UK - Successful audio post production house, Out Post Sound, has now completely separated it's retail sales activities into a new arm under the banner of Out Post Distribution.

Out Post Sound, well known for its high quality, cost effective audio post services has also been the exclusive UK distributer of Punchlight automatic Cue Light and Timecode display systems for nearly three years. The success of Punchlight has seen the company sell to Bang Post Production in Cardiff, Waves Studio in London and the Beijing Film Academy as well as many other international clients.

"We deci

New Zealand - Nelson-based PA company, BB Sound, has invested in an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to cater for an increase in music theatre work through the region's newly refurbished Theatre Royal.

BB Sound purchased an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface from Allen & Heath's New Zealand distributor, Jansen Professional Audio & Lighting, which debuted at the Theatre's reopening.

The Theatre Royal is the oldest working wooden theatre in the Southern Hemisphere and dates from 1878 when Nelson had a population of 6,000 people. In 2005 the theatre was closed for m

USA - St. Mary Catholic Church in Mt. Angel is one of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, and certainly one of the most beautiful and majestic in the entire state. The building, begun in 1910 and completed in June of 1912, is the fourth church this faith community has built and maintained since its founding in 1881. The church features multi-angled vaulted ceilings, ornate stained glass windows, intricately stencilled walls and cruciform Gothic Revival architecture.

That same architecture creates a challenging environment for an acoustical designer. Though id

UK - PLASA Events and United Business Media's Pro Sound News Europe and Installation Europe have announced the launch of AVNetworks 2010, a technology and business conference which will run alongside PLASA 2010 on its final day - Wednesday 15 September 2010.

PLASA 2010, which runs from the 12-15 September at Earls Court in London, is a major platform for the launch and promotion of innovative new ideas emerging across the event, entertainment and installation industries. The co-location of the AVNetworks Conference is a significant new addition to the event, and is the s

Australia - Professional Audio Technology (PAT) founded by managing director Patrick Salloch and technology director Tony Fitzsimmons is now the exclusive distributor of K.M.E. for the Australian market.

"Professional Audio Technology is delighted to have been appointed as K.M.E.'s Australian and New Zealand distributor," says Salloch. "We feel that the outstanding sound and manufacturing quality in addition to K.M.E.'s commitment to deliver world class public address products provides great synergy with other world class manufacturers PAT represents in Australia. We ar

USA - Sensaphonics Hearing Conservation has graduated three more audiologists from its Golden Circle audiology seminar in Chicago. The seminar is a two-day training event that provides audiology professionals with the specialised knowledge and hands-on training required to serve the special needs of musicians and audio engineers.

Audiologists graduating into the Sensaphonics Golden Circle network include Mandy Rhody of The Hearing Clinic in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada; Alan I. Segal of Advanced Ear, Nose & Throat Associates in Atlanta, Georgia; and Sheri MacGregor of Highland Hearing C

UK - ALD, STLD and Clay Paky have announced the nominations for the 3rd Knights of Illumination lighting design awards. The awards will be held on the evening of Sunday 12 September 2010 at the IBIS Hotel London Earls Court.

The awards will provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in lighting design by UK based lighting designers, in a number of professional areas. At the same time, these awards will forge closer ties between the world of lighting design and the lighting Industry as a whole.

The awards for The Knight of the Illumination are nominated and

UK - St Georges Centre in Medway, southern England, has recently seen a substantial digital audio system installation designed to transform its usability, following a new licence agreement for shared use between Canterbury Christ Church University and Medway Council.

The venue, a listed building on the south side of the Thames Estuary that serves as a Victorian Maritime Museum and church, can now be used for conference, teaching, examinations and music, with Medway Council in particular employing its conferencing facilities for presentations and their larger congress meetings.

The b

USA - Electronic Design Company (EDC) installed the audio system at the new TCF Bank Stadium, home to the University of Minnesota's Golden Gophers NCAA football team. Designed by WJHW, the system features JBL VLA line array loudspeakers as part of the main PA system in the west end zone of the stadium.

The opening of TCF Bank Stadium was part of an expansion to the University of Minnesota's main campus, which is expected to include an additional 10 new academic buildings by 2015. As a member of the Big 10, one of college football's most competitive conferences, TCF Bank Stadium was de

Germany - Uwe Senfftleben, based in Magdeburg and a long-time K.M.E. customer, has invested in a K.M.E. Pano Line Array System. He used the system for the first time at Rock am Denkmal (Rock at the Monument) in Hötensleben near Magdeburg.

Headliner of this year's festival was the German rock band Torfrock. Further acts included Bryan (a Bryan Adams cover band), Premium Flavour and NorFolk.

The arrays consisted of QL 906 line source units and QL 1215 down-fills. The subs QCB 318 delivered silence behind the stage and powerful rock sound in front of the stage due to the cardio

Vietnam - Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd has appointed VISCO Joint Stock Company as its authorised Value Added Reseller for Electro-Voice in Vietnam amongst other Bosch Security, Safety and Communication Technology Products. The appointment was announced during the PALME Vietnam 2010 exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City in July.

VISCO is a total solution provider for Communications & Security System, Traffic Safety, and Storage solution for enterprise. Headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, with branch offices in Ha Noi and Da Nang, the company has an exceptional track record of successfully comple

UK - Blackbox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo has announced the release of a new software update (Version 2.0) that offers front-of-house and broadcast engineers "even greater flexibility and speed" when working with the 24-channel live audio recorder.

The latest update includes several features designed to streamline the efficiency of live performance capture, such as the ability to create a headphone monitor mix with level and pan on every track, and a new Name Manager for easier creation of templates and modification of track and song names. Navigation is also speedier, with

UK - Technology developed by a North East company is set to make life easier for people with hearing difficulties in many different situations - from visiting museums and going to the cinema to schoolrooms and court buildings.

The Infra~Hear system has been developed by Sunderland-based Current Thinking, whose safety and audio products are in use worldwide. Company managing director Anthony Smith believes its ease of use, flexibility and security means that it will be of benefit to many different organisations who need to provide facilities for people with a range of hearing difficult

UK - Chappell of Bond Street has become the latest leading retailer to open a dedicated Yamaha Pulse Zone showcasing the e range of music production products and services.

The Chappell facility, located in central Soho, now takes the number of Pulse Zones nationwide to five. They offer "a combination of highly trained staff, a comprehensive events programme and, extensive product displays covering the entire Yamaha Music Production portfolio".

Finian Day-Lewis, manager of the Pulse Zone, comments, "The Pulse Zone at our Wardour Street showroom brings an entirely new d

Europe - Faithless are embarked the European leg of a world tour, with twin Midas PRO6 FOH systems flip-flopping across the band's busy summer schedule.

With a relentless touring schedule crossing back and forth across Europe from early April, the band's long-term front of house engineer Mark Kennedy is manning one of two PRO6s from Britannia Row, while the other travels to the next venue with the rest of the system.

Kennedy first used the PRO6 in anger during band rehearsals, using the day's recordings to work on settings after the band had left. With drums, bass, guitar, keyboards

Cyprus - Adamson Systems has confirmed the latest addition to its European distribution network - ProSonic Audio-Lights in Cyprus.

ProSonic represents a new live sound division of PanaSound's group of companies. Alongside Adamson, its line card includes Allen & Heath, Shure & T&M Systems. PanaSound. which was established in 1931, also offers lighting and its own retail MI shops.

ProSound has grown to include eight employees within its first year serving all pro markets including corporate, governmental, touring and installations. Director & technical support engineer Christos Chrysa

UK - The newly formed Peavey Commercial Audio (PCA) division of Peavey Electronics has announced a PCA Open Day at Peavey HQ in Corby on Tuesday 28 September 2010.

The Open Day represents an opportunity for both existing and potential clients and end users interested in PCA products - namely from MediaMatrix, Crest Audio and Architectural Acoustics - to come along and find out more about the technologies and the products available, and to meet the PCA team.

There will be a number of presentations and discussions concerning current product lines, system integration and strategies for

UK - Adding to Soundcraft's growing roster of PA companies adopting its Vi digital platform, is long-serving Southampton-based RPA Sound. Experienced FOH engineer Ian Grove, who set the company up 22 years ago, has placed his first order for a Vi6, with Soundcraft's UK distributors, Sound Technology.

RPA's touring commitments today take them worldwide, and fresh back from an event in Vladivostok, RPA's MD said, "We run an inventory of industry-standard equipment, and having seen how popular the Soundcraft Vi6 is on the continent, and the large number of engineers who use it, I to

UK - Rental company Adlib Audio has become the latest member of the L-Acoustics K1/Kudo Pilot Programme, joining a number of international PA companies to field-testing the system in collaborate with the L-Acoustics R&D team.

The Liverpool-based company, which owns existing V-Dosc and dV-Dosc systems, has invested in the standard K1 package: 48 K1 large format line source cabinets, 24 K1-SB subwoofers and an additional 36 Kudo cabinets. Adlib has also purchased additional SB28s, LA8 amplified controllers and LA-RAK touring racks for its hire stock.

"We continually invest in the

USA - Community Professional Loudspeakers' WET and R-Series loudspeakers have a long established reputation for weather-resistant durability. Now that reputation has been confirmed by an independent testing laboratory, says the company.

Community's WET and R-Series loudspeaker lines have passed the military spec MIL-STD-810G test standards for resistance to salt fog (test method 509.5), humidity (test method 507.5 (B3)), solar radiation (method 505.5, Procedure II, Steady State), extreme high temperatures (method 501.5, Procedure II, Operation 'Hot') and extreme low temperatures (meth

USA - Harman Professional has announced the appointment of Mark Ureda as vice president and general manager of the Harman Professional Loudspeaker Group, comprising JBL Professional and Selenium. Effective immediately, Ureda takes over from John Carpanini, who led JBL Professional and was promoted to a new position in Harman's automotive division.

Blake Augsburger, Harman Professional CEO comments, "What makes Mark ideal for this position is his broad understanding of the values, heritage and potential of both JBL Professional and Selenium. We are very pleased that he has elected

Switzerland - The opera house in Zurich has installed a new communications system from Riedel Communications. Riedel delivered a flexible system combining Artist digital matrix intercom and Performer partyline technology.

At the heart of the installation at the opera house is a Riedel Artist 64 digital matrix intercom system. Due to its redundant power supplies and CPUs the installation provides maximum system stability. A total of 11 Artist 1000 control panels are used.

A C44 Performer digital partyline system interface provides the seamless integration of 10 Performer beltpacks. R

Germany - With the completion of Lawo's new production facilities, consoles from Innovason, the French manufacturer of digital live systems, will be assembled at the Lawo factory from July 2010. Relocating the final assembly of Eclipse consoles to Rastatt, Germany, is Innovason's response to the growing demand for its latest console, says the company.

According to Innovason's product manager and customer service director, Hervé de Caro, the move offers significant benefits to Innovason customers. "With the increased demand for Eclipse, we had reached the limits of our manu

USA - Audio-Technica has announced the appointment of Mark Donovan to the newly created position of sales engineer - installed sound, reflecting the company's continuing dedication to the installed sound market sector. The announcement was made by Audio-Technica US vice president of sales Marc Lee Shannon.

In his new position, Donovan will work closely with Shannon and the rest of the sales team, serving as Audio-Technica's primary technical resource for installed sound contractors, consultants and architects.

"On behalf of the Audio-Technica sales department, I welcome Mark to

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