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USA - SIA Acoustics has recently completed the design and commissioning of the P.C. Richard & Son Theatre in TriBeCa, NYC. The 5,500sq.ft theatre will serve as a live performance, recording, and broadcast space for Clear Channel Radio, which includes New York stations Q1043, Z100, WKTU, Power 105.1 and Lite-fm.

To meet the theatre's demanding performance requirements, two four-element arrays of Outline Butterfly C.D.H. 483 loudspeakers were specified, powered by Outline T7 amplifiers. Low-frequency reinforcement is provided by six Outline LAB 15 SP subwoofers, arranged as three cardioid pairs under the stage.

For delay, one array of three Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. self-powered line array loudspeakers is employed, with additional fill provided by Micra II SP self-powered loudspeakers. Both the Outline T7 amplifiers and the Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. self-powered loudspeaker include on-board DSP

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USA - Jeff Dunham has amassed legions of loyal fans with his thousands of sold-out arena, theatre, and comedy club performances, countless television guest spots, and three top-rated specials on Comedy Central. Building on this success, Jeff Dunham is taking North America by storm in 2009. Dunham's newest tour, Spark of Insanity, is playing to sold-out arena crowds. An Electro-Voice sound system from LIVE! Technologies is taking care of sound reinforcement.

The tour's extensive run includes stops at American Airlines Arena in Dallas and the HP Pavilion in San Jose. To meet the challenges posed by such imposing venues, Dunham and his crew needed a touring rig with a reputation for outstanding audio quality and reliability. LIVE! Technologies prescribed Electro-Voice X-Array and X-Line loudspeakers for the job.

The Spark of Insanity touring rig comprises 12 X-Lin

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UK - Baldwin Boxall has presented the staff of RAFT with two very heavy collection boxes. Over £400 was raised for the charity on Baldwin Boxall's exhibition stand at this year's International Firex. Visitors to the, now infamous, Plug & Socket stand were asked for donations in return for a glass of Harveys Real Ale.

The boxes were presented to chief executive of RAFT Leonor Stjepic and laboratory technician Julian Dye. The team at RAFT were delighted by the amount raised (£437.04) in such a short space of time. The charity relies heavily on donations such as this.

After a tour of RAFTs laboratories in Northwood, Nick Baldwin, marketing director, Baldwin Boxall, commented, " We had the idea of raising money shortly before the show. Although we have supported RAFT on other occasions, this is the first time we have used an exhibition for this purpose. The

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India - Volkswagen, Europe's largest vehicle manufacturer, recently opened the doors of its new corporate factory in Chakan, India, with one of the year's most prestigious corporate launches. Sound engineers from India's Sound.com selected the Soundcraft Vi6 digital console to mix the high-profile event. The occasion required a versatile and intuitive board and the engineer, Fali Damania, mixed the event with the assistance of the Vistonics interface of the Vi6.

Sound.com managing director, Warren D'souza, noted that the success of the event would set a new benchmark for the Indian sound industry to live up to and states: "Many managers pitched for this project and the entire industry was anxious to see how well this event would be executed."

D'souza continues, "The production of the show needed to be flawless, which is why we selected the Soundcraft Vi6."<

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UK - Taking to stage a wildly successful Australian film about two drag queens and a transsexual driving across the Australian outback in a bus, including 25 big show songs, is a challenge definitely not for the faint hearted. But with Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical, this is exactly what production company Back Row Productions has achieved.

Receiving rave reviews, Yamaha digital consoles are helping to ensure that Priscilla is also queen of the London stage.

Award-winning sound designer Michael Waters is a long-term user of Yamaha consoles and, for the run at London's Palace Theatre, switched to a PM1D from the PM5D he specified for the stage show's original Australian run.

"My first mixing was done on an M916 in the mid 1980s, progressing to the PM2000, M2800, PM3000, PM4000, PM5000 and many more from the O1V to the PM1D/PM5D," says Mich

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USA - Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) will launch its new A/D-D/A converter, the 8-input EASERA Gateway x.8, with its worldwide distributor Renkus-Heinz at this month's InfoComm in Orlando. The x.8 is the product of a collaboration between AFMG and German hardware designers DSPECIALISTS, and is designed to complement AFMG's EASERA and SysTune audio measurement software tools to provide sound system engineers with a complete PA system tuning package.

The Gateway x.8 is billed as the first 8-input/2-output converter specifically designed for live sound and installed sound measurement. It provides four XLR/TRS combo mic/line connectors, eight SUB-D-25-based line connectors and two TRS servo-balanced outputs, and is fully integrated over Ethernet with both EASERA and EASERA SysTune Windows-based software packages.

The x.8's eight input channels allows large systems, in particula

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UK - A.C. Audio, a division of A.C. Entertainment Technologies, has recently been appointed as a key stocking dealer for both Allen & Heath and Soundcraft's latest digital audio consoles; the iLive-T Series and Si / Vi Series respectively. The new ranges extend A.C.'s portfolio of digital consoles, which includes Yamaha's LS9, M7CL and PM5D models.

Peter Butler, sales manager of the A.C. Audio division, commented, "A.C. are thrilled to be named as a key stocking dealer for both brands. We have been eagerly anticipating the release of these ranges for some time now and the entire Audio sales team are thoroughly impressed with the final products, which have exceeded all our expectations."

He continued, "Allen & Heath have really thought about the needs of the current user when designing the iLive-T. They have brought to the table an extremely cost-effective digita

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UK - Martin Audio has confirmed Northern Light as an approved dealer for Scotland. Northern Light will in a position to provide the full range of Martin Audio equipment including W8L line array, Wavefront, the LE Series, OmniLine and BlackLine. The company is already installing Martin Audio's Wavefront across a variety of UK venues.

Al Brown, UK account manager for Martin Audio, said: "We are delighted to have a company of Northern Light's stature with a well deserved reputation for quality and superb customer support representing us in Scotland. We are currently involved in a number of very exciting projects together and are looking forward to a superb mutually beneficial relationship."

Paul Brown, Northern Light's purchasing manager, commented: "Combining the knowledge and experience of Northern Light and Martin Audio will prove extremely beneficial to our cli

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USA - American connector specialist Switchcraft has expanded its versatile EH Series range by adding feedthrough connectors for Cat 6 and Cat 5e applications.

Fitted inside housings that mount into 24mm diameter (XLR size) panel cut outs, the new connectors can be supplied with shielded and unshielded feedthrough adapters and all versions comply with TIA/EIA 568B standards. Other features include gold-plated contacts.

Switchcraft's EH Series provides a wide range of audio, data and video connectors all fitted inside easy to install XLR-type housings and the options include fibre-optic, 9 and 15 way D-Sub, FireWire (400 and 800), USB, BNC, RCA/phono, SVHS and 3.5mm mini jack.

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Germany - The DSA series from Dynacord comprises four models: the DSA-8204 (2 x 450 W), the DSA-8206 (2 x 600 W), the DSA-8209 (2 x 900 W) and the DSA-8212 (2 x 1200 W). Designed for fixed installation, these new amplifiers are equipped with Phoenix inputs and outputs, level controls on the rear panel, a switchable 50Hz/18dB high-pass filter, and a ground lift switch.

In addition to rock-solid components and technology, the DSA series offers ease-of-use and a wide range of options. The Power Remote provides a convenient, remote activation of DSA power amplifiers, and all four models in the DSA series support the use of the RCM-810 module, which introduces new possibilities, such as integration with IRIS-Net, which allows for remote control and supervision. A GPIO block also offers the additional advantage of two inputs and outputs for control, and two additional reference output

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USA / China - International Audio Group Ltd (IAG), the parent company of Wharfedale, Quad, Mission and several other professional audio, lighting and hi-fi brands, has welcomed SurgeX to its manufacturing roster. With facilities in London and Shenzhen, China, IAG will now be manufacturing and distributing SurgeX products globally, with the exception of North America, where Electronic Systems Protection Inc (ESP) of Zebulon, North Carolina, continues with responsibility for the brand.

"It is our mission here at IAG to provide consultants, contractors and end users with the finest quality, most technologically sophisticated products on the market, and SurgeX is certainly no exception," says IAG managing director Daniel Chang. "When it comes to power, nothing on the market surpasses the brand's level of protection, and we have no doubt that this alliance will both gr

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UK - Rental companies Britannia Row and SSE have joined L-Acoustics' new K1/Kudo Pilot Programme. The two companies have simultaneously taken delivery of 48 K1 line source cabinets, which forms their K1/Kudo system together with K1 SB and SB28 subwoofers, Kudo line source boxes and LA-RAK touring rack fitted with LA8 amplified controllers.

SSE and Britannia Row will be incorporated into L-Acoustics' new Rental Network, an international platform to serve the community of line source array owners which replaces the V-Dosc Partnership. This allows its agents to pool quality values as well as human and technical resources, and to benefit from network synergies, says the manufacturer.

Britannia Row has already used its system for arena tours with Bryan Adams and Lynyrd Skynyrd, in a marquee for the BBC's One Big Weekend, and will debut it outdoors for Hyde Park concerts by The Kill

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USA - When Radiant Church in Colorado Springs decided to upgrade its mixing console, Worship & Media Pastor Dustin Guthrie was charged with making sure the church got the most out of its investment. For the main campus, Rutledge recommended the Allen & Heath iLive-144.

The system accepts 48 inputs from the stage through the system's iDR10 mix rack, with 16 additional channels inserted from the mixing surface itself for a total of 64 inputs. An Aviom output card in the mix rack handles the 16 channels flowing through the personal monitor system. The final slot in the iDR10 is the iLive's EtherSound card, which proved to be a key element in the system design.

"We run several different bands in both contemporary and blended worship styles, so we knew we wanted to go digital," notes Guthrie. "Having the ability to save scenes and recall them on the fly makes a huge

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USA - Audinate Inc has announced that Bosch Communications Systems has entered into a company-wide license agreement to implement Dante audio networking solution into its products. The agreement allows all Bosch brands including Electro-Voice (EV), Dynacord, Telex, Midas, Klark Teknik and Bosch to incorporate Dante.

"Dante will become the foundation of our Common Audio Protocol (CAP) communications solution across the Bosch Communication Systems companies," said Bill Scott, vice-president of engineering and technology for Bosch Communications Systems. "We selected Dante because of its ease-of-use, lower latency and scalability."

Audinate's patent-pending Dante solution provides a no-hassle, self-configuring, plug-and-play digital audio network that uses standard Internet Protocols. Dante is a scalable solution that works on both 100Mbits and 1Gigabit Ethern

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UK - Polar Audio is exhibiting a number of exciting new products at the forthcoming London International Music Show. As UK distributor, Polar Audio will show new products from Gallien Krueger (GK), Dynacord and beyerdynamic.

The LIM show will be held at Excel London from 11-14 June. Products being introduced at the show include GK's new Fusion 550 tube bass-head, the new GK MB2 ultra-light bass-head and the GK Goldline series which includes the GLX series bass enclosures and Goldline 500 bass-head. Also being exhibited is Dynacord's new D12-3 three-way active speakers and beyerdynamic's Opus 600 wireless radio mic system.

The Fusion 550 head is GK's first ever valve amp, a six-stage valve pre-amp with a generous 500W of power and the added feature of motorized faders, allowing the user to store two different tone settings.Polar Audio is also exhibiting the new Dynacord D12-3 t

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Netherlands / UAE - The fine white sand of the Abu Dhabi Corniche was the latest setting for WOMAD's global world music caravanserai - the recent inaugural WOMAD Abu Dhabi World Music Festival - with sound provided by long-time WOMAD audio partners Ampco, for up to 22,000 people a day, a total of 80,000 over the weekend.

Staged by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and WOMAD (World Of Music Arts & Dance), the multi-cultural festival opened on the North Stage with Zimbabwean group Siyaya, accompanied by children from schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, while the South stage opened with South Korean act Dulsori .

Three days of spectacular performances from over 20 award-winning artists from around the world followed, including Khaled, Youssou N'Dour, Trilok Gurtuj, Egypt's Mohammed Mounir and special guest Robert Plant, on three stages at Abu Dhabi Corn

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USA - At Northwestern State University, an Aviom Pro64 digital snake is providing theatre students with the experience of using the most-up-to-date technology to give them a professional edge for today and for tomorrow in the workplace. The university added the Aviom Pro64 system, including one of the first installations of the new 6416m Mic Input Module, as part of a major renovation and upgrade of the audio infrastructure in the A. A. Fredericks Auditorium, the campus' main theatrical performance space, funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Between the school's two production seasons, the theatre hosts three musical productions, six non-musical theatrical productions and one major dance concert as well as various student and organisational events.The Aviom system's modular design lends itself well to versatility and adaptability - a major consideration when creating the de

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Switzerland - Bern-based integration specialist room-zoom, in coordination with Mobilesolutions Zürich, has installed an Audica Professional background music system in the new Altitude restaurant in Geneva Airport.

Altitude is owned by SSP who operate more than 1,800 units in over 140 airports and nearly 300 railway stations across Asia, North America, Europe, the Middle East, India and North Africa. The new venue was created in collaboration with Michelin-starred chef Gilles Dupont and is part of a redevelopment of the airport.

Daniel Kormann of room-zoom was commissioned to provide the concept and installation of the audio system for the venue and chose Audica Professional loudspeakers based on audio quality and coverage, as well as the product's aesthetics which suited the quality and contemporary design of Altitude.

The system uses 16 Audica Professional MICROline full-

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Belgium - Caméléon has opened the first ecologically-built store in Europe, on 10,000 sq.m of shopping space, at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Belgium. This represents a major breakthrough for the Brussels brand that was first created in 1988.

The professional audio spec was put together by Brussels-based TV Connections Image & Sound, using 150 QSC loudspeakers and over 4km of cable, with QSC's proprietary BASIS platform meeting the control, zone splitting, monitoring and processing needs of amplification and loudspeaker systems over an Ethernet network. All the QSC equipment was supplied by AED Import & Distribution, the manufacturer's Benelux distributors.

TV Connections' Arnaud (Nono) Famerée, who runs the pro audio department, chose a QSC solution based on its big sound characteristics and easy implementation of the audio network, using BASIS 914lz DSP and p

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Korea - Intercom manufacturer ASL Intercom recently enjoyed a successful presence at KOBA 2009, which culminated in the company appointing Dai Kyung Vascom Co as a full distributor for ASL's products.

Dai Kyung Vascom was established in 1987, is a major distributor of high profile audio brands and one of the region's most successful audio, video and communications companies and has won several awards for its success and technical innovations.

Held at the end of May, KOBA is the main trade show in Korea for the broadcast and entertainment technical industries, so Dai Kyung Vascom took the opportunity to show a selection of ASL's product range, including the new digital intercom system.

Shaking hands on the appointment with Dai Kyung Vascom CEO Dae-Hyun Han, ASL sales and marketing director Susan McLohon said: "The Korean broadcast and technical entertainment market is ra

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UK - Held in Home Park Private each May to raise support for Britain's servicemen and women, the Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo has become bigger and more spectacular each year. For the second year running, Delta Sound provided the event's audio requirements, a task that, due to the layout of the arena and the vagaries of the British climate, provides some interesting challenges.

Produced by Simon Brooks-Ward, managing director of Horse Power International alongside Brigadier Mel Jameson, who also produces the Edinburgh Tattoo, the tri-service event was held over four days and nights and featured international and British military acts, massed bands, pipes and drums and military re-enactments.

Delta's Paul Keating reports: "We've been involved with the Royal Windsor Horse Show for the past five years and that has led to us providing audio for the Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo.

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USA - A few months ago Outline inaugurated its American branch, Outline North America LLC. Led by Thomas Bensen, the new operation reports steady business.

In the short period since it opened, it is able to boast high profile installations and live events (Clear Channel Theater, New York, the Healing Place Church cathedral in Louisiana, Imperial Palace Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, and the New Orleans Jazz Festival.

Giorgio Biffi, Outline's international sales and marketing director, comments: "I've known Tom Bensen for quite a long time and have been impressed by his career and the way he has always been very successful in introducing high class brands on to the US market. Before we set up our relationship with Tom, I had individually met a number of people in the US pro audio market who have a great and deep respect for him. His successful venture with Powersoft was fu

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World - Education group SAE has recently made a substantial investment in Avid solutions for its international campuses, including 400 Pro Tools 8 upgrades (including more than 80 Pro Tools | HD licenses) and a new Digidesign ICON D-Control ES worksurface for its San Francisco, Istanbul and Oxford campuses. Each college has installed a 32-channel console, which offers unparalleled Pro Tools integration. The D-Control installed at SAE's Oxford HQ is the 20th that SAE has purchased since the console's debut in 2004.

SAE's managing director Rudi Grieme says: "Our students have access to multiple production systems so that they are able to deal with many situations within the industries that they choose to work in. However, Pro Tools is the industry standard in music production so it is vital that our students have access to the latest and greatest versions. ICON too is state o

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USA - At this years InfoComm in Orlando, Stefan Feistel of the Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) will deliver two seminars on the company's latest software updates. The new release of SysTune (Version 1.1) will be discussed on Thursday 18 June and a seminar on speech intelligibility prediction using the new version of EASE, Version 4.3, will be presented on Friday 19 June.

The SysTune seminar is free and open for all to attend; for the EASE seminar visit www.InfoCommShow.org in the Education section and register under the Manufacturers' Seminars.

The new features in EASE 4.3, aimed at sound system designers, room acousticians and architects, will be discussed in the Friday seminar, along with aspects of speech intelligibility theory, measurement and modeling. It will focus on the various methods EASE 4.3 uses to predict STI in accordance with IEC 60268-16 - and their advantage

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