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Electrosonic's entertainment business provides a complete set of audio-visual services, including custom designed audio, video and control systems, systems integration and full project management, plus a range of on and off site services and maintenance offerings. Custom solutions are provided for museums, visitor centres, theme parks, water parks and family entertainment centres. Clients include designers, curators, producers, fit-out contractors and end clients themselves.

Global Immersion, a division of Electrosonic that designs and integrates customised and technically complex planetarium and giant screen environments, will also be at the Electrosonic booth. Global Immersion provides an extensive

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A long tradition in sound reinforcement, the PV Series enclosures are housed in durable wooden, carpet-covered enclosures with a built-in pole mount (except PV 215D). The new PV powered enclosures deliver "400 watts of bass-pounding, distortion-free sound utilising Peavey's DDT compression".

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Even long-departed drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwistle make cameo appearances, joining remaining original members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey. Entwistle's virtuosity and famous bass solo on "5:15" are showcased in live footage shot at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000, which streams onscreen. They also pay tribute to the late Keith Moon; their performance of Bell Boy incorporates video footage of a 1974 performance, with Moon's vocals dubbed in from the LP (one of the only times in Who history his vocals were heard on an alb

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It has to be sound; the echoing, womb like sound of whale song enveloping the visitor, drawing their eyes up to absorb the vision high above them and so to complete the experience. And not just any sound; sound designers Charles de Meaux, content artist and Thierry Coduys, technical 3D sound implementation wanted to create a seamless 3D sonic feeling throughout the Expo Digital Gallery Pavilion at the 2012 World Expo located at Yeosu, South Korea.

Its theme of The Living Ocean and Coast was reflected both in its natural setting and its technically ambitious pavilions. Any audio insta

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For two weeks at the end of 2012 Katherine Jenkins sold out venues around the UK and Ireland, including London's Royal Albert Hall. During the tour she was supported by the National Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Anthony Inglis. She was also joined by guests such as The Boy Choristers of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and The Band of the Welsh Guards.

RG Jones supplied all of the audio equipment for the tour and specified DPA microphones for the orchestra. A total of 14 DPA 4061 miniature microphones were used to capture the sound of the strings, while the low strings and the brass section were miked using 10 DPA d:vote 4099 Inst

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14 March 2016

Since its release in 2011, JoeCo's BBR64-MADI Recorder has become increasingly popular as an audio acquisition device for broadcast. Designed to integrate with any MADI-based broadcast audio systems, its use of universal file and storage formats enables seamless transfer of captured audio from studios and OB facilities to post production.

"We chose the BBR64-MADI because it integrates beautifully with other MADI-based broadcast audio systems such as the SSL C10 and C100 digital live mixing consoles and the Riedel MediorNet media networking system that we currently

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14 March 2016

In a joint statement, Soundking Group Europe and current distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co Ltd. announce that distribution for both ranges will move back to being handled directly, with operations managed from Soundking Group's UK headquarters. There will be a brief hiatus between Friday 15 March 2013, when JHS ceases to ship product, and Monday 1 April, when stock will be available directly from Soundking Group's warehousing.

Dennis Drumm, JHS' managing director said, "It's been an enjoyable challenge to be involved in re-establishing an iconic brand of amps like Carlsbro in its home market and of course Studiomaster is a wonderful product. We will be sorry to see them both go, but understand that the brand owners wish to pursue t

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14 March 2016

"Evolution Rentals acquired the first ConTour Array system in the Middle East in the beginning of 2011, since then there has been nothing but positive feedback hence the additional investment in the same line from HK Audio," commented Grayson Soares, operations manager at Melody House. "They have also made a substantial investment in the Linear 5 range which affirms their confidence in the HK Audio brand as being a solution that is not only cost effective but a great return on investment."

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14 March 2016

Concerts account for 68.9% of the total revenues for the 40 artists on the list, which estimates annual earnings. According to the figures, compiled using Boxscore concert data and Nielsen SoundScan sales information, Bruce Springsteen came a close second. He earned $33.4m (£25.3m) after touring to sold-out stadiums and arenas on the back of his number one album Wrecking Ball.

Strong merchandise sales helped with his earnings, with Springsteen's live shows making up 92% of

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14 March 2016

A songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist and self-recording artist of renown, Delcampo chose the desk as a replacement for a classic but aging Siemans console. Recording, producing and releasing records as both Chet Delcampo and Hong Kong Stingray, his career has taken him from coast to coast and across the pond and back, collaborating along the way with the likes of Kid Congo (ex Cramps, The Gun Club and Nick Cave), Parthenon Huxley (The Eels) and David Lovering (the Pixies).

Finally settling in Philadelphia, he has produced two critically lauded albums, The Fountain and Apartment Songs as Chet Delcampo, and two further LP's

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14 March 2016

Following the recent purchase of an MLA Compact 24, both Martin Audio regional application support engineer, Chris Pyne, and technical training manager, Martyn (Ferrit) Rowe arrived at Max Production's HQ in Sha Tin district, to carry out the intensive three day training course afforded all Martin Audio MLA network partners.

The course was conducted by Ferrit and attended by 10 of Max Production's senior and junior staff as well as technicians and an interpreter from Budee, the MLA territorial distributor (in the form of Mr Jin Lei).

Chris Pyne, who conducted the introduction and initiation course, explained the content of the workshop. "The formal class room audio theory and system functions plu

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The third in the Barrio series (following Barrio North in Islington and Barrio Central in Soho), Ahmed's team has invested heavily, bringing in Dtwo Design to ignite the interior with a series of stand-alone themes from across Latin America, and Middlesex Sound & Light (MSL) to complement this by installing a premium Martin Audio system in the 300 capacity venue.

This was at the request of the owner himself - a seasoned DJ - who also has Martin Audio sound reinforcement in his other venues.

MSL's project manager Darrel Olivier, confirmed, "From my initial meeting with Ferdie we decided Martin Audio was the right solution for the venue. We will always promote the brand and specified a

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Founder members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are once again joined by long-time supporting musicians Zak Starkey, Pino Palladino, and Simon Townshend, though this tour sees the group perform the entirety of their 1973 album-cum-rock opera, Quadrophenia, for the first time since 1997.

Simon Townshend, who has been the band's second guitarist since 1996, has been a fan of the TA-300 for some time, and refers to it quite simply as "the best amp ever". For this tour, Daltrey is also using one.

"Everything about the TA-300 is spectacular, from the compression going i

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"Kenell Audio is a dynamic company with a great experience in the industry of entertainment and audio installation. They have perfectly understood our strategy for the development of integral solutions and they strongly trust in WORK audio products for the italian market." says José Luis Vila, CEO of Equipson.

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Steve White, co-director of Patchwork explains, "We wanted a state of the art digital mixing desk, which was compact enough to use in small venues and powerful enough to use on big shows."

So far, the desk has been out with artists such as Paloma Faith, Paolo Nutini, Beverley Knight, Katherine Jenkins and, most recently, ran monitors for the European leg of the Joan Armatrading tour. White explains that even in cases where the desk has not been specified on the rider, he's had no problem convincing engineers to embrace the PRO1 and they have all come away singing its praises, having had great shows with the console.

White continues, "We love the console. It has performed very well mixing at both FOH and monitors on all of the live music events, awards

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Changbai Mountain is located on the border with North Korea, with the Chinese side a 494,000 acre nature reserve that is already a popular international tourist destination. The new resort's 26 miles of ski runs will draw many more visitors and the Changbaishan Grand Theatre has been built as part of the comprehensive accommodation and entertainment facilities.

Built by the Beijing Aotewei Development Company, the theatre features a cutting edge audio specification, supplied and installed by Ri

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Mauricio Vilar, FOH Engineer for Carlos Vives for the past four years, wanted to use the Adamson E15's for the performance. "Initially we had a production company proposing another brand of P.A. I had requested the E15's on the rider and insisted that they were used for the event."

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Delgado joins from Rental Multimedia Systems S.L. in Spain, where he spent eight years, and will be working alongside Dan Page to provide technical support to the DiGiCo sales team, as well as offering new ideas. With Spanish as his native language, Delgado will also focus on DiGiCo's Latin America market, where the ability to work with customers in their own language will prove extremely valuable.

"This is a dream come true for me," says Delgado. "Working with such an amazing team is just great. The creativity and innovation you can feel in the company really is from another world. I have always had huge respect for the philosophy of the brand. This is not only a team of geniuses, but a very tight family and I feel like I am pa

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14 March 2016

Each winter it opens its doors for the Federation of Scottish Theatre's (FST) winter school, a sizeable programme of technical training and professional development courses aimed at those working in dance, music and theatre north of the border. The FST has over 120 members and strives to secure the creative future of Scottish Theatre at a national level while also helping its members share resources and expertise; one of the key aims of the winter school program. As in previous years, the Winter School has been heavily supported by Edinburgh based Black Light.

Courses included working and rigging at height, ETC product training, m

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14 March 2016

With technical and sales information on over 2,000 professional audio products from the world's leading professional audio equipment manufacturers, the HHB Catalogue one of the industry's leading resource for professional audio technology.

Produced for over three decades, the HHB Catalogue is a comprehensive guide to the latest pro audio technology for the broadcast, education, music recording, OB, post, radio, television and video games markets. As such, the latest state-of-the-art technologies for topics such as Loudness, File-based workflows, MADI, Audio over IP, 5.1 and HD, in addition to a comprehensive selection of microphones, loudspeakers, headphones and much more are listed throughout the 216-page catalogue. Some of the lates

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The 2 x 15" W- bin has been replaced by their new 3000w 4 x 15" V- bin which covers both bass and sub bass, and is built in two half-sized enclosures for portability. The High bin has also been cut in half, and carbon fibre conical flares have replaced the wooden horns.

Featuring new twin spider 750w 15" bass drivers, 10" low-mid drivers for improved vocals, a new 185 mm dia compression driver with Polyester Composite diaphragm and a metal 1.4" to 120mm slot throat with phase and directivity correction elements. This gives more accurate dispersion over 90 x 60º and an e

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"The event took place at the Old Midland Bank, immediately opposite the Bank of England in the City of London," says crew chief Charles Ellery. "We'd visited the palatial marble clad surroundings a couple of weeks before, and decided to put together an 'in the round' system of 28 Meyer Mina cabinets and eight 600-HP subs to relay material from two full DJ rigs, which were set up on what used to be the Bank's reception desk."

Capital's Robin Conway was on system tech and mixing duties, whilst Louisa Gladwin, Charlie Bryson and Jasmin Cummings handled the PA and stage tech roles.

Control was via a DiGiCo SD11 digital console, with a

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In July 2011, the theatre left the old venue in the Großen Bleichen and now plays in the Bieberhaus at the Heidi-Kabel-Platz. With the move into the new house, also a new sound system was installed.

The theatre values the combination of natural acoustics and neat sound reinforcement; However, the planned musical productions also require a more powerful sound while maintaining high speech intelligibility. Therefore, the sound crew headed by Florian Buhr (Protones Audiotechnik) decided on the almost invisible LR7 micro line array of Alcons as well as the VR and SR pro-ribbon series from the Dutch manufacturer.

Since the new house with a seating capacity of 414 is acoustically designed, a very natural sound and coherent coverage is highly valued. "The perfect coverage and stu

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Exhibiting on Stand F50, Hall 8.0, the advantages of Yamaha digital solutions will be amply shown by the majority of products being integrated in a live Dante network.

The CL5, CL3, CL1 consoles will be on display with the expanding range of i/o options, including the Rio3224-D, Rio1608-D, Ri8-D and Ro8-D. Yamaha M7CLs and LS9s will be included on the network, showing the seamless integration provided by the DANTE-MY16-AUD interface card, as well as Yamaha's industry-leading power amplifiers and the DSR, DXR and DXS series loudspeakers.

Yamaha and Steinberg's flagship Nuage audio post-production system will be on demonstration, again networked via Dante, w