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UK - Audio-Technica is to launch a new 'microphone audition' initiative on 5 October 2009, with the aim of allowing customers to be sure that they're buying the right mic for a particular situation.

The company's 'First Impressions' programme allows users to trial, free of charge, up to two Audio-Technica microphones (supplied by the company from its Leeds, UK office) from the 40 Series, Artist Series and Artist Elite Series for a two-week period. Musicians and singers will be able to test mics in their own specific working environment - with their own instruments, recording set-up or PA rig - vastly expanding their experience of the microphones compared to a limited in-store demo.

"The extended audition allows real peace of mind, enabling users to perfectly match a microphone to their requirements," says Audio-Technica.

Each of the microphone ranges involved in th

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UK - After weeks of speculation and buzz around the industry, Allen & Heath and Serato Audio Research have announced the launch of the Xone:DX, a new Plug'n'Play DJ controller, the result of close collaboration between the two companies. The DX, another development in Allen & Heath's Xone:D range of controllers, is a 20-channel USB soundcard and features total integration of the brand new 4-deck Serato ITCH software.

"Serato has always been an admirer of Allen & Heath's DJ hardware and we've watched the development of the Xone:D series of controllers with keen interest. In our opinion, Allen & Heath design some of the best music production software controllers in the professional field," says Serato MD, Steve West. "Rather than a partnership to simply bundle our products, we wanted to collaborate with A&H at the drawing board stage, and design a product that would

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Austria - AKG's new C 414 XLS and the C 414 XLII microphones offer nine pickup patterns that enable the choice of appropriate setting for every application. For live-sound applications and fixed installations, all controls can be disabled easily for trouble-free use, and the peak hold LED displays even the shortest overload peaks. Both mics have three switchable bass cut filters as well as three pre-attenuation levels that allow lead vocals and solo instruments to be placed in even the densest mixes.

"For over 60 years, leading musicians and engineers have used legendary AKG microphones to capture their sound so their audience hears every nuance," said Thomas Stubics, product marketing manager for recording and broadcast. "The C 414 family has been one of the world's most widely-used and respected studio and stage microphones in audio history. With the new useful

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USA - Digital and automated lighting manufacturer Barco has announced the release of a new lighting product from High End Systems - the Cyberlight 2.0. This new product was recently unveiled in a sneak preview at the Austin City Limits festival in Austin, Texas.

The Cyberlight 2.0 is a full-featured automated luminaire with a 2000W short arc lamp, producing over 30,000 lumens of output from a new electronic ballast. As the newest version of High End Systems' classic Cyberlight, the Cyberlight 2.0 offers increased output, updated software capabilities and stunningly fast mirror movements. In terms of control, the fixture includes new RDM and DMX protocol and addressing, 5-pin DMX connectors, and an intuitive LED menu for DMX addressing. In addition to cosmetic changes, the Cyberlight 2.0 also offers a high degree of creativity, with tools such as electronic strobing, TriColor eff

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UK - The people behind FocusTrack, the increasingly popular tool for documenting show lighting, have announced the launch of another useful lighting tool: SpotTrack.

SpotTrack is a new program for making and managing followspot cue sheets - something that has traditionally been done in Excel or Word using ad-hoc documents created from scratch as required. SpotTrack, by contrast, has been built for the job - managing shows with one to four spots, and making it easy to do things that have traditionally been hard, like printing the cue sheets for each spot without it being full of blank lines occupied by cues for the other spots. At the same time, SpotTrack breaks up the cue sheet into scenes or songs, making it easy for the caller and all of the spot ops to find their place when jumping around the show during technical rehearsals.

SpotTrack also aims to reduce the amount of typi

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UK - ML Electronics has announced a new low cost two-wire LED lighting control system design that can be managed from an iPhone as well as a PC or other computing device.

ML Electronics has completed a reference design for a low cost home LED lighting control system for 'retro fitting' into existing standard housing as a replacement for, or enhancement to, conventional lighting. A key feature of the system is that the same 24 VDC supply lines that power the LEDs are used for the control signals, using a unique protocol developed by ML Electronics.

The system is operated using one or more master controllers which address a number of slaves, and each slave controls clusters of three RGB/white LEDs. The master can be controlled via Ethernet, Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, DMX512, DALI or any custom control interface. As part of the development, ML Electronics produced both PC a

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Germany - Neumann received "an exceptionally enthusiastic response" to the presentation of the first digital shotgun mic at the recent IBC in Amsterdam. The acoustic properties of the KMR 81 D are based on those of its analogue counterpart, which has been in successful applications worldwide for many years. Thus, it is a short shotgun mic with a pickup angle of 90 degrees and almost frequency-independent damping of sound originating from the side.

The digital version has integrated Solution-D circuit technology which is already familiar from other Neumann microphones. This includes an A/D converter that is specifically adapted to the capsule, and the option of using numerous signal processing features that have proved very helpful, particularly in an electronic news gathering (ENG) environment. The rapidly operating peak/compressor limiter has been found to be especial

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Austria - In an introduction that couples AKG's studio mic performance with desktop convenience and versatility, AKG has released the Perception 120 USB Microphone. The Perception 120 USB is the first USB-equipped microphone from AKG, promising studio-quality sound performance without requiring any installation or drivers.

The Perception 120 USB is a real plug-and-play device that allows users to do podcasts, voiceovers, and studio-quality rehearsal-recordings quickly and easily, says the company. It is capable of working with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X but also the new Windows 7.

"The new USB-equipped Perception 120 USB microphones will extend AKG's successful Perception range," said Thomas Stubics, AKG's product marketing manager for recording and broadcast. "With the widespread USB standard and its ease of use, this new model allows users without

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USA - Thern Stage Equipment has announced the availability of its next-generation Clew Winch line sets. These improved line sets boast new features designed for superior performance and security, says the company.

These completely engineered systems eliminate the potential hazards inherent in systems using components from various suppliers that may not be designed to work together. In addition, standard clew winches now include dual compartment, grooved drums to accommodate redundant haul lines for enhanced security and load control. Winches also include a positive load holding brake and a lock-out function to provide secondary security by locking the drum to the frame when the load is stationary.

The new 2500 pound Clew Winch series, incorporates an improved gearbox design, to provide quiet and reliable performance. Worm gears are enclosed in a cast aluminium housing, and ope

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UK - Edirol is updating the R-09HR field recorder with free v2.0 software to include many features requested by their user base.

The new v2.0 software makes the unit an even more rounded and complete recording package, and includes some great additions for journalists, musicians, songwriters, hobbyist recorders, says the company.

The first big new feature is on-board wave editing. This means that an external computer is no longer needed to edit R-09HR recordings as both Divide and Combine features are included. This adds a level of 'in-the-box' flexibility that will benefit all sorts of users who will now be able to create professional edits on location - wherever they are.

A new chromatic-tuner has also been added with two display modes. This is designed for the many musicians who use the R-09HR to record live performances. Now they can tune up with the R-09HR before they p

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Australia - Audinate has announced that its Dante networking solution, the Dante-MY16-AUD card, has won the 2009 EDN Innovation Award in Australia for Best Application of Field Programmable Logic. The Dante-MY16-AUD card is the latest in the series of advanced implementations of patent pending Dante networking solutions.

The Dante-MY16-AUD card uses a single field programmable logic device to offer a full implementation of Dante. The Dante-MY16-AUD is compatible with MY16 slots on all Yamaha mixing consoles, power amplifiers, and DSPs. The card, developed by Audinate, is available worldwide from Yamaha and its distributors.

"We are honoured to be recognised for innovation by EDN. We specifically chose the Xilinx FPGA implementation because it also gave us flexibility in the future to upgrade and enhance our Dante networking solution," said Chris Ware, VP of Engineeri

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USA - Introduced at the AES Convention at the Javits Center in New York City this week, Laser-Accurate microphone transducer technology from Schwartz Engineering & Design (SED) "revolutionizes the concept of the microphone".

David Schwartz, president of SED and developer of Laser-Accurate technology, believes that existing microphone manufacturers will be best positioned to take microphones to the next level by combining the Laser-Accurate technology with their vast design and manufacturing experience.

"Rather than start my own company again to manufacture products based on this technology, I see the benefit in letting already established professional audio manufacturers license it and apply it to their own designs," says Schwartz, who founded CompuSonics in 1984 and grew it into a leading developer and manufacturer of digital audio workstations and digital

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UK - Schneider Electric has introduced Ulti Epic, a multimedia interface that combines multiple outlets into a one-panel solution, allowing modern technology to interface with television, projectors and audio systems.

The Ulti Epic is a compact unit suitable for high-end design residential installations, in addition to commercial applications such as hotels and boardrooms. The streamline solution groups together outlets that naturally complement each other so that equipment such as camcorders, DVD players, laptops and games consoles, including content from memory cards and memory sticks, can be run through a television. The outlets are installed on a media plate providing a neat alternative to individual sockets, while preventing damage to expensive equipment.

The Ulti Epic is a flexible product as it allows customers to configure the outlets on the panel to suit their individ

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USA - Six new Tascam products were launched at the AES in New York last week, including the company's first portable multitrack location recorder.

The Tascam HS-P82 is an eight-track location sound recorder, employing Compact Flash (CF) card digital media, for secure and robust recording with no moving parts. The HS-P8 features an internal stereo mix down capability, in addition to the eight discrete tracks. Audio quality is up to 96kHz/24bit (8-track recording) or 192khz/24bit (4-track recording) quality, with time-code and support for industry standard Broadcast WAV (BWF) file format and iXML.

Also shown for the first time, the US-2000 is a 16-channel USB2.0 rackmount audio interface for multi-channel computer audio applications. The US-2000 provides competitively priced, high end features and specifications for the universally supported USB2.0 connection. Features include s

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USA - At AES in New York, Audio-Technica featured its first-ever ribbon microphones, the AT4080 and AT4081 Bidirectional Active Ribbon Microphones, two new offerings from A-T's expanding 40 Series.

Audio-Technica's R&D team in Japan engineered and manufactured the AT4080 and AT4081 from the ground up, utilizing a hand-built, proprietary design and rugged, durable construction.

The AT4080, whose footprint is that of a classic 'suspension cradled' side-address condenser, is recommended for vocals, horns, strings, acoustic instruments, drum overheads, orchestras, ensembles and guitar cabinets.

The AT4081, with an appearance more like that of a pencil condenser, is optimized for strings, saxophones and other horns, acoustic instruments, drum overheads, orchestras, ensembles and guitar cabinets; its low-profile stick design maximizes placement options. Both mics excel in recordin

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UK - Bulgin Components has announced a new range of connectors designed for use in hazardous environments - the EXPlora series.

Independently tested for compliance to ATEX standards for use in Zone 2 and Zone 22 environments, the EXP series is manufactured from a tough high grade UL94V-0 rated Polycarbonate material. Similar in construction to Bulgin's 900 Series Buccaneer, the connectors are environmentally sealed to IP68 to provide protection for the most severe of dust and water borne environments. Ambient temperature range is from -20°C to +55°C.

Compact in design, the connectors are available in 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10 pole variants and in four body styles - cable, in-line cable, panel and flange fixing. Each contact insert is available with either pin or socket contacts and either can be used with any of the body styles to give the maximum choice of combinations.

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USA - QSC Audio has announced the new purpose-designed DCS SC-424-8F flyable, four-way, tri-amplified speaker system for dome and large format cinemas that require suspended mounting of screen channels, or point source surround channels. The DCS SC-424-8F joins QSC Audio's popular cinema product lines and follows the success of their DCP 300 Digital Cinema Processor.

Both the Mid/High and LF enclosures are built with common dimensions to facilitate easy installation in vertical or horizontal arrays and are constructed of heavily braced, 15mm concert tour-grade plywood. In addition, 16 M10 attachment points-per-enclosure are provided for safe and easy suspension.

The DCS SC-424-8F also features a coax HF/VHF diaphragm, which has less mass than traditional diaphragms, resulting in "exceptional dynamic range, extended high frequency response and lower distortion".

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Germany - Fohhn Audio has announced the release of its new Linea Focus series. Designed for both mobile and fixed installation use, the electronically steerable, active line array systems feature an innovative design in which the vertical sound dispersion characteristics of the speaker can be directed towards a specific area of the audience and remotely controlled in real time, without any need to mechanically alter the speaker's position.

The Linea Focus systems incorporate either eight (LF-120/LFi-120) or 16 (LF-220/LFi-220) high-performance 4-inch speakers, each equipped with a separate, integral Class D DSP amplifier that produces 100 watts of direct path power. The systems can be remotely controlled and monitored from a central location using a PC/laptop. Up to 255 separate speakers can be connected and steered using the manufacturer's sophisticated networking technology.

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USA - The Brickhouse front-loading arbor from Thern Stage Equipment delivers a level of convenience and security unavailable from conventional arbors, says the company, providing stagehands with an attractive solution that solves many of the problems of traditional counterweight rigging.

Using a new front-loading design, the Brickhouse from TSE makes operation ergonomic and convenient for users. Traditional counterweight arbors are difficult to load due to their side-loading design; operators are required to stretch and twist to load weights from the bottom up. With TSE's Front-Loading arbor, a series of weight shelves eliminates the need for bottom loading and allows counterweight bricks to be front-loaded at the most convenient position. Operators are no longer required to stretch and bend repeatedly to load weight bricks from the side. TSE counterweight bricks also feature bu

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USA - BSS Audio has added a cost-effective break-out box to its Soundweb London family of digital signal processors. The new BLU-BOB output expander, shown at AES New York, compliments the seven other members of the Soundweb London family and represents an inexpensive solution to increasing the number of outputs in a Harman HiQnet networked system, says the company.

The BLU-BOB features eight analogue audio outputs on standard terminal block connectors and the 256-channel, low latency, fault tolerant digital audio bus, also found on the BLU-800, BLU-320, BLU-160 and BLU-120 devices. In addition to providing a backbone for the transportation of multiple channels, this bus also facilitates the creation of large, fault-tolerant, centralized matrices containing multiple devices.

The digital audio bus uses standard, inexpensive Cat 5e or Cat 6 cable, which enables a distance of 10

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USA - Crown announced at AES New York the latest update to its Macro-Tech i series of amplifiers, featuring increased power and new dual port capability. Comprised of three models, the MA-5000i, MA-9000i, and MA-12000i, the Macro-Tech i series features Class-I circuitry, which delivers greater power while reducing the amplifier's weight by more than half.

The new Macro-Tech i series also features dual-port capability. An additional network port now allows a user to daisy chain the network control down the rack of amplifiers instead of having to run a separate cable from a switch to each individual amplifier.

"The professional sound reinforcement community knows what to expect from the Macro-Tech i series. They are getting the best sounding, most reliable analogue power amplifier in the world. The best just got better with these updates. The upgraded power and features re

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USA - Genelec displayed its 1038CF tri-amplified active monitoring system at AES New York.. It features loudspeaker drivers, slim speaker enclosure (only 9.25"/235 mm), dual eight-inch long throw bass drivers, multiple power amplifiers and active, low level crossovers. Designed for medium-sized control rooms, this system is suitable for music recording studios, project studios, film and video postproduction and broadcast monitoring, says the company.

The 1038CF is based on full-range Genelec 1038B three-way monitoring system and developed as a response to market feedback and customer requests for the same Mid/High performance in a compact package. The Genelec 1038B model, the basis for the new 1038CF, is a full-range monitor with "great low-end response. Today's audio production rooms are often small, and most multichannel environments use a subwoofer combined with bas

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USA - Lexicon recently updated the software to the PCM96 and PCM96 Surround to make them compatible with both Pro Tools 8 as well as Mac OS X 10.5.7. In addition, software version 3.2.0.1 represents "a major effort towards the improvement of streaming audio and control functionality of both systems".

"This new software update emphasizes Lexicon's commitment to provide PCM96 and PCM96 Surround users with regular software updates that expand DAW and Mac OS X support, along with providing enhancements to improve software performance and make the system more stable and reliable", said Randy Garrett, director of marketing for Lexicon. "With this software update we have taken the industry's best processors, and made them even better."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - D-Tools has announced that it is expanding its customer focus to enable systems integrators in the energy, IT, and security markets to quickly and easily generate accurate, professional looking project proposals with SI5.5 Estimator. The downloadable software is available now.

"We have provided residential and commercial AV integrators with a solution that has had a positive impact on their bottom line, and we are excited to extend our solution to Energy, IT, and Security system integrators," said Adam Stone, president and CEO of D-Tools. "In addition to establishing partnerships with leading manufacturers, we are adding significant improvements to our product line that will greatly benefit integrators in these markets."

(Jim Evans)

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