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UK - Donny Osmond's UK and Ireland tour has benefited from two EV line arrays, the choice of front-of-house engineer Lars Brogaard, and provided by rental company Major Tom Ltd. Osmond's three-week tour encompassed a variety of venues, from 2,000-seater theatres to the 14,000-capacity Manchester Evening News Arena. Given the wide variations in size, Brogaard had specified not only an Electro-Voice X-Line Array system but, additionally, an XLC System, provided by Shuttlesound. Last year, Brogaard was the first engineer in the world to tour with the prototypes for EV's new compact line array, on the road with Rod Stewart. This year, he rates the XLC as "a great, great-sounding box, a real PA in its own right."

Brogaard has worked with Donny Osmond before, back in the 70s when the Osmonds were a force in world pop music. Today, the set list is the same, but the underwear

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USA - DiGiCo has announced its first US sale of the D5 Live digital mixing system, to Chicago’s dB Sound. The console is already in action on a European tour this month by metal rock Ministry, with dB Sound’s VP of tour development, Lee Popa, at the controls.

The D5 Live is proving a hit with Popa because the large band line-up presents him with no less than 67 inputs from stage and an endless stream of effects and processing cues. Popa comments: "There’s a new generation of bands and a new generation of young sound engineers, people who have come out of their bedrooms and DJ mixers and want to mix real bands live and who are really good at it - new talent with fresh ideas. That’s one of the many reasons we’ve gone for the D5 Live - there’s a whole new wave happening out there and we intend for dB Sound to remain at the cutting edge."

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Symnet Designer version 3.0 was on show from Symetrix. The main feature of this fourth major upgrade to the control software is the addition of what they call 'logical control' - or the ability to set up decision making, or sequential triggered events by using tools from the 50 modules in the new Control Modules category. A new class of modules called VCA has been added - offering a virtual imitation of hardwired VCAs. Dynamics processors such as Automatic Gain Controllers (AGC) or compressor/limiters are able to generate control signals based on audio input, and send them to virtual VCAs watching over groups of audio signals, offering a sophisticated level of mix possibilities.

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Nexo's new GEO T 'Tangent Array System' was seen at the Siel show in Paris in February (see L&SI March), but got its first major airing in Frankfurt. The GEO T expands on the experience gained from the development, testing and successful operation of Nexo's first tangent array design, the GEO S. The components of the Geo T system are the T4805 (Vertical Tangent Array Module) and T2820 (Vertical/Horizontal Tangent Array Module), along with the new Controlled Directivity Subbass, the CD18. Designed as a scalable system for audiences from 1000 up to 100,000 or more, Geo T has been successfully field tested by SSE Hire (with Tori Amos) and by Show Company in Singapore (with Alan Tam).

Proprietary technological features of the system include the Hyperboloid Reflective Wavesource (HRW) - an acoustical reflector derived through rigorous mathematical trans

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Proel Introduced the 'Next' Series of polypropylene moulded cabinets for portable applications, available in both powered and passive versions. The cabinet is equipped with a 90°H x 60°V constant coverage horn on a 1" compression driver, with a 12" neodymium LF driver with an aluminium die-cast basket for low weight. The bi-amped powered versions include a custom crossover with electronic protection, plus an integrated mixer with three separate balanced input channels. Two-band EQ, volume and ground lift switch complete the control panel. All amplifiers feature thermal, DC voltage and short-circuit protection.

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UK - Silverdown Studio has installed a complete 5.1 Genelec monitoring system featuring 1034B, 1031 and the new LSE 7073 sub-woofers, to cope with the heavy demand it has been experiencing for 5.1 work. The Hertfordshire studio is owned by Jeff Calvert, who has had a string of hits over the years, starting with a massive number one hit Barbados which he wrote, followed quickly by Starship Trooper. Calvert, who started at Morgan Studios in the 70s, left to set up Silverdown, which was originally located in London. After many successful years, he decided get out of ‘the smoke’ and re-locate to the gently rolling countryside of Hertfordshire.

Calvert’s production partner Chaz (Dabat) Kkoshi says: "We have just completed the intro music for a new PlayStation game in 5.1 called Dance Flight, a new album by Mona for the record company TLC, and we are in negotiat

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UK - SSE Hire has completed a series of highly successful shows in Ireland and Germany with Oasis, using the long-awaited Nexo Geo-T tangent array system, launched at the Frankfurt ProLight&Sound exhibition earlier this month.

SSE has been field testing the system over the past three months, powered by Camco Vortex lightweight amplifiers. It appeared in public for the first time on Tori Amos' Rotterdam Ahoy show during her recent European tour. Following the run of highly successful Oasis shows, FOH engineer Bruce Johnston, who is a long-time Nexo fan and was very keen to be one of the first to use the new Geo-T system, comments: "I'd been to the demo in Frankfurt and couldn't wait to get my hands on the system and try it out. It was fortunate that the Oasis German shows coincided with the launch and that I could be one of the first to get out there with it. I have to say I

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USA - The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino on the Las Vegas Strip is currently undergoing a $250 million expansion project that will soon add over a thousand new suites and 150,000sq.ft of supplementary meeting space to the already palatial complex.

The new meeting facilities, in particular, are comprised of three large boardrooms, 19 meeting rooms and three 14,000sq.ft. ballrooms, each of which may be split into 14 individual meeting rooms. To accommodate the demanding audio DSP and routing requirements for a project of this magnitude, Michael Naylor, systems design engineer for The Venetian, created a system primarily based around BSS Audio's PS-8810C Prosys processor. "The CobraNet-equipped Prosys units are really the heart of our audio system," says Naylor. "By using The Venetian's Ethernet and fibre backbone, we're able to send audio from any of these new meeting

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Sennheiser UK has announced an exclusive distribution deal with respected Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer Adamson Systems Engineering of Toronto. The agreement, signed at the recent Frankfurt MusikMesse, marks a significant expansion of Sennheiser UK's distribution business and includes Adamson's acclaimed Y-axis Series line array.

Having completed negotiations, started at last year's PLASA 2002 with Guy Vignet, president of DV2 (Adamson Europe), Sennheiser UK's director of sales, Alan Johnson, is looking forward to the new relationship: "Adamson produce one of the most highly regarded new line arrays on the market, so this isn't so much a sales project, as an exercise in managing demand," stated Johnson.

Sennheiser UK's director of marketing John Steven underlines that the agreement with Adamson was entered into after careful deliber

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: XTA introduced the DP6i Audio Installation Controller. The unit has two inputs and six outputs: both inputs have an eight-band parametric EQ, base delay and gain control. All outputs feature crossover filters, five-band parametric EQ, high and low shelving filters, limiter and delay. Full metering is provided for inputs and outputs, with a mute button for instant system control in emergencies. The four front-panel memory buttons give the installer the chance to offer different system set-ups and make switching between them as simple and fast as possible. A single system mute button (front-panel lockout can be configured as well) also increases user-friendliness, while comprehensive tamper-proof security is also provided. XTA's AudioCore control software enables centralized control of up to 32 DP6i units, with the ability for further units to shadow t

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Amptown Cases showed two new hardware products, along with some new designs. After six months of trials, their new carbon-reinforced wheel plate replaces the conventional wooden boards, and all five fixing bolts are secured inside the case. The company's new edge extrusion, manufactured from aircraft quality aluminium, has been redesigned so the rivet head is now recessed safely into the extrusion. Also new is the custom corner with a total of nine rivets per corner, six of which are secured into the aluminium extrusion for extra strength.

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Spain - LA Audio has appointed Lexon S.A. as its new distributor in Spain: the company will take over responsibility for the sales and marketing of the LA Audio brand in this territory.

Lexon S.A. was established in 1977 with offices in Sarriá, Barcelona, and Santibáñez de Béjar, Madrid. Its primary business is the import and distribution of professional audio and video products for fixed installations, rental companies, contractors, consultants and engineering companies. It also supplies specific products to the broadcast sector, in particular radio and TV stations, as well recording and post-production in studios. It operates in the whole of the Spanish territory, including the Canary and Balearic Islands, with over 1300 regular customers.

According to Luke Baldry, director of sales & marketing for Audient and LA Audio, the move will greatly improve the opportunities for

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UK - Massive Attack’s current world tour in support of their new album, 100th Window, has turned out to be a veritable showcase for XTA, whose SiDD digital dynamics processor and the new Series 2 units have been specified throughout the PA system.

GPA Hire is supplying its Funktion One Resolution Series system, comprising 10 mid-high cabinets a side, along with five under-hungs and downfills and up to 12 subwoofers - depending on the venue size - all powered by QSC PL2 and PL4 amplification. TC2290 delays and Lexicon PCM80 and PCM91 reverbs complete the hardware inventory.

Gary Young, mixing front-of-house on a Midas Heritage 3000, specified five DP324 SiDD dynamics processors for compression and dynamic EQ on the low end of the vocals and bass guitar. He comments: "We’re really just grabbing hold of stuff and sorting it out, which you can do easily with a SiD

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: UK-based manufacturer Trident Audio introduced a number of new products for the music recording market, notably the M-101 large diaphragm condenser microphone, designed to deliver a warm vintage analogue tone, with three on-mic switchable patterns (figure-of-eight, omni and hypercardioid). Also offering warm analogue sound was the new S20 dual microphone preamplifier.

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UK - dbx Professional Products has announced the introduction of the iEQ line of intelligent digital graphic equalizers. The iEQ series consists of the iEQ-15, which is a dual 15-band and the iEQ-31, which is a dual 31-band. Features include a 10Hz to 22kHz frequency response, 113dB dynamic range and Advanced Feedback Suppression (AFS), dbx proprietary Type V noise reduction and PeakStopPlus limiting. Aimed at studio, touring and installed sound applications, the iEQ series is due to ship in late April 2003.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - DMX Music, an industry leader in music and video programming for commercial applications, has introduced a new line of loudspeakers designed to deliver clear audio for commercial settings, including hotels, restaurants and retail environments.

Launching two wall-mount units and two ceiling mount speakers at the recent 2003 NSCA Expo, Tim Dorwart, vice president of the Commercial Division, said the new line represented an opportunity for affiliates to provide customers with a more comprehensive range of speaker options and added that DMX Music would continue to work with third-party loudspeaker manufacturers wherever the customer requirements dictated.

The new line includes two surface-mount loudspeakers, the SM104 and SM105, and two flush-mount speakers, the CM1525 and CM1525R. The SM104 is a wall-mountable loudspeaker featuring a 2-way design consisting of a 4-inch woof

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UK - Following the restructuring of Bose (UK) Ltd’s route to market for their professional audio range in the UK, Leisuretec Distribution has announced that it has declined the offer to become a Bose Pro Partner. "The new Pro Partner agreement is not tailored to suit Pure Distribution" says Nick Spalding, Leisuretec’s managing director.

He continues: "Whilst wishing Bose (UK) Ltd every success, Leisuretec Distribution will actively be promoting alternative solutions from a comprehensive portfolio of products which include the JBL, KEF, Mission Pro, Electro-Voice, RCF, Mackie, DAS, Yamaha, Nexo & Tannoy brands."

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Stardraw.com has added powerful new functionality to its suite of software design and documentation packages in the form of URL links within attributes. Each symbol within Stardraw can contain an unlimited number of ‘attributes’ which are data fields representing numbers, text or database links. Attributes are used to describe a real-world product and can indicate, for example, the manufacturer name, product model number, price, etc. These attributes now support URL (Uniform Resource Locator) links which will be familiar to most people in their simplest form: as website addresses.

All of the products in Stardraw applications now have at least one link, to the manufacturer's homepage, while other product ranges within Stardraw - BSS for example - already have links to dynamic pages on the manufacturer’s website that use a script to give users instant and sp

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Turbosound introduced the TXD series of passive loudspeaker systems, aimed at the live music, DJ and club markets - along with additions to the QLight series and the new LMS-D4 digital loudspeaker controller. The cost-effective TXD series are designed as easily portable systems for the live music, club and DJ sectors, while their built-in rigging points also make them suitable for fixed installations. The range includes two compact full-range two-way enclosures, using 12" (TXD-121) and 15" LF drivers (TXD-151) and a new 1" HF compression driver, plus sub-bass cabinets with either single or double high power 15" bass drivers (TXD-115 and TXD-215) and single 18" bass drivers (TXD-118), as well as the symmetrical TXD-12M compact wedge monitor. Self-powered TXD models are due to be released in the summer.

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USA - Biamp has unveiled the latest additions to its Audia digital audio processing system: AudiaEXPI and AudiaEXPO are remote expansion units, providing analog (mic or line) to CobraNet input (AudiaEXPI) and CobraNet-to-analog output (AudiaEXPO) for the next-generation AudiaFLEX line. AudiaEXPI and AudiaEXPO offers an economical solution to expanding an existing Audia set-up without purchasing additional Audia units.

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UK - The Live Floor Show, back for a second series on BBC Scotland with new host Dara O'Briain, is a blend of comedy, music and entertainment recorded in front of a live audience that goes out on Saturday nights. Glasgow-based audio specialists Sound Acoustics were approached to provide the sound requirements, and having invested in a Nexo Geo system last year (supplied by Fuzion), the company’s Tommy Gorman was keen to put it through its paces in a TV recording studio environment.

"Essentially what we're providing is the PA for the audience, so it's like a mini-concert set-up," explained Tommy. "We're flying six Geo S805s with two CD12 subs per side driven by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers with control from Nexo's NX241 digital controller. It's one of the cleanest-sounding PA systems I've heard, and of course its size gives it a huge advantage in a situation lik

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Italy-based connector manufacturer Link introduced the LKS 19-pin lighting connector range (including a new rubber locking ring) and the LKS Spider connector for break-ins and break-outs. Also new were the SB Gold 48, 56 and 64-channel stage boxes, featuring gold-plated contacts for audio distribution. Additions to the company's Eurocable range included the Eurocable Cat 5E cables specifically designed for live applications, and a Eurocable range of High Definition TV coaxial cables, plus the new 16 amp Y chord rubber splitter for clean and efficient distribution.

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UK - Hayden Laboratories has announced the new DN-D4000, double CD/MP3 player. The DN-D4000 has offers playback of CDR/RW discs and also has MP3 playback. MP3 is now an essential music source for cutting-edge DJs and installations alike, permeating all areas of entertainment and leisure from clubs and bars to corporate installations and mobile DJs, right through to general retail.

The DN-D4000’s features include VBR and CBR support, folder/file search and ID3-Tag display - showing artist, album and track title. It is also playlist compatible in m3u form. The machine’s CD function offers text display for artist and track names for discs containing CD Text information. Most popular CD-R/RW burning software now offers the ability to add CD Text.

The DN-D4000 also offers two seamless loops per CD drive - by using the start points (A-1 or A-2) two seamless loops may be

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Turkey - Istanbul based Park Audio & Lighting, ARX's Turkish distributor, has been busy recently installing ARX’s ZX and ZR Series power amplifiers as well as ARX signal processing into a number of five star hotels throughout Turkey as part of a series of system installations and upgrades. Park's managing director, Oktay Karasoglu, advises that ARX's ZX 3200 high current low impedance power amplifier has been especially popular for powering dance club subwoofer systems, an arduous application, given that some of the clubs are open for up to 12 hours at a time.

In Antalya, the Kremlin Palas Hotel Resort installed ARX EQ60 graphic equalizers and DI 6S line adapters, and eight ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Also in Antalya the Topkapi Palas Hotel Resort installed EQ60s, DI 6Ss and ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Finally, in Bodrum the Beach Club Hotel installed four

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