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Portugal - Held in Bela Vista Park in Lisbon, Gabisom Audio Equipment from Brazil deployed Martin Audio's premier MLA rig on the World Stage for the first time at the recent five-day Rock in Rio Festival in Lisbon. In doing so it was the largest deployment of MLA on a single stage.

The historical ties between Martin Audio's MLA and Rock in Rio began with a system test at the US event in Las Vegas in May 2015, where it appeared on the second stage, the Mercedes-Benz Evolution. An eclectic line-up over the Rock and Pop weekends included Foster the People, Gary Clark Jr., Grave with Steve Vai, Deftones, Jessi J, Charli XCX, Joss Stone, Magic!,Tove Lo, James Bay and others.

Each FOH engineer was extremely complimentary about the award-winning MLA, saying it was one of the easiest shows they had done. Dwayne Baker, FOH engineer for Theophilus London, said, "It's an incredible s

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USA - Founded in 1821, the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist was the first church in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. This traditional Roman Catholic church was completed in 1916, and features soaring ceilings and hard surfaces, creating a very reverberant space with difficult voice intelligibility.

Because the church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, there could be no changes to the architecture or physical appearance of the building. To address the situation, Gulf Coast Sound of Rayne, Louisiana and architectural consulting firm BAi of Austin, Texas were brought in.

"It was a very challenging situation. We were dealing with a nearly five-second reverb time, and preserving the aesthetics meant no acoustic treatment, so a big Public Address system wouldn't have worked," says Larry Habetz, CEO of Gulf Coast Sound. "The old system had speakers under

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UK - Adlib supplied lighting equipment and crew for the recent tour by UK rock band James who played a mix of UK arenas, academies and city hall venues at the start of their Girl At The End of the World album campaign. Neil Anderson was the tour director, with Matt Johnson (road manager), Cally Harris (production co-ordinator) and Adam Johnston (stage manager.)

Lighting was designed by Chris Montrie and lighting crew chief Ben Hodgkins advanced and co-ordinated all the lighting tenders and related elements of the tour. Chris is based in Washington DC so he and Ben liaised closely in advance and as the tour was approaching, with Ben ensuring that everything was prepped and ready to go for Chris when he arrived at Adlib for a two-day WYSIWYG programme prior to production rehearsals.

Chris had a free reign in creating the design with some input from the band and the li

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UK - Riders are revving up to participate in the 2016 First Night Riders 'Magical Mystery' charity motorbike and classic car ride, visiting theatres across the country to raise money and awareness for The Theatrical Guild (TTG).

This year's tour will take to the road between the 7th and 11th of July somewhere within 100 miles of central London.

The Theatrical Guild, celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, has long helped those working in backstage and front of house roles during their times of need. The organisation offers advice, re-training opportunities or one-off grants to those who, due to a range of circumstances, may require support.

The ride has a new format this year. For the first time ever the route and venues that will be visited along the way are top secret. The details will be revealed at the Thursday night briefing on the 7th of July. More informati

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Germany - In its VSM, Lawo offers OB vans, studios and complete broadcast facilities the most sophisticated and powerful control system to date. Now, customers' demands for a somewhat smaller 'crosspoint switching only' solution are answered by Lawo's VSM SNAP - a budget-friendly control tool that offers just the basic functionality on an LBP pushbutton panel.

VSM SNAP is available for a selection of LBP pushbutton panels to control third-party gear directly and without requiring a VSM server. And while VSM SNAP directly addresses small matrix applications, it can also be used as a backup router control solution for a VSM system.

VSM SNAP requires regular LBP pushbutton panels extended with a memory module and specific software. In this combination, an LBP panel can natively talk router control protocols, and provides processing for simple router control logic without the

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UK - d&b GB is all set for this year's ABTT Theatre Show at London's Alexandra Palace, 22-23 June. The show will be an ABTT first for the celebrated V-Series point source loudspeakers.

Renowned for their remarkable sensitivity in the vocal range, the V10P will take centre stage in show's 'pop up' Studio Theatre (PBS). Accompanied by Y7s, V-SUBs, E6s and E8s all powered by the flagship D80, whilst the V7P will take pride of place on the d&b stand no. A54.

Live Performance Masterclasses will take place in the PBS, an opportunity for aspiring technicians to get practical insights into the everyday challenges facing production teams in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The Education and Application Support team at d&b GB - always ready to go back to basics, or share their latest experiments - will be offering sessions on choosing the right loudspeakers and tuning a system usi

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USA - As musical director, bandleader, and announcer for The Late Late Show on CBS, improvising vocalist, comedian, and actor Reggie Watts is a busy guy with a lot to keep track of on stage. To monitor his band, Karen, while interacting with host James Corden and taking direction from the control room, he uses Sensaphonics 3D AARO Active Ambient IEM System on stage. The patented system uses microphones embedded in custom soft silicone earphones to add controlled ambience to the in-ear mix, which includes the band feed, host James Corden's mic, and the IFB feed from the control room.

"I'm really big into using the 3D," says Watts. "I love the Full Ambient mode, where you just open up the mics and hear the room as your ears would be hearing naturally, I really appreciate that. It's extra cool during the show, because I get people coming up to tell me things, or when James

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Germany - The Museum of Communications in Frankfurt recently invested in Allen & Heath's Qu-16 digital rackmount mixer with AR2412 remote IO rack to manage its varied events calendar.

"The Museum is well known for its regular change of exhibitions and hosting world-famous speakers. We needed a console that is both reliable and with excellent sound quality," explains audio engineer, Kai Grumpe.

The Museum of Communications hosts various events throughout the year, including regularly changing exhibitions, private functions, concerts and conferences. The venue needed a new console that could manage a variety of functions, including live sound and broadcast feeds, for a diverse event programme ranging from jazz bands to panel discussions.

"Allen & Heath's Qu-16 offers everything we need to manage the Museum's daily business. It has stunning FX and very good sound quality,

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UK - The list of clients that use London's Factory Studios is a testimony to the quality of its sound design and mixing work. Last year Factory became the first UK facility to include a Dolby Atmos-licenced suite for commercials and trailers, which features 35 Alcons CRMS Cinema Reference Monitor System speakers.

Founded in 1997, the award-winning facility has produced the sound for projects by many high profile clients, including EE, O2, Renault, Nike, Three, eBay, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Harvey Nichols, BT, Sony and Samsung.

"We aim to be at the forefront of developments in audio technology," says Factory sound engineer Ben Firth. "We have a close relationship with Dolby and are always interested in new formats. We were introduced to Atmos at an early stage and, with an increasing volume of work, have been able to build two new sound studios, one with dedicated 9.1 surround

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Cyprus - ARX Systems has appointed Nicosia based V HyperSound & Light Ltd as its exclusive distributor for Cyprus.

"V HyperSound & Light's is a well known and respected distributor of Professional audio and lighting products," says ARX MD, Colin Park. "Here at ARX, we're looking forward to working with Vassos Mouzouras and his team. They're the ideal partner to grow the market and user base for our digital and analogue product range throughout Cyprus."

"ARX fits perfectly into our portfolio, and will be of great interest to our installation, live sound, corporate, broadcast and studio customers," says V HyperSound & Light's managing director Vassos Mouzouras. ARX joins a distribution portfolio that includes Mackie, Clock Audio, Logic Systems and Pan Acoustics.

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UK - Having helped establish the inaugural Wild Life event at the Shoreham Airport festival site near Brighton last year - fulfilling an idea floated by dance music specialists Rudimental and Disclosure - Capital Sound returned in 2016 with their Martin Audio MLA system to build on that success.

With SJM Concerts again promoting the event on the Sussex coast, and the experienced Simon Barrington and Mike Oates in charge of production duties, Capital equipped three of the four featured stages with the MLA Multi-cellular loudspeaker arrays - including the Indoor Stage (Supercharged) for the first time.

Another first was that they were able to road test the new Beta version of Martin Audio's latest Display software release simultaneously in all three zones, with Robin Conway reporting 100% satisfaction. "The tonal quality is excellent as is the pan control of the lower freque

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Switzerland - Schertler Group has announced the release of TIM and TOM; two compact, high-performance, active analogue 2.1 amplification systems that are designed for both acoustic instrument amplification and for general PA use in a range of venues. Each system comprises a powerful active subwoofer and two passive satellites.

Timis a 600W (350 +125+125) system that is designed for use with acoustic instruments and in jazz or DJ sets. This system also forms an efficient compact PA for use in small to medium sized venues such as piano bars, gyms, conference rooms or ballrooms.

Larger sibling Tom has a 1000W (500+250+250) output. This system has been specifically developed for use in medium to large sized indoor and outdoor venues, providing powerful coverage for a range of mobile sound reinforcement applications.

The subwoofers are constructed using BJT (Bipolar Junctio

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Australia - ARX Systems has announced the release of their new SuperSplitter transformer isolated one input to three outputs passive splitter.

ARX's managing director Colin Park said, "Here at ARX we're excited about adding the new SuperSplitter to our popular AudiBox range.

"Our new SuperSplitter is a transformer isolated one input to three outputs passive splitter. It is ideal for splitting one audio signal three ways in applications where complete Galvanic isolation is required. Galvanic Isolation using transformers is the classic method used to prevent Ground Loops and Hums, providing noiseless signal routing, Broadcast Split feeds, Remote Recording splits and many more applications."

The SuperSplitter is available as either a single channel or dual channel unit and allows phantom powering of microphones and direct boxes via the direct out to input XLR, and feature

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USA - The Atco Dragway opened in Atco, New Jersey over 50 years ago and has thus been the setting for many of the memories most cherished by Northeast drag-racing enthusiasts. Its quarter-mile strip sees action more days than not (in addition to weekend events, weekday events are commonplace), making Atco Dragway one of the busiest dragways in the country.

However, the thunder from the engines was, until recently, the only full-frequency effect at Atco. All of the sound reinforcement squeezed its way into the world through anemic paging horns. Now, fully-weatherproofed, full-frequency Danley OS-80 loudspeakers backed by Ashly processing and amplification keep up (if only sonically) with the dragsters at Atco.

"We've been working with Atco for years, but I was only recently able to convince them of how much better the fans' experience would be with full-range loudspeakers,"

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USA - UK-based singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding is currently in the middle of an extensive tour that kicked off in Europe in January with Adlib Audio and includes two North American legs extending into late June, with European and US festival dates plus shows in Australia and New Zealand keeping her on the road through mid-October.

The Delirium World Tour's North American dates, with audio production handled by Eighth Day Sound, include a full complement of DiGiCo mixing consoles - an SD5 at front-of-house with an SD10 available for opening acts, and an SD7 at the monitor position.

FOH engineer Joe Harling, who has been touring with Goulding for two and a half years, first started using DiGiCo desks three years ago. "I find that their routing flexibility and features such as two insert points per channel allow me to achieve what I want. They have a very neutral sound, whic

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UK - FBT Audio UK has moved to new warehouse and office premises in Rochester, Kent, following a period of exceptional growth, says company MD, Mark Parkhouse.

"Sales of FBT audio products and JTS microphones have increased so much during the past year that we had run out of space in our previous facility," he said. "What we needed most was a considerable increase in warehouse space so that we can make more products available for quick delivery. We have particularly increased stocks of FBT's growing installation and touring range of products, enabling us to offer next day, and even same day, delivery in some cases."

FBT AUDIO UK is now located at Unit 16, Stirling Park, Laker Road, Rochester Airport Estate, Rochester, Kent ME1 3QR. The company's telephone numbers remain unchanged: Phone: +44 0203 598 5162 - Fax: +44 0203 598 5163.

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Ireland - Global flightcase hardware and premium 19" racking manufacturer Penn Elcom is launching Penn Elcom Ireland, a new all-encompassing facility and operation which will spearhead expansion in a growing market and be headed by the charismatic Rory Winston.

Penn Elcom chairman and founder Roger Willems stated: "The Irish pro entertainment industry market shows definitive signs of recovering from the economic dip, there are many installations and other projects happening and flourishing! It's been our intention to open a base there for some time, but then circumstances converged to make this a really opportune time."

These circumstances include Rory becoming available to run Penn Elcom Ireland and also the 7000sq.ft warehouse facility in south County Dublin coming on-stream, so with these two plusses, Roger activated the plan. Stock of Penn's extensive standard flightca

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UK - More than 70 of Martin Audio's new CDD installation loudspeakers, featuring patented Coaxial Differential Dispersion driver technology, have been installed by Middlesex Sound & Light (MSL) in a London based leisure hospitality venue, called Swingers. Built around two nine-hole crazy golf courses, Swingers also features a dining area with street food, a two-tier clubhouse and five bars.

Run by the Institute of Competitive Socialising (ICS), it not only hosts corporate crazy golf sessions for the business world - bringing the outside indoors - but then transforms the 16,000sq.ft of space into a more upbeat vibe after dark, with nightly DJs. It is described as an environment of "competitive socialising".

MSL are just one of a number of integrators who have made the CDD their 'go to' solution since its launch in Frankfurt 15 months ago. Director Darrel Olivier says that a

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UK - The Lighterman, a new pub, dining room and bar on Granary Square in London's Kings Cross offers relaxed all day dining and drinking, with views over the square as well as Regent's Canal. To capture the mood of the day and to create a vibrant evening atmosphere, the venue has installed a high quality Bose sound system, with discreet Bose FreeSpace 3 cube speakers offering music over all three floors.

With music being a key factor in the overall customer experience, the system was installed by Bose pro partner Tateside to offer managers on each of the floors overall control of the source music and volume. There are four iPads, each loaded with the Bose ControlSpace Remote app, which is designed specifically to give intuitive wireless control across multiple devices to end users wherever networked Bose system electronics are installed.

At The Lighterman, a Bose ControlSp

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UK - Specialists in delivering high octane sound for international EDM events, Capital Sound returned to the award-winning We Are FSTVL site at Damyns Hall Aerodrome in Upminster over May Bank Holiday, fielding their premier Martin Audio MLA system on the three main stages.

The production company last worked with promoter Reece Miller on the two-day event back in 2014, and with production values ramping up they were recalled this year by festival production director, Simon Barrington (of Sibar Productions), with whom they have collaborated on Above & Beyond shows (and last year's Wild Life Festival).

This year, with Fatboy Slim and Steve Angello headlining an all-star cast of international DJs (including Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, Craig David and Armand van Helden) the upgraded stage enabled them to support a greater speaker payload and hence the additional MLA elements gav

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Russia - An Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing system recently managed a special concert in the Philharmonic Hall of Astrakhan, in the southern region of Russia.

The system, consisting of an S5000 Control Surface and DM48 MixRack, was equipped with Dante, Waves and MADI network cards, and managed both FOH and monitor sound, as well as providing a multi-channel recording.

The concert was performed by Makhov's Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, named after its first artistic director and conductor, Vyacheslav Makhov. Based in Astrakhan, the orchestra tours musical festivals all around the country, and staged a special home coming performance.

Leonid Butakov, conductor of the orchestra, said: "dLive has an amazing sound! It is unbelievably soft and velvet smooth. I was so comfortable working on stage that I didn't even notice when our performance was over. I've never

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USA - After their 'difficult second album' hit the number one spot in the UK, US, and Canada, you could say that The Lumineers have officially gone global with Cleopatra. The critically acclaimed, two-time Grammy-nominated folk trio from Colorado are currently selling out venues across the US and Europe. Keeping everything sweet at side of stage is Brad Galvin, mixing monitors on his trusted DiGiCo SD5.

The Lumineers are Wesley Schultz, Neyla Pekarek, and Jeremiah Caleb Fraites - and their music is making serious waves all over the globe. Playing intimate, fan-friendly venues has, says Brad, been a real treat to witness.

"It's a real breakthrough, as there's always serious pressure with album number two, but they've knocked it out the park in my opinion, and the fans seem to love it," says Brad, who first became acquainted with The Lumineers while working with the D

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Iran / Jordan - As a part of 'Sound Academy', an ongoing set of roadshows across the Middle East, Sennheiser has successfully conducted two events in Iran and Jordan, in collaboration with its partners Ertebat Co. and Advanced Solutions respectively.

While both events were conducted in May and followed a two-day format, the roadshow in Iran was tailored to end-users and focused on Sennheiser's Audio for Video and Business Communications product ranges while the event in Jordan had a split focus on microphone technologies and RF management for rental companies and installers, and Business Communications solutions for end users and consultants.

Commenting on the importance of conducting such events, Mostafa Ghamari, brand development manager at Ertebat Co. said, "I believe that at this moment, the presence of well-known companies like Sennheiser beside their distributors in

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UK - From the moment Adele shattered her four-year silence with Hello (January 2016), the first single in YouTube history to reach one billion views, the high production values of the subsequent sell-out tour were a foregone conclusion. The Adele Live 2016 tour production is all about staging Adele with her strong personality, witty stories and strong vocal range - but not centre-stage, rather across two stages - and with her sound inexorably linked to her presence.

A TiMax SoundHub-S32 audio show control matrix, specified by system engineer Ulf Oeckel and purchased by sound provider Black Box Music, was employed for this fundamentally simple but vital task.

The main stage PA was comprised of main L/R, side L/R, rear L/R, subwoofers and front-fill feeds, and four channels of mono'd front and rear main hangs and front-fills for the B stage. TiMax doubles up these 12

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