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Utilizing Alcons' own 18" ribbon tweeter, the new Q-Series is a true flat line array in the purest sense of the name. Highly directive Q comes in 1m modules with frequency control in the lower ranges increasing as you add modules, potentially down to 80Hz if you like a line that tall. With 90° horizontal dispersion and the high claimed power of the ribbon driver, a single module makes for a very powerful cabinet.Alcons' Ultra Compact Line Array comprises two cabinets, the LR14 and LR14B (bass). It can be flown (including the sub), or groundstacked, and uniquely with the mid/high boxes pole-mounted (up to three boxes) in a yoke-style harness, adjustments can still be made to the arraying intervals between the cabinets. All with on-board amps and DSP.

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The Mach CW 115 is the newest subwoofer in Mach's new C-Range of installation speakers. The powerful reflex-loaded sub is designed for heavy-duty use in professional environments, say Mach. Like all speakers in the Mach C-Range, the CW 115 is designed to fit unobtrusively into any install environment and features the same flying point principles used on the C-Range top boxes. The Mach C-Range also includes the CI Series of molded speakers for in-fill applications, and the first in a series of white CI Series moulded speakers, the CI 6, also featured at PLASA.
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Canford Audio highlighted its vast range of cables: the company keeps an impressive 1.5 million metres of cable in stock. The two main new products here were by Anchor Audio - the first a wireless comms system requiring no base station and accommodating up to 15 belt-pack groups with no limit on the amount of packs per group. The second was the Beacon portable line array sound system, which resembled a large wheelie suitcase when compacted!

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LMC Audio was showing a wide selection of new products under its 'Pure Audio Choice' banner. Martin Audio, Turbosound and Nexo compact systems were all featured, with both analogue and digital consoles the cause of interest and sales. The compact Soundcraft MH2 led the way, with Midas Sienna and Yamaha digital consoles also vying for attention. "One of our most successful shows ever," said Paul Hinkly.

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Tannoy's successful V-Series dual concentric loudspeakers were launched in 2003: at this year's show, Tannoy exhibited the latest update, the VNET, which is self-powered and networkable. The new cabinets use VLINEA class D amplifiers, which do not use fan cooling. The integrated DSP looks after the amplifier and will, according to engineering director Ben Ver, attempt to make some kind of sound at any cost! Designed from the ground up, the VNETs are available in several flavours - VNET 12, 12HP, 15 and 300 with three subs - the VNET 15BP, 15HL and 18DR.

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American Audio launched no fewer than four new MP3 players, including the Velocity twin MP3 player with interactive jog wheel. The machine, which plays MP3s and CDs, boasts advanced cueing to the frame (not the second), digital scratching, nine onboard effects, digital BPM counter and tempo lock.

Also launched were the MCD range of MP3/CD players - the MCD-110 single deck, MC-510 dual deck with separate controller giving pitch control, fader start and relay play and the MCD-810 at the top of the range. Also new was the CDI-500, a single deck but with many of the features already mentioned plus the addition of a tap button for manual BPM entry, reverse play and storage of up to 1500 cue points.

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London-based sound and lighting distributor Fametrack was promoting its latest trade catalogue.

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The launch of Dio Core at PLASA is significant for InnovaSON. This is essentially a stage box compatible with any device so long as it is Ethernet capable. Used typically with InnovaSON consoles, Dio Core allows greater input to the console, and can be used in multiples linked together by simple Cat 5 cable. One stage box gives up to 64 ins and outs in modules of eight. Patch at the desk, every remote gain, phantom power, high quality pre-amp, etc - all the renowned InnovaSON features are there. Naturally, software updates have been made for the InnovaSON Sy80 and Sy48 consoles to manage the Dio Core functions.

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There was quite a buzz on the Allen & Heath stand throughout PLASA this year, due to the introduction of the company's iLive digital mixing console system.The console has been designed to bridge the gap between digital and analogue mixing desks and its look and feel is certainly testament to that. Its large EQ and dynamics controls look like a cross between the inside of the Delorian in Back to the Future and a Moog synth. Yet this retro look is calming and strangely familiar, as are the large multi-coloured LCD panels for channel information.

At the heart of the iLive lies the iDR-64 processing engine, which allows the desk to mix 64 channels of audio across 32 mixes that can be assigned as combinations of auxes, groups, matrix and main outputs. The unit is controlled via Ethernet and can interface to a number of control surfaces in addition to the iLive, which itself is available as

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SEED is an R&D company specializing in digital audio, and offers OEM and ODM solutions for other manufacturers to incorporate into their own products. Recently announced products included the GPG-2 Graphic/Parametric EQ board, the GFE-2 Feedback eliminator, GCL-2 Comp/Limiter and HXO-6 loudspeaker management system with 2-in and 6-out, all with PC remote control and storage.

Marketing manager Martin Capp told L&SI that the company would be launching the new Marani brand in the next few months, offering simple, cost-effective pro audio products.

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Located in the heart of DJ land, the PPL stand was cunningly positioned for the launch of the new Digital DJ Licence. The annual licence is available for £200 and allows DJs to legally copy sound recordings onto a computer for use during their performances. The licence also allows DJs to hold up to 20,000 tracks on a machine as well as a complete backup on a separate machine.

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Meyer Sound showed the Galileo a speaker management system for Meyer's self-powered speakers; this is still in development but should go into production next March. The big advantage Meyer claim over comparable products is that with crossover functions already carried out within its speakers, Galileo's processing power is left exclusively for the other functions. With 16 outputs, the unit is capable of running a very large show system.Meyer's Mica system also received its first public airing in the UK, but readers will already be familiar with this small-scale line array following its launch earlier in the year.

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ride of place on the Pinanson stand went to the company's EtherSound Snake, enjoying its first showing since it went into full production. The technology was developed by Digigram and is an Ethernet multicore, designed with minimal latency in mind, which can be used with any EtherSound adapted console or a combination of EtherSound and analogue desks.

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UK - Bosch Security Systems is enhancing its Praesideo Public Address and Emergency Evacuation System with a new Remote Call Station and Call Station Interface that use CAT-5 (Category 5) cabling.

The use of CAT-5 cabling, the industry standard for data communications in computer and IP networks, gives the Praesideo system even more flexibility in system design. The new Remote Call Stations can be located up to one kilometre away from the Call Station Interface. Other advantages of using CAT-5 cabling are that it does not add to the Praesideo's system bus length and it makes call station installation easier, says Bosch.

The new Remote Call Station - the LBB4438/00 - can be powered either by the Call Station Interface or from a local power supply if a large number of keypads are to be used at long distance. The LBB4438/00 can be extended with up to 16 keypads each with eight co

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Switzerland - Butterfly line-arrays played a key role at the St. Jackob stadium in Basle, on the occasion of an ecumenical mass attended by 5,000 people. Blackburn Productions deployed 24 CDH 483 Hi-Pack modules, backed up by eight Victor Live subwoofers. H.A.R.D. 212 monitors were used for the musicians and choir and Bomber systems on side-fill chores. Amplification was courtesy of T series power amps and the system was controlled by new Genius 26 DSP, also by Outline.

Christof Mäder, owner of Blackburn Productions, commented: "The area to be covered in the stadium was 140 metres long, but I didn't need delay systems. The VIP software, as always was very precise and reliable. It would be no exaggeration to say that the sound was wonderful and intelligibility really high."

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UK - Thirteen Ampetronic induction loop systems have been included in a brand new hostel at St Evelina Children's Hospital, London. Installed by regular Ampetronic client Scanaudio, the hospital features 12 ILD20 and one ILD252 loop amplifiers.

At the hospital's main reception, two ILD20-driven base station loops ensure the communication process is as clear as possible from the moment that visitors arrive. Ten further ILD20 loops are installed at nurse stations and in the wards throughout the hospital, ensuring visitors with a hearing impairment can discuss anything they need with the staff, while not disturbing patients. They also have the additional benefit of helping any of the patients who may have a hearing impairment.

A perimeter induction loop is also installed in the hospital's main meeting room, powered by an ILD252 and including a condenser microphone for presentatio

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USA - St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's Church in Escanaba, Mich, has a new sound system installed by Eagle Communication and featuring EAW DSA series loudspeakers. The system was installed by Eagle's co-owner Tony Rogalski who has installed systems in more than 1,200 churches. The long-established church was having problems with noise reflection from its shiny gloss-painted surfaces.

"The church described the exact problem I had just solved for a massive old church in downtown Detroit," explained Rogalski. "With hard surfaces like marble, wood and stained glass, old churches frequently battle reverberation when it comes to the spoken word. At the same time, these same churches often reject traditional damping methods, such as acoustic panelling, because they don't want to cover or in any way mar the traditional and well-loved aesthetic of the old buildings."

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Germany - Over 65,000 concert-goers attended this year's Popkomm festival in Berlin, where more than 1,500 musicians from 23 different countries provided over 400 hours of live music in 30 different clubs and halls around the city. In the thick of the action was the Berlin production company TSE AG: the team lead by Marcel Fery was responsible for both the lighting and the sound at many of the main events, including one of the real highlights of this year's Popkomm, the MTV Designerama Fashion Show.

The centrepiece of the sound design, for an event that received widespread media coverage within Germany and drew a large TV audience throughout Europe, was an Electro-Voice X-Line, Midas consoles and processors and EQs from Klark Teknik.

Commented Fery: "The extremely wide stage in the Berlin Arena held no terrors for the EV system, with its coverage angle of 120 degre

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World - The White Stripes tour has seen the minimalist rock duo delivering performances to sold-out crowds on several continents. Six years and five albums into their careers, the duo of Jack and Meg White show no signs of slowing down.

Detroit-based Thunder Audio has been providing the sound for much of this year's foray, based around an array of 24 Meyer Sound MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers. FOH engineer Matthew Kettle, mixing the band on a Midas Heritage 3000 console, favours a stripped-down approach that calls for little in the way of effects, other than a bit of compression and a slight touch of reverb. Two LD-3 compensating line drivers provide system drive processing, while status of the loudspeakers are monitored from a laptop computer running RMS remote monitoring system software.

"The MILO rigs, in particular, have proved to be quite versatile,&q

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UK - Following significant growth over recent years, Baldwin Boxall Communications has appointed four new directors. Established in 1982 with just two staff members, the company has gone from strength to strength, and now employs around 50 people.

Nick Baldwin has been appointed marketing director. Previously employed as marketing manager, Nick has been with the company since 1999 and has been responsible for ensuring that the Baldwin Boxall remains the first name for VA. He also draws a good pint at Baldwin Boxall's very popular exhibition stand.

Neil Jarvis, working in the sales department since 1988, has been promoted from sales manager to sales director. Steve Reed, who has been working in the company's R&D office for over nine years and has seen the development of many new products, including the very popular CommuniCare range, becomes design director. Chris Trent becomes

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USA / UK - Sennheiser was recognized with the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award for Microphone Technology/Sound Reinforcement for the Evolution e900 Series of backline mics at the 21st annual TEC Award ceremony. The presentation was made at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City during the annual AES convention.

The 900 Series microphones are designed for professional musicians, PA rental companies and rehearsal studios, and are optimised to handle a wide range of electric and acoustic instruments.

This is the third TEC Award honour for Sennheiser since 2002. The company was awarded top honours in 2003 in the Wireless Technology category for the hybrid Sennheiser SKM5000-N/Neumann KK105-S, and in 2002 won in the Ancillary Equipment category for the Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones.

• At the recent MIA Music Awards ceremony held in The Savoy, London, S

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UK - Sound Division has completed the installation of a JBL background music system into the prestigious china and glassware retailer, Waterford Wedgewood, in London's Piccadilly Arcade off Jermyn Street, Mayfair. The brief was for a high quality background music system zoned into two areas with remote level control for each zone. Sound Division supplied and installed a total of eight white JBL Control 23 loudspeakers on a 100V-line system complete with a Cloud 3650 dual-zone mixer/amplifier and a Pioneer multi-CD player.

"We were working to a very tight schedule," explained Sound Division's David Graham. "We had to be in and out in just one working day in order to cause minimum disruption to the establishment and its customers. It meant a pretty early start, but we got the entire system installed, wired, tested and handed over within the given time-frame. Waterfo

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China - Britain's leading induction loop design and manufacturing company Ampetronic has scored a double first in China: the first 'first' was to appoint Shenzhen-based Amtor Ltd as its first Chinese distributor. The next, following on from the deal, is that Amtor is designing what it claims to be the very first induction loop system ever to be installed in China - using Ampetronic equipment.

The system is being designed for the Chengdu Handicapped Healing Centre, an eight-floor facility that will offer education, healthcare, healing and entertainments services. 10 induction loops will be installed, using Ampetronic ILD20, ILD60, ILD122, ILD252 loop amplifiers.

Unlike in the Western world, China currently has no legislation that requires induction loops to be installed, as Amtor's Tony Xu explains: "Induction loops are both a new idea and new technology for China. Governm

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World - Being named 'One of the Most 100 Influential People in the World' by Time Magazine is an accolade not usually bestowed on musicians. Yet, Latin musical sensation Juanes takes it all in his stride. With five recent nominations for the Video Music Awards together with three Latin Grammy nominations for his multi-platinum album, 'Mi Sangre', the Colombian rock-superstar is causing a real stir. Juanes is now wowing his fans on his extensive World Tour.

Veteran FOH engineer, Rob Colby has mixed for the likes of Ricky Martin, Shakira and Luis Miguel over the past three years. He has now been mixing Juanes since January 2005, racking up 90 shows so far with 17 sold out in Spain.

The sound system for the tour is being supplied by Showco - a company Colby has worked with for 28 years: "The guys are just great and have always been such a great support network, not only for

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