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14 December 2016

Performance Manager version 2.1 integrates Rational Acoustics' Smaart acoustic testing and measurement software directly into the Performance Manager workflow, providing audio technicians and engineers with unprecedented access to measurement information - all delivered over the network in real-time.

"We are pleased to collaborate with Rational Acoustics to integrate industry-leading Smaart technology directly within our software platform, which now includes extremely powerful measurement integration for seamless measuring and tuning operations," said George Georgallis, product manager, tour sound systems, Harman Professional Solutions.

"With version 2.1, rea

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14 December 2016

Officially launched this month and now available in the UK and Europe, URSA Straps are made from a specially developed bonded fabric that is ultra-slim and provides excellent stretch, comfort and breathability. Each strap incorporates a pouch to keep the transmitter locked in place and a cable pocket for managing excess microphone cable. URSA Straps are available in black, beige and brown skin tone colours and can be worn around the ankle, thigh or waist.

Bysshe and Smith developed URSA Straps after listening to numerous artists express discomfort while wearing radio mic straps. Traditional thick neoprene or elastic straps can irritate the skin, become soaked

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14 December 2016

Another VT20 System was employed on the main stage. For this, the event organisers chose a VT20 Grand Venue setup of 2 x 6 VT20s, 2 x 4 VS18Fs and 16 VS18s as infra-array on the ground. The nearfield was covered by two TX20 tops. The PA was calibrated fast, yet precisely, the company says.

Four of the five trucks were equipped with the tried and tested HT16 horn-loaded tops plus SW18 and SW28 subwoofers. MT10 and MT12 multi-purpose loudspeakers were used as DJ monitors and for the truck sound.

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Dominating the landscape, the vibrant red and white canvas of the Big Top, which was largely used for electronic dance and other diverse acts, could be seen for miles around. Here the line-up included Goldie MBE, Greg Wilson, Theo Parrish, Joey Negro, as well as rising talent Gold Panda, Luke Abbott the Mercury Prize nominated Ghostpoet.

Glasgow-based Alive Sound are the traditional sound system

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14 December 2016

In May 2015, a small band of fans of the US rock group the Foo Fighters from Cesena, in the central Italian state of Romagna, decided that they were fed up with travelling long distances to see their favourite band every time they toured. The Foo Fighters hadn't played in Romagna since 1997, and had no plans to return.

Led by Fabio Zaffagnini, the friends decided to stage a live performance of the Foo Fighters song Learn To Fly. The plan was to have 1000 musicians playing simultaneously, film the performance, and send the video to the band in a bid to convince them to add Cesena to their next tour.

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Steinberg has been a part of the show since the beginning. "I was invited to begin working with the creative team when the show was still doing readings and workshops in 2014, and through its critically acclaimed sold-out run at the Public Theatre," says Steinberg. "The show is not new to me even though it's relatively new to Broadway. Lin-Manuel and many members of the creative team were people I worked with on In The Heights about eight years ago, so

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14 December 2016

For 16 years the seminar has focused on 'achieving intelligibility' by better understanding the principles of electroacoustics for sound system design and engineering. Questions will be asked such as: how does sound propagate? and how do sound waves combine? The d&b team, together with partner in Ireland MOSCO, will provide informative, straightforward answers in a lighthearted way, with plenty of practical experiments and demonst

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14 December 2016

Based in Tehran, Kish Pishgaman was founded in 1991 and is one of the pioneers of professional sound and light design, installation and commissioning services in Iran. "We are proud to be associated with NEXT-proaudio, and excited to be working together," said Mr. Farhad Amirsaeedi, Kish Pishgaman's commercial advisor.

"We are truly pleased to welcome Kish Pishgaman to our team," added Sergio Pinto, Next-proaudio's sales manager. "They are a very professional company that offers high quality solutions to the market with an unparalleled support in the professional segment. With our product portfolio, we see great potentials in Iran installation market. This is another step for continuing growth in Middle East's

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14 December 2016

The jointly-hosted stand J10 features a unique, zoned design which showcases a range of scaled audio solutions - from the smallest room to the biggest stadium. A significant feature is a comprehensive Dante network, allowing staff to demonstrate the ease with which Yamaha and Nexo products can be seamlessly networked to provide complete, easily managed system solutions of any size.

The stand will feature a significant new Yamaha product, alongside the flagship RIVAGE PM10 and CL/QL series digital mixers, the Commercial installation Solutions (CIS) series of processors, mixers, amplifiers and loudspeakers, plus a range of input and output options.

Key Nexo products on show will include the ID S

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Kevin first started looking for a new control desk in 2006. "I was introduced to the guys from DiGiCo at Frankfurt," he says. "We already had digital mixing consoles, but were looking for something bigger, as many shows we were doing were over the 100 channel mark."

After looking at a number of different products, Kevin decided that DiGiCo made the most sense. "I had talked to colleagues in the industry from around the world, and I could also tell what the larger tours were using by reading reports in the industry magazines," he recalls. "D

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14 December 2016

As with many large sporting events, it took more than one team to pull off a seamless event. While Five Currents produced the opening and closing ceremonies, the broadcast was covered by Broadcast Services Group (BSG), a full service production company that specializes in packaging live sports events. BSG in turn hired Professional Wireless Services (PWS) to provide frequency coordination services for the 34-game tournament.

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14 December 2016

An L-Acoustics PA was specified by FOH engineer Paul Corkett with the main-hangs up to 14 x K1 over four K2 elements. This left a further four K1 and up to 14 x K2 (per side) to be used as side-hangs in chosen array configurations venue to venue.

"The tour went very well and we got pretty much what we specified," commented Paul. "I mix the show but technically I don't get over involved with all the boxes in front of me and the configuration. However, I have mixed on L-Acoustics many times, it's a format I'm more than happy with. The L'Acoustics K1 / K2 is consistently good in arenas and gives us a good spread evenly upstairs and on the floor.

"The guys can configure the boxes in different ways so we can get it to project higher in the audience or lower on the

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14 December 2016

"As the leading company in live entertainment, we are focused on delivering a theatrical experience at Radio City that is fresh, contemporary and unparalleled," says Larry Sedwick, senior vice president of production for the Madison Square Garden Company, which operates the iconic venue. "It's important to create a one-of-a-kind experience for our audiences no matter where they are seated in this 6,000-seat venue - the largest indoor theatre in the world. Our latest sound system upgrades allow us to bring our productions to a whole new level and make our audiences feel even

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14 December 2016

With over 80 years of experience in the commercial audio industry, AtlasIED was formed as the result of an organizational merger in 2015 between two long-standing sister companies, Atlas Sound and Innovative Electronic Designs (IED). In its current capacity as an active global electronics manufacturer, AtlasIED offers around 2000 specialized audio solutions.

"With this partnership, AtlasIED can provide our dealers with complete turnkey systems for the most demanding acoustic environments. Fohhn's Linea Focus series provides incredible 'real-time' digitally steerable loudspeak

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14 December 2016

Ed Pagett, formerly managing director of Panalux Broadcast & Event and current chairman of PLASA's Board has led the organisation through very challenging times. In his speech Ed outlined the many changes that have taken place over the last year including bringing in a new managing director following the departure of former CEO Matthew Griffiths, and the demerge from PLASA North America (which has now returned to its former name of ESTA) after four years. This development, said Ed, although not desired by PLASA, had brought fresh clarity and new opportunities for PLASA, but had also resulted in a financial fallout with the North American organisation that has yet to be resolved.

Ed commented, "My role as Chairman has been to navi

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d&b has appointed a number of high calibre professionals from both inside and outside the industry to form the new advisory board.

Occupying the role of chairman and supporting the overall company strategy development and implementation is Dr. Rolf Hagemann, ex-CFO and deputy CEO of Media-Saturn, Europe's leading consumer electronics retailer. Prior to this, Hagemann spent 12 years with BMW AG in a number of top management positions, including his final r

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14 December 2016

The largest mosque in the area, Taqwa can accommodate up to 4,000 worshippers inside and 2,000 outside, and the main objective of the new audio system was to deliver excellent speech intelligibility to the entire congregation.

The installation team, comprising Kairos Multi Jaya and Multi Electronic Terrain, faced the challenge of providing clear audio coverage to a 2,700 m2 area, with a building interior, consisting of high ceilings and reflective surfaces, without affecting the design aesthetics.

An Allen & Heath Qu-16 compact digital mixer was selected at the heart of the new audio system, with an iDR-8 matrix processor installed to manage audio distribution and provide flexible zoning o

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14 December 2016

In a country where music can be heard on every corner, Nexo's STM Series modular line arrays are delivering versatility to India's rental companies, enabing them to design a wide range of systems from just four core modules. The breakthrough product has been the STM M28 module, the newest and smallest member of the STM family of loudspeakers. This injection-moulded all-purpose 2-way loudspeaker cabinet provides 90°/120° of horizontal dispersion and 0° to 15° splaying angle between modules.

Troy Furtado, owner of Just Audio in Goa has long been an admirer of Nexo and recently added 12x M28s, six B112 bass cabinets and six S118 subs

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14 December 2016

Colin Park, ARX's managing director said, "Octave Distribution is Nigel Booyse's new distribution venture. Nigel was employed at Matrix Sound, ARX's previous distributor. Matrix have recently stepped back from product distribution to focus on their rental and production business.

"Nigel has been involved in the Pro Audio market for the past 15 years, and with his experience and knowledge in the industry he decided to form Octave Distribution to provide a seamless transition of product supply and support for the brands distributed by Matrix.

"Here at ARX, we're looking forward to working with Nigel and his team, they're very enthusiastic about further developing the Southern African market for the growing ARX digital and analogue product range."

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Cliff Dounting commented, "I want to thank the people that have made my journey so special and I will miss working with such a great bunch of colleagues that make up Team Leisuretec."

Mike Henden further commented, "Our business has seen many market and economic changes over the last 26 years and inevitably personnel come and go as well. I am proud to say that I have always reinvested in Leisuretec to ensure that it is robust and does not rely too heavily on one or two single aspects, whether it be

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14 December 2016

For users of the full 10EaZy system (excludes RT and SW versions), the new software introduces a number of key new features. These include a measurement résumé in an e-mail body which makes it easy to review measurements at a glance, enabling the user to see if further investigation is needed. A sentence will state if a limit violation was recorded in the set measurement or not. Creating a mail rule that checks this sentence will make it easy to choose different actions for log files with and without limit violations

An 'at-a-glance' measurements summary will be attached to e-mail in the form of a PNG. This image file will have all the key metrics listed with their maximum values, a

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14 December 2016

With support for both low- and high-impedance loads up to 100V, PowerShare amplifiers adapt to a wide range of applications. Onboard configurable loudspeaker processing and direct access to zone controllers eliminate the need for an additional signal processor in many installations, while outstanding audio performance and reliability are assured with patented technologies inherited from the field-proven PowerMatch line, says the company.

Patented PowerShare technology allows installers to use total amplifier power in the application. This enables more flexibility during the initi

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14 December 2016

A long-standing A&H iLive user, monitor engineer Jared Daly made the move to a dLive system for Bring Me shows earlier in 2016 and has had the chance to work on each dLive control surface size since. Ultimately favouring the S5000 surface for its combination of power, usability and dimensions, Daly also employs a DM64 MixRack in his set-up, which is hired from SSE Audio for each run of gigs.

Talking about his favourite dLive features, Daly says,

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Adlib's lighting manager Dave Eldridge co-ordinated the lighting requirements for Bonamassa's regular LD Justin Duguid for the UK section of the tour, while Adlib director Dave Jones looked after all things audio for both the UK where a full sound rig was supplied and Europe where the tour continued with a control package. Eric Roa is the tour's production manager and Charlie Rushton was the main Adlib lighting tech out on the road, with Mark Johnson as the main Adlib PA tech.

The musical thread for this tour was British Blues Explosion with the music of Eric Clapto