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USA - UK manufacturer Optimal Audio has announced the appointment of Allied ProTech as its USA distributor.
Optimal Audio is part of  Focusrite plc. It manufactures a one-stop solution of controllers, amplifiers and loudspeakers for small to medium sized commercial installations.
Based in Orange County, California, and founded by industry veteran Rik Kirby, Allied ProTech is a pro audio and AV technology distributor working to simplify the challenge of bringing international brands to the US market.
Rik Kirby comments: “Optimal Audio is a brand born from great heritage, and their focus on ease of use and installation meets a need we’re seeing from our partners across the US market. We’re excited to be working with them, and we’re looking forward to intro

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USA - Fulcrum Acoustic has announced the promotion of Rich Frembes to director of loudspeaker engineering. In this new role, Frembes will assume greater responsibilities in leading the development and coordination of daily engineering activities at the company.
Having been an integral part of the Fulcrum Acoustic team for over 14 years, Rich Frembes joined as employee number two and has partnered closely alongside David Gunness, senior VP of engineering and company co-founder. Throughout his tenure, Frembes has played a significant role in the evolution of Fulcrum Acoustic loudspeaker designs and voicing, contributing his expertise and passion to an abundance of successful projects.
Stephen Siegel, president of Fulcrum Acoustic comments: “Rich has been with us from the beginning and has played a pivotal role in creating and enforcing our high standards for design an

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USA - Obsidian Control Systems looks forward to welcoming AV, integration and production professionals to Booth 5845 at the InfoComm 2023 show in Orlando. On show will be the latest Onyx software, the ‘world’s first IP65 data distribution range’ plus all new Netron installation solutions
The latest software expansion of the popular Onyx control platform will be available to view and test drive. Featuring NDI Video Input, Realtime audio analysis and Beat Sync, this updated version enhances workflow across Obsidian’s various console and PC solutions, such as the e popular NX1 in combination with the NX-P expansion wing and NX-K portable keypad add-on.
Supporting the growth of exterior lighting productions like stadium tours, special events and outdoor movie sets, Netron will introduce its IP65 product range for entertainment data distribution.
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Europe - Yamaha Corporation has announced Stagepas 100, its new compact portable PA system.
Stagepas 100 expands Yamaha’s new family of compact portable PAs, joining the Stagepas 200, which was launched earlier this year. The mission for Yamaha designers was to help performers turn almost any location into a small live stage. To achieve this, they had to strike a balance between high end sound and ultimate portability. By incorporating technologies from Yamaha’s state-of-the-art professional audio products, they created Stagepas 100 - a tiny, rugged ‘PA in the palm of your hand’.
Measuring 239 x 310 x 215 mm (9.5" x 12.3" x 8.5") with handle and weighing just 5 kg (11 lb), Stagepas 100 is an ultra-compact, portable PA equipped with a three-channel digital mixer, 100W Class D power amplifier and a coaxial compression driver with 1.4" voice coil HF and 6.5" cone

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USA - Owner Charlie Huang and executive chef Thomas Griese have brought Jing to Las Vegas.
The new Jing is a restaurant by day and a club by night. With a regular roster of in-demand DJs and performers, the high-end audio system courtesy of E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio delivers the goods.
The main audio system is based around eight E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio ES-10 10-inch systems, with eight ES-212 dual 12-inch subs to rock the bottom end. The DJ booth is outfitted with a pair of DAS Audio Action-508A active two-way cabinets and a DAS Audio Altea-718 sub.
Out in the main dining area, DAS Audio Quantum Series compact loudspeakers maintain a more subtle mood, with eight Q-3 3-inch boxes, eight more Q-23 dual 3-inch systems, and six Q-10 10-inch compact subs, all driven by DAS Audio EP-6K4 and EP-450 amplification.
The project was initiated by Mikey Zaglin, musi

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Europe - American metalcore band The Ghost Inside has concluded their European tour, marking their first bus tour in the region since a tragic accident they faced back in 2015. Spanning over a month, the tour revolved around the Impericon Festivals, with a week of shows in the UK followed by a series of sold-out performances in Germany alongside acts including Bury Tomorrow, Thy Art Is Murder, Sondaschule, and Future Palace.
Front of House engineer Bryan Greenberg chose to work with an Allen & Heath dLive system to ensure The Ghost Inside's electrifying performances would captivate audiences with high-quality immersive sound. The FOH setup featured a dLive CTi1500 control surface and CDM32 MixRack provided by rental company Solotech.
The lightweight CTi1500 surface is engineered with titanium side panels and comes in at 11.5kg, or just under 23kg in a flightcase,

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Germany - Thomas Füllengraben is back on the market with HTFmediserv. Trade fair projects - supplemented by the new business area of digital solutions - are now the focus of the new company. At the end of 2022, the company invested in 48 of the new, weatherproof X-PAR 12 Z LED spotlights from Fusion by GLP for both the rental and project business.
It was in early summer 2022, that a visit by GLP drew Thomas Füllengraben’s attention to the weatherproof (IP65) LED fixtures, which were optimised for colour mixing and light quality. Although another device was actually the focus of his interest at the time, Füllengraben says: “We talked for a long time about the JDC1 and especially the impression X5, which I was really excited about.
“Then in the autumn there was a project at the InnoTrans for which I was looking for static LED spots that would offer something mor

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Belgium - Absen’s K Plus has been chosen as the videowall backdrop for a late-night panel discussion on Belgian mainstream television. The 3.2m-pixel display delivers relevant content to complement the lively on-screen debates. Visual experience design & production company, Painting With Light, supplied and installed the screen, working closely with Van Domburg Partners - a leading LED distributor in the Benelux region.
De Tafel Van Vier is a popular late-night chat show on Play4, a Belgian-Flemish commercial television channel which is filmed at Play Zuid, a live entertainment venue and TV studio in Antwerp. The show is hosted by Gert Verhulst, a well-known media personality in the region and covers current affairs that can provoke lively debates amongst the host and panellists. The live show is broadcast daily from Monday to Thursday, with panel guests who hav
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Vietnam - After a three-year hiatus, the 2023 Danang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF 2023) has returned.
Working with main sponsor Sun Group, international consultancy Global 2000 International turned to Cinewav to provide synchronised audio via mobile phones for the first time at an international fireworks festival. This was first debuted at the official opening ceremony on 2 June where locals and tourists across Da Nang, Vietnam’s fifth most populated city, could listen to a clear soundtrack using their smartphone in sync with the fireworks themselves.
Mrs. Pham Tu Cau, vice president and CEO at Sun Group Central Vietnam, executive office of central region was instrumental in bringing Cinewav onboard to play a part in DIFF 2023. “It truly inspired me. I was struck at the sound quality which perfectly matched the visuals. This is also the first time in Viet

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Finland - 3LR Design has announced that renowned architectural lighting and controls designer, Karoliina Helin has joined its international team.
"As a consultant based in Finland, Karoliina will allow 3LR to develop, design and support even more customers and clients in the European Union, the UK, and beyond," says Josh Allen, global director of design for 3LR and co-founder of 3LR Group. "We've had the opportunity to work with Karoliina on multiple projects to date, and her work has always been top-notch. Moving forward, it made perfect sense that she join the Group. Her skills in lighting layouts and presenting lighting data are second to none, and we are excited to have her on board."
"Karoliina's work spans many of the sectors and genres we operate in," says Matt Lloyd, co-founder of the 3LR Group. "She brings to the team a wonderful mixture of design concepts,

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USA - Ahead of InfoComm, Martin Audio has announced the addition of Paul Lamarre to its US sales team. Joining the company from Symetrix, he will take on the role of South-East regional sales manager - a position vacated by Brad Stephens, who moves to the newly-created role of director of strategic projects and consultant relations.
Commenting on the appointment Lee Stein, VP, North America, said: “Paul is an experienced and proven industry veteran who held a similar position at EAW, prior to joining Symetrix. Having spent many years working in the pro audio field we expect him to hit the ground running, since his background provides him with a combined knowledge of loudspeakers, the market, and the region itself. I’m certain Paul will be a great asset to the sales team and to our resellers and partners in the region.”
“Having spent time as a dealer, independen

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USA - Bluesound will announce two new versatile ceiling speakers at Infocomm 2023. The BCS250 and BCS300 are passive and active PoE ceiling speakers that can be installed as in-ceiling speakers or with an optional conversion package, become pendant speakers.
The BCS250 is a passive ceiling speaker designed for both low impedance and constant voltage applications, while the BCS300 expands Bluesound Professional’s PoE speaker line as a network streaming ceiling speaker with integrated streaming and amplification.
Both ceiling speaker designs can be easily adapted into a point-centred hanging pendant speaker using the optional Pendant Kit attachment, a highly versatile addition that delivers unparalleled flexibility for installers. Demonstrations of the BCS250 and BCS300 ceiling speakers will run in Booth #4960 at the InfoComm show
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USA - Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) will be showcasing - for the first time - its new MKD526 2-way full-range dual-woofer loudspeaker at the 2023 InfoComm Show. This new passive loudspeaker is specifically engineered to deliver the output, fidelity and reliability that audio designers expect for any installation.
Alongside its newest release, EAW will also be highlighting additional audio solutions such as the AC6 2-Way Full Range ADAPTive column loudspeaker, the MKC Series 2-way coaxial loudspeakers and the SB210 dual 10-inch subwoofer.
An ultra-compact and multi-purpose loudspeaker, the MKD526 2-way full-range dual-woofer loudspeaker delivers high-output, broadband pattern control and ‘exceptional fidelity’. With a max SPL of 127dB and an operating range covering 75Hz to 20Hz, MKD526 is suitable for front-fills, under balcony-fills, corporate events, bars or resta

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USA - The ADJ booth at InfoComm 2023 will provide a showcase of both new and recently released products, providing a hands-on opportunity for visitors to explore the company’s latest lighting technology.
Making its official debut at the show will be the new Encore LP12Z IP. This tough and versatile weatherproof IP65-rated zooming LED par fixture is equipped with 12 x 20-Watt 4-in-1 RGBL colour mixing LEDs, offering a massive selection of colours to choose from, including 64 built-in colour macros and tunable white control (2700K to 6500K). The fixture also features motorised zoom, providing the ability to remotely control the lighting coverage, for a variable field angle of between 9 and 50-degrees.
Also taking pride of place on the booth will be the new Focus Spot 7Z. As the latest addition to ADJ’s popular Focus Series of LED-driven moving heads, this recently re

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Japan - Yamaha has announced the new DM7 series of professional digital mixers. The culmination of decades of Yamaha development experience, the DM7 series takes the best elements of previous digital mixing systems and combines them with innovative new features in a compact, powerful, ergonomic, flexible and expandable package, says the company.
Comprising two consoles and a control expansion unit, plus additional software packages, the DM7 series is designed to deliver ’exceptional results with enhanced workflow for live music, corporate events, theatre, broadcast, streaming and hybrid mixing, where one console is used to independently mix more than one feed.
An expandable, all-in-one digital mixer with a wide range of inputs and outputs, there are two models in the DM7 series. The DM7 features 32 inputs, 16 outputs and can process 120 input channels in a footprint

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UK - Racquet Studios, a new virtual film production facility has been revealed in the South East of England - located in Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park area, home to the Eastbourne International Tennis Tournament and the award-winning Towner Art Gallery.
The facility has been developed to support existing businesses and production companies through technical innovation to produce world-class creative content while creating a progressive creative economy, bringing investment, education and skilled year-round jobs to the region.
Racquet Studios’ complex comprises three main facilities, with two having been designed and built during the extensive, multi-million-pound redevelopment of Eastbourne’s Devonshire Quarter. The spaces, 93' x 57' and 75' x 52' respectively are both fully sound-proofed with three-phase power and air conditioning throughout. They have fibre &

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Europe - Metallica continues to break new ground with their in-the-round production for the global, two-year M72 World Tour that recently kicked off in Europe. Throughout the tour, the band’s sound is immersing the entire audience - at full bandwidth across a broad stereo landscape - through a Meyer Sound system comprising a record 288 Panther large-format linear line array loudspeakers.
The band and long-time creative director Dan Braun have moved beyond the old paradigms. Two concerts will be presented at every tour stop, with completely separate music sets for each show. The celebrated ‘snake pit’ has been relocated inside a ring-shaped stage, requiring four drum kits for Lars Ulrich to rise up as needed. Also, the sonic field has been expanded to ensure a wide stereo spread of guitars and drums at every seat and standing point in the stadium.
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USA - Funktion-One rental partner Nomad Sound Systems installed the largest ever deployment of Vero and Vero VX for Creator Clash 2.0 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
The celebrity influencer boxing event welcomed 30,000 spectators to the arena and thousands more viewers around the world who tuned in for the PPV broadcast, with the winners’ prize money going to their chosen charities.
Creator Clash’s producers selected Nomad Sound System as the audio supplier, explained company founder Leo Eckersdorff: “A friend of mine based in New York reached out as he was the producer of this event and wanted to have an audio partner local to Florida that he could trust. This was a first ‘in the round’ event for Nomad Sound Systems and I believe one of the largest ever Vero and Vero VX deployments.”
To meet the requirements of such a sizeable deployment, Nom

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Germany - Solotech has announced the opening of a new business office in Frankfurt. Located at 60314 Frankfurt, Hanauer Landstrasse 172, Solotech shares the space with Studio 301, the recording studio, formerly known as Abbey Road Institute.
“Providing our clients with a local approach is absolutely key for Solotech,” said Bryce Jewell, managing director - UK & Germany. “We are delighted to be opening this new office. Demand for high-quality, innovative events continues to grow across the continent and these premises will provide a platform for us to manage the future growth in the region. We have some ambitious plans, across both live productions as well as our systems integrations business, and our presence in Frankfurt will enable us to really start realising these.”
Industry veteran, Holger Schader, has been senior consultant concert touring and specia

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France - The D-Day Museum at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Northern French coast has chosen Panasonic projectors to illustrate the activity before, during, and after the historic Normandy landings, bringing the events of 1944 to life like never before through multiple immersive and interactive experiences.
The newly re-built museum, working alongside AV integrator Auvisys, needed innovative, quiet and reliable projectors to bring the events of 1944 to life in four key areas of the exhibition. This included an auditorium, video mural, projection mapping and virtual reality projections. The museum chose a combination of Panasonic’s state-of-the-art PT-MZ16K, PT-RZ790, and PT-RZ990 laser projectors, and ET-EMW300, ET-DLE060, ET-DLE085, and ET-DLE020 lenses.
The museum is based at the geographical epicentre of the D-Day landings on Gold Beach - one of five focal point bea

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USA - After nearly two decades at Walt Disney World and Disney Live Entertainment, Ryan Stumpp has joined Elation Professional as vertical market manager for themed environments. Ryan has designed and programmed lighting for a variety of marquee shows and spectaculars, including the recent redesign of Fantasmic! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Happily Ever After at Magic Kingdom.
In his role at Elation, Ryan will work to drive Elation product adoption with designers, specifiers and consultants focused on theme parks, cruise ships, hospitality venues, resorts, casinos, museums and other themed spaces.
“Themed environments is a vast and challenging market that spans multiple genres of lighting and applications,” stated Elation director of sales John Dunn. “Ryan’s passion for immersive theatrical shows and storytelling, his years of experience a
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