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Italy - Fireworks weren't the only thing making noise at the fourth annual Adelfia Fireworks Fair in Bari, Italy, with D.A.S. professional sound systems playing an active role in the event's success. The fair drew in massive crowds this year, with 30,000 spectators turning out to see a series of firework displays designed by the top Italian companies in the industry.

The festivities fall on the same day that marks the festival of San Trifone and culminate in a fireworks show set to music. Pyrotechnic Emotions of the Past and Present was a group effort put on by Nanna Fireworks and Pirotécnica San Severo, while Omnia Service was called in to the technical side of the show.

Omni Service paired up with Antonio Armillotta when it came time to design the sound for this much-anticipated event, together deploying a power-packed selection of D.A.S. line array systems

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France - QSC has announced the appointment of two new distribution partners in France, Algam Entreprises and AED Distribution. Algam will represent the QSC Systems Division and AED will represent the QSC Professional Division, respectively, to offer the company's portfolio of integrated systems and live sound products and solutions to customers throughout the country.

Both firms bring many years of expertise as leading distributors in the region, enabling premium manufacturers of professional audio visual products to consistently gain top market share positions in the region.

The new appointments follow a long and successful collaboration between QSC and Sennheiser France, who, by mutual agreement, will end their distribution arrangements at the beginning of July 2016. This decision, taken at the highest level in each organization, is a reflection of evolving product strat

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UK - Following the announcement of its appointment of independent audio engineering and design consultancy Vanguardia as its UK distributor for MeTrao, its unique intelligent network audio measurement system, Acoustic and audio specialist Event Acoustics has also assigned Istanbul-based ELIT the sole rights for Turkey, and audio visual design and distribution specialist ZAP S.A for Switzerland.

An unparalleled tool, MeTrao provides audio professionals and event organisers with a quick and easy way to measure and observe the increasingly strict sound level regulations of live event environments, whilst boosting the quality of the audio output. The system offers a unique feature of diagnosing off-site which sound system at a multi-stage event is reaching a risky level. It also establishes the problematic frequency so that adjustments can be made. This allows engineers and event

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UK - The 8th Edition to PLASA Focus Leeds was once again a hit with the entertainment technology industry, welcoming record numbers of brands and a 9% increase in visitor numbers from 2015. The launch of the new Pavilion enabled the sell-out event to attract more new technology products to the show floor and saw the show appeal to even more buyers with the 2016 edition welcoming more than 2,600 attendees.

Christopher Toulmin, Director of PLASA Events comments: "The feedback from the show so far has been extremely positive, with a large emphasis on the quantity of business achieved. PLASA Focus Leeds had £425million worth of visitor spending power registered to the show, cementing its importance as a must-attend event for the region."

This point is reinforced by Bridget Kaur, J&C Joel's UK?sales rep for the south, who comments: "The show has been busy, as always. We'v

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Switzerland - Schertler has completed its family of "next generation" acoustic amplifiers with the release of UNICO, a compact five-channel amp that "combines performance power and versatility with excellent sound quality".

Equipped with a 1" dome tweeter and 10" woofer, and featuring an optimized 2-way bass reflex construction, UNICO offers 250W (200W + 50W) of bi-amplified power. As well as proving ideal for acoustic instrument amplification and performing well in jazz ensembles, UNICO's 10" woofer also makes it a good crossover amp for electric guitars, says the company.

UNICO includes a balanced microphone (XLR) input, an unbalanced mic/instrument input and an input offering both balanced microphone and unbalanced mic/instrument options. Both instrument inputs feature a Bootstrap technology that enables the input to automatically adapt to any impedance.

The three m

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USA - Located in Jupiter, Florida, Grace Immanuel Bible Church holds two identical worship services each Sunday with a smaller service Sunday evening in its 650-seat sanctuary. Services feature a blend of traditional and modern worship music for all ages and cultures with several vocalists and a variety of instruments and percussion. To support its worship services and special programs, Grace Immanuel recently acquired an Allen & Heath S7000 digital mixer with a DM64 MixRack and DX32 Expander.

Dan Kreider, Grace Immanuel's Minister of Music, says the church's special services may include a 12-voice mixed ensemble and an orchestra resulting in as many as 78 sources. To accommodate this quantity of inputs and provide separate mixes for its sound reinforcement system, in-ear stage monitors and live broadcast, the church had been cascading a pair of older, 32-channel digital mixer

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France - Situated in the French city of Lyon, the new Parc Olympique Lyonnais has ensured that its 59,000 capacity stadium will be served by pristine, broadcast quality audio - thanks to Powersoft's Ottocanali multi-channel amplifiers and EAW's high output, point source QX loudspeakers - as it prepares to be the main host for a major sports tournament this summer.

Axente, a well-respected professional audio distributor in France, and integration specialists Groupe SNEF and Axians worked together to design the distributed sound reinforcement system that provides fans with an enhanced game day experience. They teamed up with the design office of Atelier Audiovisuel, the engineering consulting firm brought in by Vinci Construction, to ensure that all of the stadium audio needs were met.

The eight-channel Ottocanali amplifiers provide 144 independently configurable channels to

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UK - The original Ronnie Scott's opened its doors in October 1959 as a small basement club where local musicians could jam with others who shared their passion. Almost six decades later, and in its Soho home, Ronnie Scott's is one of the world's best-known jazz clubs, regularly hosting the genre's biggest names as well as nurturing rising stars. The club also offers a diverse programme of live music including Latin, jive, blues, flamenco, tap dancing and DJ sets which has helped make it the place to be for both the new hipster generation and music fans seeking the very best in live jazz.

A recent upgrade of the club's technical facilities has seen the installation of a bespoke digital audio network plus two DiGiCo consoles, with the system design, supply and installation all carried out by Autograph Sales & Installations.

The club's technical manager Miles Ashton had been

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Mexico - The jewel in the crown of Mexico's live music scene is the Vive Latino festival. Now in its 17th year, this hugely successful concert weekend takes place in the Foro Sol in Mexico City. Its concept is to gather important and upcoming bands from all over Ibero-America. This year, 150,000 people gathered to hear the performances of 70 artists and groups from 18 countries.

As in previous years, the primary PA systems were provided by Tecnoson Espectaculos, for the promoter OCESA Group. Under the leadership of sound designer Sergio Zenteno, two of the main stages were set up with Nexo STM modular line array systems. Drawing on Tecnoson's extensive inventory, the system specification for the Tecate Stage was an example of the diversity and sonic compatibility of the range of Nexo cabinets.

On the Tecate Stage, played by Natalia Lafourcade, Leon Larregui, Carla Morrison

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UK - The Huntingdonshire Charity Ball has been organised by Le Mark's Kirsty Fisher, the partner of the late Dave Cartwright.

Dave, Le Mark's national business development manager, tragically suffered a stroke in June 2015 and passed away one month later. Kirsty wanted to commemorate the anniversary of Dave's passing and at the same time find a way to thank and support both the Woodlands Centre at Hinchingbrooke and Addenbrookes Hospitals, which battled to save his life.

After discussing with friends and colleagues Kirsty's decision was to ensure it was a true celebration of Dave's life and the idea of a VIP Charity Ball was born. Forming a group under the heading of 'Friends of Huntingdon Charity' the event has grown and grown.

Kirsty says: "It's been incredible. Once people knew of the plans and the charities that would benefit, local business people came forward and

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UK - When Kevin Mobberley set up his West Midlands based rental company Stage Audio Services at the beginning of the 1980s, the mainstay of his PA inventory consisted of Martin Audio's classic B1, B2 and legendary MH212 'Philishave' components.

Fast forward 35 years and the wheel has turned full circle as the company has placed the first of what will become several tranches of investment, in the High Wycombe manufacturer's new MLA platform.

They have acquired a substantial MLA Compact rig (including MLX subs) promising that this will be the start of a steady upgrade path into both Martin Audio Multicellular Loudspeaker Array and Differential Dispersion technology (with the DD12).

Explaining the timing of the new MLA acquisition Kevin Mobberley said, "With the outdoor season approaching we were getting asked increasingly by our clients to investigate MLA. The system is

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Denmark - 4EVAC has confirmed the appointment of its new Danish distributor, Pro-Partner AV Solution A/S at El & TEKNIK 2016, the annual commercial electronics exhibition in Denmark.

4EVAC presented its range of commercial voice-alarm control and iIndication equipment systems solutions at the show. The new 4EVAC Compact500 audio/voice evacuation system made an impact as a systems' solution in a 'box'.

Offering the latest Voice-Alarm technology for modern environments, the Compact500 is easy to install and fulfills the exacting demands of engineers, electrical contractors, architects and facility managers. In addition it provides peace of mind as fully compliant with EN-54 standards.

Kasper Christiansen CEO, Pro-Partner AV Solution, commented, " We're delighted with the positive feedback from our clients about the Compact 500. It seems that a "single box' non-compromisi

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Online Fraud - Music and sports fans trying to secure event tickets lost more than £5m to online fraud in 2015, councils have revealed. Customers who fell victim to ticket fraud lost an average of £444 per transaction, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. It urged social media sites urged to do more to prevent the problem as they were used for almost half of the scams.

Councils have warned that the problem is increasing, with total losses up from £3.35m in 2014. Officials say that summer could be "ripe for criminals to exploit desperate fans", with a series of sporting events, festivals and Wembley concerts by Beyoncé, Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen all expected to be targeted by fraudsters.

Grounded - Eagles of Death Metal have been dropped from two French music festivals, after their singer reiterated his suggestion that securit

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USA - Sennheiser will be participating at InfoComm 2016 held from 4-10 June in Las Vegas. The audio specialist will be expanding its new wireless conferencing system, TeamConnect Wireless, with an alternative charging base being launched at InfoComm.

Sennheiser will also be presenting the second new addition to the TeamConnect Family, TeamConnect Ceiling, an innovative ceiling mounted array microphone with automatic beamforming technology for fixed installations. Visitors to the Sennheiser booth (C10908) can experience the wide range of professional products for business communications, including its newly expanded SpeechLine Digital Wireless microphone range, Speakerphone series and MobileConnect audio streaming solution. For those wanting to learn more, Sennheiser will also be offering a special Manufacturer's Training session and a dedicated demonstration-room.

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Italy - Professional Audio Systems manufacturer dBTechnologies has announced the launch of its new website www.dbtechnologies.com

The new responsive design delivers an engaging user-experience across devices allowing consumers to easily access contents on desktops, tablets and mobile.

The new website is the most complete source of information about dBTechnologies world: news, events and a complete overview on products available in three languages (English, Italian and Spanish)

dBTechnologies' sales & marketing director Giovanni Barbieri points out the reasons for this change. "dBTechnologies' users community is growing at a fast pace worldwide, and we need to provide them with the most complete information. Our customers want to be able to access content wherever they are, whenever they need it. Whether they're experienced professionals or entry level users willing to

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China - APG North East Asia has announced completion of its first Uniline house of worship installation in China. Situated in Shantou, the 3,000 capacity Shantou Sheng Ming Tang church is one of the biggest in the Guangdong province.

The project was carried out by MPHK Group Ltd, the Hong Kong based APG dealer, who installed the entire sound system as well as HD video and LED stage lighting solutions. The project was completed in just a month, from system design to implementation.

"The main acoustical challenge was to overcome the unwanted resonance due to the size of the church," remembers APG North and Eastern Asia managing director Raymond Wong. "Its high ceilings and the presence of two corridors on each side of the room were challenging as they created unwanted resonance. Because the Uniline range is easily controllable, we knew we would easily overcome those challeng

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Germany - HK Audio is set to power a month-long extravaganza of events at Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena this summer, culminating in a world record-breaking weekend on 9/10 July.

Throughout June and the first week of July, a sizeable Cohedra system will provide the sounds for a series of Euro 2016 public viewing experiences that will be shown on a 550m

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USA - Although it's been open for a mere four years in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, The Velvet Note has attracted national attention. Its intimate room seats only 40 and was carefully designed by George Seldon to support music with stunning, well-balanced acoustics.

"We take a lot of pride in the sound of our room," said Tamara Fuller, The Velvet Note's owner and nightly head-of-ceremonies. "We call it 'the acoustic living room,' and we've done everything we can to make it the very best way to experience live music."

"Until recently, the only thing that wasn't five stars about The Velvet Note was the PA system," explained Bob Bakert, an Atlanta-based guitarist, vocalist, composer, and pro-audio veteran who regularly graces the venue's stage. "I had heard Danley Sound Labs systems before, and I knew Danley's fantastic phase-coherence and fidelity could elevate

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USA - Professional Wireless Systems, a subsidiary of Masque Sound, has purchased the first two newly-released Bel Digital BM-A1-64DANTE monitoring units for their latest music awards show in Miami, Florida.

Jim Van Winkle, general manager of PWS, says, "We had an analogue monitoring system, but it required us to either put a splitter in line or get a return feed from the main show splitter. We had been looking for a way to monitor through Dante and we decided this box would be a good solution.

"We recently deployed the Bel monitors for the first time and everybody picked it up pretty quickly...we're very happy with it. We used both of our units on a recent Latin music awards show - one at the mic racks backstage for the lead RF engineer, and one on stage where the RF A2 can check a mic before handing it off to the talent."

The BM-A1-64DANTE is being used for monitoring

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USA - Christ Community Church technical director Michael Montanari has specified SSL L500 consoles for both front-of-house and monitor positions at its St Charles campus in Chicago. The consoles were purchased from SSL Live partner TC Furlong.

The 2000-capacity St Charles Campus auditorium has a regular Saturday afternoon service and two Sunday morning services, as well as a number of larger events throughout the year, including special worship nights and visiting touring acts. The Sunday services are streamed live over a dedicated fibre network live to the church's other three regional campuses. "We put a high value on production," says Montanari. "Concert-style audio, but probably not at quite as high an SPL!"

As most production crew and artists at the church are volunteers, the challenge for Montanari was finding technology that could deliver a big step up in quality, a

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Italy - The recently upgraded Sala Energia auditorium at the Arcadia Melzo multiplex in suburban Milan, Italy is the first cinema anywhere to power all of its screen channels with Meyer Sound Leopard line array loudspeakers. The 630-seat Sala Energia now contains the most powerful permanent Meyer Sound cinema system in the world, as well as one of Europe's largest Dolby Atmos systems.

"When I first heard the Leopard-based system in our Sala Energia, I was so excited and enthusiastic that I was moved to tears," recalls Piero Fumagalli, owner of Arcadia Cinemas. "I sensed immediately that the clarity, dynamics, and musicality of the Leopard arrays represented a major improvement over the previous system.

"This new Meyer Sound system is our investment in the future," continues Fumagalli. "Audiences are now willing to pay more to experience a film in the Sala Energia. We have

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UK - Global flightcase hardware and 19" racking manufacturer Penn Elcom is launching three new climate control products for 19" racking systems.

The CRC02-DTC, the FT-DTC and the FT01-Q-DTC - are all thermostatically controlled for optimised heat management in 19" racking installations.

Digital control gives refined and super accurate heat management via continuous temperature minoring and 'set-and-forget' fan control. All the products are optimised for quiet running, have over-temperature alarms and benefit from running off a universal power supply.

The units are engineered to the robust and reliable specifications common to all Penn Elcom products

The CRC02 thermo exhaust blower is a completely new 2U virtually silent (22.5 dBA) fan exhaust unit designed especially for use with 19" equipment rack units, to expel air from the front of the rack unit.

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UK - John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd has announced the arrival of their combined UK trade catalogue and price list for 2016/2017.

Once again using a book format and featuring every one of their 5700+ product lines, the new 240 page JHS catalogue makes it easy to track down those all-important SKU's from the Garforth-based suppliers huge inventory of products.

New to the catalogue are products from HK Audio including the innovative Lucas Nano 608i all-in-one PA featuring an integrated 8-channel digital mixer which is iPad enabled, Premium PR:O D cabs and Elements Easy, Smart, Line and Big Base single systems. Lab.gruppen expands its touring/portable and Lucia ranges while Lewitt introduce the LCT640TS multi-pattern large diaphragm condenser microphone.

"We know from talking to our dealers and from the feedback from our ASM's that last year's new look catalogue format was a

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USA - Audinate has announced that 300 manufacturers have now adopted Dante, the audio-over-IP networking solution, and that more than 750 Dante-enabled products are now available worldwide.

To celebrate these milestones, Audinate will bring back its popular #DanteEverywhere contest at InfoComm 2016, giving attendees the chance to win a variety of prizes by finding Dante partners exhibiting at the show.

To participate, attendees just need to take photos of the Dante Spoken Here signs at any of the over 90 Dante partner booths and post them to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #DanteEverywhere.

Participants posting the most pictures each day will win Bose QuietComfort 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones, and everyone who enters will win a Dante T-shirt. Get more information and a map of the Dante licensees at the Audinate booth #C11529, or at ww

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