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The Silver Medal Award recognises the considerable impact Meyer's innovative loudspeaker designs have had on the industry, starting in the late 1960s with his Glyph loudspeaker and continuing through the 2006 release of the M'elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker. The Silver Medal Award has been presented to a long string of audio pioneers such as John Mullin, Robert Moog, Ray Dolby, and James A. (Andy) Moorer.

The award is not the first honor bestowed on Meyer by AES: in 1985 he was named a Fellow of the AES. Mey

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Paolo Dozzo, sales manager for the Vitec Staging Division - Tomcat UK's parent company, commented, "Remo is experienced in sales, marketing, customer support and communications, all of which have built him a lot of respect within the industry. We are pleased to have Remo on the Tomcat team."

(Jim Evans)

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Terry Hardin joined Ableton in August as the new senior account manager. He will help increase US distribution for the company's music production software, Live 6 and Live 6 LE.

"I have been a fan and a Live user for a number of years, and I am amazed by the advances that have been made with Live 6," says Hardin. "Live is the single most musical and intuitive music production software available."

Hardin is based in Santa Cruz, California, and will be working closely with the teams in Ableton's New York and Berlin offices, including inside sales support coordinators Sam Walker and Cindy O'Shea in New York.

Working closely with Hardin are two Ableton product specialists, Huston

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Craig Buckley managing director of RW Salt and Richard's business partner since 2004 comments, "Richard will be sadly missed by all at RW Salt Communications. He was a supreme business and financial manager but most importantly he was decent, kind, honest and the very best friend anyone could hope for, I personally could not have asked for a better mentor and we will continue to develop our company with the same high levels of quality and integrity that Richard stood for.

"We extend our deepest sympathy to Richards family and friends at this exceptionally sad time."

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Fausto Incerti has been appointed general manager of RCF SpA. Incerti has held the position of sales director since the company's renaissance in 2003. Speaking of the appointment, Incerti said: "I feel privileged to undertake this new responsibility at RCF. The company has shown tremendous growth over the past years and we all look forward to continuing moving RCF forward."

Taking over Incerti's position as sales director will be Alberto Ruozzi. Ruozzi, who has worked at RCF in the past, said: "It's great to be back working at RCF, I look forward to the job ahead of keeping RCF in the forefront of the audio industry."

(Jim Evans)

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"By improving the launch process as well as the product training and educational aspects, we will strengthen our position in the marketplace," said Brian Friborg, president at Martin US. "With so many new products on the horizon, we have a definite need to introduce them properly and educate not only our staff, but our customers. I have full confidence that Michael, with his strong product knowledge and te

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Before joining CTI, Kleissler spent eight years designing audio/video control systems for retail environments at Creative Realities Inc. Prior to that, he worked for BASH Theatrical lighting for 13 years, starting out as a bench technician and working his way up to department head in electronics. At the same time heco-founded Logical Lighting Interface where he co-developed the wireless dimming system that became the de-facto standard for Broadway use. In 2003, Paul and CTI's Head of Engineering Larry Dunn were co-inventors of City Theatrical's WDS Wireless Data System.

CTI's Larry Dunn said: "We are very excited to have Paul join us as City Theatrical's senior engineer. Paul brings a combination of creativity, expertise and solid experience in entertainment technology that a

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"Fred's visionary leadership has propelled ETC into the top rank of the world's leading manufacturers of stage lighting equipment. ETC has been constantly innovative in technology with such products as the Source Four spotlight, the Sensor dimmer and the EOS and Obsession control systems. From the outset of ETC in 1975, Fred knew that the stage lighting industry was a people-oriented one and he has constantly attracted the brightest talent in the world to his rapidly growing international business," commented Richard Pilbrow, Chairman Emeritus of The Wally Russell Fund.

"Fred is by far the youngest winner of the Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award," commented Tom Folso

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Spencer comes to Martin from Louis Poulsen Lighting, Inc. and brings with her a solid background in public relations and marketing. Her experience encompasses collaborating with architects, lighting designers and other specifiers to achieve marketing goals.

In this new role, Spencer will be responsible for all areas of marketing communications including public relations, advertising, SWAG, literature, etc. She will also explore promotional and advertising opportunities that suit Martin's product, brand, budget, and business development strategies. She is based at Martin's US headquarters in Sunrise, Florida.

Nicole assumed her new role on 27 August, filling the shoes of Michael Nevitt, who has returned to his role as Martin Professional, Inc's

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After eight years working as a sound engineer, Blue decided to cross the threshold from audio to lighting: "I was keen to expand my horizons and to experience all aspects of the production industry rather than just stick to one area or department," he says.

He also admits that he actually undertook plenty of lighting operation whilst working as a house sound engineer in clubs and venues and discovered that he "really enjoys it".

Blue joins lighting designer Dave Parry who also recently joined the Avolites technical sales te

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Mike Murphy, Clancy executive vice president, said , "With the explosive growth of automated rigging and controls within our industry, and Damon's 25 years of theatrical and packaged hoist knowledge, we are thrilled to have Damon as a member of our team. Damon's commitment and enthusiasm align with Clancy's mission to 'Make our Partners Successful' by providing them with the proper tools and the support they need to understand the value and advantages of automation in schools and professional theatres."

(Jim Evans)

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With over ten years experience in the electronic security industry, Smith has been involved with a number of high profile product launches and will be driving the company's marketing strategy forward as the company continues to expand both in the UK and overseas.

Peter Beare, managing director at Forward Vision said, "James' appointment give us the additional expertise to take an already excellent reputation for product support to new heights."

(Jim Evans)

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Lourtie has been affiliated with Meyer Sound over the entire course of his career in sound reinforcement, starting in 1993, when he first worked for a Meyer Sound distributor in Europe, and then as a Meyer Sound certified SIM engineer. In 1997, Lourtie founded Lourisom, an audio consulting and distribution business in Portugal, which distributed Meyer Sound products in the country.

"Miguel's long relatio

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Volkswagen van fans travelled from as far away as Australia, Portugal, Russia, the Ukraine, Denmark, Poland, the UK, France and Holland to celebrate the occasion. The celebrations started with a special convoy through Hanover from the Volkswagen factory to the showground hosting the event.

All the event festivities, including presentations and prize ceremonies, were relayed onto the digiLED screen from an OB truck on site. A concert by The Who ended the celebrations in spectacular style.

A total of 108 modules created the 83.64m² screen. Measuring 10.56m high x 7.92 m wide, the 12 x 9 module configuration dominat

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Williams joins Dialight Lumidrives with over 22 years' experience in the lighting industry. He joins having previously worked in product sales for DW Windsor, Philips and Concord.

George joins as design engineer having worked in CAD design for Creda/Hotpoint and most recently as design and development engineer for Victor Manufacturing.

Gordon Routledge, managing director at Dialight Lumidrives says: "Both appointments reflect our continued investment in the Solid State Lighting market. We are strengthening continually our sales and design departments to help maintain our current levels of growth."

(Jim Evans)

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Karlsson's' role at Martin will be to strengthen the technical and marketing foundation for products within Martin Visual Solutions, a business unit of the company created earlier this year to expand business opportunities and capitalise on the growing popularity of LED video screens. Martin recently introduced its LC Series of LED video screens, a semi-transparent, modular system of lightweight LED panels.

"Creative video and visualization is the new frontier and challenge for the lighting market, in the same way that automated ligh

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With more than 25 years in professional audio sales, Falconer comes to Community from Sabine, where he was director of sales. Previously he has held positions in sales and marketing at SLS Audio, L'Acoustics, JBL Professional and AMX. Falconer will be responsible for outside sales management in Canada and the western half of the United States.

(Jim Evans)

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The Monacor portfolio encompasses a vast range of entertainment technology, from in-car audio to CCTV, lighting, a stage line, consumer hi-fi, professional sound reinforcement and equipment for the MI and DJ markets.

Said Damon Crisp, who had joined DJ equipment giants Numark after 10 years handling pro sales for Lamba plc: "Having set up Numark UK, and latterly operated as sales director across the whole Numark Alesis group, I was ready for a new challenge.

"Monacor is a vast and highly ambitious company whose present MD in the UK has been forced to retire through ill health. I had been talking to the company since the early part of this year, and with nearly 5000 product

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PSCo's managing director Stuart Holmes comments: "In response to customer feedback, we decided to tailor a unique role with the sole focus of maintaining client satisfaction. We required someone who had the expertise to fully support our clients from the specification stage up to on-site support, particularly for the 'Advanced' products in the rental fleet. Andy was a natural choice as his past experience means he knows exactly what clients need and when."

Turner worked for Trigger Concepts before moving to PSCo, where he worked as a production manager working across a broad spectrum of events.

(Jim Evans)

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Markus was most recently president of EMD Music, Inc. from its inception in November 2002. Prior to that he was president of MAPEX USA and had previously held sales and marketing management positions at LP Music and REMO.

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McCarthy was an early employee at Meyer Sound and was instrumental in the development of the company's SIM source independent measurement system. He also taught the first SIM School, which later evolved into Meyer Sound's ongoing education programme that today spans the globe. McCarthy eventually went on to become an independent sound system designer and tuner, a role in which he worked on numerous events, experience he now brings back to Meyer Sound.

Besides working on Constellation, McCarthy will also continue his involvement with Meyer Sound's worldwide seminar series. In recent years, McCarthy has t

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In his new role, Sabourin will oversee Xantech's sales efforts in Asia, South America and Canada and will establish new sales initiatives in the world's fastest growing markets such as Indonesia and China.

"Claude has a great deal of sales experience in the audio industry in both consumer and commercial electronics," said Graham Hallett, president of Xantech. "This is a mix we very much need in the underdeveloped CI markets around the world."

No stranger to the Asian markets, Sabourin spent over seven years working out of Taiwan. His experience spans two continents, having established effective sales teams, composed of distributors and representatives,

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Hudgins has been involved with lighting design projects since 1978. He joined Wybron in 2005 as a regional manager, covering the Southeast and Western United States.

"Dusty has demonstrated his leadership over the past two years in the organisation," said Larry Turner, CEO of Wybron. "His experience and intimate knowledge of Wybron's customer base have been instrumental in the rapid growth of Wybron during the past two years. Wybron is positioned to grow its top line more than 15% in 2007 from 2006, and Dusty has helped us achieve that growth."

(Jim Evans)