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The ASP008 is a compact, 1U rack-mount unit, featuring eight high quality variable impedance mic preamplifiers, developed from the renowned mic-pre design used in the ASP8024 recording console and the Aztec. All channels include XLR input, 48V phantom power, switchable input impedance, 25 - 250Hz hi-pass filter, phase reverse, as well as line input selection. Channels one and two also feature a -20dB attenuator and a high impedance instrument/DI input, on a jack on the front panel. LEDs provide indication of signal present and overload. A digital output o

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Mission Pro DML panel loudspeakers were used by Provoice with their proprietary Loop Drive technique secure network. There are four VA racks on the system - a Master and three slave units. These are connected via a secure network loop, which carries three audio paths and a data path. In the unlikely event of a network failure, each of the four racks is capable of working stand alone for emergency pre-recorded messages and liv

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The campus is spread over 60 acres of land, and includes a five-hole trainer golf course, set in 17 acres with night play facilities. The school, which has a total of 10 buildings over a covered area of 800,000sq.ft, has two all-season indoor swimming pools that cater to all water sports including water polo, and horse riding is a special attraction. From a technology

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The Micra Powered has a built-in (250W continuous power) digital amplifier and is fitted with two sophisticated 5" woofers and twin neodymium magnetic circuit, say Outline. A 1" compression driver handles the top end. The power available allows two additional passive (slave) units to be safely connected to the powered enclosure. Micra Powered has a universal input with adjustable sensitivity, and is able to handle various types of signals and levels, including mic or line signals. It is fitted with a limiter able to operate efficiently without causing distortion in the e

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Carlsbro also reports that its amps are currently on tour with Swedish 'thrashed-up Synth Punk' band Surferosa, who are using Carlsbro's NuTone stack and a Bass Reactor stack on their UK tour, which began at London's Club Fandango on 3 February.

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Not only does Fischer manufacture the standard plug-in chargers, but also 19" rack-mountable kits for professional use on tour and stage, for NiMH 9V cells or AA-cells. Batteries are contained in removable drawers, allowing easy access. These batteries also have a much greater capacity than most others on the market, making them more reliable to the user.

Network Audio, one of the UK's fastest growing corporate AV companies, opted for the rack mounted ALC161 and ALC 89. Owner Nick

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The MILO arrays are supplemented by 11 UPA-1P compact wide-coverage loudspeakers for front fill, while two LD-3 compensating line drivers provide corrective equalization for low-frequency buildup inherent in line arrays and for atmospheric conditions.

Stewart's From Maggie May to The Great American Songbook tour kicked off at Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida on 6 February and travels around the continent until finishing up back in the

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Although there is a nightclub upstairs at the Scraggs Alley venue, in the evenings DJs also mix club tracks in the main bar. Roger McMullen of Rea Sound explained: "This was one of the main reasons for choosing Nexo as the principal sound system. We needed a loudspeaker that could perform clearly and efficiently during the day when the pub

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The new equipment is predominantly for Room 2. "The room is essentially a black box, but I wanted to put a bit more focus onto the lasers," said Parry. "The room contains a massive block of colour and we've used Coemar iCyc 250s as an architectural backdrop."

The club has also used six Thomas PixelPar 87s from Lighting Effects Distribution to highlight the structural arches, along with a pair of Coemar iSpot 575s and a CF7 as a centrepiece effect. P

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The Reading office will close at the end of March and all matters relating to overseas sales will now be referred to the head office in Edinburgh. Derek Gilbert will continue to work with the company as a consultant. The Audio Visual arm of Northern Light, based at Reading and known as Immedia, will close and all AV contracts and sales will be handled through Immed

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Asher continues: "I'm really pleased with the sound quality too. In fact it's so good we have been able to hear degradation in other parts of our audio system that we were previously unaware of. This has led to us being able to improve the whole system reaching even higher standards of audio. "We went for a lightweight flightca

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This historic venue recently hosted an Italian version of Elizabethan dramatist John Ford's 'Tis a pity she's a whore (pictured), directed by Luca Ronconi. The show's lighting designer is Guido Levi, who has worked with directors such as Warner Herzog and Jonathan Miller.

The Farnese's steeply-tiered U-shaped seating influenced later theatre design, but this, combined with the fact that it's built almost entirely in wood and stucco, compelled Levi to run a series of strict tests on moving head fixtures, as the 3,500-seat venue's problematic acoustics amplified any noise from fixture motors. Levi selected S

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Haupt presented Carmina Burana on the grand scale, with a large choir, a symphony orchestra and 200 singers and actors performing on a 20m tower with four stages, complex scenery and impressive lighting and sound systems provided by Langeburg-based hire audio rental company, Klangschmiede.

Sound designer/engineer Gerd Drücker (mixing FOH on a Yamaha PM1D) used a Cohedra line array system from HK Audio, comprising 56 CDR 208 S/T mid/high units, along with between eight and 16 CDR 210 subwoofers, depending on the size of the venue. The main clusters consisted of 16 CDR 208 S/T each, with five flown CDR 208 Ts in the centre cluster.

Serving as front-fills were two VT 112 II F (12"/2") cabs from HK'

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Perreta said: "I thought Verona was a great desk for many reasons, not the least of which, it's a Midas! It looks and feels like a Midas and, more importantly, it sounds like a Midas. It was a very easy transition from the larger desks, and I was pleased that while Verona is clearly designed to be a far more cost-effective option that its larger brothers and sisters, it retains all the traditional Midas qualiti

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According to Sound Communications' Alan Murphy, CAVS's acquisition of the Heritage 3000 bears witness to the company's continuing expansion into high-end audio in both the corporate and concert sound markets. "Over the past three years CAVS has invested hugely in updating their audio inventory and is now reaping the benefits both in terms of customer satisfaction and the quality of work coming their way. CAVS is now definitely a major league player in the Irish AV market."

CAVS managing director Fran Quigley sees

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The group comprises Wharfedale, Quad, Topaz and Apogee Lighting, and at his HQ in Huntingdon, UK, MD Steve Woolley is afraid of neither politics nor economics. As Karl Marx would have appreciated, the IAG owns the means of production. The factory it has built - not leased - near Hong Kong features wood and metal shops, tooling and plastic injection plants, and a mineral-free co

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Trantec's legendary radio microphone systems include the award winning S5000 and most recently the acclaimed S6000 with its advanced, user-friendly features, all of which have been specifically designed for the professional user. Other Trantec products, including the S10 Soundfield system and PT1 Personal Trainer, offer solutions for leisure, conferencing, education and ecclesiastical markets.

Farmingdale, NY-based Group One's appointment follows shortly after Trantec's S6000 made its mark in the US, scooping an EDDY Award in the

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"We intended from day one that the two systems should be able to work seamlessly together," says DiGiCo LLC CEO Eric Wade. "This allows a live and recording production - such as a large TV music show - to be mixed live at both front-of-house and monitors on the D5 FMX system, sharing a common fibre loop, while being recorded through a Soundtracs DS-00 on the same loop. The benefits are a completely stable gain structure, total freedom from ground buzzes or other

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Operating out of a converted fire station, Instigate Media and its loudspeaker division EM Acoustics were set up in 2002 by partners Ed Kinsella and Mike Wheeler on their graduation from Cambridge and Imperial College universities respectively.

"While at University, we were both quite extensively involved with sound systems one way and another and it seemed to us that people should be able to get elegant, acoustically excellent loudspeakers without breaking the bank," says Wheeler. "We didn't want to blow the lid off the market either, rather get back to something more simple. Our thinking was t

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The system was especially designed by TIS to meet the needs of the new Castle Point store in Bournemouth and follows TIS's success in providing PA systems to many other large retail stores including some 22 other Marks & Spencer stores throughout the UK. It includes 130 ceiling speakers and 13 wall speakers across six zones on several floors. Each zone is indepe

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Cielo, in New York, has been described as a 'techno log cabin'. It's loudspeaker system - Funktion One's AX-88 and F218 speakers along with a pair of its Infrabass subwoofer cabs - is driven by MC2 Audio's T2000 and MC1250 amplifiers, with control from an XTA DP226 digital system controller.

Way out west, meanwhile, Ice is the newest night venue in Las Vegas, and aims to maintain an emphasis on music: with this in mind, the 30ft x 30ft main floor features a four-point Dance Stack Ultra speaker system from Funktion One, with MC2 Audio's T2000 and T1500 amplifiers driving the mids and highs, control by four XTA DP226s.