and innovation that goes into Trantec products, and joining a major player in the wireless mic market is a great opportunity for me. I don't know of any company that understands their target audience better than Trantec. They've engineered their new microphones for serious users and I'm happy to be a part of an organization that's truly focused on delivering quality products."

Trantec's head of sales and marketing, Mark Parkhouse added: "Rob's ex

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Located in the city centre, The Ivy had its soft launch in December 2007 and in the Spring of 2008 moved into full operation, with a series of restaurants, bars, cocktail lounges and live music.

The complex features 14 bars, nine restaurants, boutique hotel, swimming pool (with a dance sound system), gardens, penthouses, nightclub, cafes, delicatessens, ballroom, office space and retail outlets. It also houses a 1000-capacity function room and can cater for up to 3,000 people in total at any one time.

Providing an audio network that would place more than 40 zones on the same backbone presented an exacting task for system integrators Avsound Productions Pty. Installation contracts manager,

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"The iLive has been a fantastic console for our events," says Grimes. "The layout is like an analogue console, so it is very familiar and any of our engineers or guest engineers can get up and running with it in five minutes. Also, the iLive sounds amazing, the preamps are beautiful and really, really clean. We have done several events with the iLive including the LoCash Cowboys at the Block, the Ying Yang Twins and Bubba Sparks at the Nightown Club, Ultimate Fighting at the Emerald C

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Clay Paky has announced the nominations for the 'Knights of Illumination' Lighting Design Awards that are to be awarded in association with the ALD and the STLD at the annual ABTT dinner in London on 11 June 2008. The awards are being supported by Clay Paky to recognise the UK's outstanding contribution to live performance and television. The awards are unique in honouring work across such a wide range of music, theatre, opera, dance and television.

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Although the neighbourhood has been upgraded in recent years, the premises - containing the seven separate units that constitute Symbol Budapest - has remained true to its traditions dating back more than 200 years.

Covering a total area of nearly 3,000sq.m, all the activity is arranged around the courtyard - with the Bombay Bar in the centre and terraces for all the surrounding venues. To one side is the Café & Lounge, to the other the Puskás Pancho Sport Pub, an elegant memorial to the late Puskás Öcsi. The 220-year-old preserved Cellar Restaurant is available for private functions, while

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"The venue was formerly the Beach Club, which had a Turbosound Floodlight system," explains Alastair Dixon, aka Big Al, a Brighton-based freelance engineer who managed the new installation, which was supplied through local company MBI. "They wanted to relaunch the venue and move away from house music, making it more of a multipurpose live sound set up. It's very band orientated now."

With a 500 capacity main room coupled to a 100 capacity café, the Coalition has already announced the launch of the new Brighton Club NME. Brighton visitors can also look forward to shows by major stars such as hip hop's Sway and BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Cameo.

The new system comprises four Aspect Wide TA-500 three-way