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The survey asked 1,013 organisations how they thought leaving the European Union would affect the arts in the UK. It reveals that, of 267 applicable responses, 75.3% said this would affect their UK productions by having a negative impact on their ability to bring artists and organisations into the UK. A large number of those surveyed were worried that barriers on bringing artists into the UK would result in a dip in artistic quality. Threats highlighted by arts organisations included "less sharing of skills, ideas and prac

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Senior project manager, Rob Whitaker, said, "Having recently taken on Paul Barker, the addition of Peter Abery now completes a very strong team to handle the lighting, audio and video requirements for projects of any size or complexity."

Abery has formerly worked for several specialist lighting installers, interspersed with extensive freelance work in television broadcast lighting for the BBC and ITV. He also enjoyed a spell in professional repertory theatre as head of the technical department and in house lighting design at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch. He has many lighting projects to his credit, including installations at York Theatre Royal, Wells Cathedral School Concert Hall, BBC New Broadcasting House, Redbridge Colle

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Dan will report to James King, director of marketing, and his duties will include management of both the product portfolio and product support team to ensure Martin Audio's catalogue remains strong and relevant to market dynamics. At the same time, he will be tasked with delivering improved territory application support and monitoring.

With extensive pro-audio experience in both the live sound and installation markets, Dan has worked in a variety of engineering development and application engineer roles with both Turbosound and L-Acoustics.

Commenting on the appointment, James King said, "Dan is the perfect choice for this new role and I am excited by his technical expertise and insight, that will be invaluable as this business continues to grow."

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The Neve Genesys Black incorporates the highest quality analogue circuitry with control of the DAW. As a direct result of this sale, engineers from Merging and AMS Neve are making significant improvements to the functionality of the controller and these will be available in the next firmware update.

In this typically all-digital world, reverting to analogue might seem a retrograde step. Not so. The United specialists

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dLive MixPad offers extensive control capability over channel processing, including filters, gates, parametric and graphic EQ, compressors and input/output delays, and gives the user instant access to any of the mixer's channel faders and mutes, DCA faders and mutes, pan, aux sends and assignments as well as mic-pre control and full metering.

Other unique features for system setup include a real-time analyser (RTA) to assist EQ'ing monitors and PA, the facility to name and colour channel strips, custom layers with drag 'n drop strip setup, and channel PFL control for monitoring.

dLive OneMix is a version of the dLive MixPad app that locks control to

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"We were very happy with the results in La Jolla," remarks Joe Miraglia, ArcLight's director of design, construction and facilities. "We continue to see Meyer Sound as the premium brand for cinema audio, offering a superior level of quality that our guests appreciate."

All four screens feature Dolby Atmos immersive sound.

"The dynamic range of the content coming out now is much more demanding on the audio system," continues Miraglia, "and Meyer Sound provides optimum performance by pairing the amplifiers inside the loudspeakers. We think that is the best solution going for Atmos.

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The SN70 for 90-110 Hz bi-amp operation, has outstanding clarity and definition, with deep bass to the limits of human hearing from the roll surround 15" 27Hz bass driver, a new polished fibre 8" driver in its own sub enclosure for accurate midrange, combined with delicate & smooth transients from the aluminium diaphragm, edgewound ribbon voice coil, slot radiator HF.

Also available is the SN70 4 channel 1000w bi amplifier with integral electronic crossover.

"We auditioned the Internet's listing of the world's top 10 speakers and irrespective of price,

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Mobile Technik has developed this 'pop-up' solution to offer flexibility to event organisers, brands and delegates looking to make an impact directly in the footfall of their target market, without spiralling costs. Organisers can let their imaginations run wild when it comes to uses, from pop-up pubs, to discreet breastfeeding and nappy changing spaces, ticketing kiosks or product sampling facilities.

Logistically this has been designed with speed in mind, popping up in just 30 minutes so the element of surprise isn't ruined by long build times. Mobile Technik can provide the full installation service, from securing permission in the desired spaces, applying bespoke theme and bran

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This was the first arena-sized music concert for the £27m venue. PA for the event was provided by local Derby company Sound of Music, which drew on its extensive Nexo inventory to supply a STM Series modular line array for main PA, and 45°N-12 line monitors on stage.

Sound of Music's Sash Pochibko notes that "it's great for us to be the first touring PA company to service a big show at the new venue, especially as we are based so locally. The Derby Velodrome is by far the best-sounding arena I've ever heard, as an engineer or as a concert-goer. They've installed black-box draping and it makes a massive difference to the acoustics of the building - the absorbent properties of a good audience completed

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The scholarship is presented annually based on a student's academic performance in their first year as well as their performance in an interview with Phil Cummings, Sennheiser's marketing projects manager.

Scott Ramsell, 19, was shortlisted among six students and impressed after developing a business plan to go into schools assisting with live sound at productions, as well as educating pupils and students in audio technology.

He said, "The money will help buy professional equipment to take in to schools and provide good quality sound for productions such as Christmas concerts and talent shows.

"I am already working with two schools I attended myself and I am shortly going ove

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PA company, Sound & Light Professionals (SNL), has managed sound reinforcement for the main stage since the event's inception. This year, acts included Steven Wilson, Vertical Horizon, Farhan Akhtar, Dossier's Urge, Vir Das Allen Chutney, Fossils, Undying Inc, and Aberrant.

To meet the technically diverse demands for monitoring on stage, SNL deployed its recently purchased dLive S7000 Surface and DM64 MixRack, supplied by Allen & Heath's Delhi-based distributor, Sun Infonet.

One of the most anticipated performances of the festiv

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Audio for the project was provided by Baghdad-based APCO Electronics, which provided acoustics design and participated in the actual installation as well. The company chose a sound system from Electro-Voice, creating a multi-zone digital audio system based around the IRIS-Net system control and supervising software and Electro-Voice EVH-1152 horn-loaded loudspeakers. In addition, Electro-Voice amplifiers, microphones and wireless systems were also utilized.

The primary system requirement was that the sound system would meet FIFA football standards, which require 92 percent direct coverage and high intelligibility, with a Speech Transmission Index (STI) of 0.50 or higher. The installed system exceeds those standards, delivering

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Oh-Hyun Kwon, vice-chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics comments: "Harman perfectly complements Samsung

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Two extra members are added to Andy Allen's marketing team, with a view to raising product and brand awareness. Harry Lewis re-joins the company as product specialist; his main role is to create educational and promotional videos, for sales and end-users alike. Marketing assistant, Jack Flower is helping to spread the word (and Harry's videos) by boosting Audient's e-marketing using social media and digital mailouts.

As the new technical support agent, Ryan Ellis is on hand to answer any pre and post sales questions. He's also crazy about product engineering, which means whilst h

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Overseeing the Museum's sales and operations team, Wetherell will be responsible for the development of spaces for evening event opportunities, daytime conferences and whole venue takeovers for filming and events.

Robert Wetherell comments, "This is a time of exciting change and redevelopment for the museum and I'm so proud to be a part of helping shape its future. It's vital for me that guests can engage with our collections and it is fantastic we can tell our clients that they are directly supporting the incredible research the Museum carries out exploring the rich biodiversity of Earth.

"The upcoming launch of the new-look Hintze Hall, with the vast bl

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This is part of a planned expansion of Adlib's sales division that also includes the recent addition of Harry Brown who will be assisting with all levels of sales support and aftercare.

Adlib director John Hughes states, "We intend to raise the profile of the sales division, expand the client base and generally make people more aware of the many services that Adlib can offer for installations and other sales related projects - from complete turnkey solutions to specialist audio, lighting and AV designs. We're extremely excited to have someone of Al's calibre on-board. His can-do personality is a perfect match for us."

Adlib Sales has grown steadily and successfully in recent years explains John, and the time is right to consolidate this and actively sta

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Starting his professional career in France as a theatre sound technician, Vinnie, embarked on almost 20 years of worldwide touring, supporting major PA companies.

Outline's Board of Directors decided to invest on this new position to enable audio pros worldwide to count on the support and advice of a person with in-depth hands-on experience in the multi-faceted world of sound reinforcement - somebody who speaks their language.

Vincent has an impressive track record, having worked in many roles with some of the world's top touring companies and their world-famous clients, including U2, Muse, Justin Timberlake, Smashing Pumpkins, Leonard Cohen, Gloria Estefan, Beyoncé, Green Day, Michael Jackson, Elton

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The 2.3.0 update adds a Web Configurator for each Picturall product which replaces the previous configuration tool, Console Configurator. The Web Configurator includes the familiar features of Console Configurator plus lots of brand new functionality and enhancements including import and export of an existing configuration; a license update tool; system diagnostics; and support for viewing and editing configuration parameters whilst the server is running. The whole

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14 December 2016

The ix IndustrialTM arose from a collaboration between Hirose and Harting. It offers a broad technological basis for a new standard in the area of the familiar RJ45.

As a response to the challenging and increasing demand for global digitalisation, both partners - Hirose and Harting - recently agreed to combine their strengths. The result of this joint effort is the ix IndustrialTM - a new miniaturised Ethernet interface for high-speed data rates. The two partners have jointly standardised the ix IndustrialTM mating face in compliance with IEC/PAS 61076-3-124. Meeting this standard provides for future tec

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Production manager Shaun Weager, who has worked with Noble since 2012, came up with the 16-ft high dream-like design in response to a creative brief Noble ingeniously constructed using his daughter's Play-Doh. Every one of the 59 inflatable bulbs' internal LEDs has its own RGB panel through which Weager powers vibrant chases and isolation effects using the Avolites Titan Mobile.

"Shaun needed a small but powerful and highly portable lighting control solution," says Pete White, sales manager of Stage Electrics that supplied the console. "Stag

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Introduced last year, the Immersive Demonstrator is run by organiser Nineteen Events in association with the Home Office, the CPNI and other government departments.

Themed 'Securing Crowded Places' in 2016, this practical part of the Expo will show how a combination of technology, processes and techniques can be applied, in a variety of operational scenarios, to improve protection from terrorist attack.

Nicola Greenaway-Fuller, managing director of Nineteen Events, comments, "TSG offers a different service from other private security companies. We liked the fact that the resources it uses are trained and managed by police professionals. They can help us bring the scenarios to life through their experi

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ST Events, which regularly plays host to some of the country's most famous musical performers and acts, decided to replace its previous sound systems for musicians, and invited a number of companies to show them the best solution for the future.

The clear winner for pure acoustic sound was Elements, as ST Events explain, "We tested a lot of different systems in different price categories. HK Audio's Elements was the best - no discussion about this. We loved the 'warm' sound, the styling and the fact that it's a very compact system.

"In particular, the sound of the vocals was the best of all the systems we tested. And that's very important in rehearsal studios. AB Music, HK Audio's Belgian distributor, was very supportive in helpi

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"We chose to use the ZCL 360i because we needed a stand-out lighting element that had a variety of effects and one that could respond to the demanding cadence structure of the song's tempo," said Michael Keeling, vice president of entertainment at SEIBO LLC, a leading production and event company based in Palos Verdes, California.

"For those that know my design work, I like to have an illumination source that provides a simple but dominate statement," Ke