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As the productions in the Stadthalle have become more and more technically demanding, a new sound reinforcement system was installed. The Main PA consists of sixteen HK Audio Cohedra Compact CDR 108 C line array mid/high units on each side of the stage. A central subwoofer cluster of six CDR 210 C is flown above the centre of the stage.

Whenever the musical productions demand more bass, 16 additional CDR 210 units are available for ground-stacking in front of the stage. Six ConTour Series CT 108 8"/1" cabinets serve as near-fills for the first rows of the audience, with ano

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Liverpool-based Adlib has been involved in the event for many years, initially starting with the audio supply for one stage and their role has steadily grown. Adlib account handler Phil Kielty says, "It's always a great pleasure to be involved in this event, which has its own special vibe. One minute you can see an act play an unplugged set in the Live Lounge, an hour later you can see them headline the main stage - it really is a very special event."

The Adlib crew of 14 was chiefed by Richy Nicholson, who also worked on the In New Music We Trust stage, the second largest of the event, headlined by Faithless on Saturday and Vampire Weekend on Sun

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Using the Roland V-Drums, V-Pianos, new GAIA synth and other instruments provided, festival performers were able to rehearse and warm-up, hearing their own output through the M-48 system and headphones while other guests in the VIP marquee enjoyed the hospitality undisturbed. Visitors to the Roland stage included Britpop specialists Blurb and Oasish.

"Many performers find that the M-48 Live Personal Mixer is a breath of fresh air for live performers," says RSG marketing manager Martin Thomas. &qu

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The Opera House chose the C100 HDS, designed specifically for space-limited applications, because the compact surface and processor electronics provides the same power and familiar control surface as the larger frame C100 HD. The Met's compact broadcast control room is located in the balcony area at the back of the auditorium, so the C100 HDS was the perfect solution.

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"Barix is very happy to announce our OEM partnership with Aiphone, a market leader in intercom solutions with an extensive sales reach, strong sales organization and a very high and consistent approach to quality," said Johannes G. Rietschel, CEO and Founder of Barix AG. "We are proud that Aiphone has selected Barix as a development partner and supplier for a core product, and look forward to a long and fruitful relationship."

At InfoComm 2010, Barix will exhibit its latest OEM invention that is exclusively marketed by Aiphone and its channel partners. The Aiphone IPW-1A network intercom adapter is a customiz

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The series is particularly geared toward medium-to-large-sized spaces including sports arenas but is also designed for a wide range of other venues requiring high power and consistent coverage in a compact housing, including houses of worship, outdoor stadiums, performing arts venues, theatres and clubs.

The passive, wired-for-biamplification QX Series draws on the knowledge and engineering resources gained through the development of EAW's AX Series, maintaining its reputation of "big horns in compact packages." A centrally located co-axi

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"Biamp sees AVB as the emerging standard for the A/V industry and our products. We also recognize the importance for interoperability of all equipment that utilizes AVB as well as the need to educate the marketplace," states Matt Czyzewski, Biamp's Vice president of Business Development. "Biamp is excited to have joined AVnu Alliance in order to promote these principles that are critical to the industry in regards to growth and adoption of AVB technologies."

"We are very pleased that Biamp has joined AVnu Alliance. They are a strong player in commercial installed audio applications. Their membership in AVnu Alliance further demonstrates the sentiment of the professional AV community that compliant and interoperable AVB enabled devices are the future of the industry," says Le

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SEGMA director Maldwyn Greenwood says, "We are delighted that Prism Sound and SADiE have appointed us as their exclusive distributor. We are a young company and that gives us an enormous advantage because we are not afraid to innovate and try new strategies. There is plenty of scope to increase market penetration for both brands and we certainly feel that the quality of these products will make them very popular with our customers, who include large scale music production studios, broadcasters and educational facilities."

Jody Thorne, Prism Sound/SADiE's sales and marketing manager, says, "South Africa. is a key terri

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The new address is: Pascal A/S, Literbuen 10B, 2740 Skovlunde, Denmark. Phone: +45 36 99 19 44. Web: www.pascal-audio.com.

Pascal is a producer and developer of amplifier modules for integration into high-power professional loudspeakers. They specialise in providing powerful solutions for the professional loudspeaker manufacturers which serve the international PA touring and systems installation market.

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Both Maxwell and Scott's monitor needs are in the hands of a DiGiCo SD7, provisioned by Clair Global. For Maxwell's Clay Hutson - who has employed DiGiCo consoles extensively on tours with artists such as Garbage, Marilyn Manson, Pink, Prince and Velvet Revolver - this was his first opportunity to lay hands on SD7. For Jim Roach, who has worked with Scott for 3+ years, as well as Brian McKnight Joe Cocker, Keisha Cole and Boney James, his previous experience on DiGiCo consoles was limited to one-off, fl

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Sound design was as usual the responsibility of Bobby Aitken, who consulted with Robin Whittaker of TiMax developers Out Board on how to appropriately scale up their Royal Albert Hall distributed source-oriented reinforcement concept. Chris Ekers handled system engineering and management with Autograph's Jim Douglas looking after supply and installation. Front of house engineer was Paul Stannering.

TiMax Tr

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The small town of Tridentine in northern Italy hosted a big international event in which many ski champions - such as Bode Miller and Davide Simoncelli - challenged each other to a ski-show, captured by many international TV stations.

Proceedings concluded with a performance by Placebo at the Concert Stadium, built on the Olympic slopes.

The finish area was powered with 16 Proel Axiom AX3210P, 16 Sub Edge 121SP, six Powersoft K10 digital amplifiers and two DSO480 digital processors.

For the sound inside the big structure built at the end of the ski run, they relied on eight Axiom 2265P, eight AX1115SP, two fly bar, three Powersoft K4 digitaql amplifiers and one DSO480 digital processor.

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Nancy Diaz-Curiel, channel sales manager APAC Digigram comments, "PAS was an obvious choice since their market coverage pretty much matches Digigram's core businesses." Diaz-Curiel also noted that the newly appointed distributor will be able to provide Digigram's customers with valuable expertise since at PAS "each business area is supported by a dedicated team of sales engineers, support personnel and a motivated management team".

"We felt that Digigram's very innovative products, be it state-of-the-art sound cards or advanced IP audio codecs such as the IQOYA range, would be a perfect fit in our product portfolio. Production Audio Services strongly believes that the Australian market deserves quality options when it comes to e

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China is expecting to receive almost 100 foreign leaders and up to 70m people from across the globe to visit the Expo. On 27 May a special Finland Day was held at the show with a special focus on music. Over 100 artists filled the day with performance styles ranging from folk, through to orchestral and electronic music, all with a Finnish flavour. As part of the day, the Sibelius Academy provided musicians to play the some instrumental parts of the music with Genelec loudspeakers delivering the sound.

"We are enjoying the experience of being involved in the Fin

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Electro-Voice's partner in the region, Prosound won the commission to install the sound systems in nine of the 10 stadiums being used.

"Ever since founding the firm over 37 years ago, I have worked closely with Electro-Voice," says Prosound MD Terry Acres. "And with good reason - Electro-Voice systems are reliable, robust, evince exceptional mechanical quality and deliver clear and balanced sound. In short: they're the ones that best meet our requirements."

Over 2,300 Electro-Voice and Dynacord loudspeakers and a variety of EV REV-D wireless microphone systems have been installed in the s

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"Eliminating the mixing console frees up a significant amount of floor space, and that can be the difference in getting the gig, whether it's a club, theatre or ballroom," says James Duvall of Creative Engineering & Solutions in Austin, Texas, who manages the house and monitor mixes for the band. "It saved us a lot of money, too."

The iDR-32 MixRack provides all the inputs, outputs, processing and routing for the band.

"I love the fact that the iDR-32 gives me all those features in a rack-mount box that I can hide under the stage. I don't carry any outboard gear at all, and there's no sacrifice in functionality. When I was designing the system, I figured, why

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The new products were unveiled at a press launch held yesterday, and comprised two additions to the PRO Series, the PRO3 and PRO9; the XL8i; a new range of Midas digital snakes and new digital audio format and sample rate converters from Klark Teknik.

The PRO9 tops the Midas PRO Series, providing an 88 channel input count and 35 buses, while the "cost-effective" Midas PRO3 will allow more touring riders and professional installations to take advantage of Midas' digital features.

The XL8i is a top-of-the-range addition Midas' digital audio line-up created with the install, theatre and house of worship market in mind.

All the new systems use exactly the same technology and components as the XL8 and PRO6.

Additionally, a full range of standalone Midas digital snake and

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The ATCS-60 is a fully self-contained wireless distributed audio system using infrared communications technology, designed for corporate, government and educational applications. The system offers "many impressive and practical features, providing ease of setup and operation, and eliminating the need for microphone wiring and ceiling speakers".

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SoundGrid provides up to 16 low latency Waves stereo processor racks on the SD8 and SD9 - and up to 32 on the SD7, which is suitable for Front of House or monitor use.

The plug-ins include Mercury, SSL 4000 Collection, GTR3, JJPAnalog Legends, Studio Classics Collection, The API Collection and Gold, while other popular options for the DiGiCo console include L2 Ultramaximizer and C4 Multiband.

In addition to these benefits, the DiGiCo SoundGrid is also simple to use. Console-based MultiRack software allows you to set up, control, recall, snapshot and save Waves plug-in configurations processed on the dedicated, rack-mounted external server over a Stealth-Waves Ethernet connection, says the company.

The SoundGrid module itself is fitted inside the

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The new version, to be available from August, means that the many Mac users in the industry will benefit from the most up-to-date features and capabilities for use with the M7CL and LS9 mixing consoles, says Yamaha.

"We are delighted to release M7CL V3 Editor and LS9 Editor for Mac to our console users around the world," says Kazunori Kobayashi, general manager of Yamaha's Pro Audio Division.

"The release of M7CL V3 Editor and LS9 Editor for Mac, as well as the recent introductions of the digital stage box friendly M7CL-48ES and Version 3 upgrades to the M7CL series, reflects the feedback from our customers, incorporating relevant upgrades to give both existing an

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ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for an organisation's internal quality management systems whereby each service offered to the company's customers has been subject to scrutiny. All processes are then structured to ensure that all Point Source Productions services satisfy its customers' quality requirements and comply with any necessary regulations.

"There are a number of benefits to achieving the ISO 9001: 2008 standard," says Point Source Productions quality control manager, Ian King. "Examining and improving our internal working procedures leads to fewer errors and less re-working, which in turn improves our customer satisfaction and loyalty. Within our staff we see improved morale and motivation, whilst externally it enhances our status

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Abbey Road Studios engineer Jonathan Allen, who undertook test recordings with the AX24 before Abbey Road purchased the units, comments, "For the last few years, the Abbey Road Mobile Recording unit has been looking to create affordable recording and editing packages without compromising on quality. Key to this was our search for a unit which had world-class digital converters, great built-in mic amps and the ability to run MADI back to the control room. The DAD AX24 not only ticked these boxes but made one of the best arguments for working at higher sampling frequencies."

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XD-V30 digital wireless microphone system includes a handheld cardioid microphone transmitter; XD-V30L includes a beltpack transmitter and professional miniature condenser lavalier microphone. Both systems offer six channels, 100ft ranges, and low-profile desktop receivers.

"With the advances provided by Line 6 digital wireless technology, budget-minded professional singers and presenters can now perform wirelessly with premium sound and features," says Don Boomer, microphone product line manager at Line 6. "XD-V30 and XD-V30L provide unmatched wireless performance, uncompromising sound, and uncomplicated operation around the world - licence free."

Exclusive Line 6 digital technologies, including DCL (Digital Channel Lock) technology

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Rane and Serato have created the first scratch live compatible DJ mixer to allow two computers to be connected simultaneously, making it "the ultimate club mixer experience". Using two USB ports, the Rane Sixty-Eight lets two DJs play Scratch Live at the same time, enabling seamless handover from one DJ to another.

The mixer also lets you manage up to four decks with a single laptop and offers access to more tracks and effects than ever before.

"I was using the TTM 57 before and it didn't have beat roll and other things, so it was a bit more complicated to manoeuvre around," says DJ Kofi. "But so many things have been added. On the Sixty-Eight you have all these triggers for the cue poin