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Switzerland - Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system was used to manage two recent music festivals held in Switzerland.

For the second year running, an iLive digital system was used to mix monitors at the Festival de Loup in Corbeyrier. The two day event is a celebration of everything Celtic, with Celtic food, folk tales, dance and music, featuring top Irish band, Grada, and top French band, Blackwater.

A modular iLive system, comprising an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-144 Control Surface, was employed by engineer, Roland Dupertuis, to manage musicians with a range of instrum

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Germany / UK - Optocore has responded to market demand for multi-format signal transfer by developing a new AES3 (AES/EBU) I/O card for its X6R 16-channel converters.

The new card provides 16 AES channels, with the ability to change the inputs or outputs in groups of eight. Complementing the existing Mic/Line conversion cards, the AES3 offers a number of new device options, providing flexibility way beyond the 64 AES/EBU channels offered by its primary DD32E network device.

The user-configurable architecture will "bring huge benefits to the pro audio community". For exampl

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UK - Martin Audio will give a UK exhibition debut to its MLA Multicellular Loudspeaker Array at this PLASA 2010 (stand 1-F4).

The show comes at the end of a busytwo months which has seen the MLA system at work on the highly successful Fettes Brot tour (including the 15,000-seat Lanxess Arena in Cologne); debut in London at the month-long iTunes Festivalat the Roundhouse and now Stateside, on tour with Grammy Award winning country artists, The Zac Brown Band.

Martin Audio R&D director Jason Baird comments, "Our primary aim with MLA was to take the guesswork out of daily s

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UK - This summer's Wimbledon Championships saw one of the longest running relationships in pro audio mark its 25th anniversary. London based RG Jones were first called in to revamp The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club's system in 1986, and following the basic installation, have been refining and adding to the sound facilities to make it one of the most comprehensive systems in a UK sports complex.

The number of departments operating behind the scenes at the Wimbledon site is vast. RG Jones' engineers work closely with them to ensure that the Championships receives the audio se

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UK - With her new single Feedback officially launched at Madam Jojo's on 11 August, Sennheiser UK's endorsement of Laura Steel and her vibrant brand of electro-pop has been well placed, says the company. The combination of an SKM 935 G2 wireless microphone and ew 300 IEM G2 in-ear monitoring, plus a K-Array KR-200 loudspeaker system are used by the singer and her band.

"Sennheiser likes to form relationships with artists early on in their careers," says Sennheiser UK artist relations manager Phil Cummings. "It helps all concerned to get the most out of the partne

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UK At PLASA 2010, Alcons Audio will be exhibiting its pro-ribbon based sound system programme. Alcons offers a complete portfolio, from point-source, through line-source to line-array solutions, all based around proprietary and multiple-patented pro-ribbon transducer technology.

Rapidly making inroads in the installation market, the very successful LR7 micro line-array system, three CD's wide and 1.5 CD's high, which received acclaim in different international reviews and tests, will be on the stand, together with the LR7Bass system.

Following the UK preview at the ABTT show, the BC

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UK - EAW will introduce two new additions to the KF Series, along with three comprehensively integrated NT variants at PLASA 2010. Designed for a wide range of applications, the new KF Series offerings deliver a scalable solution for corporate A/V events, small-to-medium-sized live sound reinforcement, performing arts venues, houses of worship, retail spaces, ballrooms, theaters, theme parks and more, says the company.

The new KF and KFNT make up a series of ultra-compact, three-way loudspeakers that deliver premium performance in designs that offer a lightweight solution. The complet

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UK - Trantec comes to PLASA 2010 as the first company to offer UHF wireless systems compatible with the new Channel 38.

On demonstration and already shipping in a Channel 38-compliant version of the company's S4.16 16-channel system, while also on display will be the successful S5.3 12-channel system and its newer, 'big brother' variant, the 24-channel S5.5. Between them, these products underline Trantec's commitment to ensuring customers have a future-proof solution once Ofcom phases out Channel 69 for wireless mic use during 2012.

Mark Parkhouse, head of sales & marketing at Trant

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UK - For UK loudspeaker manufacturer OHM, 2010 has been a year of new developments in products for the pro-audio market. Field trials of the horn-loaded ERSA Major line array started in the spring and continued throughout the summer with great success combining with PUKK subs to provide substantial bass down to 22Hz.

Visitors to PLASA will be able to see a ground stack version of the ERSA system and the newly developed class D amplifier modules.

Also on show will be the new series of Saturn full range cabinets, co-axial stage monitors and a range of DSP controllers with a software p

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Indonesia - A Midas PRO6 spearheads the new performance space recently constructed for Indonesia's privately-funded University of Bunda Mulia (UBM) in North Jakarta. Chossy Pratama, one of Indonesia's most highly regarded musicians and performers and a leading recording engineer, oversaw the entire development while the console was provided by local Midas distributor PT Gracia Auvindo.

"I wanted the best, so it had to be a Midas," says Pratama. "Their analogue consoles are renowned for providing lots of gain and headroom but here, for a 21st century facility with some s

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China - Located in the new city of Pearl River, the Guangzhou Opera House has become one of China's three biggest theatres. Constructed from 12,000 tons of steel on a 70,000sq.m site, the Opera House includes an 1,800-seat and a 400-seat theatre. Both have been installed with L-Acoustics sound reinforcement systems supplied by Chinese distributor Rightway Audio Consultants and installed by contractor Leifull Light and Sound Enterprises.

The Guangzhou Opera House was designed by London-based architect Zaha Hadid to represent two boulder-like structures of different sizes, with a theatr

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UK - Sarm Studios, based in London's Notting Hill and owned by producer, songwriter and musician Trevor Horn, has purchased a raft of new Prism Sound equipment, including three ADA-8XR multichannel modular AD/DA converters, a Maselec MLA-2 mastering compressor limiter, and a Maselec MEA-2 mastering equalizer.

"We mainly use Studio 1 at Sarm for recording and need the highest quality converters, compressors and EQs," Trevor Horn says. "My engineers, Tim Weidner and Graham Archer, rated the Prisms very highly. We record into Pro Tools and it was the integration and superi

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UK - At PLASA 2010, Out Board will be demonstrating powerful new software features for the TiMax2 SoundHub scaleable mix-engine, playback server and delay-matrix platform which offers up to 64 channels of analogue or AES I/O - with MADI, Ethersound, Cobranet and Dante networking options all in a single compact 2U chassis.

PLASA will see the UK debut of the TiMax2 SoundHub S-Version TimeLine Editor for in-depth audio showcontrol programming, featuring multi-channel waveform-based editing, looping, panning and volume profiling. Another first for PLASA is the new AES-MIO module which all

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USA - EAW has announced that its DX1208 DSP Matrix Mixer now features full integration with Crestron Electronics control products, through a dedicated DX1208 module developed as part of Crestron's Integrated Partner Program (IPP).

This compatibility allows contractors and system integrators to install the DX1208 to operate seamlessly with other hardware in an open-platform Crestron systems environment. Such a system may consist of audio/video, security, HVAC, lighting and other controlled devices that may be incorporated into commercial configurations. This solves a number of problems

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USA - Denon DJ Europe has announced the launch of three major new products at this year's DJ Expo in Atlantic City.

The Denon DN-MC6000 ushers in a new product category as an integrated, full blown mixer and 'dual deck' MIDI Controller. This mixer / MIDI Controller combines a four-channel / eight-source standalone digital mixer - featuring real time channel matrix operation - USB MIDI control and two stereo in / two stereo out USB audio interface. A slim tabletop design with solid steel chassis, paired with the DJ software of choice, the DN-MC6000 is billed as a complete turnkey contr

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USA - At the Country Club Hills Theatre, an outdoor venue situated in Country Club Hills, a suburb of Chicago, this summer's schedule includes performances by Toni Braxton, Al Jarreau, Eric Benet, Bobby Brown, David Sanborn, and Smokey Robinson. This season sound reinforcement is via a new sound reinforcement (SR) system comprised of components from D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 catalogue.

Chicago, IL-based Sound of Authority was contracted to provide the sound system at the venue. Ernest Greene, Sound of Authority's president and CEO, deployed a new SR setup consisting of D.A.S. Audio

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UK - Marta Sebestyen is the leading light of Hungarian folk music and an internationally renowned performer. Best known as the haunting voice on the Oscar-winning soundtrack of The English Patient, Sebestyen's latest album, I can see the Gates of Heaven was performed in an intimate concert at the Paul Hamlyn Hall in the Royal Opera House in London. Marta was joined by album collaborators Balázs Szokolay Dongó and Mátyás Bolya for a special performance of songs personally chosen by the artists.

The ROH's Martin Adams turned to Paul Nicholson of Red Square Audio to spe

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UAE - Tannoy's VQ Series loudspeaker system has been putting in a leading performance at a theatre in Dubai, with a pair of VQNET 60 cabs at Dubai Community Theatre & Arts Centre (DUCTAC), located within the Mall of the Emirates.

DUCTAC is the first modern, non-profit, cross-community creative centre in the Gulf region, built to international specifications. The brainchild of local theatre-lovers and business people who recognised the need for an entertainment and educational centre for the community and future generations of Dubai, the facility opened in late 2006.

The main auditor

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Europe - Jay-Z has just completed a run of European dates and festival appearances accompanied by a FOH Midas XL8 live production system, provided by Clair Brothers. At the controls is Kenyatta 'Kelo' Saunders, the rap artist's long-time sound engineer and Grammy-award winner, whohas worked with artists including D'Angelo, Eminem, The Roots, Joss Stone and Erykah Badu.

Philadelphia-based Kelo has favoured Midas consoles throughout his long and distinguished career, and this was his first outing with a Midas digital system. "At heart I'm an analogue guy," he states. "I'v

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UK - With little more than one week remaining before the closing date for entries to this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation, PLASA exhibitors are being urged to put their latest innovations forward for these prestigious awards.

Up to eight Awards for Innovation are available each year, as well as a special Environmental Award for a product which the judges feel contributes to the industry's quest for energy efficiency and sustainability.

This year, for the first time, all nominees will have the opportunity to present their products live to a panel of expert judges, during the Sunda

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UK - Samson Technologies will give a first UK showing to the AirLine Micro Wireless Earset Systemwhich utilises the latest in lithium ion battery technology and couples it with small, high-quality audio components.

Samson's Expedition Series offers an array of practical and portable PA solutions for a variety of applications. Now, the series has a new flagship model: the XP510i that offers more power with a comprehensive feature set.

Bridging the gap between fixed installation and portable applications, Samson will also introduce the Auro active speaker systems.

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UK - In response to the impending need for UK wireless microphone and in-ear monitor users to move from Channel 69 (854-862 MHz) to Channel 38 (606-614 MHz), Sennheiser UK has announced the full availability of its new G3 GB systems.

The G3 GB frequency range variant covers ALL of Channel 38 and as many 'future proofed' interleaved frequencies above Channel 38 as its 42 MHz (from 606-648 MHz) tuning range will allow.

As previously stated in July, Channel 69 remains available nationally for wireless microphone use and continues to be licensable. However, the current Ofcom timetable w

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UK - With two simultaneous events taking place in the north and south of the UK, the NewWine Festivals provide a wide spread of PA venues for sound rental company Wigwam's young engineers to gain experience with the latest equipment. More than 30 stages have to be equipped, and this year sees the addition of eight Roland digital consoles to the inventory.

New Wine originated as a Christian festival, established in 1989 by members of the Anglican clergy. It now appeals to the largest network of Christians open to the charismatic movement in the UK, running a number of week-long

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UK - The Paul Hamlyn Hall in London's Royal Opera House is the latest in a line of prestigious venues to be graced by an Innovason Eclipse digital mixing console with onboard multitrack recording. The occasion was a special one-off concert by Hungarian folk artist Marta Sebestyen. Paul Nicholson of Red Square Audio was called upon to specify all the PA and FoH equipment for the event, which included an Innovason Eclipse.

Nicholson engineered the whole show from the Eclipse console, including monitors, and he also recorded it using the onboard M.A,R.S. system. "With the Eclipse I

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