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France - Loudspeaker manufacturer APG has announced a series of workshops in conjunction with Audio-Technica, to be held across France during 2011. The first of the two-day events will be held in Bordeaux on 1-2 March followed by a second workshop in Rennes on 9-10 March. Further dates will be announced in due course.

The workshops are aimed at all those who are likely to use (or are already using) APG and Audio-Technica equipment in a professional capacity, either within a rental company, installation or elsewhere. Each workshop lasts a full day and will be held twice in each venue. A wide range of topics will be covered and there will also be a number of practical demos.

The day kicks off with a seminar from Audio-Technica's European Regulatory specialist for wireless products, Dre Klaassen, on the wireless frequency sell-off in Europe, current UHF regulations and what it m

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UK - The Capstone Building at Liverpool Hope University is a multi-function performance and education facility for its performing arts courses, as well as a base for a range of local music and drama organisations. At its heart is a modern performance hall, with seating for 200 people, which features an Alcons PA system.

Comprising six LR7 and one LR14B per side, the system was designed by Ian Rees of Norwich-based Adrian James Acoustics. Because of the hall's size and configuration - featuring balconies on each side - the Alcons arrays are flown from close to the centre of the stage, splayed out to cover each half of the hall.

"When flown at the sides of a proscenium arch, a problem with the wide dispersion of any line array is that they tend to drive a lot of energy into the walls," says Rees. "With the side balconies in the Capstone Building hall, and the fact

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UK - Yamaha Music GmbH (UK) has announced the creation of a dedicated Audio Visual Division with effect from March 1st 2011. Ian Galloway is named as divisional director. Previously audio visual sales and marketing activities came under the leadership of Robert Webster who was jointly responsible for the Yamaha keyboard business.

The move signals "a decision and determination to expand Yamaha's UK AV business and is particularly timely as the product range now encompasses a varied range of different categories including Hi-Fi components, system products, home cinema speakers, digital sound projectors, AV receivers and more recently the Desktop Audio products".

Galloway's Yamaha antecedents date back to 1981 when he played a pivotal role in the UK re-launch of Yamaha Hi-Fi following which he helped form Watford based Yamaha electronics in 1986. Subsequent roles includ

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UK - The M-48 Live Personal Mixers from the Roland Systems Group are on the road with We Will Rock You which is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a UK tour, and PA rental provider Sonalyst has supplied eight Roland personal monitoring systems, one for each player in the live band.

Sonalyst has supplied this touring production with a high-spec system, the key elements of which are distinguished by their space and weight-saving characteristics. Front-of-house PA is a combination of the self-powered Meyer Sound Mica and M'elodie with Upa and M1d fills, mix control is DiGiCo's compact SD7 digital console, and performers are wearing the miniature headmics from DPA Microphones. New to the show are the Roland M-48 personal mixers which now handle the monitoring requirements for the 8-piece band.

"I was on the hunt for something new and suggested these units to the WWR

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USA - Audio-Technica has unveiled the U855QL cardioid dynamic gooseneck microphone. Designed for use as a high-quality talk-back, paging and dispatch microphone in commercial, industrial and entertainment applications, the U855QL features a versatile gooseneck design that allows for flexible positioning and dependable performance. Its tailored frequency response ensures excellent intelligibility in environments with excessive ambient noise, says the company.

The U855QL's easily adjustable gooseneck permits quick positioning, and the quick-mount design includes an XLRM-type connector insert at the base, allowing the microphone to be plugged directly into an any standard XLRF-type surface or cable connector.

The unit features extremely rugged all-metal construction for long-lasting performance. The low-profile element provides a uniform cardioid polar pattern that reduces pickup

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France - Located in the south of Paris, the Stade Sébastien Charléty is an arena with a long history. Since 1939, the 20,000-seater stadium has provided the setting for a wide variety of sporting events.

Last year, the stadium management embarked upon a series of major renovations. As well as an architectural facelift, they were keen for the stadium to receive a powerful sound reinforcement system capable of satisfying a wide variety of tasks. The invitation to tender was won by the Clichy-based company INEO GDF Suez for its Electro-Voice and Dynacord -based installation concept.

"In addition to Electro-Voice and Dynacord's numerous world-class references in the field of stadium sound reinforcement, a strong factor in our favour was that we were capable of performing the installation within the tight three-month schedule," says Ahmed Benali, manager of

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Italy - Powersoft announced at Winter NAMM 2011 that the M Series line of power amplifiers is now shipping to distributors. The M Series consists of five new models that include two 4-channel and three 2-channel versions. M Series amplifiers come in a one -rack-unit chassis, 358mm / 14.1-inch in depth and weighing just over 7kg/16lbs.

"We are very pleased that the M Series, our newest amplifier offering, is now available for purchase," states Claudio Lastrucci, Powersoft's managing director. "Because of our advanced engineering and design, we are able to offer M Series amplifiers at a very attractive price without compromising the sound quality and features. This makes the M Series an outstanding value for small- to medium-sized PA systems and stage monitors for live music and DJ applications.

"Even for dry hire, M Series is safe with the DSP 'hidden' insid

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UK - Eurohire Sound and Light, a long established turnkey supplier for Europe's events and entertainments industries, recently expanded its EAW inventory with the addition of 16 KF740 Three-Way Line Array Modules. The Basingstoke, Hampshire, England-based company is the latest professional sound and lighting company in the UK to add the KF740 modules to its extensive inventory of EAW products.

"When EAW's UK sales manager Kevin McNally first mentioned they were coming out with the KF740 and gave us the rough dimensions of the box, being smaller and more manageable than some of our current inventory, I knew this would be something we would be interested in," stated Eurohire owner Mervin George. "We've had the KF760's for some time, which are great for outside in the summer, long-range or arena-type shows, but we wanted to get into a new system opening up the possib

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UK - The Black Light Open Day, Scotland's biggest lighting, sound, AV and stage technology show will open its doors on 18 and 19 March in Edinburgh. It has over 40 confirmed exhibitors and will showcase a wide range of products from leading manufacturers.

"This is the only event of its kind in Scotland," says Black Light's head of company development, Phil Haldane. "Our annual open days have always been really popular and this year's will be the biggest and best yet. It will be a great opportunity to see the latest developments in the industry and will save people in Scotland the trouble of going down to the London shows."

The event, which will run from 10am until 4.30pm on each day, is designed to be of real value to anyone working in the theatre, events or architectural sectors. Over the two days visitors will be able to talk to manufacturers and get a ha

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UK - A Midas PRO6 making its touring debut with the Manic Street Preachers so impressed the band's Emmy-award winning engineer Chris Trimby, he has declared it his preferred console above all others. "It'll be my first choice wherever I go now," says Trimby.

For the Manics tour, in support of the band's 10th studio album Postcards From A Young Man, Trimby chose a PRO6, supplied by UK rental company SSE Audio, for more than 50 dates worldwide.

Midas' biggest achievement, according to Trimby, has been to design a digital board which retains an analogue feel and, of course, the renowned Midas sound. "It's laid out very intuitively," he says. "Everything's only one or two button pushes away, whether you're hitting a channel or hitting the EQ button. You can manoeuvre yourself round the board very quickly. The pre-amps, probably the most important pa

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Germany - Visitors to Baldwin Boxall's stand at the 2011 ProLight & Sound will see the infamous Plug & Socket complete with a 'barn-style' extension.

Sharing the stand with Baldwin Boxall are Laauser & Vohl, Soundtube and Barth Acoustic. While supping on a drop of Harvey's Real Ale, visitors will be able to view and discuss the latest products available from each of the companies.

Amongst the picnic tables and bar stools, there will be demonstrations of the VIGIL EVAS voice evacuation system (complete with touchscreen and VoIP control), OmniCare emergency voice communication system and ranges of loudspeakers from Barth Acoustics and Soundtube.

(Jim Evans)

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UK / Germany - Studiomaster, is launching major new products at this year's Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. The company is introducing its first live digital mixer, the Digilive 16, and unveiling its new proprietary digital amplifier technology. The launch of the Horizon 2012 powered mixer sees the rebirth of the Horizon series; building on the heritage of the original 1990's Horizon mixers with all new design, and new standards of build and performance.

Designed primarily as a live mixing console, an optional Firewire interface provides the Studiomaster Digilive 16 with extensive sound recording and production capabilities. Developed from the ground up, utilising an entirely new proprietary DSP mix platform, the Digilive 16 incorporates an extensive array of production features and system expansion options; rackmount expander modules provide for extension of th

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UK - The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is recruiting for creative, production, operational and IT staff for the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Last summer, LOCOG announced the appointment of Danny Boyle as artistic director of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, and a team of executive producers led by Steven Daldry to oversee the Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies in 2012.

Now roles within the London 2012 Ceremonies Team working at Three Mills Studios in East London are being advertised on the London 2012 website.

Creative roles include producer of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, head of audio visual, head of costume, head of casting and design studio manager. Applications must be made by 23 February 2011 for these roles.

Bill Morris, LOCOG directo

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Australia Events company Production Works, based in Hobart, Tasmania, has become the first in the country to upgrade its Midas PRO6 digital audio system to a Midas PRO9.

The PRO9 package, supplied by Victoria-based Midas distributor National Audio Systems, tops the Midas PRO Series and features a massive 88 channel input count and 35 buses, with the dual stage boxes offering placement flexibility up to 200m apart and 500m from the FOH position.

Production Works CEO Tony Miller comments, "The PR09 gives us identical features to the PRO6 but with expanded input channels live on the surface. This allows us to tackle larger theatre shows and concert events without the need for multiple consoles. Twenty four extra live channels make a big difference when you have 30 or so radio microphones, and a large chorus or choir with a 30 piece orchestra. Now everything is condensed onto

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Belgium - ArKaos has announced the appointment of ULA Group as exclusive Australian and New Zealand distributor for the ArKaos range of show and lighting media server products. ArKaos' product line offers software and hardware combinations that allow those working on shows of all scales (and budgets) to incorporate video, projection or LED control into their productions and integrate them with the show's lighting.

"We are delighted to welcome ArKaos to the ULA Group family of products" says ULA Group's managing director, Cuono Biviano. "ArKaos software is a world leading standard of media management technology and complements our VuePix LED screen range. The brand is well established and has a great reputation throughout Australia with its media server technology being utilized for many high-end productions and projects. We are glad to have the opportunity to work

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Australia - ARX has announced the release of their new MaxiDrive six channel high current line driver / distribution amplifier.ARX's managing director Colin Park states, "With the advent and widespread use of large self powered line array loudspeaker systems, the change in system signal drive requirements seems to have been missed by many signal processor / DSP processor designers and manufacturers. "It seems little thought has been given to what follows on in the signal chain and the demands multiple loudspeaker input impedance loads can place on processor output stages. "The perceived grittiness and lack of clarity at high operating levels sometimes attributed to large line arrays performance can probably be more attributed to the inability of the preceding signal processors in the audio chain to drive multiple parallel loads at high voltage levels over long react

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Germany - Optocore has appointed Mark Davidson as its new international sales & marketing manager, based at the company's HQ in Munich. His global remit will include the EMEA territories, Russia and Pacific Asia.

Davidson, who is multilingual, has enjoyed a distinguished career in network systems for broadcast and live applications, both in North America and Europe. He arrives at Optocore from Advantech Wireless, where he was selling satellite uplink and downlink equipment as well as networking systems.

He says he is relishing the challenges ahead. "The company has great technology and a strong foothold in the broadcast, live and fixed installation markets. The potential is huge and I'm really excited - I'm sure we can grow the company exponentially."

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UAE - Melody House, based in Dubai is now the distributor of Canadian-based acoustics solutions experts Primacoustics.

"As distributors of microphones, audio interfaces and other related studio products, acoustic products from Primacoustics is a great fit to our product portfolio," commented Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House.

He added, "although we have had great success with off the shelf acoustic products like recoil stabilizers, room kits, bass traps and more, we see great potential for bespoke solutions."

(Jim Evans)

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UK / Germany - Cadac is launching a new compact digital console at this year's prolight+sound. The Cadac DM1600 is an all-new development based upon a proprietary DSP mix platform. The new mixer marks Cadac's continuing expansion into new market sectors with this its first 'budget' digital console.

Designed primarily as a live mixing console, an optional Firewire interface additionally provides extensive recording capabilities, while 16-channel 19-inch rackmount expander modules provide for up to a 48 channel mix system. Console features include 16 motorised faders, hi-resolution TFT colour display and scene recall of all functions.

Specially developed ultra-low distortion EQ filters and analogue sounding compressors, 24-bit / 96kHz Delta-Sigma AD/DA converters, and four 4th generation 32/40-bit floating-point SHARC processors ensure that sound quality is of the highest order,

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Glastonbury 2011 - Coldplay have been confirmed as one of the three headliners at this year's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset. The band will play the main Pyramid Stage on Saturday 25 June. Organiser Michael Eavis said, "Coldplay have played such a major part in the festival over the last 10 years or so. This is the triumphant return of a band that everyone here feels part of. They're one of the greatest phenomena to grow from these fields." Coldplay last headlined Glastonbury in 2005 and also topped the bill in 2002, three years after first appearing at the festival. Beyonce has also been announced as a headliner and will perform on the Pyramid Stage on the last day of the event, Sunday 26 June.

Eurovision Latest - X Factor twins Jedward have become Ireland's next Eurovision entrants with the song Lipstick. The duo beat four other acts on RTE's Late

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UK - The First Night Riders - a group of motorbike riding, theatre professionals and their friends - will once more don their leathers and helmets to raise much needed funds for The Theatrical Guild (TTG). As 2010, the one-week motorcycle ride is scheduled to visit some of the UK's most exciting theatres, towns and cities. However for added excitement riders will this year visit the Isle of Man TT course and also Stratford Upon Avon, where they will have the privilege of seeing a new production of Macbeth at the regenerated Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

The 2011 ride will rev up and burn off from the National Theatre on 18 June and the event will climax on 25 June at Alexandra Palace.

Motorbike enthusiasts from the industry are invited to join in, feel the wind in their hair and raise money for TTG, either on a daily basis or for the whole engine-revving week. Information

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Spain - "This says everything you need to know about building a strong network on the back on fantastic products," commented David Rosello who heads up the d&b audiotechnik Spanish office. Speaking after receiving a special award from Produccion Audio magazine in Madrid, he said, "We have won awards from the readers of this magazine before; in the past it has been for specific d&b products, but this award is different and I'm very proud to accept it on behalf of d&b."

Produccion Audio is exhaustive in its judging process; the first stage is a readers' vote via the internet to draw up a shortlist of three nominees for each category. From these a panel of judges makes the final decision.

"The magazine appoints the judges, a selection of the great and good from all corners of the Pro Audio industry in Spain," explained Rosello. "Th

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UK - West London based rental company Entec is supplying a sound system for the ongoing Skunk Anansie world tour which has just started its latest European leg.

FOH sound engineer Paul Ramsay who has worked with the band since 1996, has specified a d&b J-Series system with d&b B2-SUBS for the euro tour which visits a range of large theatres and arenas.

Ramsay is mixing the show on the original Midas XL4 console that Entec bought when they first supplied audio for the band in 1996.

While he's a big fan of digital consoles and the DiGiCo brand in particular - he used an SD7 for the 2010 festival run, also supplied by Entec - he felt that the XL4 was and still is spot-on for the band. "Both consoles sound amazing," He says, "The SD7 has a very analogue hands-on feel about it and in fact on the summer run with this board I reckon I got stunning results. However I

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USA / UK - Richard Cadena, a respected lighting designer and entertainment technology media professional, has joined the PLASA staff. Richard will serve as the Technical Editor for Lighting&Sound America and Lighting&Sound International magazines, and, at Protocol magazine with sr. technical editor Karl Ruling. Additionally in the PLASA North American office, Richard will serve as assistant technical standards manager.

Richard will take over as Technical Editor of Lighting&Sound International magazine from James Eade, who has helped the PLASA Media team steer the technical content of L&SI for the past nine years. Lee Baldock, editor of L&SI since 2004, said: "James has made a huge contribution to the technical content of L&SI over the years, while still running his own successful business, e-Mech. I personally would like to thank him for all his help and guidance over that

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