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07 November 2025

Uganda - The Adam Hall Group is further expanding its international sales network and strengthening its presence in the African market: Kwetu Systems is now the exclusive distributor of the LD Systems brand in Uganda. This partnership marks an important step towards the targeted establishment of professional audio solutions in a broadly diversified market with great growth potential, says AHG.

Kwetu Systems is one of the leading providers of professional event and AV technology in East Africa. With a focus on quality, service, training and solution-oriented customer support, the Kwetu Systems team supports customer projects from the planning stage through to implementation and technical support.

“Uganda is a young, up-and-coming market where we see great potential for our LD Systems brand – especially in the area of worship installations, educati

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07 November 2025

UK - Push The Button (PTB), which specialises in theatre electrical infrastructure and production systems, has transitioned to 100% employee ownership, securing the company's long-term independence and rewarding the team that has driven its success. The transition was announced to staff on 20 October 2025 with managing director Nick Ewins, confirming that he will remain in place.

"In simple terms, this means the business is now owned collectively by the people who know it best, our amazing team,” said Ewins. “This isn't just recognition of their hard work, commitment and care for our customers; it's an investment in our future. Employee ownership will strengthen our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our clients, whilst maintaining the collaborative culture that defines us."

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07 November 2025

USA - Pacific Coast Entertainment (PCE) has once again partnered with EAW to further enhance the state-of-the-art sound system at Great Park Live. Following last year’s installation of EAW’s Anya ADAPTive system, PCE returned ahead of the 2025 summer season to upgrade the rig and ‘ensure flawless coverage’ for the venue’s newly expanded seating.

“Last year’s system sounded fantastic, but the venue has since evolved,” says Tom Pappanduros, production manager at PCE. “When the City of Irvine decided to widen the seating sections, we needed to make sure the system could cover every new seat without compromise. Adding to our existing EAW system gave us the flexibility to expand while maintaining consistency and clarity.”

Originally launched with 24 Anya boxes and 24 Otto subwoofers, the initial installation successfully addre

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07 November 2025

UK - Striking the right ambience is a fundamental part of the character of Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge. Created in 1957 by former Tate Gallery Assistant Jim Ede and his wife Helen, Kettle’s Yard was not just a home for the couple, but an open space for the public to enjoy contemporary art in an informal, domestic setting.

Almost 70 years later and that ethos still exists, so when a spatial audio component was required for a new exhibition by Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska, it was important to get the aesthetics right. The artists in question subsequently commissioned specialist integrator ArtAV to assist in creating an environment that worked with the space rather than against it, with the installation of four specially customised Genelec 4420 monitors.

The house at Kettle’s Yard still displays a permanent collection of artworks and was exten

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07 November 2025

USA - Located along the coast of New Jersey, DSN is a community centre and beach club that recently elevated its sound experience with a full 1 Sound audio system installed throughout the indoor and outdoor spaces. Installed by L&M Sound & Light, the new setup was designed to deliver ‘exceptional sound quality and versatility’ for the wide range of activities hosted at the venue - from community events and fitness programmes to kids’ camps and summer celebrations.

Outdoors, the club features Cannons placed throughout the gardens, using fully stainless steel 316 hardware to ensure durability in the oceanfront environment. These loudspeakers are permanently installed year-round by the ocean, designed to withstand salt air and harsh weather while maintaining consistent quality sound. Through 1 Sound’s Custom Shop, the team created custom garden

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07 November 2025

Canada/USA - Cohesion supported Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits tour across 66 dates in North America. The tour was a culmination of two decades of music for the Canadian-born artist, who has sold more than 40m albums and has received eight Grammy Award nominations.

Vocal intelligibility was of paramount importance on the tour, and Cohesion PA was selected. FOH engineer Paul David Hager explained: “We had to get that vocal to sit right and to be warm and clear - if the vocal doesn’t connect, the rest of it almost doesn’t matter. Cohesion is clear, it’s flexible, and it’s powerful.”

Production manager Adam ‘Cutlets’ Richards described how Hager specified Cohesion for this tour. “I trust his judgment above all. From the moment I heard it, it was dialled in. It sounded great from day one.”

The PA, deployed by Clair G

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07 November 2025

USA - The process of taking The Eagles’ live show from the streets to the Sphere in Las Vegas was no small feat, and the transform.engine from Fourier Audio has played a major role.

Tom Evans has been mixing the band’s sound on the road since 2017, including on their 2021 tour in which they performed the Hotel California album in its entirety with a full orchestra. The Eagles are all about their soaring, closely harmonized vocals, and getting Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill, and Deacon Frey just right night after night was the primary task.

That became a bit more challenging when the Eagles embarked on their Sphere residency. There, the venue’s immersive 42 speaker zones included the main PA components set behind the stage, which Evans recognised as a potential issue.

“Because of the clever beam-forming p

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07 November 2025

USA - Bose Professional has announced the global availability of the DesignMax Luna DML88P pendant loudspeaker system. Luna is suited for open-ceiling environments such as retail stores, restaurants, breweries, fitness studios, and similar design-conscious spaces.

At the heart of Luna is Bose Professional’s proprietary Ring Array configuration, which combines eight precisely positioned 2” mid-high drivers and an integrated 8” woofer to create a smooth, articulate listening experience that fills the coverage area without hot spots or dead zones. This innovative design achieves clarity and balance down to 40 Hz, which eliminates the need for external subwoofers even in open-ceiling spaces. With a maximum SPL of 111 dB and consistent 140° coverage, Luna delivers immersive sound that requires fewer speakers to cover large areas - preserving both aesthetic

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06 November 2025

USA - Sontronics has announced its ‘official relaunch’ in the United States through a new partnership with KMC Music.

Through this partnership, Sontronics will be represented exclusively in the US by KMC Music, giving artists, engineers, producers and performers direct access to its full range of British-designed microphones.

Founded in the UK in 2005, Sontronics has built an international reputation for designing ‘premium-quality microphones with distinctive looks and characterful sound’. Sontronics products are used in studios, live venues, film sets, and universities.

“This is a pivotal moment in the Sontronics story,” says Chris Cook, head of sales. “The North American market represents a key focus for our brand of British microphones. Having spoken with many of the team at KMC Music, we knew immediately that their professio

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06 November 2025

USA - Dua Lipa kicked off her 80+ date Radical Optimism Tour in November 2024 in Asia. The tour visited Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the UK, including two shows at Wembley Stadium that saw over 160,000 tickets selling out in a matter of minutes.

The tour is currently making its way across North America and will conclude in December 2025 in South America. Front-of-house engineer, Will Nicholson, and monitor engineer, Alex Cerutti, are both utilising DiGiCo Quantum 852s, supplied by Britannia Row, a Clair Global Company.

At FOH, Nicholson has four SD Racks loaded with 32-bit cards, plus an Orange Box with Dante and HMA cards. He relies on the Fourier transform.engine for his plugin needs, appreciating the latest integration with his console.

“DiGiCo has always stood out for me because of the consoles’ functionality, robustnes

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06 November 2025

USA - Tom Evans has been mixing shows by the Eagles on a Solid State Logic Live console for the past eight years, choosing the desk primarily for its audio quality, but also relying on the automation capabilities to recreate the band’s sound. But for the band’s residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas - 44 shows over 22 weekends through 8 November 2025 - Evans scrapped his old mixes, rebuilding them from scratch to take full advantage of the venue’s immersive audio system.

The Sphere, which opened just off the Las Vegas Strip in late 2023, incorporates nearly 1,600 matrix array speaker cabinets (a total of 167,000 speaker drivers, amplifiers and processing channels) that deliver immersive sound throughout the domed venue, which accommodates around 18,000 people.

For the Eagles’ residency, Evans used the 64 aux sends on his SSL Live L550 Plus cons

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06 November 2025

Canada - Led by CEO Jean-Sébastien Roy, Headroom Productions has become a go-to provider of broadcast equipment rentals for high-profile, unscripted productions, managing everything from consoles to advanced RF systems. With a portfolio that includes Survivor Canada, I’m a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here and Star Académie, Headroom relies on solutions from Wisycom.

One of the company’s most ambitious projects to date is the reality series The Traitors, which presents significant logistical challenges due to its sprawling set, remote locations and constant on-the-go cast movement. “Traitors is the perfect example of why we use Wisycom,” explains Roy. “We run a full-scale Wisycom setup across the entire production. From the moment the cast leaves the manor to the final challenge, we capture pristine audio,

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06 November 2025

USA - For the 13th consecutive year, Firehouse Productions supplied the sound for the Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park, where more than 60,000 attendees gathered to see performances by Shakira, Cardi B and other international artists. To achieve even coverage across the park’s expansive Great Lawn, Firehouse deployed a JBL Professional VTX system powered by Crown amplifiers.

The system included 76 JBL VTX V25-II-CS loudspeakers for mains and delays, 36 VTX G28 subwoofers in a cardioid configuration, six VTX S28 subwoofers on the sides, and 20 VTX A8 loudspeakers used for front-fill and out-fill. The entire system was powered by 54 Crown I-Tech 4x3500HD amplifiers.

Firehouse account manager Vinny Siniscal credited JBL’s Venue Synthesis software as a key factor in the system’s accuracy and efficiency. “Venue Sy

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06 November 2025

Indonesia - Held this year on 3-5 October at Gambir Expo, Jakarta, the Synchronize Festival features a diverse lineup of artists across multiple genres from traditional, indie, to modern commercial pop acts.

The festival’s District Stage featured a lineup including Efek Rumah Kaca, Barasuara, Bernadya, nostalgic 2000s acts such as Kangen Band and Letto, and a much-anticipated performance by Guruh Gipsy, who combined 96 channels of traditional and modern instruments to make it one of the most complex setups of the weekend for the sound team at Jakarta-based event services company DSS Rental.

The District Stage deployed an all-Nexo system with a Yamaha Rivage PM7 digital mixing system, with support throughout from members of the Yamaha Musik Indonesia Distributor (YMID) technical team.

A Geo M12 line array was configured with 12 boxe

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06 November 2025

Cyprus - AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis soccer stadium in Larnaca (completed in 2016) – serves as the home for AEK Larnaca FC and has a seating capacity of 8,000. AEK Arena is classified as a Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Category 4 stadium, meeting the specifications required to host UEFA European competitions. The seating stands are named after regions and villages of the Larnaca province, reflecting the club's deep local roots.

Getting to a Category 4 rating required the venue to be partially reconfigured, including adding box seats and upgrading the sound system to cover the entire stadium. The venue contracted with DSP Innovative Solutions and their sister company Kalsedia to design and implement the upgrades, and they included LEA Professional amplifiers as part of the retrofit.

“The all-in-one amplifier plus DSP capabi

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06 November 2025

Germany - HK Audio has announced that Isabelle Wear has taken up the position of head of sales emerging markets. In this role, she will be responsible for the Middle East and Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand regions.

Isabelle Wear has extensive experience in international sales management and the supervision of important distribution networks. Many in the pro audio industry already know Isabelle from her time at Interfacio, where she and her team successfully managed and mastered recruitment projects in the pro AV industry. After 13 years in her recruitment company, she is now returning to a sales and business development role.

Working closely with David Leonhard, HK Audio’s international sales manager for these regions, she will focus on strengthening existing partnerships and expanding the German audio specialist’s presence in these im

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06 November 2025

USA - Martin Audio has announced the arrival of experienced sound engineer and production manager, Jay Eigenmann, to its product support team.

Based in New York City, Eigenmann has developed a long-standing relationship with the company and its personnel over the years - first, as a freelance engineer, then via the sound system installation at (Le) Poisson Rouge (LPR) in New York’s Greenwich Village. As LPR’s production director and chief audio engineer, he oversaw the deployment of a wide portfolio of Martin Audio solutions.

He has since freelanced regularly for the company, assisting with service, events and commissioning while frequently encountering and spec’ing their systems in the field and for other installs and special events. “I have always enjoyed working on MA systems,” he says. “I admire the brand’s products, unique philosop

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05 November 2025

South Africa - Stage Audio Works (SAW) recently hosted the launch of d&b audiotechnik’s new CCL (Compact Cardioid Line Array) system, marking the series’ debut in the South African market. The event, held at the Vodacom Dome in Midrand, near Johannesburg, drew strong attendance from rental and staging companies, live event production professionals and house of worship technicians from across the region.

As exclusive distributor of d&b audiotechnik in South Africa, SAW recognises the importance of providing in-depth training on the new portfolio of products to its valued community in the local market. “We are committed to strengthening local competencies with demonstrations such as these, that are free to attend and genuinely insightful,” confirms Gary Furman at Stage Audio Works. “In turn, we are actively introducing new audiences and poten

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05 November 2025

Canada - Last week marked a major moment for Toronto’s live music scene as Vybz Kartel took the stage in the city for the first time. Presented by OVO Sound, the performance drew a full house of fans eager over three sold-out nights to see one of Jamaica’s most influential artists make his Canadian debut.

The high-energy show was supported by a full Adamson loudspeaker system, delivering clear, powerful coverage across the venue; Clair Global provided full audio support. The system was managed by systems engineering and crew chief Valdrian Sulejmani, with mixing duties handled by Demetrius Moore and Aaron Booth.

The system included 21 VGt per side for mains; 32 E119 (end-fire) per side; 15 VGt per side for outfill; eight CS10 for front-fill; and three S10n / four E119 per side for side-fill.

The Adamson setup supported Kartel’s dynamic

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05 November 2025

France - As the name suggests, the Changez d’Air Festival (Change of Air) is all about promoting the discovery of new talent. Now in its 25th year, the event takes place at the Espace Culturel l'Escale in St Genis les Ollières to the west of Lyon and is well established as a major part of the city’s vibrant music scene.

Taking place over five nights in May, Changez d’Air 2025 saw performances from Shawn Jobin, Moonfruits, Delgres, Barkanan, Nô Brigant, Ofé, Emma Peters, Sam Sauvage, Danilo and others, in a venue that called for a powerful PA system which wouldn’t take up a lot of space.

Local event technology company MKplus had recently taken delivery of some new Nexo P18s, taking their total inventory of Nexo speakers to more than 200. “The sound engineers and artists were very impressed with what this ‘smal

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05 November 2025

UK - A new studio facility, Winchester Audio Barn, has opened for business. Three years in the making, it represents ‘a blend of retro charm and cutting-edge technology’.

Located in the Hampshire countryside approximately 55 miles southwest of London, Winchester Audio Barn shares space within a purpose-built complex that includes an event venue and restaurant/bar facilities, and a kitchen capable of catering for over 200 guests. There is also a classic car showroom and workshop.

The studio itself features a Solid State Logic Duality Fuse 48-channel SuperAnalogue mixing console, racks of vintage outboard gear and microphones, classic instruments and amplification, within a flexible infrastructure designed to support any audio production scenario. The Audio Barn also offers a range of accommodation packages.

The facility is the brainchild o

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05 November 2025

Brazil - The 2024 political biographical drama I’m Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui), directed by Walter Salles, quickly established itself as a landmark achievement for Brazilian cinema as the first-ever Brazilian-produced film to win an Academy Award, capturing the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

The success of the film was underpinned by its dedication to period-authentic, cinematic sound led by production sound mixer Laura Zimmermann, who earned the 2025 Brazilian Film Academy’s Grande Otelo Award (Best Sound) for her work on the film. Zimmermann relied on an extensive kit of Lectrosonics Wireless products, including SMQV, SSM, LMB and HMa transmitters, and DSR4, SRc, DCR822 and DSQD receivers to capture the project's uncommon audio requirements.

Production sound for I’m Still Here, which tells

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05 November 2025

EMEA - Kramer has announced the appointment of Jesse Gadon as president of the EMEA region. Jesse will also join Kramer’s global management team.

With over a decade of experience at Kramer, Jesse has held senior roles across multiple disciplines and geographies. For the past three and a half years, Jesse has served as vice-president of North America sales, where he played a central role in strengthening Kramer’s presence and performance across the region.

“I’m confident that Jesse’s leadership, strategic mindset, and deep understanding of Kramer’s global business will further elevate our operations and growth in EMEA,” said Gilad Yron, CEO of Kramer. “This appointment strengthens our customer-focused approach and positions us well for continued expansion.”

Jesse will lead the EMEA region alongside Aviva Rykower, who will con

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04 November 2025

UK - The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh sits at the heart of the city, welcoming over 100,000 yearly visitors. Home to the Lyceum Theatre Company for over 60 years, it stages a variety of performances from classic drama and contemporary plays to comedy and musicals.

Along with the historic architecture went an ageing sound system and an upgrade was needed to ensure the iconic venue could continue to meet the demands of modern productions. EM Acoustics’ Reference Series was chosen to deliver ‘precise, high-quality audio, whatever the performance’.

Ian Gibson, head of sound & AV at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, spent several years planning the upgrade, and has led the eventual implementation of the new system.

“The theatre’s last major refurbishment was back in the mid-nineties, with no ongoing replacement or renewal of the