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"We're at the end of the UK leg of the Aphrodite - Les Folies tour and heading off to America," says Napier. "The SD7 has done a fantastic job so far. It's done everything we hoped for."

The console, part of audio supplier Solotech's inventory for the tour, is currently running at just 60% of its capability. There are approximately 86 inputs from stage and, with the addition of talkback and effects returns, the channel count runs to around 110. There are 14 stereo and six mono sends for effects subs and thumpers, plus several stereo mic groups, which are used for shout mics around the stage, and a 16x12 matrix, used for backups and s

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The company believes it is the first voice alarm manufacturer in the UK to achieve BS EN 54 certification on a complete product range. Due to the number of products and their diversity, the product testing took in the region of six months overall then a further months wait was required for the certification process to be completed.

Marketing director Nick Baldwin commented, " We were determined to have full certification prior to the Standard becoming adopted in parts of Europe. The whole company is delighted that we have

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The deal, which was announced at the Musikmesse, Frankfurt, follows a meeting at the 2011 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California, where daily visits from Adam Hall's Markus Jahnel reinforced the positive interest he expressed from day one, Gruv Gear says.

"We had overwhelming attention from dealers and distributors from all over the world." says Jay Baldemor, president of Gruv Gear. "Markus definitely became one of the most familiar faces by the end of the show, and that says a lot about Adam Hall's sincere desire and commitment in working with us.

"We talked to guys from Italy, Spain, the UK and others, but I'm thoroughly impressed with what Adam Hall puts on the table.

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The system's first job was a corporate event in Slovenia's largest and most acoustically challenging arena, Stožice, which has an nine second reverberation time when empty. The complete front of house/front- fill system consists of 36 Kara cabinets configured as 12 per side as left/right hands and 12 as a delay line, eight SB28 subwoofers in cardioid mode, two 108P and two 112P coaxials, and 12 115HiQ active stage monitors. All units are driven with LA8 amplified controllers.

"We'd like to thank the complete team for their technical support during this event," says Akustika Bahun's Miha Bahun. "This includes Slaven Tahirbegovi? from Croatian distributor Dicroic who supplied us with the system; Wilhelm&Willhalm for equipment support; KSS for trussing and rig

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Gareth Owen's design challenge was twofold, involving creating a system that could handle the score's huge dynamic range, while also delivering consistent results across the tour's many venues. These range from small, 600-seaters, up to theatres such as the Brighton Centre, one of the largest regional theatres in the UK, with over 4,000 seats.

Gareth Owen commented, "Midnight Tango is a very classy dance show, and depends as

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"We are very proud to have appointed Ansata as our exclusive distributor for Apogee's entire product line in India," said Marc Fenton, Apogee's APAC sales representative. "CEO Leslie Lean's impressive knowledge of the market from both the technical and marketing perspectives along with the company's far-reaching connections across the country make Ansata the perfect partner for Apogee in India."

Ansata distributes pro audio hardware and software, ranging from retail products for budding musicians to industry standard professional gear for studios, live concerts and broadcast. Apart from Apogee, Ansata partners with Avid and Automated Processes, Inc. (API) to distribute their range of digital and analogue audio interfa

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Specified by local company Metro Audio Video LLC, the system comprised of two DVA dBTechnologies powered line arrays, each one including a DVA S10 single 18" bandpass subwoofer flown at the top, with three T4 three-way elements below. Metro Audio's Ed Whitney wanted to ensure that the sound was evenly distributed with the new audio set-up, a promise he delivered on, as Pastor Culver confirms - "The sound seems to be coming from everywhere."

"The line array is extremely easy to deploy," says Whitney. "We used a DVA Ease Focus and a laser to sight in each element, which proved to work perfectly. The system's itself is surprisingly efficient - we only needed to install one 20-a

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Now the venue has formed a creative partnership with Yamaha Music which will see new variations being introduced to the Bedford's successful formula by providing "the very best conditions, technical support and live performance opportunities and exposure for new original UK talent".

The partnership will see top international Yamaha artists performing and sound engineers providing support to new talent, additionally Yamaha's international reach will help promote and expand the Bedford's outreach programmes in the UK and USA. Yamaha are also planning the broadcast 'live' webcasts of gigs and events on their Yamaha Download website.

For artists such as James Morrison, Paolo Nutini, KT Tunstall a

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Durham-born Riddell has worked in the live events sector of the audio visual industry for 16years, starting as an AV technician at British Airways' conference centre and later working with WH Smith, the Currys/Dixons rebrand roadshow and with NCJ Media.

Speaking about his new role, he said, "I'm really happy to be working with Saville in the north east. It's a difficult time for the events industry but I'm looking forward to the challenge, particularly introducing our developing range of digital event services. Being able to engage and collaborate with delegates live or on-line adds enormous benefits for conference organisers."

(Jim Evans)

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"Our engineers challenged conventional wisdom for both loudspeaker and amplifier design," said Akira Mochimaru, general manager, Bose Professional Systems Division. "The result is a new approach for the industry, one that lets sound designers and integrators meet the acoustic challenges of any fixed-installation sound system with more flexibility and far less compromise to audio performance."

RoomMatch modules overcome the acoustic performance limitations of conventional line array and point-source loudspeakers, says the company. Av

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In order to give moviegoers an enhanced 3D experience with the sonic impact that they cannot get in conventional cinemas or at home, Pacific Theatres management chose to install a permanent Meyer Sound EXP cinema sound system.

"The accurate delivery of the creative content is of the utmost importance to the movie going experience and the EXP System exceeded our expectations. Meyer Sound was very professional in their approach to the design of the sound system while effectively collab

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Sonoval is built on foundations laid by Pierre-Alain Fumeaux, through his work with comedian and impressionist Yann Lambiel, and the company's director of sound and light is Valentin Jacquaz who was the first audio professional in continental Europe to purchase the M7CL48-ES digital mixing console and the company's Yamaha inventory also includes SB168-ES stage boxes, as well as more consoles, including M7CLs and LS9s.

"Yamaha equipment is a professional choice, the technology is 100% stable, many engineers know them and the price is also right," he says. "I re

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Guetta's FOH sound engineer is Hassane Es Siahi, who came onboard last August at the start of a festival tour which was also serviced by Adlib. However, this is the first full DJ set production tour in terms of touring the equipment, as Guetta's action-packed performance schedule normally consists of large one-off gigs worldwide using local productions.

Adlib's account manager Phil Kielty says, "David Guetta is by far one of the most innovative producers in the dance world and his live performances are always show-stopping. Hassane's creative talents are really shining through in producing a great sound, and of course it's good to be working with Alan Green & his team again".

Es Siahi conferred with Guetta and they listened to several options before bo

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Fox, who undertakes all the AV and digital signage consultancy and implementation for main contractors, Barbican-based Trans European Technology (TET), has placed these at the hub of a Harman Pro audio solution.

In Manchester, where a second conference room has just been added, this includes eight JBL Control 26CT recessed ceiling speakers (in the larger room) and eight Control 24CT in the smaller, driven by Crown XTi amplifiers - with the sound processed and distributed via two dbx ZonePRO 641M 6 x 4 digital zone processors.

But the hub of the installation is the new AKG CS 5 Conference System. Each of the two rooms is equipped with

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Taking place at the Esprit Arena - a temporarily-converted football stadium - in Düsseldorf, the contest featured performances by acts representing 43 different European countries and was televised live to an audience of millions by national broadcasters Norddeutscher Rundfunk Fernsehen and ARD German Television.

Yamaha worked closely with rental company Neumann & Müller to provide an audio system that would provide both high quality sound and cast-iron reliability. The event's senior sound engineer (PA), Jochen Jensen, approached Yamaha's Art

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This event was sponsored by six discrete companies - d&b audiotechnik, Shure UK, RTS Telex, Roland Systems Group, TTA and Figure53, best known as the authors of the QLab show control system. It was staged by RADA in their 180-seat Jerwood Vanbrugh theatre.

John Torger Skjelstad from Norway's TTA opened the proceedings with an in-depth discussion of the art of performer tracking and localisation, using as a demonstration the StageTracker system that he authored and which is now

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"We love the idea, so we're really glad to be able to provide the console for this unique studio," enthuses Steve Flower, Audient's technology strategist who will be part of the set-up crew with his colleague, UK sales manager Gareth Williams. "We want to give the event our full support, and to that end will be tweeting our way through the set-up and ensuing weekend."

The Audient recording desk will be used alongside the Cowshed Studio's classic keyboard collection,

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When owners Kassia Picone and Tristan Grier decided to install a background music system into their new venue, in the adjacent 100 year old bakery, they called upon Paul Morris of Morris Communications.

"Initially it was to be a simple background system neatly crafted into the existing building but a couple of days into the project Tristan decided that he wanted to have intimate live performances through the background music system," says Morris. "That changed everything. We had a frank discussion and I told him that what he wanted was completely different and the budget would need to incr

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"The second installment of our Middle East Roadshow in Doha was met with great attendance during all three sessions during the day," commented Moswain Antao, Roland video specialist. "We received great feedback and interest from the market for both our audio and video solutions."

(Jim Evans)

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Goudy is a familiar face to Nexo's employees, distributors and customers, having acted as the company's PR and communications consultant since 1997. Armed with a Eurostar season ticket, she will now take up a wider remit to develop NEXO's marketing strategy across its varied international marketplaces, and work to enrich client relations, communications and customer support.

Well known in pro audio circles, Goudy's career as an independent press agent has spanned three decades, and includes many memorable figures and events. Since her first PR appointment, to Rupert Neve, she has witnessed the rise (and fall) of the recording industry, the arrival of digital audio technology and the launches of pioneering products like the Neve Capricor

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The event, more than double the capacity of previous Big Weekends, will feature six stages of music. The majority of the tickets for BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012 are being allocated to people living in Hackney and the surrounding boroughs. The announcement was made during a special simulcast broadcast by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra from the Olympic Park.

Radio 1 and 1Xtra's controller Andy Parfitt said: "This is the most ambitious event in the station's 44-year history. We aim to enhance the overall London 2012 s

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It's just a year since members of PLASA and ESTA voted to merge the two Associations, and in the intervening 12 months, PLASA has reinvented key elements of its operations introducing a new membership structure, a new Governance system and election process, granting the vote to Organizational and Individual members, and launching a complete new PLASA logo and identity.

Whilst the day will reflect on the achievements of the last year, it will also invite members to feedback on what they'd like to see PLASA doing for their specific business sectors, additional services they feel should be offered and the role they'd like to see PLASA taking in the wider industry.

The formalities however, are a relatively small part of the

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By means of a built-in compressor / limiter, the output level of the microphone signal is constantly maintained. The status of the reproduced signal is indicated on the front panel, to reassure the speaker that the message is clear and audible in all situations.

Andrew Richardson, managing director of Adam Hall UK states, "The APM Series offers amazing clarity with almost true to voice quality that will suit many applications such as public building, fire departments, warehouses, business offices and sports sites."

Each console has three standard buttons (except the APM01 which has only PTT) with pre-assigned functions: PTT (Push To Talk), Select all and Clear. All other buttons can be freely programmed, using

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