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USA - Furman Sound, the US manufacturer of AC power conditioning systems, has promoted Steve Rose to vice-president of product development, from vice-president of operations. In this new position, Rose, who has been with Furman Sound since late 1999, will institute new marketing analysis and plans, develop and source new products, gather competitive market intelligence, and manage the company's strategic marketing plan.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Meyer Sound and DiGiCo have announced that they are opening a shared office in Nashville, Tennessee, that will focus specifically on serving the needs of the touring industry throughout North America. The office is located inside Nashville's renowned Soundcheck rehearsal facility.

Meyer Sound's business will be anchored there by tour liaison Buford Jones, a veteran front-of-house engineer whose credits include Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, James Taylor and Faith Hill. Greg McVeigh, Meyer Sound's vice-president of sales and special projects, will also be in regular attendance. Eric Wade, president of DiGiCo US, and Taidus Vallandi (technical sales) will spearhead DiGiCo's presence at the facility.

Jones and McVeigh expect the new office at Soundcheck to boost Meyer Sound's expanding presence in both the regional and national touring markets. "An enormous a

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USA / UK - Louisiana-based manufacturer PreSonus Audio Electronics has appointed Hand in Hand Distribution to be the sole distributor for its range of audio processing products in the UK. PreSonus international sales manager Mark Williams, said: "The UK market is a very important market for PreSonus. The UK is on the leading edge of music production and in many cases sets trends for the world. Recordists, engineers and musicians in the UK demand great-sounding yet affordable products to enhance their creativity, which is exactly what PreSonus products offer. I feel that Hand in Hand will be able to deliver the marketing, sales support and customer service that PreSonus needs to bring PreSonus products to the forefront of the UK pro audio and live sound markets."

Gary Cramphorn, president of Hand in Hand Distribution, says: "PreSonus fits very well with our belief

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USA - BBE announced the launch of a number of new products at the NAMM exhibition in Anaheim, California this month. The Max-X2 professional stereo 2-way crossover is designed for road use and is also suitable for DJs. The Max-X2 features a built-in Sonic Maximizer circuit, which adds the improved clarity, definition and punch the Maximizer is renowned for, say the company. Furthermore, the Max-X2 incorporates the company's fourth generation BBE Sonic Maximizer process, the same system utilised in the BBE 482i and 882i Sonic Maximizer processors. Other features are a phase reversal switch for each output, plus 30Hz high pass (low cut) filters on both channels.

The BBE Max-X3 professional stereo 2-way crossover, which also functions as a mono 3-way crossover, is designed for road use, and like the Max-X2, also features the Sonic Maximizer circuit. Utilizing 24dB per octave state-

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Czech Republic - L-Acoustics has announced the appointment of a new distributor for the Czech market - Pro Music. The company was established in 1996 by the electro-acoustics engineer Daniel Krcmar, now the company's general sales manager. It quickly became a leading pro audio supplier for projects with some of the biggest rental companies, theatres, clubs and studios in the country.

Krcmar says: "The entry of L-Acoustics to the Czech Republic is a very important step for the development of the pro audio market in the country. In less than two months of distributing L-Acoustics equipment, we really appreciate the high demand of the customers."

The company reports that it is planning to use its L-Acoustics systems on a number of prestigious projects in the coming year.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Lucorum in Barnsley, England, saw the world's first installation of the small and powerful EX series of speakers from KV2 Audio. A series of refurbished 18th century warehouse buildings, Lucorum is an interesting concept - a shopping centre and café by day, restaurant and bar by mid week night, and a full-on nightclub at weekends. Briefed to provide a discreet speaker system that would not look out of place in the afternoon tea-room setting, but have the necessary power to satisfy several hundred clubbers on a weekend, Yorkshire-based installer 52nd Street - having heard the KV2 system at PLASA - opted for the EX Series.

With its glass roof and stone walls, the venue presented challenging acoustics, but by carefully positioning four EX 10 speakers and adding the weight of two EX 2.5 double 15" active subs, reflections and subsequent issues of poor intelligibility were

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Japan - Japan's Shiki Theatre Company, known for bringing renowned musicals such as Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Mamma Mia! to the Japanese stage, has successfully opened its latest production direct from Broadway. Disney Theatrical's acclaimed musical Aida opened on 21 December, 2003 at the MBS Theatre in Osaka.

The award-winning production, based on the works of Auguste Mariette and Giuseppe Verdi's opera, tells the story of the triangular love between Aida, a captured Nubian princess, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, an Egyptian army captain who has the love of both Aida and Amneris. The award-winning score by Elton John and Tim Rice is their first since their collaboration on the highly successful Disney production, The Lion King.

In keeping with many of the world's top musical productions L-Acoustics sound reinforcement product

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UK - beyerdynamic (GB) has appointed Chris West of Whizwest Ltd to act as the company's Press and PR agent. West, who was UK sales manager of Harman Audio's Professional Products Division during the nineties, has since acted as marketing man for several other companies, including Creative Labs, Mackie, Oram Pro and Soundtracs. He also has hands-on experience as recording engineer for a variety of artists. John Midgley, managing director of beyerdynamic (GB) said: "We're very pleased to have Chris on board. His depth of knowledge and 30 years experience of the industry is valuable to us. The need to communicate the benefits of our products and to monitor the market is paramount."

West commented: "The team at beyerdynamic are fantastic. They are technically proficient, product knowledgeable and really nice to work with. The current portfolio is extensive but well ba

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UK - Lighting Logic Ltd is a newly launched lighting and sound sales, design and installation company, formed by Mick Cocker and Matt Miles, both well respected figures in the industry. Based at Maidstone Studios in Kent, Lighting Logic already has several projects up and running in the television and education markets.

In addition to Cocker and Miles at the helm, Lighting Logic has a team of regular freelancers in place who've worked closely with them on previous projects. The company will deal with all major lighting and audio brands in its specification and design work. The focus will be on the design, supply and installation of turnkey lighting and audio projects in the specialist areas of theatre, television, architectural and education markets. It will also offer consultation services.

Cocker and Miles have an impressive pool of experience, embracing all fields of profes

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USA/UK - Shure Distribution UK announced that during the recent Winter NAMM Show the company was presented with the QSC 2003 Export Distributor of the Year Award. As the QSC exclusive UK distributor, Shure Distribution UK received the award, in recognition for exceptional sales performance across all of the company's vertical markets.Managing director, Dennis Harburn and sales manager Mike Gibson, collected the award on the company's behalf, Harburn commented: "It's been a fantastic 12 months for the company and this award demonstrates how being owned by Shure, has further strengthened our relations with suppliers. We are really proud to have received this award and look forward to many further successful years distributing QSC in the UK."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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- With over 25 years at the leading edge of loudspeaker innovation, Mission launched its Professional Division with the intention of bringing products to the installation, pro-AV and studio markets.

For the past two years Mission has focused on development of a range of dedicated products for its new division. The installation and portable products are designed specifically for applications where advanced DML (distributed mode loudspeaker) technology offers a significant advantage over traditional cone systems - applications that require high intelligibility with wide, even coverage within both good and difficult reverberant acoustic environments. In addition, Mission has used its extensive R & D resources to design two new passive and active nearfield studio monitors.

Now, with a complete product range, the organization has been strengthened to turn the focus on to sales, ma

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UK - Marquee Audio used its second product open day at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) to present a programme of seminars and workshops from some of their key suppliers - this time partnering Midas and Klark Teknik with Turbosound and Optocore.Co-ordinated by Marquee sales director Andy Huffer, the centrepiece was the first UK viewing of the Midas Verona mixing console, which had been previewed at the American Winter NAMM in Anaheim a few weeks earlier.

The desk attracted considerable interest throughout the day as Huffer and Midas UK sales manager Richard Ferriday, put the desk through its paces. According to Marquee: "Verona advances the concept of the ultra-compact, and high-selling Venice, delivering more inputs and features within a package which promises to revolutionize the eight-bus market." The desk is available in six different chassis sizes - from 2

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UK - The ISCE (Institute of Sound & Communications Engineers) - organizer of the ISCEx 2004 sound contracting exhibition, report that the show is looking set for another successful run this year. Over 20 specialist suppliers to the industry have taken space, including AK Barns, ADS Worldwide, AMS Acoustics, Ampetronic, BC Technology, Baldwin Boxall, Brähler ICS, CIE Audio, Canford Audio, Communication Technology, Current Thinking, Decal International, d&b audiotechnik, Ikon AVS, MEDC, Mackie Designs, Sennheiser, SigNET AC, Source 1 International, Tannoy and TOA Corporation. Furthermore, the ISCE reports many bookings for the seminar programme, which includes five sessions by leading lecturers.

The ISCEx exhibition takes place on Tuesday 24 February at the Watford Moat House Hotel.Entry to the Seminar Programme and Exhibition is £50 (£60 for non-ISCE members) and £5 for the e

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UK - Allen & Heath has announced the start of production of the rotary fader version of the Xone:92 professional DJ/club mixer. Identical in design and features to the 'linear' Xone:92, the one difference between the models is the Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) faders, which are rotary as opposed to linear.

"The design philosophy behind the Xone:92 was to make it as flexible and feature packed as possible. Many DJs prefer rotary faders to the standard linear configuration so it made sense to launch two versions of the mixer," comments Xone designer, Andy Rigby-Jones.

Launched in December with the help of DJs Richie Hawtin, C1, IQ and Sander Kleinenberg, the Xone:92 is Allen & Heath's fastest-selling Xone model. Allen & Heath says the rotary version will be available from February.

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Worldwide - DiGiCo celebrated the New Year by announcing a 2004 world demonstration tour of the D5 digital mixing system in conjunction with a Renkus-Heinz PowerNet Series self-powered PA system. The D5 system, which was expanded last October at AES New York with the launch of the D5T theatre version of the console, will be put through its paces at a variety of locations worldwide throughout the year for the benefit of sound engineers, sound designers, rental companies and other clients.

The Renkus-Heinz system will also be used to provide real life audio playback in the DiGiCo factory in Scotland and its head office demonstration suites in the south of England. "We intend to take the D5 system all over the world this year, to rental companies, theatres and even festivals," says DiGiCo marketing director Dave Webster, "and rather than hiring PA systems locally we

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Norway - Oslo's new Rock Bottom live music club, part of the well-established blues club Muddy Waters, has opened for business with a sound system consisting entirely of Harman Pro Audio group products, delivered and installed by LydRommet AS, the Norwegian distributor for JBL, Crown, dbx, BSS and Soundcraft.

Between them, the two venues are expected to host more than 750 blues and rock gigs a year. In the building's basement, Rock Bottom is the larger of the venues: a 300-capacity club with low ceiling height and a PA rig with a delay system, and additional speaker zones to cover two bar areas. The all-JBL speaker cabinets, powered by Crown MA and MT amplifiers, are under the control of a BSS Soundweb, acting as the total system manager and routing unit, programmed with presets for different distribution applications. At front-of-house is a new 32-channel Soundcraft MH3 Series

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UK - One of the Home Counties' most well-established sports centres, Gosling Park in Welwyn Garden City, has completed an extensive upgrade of its audio systems with the installation of an EV ceiling speaker system in its gymnasium. Darren Hughes, from installer Prosonic Systems, says: "Although well over 50% of our installs are done with ElectroVoice products, we had never used the larger C8.2-sized EVID ceiling speakers before. They were absolutely tailor-made for this project, and the results have been so impressive, I am now keen to use them in other applications as soon as I can."

Gosling Park is a substantial and well-equipped sports centre featuring a ski slope and athletics track as well as its indoor facilities, including a sizeable gymnasium and several sports halls. In the past, users of the gym had to make do with the sound from the television sets themselv

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Germany - EVI Audio's in-house fair, the Hausmesse, ran from the 23-25 January 2004 in Straubing. What started 17 years ago as a cosy get-together has developed into a major annual pro audio event, the company reports. This year, the EVI Audio team, led by managing director Wolfgang Kruse, whose first Hausmesse this was, welcomed 700 national and international business partners, representatives of the media, and friends of the company to its in-house trade fair.

Martin Traut, Christian Glück and others put EVI Audio's latest products through their paces for the assembled information-hungry visitors, with enthusiastic responses to products such as the new Dynacord PowerMate, Electro-Voice's SxA360, SbA 760 and Plasma, the Midas Verona and Klark-Teknik's DN100.

The traditional Saturday evening party was another success, the company reports. This year, for the first time, the e

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India - Hyatt Regency New Delhi has completed a major programme of refurbishment to reopen its nightclub venue, Djinns, with a brand-new sound system that has made it the place to be seen in the Indian capital city.

The 4000sq.ft club features a dance floor and a live stage, equipped with a new JBL sound system, consisting of four AM6200/95, two ASB6118, 10 x Control 25 AV, and four Control 24C. Powered by Crown MA amplifiers, the whole system is controlled by BSS 3088 processors. Audio consultant Mr Sarangan of IHD Designs drew up the specification for Djinns, equipment was supplied and installed by Hi Tech Audio Solutions of New Delhi. BSS processing has been chosen to control the DJ turntable and mixer and the front-of-house desk, with level and EQ settings for the band, DJ and background music selectable through the turn of a knob. "This processor control was badly need

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UK - After "hunting for someone special" to head up its UK operation for the past six months, PASO, the Italian sound system manufacturer, has announced the appointmentr of industry stalwart Bob Harrison.

Having served a total of 17 years with Beyerdynamic, Harrison is one for long stretches and is now looking forward to doing time with the Milan-based company. He cpmments: "People may be surprised, but it had to be the right opportunity to entice me to leave Beyer and this role with PASO fits the bill perfectly. It is a challenge, but one with a respected and experienced manufacturer with a brand name that is associated with quality throughout the world. Just take a look at some of the recent installations that have used PASO products and you'll know why I was more than happy to be hunted down."

PASO are already well positioned in the marketplace in terms

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USA - Pro audio industry veteran Tim Schaeffer has been appointed director ofsales for Allen & Heath USA. The company was established in 2002 by NAPA to provide US distribution for the British audio mixing console manufacturer.

Schaeffer has over 20 years' experience in the pro audio business and a successful track record in sales management, business development, and strategic marketing. For the last two years he was vice-president of the Public Address Business Unit at Klotz Digital America in California, where he was responsible for all sales and marketing management of the newly established business unit.

Prior to that, Schaeffer was general manager, western region, for AMX Corporation. He joined AMX in 2001 following five years at Otari Corporation, where he rose to the position of vice-president.

Beginning his career in 1979 with several years in pro audio retail sales

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The Netherlands - Alcons Audio's VR12 is a 2-way compact multi-purpose loudspeaker, for both portable and permanent applications. Featuring the Alcons RBN601 ribbon driver (multiple patents pending) the VR12 is aimed at applications where high output, high fidelity sound reinforcement is needed. Its specifications exceed Hi Fi standards, say Alcons.

The VR12 features a 6" pro-ribbon driver with 'Real-90' horizontal dispersion for MF/HF and a 12" mid/bass driver for LF. The frequency response is 60Hz up to 20kHz (+/-3dB), with a peak power output of 134dB. Maximum flexibility was the main design goal, according to Alcons; the asymmetrical enclosure and the 90° resolvable wave-guide make the VR12 suitable for a compact FOH system, an in-fill cabinet or a (high-power) floor monitor. In installations, this also offers flexible (ceiling/wall) mounting. The cabinet is equip

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UK - Corporate audio specialists Audio Alliance recently held a demonstration day to show current and new clients just why the company is rapidly becoming one of the UK's leaders in its field. The Manchester based rental supplier provided clients with a chance to experience first hand the technology behind the shows.

Audio Alliance director Oliver Driver, who strongly believes that showing clients what is available and how it is used benefits all parties, organized the event. The day allowed for a range of Audio Alliance's rental stock to be demonstrated, including digital systems, with ProTools providing surround sound playback, supported by a Sony DMXR100 mixing desk and a Yamaha DME32 processor.

An analogue system was also set up with an Allen & Heath ML series desk and XTA processing, while a smaller console, the Midas Venice, was being demonstrated with Shure DFR22 proces

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UK - Entec Sound & Light supplied a full lighting and sound production package for "East Meets West" 2004. The event was a variety show extravaganza staged at the Carling Apollo Hammersmith, and performed by students from Imperial College Indian Society.

The show featured dance and music - from rap to classical Indian - plus various fusions and theatrical performance. Lighting designer Andrew Keighley, an Entec regular, lit the event for the second year running, and with no stage set apart from some basic props, the visual impact was all down to the application of lights.

He chose a series of simplistic, bold and colourful looks that were ideal for mixing and matching for quick and effective improvisational techniques. There was no time for a full rehearsal or run though, and for lighting in particular, this meant a heavy reliance on Keighley's intuition and busking

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