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14 March 2016

IC2 combines the control and flexibility of Iconyx digitally steerable technology with the power and focus of a point source loudspeaker, creating the world's first 'crossover array' with the full benefits of both technologies, says the company.

Four 8-inch low frequency Neodymium transducers and 1-inch Titanium Nitride coated HF drivers offer high SPL point source performance, while individual steering control of each driver gives the IC2 unriva

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14 March 2016

More than 20 hardware, software, DSP and FPGA design engineers are being sought for positions in Kidderminster and Manchester.

The announcement comes just six months after the acquisition of Midas Klark Teknik by the Music Group. The move follows a declaration at the time of purchase to invest substantially in Midas product development.

"I am incredibly excited about the way that we can now develop the company, thanks to the Music Group," says John Oakley, managing director of Midas Klark Teknik. "We have already released a host of new products this year and the pace is about to increase. I want to hear from any R&D staff who would like to join us on our journey, particularly if they have experience of digital audio mixer design. W

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14 March 2016

It is not only a restaurant, rather a "new and revolutionary concept". Four gastronomic islands offer specialties from different cuisines and various happenings are staged throughout the day. The necessity imposed by the aesthetic choices combined with the need for quality sound led to the request of high-performance professional products.

Each area of ChiMiama feature 18 wide band EDGE25PW loudspeakers, hung on the walls or on the pillars, combined with two Smart SMTV15SA subwoofers.

The whole system is electronically controlled by a Source AMIX4Z 4-zone mixer and an active AS025 cro

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14 March 2016

"Our customers find these units essential to have on hand when an installation isn't running quite as smoothly as hoped," says a spokesman. Suitable power supplies and racking systems are available to order separately.

The most popular palm sized fixes are: 4206 1x6 3G-HD-SD Re-clocking Distribution Amplifier; 4261A 3G-HD-SD Dual Stereo Analogue Audio Embedder; 4261D 3G-HD-SD Quad AES Audio Embedder; 4262A 3G-HD-SD Dual Stereo Analogue Audio De-embedder; 4424 SDI to Composite Analogue Video 10-bit DAC; 4463A Composite Video to SDI with Embedded Audio ADC; 4464A SDI to Analogue Composite Video &

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14 March 2016

The Church Committee sought Rasch's advice, "My career has been in providing audio and communications systems. I worked with Informations Teknik in Copenhagen for some years, and now work with Get Visual, a specialist with particular expertise in video in my home town of Arhus. My primary recommendation was for a d&b audiotechnik PA system; speech is

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The event featured various Christ Embassy ministers who delivered blessings, prayers and sermons to the crowd. Speakers included Pastor Anita and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. A live worship band and a choir of over 1000 voices accompanied them. The whole event was also recorded for DVD.

Entec's heavy schedule demanded some nimble logistics, so they brought Simon Tutchener onboard as technical production manager for the project, to integrate their services into a vast XL Video set-up, Hawthorn set design and four rigging teams from Summit Steel. Eat To the Beat and Stage Miracles completed the cast. Tutchener was also the anchor between

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14 March 2016

This year as last, the festival's sound production was the responsibility of a team from rental company MSE Tontechnik. As well as the variety of the acts performing, the medieval venue - a 60 x 20m courtyard - also posed challenges for the crew of technicians. "It's no easy matter here," commented MSE chief Johannes Sch

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14 March 2016

Almond, formerly head of marketing for Studiomaster, assumes responsibility for the marketing of the three brands throughout Europe with immediate effect. Almond's new role will see him oversee the group's promotional activities across the professional audio, live sound, theatre sound, AV and event production and MI sectors.

The new position is "a key aspect of group strategy", as Cadac establishes itself, with a wider product portfolio, beyond its traditional market leading position in theatre mixing consoles, and as Studiomaster re-establishes a prominent position in professional and MI PA, and commercial audio markets.

An effective relaunch of the Carlsbro brand is scheduled for next year'

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14 March 2016

Vocia offers a high degree of scalability, from simple overhead paging applications to advanced paging systems spanning multiple zones and structures, says the company. With decentralized processing and page routing, Vocia's smart units use network technology to distribute intelligence - eliminating the potential for a single point of system failure. As the first US manufacturer to earn EN 54-16 certification, Biamp built Vocia from the ground up to meet the exacting requirements for Voice Alarm Control and Indicating Equipment (VACIE).

Vocia offers audio distribution over standard Cat 5/6/7 fibre networks and the internet, systems can be remote and connected for real time paging and evacuation. With a range of wal

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14 March 2016

ARX managing director Colin Park finalised the distribution agreement at the recent Palme Exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City. "Pave's Jeffrey Lim, Robert Yeo our Singapore regional director and I finalised our distributor agreement during the HCMC Exhibition," says Park. "Pave Systems have been active

in Vietnam for 10 years and ARX is excited to working with Jeff and his team to develop the market for ARX products in the Install, AV and production sectors."

Along with ARX, PaveSystems also represents other lines including Kramer, Serriavideo, Wolfvision, Clockaudio and LifeSize Video Conference System in the region.

(Jim Evans)

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During recent refurbishments, between 2004 and 2007, a completely new ventilation system was installed, the chairs on the ground floor and first floor were replaced, and on other floors they were repaired and the walls were painted in a different colour. The theatre was partially re-equipped with some new audio and video elements, and an Ethernet ring added, as well as new loudspeaker and light cabling. However no changes were made to the acoustics and no new public address installation was planned.

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Adamson is gearing to expand its US market share by strengthening its support for existing users, by building a strong national sales network and support body with a dedicated person at the helm, says the company.

Bosaw will be preparing the stage for the upcoming, and yet unannounced release date of Adamson's new product series, "expected to take the market by storm".

"First we let the products speak for themselves, but the relationships and a support system are at minimum as important. As a person of character, and with the right experience, Jon Bosaw will be an asset to Adamson's US operations." comments Jesse Adamson, Adamson's director of marketing and sales.

"Adamson has always been as

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14 March 2016

Jakarta-based DSS (Don Sistem Suara), a music and sound equipment rental house that supplies much of the pro audio equipment to music, audio, and broadcast professionals throughout Indonesia, was contracted to provide sound reinforcement services for the two Slash performances. Donny Hardono, the firm's owner, compiled a massive D.A.S. Audio sound system for these concerts and turned the mixing controls over to producer/engineer Ken "Pooch" van Druten.

In Surabaya, the D.A.S. Audio sound system deployed by the DSS crew consisted of 32 Aero-38 line arrays flown 16 elements pe

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14 March 2016

The ESTA Rock Our World Awards were created to honour groundbreaking achievement by its members and to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of the technology and the designer or integrator who applies it in a real world environment. The finalists for the third annual Rock Our World Awards are:

Inverter Pac - Motion Laboratories Inc.

LightConverse 3D Show Platform - LightConverse Ltd.

RevEAL LED Color Wash - Prism Projection, Inc.

RSC Lightlock - Total Structures, Inc.

PRG Series 400 Nodes & Ethernet Switches in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest - PRG

Shanghai Expo Opening Ceremony - MA Lighting International GmbH

Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre -

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14 March 2016

The new features that Tannoy has introduced on QFlex deliver more resolute safety and monitoring facilities, making it fully compliant in any life safety or mass notification environment. In addition QFlex has been weatherised for outdoor or harsh environments without compromising on the product's sleek aesthetic, making it suited for large scale transport hub applications such as within airport terminals and major train stations.

Among the key improvements on this front are the addition of Pilot Tone Detection capability, Sen

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14 March 2016

Senior pastor at Bloemfontein, David Kennedy, was eager to replace his existing system with QSC's and when a friend offered to buy the previously installed rig (including sub), he said it was just the break he needed.

"I wrapped up the deal and ran to Toms [QSC's South African distributor] to buy my new K12's. As soon as I had installed them the difference was like night and day; even people untrained, or unobservant of such things, could tell immediately the difference in quality."

David Kennedy had been introduced to the K12's by Nico Greyling, who looks after the Bloemfontein branch of Toms Sound and Music.

Said Greyling, "I have known David for a few months, and on many occasions we have discu

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14 March 2016

Richard Woodward has joined DBpixelhouse, which is DB's content building division. In addition, Alex Copson and Nick Beard have both been promoted to the DB project management department with responsibility for liaising with a variety of organiser and agency clients. Usama Dafaalla is been appointed Logistics Coordinator and will work alongside Mark Danvers, Operations Director.

David Bulley, said: "We are about to embark on a very busy few months, which will see us servicing clients at over 30 events and exhibitions events in the UK and throughout Europe. These guys will be in the deep end but I have no doubt that they will rise to the challenge of working for a global leader in IT & AV rental.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

"Looking at what The Brits stands for - the 'must-see' spectacle - it was clear that moving to a state-of the art venue like the O2 was an obvious evolution," said Brit Awards chairman David Joseph.

Down The Bookies - The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize have been slashed after a bookmaker took an "unprecedented" rush of bets from people backing him to win. William Hill dropped its odds from 20/1 to 1/10 over the weekend after what it called "extraordinary" activity. Its spokesman said m

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14 March 2016

Peter Willis and a team of industry experts will be on hand to explain each of RDM's key features with hands-on examples of RDM interoperability and connectivity using a range of manufacturer's compatible products. They will be offering one-to-one briefings for consultants and specifiers and regular mini-presentations on specific aspects of RDM benefits. There is also a special session for RDM developers, which will take place on the stand on Monday 13th September from 5

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14 March 2016

MIlton has been using DiGiCo consoles since the company started in 2002, when friend and prolific theatre sound designer Bobby Aitken introduced him to the brand.

"I have been specifying DiGiCo consoles when I can ever since," says Milton. "When I was putting together the monitor spec for Faithless, I wanted to use the best sounding console with the smallest footprint. We were starting the tour in European theatres, some of which have very limited space onstage - the Paradiso in Amsterdam springs to mind - so it was crucial that I kept my footprint small and flexible."

Milton has seven wedge mixes on stage and eight stereo in-ears, and t

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14 March 2016

Vintage 2010 - "Celebrating 5 decades of British Cool" was the first of what will be an annual music and fashion-led festival of 'cool', dating from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s . It features leading DJs, bands, collectors, purveyors of vintage clothing and classic vinyl, alongside contemporary bands and brands inspired by the UK's richly expressive music and fashion heritage.

The refreshing entertainment concept was set in the beautiful surroundings of the Goodwood Estate, ensconced in a secluded valley overlooking the Sussex coast, with a capacity of 20,000. James Neale crew chiefed the 20-strong team and oversaw all of the proje

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14 March 2016

As part of the new agreement, DB will supply bespoke AV systems and services for eight shows between now and 2012, including CPhI 2010, CPhI 2011, CPhI 2012, as well as Food Ingredients Europe 2011.

Oliver Richardson, DB's sales director, said, "I'm delighted that UBM has extended our contract for another two years. Our relationship with UBM is built on a solid foundation of trust developed over years of working together."

(Jim Evans)

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John McMahon, VP of sales and support for Audinate comments, "We are excited about the growing number of licensees showing Dante at this year's PLASA. It is a validation that Dante is quickly becoming the de-facto standard in digital media networking. This is due largely in part to our migration path to AVB and our ability to provide our partners with a high-performance TCP/IP solution today."

Aidan Williams, co-founder and CTO of Audinate, will be speaking on the Manufacturers' Panel at the first ever AVNetworks 2010. The conference will explore issues surrounding networking technologies and prot

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14 March 2016

Stegos is fully encrypted 2.4GHz digital wireless boundary microphone system designed for use in both video and tele-conference applications. Key features include global microphone muting via a single button press, over 14 hours of operation, short battery charging time and an easy to use software interface. Stegos allows up to 12 microphones to be used simultaneously.

The beyerdynamic DT 290 series headsets have undergone a major makeover for this year's show. The new DT 290 offers an improved pivoting gooseneck microphone and further enhanced immunity against Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). With its highly fle