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14 March 2016

Having worked in many of the finest discotheques in the world, Joe T. Vannelli knew exactly which system he wanted for his own club and entrusted the task of performing the installation to the Renate-based pro audio company dSoundPro.

To tailor the system perfectly to the architecture of the building, dSoundPro's team of experts ran the simulation software EASE. The results of EASE's acoustic CAD simulations revealed not only the position and orientation but also the power handling characteristics of each loudspeaker, all needed to obtain an even distribution of the sound throughout the club, with const

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One of the most popular salsa artists of all time, Marc Anthony has sold more than 10m albums worldwide and has been awarded 12 Latin and Standard gold and platinum certifications by the RIAA.

For the concert in Caracas, Dynaco set up a total of 32 JBL Vertec VT4888DP-AN powered midsize line array elements equipped with JBL DrivePack technology and optional Harman HiQnet-compatible input modules. These were configured as two arrays of 16 boxes each. In addition, eight VT4887 compact line array elements were used as front-fills, and a six-box array of VT4887's was used as a signal-delayed array behind the front-of-house mix position.

The VT

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"The new church is a great facility for us," said GBI's head of sound Handri Nathanael. "The church is on two levels on the 9th and 10th floor of the Mall, each approximately 3,300sq.m and for a big service on just the 10th floor we can accommodate 3,200 people, so we have space to grow."

The new church opened towards the end of 2007 followed by a special service in December, "Dr Janto invited several VIPs and a couple of tel

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Ignacio Chulia, D.A.S. sales representative for Eastern Europe, was on hand to make the final checks to the system, installed by D.A.S Audio distributor for Hungary, Team Audio Kft. led by Gábor Hajdu. Three Variant 25A units together with a compact Variant 18A subwoofer unit were flown on each side of the main conference hall. The Variant 18A powered subwoofer unit extends the bandwidth of the array to 30Hz.

The light-weight and visually discreet Variant 25A module has an aluminum and steel structure which is fixed to the enclosure and incorporates all the rigging accessories needed to join one unit to another. Its ultra-compact design provides high output and exceptional sound in an attractive enclosur

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14 March 2016

A new temple at the headquarters of one of Taiwan's most famous Buddhist monasteries - Fo Guang Shan in Kaohsiung - has been fitted with a complete QSC Audio system solution - right through the signal chain. FGS is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan, with branches throughout the world.

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The occasion was in aid of the memorial fund established in memory of Henry van Straubenzee tragically lost his life in a car accident - and which donates to school building projects in Uganda. Seven new schools have been completed with five more planned.

Guy Pelly, of Mayfair celebrity haunt, Mahiki, had got in touch with Sound Division's David Graham, whose long-standing relationship with fellow directors, Nick House and Piers Adams, led to the recommendation. David Graham was delighted to have been asked to participate. "The occasion was in aid of a most worthy cause and yet promised to be a fun event at the same

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Jörg Vonten's rental company covers a wide range of shows and events - from rock 'n' roll to industrial - but he has always used Soundcraft mixing desks. "I am very much a 'one man' organisation - but I use first class freelance engineers," he says.

"I had already experienced working on other digital desks but I needed something that sounded better - and would match the quality of the MH3. The last thing I wanted to do was take a backwards step."

(Jim Evans)

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According to TC|US's Ken Blecher, Joe Blacker and his team were deserving winners: "Audio Associates have done a great job of promoting the Lab.gruppen brand into all pro audio market sectors, including the installation market where they are very strong. They have leveraged the brand's international recognition in the high-end touring sector to penetrate the installation market with great success, whilst continuing to serve the rental companies in their area to the high

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A total of sixteen Outline Butterfly CDH 483 Hi-packs and four Outline Subtech 218 SP amplified the notes of her intimate show. Four Outline H.A.R.D. 115 SP - of which three were for Carmen - were used as stage monitors.

Theatres hosting the show included the Arcimboldi Theatre (Milan), Ponchielli Theatre (Cremona), Verdi Theatre (Florence), Paganini Auditorium (Parma), Parco Della Musica Auditorium (Rome).

The rental company was Blackout s.r.l. of Vasto (Chieti), a firm with an Outline Butterfly stock comprising sixteen CDH 483 Hi-Packs and eight Subtech 218 SP, and the system was under the control of William Antico (system engineer) and Gianluca Vaccaro (FOH engineer).

Consoli has just ended a mini-tour in the

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Technically it offers sound engineers and installation companies the opportunity to work with state of the art audio, with the ease of installation and set up that has not yet seen in this market place, says the company.

Following on from the TTL3's recent launch, RCF has been demonstrating the product throughout the UK, gaining positive reactions. RCF's Greg Oliver, is enthusiastic about showing the product at ABTT. "We have always had a good reaction to our dedicated theatre products at the show and I know the mini line array will be no exception. Its compact design has been very well received and that's before people get

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The Meyer Sound system at the Beverly Hilton is in a left-centre-right configuration; with five Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers flown left and right, and four M'elodie line array loudspeakers in th

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FGS is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan, with branches throughout the world. Founded in 1967 by the Ven. Master Hsing Yun, it set the bar high when specifying its requirement for both speech and musical applications. The sound needed to be pure and transparent - without colouration.

To achieve this objective, the project's main contractor, Session Audio Research, had favoured a complete one stop solution - with processor, amplifiers and loudspeakers all coming from the same manufacturer; they reached the conclusion that QSC provided the best option in terms of both performance and reliability, and specified an Installation Line Array (ILA) as the main soun

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Asked about producing audio at the elegantly proportioned stadium with its own state of the art system, owner Mike Scarfe explains: "We couldn't use the existing audio system because, as with all stadiums, the sound comes from above and behind the audience; and since the stage for the Papal Mass was at one end and it would have been impossible to time-align it to the stage. We provided sound for the entire stadium and 47,000 people from 60ft towers on either side of the stage. Basically, we had a 550ft throw from the speaker tower to the farthest seat."

Working with Jim Cousins at Martin Audio in the UK and

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This year's event saw a new arena added to the event in Dortmund's Westfalenhallen, equipped with a large Turbosound audio rig.

Effectively divided into four separate areas for the event - Arena, Casino, Empire and Factory - it was the latter in which regular Turbosound users BLL and CE-Veranstaltungstechnik combined to provide a huge Aspect rig to ensure the pounding beats of 12 Techno and Hardcore acts -including Vince, Korsakoff, Sven Wittekind and Angerfist - were experienced to the maximum by several thousand clubbers.

"The Aspect rig has received only praise for its power and clarity, it is the perfect system for electronic music," s

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HD Pro Audio is exhibiting for the first time: the company is the UK distributor for Optocore's fibre optic audio and data networking system, is also a main dealer for the Digidesign Venue Console and Yamaha' s Commercial Audio range. Sound Associates will launch two new additions in line with DDA requirements. Their new 3-channel tourguide system is ideal for theatres offering audio description or simultaneous translation. Its licence-free operation makes it cost-effective and it is offered with a range of microphones and headsets. Also on display is a 2-channel infra-red system that offers an enhan

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"After the last tour I had been looking for a console that was quicker to use," states the sound engineer. "When you are talking about a live mix you have to consider a lot of paging, which is very queue intensive. Although digital consoles can make things much better, and you can recall most of your settings, there is often a 'slow down' trying to get to where you want to go. The Vistonics platform solves all these problems."

Bill Fertig's introduction to Vistonics had come via the Soundcraft Vi6 - on a show in Mexico City where he was mixing Colombian artist, Juanes. He found the desk both quick and intuitive.

"A week or so l

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ZED's effects are divided into four types: tap tempo delays, short reverbs, long reverbs and modulation. They are controlled by three buttons for easy navigation and editing, allowing the parameters of each effect to be quickly 'dialed-in' to, for instance, pinpoint the ideal delay time or amount of reverb.

"Much like the ZED range's build and construction, Allen & Heath's approach to the effects was with professional standards and quality in mind. ZED effects are designed by the same R&

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ARX Managing Director Colin Park said: "The Greek market has always been an important one for ARX, especially for our Signal Distribution and Interface products, which have been very popular amongst Greek audio professionals.

"We're looking forward to working with Ioannis Oikonomopopoulos and his energetic team at Mega Sound to develop the market for ARX products further. ARX has a number of innovative new products slated for release in the second half of 2008 which we feel should be well received by Greek live sound and installation audio professionals."

(Jim Evans)

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The Virgin Media event, organised for Virgin Radio competition winners, was recorded for playback at a later date on the radio station as well as a Virgin Radio web download feature, so the sound at the event was high priority.

As an underground city club, SEOne Club's house system is set up for its market with a DJ-ready sound system, and so a full live-capable system was supplied for the event. Hard-Fi's sound engineer, Sam Parker - also known for his continuing work with Groove Armada - called upon East London-based Headtec to ensure high quality sound for the event as well as a speedy and professional set up.

Headtec's Mark Hornsby - who has a long association with Parker - tri

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With headquarters on the Chinese mainland in Guangzhou as well as branches in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, Rightway has represented Klark Teknik's Square ONE range since its launch in 1996, selling more units into China than any other territory. The company also has the distinction of selling four XL8s into the Chinese market, as well as having purchased a demonstration model.

"This is wonderful for us," says Rightway sales manager Alan Wong. "The Chinese market is well aware that Midas and KT are big names, and as the new sole distributor we are very proud to represent these brands in China. We are looking to expand Midas and Klark Teknik right across the board, through live sound, theatre and broadcast."

Adds Midas and Klark Teknik sales and marketing

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The MPA Series is comprised of three models offering RMS power variants of 60W (MPA60), 120W (MPA120) and 240W (MPA240). Each model features six line inputs with stereo summed to mono, as well as four microphone inputs into a single zone and offers high and low impedence as standard - with low impedence balanced via phoenix style connectors.

All models in the range are controllable via front panel rotary selectors or remotely via Cloud's wall-mount remote controllers (RL1 and the RSL6).

(Jim Evans)

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Sheffield is one of those British cities that boasts a vibrant local music scene, and has produced some of the finest bands in the country, including Def Leppard, Joe Cocker, The Human League, Pulp and lately The Arctic Monkeys. Building on that tradition, AMG has created its new Carling Academy venue out of an old purpose-built ballroom which had been used as a discotheque before falling into disrepair for several years.

In fact, there are two venues here; the main stage has a capacity for 1800, while Academy 2 is another production-complete space for arou

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The historic Kursaal, which is the event area in the hotel complex, has been modified under the imposed conditions of a historically listed building. A Varizone system was chosen, as it meets the challenges of audio in a facility with scalable rooms whereby the rooms can be scaled down as conference and meeting rooms or alternatively as a large event area for lectures and concerts.

The network - including the Varizone system - is controlled via a Crestron Control Panel. Additionally a Klotz Digital Decennium mixing console is bound into the system as soundboard to be used during live events. AV Ganz AG was responsible for project management, planning and installation. Product supply was by FG-Elektronik.

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McLaughlin comes to Digidesign after several years as vice president of engineering at Cisco Systems' Desktop Switching Business Unit, where he led a team of more than 500, overseeing the development of a diverse line of system hardware and software. He has also held executive positions at Silicon Graphics and Cray Research.

"We're pleased to welcome Kevin to Digidesign," remarked Tex Schenkkan, Digidesign's chief operating officer. "He brings a wealth of varied experiences, a strong understanding of large-scale systems development, a broad perspective on engineering and technology, as well as leadership and management skills that