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British manufacturer Ohm UK was showing a new wedge to complement their HD stadium systems. Comprising two 12", a 2" and a 1" compression driver, the HDFM is designed to give back to the artist what the HD FOH system is giving to the audience, say Ohm.

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PLASA 2006 was a first for Douglas Scheller and TSC Music. The company, which brands music for retailers, were very impressed with the quality of visitor to the show. As well as providing music packages for the likes of Starbucks, Adidas and Billabong, the company also provides commercial MP3 players in either rackmount or desktop versions to play audio into a store's PA system. The MP3 players are simple to use, robust and can be updated with the latest playlist over the Internet.
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Complementing its extremely successful Venue live sound environment, Digidesign launched the D-Show Profile into the live arena. A 24-channel framed desk, it is compatible with all existing Venue hardware and sportsa smaller footprint than its bigger brother. Although smaller, it is also totally compatible with any shows created on the Venue: "With Profile, we've paid particular attention to feedback from vendors and operators who work in many different styles of operation. We feel that D-Show Profile addresses a great deal of the needs in markets outside the realms of concert sound," said Digidesign's marketing manager for live sound products, Robert Scovill. In addition, Digidesign showed the entire Venue range and provided full overviews of both products in its demo room.

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UK - Lincoln University's brand new multipurpose venue, the £6 million Engine Shed (so called because that's precisely what it was) opened to great acclaim on 18 September with an inaugural performance from huge UK Indie band, Embrace. In addition to housing the Student Union bar and offices, the Engine Shed is also the newest and biggest student venue in the East Midlands. A venue of this calibre clearly demanded a high quality professional audio system, and so technical systems specialists Stage Electrics were called in to supply and install a complete entertainment system that included a comprehensive EAW loudspeaker system throughout.

According to EAW systems application specialist Steve Badham, the key criterion for the audio installation was flexibility. Comprising three bars and two performance spaces of 750 capacity (1500 capacity when combined) as well as shops an

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Germany - Frankfurt and Coburg were the German cities that hosted two D.A.S. seminars focused mainly on the D.A.S. Aero line array systems. These two events took place simultaneously with the PLASA Show in London and were addressed mostly to line array systems users and interested public. The occasion almost offered the opportunity to provide the German market with a presentation of the new Variant line array together with the new EASE Focus software.

Each of these seminars lasted one day. Both were opened by Lothar Weimann the head of D.A.S. Audio Deutschland, who gave a presentation of the firm via the corporate video. Joan La Roda, D.A.S. audio engineer provided the attendees with the presentation "How line array work" which explains the line array theory and expands into the technical characteristics and applications of such systems. This was followed by a presenta

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Denmark - DPA Microphones is pleased to announce the appointment of a new managing director, Lars Friis Ostergaard. DPA has experienced an annual growth of around 25% for the past three years and now employs a total of 90 staff at offices and manufacturing facilities outside Copenhagen, as well as at the US subsidiary in Colorado. It is anticipated that Ostergaard's longstanding experience in steering national and international businesses during rapid periods of growth will be called into play, and he will work closely with DPA's staff to continue and improve the success of DPA Microphones.

Ostergaard joins the Danish microphone manufacturer from BB Electronics (Suzhou) Co Ltd, in China, where he held the position of general manager. He also served as CEO for Danish graphic company Glunz & Jensen A/S for more than 11 years, as well as being development manager at Danish high-end

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UK - Klein + Hummel introduced the O 300 triamplified three-way nearfield studio reference monitor at AES 2006 San Francisco. The O 300 delivers the same quality of the famed O 300 D, minus the digital input and control hardware, resulting in a cost-effective price without sonic compromise, says the company. The O 300 delivers uncoloured sound, precise bass response, picture-perfect dispersion patterns, and a real soundstage with remarkable image focus and depth.

By utilising a dense, new, extremely low-resonance material called LRIM, Klein + Hummel was able to mould the waveguides required for optimal dispersion directly into the baffle. The elliptical shape of the high-frequency horn makes the dispersion angle in the vertical plane more narrow thus reducing the amount of early reflections off the console surface which would otherwise interfere with the direct sound from the sp

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UK - tsg have recently completed the installation of a promedia mms hard disk system for Eldridge Pope at their Que Pasa site in Corn Street, Bristol. Formerly one of the company's Toad sites this takes the number of Que Pasa sites utilising promedia mms to 16 nation-wide.

Multi-purpose in use, promedia mms runs Que Pasa's bespoke music and music video profile and controls all aspects of the sites entertainment offer be it scheduling on-screen graphics, programming lighting effects, controlling what is seen on each screen, and adjusting the audio presets throughout the trading week. And in addition to this, promedia mms ably assists the on-site DJ with its integral fully featured touch-screen DJ console.

As well as supplying the promedia mms system, tsg specified and installed a robust screen and lighting system and also tweaked and brought up to date the existing audio system

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USA - MTV attracted kudos and criticism for its attempts to revitalise the Video Music Awards this year, but one thing that remained unchanged was the presence of Sennheiser wired and wireless microphones. The Raconteurs, house band for the day on the new-look show, made extensive use of Sennheiser microphones, while Beyonce wowed the crowd with a spectacular dance performance singing into her favourite vocal mic, the nickel finish Sennheiser/Neumann SKM 5200 hybrid wireless handheld.

"We used evolution series e935s on all the vocals, including our guests, Lou Reed and Billy Gibbons," says Neil Heal, monitor engineer for The Raconteurs. Reed made an appearance with the band early in the show performing the 1967 Velvet Underground classic, 'White Light/White Heat'. Later, The Raconteurs were joined by ZZ Top's Gibbons for a rendition of his band's 'Cheap Sunglasses', an

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UK - IBC 2006 marked the sixth year for Klark Teknik as an IBC Supporter and the first year that its new E Series Helix range of signal processing and system control hardware was used. IBC Supporters - a range of leading manufacturers - equip IBC's conference rooms and special events such as D-Cinema and IBC News with their latest products, which are installed and run by the IBC Technical Resources team under the direction of Phil White. In return for loaning this equipment, manufacturers can tap into feedback and suggestions from front-line broadcast users, and this is often of great help in finalising new products.

Terry Nelson joined IBC Technical Resources eight years ago and works closely with the Audio Technical Coordinator, Tim Kerr, specifying systems for the rooms and acoustic consultation. Together they are responsible for the set up of the rooms and the final tuning o

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UK - One of London's leading conference and meeting venues, The Brewery in Chiswell Street, has commissioned PSL to implement an extensive refurbishment of its sound and lighting facilities. Managing director Claire Lawson says that the £500K spend will help The Brewery to extend its advantage over rival City venues.

Having been a preferred supplier of audio-visual services to the award-winning Brewery for the past seven years, the London event services company PSL was the ideal candidate to handle the design and installation of new production facilities. "PSL is familiar with the building, and we're very comfortable with PSL," says Lawson. "They've led the design process throughout but we've been closely involved, especially when it came to the replacement of the sound system."

The Brewery has worked closely with PSL and the Corporation of London on

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Germany - After a two-year break, the Love Parade celebrated a welcome comeback in Berlin, attracting 1.2 million revellers. For the new organisers, the objective was "sound - not noise" and, to achieve this, they commissioned the biggest Nexo GEO T tangent-array sound system ever seen in Germany.

For the evening line-up of DJs at the Grosser Stern, a number of conditions had to be met. At the Column, the organisers wanted powerful 360° sound coverage, evenly dispersed but without exceeding the pre-determined volume limit of 105dB(A). As the view from the Victory Column to both the east and the west was to be as unrestricted as possible, the structures needed for mounting the loudspeakers had to be kept very simple.

For the DJ stages at the east and west sides, a higher level of amplification was planned, which was to be integrated into the overall sound reinforc

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UK - Telex Communications (UK) Ltd reports that Independent Television News has installed a Telex/RTS Intercom for critical communications at their Gray's Inn Road headquarters in London. Stage 1 has already begun, with the installation of a 176 square ADAM matrix system for ITN's Master Control Room.

Providing facilities for some six studios, 16 Edit suites, graphics and content managers, Master Control is the hub of the ITN operation. As a live news broadcaster, ITN takes feeds from numerous OBs every day, and an essential part of their intercom requirement was a system to route incoming and outgoing lines at the touch of a button. The new TELEX ARP (Audio Routing Panel) developed for ITN achieves this, allowing fast switching with visual confirmation and reverse interrogation of routes throughout the complex.

Paul Flook Head of Broadcast Engineering ITN explained: "We

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USA - The Queen of Hip-Hop and three-time Grammy Award winner, Mary J. Blige, is currently touring the United States in support of her current album, The Breakthrough. Travelling with a five-piece band plus three background singers, Blige's Breakthrough Experience Tour is outfitted with Sennheiser and Neumann wireless equipment, including microphones and G2 personal monitor systems, as well as antenna combiners.

Blige is a longtime user of the hybrid handheld microphone that combines a Neumann KK 105-S capsule with a Sennheiser SKM 5000-N transmitter. According to monitor engineer Ramon Morales, for this tour Blige has the Neumann capsule paired with the new nickel finish Sennheiser SKM 5200 handheld, which offers a redesigned user interface, mechanics and electronics compared to the previous model.

"The supercardioid 105 capsule is not for everyone," n

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Spain - D.A.S. sound systems have recently been installed at the Royal Nautical Club of Tenerife - the most renowned sports club of the island, devoted to the development of sports such as sailing, tennis, swimming and basketball. The new sound installation was handled by Oscar Molowny Sonido e Iluminación, S.L, the Canary's based firm that specialises in the supply and installation of sound systems, which has confided in D.A.S. products over the last after 25 years.

The official opening of the headquarters of the Royal Nautical Club of Tenerife took place back in 1905, in an art nouveau building, designed by architect Mariano Estanga, situated in the façade of the Castillo de Pedro. The Club was reopened after the Spanish Civil War during the celebration of the 1941 May festivities on the island. At that early stage the building hosted bathrooms, a swimming pool, dressing roo

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France - The latest in a series of significant new developments for digital console manufacturers, Innovason, the company is pleased to announce a partnership with Aviom, world leaders and pioneers in personal monitor mixing technology.

The initial interface between the two companies comes in the form of an Innovason Dio module, DioAV, which is easily installed in one of the two locations available on the DSP board of the Sy48 and Sy80 consoles. Two CAT5 connectors offer direct digital connectivity to two 16-channel networks and Aviom's signature Pro16 Personal Mixers via Aviom's proprietary protocol, A-Net.

A prototype DioAV interface was shown for the first time at the recent AES show in San Francisco with commercial availability planned for the first quarter of 2007.

Innovason Xavier Pion, director of sales and marketing, regards the partnership as a highly positive move

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USA - The hit Broadway musical Sweeney Todd has just finished its Broadway run before going out on tour in the US next year. The award-winning Stephen Sondheim revival starred Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris, with director John Doyle setting the action in a modern lunatic asylum, with a cast of 10 playing the roles of actors and band on stage.

Sound design is by Dan Moses Schreier, who was also responsible for the sound on the last three Stephen Sondheim revivals, with a Cadac J-Type Live Production Console taking a key role at the heart of the show's sound system.

Staged at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, the musical involved a delicate balance, featuring an intricate and highly lyrical score delivered at a cracking pace. Dan Moses Shreier explains:"This show poses an extraordinary challenge from the sound perspective, based on getting the balance between the voices

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USA - JBL Professional has introduced the Variable LineArray (VLA) Series loudspeakers, designed for permanent installations requiring high-impact sound reinforcement at throw distances beyond the reach of traditional loudspeaker designs.

"With the new JBL VLA Series, the installed sound industry now has a best-in-class line array loudspeaker series that addresses the need for high intelligibility, powerful high-impact sound, yet extraordinarily even coverage on a stadium-level scale, claimed Ted Leamy, vice president of installed sound, JBL Professional. "Systems integrators will benefit from loudspeaker arrays designed specifically for permanent, large-venue installs with the fidelity and performance capabilities of a powerful touring systems."

The VLA Series is based on the same engineering science used in the established Vertec line array product family, but

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UK - Since her first appearance at a Prince's Trust concert in 1996, Imogen Heap's combination of electronica, alternative pop and rock and Euro-pop has gained critical acclaim and a loyal fan base both from her days with band Frou Frou and as a solo artist. For her month-long tour of UK venues during September and October, sound rental company ESS employed part of its new Turbosound Aspect system.

Gary Brookes is the front of house systems engineer for ESS alongside Mike Benson, Imogen's front of house engineer, and Darren Connor who handles the monitor position for ESS.

At the Brighton Dome the system comprised eight TA-890H mid/high cabinets flown two wide by two deep a side, plus five TA-890L vertically ground stacked with two TSW-718 double 18 subwoofers aside. "We're using the older 718s to emphasise the real low end," explains Brookes. "This is a little o

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UK - Adlib Audio supplied Californian hard rockers AFI (A Fire Inside) with a JBL VerTec PA system for the UK leg of their ongoing Decemberunderground tour. The Liverpool-based company, had previously worked with AFI's FOH engineer Pete Keppler on David Bowie's 2003 Reality tour.

With the itinerary covering a host of gigs from Nottingham Rock City to Brixton Academy, the Adlib crew - Hassane Essiahi and Richie Nicholson - knew to be prepared for all eventualities and for the wide discrepancy in venue sizes. The VerTec proved its worth on stages large and small, demonstrating its very flexible and workable floor stacking options on some of the smaller shows.

For Brixton, they utilised 10 flown VT 4889 elements per side, together with eight floor-stacked JBL VerTec 4880 subs. These were run in conjunction with two of Adlib's own FD full range cabinets per side for

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USA - QSC Audio are celebrating a summer season which has seen them take full advantage of the massive construction programme taking place in the fast developing Chinese market.

By being able to offer QSC-based solutions from the Californian company's extensive product range, their territorial distributor, Beijing-based Prime Connections Inc (PCI) has successfully tendered for a number of contracts. In particular, they report that QSC sound reinforcement and network control systems have been supplied to a number of conference centres, sports halls and stadiums.

Founded in 1724, Beijing No. 2 Middle School has become the most prominent school of its type in Beijing. With its concept of all-round education, high-quality staff and advanced facilities it has produced many star pupils.

Asked to participate in the provision of a pro audio system for its newly-constructed sports ha

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USA - JBL Professional is celebrating a double victory after its products came first in both loudspeaker categories at this year's Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio Awards. Over 750 industry movers and shakers attended the Awards held in San Francisco during the recent AES Convention.

JBL Professional's LSR4300 won the Best Studio Monitor Loudspeaker category, while the company's VRX932LA won the category for Best Sound Reinforcement Loudspeaker.

Martin Seidl, JBL's director of sales, Europe, says: "Everyone at JBL is very proud that our hard work has been reflected in the votes of Mix magazine readers, who have chosen to endorse LSR and VRX as industry-leading successes. We were especially delighted to receive two of the most prestigious Awards in pro audio in front of such an esteemed crowd."

The LSR4300 Studio Monitor is designed to provide accurate mixes i

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USA - Meyer Sound has appointed Kurt Metzler to the newly created position of Northwest regional sales manager as part of the company's effort to build a stronger sales structure in the Western US region. Metzler's territory will cover Alaska, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Metzler's background includes stints as a live sound engineer, sound company owner, founder and owner of a successful professional audio retail store, and manufacturer's representative, as well as positions at Radian Loudspeakers, Sennheiser Electronic, and LOUD Technologies.

"Kurt's background could hardly be better for us," says Helen Meyer, Meyer Sound's executive vice president. "He knows loudspeakers, he's seen the industry from several sides, and he has been very successful both at sales and keeping his customer

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USA - The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson recently completed a total renovation of its set at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. The good news for musical guests visiting Studio 58 is that there is now a larger performance area as well as an improved monitor system, which benefits from a dozen new L-Acoustics 112XT and two 115XT stage wedges, all powered by the manufacturer's LA Series amplifiers.

"I'm definitely liking these monitors," says Late Late Show PA/monitor mixer Chris Maddalone, who has also mixed for The Price Is Right and American Idol and recorded and toured with numerous rock acts over the years. "I've gone through just about every box you can think of and these are right up at the top of the list, which makes sense seeing that I've used V-DOSC(r) and dV-DOSC a bunch of times and loved them."

Maddalone notes that the

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