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The company's CEO Christian Poulsen says the development of new products scheduled for release in 2014 gave DPA the impetus to examine its internal structure and make changes that play to individual managers' personal strengths.

"These changes enable us to better support customers and dealers by providing a bridge between product development and sales," Poulsen says. "They also allow us to create a DPA community, through which we can connect directly with DPA end users and industry opinion formers. They, in turn, will be able to influence future product development and R&D decisions."

One of the key changes is the appointment of product specialist Mikkel Nymand to the newly created p

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The copper dome over the room is the largest in Australia, spanning 31m in diameter. The dome is supported on a brick base that allows the interior of the main auditorium to be unobscured by columns.

Located within this dome is a computer to monitor the loads on all of the chain hoists suspended from the roof structure. Unfortunately the people on the stage who were operating the chain hoists couldn't see the computer's screen and hence couldn't see what load was being applied to the structure. The structural engineers on the job had specified particular load ratings on the roof trusse

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At show close, AES reported a 16% increase in registration since the last time the convention was in New York two years ago (131st AES) and a s71% increase over last year's San Francisco event (133rd AES), which unfortunately was plagued by smaller attendance due to Hurricane Sandy.

"I can't express how thrilled I am with our convention this year," stated Bob Moses, executive director of the AES. "Our organizing committee really outdid themselves, with over 250 presentations from an astou

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Sections cover topics including USB Audio Basics, USB Audio Application Notes, USB Audio Questions and Answers, and setting up trouble free USB Audio environments in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Mac OS X & Lion.

The new Knowledge Base is a valuable on-line reference resource for anyone using USB in Professional Audio, says the company.

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This is a great opportunity for us to leverage the treasure-trove of new technologies we've implemented in our legacy brands - and to make that technology available to the home consumer," stated Music Group marketing SVP Costa Lakoumentas. "We toyed with this idea previously with a good modicum of success, but now we're in it to win it! Having Daniel at the helm, along with his considerable industry expertise and track record, will provide the impetus needed to make MUSIC Group a household name."

Daniel Roe added, "I've always had the greatest respect for the Music Group brands, and am excited to be part of this new venture. I'm already engaging our di

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Visitors can tour the AED Rent operation and meet their team members. The AED Store is a 'Trade counter' for AV Professionals and visitors will be able to check-out the selection of handy items available from tape through to lamps through to connectors and cables. Also, the AED Second-Hand area will be showing its wide range of second-hand equipment from automated lighting, to dimmer racks and speakers along with sound mixing consoles. You can also find out more about the new AED concept 'Bring it- Price it- Sell it', which is an option if you need to move older inventory out of your ope

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Built on land donated by local land-owner Hugh de Capell Brooke, and supported by Garry Weston, owner of Associated British Foods, in 2008 the school became an Academy. Although 22 years is relatively short in the life of a building, it is light years in the evolution of sound technology.

School principal, Trish Stringer, recently ordered that the sound system in their flagship 540-seat purpose-built Weston Theatre be upgraded to improve coverage.

AV & theatre technician Peter Jackson, who has been at the school since 1993, certainly had no objection, and became part of the tender process which resulted in Leicester-based Upstage Theatre Supplies being awarded the contract.

Set up 14 years ago by David Brooks, Upstag

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The installation is part of a major upgrade to the venue's lighting and video infrastructure, which has included a new control room and consoles. The Yamaha MTX5-D functions as a flexible 'front end' to a Riedel MediorNet system, which provides communications throughout the building. Installed by Norrkoping-based Mycon AV, the company's Åke 'Myggan' Wennersten explains why the MTX5-D was his preferred solution.

"To satisfy the requirements of the lighting and video team, a high quality, cost-effective matrix mixer wa

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The company Rock Centrum, Martin Audio's territorial distributor, won the tender to supply the main sound system at the headquarters of the organisation, the Support Centre of Culture and Creativity (CPKK). Situated in the Kulturpark (a revitalisation of old military barracks), it has been built at the cost of €23.8m.

The mainstay of the complete public address consists of 20 x W8LM (in two hangs of 10 elements per side), with two W8LMD down-fills at the base of each hang. Providing LF extension are 10 x WS218X subwoofers.

In addition, 14 x Martin Audio Blackline F12+ and six F15+ have been used for floor monitors and sidefills respectively. The system is dr

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The outdoor garden setting is pleasant for theatre goers, but it presents ongoing challenges to actors and staff ranging from lingering afternoon heat and inclement weather to noise from boat engines and horns at the nearby City Dock. Scott McCormick, one of two technical directors at ASGT, says the theatre's previous loudspeakers weren't weather-resistant and had to be bagged or removed from the theatre when it rained and after each performance. In addition, they had poor directional control which contributed to on-stage fe

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"It's been more than a decade since the first MP3 digital downloads and music players were introduced to the public," said John Anderson, Vice President of Home Entertainment & Sound, Sony Europe. "Now is the time to offer high-resolution audio products that bring music enthusiasts closer to their favourite recordings, and allow them to experience those recordings the way

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The church recently expanded, and decided to upgrade the sound system to digital from an old analogue system. Founded in 1984, the church contains a 1200 capacity main worship area with two floors and there is a sub-worship area and cafeteria.

Sama ProSound's brief was to install an easy to use and convenient digital mixer, so the company selected a GLD-80 digital mixer expanded with a AR2412 and two AR84 I/O racks, and with personal monitoring provided by five of the compatible ME-1 mixers, making Gunpo Sungjang Church the first church to install ME-1 in Korea.

"I first saw ME-1 at KOBA 2013, and it really impressed me. ME-1 meets all of my expectations as it is very easy t

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Urban Peace 3, which comes five years after Urban Peace 2, presented the cream of French rap music on the city's largest and most prestigious stage. The line-up included Stromae, Orelsan, Chris Brown, Youssoupha and La Fouine, and the mix tent hosted some of the best sound engineers in France.

Sound design for the event was done by Thierry Tranchant of Melpomen, with measurement and tuning by Vladimir Coulibre, using 78 'se

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"We were looking for a new stadium size line array system to take our sound department to the next level," explains Patrick Hoevenaars, CEO of Hoevenaars. "The transparency, range, headroom and sheer SPL of this system is just amazing. As soon as we heard it we were sold."

The new line arrays were immediately put into service for the We Love The 90's concert held in Goffertpark Nijmegen in the Netherlands. More than 23,000 people were in attendance for the eight-hour celebration of the music of that decade.

The audience was treated to live performances by many popular artists from the 90's including Scooter, Paul Elstak, Captain Jack, Flamman & Abraxas, 2 Brothers o

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The agreement will enable the two companies to develop an interface solution between Cadac's advanced proprietary MegaCOMMS networking technology and Waves' SoundGrid and plugin products.

"The intention is to integrate Waves MultiRack SoundGrid with our MegaCOMMS networking technology," says Richard Ferriday, Cadac brand development manager. "This will give Cadac users access to the huge range of Waves MultiRack plug-ins, which can then be incorporated with the console's own processing options."

"Waves is pleased that more and more live engineers are able to utilise the SoundGrid platform," says Mick Olesh, Waves Audio EVP. "Consoles fully loaded with SoundGrid make it easier tha

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MidiWare is based in Rome and has a local sales office and demo space in the Lecco area close to Milan. MidiWare also represents other brands including SSL, REM, Moog, SE, Novation in both the professional and MI segments. Jarmo Masko, international sales manager is delighted that Francesco Borsotti's team are now part of the Genelec family of almost seventy distributors worldwide:

"MidiWare has a dynamic team that is focused on achieving results for their wide network of dealers and business partners. They have excellent reach into the education sector through thirty years of expe

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The new 100-capacity Oak Room has quite a history: it previously housed Grammy Award-winning producer, Nigel Godrich's recording studio; and before that, it was the home of Eurythmics' Dave Stewart.

Under its new guise, The Oak Room has already treated members and guests to an eclectic mix of entertainment: The Reuben James Trio kicked off live music proceedings on 12 September, and a couple of days later Turi

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The flat floor capacity and a stage that can be flipped to allow performances in the courtyard make it unique to north-east Victoria and southern NSW.

Professional Audio Services were called upon to supply audio requirements to this multi-purpose space including a JBL VRX PA.

"The JBL VRX was specified by the consultant although we have a VRX rig ourselves which we had used a few times in the old venue and their technical manager was very impressed by it," commented Tony Boon, managing director of PAS. "We agreed it was the best PA for the new venue especially as we had plenty more to add to it if require

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Originally constructed in 1929, the Expressionist building was partially destroyed during the Second World War. The damaged parts were rebuilt by Poland's post-war Communist regime in the angular architectural style of the time and, from 1955, it became one of Poland's best loved theatres. But disaster struck again in 1997, when further major damage was inflicted by flooding.

Thanks to a major EU grant, the venue has just reopened after a two year, PLN83m refurbishment, which sees pre-war, post-war and brand new architecture cleverly harmonised t

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According to Thomsun product specialist, Alok Ghurde, the presence of two Optocore V3RFX-Intercom devices allowed them to connect a remote RTS DKP 16 CLD coloured keypanel to the ZEUS III LE+ 16-channel intercom matrix. "Due to the nature of the display, we also managed to promote and discuss BroaMan and how it could be used in an AV install/events venue," reports Alok. "We received excellent feedback and interest from system integrators as well as end-users - and this augurs well for our plans to showcase BroaMan and Optocore in a big way at the CABSAT show early next year."

In fact, Thomsun Trading has been receiving a goo

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Attended by over 35 A/V installation and consultancy professionals, the event featured presentations, delivered by Francesco Maffei, product specialist manager at K-array, on both live and installed sound elements. These were complimented by live demos of products which included the Anakonda KAN200 flexible array element speaker and the ultra-miniaturized KZ10 line-array element.

Commenting on his company's support of such customer engagement platforms, Mig Cardamone, sales and marketing manager, Sennheiser Middle East said, "Because K-

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Participating in this project, Light.Sound.Contractor, NEXT-proaudio's distributor in Russia, was in charge of the comprehensive design to fit Kursk arena with sport lighting, art-lighting, sound equipment, truss constructions, hoist mechanisms (winches), and a state-of-the-art sound control system.

The opening was attended by Deputy Minister of Sports of Russia Pavel Novikov. Along with the governor and other executives of the region, he examined the new venue and concluded:

"I've seen a lot of similar venues, but this sports and concert centre is wonderful and functional, it will serve both the elite sport and the local community, because it is a beautiful concert venue," said Pavel Nov

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Among the acts powered by Stocks and the GLD-112 were Pulled Apart By Horses at Leeds First Direct Arena, Zico Chain (supporting Iron Maiden at London's O2 Arena) and Hawk Eyes, during the band's System Of A Down support slot in Europe.

The Allen & Heath GLD-112 is a larger version of the popular GLD-80 mixer, with eight additional control strips, taking the channel count to 28 fader strips in four layers. The new console provides 48 input processing channels, eight stereo FX returns, 30 configurable busses and 20 mix processing channels.

Stocks says of the new GLD-112, "It's by far the best-sounding console in its price range, it's a very dynamic board and the CPU is fantastically quick