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14 March 2016

Founded in 1998, US-based Sound Devices produces a range of specialized audio products for field-production, including portable audio mixers, microphone preamplifiers, computer interfaces and recorders. Designed and assembled in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, Sound Devices audio products are designed specifically for audio applications in documentary film and video production, feature film production, sports broadcasting, news-style video production, sound effects gathering, acoustical test and measurement and live music recording.

The Sound Devices range of audio products joins an impressive array of brands on offer from Shure Distribution UK, which includes Shure, QSC Audio, Phonic, PreSonus and Aviom. All these brands

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Steve Jones of the sound division of the consultancy firm, Symonds Group, recommended the AXYS Intellivox after their survey of the building back in 1999. The pavilion, in contrast to the neighbouring HQ Building, is an architectural statement built of glass and steel with a fabric tent-like roof covering. The result is a reverberant space that poses acoustic problems for its secondary use as a performing arts and corporate presentation space. The choice of Intellivox was based on their ability to control the dispersion

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Peter Morrison, audio specialist at Maverick said: "These academies are to help get audio across to a greater number of resellers in the AV market place. All too often resellers shy away from quoting audio under the impression it's too difficult to sell. This is simply not the case and we hope that the majority of people at these events will go away with a far greater understanding of how audio systems are put together. We wanted to show them that they could provide the complete package and be confident

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14 March 2016

The XLA 3200 range provides a choice of three models, all fully voice-evacuation compliant (EVAC) for emergency evacuation applications. They also feature a simple new mounting procedure. In re-thinking the technology used in conventional column loudspeakers, Bosch has used advanced filtering and positioning of the loudspeaker drivers (patent pending) to give the XLA 3200 speakers greatly improved audio directivity. The state-of-the-art drivers

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Faced with the challenge of accurately capturing the variety of onstage performances at Montreux, Shure Europe marketing director Ron Marchant said: "With almost a decade of experience to our credit, we've carefully tailored each venue's microphone offerings to the expres

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"All Digigram multi-channel sound cards have been updated with a Universal PCI interface, making them compatible with 3.3 V, 5 V, and mixed 3.3/5 V environments," said Digigram managing director Philippe Delacroix. "The updated cards offer equivalent, and in some cases, better performance than the previous cards. Every effort has been made to ensure compatibility with exi

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At the heart of the sophisticated audio system is a Dynacord Promatrix System, which provides safe and precise control over 84 loudspeaker zones, 28 fire alarm inputs, four digital DPC 4520 paging stations for the main exhibition hall and the control room, a CD multiplayer controlled by the DPC 4550, four different sources of background music (selectable via a DCS 409 interface control card) and 32 amplifiers, controlled by the system and

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D.A.S. Audio's distributor in Malaysia, Syarikat Instraco, was in charge of the design and installation project and found the Factors to be ideal for the requirements of the McDonalds installation. The installation of the products lasted almost three months. The Factor 5 systems handle background music and paging in the restaurants.

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Stardraw marketing director Rob Robinson explains: "Stardraw has always used different environments to allow you to present your system documentation in the most appropriate format. For example, engineering layouts are best produced in the Block Schematic environment, while sales presentations benefit from the Pictorial Schematic and Rack Layout environments.

Stardraw has long had a 'Convert to Rack' function which analyzes all the data in your Block Schematic, selects those elements that are rack-mountable and then puts that information into the Rack Layout environment. July's feature, t

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Sandra Platts joins TSC's Customer Support Team, working closely with the Projects Team to help coordinate new projects as well as handling sales and service issues, and providing key customer support. Tim Brooks joins TSC's Music Team, where he will coordinate and administer the distribution of music to customers as well as providing customer support by dealing with music enquiries and providing the latest new releases information.

The company's head of development, James Abdool, said: "The appointments of Trevor, Sandra and Tim h

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The Heritage Motor Centre is home to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, which maintains the largest collection of classic vintage and veteran British cars in the world. A soundproof, sliding partition transforms the conference and exhibition suite quickly and easily into two conference rooms each seating 250 delegates. Both conference rooms are equipped with fully independent audio-visual facilities and special lighting. Each room contains an EVO system that comprises of four EVO speakers, an EVO Net Controller and an EVO Mixing Desk.

The two rooms can also be combined to form one large room

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Denon UK's Dave Morbey says: "With MP3 being such an exciting and up-to-the-minute format, Denon has developed a full a range of products to meet the demand for reliable MP3 and data disk playback. Therefore it's totally appropriate for us to support DjinTheMix." The distribution of music is combined with an on-line DJ Reaction and DJ Chart system. These report DJs' reactions to the sites clients in 'real' time, allowing feedback within 48 hours of DJs inputting their comments and opinions.

Each DJ has their own unique password-protected login area, allowing them to access promotional music. MP3 files are not sent o

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"Once again, we're really pleased with the firms that we've been working with," says Paul Freudenberg, L-Acoustics US director of sales and marketing. "Each of these companies was represented at our most recent rep orientation in June and we're all excited about the terrific opportunities to branch out into their territories and expand L-Acoustics US' domestic presence."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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As a supplier of presentation and event technical equipment in South Africa, Gearhouse SA has, for the past three years, provided the necessary equipment and technicians for the Mr Price Pro music concerts. However, 2003 sees the company - through its Durban branch - playing an integral role in conceptualizing and planning the event for client, Mr. Price. Additionally, Gearhouse SA has undertaken to provide the VIP area for the event. In a first for the company's Durban branch this takes the form of an elevated platf

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Autograph's product specialist Mike Charman said: "With features including intelligent linking (up to 832 non-blocking ports over four frames), 24 bit audio resolution, powerful visual intuitive system software, seamless connection to other systems and devices via sophisticated modular interfaces, and configuration PC to Eclipse frame connection using RS232 serial or Ethernet allowing multiple PCs and frames to be networked and remote access via the internet, Eclipse is ideally suited to the

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14 March 2016

Hawthorn Theatrical was commissioned to supply a sophisticated AV system to Elveden Forest's new multi-purpose Sports Café, designed to be extremely flexible, interactive and, above all, simple to operate. The Sports Café contains a variety of sports facilities including table tennis, snooker and a swimming pool. It also hosts twice-weekly cabaret sho

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The 2003 tour sound equipment consisted of 18 V-Dosc and 4 Arcs cabinets, 12 SB218 subwoofers for the front fill, and 115FM floor monitors. The tour presented an opportunity for Ricard Live Music and Network partner, Potar Hurlant, to test one of the latest L-Acoustics line items, the 115XT coaxial speakers, both in front fill and monitor applications.

Madje Malki, a Potar Hurlant sound engineer, gave his impressions of the tour this year: "In front fill (with the dedicated 'fill' presets), these cabinets are astounding, very coherent, efficient and easy-to-use without needing to equalize them, which is a vital quality for this type of quick setup application. As a sound wedge, it is excel

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There will also be three new products in the accompanying series of PL remote controller panels. PL-7 is a stand-alone or surface mounted LCD panel, which, using the PL-Anet interface on CAT-5 cable and connectors, enables remote display of

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According to SSE's Julian Ward, the decision to take a Midas Legend into stock was straightforward. "We've had connections with Midas since day one and have always been great fans of their consoles. There's still a strong market for large format analogue desks, and as far as we're concerned, Midas still do the best job in that department. Legend is clearly designed for smaller events, but its versatility makes it perfect for

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Jack Wrightson, a WJHW partner, immediately recommended that the Red Sox contact EAW, located about 50 miles southwest of Boston in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. "I told them that there was a local manufacturer with excellent product and a long history of successful ballpark installations," commented Wrightson. "I knew that EAW would be willing to work with the Red Sox and that the resulting collaboration would result in improved soun

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Troke, a Captain with the Royal Engineers TA, based in Swansea, will be spending eight or ninemonths in Southern Iraq, helping with civil infrastructure reconstruction. Paul Adams, managing director of PAI, commented: "Peter is a valuable member of our team, and has formed solid relationships with our customers. However, ensuring our customers continue to receive high levels of service and support, meant that we need to identify an individual who could hit the ground running in this pivotal position. We wish Peter all the best and look forward to his safe return during 2004."

Carl Sergeant will continue delivering a

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The new Magic Box enclosure houses a range of accessories and can be easily configured in pairs for rack mounting with optional rack-ear kit, or truss mounted via the captive M12 fixing. Currently three product variants are available in the Magic Box enclosure. The 8-way DMX Buffer box is a fault tolerant, self-healing device designed to fully isolate each output from another. Supplied with 4x5 pin and 4x3 pin XLR connectors, each output of DMX is separately generated, therefore boosted from the original DMX signal. The unit also features a through connector and termination switch.

The 8>4 DMX A/B Switch box uses a simple manually operated switch to change the DMX source betwe

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The seminar will encompass such topics as phase alignment, delays, filters, line array theory and conventional loudspeaker arrays, as well as acoustic prediction and measurement techniques. Lunch and refreshments will be included d