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UK - SES has released the first 32A 230V CLEAR backed Cee form connector into the European market.

Manufactured by Scame, and available exclusively from SES, this follows the success of the 16A range which is now specified by several users in the entertainment industry. Having the clear back on the connectors enables the user to check the integrity and connections inside without the time consuming strip down process saving time and money.

These units are now in stock at SES along with the 16A version and can be sold as loose connectors or indeed on HO7 extension cables.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - KV2 Audio's Classic Series has evolved from a common belief among classical and jazz musicians that speaker systems dramatically colour and tarnish a performance. This is particularly noticeable in the reduction of the extreme dynamics found in live classical music and the lack of real high frequency, instead adding a distortion which creates a harsh brash sound for many instrumental, choral or vocal performances. This effect often worsens as the signal becomes more complex, loosing intricate details of the composition in favour of an increasingly cacophonic noise floor.

During a year of testing, KV2 invited over 300 performers to come and experience the effect of listening to their chosen instrument through the Classic Series in a concert hall environment. The results were "phenomenal", says the company.

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UK - LD Systems has launched a new model in their successful Roadboy series - a compact and flexible sound system which is designed for small events, conferences, multimedia applications, podium discussions, schools and churches.

The ultra-compact battery-powered combo amplifier, measuring 32cm x 22cm and weighing only 5 kg, provides an impressive sound pressure level (> 95 dB) and audibility, and is equipped with features "unique for its size".

Andrew Richardson, managing director of Adam Hall UK says, "The Roadboy 6.5 Series is ideal for today's demanding small event circuit, whether its aerobics classes or business conferences. We have improved the sound, weight and battery life of this popular product."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Education is a fundamental part of Sennheiser UK's remit and its staff have already been hard at work helping students in 2011. March was a particularly busy month, with no less than three sessions laid on for the sound engineers of the future.

The beginning of the month saw an education workshop held in the Sennheiser lecture theatre (which the company also sponsors) at the Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts (LIPA), where Sennheiser UK special projects manager Phil Cummings and chief RF engineer Andrew Lillywhite delivered a two-part session to 50 students.

The first was an overview of Sennheiser, including the company's history, products, services and position in the industry. The second part of the workshop was a radio microphone 'best practice' session, which covered a range of topics including what exactly a radio microphone is, planning and frequency allocat

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UK - HHB's post-focused Soho outpost Scrub has supplied ITV Studios with its first Avid Icon console - a 16-fader D-Control - along with a Pro Tools HD system and Media Composer Video Satellite.

The new equipment forms the centrepiece of the upgraded Sound Dubbing 4 at The London Studios, part of the ITV Studios complex on London's Southbank, the largest commercial production company in the UK.

"After a thorough review of TLS post sound requirements in 2009, we chose Pro Tools as our preferred system for future upgrades such as that recently undertaken at Sound Dubbing 4," comments Phil Graham, project manager at The London Studios. "Having worked with Scrub in the past, it was an easy decision to choose them to supply and commission the new ICON console. Working with Scrub is always a pleasant and smooth experience."

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USA - Recognised as the largest non-denominational, Pentecostal church serving the Hispanic community in central Florida, Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal M.I. Church is an impressive organisation. The church recently moved into its new sanctuary with seating capacity for 2,600 worshippers. The former gymnasium is now the home of an impressive, and extensive, audiovisual setup that encompasses lighting, video, acoustic treatment throughout, and a new sound system drawn from the Aero Series 2 and Avant catalogues of D.A.S. Audio.

Mick Hall, account manager for GC Pro (Guitar Centre Professional Division), oversees a large percentage of the company's house of worship market projects and was intimately involved in both the design and installation of Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal's installation. He commented on the scope of the project and the decision to deploy D.A.S. Audio loudspeaker eq

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USA - A nearly $2 billion enterprise, fashion trendsetter Urban Outfitters is hardly a strait-laced, button-down establishment. The firm's next-generation corporate ethos shows at their headquarters complex in the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where the massive brick-and-steel structures exhibit a hip aesthetic mixing 21th century casual with early 20th century industrial. Recently, premium audio was added to the mix with the installation of a multi-zoned system incorporating 45 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers.

Designed and installed by DBS Audio Systems of Coatesville, Penn., the network-controlled systems cover the lower level of Building 543. This 96,000sq.ft structure, built in 1939 as a steel plate-bending shop, encloses 70ft ceilings, vast expanses of glass, and layers of exposed steel and concrete. Now home to an upscale dining/events area, an Indian-themed co

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UK - The single largest inventory of Roland digital audio consoles in the UK is now held by BBC Scotland, where a variety of different V-Mixer models, Digital Snakes and stage boxes are in regular use in the studios at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, and on various OB assignments.

BBC Scotland was one of the early adopters of the M-400 V-Mixing System, the first digital console design from the Roland Systems Group, and now has four units in regular use. One M-400 is installed in a satellite truck, together with a S-1608 stage box, where it is used 300+ days a year on live radio and television reports for BBC Scotland and contributions to the national network.

Other consoles are deployed on a variety of programmes, from the Good Morning Scotland radio show, to political debate specials, Gaelic-language productions and all manner of live music performances. For Take the Floor

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UK - Coworth Park, the new multi-million pound five-star hotel and spa in the Dorchester Collection, has opened in Berkshire, some 20 miles west of London. Set in 240 acres of picturesque parkland on the borders of Windsor Great Park, Coworth Park is " reinventing the concept of the country house hotel for the 21st century". Its understated luxury facilities include the use of Electro-Voice loudspeakers, amplifiers and processors in a venue-wide audio-visual design that combines creativity and flexibility with exceptional sound quality and consistent coverage.

CGA Integration has been working on the project design and installation for almost a year. A trusted supplier to Dorchester Collection hotels, Chris Gunton, MD of CGA, has specified EV components in almost all his designs, including the über-stylish bars and restaurants of the Dorchester Hotel in London.

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UK - Nexo's new 45°N-12 stage monitors have been chosen by Russell Watson for his UK tour.

Watson is the first British artist to tour with the N-12 wedges. "It's about time someone designed a wedge using modern technology," says Watson's system engineer Mike Savage.

With a 38-piece orchestra behind him, Russell Watson patrols an area across the front of the stage, demarcated by four Nexo N-12 monitors, coupled in pairs. "He moves around quite a lot," says Savage, "hence the need for two pairs of wedges, which give us a defined area but without any hotspots."

Watson's sound team is led by Max Bisgrove at front-of-house, with Brandon Reece on monitors and Mike Savage in the overall system designer role. "With Russell, it's all about his voice. He's an opera singer, so tone and phrase are all-important; he needs a crystal-clear monitor out

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Europe - Yamaha is adding to its portfolio of installation loudspeakers with the launch of the VS Series.

The VS series will comprise two models - the VS4 and VS6 - which are available in either black or white finishes. Both feature a functional design with weatherproof enclosures which meet the industry standard IEC60529 IPX3 rating.

Suitable for use in a wide variety of settings, for background music or as part of a distributed PA system for announcements, VS Series speakers are particularly well suited to installations where the audio system needs to blend in with the venue it's installed in, says the company.

The VS4 features a 4" driver and the VS6 a 6.5" driver, both also including a 1" balanced dome tweeter for clarity at higher frequencies. Internally mounted transformers allow them to operate in 70V or 100V distributed sound systems, while an overload

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Italy - Proel Group will have a strong presence at the Show Way Professional Entertainment Technology Exhibition 2011 in Bergamo (15-17 May).

The Proel Group professional team will be giving presentations and holding workshops on several high-end product lines - Axiom, Edge, Turbosound, Powersoft, Sagitter and Beyerdynamic - and will be available on site to provide information on the products displayed.

The team will be introducing Sagitter's moving lights - the Compact Series - with its Arrow 300 Beam featuring the new patented 'Beam Focus' system, along with a new technology for Proel Axiom systems and many new installation solutions from Turbosound.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Yamaha Music GmbH (UK) has announced that Karl Christmas has been appointed to the role of senior manager for Commercial Audio. The newly created position sees Christmas adding to his existing responsibilities for the CA-Sales Team, dealer partners and user support.

Yamaha state that Karl is to become involved across the company's wide-ranging Pan-European CA marketing activities helping to maximise advertising and PR opportunities and driving more online communications including the recently launched Commercial Audio Europe Facebook page which is proving highly popular amongst end-users.Karl adds,"Despite the tough conditions last financial year, Yamaha CA in the UK more than beat their budget, as did Yamaha UK as a whole, as indeed did Yamaha Europe as a whole. Working more closely with our EU colleagues is a genuine pleasure and it's great to see the various talents

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UK - The black boxes for which d&b is noted are now being joined by a new White range of integration loudspeakers. A selection from each d&b world will be on show in separate yet typically black or white sections of their stand on 15 and 16 June.

The established T10 and B4-SUB will take their place alongside the new 4S and 10S/D from the White range.

The d&b Remote network and ArrayCalc will also be featured as well as information on the extensive education programme. d&b will also be participating in the seminar programme.

(Jim Evans)

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Cadac Holdings announced a number of strategic initiatives at this year's Prolight+Sound exhibition, with major significance for its on-going business development. The company announced the appointment of Vincenzo Borrelli to the newly created position of sales development manager. Borrelli has previously worked for companies as diverse as Harman, Mackie, Sound Technology and, most recently Stage Electrics.

Commenting on the appointment, Cadac director of sales Bob Thomas stated, "Cadac is actively developing a retail focussed distribution network as a major element in its future growth strategy, in support of its new compact analogue and digital product lines. Vince brings invaluable experience and knowledge of that market to the new role, and it's my pleasure to welcome him to the Cadac team."

On the product development front, Prolight+Sound saw the unveiling of the Cadac

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UK - February and March saw multimedia artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard bring together film, video and sound works made over the past seven years in one exhibition at the South London Gallery, Peckham. Sound is an integral part of their work, and an interest for which they are primarily known. To make the fullest artistic impact, the audio component of their work has to be of the highest quality, but without impacting on the visual element. Here, they found the answer in a K-Array loudspeaker system.

Titled Publicsfear, the exhibition featured works that were selected to explore ideas of being part of and / or observing an audience. These included File Under Sacred Music, a 2003 remake of The Cramps' 1978 video of their live performance at the Napa State Mental Institute, and the 2009 film Performer.

"As artists we're always aiming to push the bo

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies enjoyed a busy and successful PLASA Focus exhibition in Leeds, at which the company showcased several innovative new lighting solutions from the brands it distributes - including Jands, Chroma-Q and GLP.

A team of staff from AC-ET's specialist lighting, audio, rigging and video sales divisions were on hand to discuss the vast, multi-million pound stockholding of over 200 leading brands available from the company's High Wycombe and Leeds offices, and the super-fast round the clock service and support for which the company is renowned.

Jonathan Walters, sales director for A.C. North, comments, "We had a really good show, with the new products on our stand attracting plenty of traffic and interest as it was the first UK appearance for many of them."

The new Jands Vista v2 software - of which this was the UK launch - caused a stir,

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France - Christie is the sole provider for all digital projection services at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, including the Official Selection and the Marché du Film. The company is an official technical partner of the Festival, which runs from 11-22 May, 2011, for the fifth consecutive year.

As a technical partner, Christie will provide its DLP Digital Cinema projectors for the screening of major digital titles throughout the entire Festival. Of the 23 screening rooms that will use digital projection equipment at this year's Festival, 13 will be equipped with Christie SolariaTM Series projectors.

"With each new year, we are honoured to provide all digital projection services for the Cannes Film Festival. The trust that the Festival's organisers have placed in us is evidence of the reliability and performance of our digital cinema projectors,"

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UK - Prism Sound and its UK distribution partner, TTi distribution, are holding a two-day audio test and measurement training seminar from 2-3 June, 2011. This event will introduce engineers to the practical and theoretical aspects of accurately measuring audio for a wide variety of applications.

The training seminar takes place at the AirSpace Conference Centre, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, and will cost £45 per day.

The first day will be devoted to covering the basics of audio measurement and will include sessions on objective and subjective measurement correlation; audio measurement units, single-tone audio measurements; FFTs; Sweeps and Digital Audio. There will be a general introduction session to get the day started and a Q&A wrap up so that those taking part can have their specific queries dealt with.

The second day will focus on practical measurement workshops

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UK - FOH engineer Rick Pope is out on the Jamiroquai tour with a Midas XL8 live performance system at FOH, supplied by Britannia Row and babysat by Britannia Row's Warren Grimsley, who is out for the first time with the system. Originally on the tour as PA tech, Grimsley was promoted to his position with little training on the XL8, but picked it up in no time.

"I had the luxury of playing with one a few times in lunch breaks at the warehouse before the tour!" he says. "I've found that the console is easy to get around, especially when using the POP(ulation) groups. Especially useful is a function which allows you to see any audio in the patch bay when you scroll over the I/O in question; very handy for troubleshooting."

Pope, working with an input count of 60 with a further 22 for FX returns, says, "Out of all the digital boards that I've used in the l

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UK - This year's ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Theatre Show is hopeful that any tube strikes will be resolved and the show will not be affected by travel problems. But visitors to the event for theatre and staging technology should remember that there are plenty of other ways to get to the show venue in Victoria without relying on the Underground, say the organisers.

Many of the exhibitors at the 2011 Theatre Show are highlighting green and low-emission technologies, so visitors might want to show eco-solidarity by using foot power to get there. The Royal Horticultural Halls exhibition centre is only a short walk from Victoria mainline railway station, with Waterloo further along on the other side of the River Thames.

The Barclay's Cycle Hire scheme is another viable and eco-friendly way to get to the show. Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants the distinctiv

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UK - On 18 June The First Night Riders (FNRs) will once more rev up for an eight-day tour around the UK to raise money for The Theatrical Guild (TTG). You can join them for as long or as short a time as you like - a day, a weekend or, if you are feeling brave, the whole week!

On Saturday 18 June riders will depart from The National Theatre London and travel to the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. They will travel to Norwich where they will have a backstage tour of the Theatre Royal. After an overnight stop, riders will journey to Castle Acre where they will have coffee with Jane Slattery. Then it's on to Nottingham for a complimentary lunch and tour courtesy of Eric Oldham of Metool Reels.

If you're not available the first weekend, why not join the ride on Friday 24 June in Cardiff? The riders will cruise to Swindon Mechanics Institute. From there they will travel to Stratford u

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Oman - Melody House, distributors of HK Audio speaker systems have recently supplied Omani based rental firm BIG Rentals with the new Elements speaker system. The rental firm attended a recent roadshow in Muscat where the Elements were showcased and were impressed with "its flexibility, scalability as well as the quality of the audio at a very attractive price point".

The Business International Group (BIG) originally began in 1978 and since then has grown into one of Oman's leading multi sector organizations that are now part of the Zubair Group since 1991. The rental department has grown rapidly in the past few years procuring equipment to enhance its offerings to its clients in the Sultanate.

"The guys from BIG were really impressed with the demonstration of the Elements at our recent event in Oman and decided to purchase a sizeable system a few weeks later,&q

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UK - HHB has supplied audio equipment including five Pro Tools HD systems, Euphonix and ICON consoles, and ancillary studio and ENG equipment for the new premises of the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York. Representing an investment of some £30m, the new building includes full television studio and post-production facilities, and equips the University as one of the country's leading educators in film and television production.

Working in close cooperation with the technical installation company, Wire Broadcast, HHB provided extensive management and support throughout the projects, from the initial tender submission through to on-site commissioning and training.

"The Department of Theatre, Film and Television is different in that our remit not only involves providing students with a top flight education but also requires us to engage

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