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The exhibit, which acts as an entryway to the rest of the museum, is a gently sloping, 100-yard ramp featuring a chronological multimedia journey through eight key battles from the Revolutionary War up through the current War on Terrorism. According to Major General Jerry White (ret.), president of the private National Infantry Foundation, which operates the museum, "The Infantryman's mission is best portrayed by having visitors fight with those soldiers over the last 100 yards of major wars from the Revolutionary War to the present. The music, the gun

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Once onstage, O commandeered visual attention with a fluorescent outfit featuring a headdress and cape shaped from cloth cut-outs of multicoloured human hands. Delivering her sound to the crowd using a handheld Shure UHF-R wireless transmitter sporting an SM58 capsule, the colourfully-clad Ms. O couldn't stop smiling throughout the entire set. Drummer Brian Chase and guitarist Nick Zinner cut loose musically with equal panache, bringing the night to a close with a hot energy factor matching the day's earl

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Auditions for Zvezde Granda began in September, with judges and producers visiting locations throughout all of Serbia. By June, the TV audience had narrowed the competition to seven contestants, all of who competed for the grand finale using AKG WMS 450 wireless microphones.

"This year, they had the highest watched show in Serbia on Saturday nights," said Alfred Reinprecht, AKG's vice president of marketing and product

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Featuring a single 12" long excursion woofer with Neodymium magnet structure in bandpass loading configuration, the LR7B delivers high output bass response from a micro-sized and weight efficient package, measuring only 3 CD's wide by 3-CD's high.

The extended frequency response of the dual tuning enables the LR7B to be used as mid-bass reinforcement (80Hz-160Hz), full-range bass extension (45Hz-160Hz) or subwoofer (45Hz-75Hz); All in both flown as well as stacked application.

Main attention was paid to the concentric band-pass configuration, consisting of 4 + 1 individual reflex vents in circular configuration,

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The main P.A. system consisted of 16 EAW KF760 Line Array Modules (eight on each side of the stage), eight EAW KF730 Compact Line Array Modules (four on each side) and 16 EAW SB1000z Large Format Subwoofers, all processed by EAW UX8800 Digital Signal Processors.

Onstage sound for the bands was accomplished with eight EAW JFX260i Compact Full-Range Loudspeakers, and for stage monitoring for the DJs, FOCUS used two side-fills formed by

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Nduka Obaigbena, the festival organiser and publisher of THISDAY, Nigeria's daily newspaper, was more than pleased when he saw the crowd dancing to the music complemented by the sheer power and clarity of the Meyer Sound systems. "I like the consistency of the Meyer Sound systems," says Obaigbena. "In the past three years, GQ Acoustics has been supplying sound for our concerts and has never disappointed us in the quality of the production."

Having used Meyer Sound systems in some of Africa's

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The Series comprises the Ti10L being the line array loudspeaker and Ti10P for point source usage with the Ti subwoofer completing the package. The unobtrusive rigging hardware allows aesthetic integration, whether ground supported or flown and there is the option to colour coordinate both the system and rigging to suit visual requirements. The Ti-Series is designed to address a wide range of small to medium sized installation applications.

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NLFX's Travis Scharn described the project: "Creekside is really in the first of three stages of completion. At this point the main, 450-seat worship space acts as a large, multi-purpose room, and will remain in use while they complete an adjacent, much larger permanent sanctuary. Anything and everything takes place in the current space, in addition to housing their Sunday services. It doubles as their youth facility, a venue for trade shows and concerts, and even as a site for volleyball practices. We were referred t

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MI7 has been in operation for five years and has already established itself as a respected distributor. Managing director, Seiji Murai, has many years experience in the music and technology industry and brings many useful skills and much knowledge to MI7 Japan.

Sarah Yule, sales director for TL Audio comments, "We are delighted to be working with MI7 in Japan, they are a professional and innovative company and Seiji is a clever and inspiring business partner to have, together we are very excited about the future and what we can achieve."

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The Spaladium Arena, which seats up to 12,000 people, received a multimedia application. The core of the Varizone Performance-Line system is a V212 Matrix Controller - the central audio engine - routing any incoming audio signal to the required speakers. DSP features, such as EQ and DYN are integrated, which ensures intelligibility and eliminates listening fatigue. An intelligent digital bus system (DSS Bus) feeds all digital and 100V amplifiers, speaker

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Denon DJ joins a growing roster of hardware partners that are working with Serato on the ITCH project, which is an integrated software and hardware system designed to give music selectors and mobile entertainers new kinds and levels of control. Serato ITCH software lets DJs control their music from a computer, using purpose-built ITCH hardware. The new Denon model will use a proprietary HIDI technology that Serato developed to increase reliability and speed of communication between their software and partnered hardware.

"We're constantly working to

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President of FDW-Worldwide, Buzz Goodwin comments: "Adding such a prestigious line such as Audient to our portfolio of exclusively distributed product for North America and Canada is a huge win for us. This is a very high quality line of British analogue consoles and outboard gear whose time has come and we are happy to play a part in its on-going success."

Luke Baldry, sales and marketing director adds: "Following on from a fantastic period of trading in the US market, we knew how impor

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"It's the combination of sound and price that draws me to Sennheiser," explains The Saturdays' production manager and FOH Engineer Andrew Thornton. "I've used both these systems with many other artists and I've always been happy with the results. The mics work well with all voices and give a nice bright sound without too much sibilance. The IEMs have rock solid reception and are small enough to be tucked away inside the most revealing outfit!

"The equipment worked very well for the entire tour. There wasn't one drop out on t

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Peak Hire's EAW arsenal was already sizeable, including 16 EAW KF730 Compact Line Array Modules and eight EAW SB730 Compact Line Array Subwoofers, along with a good stock of EAW JFX88 Compact Full-Range Loudspeakers, EAW JFX200i Compact Full-Range Loudspeakers and EAW SBX220 Compact Subwoofers.

Peak Hire managing director Karl Ashman stated: "EAW has long been a staple in our inventory of sound reinforcement components, and over the years, our clients have always commented about the outstanding sound quality of their modules. That being said, we have increased our warehouse of EAW System Modules and Subwoofers to meet the equipment demands from our clients in li

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Trantec will also be previewing its new S6 wireless system which builds on the success of the S6000 range, taking the 19", 8-way concept to a higher level. Trantec has now incorporated a comprehensive user interface on the front panel allowing the user to configure and monitor all channels, with or without an external PC. The internal circuitry of the S6 beltpack and handheld transmitter has been redesigned and upgraded, extending the frequency capability to a massive 72MHz.

The S6 system

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"Jeremy's experience and leadership in our industry proves him to be an exceptional addition to the Apogee team as director of sales,"" stated Betty Bennett, CEO of Apogee. With the recent announcements of GiO and ONE it's very exciting that during this time of growth we will all benefit by Jeremy's direction and experience.

Stappard is a 14-year veteran of Sony Broadcast, former president of Cal AV Trading Company and was most recently responsible for all distributed/retail product sales in selected territories for Audio Agent.<

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Tony Mitchell, technical manager at Fleetwood Marine Hall, stated: "I have worked with A.C. for a few years now for brown box supplies to larger scale installation and fabrication work in all aspects of our entertainment technology needs, and have developed a good relationship with them. As a local authority, it is always important to remember that I'm spending council tax payers' money; when we place an order with A.C., I'm always confident that I will be getting great value for the overall service they provide."

The Marine Hall is a multipurpose venue covering everything from conferences to Rock and Roll, with both amateur and professional clients. After 10 year

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This will be the third Gottelier Award - named in memory of the former designer, developer and commentator Tony Gottelier, who died in 2006. The Award (sponsored by Lighting&Sound International magazine for which Tony Gottelier was a regular contributor for many years), aims to recognise those who have made a significant and sustained contribution to the development of entertainment technology. Former winners are Tony Andrews of Funktion One (2007) and John Stadius of Soundtracs/DiGiCo (2008).

The seven nominees this year include four notable figures from the lighting world and three from pro audio. This year's nominees are, in alphabetical

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The LR7 is a micro pro-ribbon line-array system, designed to be used in stacked or as a flown configuration, for both portable and permanent installations. With a width of three CD's and a height of 1.5 CD's, the LR7 is designed for A/V projects, where very compact form factor with perfect line-array throw and imaging are required.

The new LR7B is the low frequency extension of the LR7 system. Sized with a width and height of 3CD's, a single 12" in a dual-tuned, concentric bandpass configuration caters for clean low-mid and broad-band bass response from a micro-sized and weight efficient package.

As usual, Alcons will exhibit a new design study, providing a glimpse of its R+D activities by displaying assembled prototype development

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Rahe-Kraft was appointed to design, predict and commission the complete public address system for the new Dubai airport terminal. The system consists of approximately 4.000 ceiling loudspeakers, 600 passive arrays and about 140 active arrays. Only 18 active DSP-controlled loudspeakers service the huge baggage claim hall (235 x 220m).

The commissioning of the system was conducted by Jakob Kraft personally. Due to the large distances, wired measurements were impossible in many areas, thus a han

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Taking place between 10-12 July in and around Rotterdam's Ahoy complex, the festival takes in a wide variety of jazz-related musical styles - from traditional New Orleans jazz, swing, bop and free jazz to fusion, avant-garde, blues, gospel, funk, soul, hip hop, R&B, world and Latin beats. Around 23,500 visitors each day enjoy the diverse music on offer, with the very swift turnarounds between acts meaning technical crews having to be crystal

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Visitors can get hands-on with the RSS M-48 Live Personal Mixer, a monitoring solution for live performance and studio applications. It offers control over 40 audio sources, easily managed in 16 assignable stereo groups, with level/pan/solo/3-band EQ on each group, built-in reverb, ambient mic and I/Os for multiple headphones, wedges and powered monitors.

PLASA also sees the UK premiere for Edirol's LVS-800 8-channel video mixer, which will be shown alongside the company's full line-up of video and audio capture and

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The Vi6s have the capacity to service FOH and monitor requirements as necessary on the 3,000-capacity main stage, 600-capacity O2 Academy 2 - and a third live room which holds 250.

Adlib Audio has been retained by AMG for this latest development, having installed multiples of Soundcraft's digital desks in AMG's most recent venues, O2 Academy Leeds and O2 Academy Sheffield.

The brace of Vi6's in Birmingham will move easily and quickly around the expansive 45,000sq ft venue, as part of the standard flight-cased touring package.

Commenting on the purchase, AMG's group technical manager, Ed Jackson says: "The new V3.0 software upgrade has taken the desk to

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Jeff Vaudrey, managing director, of PAS Sound Engineering explains the background to the project: "Our client was an international chemical manufacturer that had a 160-acre site in south Wales. For years their PA system was linked via ageing telephone cables, and we were approached to see if we could provide a solution to the unreliability and poor audio quality which plagued the existing system."

Vaudrey believed that TOA's NX-100 could form the basis of a new system comprising 16 outstations spread across the site, using the client's existing IT net