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UK - Light & Sound Creations has completed the installation of sound, lighting, plasma and LCD displays and security surveillance system at the Glass Spider, Sunderland's stylish new super-pub.

Located in Green terrace, the heart of Sunderland's 'nightlife quarter', the Glass Spider boasts the largest terrace in the North-East and is operated by Wylam Developments, who also own Ttonic and Vision in Sunderland. Opening night at the Glass Spider featured live music, Vegas-style showgirls, an ice sculpture on the terrace and VIPs arriving by stretched Hummer.

Community loudspeakers have been used throughout the venue, chosen by Light & Sound Creations. The main dance-floor uses four CPL42-94, ceiling-mounted in landscape format, with two TD215S compact dual 15" subs. Bar areas and infill around the dance-floor use Community CPL27s and a CPL23 provides foldback for the DJ boo

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UK - Acoustic specialists at the Government Communication Centre (HMGCC) in Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes, have been using Klark Teknik's Helix DN9340 digital equalisation system in an unconventional way - to devise new methods of checking out communications systems for use in harsh environments.

HMGCC engineers have been working with a limbless dummy with a small speaker where the mouth should be to simulate human speech. Realistic speech quality is a very important criterion for this project, and one of the many uses of Helix is to EQ the mouth speaker. "I particularly appreciate the rich functionality of Helix, which has allowed the replacement of several EQ units and laboratory audio filters with just one box," says Ken Worrall. "The ability to control both channels independently is an extremely useful function, as is the option of controlling it from a PC in a

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USA - Building upon a reputation for sonic quality and rugged reliability with what now represents a third generation of PowerLight technology, QSC has unveiled its new PLX2 range of amplifiers. Designed for live performance, PLX2 amplifiers are divided into two product groups offering power outputs of up to 3,600W.

Adding subwoofer processing and more convenient back-panel switches to the original PLX platform, the fully-featured PLX2 '02' lineup (models PLX1802, PLX2502, PLX3102, and PLX3602) are complemented by the compact PLX2 '04' amps (models PLX1104 and PLX1804), which bring the same technology to applications where bridged or 2 Ohm operation isn't required.

"The PLX2 Series is uncompromising on every level," says QSC founder and chief designer, Pat Quilter. "Paying homage to the power of the technology inside, the outward design of these amplifiers incor

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UK - 5 Star Cases has designed and manufactured a special custom flightcase for leading DJ equipment manufacturer Pioneer Europe NV. The case houses a combination of its CDJ-200 CD decks and the new DJM-400 mixer units.

The main brief was to incorporate a cable shield or 'mini loom box' for ensuring that the cables can be kept neat and tidy along the rear of the case when in use and when packed away. Loom boxes are a standard feature on 5 Star's large audio mixing console cases, and so it was logical to incorporate this element of the design into the final layout. "Pioneer wanted a practical and good looking system case to compliment the small footprints of both the CDJ and DJM units," explains John Barsby, 5 Star's product development manager. "The loom box needed to be large enough to take the cables and compact enough to keep the case dimensions within the agre

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Norway - BSS Audio's Norwegian distributor LydRommet has devised a highly cost-effective solution at the 400-capacity Aal Culture House, which allows a single set of amplifiers to drive two sets of JBL Professional loudspeakers, one for cinema and the other for general PA/conference purposes. According to the company's Espen Andersen, they have been able to implement this thanks to BSS Audio Soundweb London and now plan to establish this as a template for future implementations.

The company is using Soundweb London, which offers dual-redundant CobraNet audio networking, as the base in almost every installation they do, he explains. "In many cases it has been our ability to provide a total HiQnet solution that has enabled us to win the contract; in fact we have been able to show that it is actually possible to save money by implementing HiQnet in smaller applications."<

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France - Digigram, a world leader in PC audio interfaces and innovative networked audio devices, has appointed Remi Oudinot as marketing communications manager.

Oudinot has a strong background in marketing including a degree in the discipline and over 10 years' experience in marketing and communications in a technological environment. He has worked previously for a software vendor in business process management and most recently for a company providing the technology to produce audio guides for museums and cultural centres all over the world, including such prestigious locations as the Empire State building in New York.

Oudinot is looking forward to the challenge offered by working with Digigram. "My primary motivation has always been to work with companies who can offer innovative technological solutions to their market. Digigram's very lifeblood is to be constantly on t

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UK - Sound equipment from BSS Audio and Martin Audio is being used extensively in the first Minibar, Ministry of Sound's newly-piloted bar concept. The first is at Harrogate's Grade 1-listed original bath house (which also incorporates a Revolution Bar and JD Wetherspoon). Inside, there's a jacuzzi, hanging chairs, a massive chandelier, three VIP areas, touch-screen computers replacing waiters; plus a high-quality sound system and visual effects, which require complex processing and routing.

All system processing, switching and routing is handled by proprietary Soundweb components from BSS Audio, a company with which system specifier, Dave Bradshaw has enjoyed a long relationship. The 700-capacity venue is divided into eight zones, spread across two floors. This includes the pure white 'Kandi Bar' downstairs, replete with giant leather beds. Bradshaw has set up a DSP network bas

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South Africa - The newest premier nightclub to hit Johannesburg - The Manhattan Club - opened to the public at a spectacular launch party on 1 April in Rivonia, an upmarket suburb of the city. Club Manhattan owners, Jonathan Akal and Guy van der Post, have spared no expense on quality finishes and products and a spectacular concept for the new club, including a powerful EAW sound system.

Both the audio and lighting have been supplied and installed by EAW's South African distributor, Johannesburg-based audio specialists, Surgesound. The audio rig comprises four EAW Avalon DC4 full-range loudspeaker systems comprising two 12" LF speakers, one 8" MF speaker, a single 1" exit compression driver each, along with four EAW Avalon DCS2 subs featuring EAW's advanced horn-loaded technology, which maximizes horn length in a relatively small enclosure. The DCS2 subs offer dua

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USA - dbx Professional Products, a division of Harman International, has announced a recent installation at the new Aquatic Center in Ventura, California, which employs the dbx ZonePRO 640 digital zone processor as the audio central controller.

During the Center's design phase, it was decided that great sound was a crucial ingredient, both for enhanced enjoyment of the park and to assure clear, intelligible announcements for security and emergency purposes: the ZonePRO 640 is now providing highly discrete zoned audio throughout the new centre in a compact, easy-to-program and cost-effective system, say dbx.

The $22 million Ventura Aquatic Center is a state-of-the-art facility that offers users of all ages and skill levels the best in water sports. The Center features a 1.5-mile walking trail perimeter, large grassy malls, two 25ft water slides, a Children's area with two wadin

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USA - A Lectrosonics wireless user for many years, production sound mixer David Daniel had never really stopped to consider where exactly the company was based - until an on-set mishap during the first 10 days of filming The Flock - a movie starring Richard Gere and Claire Danes - left him short of transmitters while shooting on location in Albuquerque.

"Rio Rancho could have been anywhere," says Daniel. "It didn't occur to me until I was into the shoot and Claire goes to the restroom and drops her transmitter into the toilet that the Lectrosonics plant was around here somewhere. Thankfully, it turned out to be a suburb of Albuquerque. I called and, before I left the set that day, Karl Winkler from Lectrosonics was on the set with two replacement transmitters including one of the new SM 'Super Mini' units."

The SM super-miniature transmitter was ' we

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Belgium - Ampco Belgium has announced the first sale in Belgium of the brand new Midas XL8 digital mixing console, to DEE Sound & Light of Boom, Belgium. The purchase of the flagship console, launched at ProLight&Sound in Frankfurt, also marks the birth of DEE Light & Sounds' new DEE Digital Rentals division, which at the same time has announced the purchase of a Digidesign Venue digital mixing environment.

DEE Sound & Light founder, owner and managing director André Schneider has grown the company to become a major player in the Belgian audio and lighting rental industry, and has already invested a substantial sum in the latest Midas technology. Clients range from festivals and international promoters including Clear Channel Entertainment to Europe's leading theatre companies, with productions touring almost constantly through Europe and the rest of the world.

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Belgium - Specialist Belgian audio-visual company DB Videoproductions has recently given its services a major upgrade by the creation of a brand new, state of the art OB truck, built around a DiGiCo D5 console. Based near Antwerp, the truck is the company's fourth OB facility, but the first to feature full digital audio recording and mixing facilities.

DB Videoproductions specialises in entertainment and sports outside broadcasting, where the sound is just as important as the images. "We felt it was time to upgrade our services to include multitrack recording and the ability to deliver material direct to CD or DVD immediately after an event," says the company's Ivan Mangelschots.

The new UNIT4 truck couples the DiGiCo D5 to a Sadie 64 hard disk recorder and Pro Tools HD3 system, which provides a 64-track recording system of ultra-high audio quality. "The D5 is t

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Germany / Denmark - Leading amplifier manufacturer Camco GmbH reports that it has "taken the bold step of transferring its distribution business in Denmark to an all-new start-up company". Effective from April, the recently incorporated Pascal A/S will be responsible for the distribution and support of all Camco products in the country.

There are some familiar industry faces behind Pascal, notably Thomas Kyhn and Peter Frentz, formerly of DPA Microphones, who join Jesper Hansen and Lars Fenger, who hail from other parts of the electronics industry.

With impressive in-house technical expertise, the Pascal team, based in Copenhagen, will form a new partnership with Camco's own R&D engineers in Wenden, Germany, to look at forward product development as well as distribution opportunities.

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Spain - Mecalux is one of the world's leading companies in the warehousing system market. Its activity consists of designing, manufacturing, trading and providing services related to metal shelving, automated warehouses and other storage solutions. The company, whose distribution network spans Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Mexico, USA, Poland, Austria and the UK, recently opened a new HQ - the Mecalux Building, located in the Almeda Industrial Park in the city of Cornella de Llobregat, outside Barcelona. The four storey building and parking area have been outfitted with a D.A.S. paging system.

The paging system consists of 390 CL-6T ceiling loudspeakers equipped with a multi-tap line transformer. The D.A.S. speakers are easy to install thanks to their self-locking turrets and provide excellent sound reproduction capabilities. The speakers are powered by D.A

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UK - Theatre sound specialist Orbital has combined forces with the National Theatre's sound department to deliver their sixth four-day course for stage management and technical theatre students keen to pursue sound as a career.

Both Orbital and the NT are concerned that there is a skills shortfall - that young people entering the industry have little experience of the latest technology and techniques. The course is designed to enhance the "skills sets" of students in line with the growing expectations of directors, producers and audiences.

Building on the success of its previous years, the course was filled to capacity with over 20 students attending from drama colleges nationwide, including Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Queen Margaret University College and GSA Conservatoire. Students also attended from The Danish National Theatr

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USA - Shure endorsers took top honors at this year's 37th Annual GMA Music Awards on 5 April. Chris Tomlin was named Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, while his song "How Great Is Our God," won Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year. The David Crowder Band walked away with honors for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year. Both endorsers performed their hit songs on Shure's UHF-R Wireless Systems with KSM9 capsules.

"Every year it's a rewarding experience to watch all of the evening's performers win big and sound incredible," said Ryan Smith of Shure Artist Relations Nashville. "The genre of gospel music continues to diversify, and many of these artists are crossing over into mainstream radio. I think that speaks volumes for the appeal this music has on the industry today."

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USA - Stationed at front-of-house, Fritz is one of the most important members of the production crew on the Pussycat Dolls' US tour. Fritz, otherwise known as the Neumann KU 100 dummy head, is helping Bryan Cross, live sound engineer and production manager for the Pussycat Dolls, monitor the sound from the audience perspective.

Cross mixes the girls' Sennheiser evolution wireless G2 microphone and wireless monitor systems from a mixing console at the side of the stage. "I'm doing monitors and front-of-house for the girls off the monitor desk," he explains, "I have the dummy head sitting out at front-of-house and it's returning two lines back to 'monitor world'. I'm sending all my monitor mixes pre-fader from the console, using the internal effects, and mixing left/right on the faders and sending it to the house."

The KU 100 model human head features microph

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The Netherlands / Romania - The Synco Europe Network, Europe's leading pro audio rental network, has confirmed a new joint venture to extend the network into Romania with the formation of the Paradigma Group SRL, based in Bucharest. This is the Synco Europe Network's first venture into Eastern Europe.

Paradigma Group SRL is a Romanian-Dutch joint venture between Ampco Flashlight Holding BV and AEI Broadcast SRL, one of the leading facilities companies in Romania. Paradigma Group SRL has two divisions, covering both rental and sales. Paradigma Production provides rental services for professional audio, lighting and staging, and has made extensive investment in its rental equipment. The company operates a Synco by Martin Audio W8LC/W8LM Line Array system - the first line array system to be permanently based in Romania. It also has the facility to draw on the Synco Europe Network's

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Australia - Christian City Church, in Oxford Falls, NSW, Australia has permanently installed Adamson SpekTrix line arrays following a system shootout in Sydney. The Church, founded in 1980 had grown out of its sound system which was installed nearly 10 years ago, and desperately needed an upgrade. With a seating capacity of 2,000 and a membership of over 6,000, it is one of the largest operating churches in Australia.

Christian City Church hired Auditoria Pty Ltd's consultant Scott Willsallen, sound designer for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, to design the room. Willsallen had visited Adamson's HQ in the fall of 2005 to familiarize himself with the products, and arranged a shootout with the aid of Frank Hinton of ATT Audio Controls based in Melbourne. Adamson's managing director, Jesse Adamson, flew to the shootout in Sydney where Christopher D. Ling engineer of the Church's Tec

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Europe - InnovaSon has appointed two new members to the technical services team. Matthieu Le Failler and Hans-Jürgen Heitzer have both been taken on in the role of technical field manager on a freelance basis. Their principal responsibilities are in training, with technical support as a secondary role.

Failler has been working with InnovaSon since 2003 helping out with a variety of technical roles including beta-testing, demos, after-sales and technical support. He is also the sound engineer for a French band named Plantec. According to InnovaSon sales and marketing director, Xavier Pion, although Matthieu remains freelance, his appointment formalises what he has been doing with InnovaSon for a long time, with particular emphasis on training, but importantly, his formal appointment gives InnovaSon customers a further point of contact for technical support in France.

The same

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USA - Symetrix, one of the leading providers of signal processing technology for the installed sound market, has introduced a new product platform at InfoComm - the 'Integrator Series'. Processing for the Integrator Series is taken directly from the proven technology embodied in the SymNet Digital Audio Processing toolbox.

The first product in the new Integrator Series is the 760 Audio Media Mixer, designed specifically to save the integrator both time and money. The 760 includes the optimal feature set and I/O count needed for restaurants, hotels, sports bars, and clubs at a ground breaking price, say Symetrix. Featuring 12 inputs (four microphone, eight stereo line level) and six outputs, it contains microphone pre-amplification, compression, AGC, matrix mixing, paging, feedback elimination, filters and equalization, within a single rack space. Setup is easy and efficient with

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UK - Creative sound designers CP Sound continue their work in top quality gastronomic and social environments, having just completed the design and specification of a new JBL sound installation at The Great Eastern Dining Rooms in east London. CP Sound's Colin Pattenden was initially called in by acoustic consultants EMTEC to help advise on the solution to a noise pollution problem, whereby sound from the basement and ground floor restaurant and club was leaking up to the flats above. The treatment for this adopted two routes - building work and active sound design.

EMTEC recommended a considerable amount of structural work to be undertaken to dampen the sound, whist CP Sound worked on improving and controlling the venue's internal audio and simultaneously eliminating areas of spillage. "There are always several lateral approaches to solving noise pollution," explains

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USA - QSC Audio has launched the new HPR Series of self-powered loudspeakers, which the company says is "designed to deliver the unrivaled sonic performance of QSC's loudspeakers, complemented by the legendary power and reliability of QSC amplification.

The HPR152F is a versatile two-way, bi-amplified 15" system delivering 500W of continuous power with an extended frequency range of 48Hz - 20,000 Hz and a 90° x 60° coverage pattern. The HPR153F is a three-way, horn-loaded design featuring a 15" low frequency driver, a 6" midrange and 1.4" compression driver. With a dispersion pattern of 90° x 40° and 600W of continuous power, the HPR153F boasts an extended frequency range of 37 Hz - 20,000 Hz. Both units are ideal for nearly any sound reinforcement setting, say QSC.

The HPR Series also features the HPR151W - a 15" subwoofer capable

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USA - John Loufik has joined Community as an engineer in the company's Technical Applications Group. In his new position, Loufik will be responsible for providing technical support, applications and systems overview assistance to the company's wide range of consultants, dealers, representatives and end users.

Loufik comes to Community after many years as an independent audio design consultant in the New Jersey area. He is a graduate of Asbury College and Syn-Aud-Con, and a current NSCA member. "We are pleased to welcome John to the Technical Applications Group,"remarked Dave Howden, Community's Technical Applications Director. "His wide range of expertise is certain to be a tremendous asset to Community's product line and to our customers. He will make a great addition to an already stellar team."

"Joining Community is truly a high point in my career,&

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