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UK - Private-equity house Electra has realised £203m on the sale of audio equipment group Audiotonix. Epiris, Electra’s recently renamed investment arm set to split from the firm in June, sold the business to European buyout group Astorg.
Epiris formed Audiotonix after acquiring Allen & Heath for £42m in 2013 and combining it with Calrec and DiGiCo, which it bought a year later. The enlarged group, led by chief executive James Gordon has quadrupled earnings in four years.
Epiris partner Charles Elkington said, “This has been a fantastic deal for Epiris and its investors.”
A statement from Audiotonix says, “AudiotAudiotonix is delighted to announce Astorg’s investment into the group. Astorg is a European private equity firm with total funds under management of over €4 billion, that actively seeks to partner with market leading companies lead by e

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UK - Scala in Kings Cross has played host to everyone from Coldplay and The Foo Fighters to Ray Lamontagne and Sheryl Crow over the years. In addition, it has become a mecca for the capital’s clubbing community, regularly opening its doors for drum’n’bass, reggae, rock and garage nights.
As part of a recent significant upgrade to Scala’s in-house audio system, the venue has invested in an Allen & Heath dLive S Class digital mixing system at front of house. Featuring a dLive S5000 surface partnered with a DM48 MixRack, the set-up also employs a Waves V3 audio networking card to allow laptop-based multitrack recording (up to 128 tracks) of live events via a single CAT cable.
The inclusion of an iP8 remote controller also increases flexibility with its ability to control the dLive MixRack in conjunction with Allen & Heath’s Director software for an ultra
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UK - Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has been given the power to award its own degrees.
Her Majesty’s Privy Council, following a recommendation by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), has written to the College to confirm that it has been granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers (TDAP). This means that, from September 2017, students will be able to study for a taught degree awarded by the Sidcup-based College.
Rose Bruford College principal and chief executive, Professor Michael Earley, said, “This is a significant milestone in the College’s 66- year history and means we can develop our own degrees which respond quickly to the needs of our students, existing partners and other organisations within the performing arts and creative industries sectors.
“The awarding of TDAP is a college-wide achievement, and I would like to thank our staff, stude

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UK - Following a period of substantial growth, creative technical event production expert Hawthorn has strengthened its sales team with a series of new appointments.
Claire Ledward and Eliot Sargeant have joined the company as business development managers with Ieva Gudaite being welcomed as sales executive. Based in London and the Midlands, the trio bring more than 18 years of sales experience to the business.
Claire brings 12 years of sales experience to the team, spanning a variety of sectors including media, IT, telecoms and the events industry. Prior to joining Hawthorn, Claire worked at a global conference and exhibition company for six years, based out of the Dubai office where she was responsible for launching b2b events in challenging markets around the Middle East and North Africa.
Eliot joins the company from Chillisauce Events where he worked as senio

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The Netherlands - Lab.gruppen will introduce three new Lucia 60 W power models - Lucia 60/2M, Lucia 60/2 and Lucia 60/1-70.
“Lucia has an exceptionally small footprint and multiple mounting options and its input flexibility provides installers with an absolutely reliable and highly-cost effective solution,” notes Hakan Gustafsson of Lab Gruppen. “To further increase cost efficiencies we have introduced new 60 W power models, which reduces the initial system investment by 30% whilst delivering all the same features as the alternative models.”
Central to Lucia’s cost efficiencies is its Energy Star certification. After 20 minutes of no signal input, the amplifiers’ automatically enter standby mode and power up within one second when signal returns. Additionally Lucia incorporate intelligent fan control where it provides silent operation in idle and lower out

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USA - Officially, NAMM 2017 ended on Sunday 22 January, but for digital music trailblazer Roland, the show is still in high gear. The company is keeping the excitement of its NAMM launches and celebrity stage appearances alive with an extensive social media campaign, featuring powerful 360 VR streaming that recreates the feeling of being at the show.
A key contributor to the realism of the post-show video, as well as the engaging look of Roland’s sprawling, multi-faceted NAMM exhibit, has been the thoughtful, well-balanced lighting design created by Justin Preston of Three-Phase Productions, using a collection of Rogue, STRIKE and COLORado fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
Roland divided its large NAMM space into a number of sections, including a main stage where artists like Gregg Bissonette, Omar Hakim and Scott Tibbs performed, as well as separate areas for its

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Spain - Opened in 1923, Madrid’s Monumental Theatre has hosted many theatre companies, live shows, concerts and other events. In 2016 it celebrated 50 years as the headquarters of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española (RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir), a milestone marked by the installation of two brand new Yamaha CL5 digital mixing consoles.
One of the Spain’s most prestigious orchestras, Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española, is run by state broadcaster RTVE. Most of its live or recorded broadcast performances come from the theatre, due to its high quality acoustics. These produce the excellent sound quality and reverb essential for the reproduction of classical music concerts.
The theatre has featured two Yamaha PM5D consoles for several years, but in 2016 the decision was taken to install CL5s.
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Europe - Shure has announced the three winning bands in its recent EMEA-wide band competition Call for Legends – Live. The first prize winners are the Lehmanns Brothers, an eight-piece soul/funk band from France.
The competition ran from September to December 2016 and the requirements were that bands entering had to be based in the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East, or Africa) and to have a strong passion for live performances. To prove this, bands had to upload a video of a gig in front of a live audience, along with a band biography.
The winning groups receive Shure equipment worth thousands of Euros, and the first-prize winner additionally has the opportunity of playing live at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival, and of taking home a professional audio and video recording of their festival performance.
The competition has exceeded all expectati

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The Netherlands - At Integrated Systems Europe 2017, Astro Spatial Audio (ASA) will unveil its new SARA II Premium Rendering Engine. Appearing on the booth of Alcons Audio (Hall 6, booth H148), the second generation SARA II will power an “immersive pro ribbon experience”, with demonstrations taking place every two hours.
The 3U, rack-mountable SARA II brings the creative possibilities of object-based 3D sound to the live entertainment and installation industries, plus room acoustics and stage tracking features, all in an easy to use package. Boasting a redesigned fascia with a 2.8” touchscreen display, the hardware includes refinements such as ultra-low noise cooling, redundant on board SSD drives and up to 64 MADI or 128 Dante configurable network pathways, all of which are assignable to at least 32 audio objects.
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France/The Netherlands - L-Acoustics has announced the launch of Syva, a new format, high power speaker system which features six medium-frequency and three high-frequency speakers in a sleek J-shaped progressive curvature format. The groundbreaking transducer arrangement called segment source* produces an H/V 140° x 26° (+5/-21°) directivity pattern that is optimized for exceptional surface coverage and 35 meters of throw.
Syva is designed for corporate events, fashion and trade shows, as well as for sound reinforcement in amphitheatres and performing arts centres. The modern, sleek design will make it an attractive option for houses of worship as well as intimate settings such as home cinemas or lounge bars, says the company.
Syva can be accompanied by the Syva Low high power subwoofer or Syva Sub infra extension to achieve a 142 dB max SPL. Its companion Syva Low

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Austria - After 15 years of success in the Austrian post-production industry, Frei Audio Tonstudio has celebrated by making a major investment in a brand new mixing system. The studio’s existing system was centred on a Yamaha DM2000 digital mixer and Steinberg’s Nuendo DAW, so a Yamaha Nuage system was the obvious upgrade.
Based in Klagenfurt, Frei Audio is a full service studio that has built an excellent reputation as a post-production facility for film and TV production, as well as composing and producing music for commercials and movies. With recent projects including highly acclaimed documentary features Bauer Unser and Streif - One Hell Of A Ride, as well as the film Mount St. Elias, the studio features exceptional acoustics, surround monitoring, ADR facilities, audio over ISDN / IP and many years of combines expertise in all aspects of audio p

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Cyprus - Audio specialists tube UK designed sound for a dazzling Opening Ceremony to mark the start of the ancient and mythical city of Pafos, Cyprus’s year as joint European Capital of Culture for 2017 (together with Aarhus in Denmark).
Working for Pafos2017, tube was recommended for the project by Liz Pugh from outdoor arts specialists Walk the Plank, producers of the main Opening Ceremony (OC) show in central Pafos together with a team of Cypriot creatives and artists.
A special soundtrack for the show was written by Pafos-born international composer and music director Christina Athinodorou, who combined classical and electronic elements into the intricate soundscape.
tube’s Melvyn Coote took up the challenge of delivering sound for a cast of hundreds and an enthusiastic audience of around 12,000 who packed into the 28 October Square in central Pafos to en

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UK - Almost 370 of the UK festival and outdoor event industry’s leading suppliers and organisers attended the Festival Supplier Awards to celebrate and applaud the 2017 winners on Thursday 26 January.
Now in its third year, and settled in to its home at the Hurlingham Club, the awards recognise companies who work tirelessly to deliver great events, many of whose efforts often go unseen.
Amongst the awards presented were accolades for Best Stage, Best Power, Best Temporary Structure, Best Toilets/ Waste Management, Best Concession/ Bar and Best Sound, along with gongs for Best Production Team and Best Festival Support Service.
The full list of awards presented and the winners is:
Best Concession / Bar: Peppermint Bars, Bestival
Best Festival Technology Provider: TOURtech, Lollapalooza
Best Crowd / Pit Barrier: Actavo Events, London Stadium

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Germany - Described as ‘in the daytime a modern convention and congress centre, in the evening a classy concert and event location’, Eurogress Aachen is a major multi-space venue in Germany’s westernmost city. The installation of a pair of Yamaha CL5 digital mixing consoles has brought the mixing facilities in its main halls right up to date.
Eurogress Aachen’s many spaces range in size from the Europa, Berlin and Brüssel halls (which accommodate up to 1700, 650 and 430 people respectively) to a number of rooms of varying smaller sizes. For the past 13 years, the Europa and Brüssel halls have each featured a Yamaha DM2000 digital console with AD824 and DA824 I/O units, but the recent installation of a CL5 console with Rio3224-D in each hall by Köln-based Teqsas GmbH has upgraded the facilities.
A DME24N digital mixing engine was already in use as a central

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Vietnam - Three Vietnamese houses of worship have recently installed a Qu-16 digital rackmount mixer from Allen & Heath to manage all of their audio requirements.
The Vietnam Quoc Tu national pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, and Long Toan and Long Dien churches in Ba Ria, Vung Tau province, all required a new compact digital mixer as part of an audio upgrade. Specified by installation company, Nguyen Vinh Hoang, the Qu mixers manage all of the audio sources for the venues’ services and ceremonies.
“All houses of worship installation projects require an audio system offering premium sound quality for speech intelligibility,” explains Mr. Khuong, technician at Nguyen Vinh Hoang. “The Qu series is renowned for easy and precise audio control, and also has the added benefit of a comprehensive suite of FX to manage the challenging acoustics of the building. All of the

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UK - PLASA has collaborated with some of the industry's leading experts, brands and production teams to expand its free-to-attend seminar programme for PLASA Focus Glasgow, which returns to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) on 18th and 19th January 2017.

Production services supplier, Adlib, has partnered with two of its biggest brands, Martin Professional and L-Acoustics, to deliver both a video and audio seminar respectively. Martin Professional will demo the ease of setting up and mapping creative LED fixtures including using their VDO FACE 5, Sceptron, and VC video ranges. On the audio side, L-Acoustics Application Engineer & Educator Fran

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USA - EAW has named Nancy Dias to the newly created position of customer experience coordinator. Part of the global sales team, Dias is tasked with overseeing the customer service experience of all EAW customers while also providing visibility of that experience to the in-house EAW team in Whitinsville.

"I've only been working with Nancy for a short time, but she continues to impress me and the team with her drive and enthusiasm," explains Rusty Waite, VP of global sales for EAW. "In this role she has both external and internal responsibilities that further our commitment to our customers to make every experience with EAW a positive one."

The customer experience coordinator reports directly to Waite and will aid and assist the sales, marketing, service and operations teams to ensure the EAW customer base continues to grow. Dias started working for EAW in 2014 in production

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Europe - Midas has recently taken its console training across Europe with courses completed in the UK, Germany and Spain. The events, designed and delivered by Midas senior solutions manager Daniel Paine, were hosted in partnership with local Midas distributors Amplified, thomann Audio Professionnell and Adagio respectively.

Tailored for a range of mixed-ability users, from beginner to advanced, the training covers the entire Midas and Klark Teknik product portfolio and includes configuration solutions for a range of applications. Trainees are taught basics such as; linking front of house and monitor desks, transferring audio between different desks and recording features using Klark Teknik's DN9650 with Dante card.

The course then advances into more specific mixing skills such as automation which is covered in detail. This shows users how to move between different show sc

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UK - Adlib renewed its excellent and long term working relationship with Grammy nominated US rock band Panic! at The Disco, providing sound, video and lighting production, plus crew for their recent UK and European tours. Once again Tony Marino was at the helm as the highly-respected tour manager.

The band released their fifth studio album, Death of a Batchelor in January 2016 and have had a mega busy year.

Lighting designer Alex Specht took a floor package for the European dates, which was supplemented by a full overhead rig and video for the high-profile UK gigs in Manchester, Cardiff and two sold out nights at London's Alexandra Palace where this leg of the tour came to an exhilarating end.

The high-impact floor package comprised two grids of 3 x 5 Ayrton Magicdots which were built into special roll-on-roll-off dollies designed by Adlib and streamlined for qu

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Germany - Built in 1911 and former home ground to local football teams 1860 Munich and Bayern Munich, the multi-purpose Gr

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UK - ISCE, the Institute of Sound and Communication Engineers has announced the seminar programme for ISCEx 2017. Taking place at Coombe Abbey on Wednesday 8 March 2017, ISCEx 2017 combines educational seminars with leading networking opportunities and a table-top manufacturers' exhibition from more than t20 commercial audio market leaders.

Topics for the 2017 seminar programme include Digital Amplifiers - are they too well designed?, Hearing the Invisible and Taking Noise off the menu presented by industry experts Dr Peter Mapp, Alberto Fueyo, Tony Stacey and Gillian Rollason.

If you're working in commercial audio system design, integration, project management or sales, ISCEx 2017 provides excellent opportunities to learn, engage and discuss commercial audio solutions in an intimate, non-imposing environment.

Attendees can expect to learn first-ha

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UK - The Broadway hit musical Disney's Aladdin opened this summer at the Prince Edward theatre in London's West End, with TiMax vocal imaging and effects spatialisation firmly in situ at the heart of the Ken Travis sound design.

Three TiMax2 SoundHub-S64 units (including a hot spare) were purchased by audio provider Autograph Sound, and linked to a DiGiCo SD7T console and d&b amplification via MADI and Optocore. Autograph also provided a TiMax Tracker system which follows the actors around stage to automate the magic of spatial amplification delivered by the TiMax dynamic delay-matrix.

Seven TiMax Tracker (TT) Sensors from the Touring version range, (with ethercon interconnects, rackmount POE Hub and two 1U TiMax Tracker PC's including backup), are mounted in pairs upstage and at the proscenium while a further three sensors reside on the balcony front. These are map

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UK - Each year, as the Salvation Army gears up for one of its busiest annual periods, the Christian charity puts on a special Christmas carol concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. This year's sold-out, multi-artist event saw production company b+h relying on Yamaha and Dante.

Although brass bands tend to feature heavily in the Salvation Army stereotype, the Christmas carol concert features a range of different performers. This year's event took place on 24 November with a cast numbering over 150 - including choirs, a contemporary praise band, readings and a guest performance by prominent supporter Shakin' Stevens.

"It's a traditional carol concert, but on a grand - and far more technically complex - scale," says Sam Lynam, business development and project manager at b+h. "As well as managing the live sound production, we assist the Salvation Army's recording and broadcast

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The Netherlands - 2016 marked the 20th year Britannia Row Productions has supplied audio services to the MTV European Music Awards. Rotterdam's Ahoy provided the setting for the event.

Project manager Lez Dwight explains the set up. "This year we had three stages side by side, straddling the Ahoy at 40 degrees playing to two thirds of a full house. It was an overwhelmingly L-Acoustics K2 rig with four main hangs. We used Kara for a few fills and flew most of the KS28 subs; in fact, we only had four of the subs on the floor.

"For control, we had two Digico SD5s FoH along with an SD10 for the presenters and two SD7s on stage for monitors. Two acts bought their own consoles as they had complex internal patch set-ups and they were integrated into our overall patch and splits system. Our team included Colin Pink who coordinated the essential 'live to broadcast' interface, while

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