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"Both of these products have been designed to help creative people to achieve compelling entertainment and edutainment experiences with powerful and easy-to-use solutions", says Alex Carru, CEO of Medialon.

The embedded controller series brings the advantage of an all in one controller with all relevant hardware interfaces such as DMX, MIDI, Serial, Time-code, digital IOs and of course TCP/IP.

Medialon's Showmaster series share Showmaster Editor Software included at no additional cost with each product. Thanks to the easy graphical programming environment, applications are programmed in much less time than with any other conventional co

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The programme sees Yamaha's national network of Music Schools offering free music lessons aimed at introducing people of all ages to music making for the first time. Participants will be asked for a voluntary donation of a few pounds for each lesson session and it's expected substantial funds will be raised for ChildLine, the free helpline for children provided by the NSPCC.

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CRMX Outdoor will be demonstrated for the first time at LDI 2009. LumenRadio will also demonstrate how CRMX SuperNova manages and receives feedback from an RDM-enabled wireless light control system.

"In designing CRMX Outdoor we met with lighting designers of outdoor wireless installations to get useful input for the development. They explained how the biggest problem was that many wireless outdoor installations stopped working overtime - the wireless outdoor products had not been built to last. So when

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Lars Bruun Jensen explains that long-established distribution company SC Sound has been making a lot of changes in the last year. "We've been establishing our own technical workshop and IT systems, launching a new website and reviewing our product range. There have been a lot of client requests for installation loudspeakers, so we are delighted to be able to include Vieta in our portfolio now. It fits in very well with the Danish market because it is high-quality equipment with a stylish design."

SC Sound's Jensen reports that his customers are showing considerable interest in Vieta products that have already been installed in dance schools, community centres and churches. "The Do Line high-p

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The 1HSQ development is an eco-friendly environment designed to the highest level of energy efficiency, and an advanced multimedia infrastructure assumed top priority.

The audio visual sub-contract was worth around €1 million, and incorporated a wide range of multi-room and multi-purpose A/V systems.

Meritec, who were chosen from the six companies tendering, sourced most of their audio requirements from t

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Iowa DOT operates Highway Advisor Radio, an information channel transmitted with eight low-power AM and FM transmitters distributed around the state. A Barix Instreamer 100 encoder is connected to a radio receiver at each remote broadcast location to capture the on-air signal and stream it over the DOT's internal network. Iowa DOT employees can access the streams using their PCs to confirm that the broadcasts are going out over the air and commuters are receiving the broadcasts with clarity.

DataNab, an IP systems programmer and Barix reseller, provided concept, configuration services and technical assistance with the development of a central webpage to

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Landsberg-based event production company, Rain Age, with Martin Heining as head of sound, supplied an extensive audio system that had a DiGiCo SD7 at its FOH position during the German leg of the tour, and now has the additional benefit of an SD8 at monitors for the remainder.

Dispensing with extensive light installations and special effects, Mando Diao concentrates on the business of simply making music in venues across the country with capacities from 5,000 to 10,000 seats

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When it comes to microphones and monitoring, Pink relies on the German manufacturer's 2000 and evolution wireless series and also benefits from a few special variants. "Pink uses her SKM 2000 with a special e 935 capsule in silver," explains monitoring engineer Horst Hartmann. Front of house engineer Chris Madden continues: "The handheld has been trouble-free, it sounds fantastic with hardly any EQ. The gain before feedback attributes have been outstanding considering she sings in front of the PA for most of the show."

Chris Madden uses the SKM 2000 with the standard 935 capsule for the background vocals and the sound engineers have also remained faithful to the 2000 Series for the instrument transmitters. "As far as sound quality is concerned, t

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"From the very beginning, MidKent College was able to make meaningful economies," says Darren Beckley, business development manager at Stage Electrics. "The whole building could be wired with a Cat 5 infrastructure, which carries audio, lighting, video and data, which considerably reduced their cabling costs. The choice of the compact RSS M

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During the seminars Frauke Jungbluth said: "We want to ensure that our dealers are not only experts when it comes to our own systems but also well-schooled in the underlying acoustic principles. This theoretical foundation guarantees competent customer support and makes is possible to provide sound individual advice."

Participants were invited to put into practice the theories they had just learned in the course of a numbe

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The MY8-SDI-ED is being launched at Inter BEE 2009, the annual international broadcast equipment exhibition held at Japan's Makuhari Messe from 18-20 November.

Compatible with all of Yamaha's digital mixing consoles and DME series digital mixing engines and offering from eight to 64 I/O channels (depending on the console and number of cards used), the MY8-SDI-ED provides input and output of HD-SDI embedded audio signals.

"Many broadcast companies are now embedding audio within the SDI digital video transmission as a convenient method of managing signal flow. With HD gaining acceptance globally, an HD/SD-SDI card was an inevitable addition to our rang

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With 380 guestrooms, three restaurants (including the dazzling Palm Court), a Chuan Spa opening in 2010 and no fewer than 18 different conference spaces, The Langham, London is as extensive as its impressive façade suggests.

Systems integrator Safetech Systems designed, supplied, installed and commissioned a complete voice alarm set-tup for the The Langham 18 months ago, with three racks of TOA's VX-2000 at the hub of the system. Since then, the system has been upgraded to take into acco

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On the stand will be two products which have recently been added to Baldwin Boxalls range of voice alarm products the BVRD2M4 mini router and the BVRD microphone controller. Visitors to the stand will also be able to view and use the touchscreen control paging station and the increasingly popular OmniCare emergency voice communication system.BVRD2M4 Mini four zone voice alarm router retains many of the features of the well established EVAS BVRD2M router. However, it is small enough to fit alongside a VIGIL2 amplifier and power supp

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A/V consulting firm Coffeen Fricke and Associates developed a complex specification for the stadium's system, and after considering several manufacturers, EAW was chosen, as they could provide that solution and manufacture the product to exacting specifications to meet the installation deadline. The sale was made by Columbia, Maryland-based Audio Associates, and the installation was handled by the Columbia-based Large Projects Group of the A/V integration company AVI-SPL (headquartered in Tampa, Florida).

The stadium nee

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The project has been designed by the RCF Project Design Office, based on the original design made by Sergio Berno from the EL Engineering Service of Turin. The installation has been completed by Orion Gesta under the supervision of engineer Ivan Catellani.

The main audio system is the RX4000, a completely integrated system for voice evacuation, paging and background music and is EN 60849 CEI 100-55 compliant.

The main control unit manages two more units, located in other parts of the building and are connected to the first through Cat 5e UTP cable. All th

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"With this title comes an expectation in the industry that they can be called upon by other system engineers and rental network agents, to o

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SPS's Sean Murphy comments, "Our original Aspect rig has been going out two to three times per week since we bought it and we've been getting fantastic results every time, so as our volume of work has been building up it seemed logical to buy some more.

"We only really needed a few more boxes, but in our usual style we decided to go all out and get the system we always wanted it to be. So now we have 36 stacks of TA-890Hs with 16 twin 18" TSW-218s, six amp racks with two LMS-D26s in each, four sets of 3 wide flyware and cabling for days. It's all configure

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This was announced yesterday by Volker Bartels, spokesman for the Sennheiser Executive Team. "We would like to benefit from the strength of the Sennheiser and Neumann brands in this business area, too. Neumann and Sennheiser are firmly established in the studio and installed sound areas, respectively, and promise a much better market penetration than is at present possible under the brand name of Klein + Hummel."

Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin, will become responsible for the studio monitor business, while an optimised installed sound portfolio will be continued by Sennheiser. "Under these well-known brands, we hope to considerably increase sales

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Sixteen actors wore miniature UWB TiMax Tracker (TT) transmitter Tags which were tracked by six TT Sensors installed around the stage and the auditorium. The TiMax Tracker software used an automatic calibration routine to instantaneously map the stage area in three dimensions based on some simple measured sensors location data. Thereafter the system followed the actors' mov

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The Omega Studio recording interface is built around a mixer paradigm. This interface is an 8-input, 4-bus, 2-output, USB I/O mixer with inserts, instrument input, MIDI I/O, and complete metering and monitoring functions with the ability to record up to 4-tracks at once. The Omega I/O mixer makes it easy to r

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The festival kicked off on 29 October and lasted for four days, with activities and screening held at several venues. The venue Souq Waqif hosted a special screening of The Mummy (Al-Momia), recently restored by Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation.

Jalal Dudin, managing partner of CCG, stated: "We used EAW KF760 at Souq Waqif to provide the sound for the screening of The Mummy. The sound quality and surround-sound configuration of EAW speakers projected the movie's sound effects magnificently, especially since it was an open air screening. We have also used EAW KF730 Compact Line Array Modules at the auditorium, which was set up at the Qatar Museum of Islamic Art gal

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The Norsk Film Institute (NFI) features a DME installation and is literally the axle upon which the Norwegian film industry revolves, with over 2000 screenings a year in its Oslo premises. Around half of these are previews of major international releases for press and cinema owners, so having the best sound and vision is a fundamental requirement.

The rest of the industry has been quick to follow the NFI's example, cinema owners seeing the many benefits that installing Yamaha-based digital audio systems bring to their facilities.

Unique Cinema Systems (UCS) is one of Norway's major suppliers to the country's cinema industry and the company, which introduced the Yamaha DME64N

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Robert Webb, Electrosonic quality, health & safety and environment manager explains, "As an organisation we continually assess the environmental impact of our operations and include environmental considerations in all investment decisions. We therefore decided to go for ISO 14001 certification.

"NQA has always provided us with the necessary support, tools and techniques. The auditing team are professional, understand our business operations and the culture of the organisation. NQA have helped us in achieving our business aspirations, getting it right first time.

"In the same way that we use ISO 9001 as the basis for maintaining good operational practice, ISO 14001 has provided us with a formal fra

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Macalik had spent time previously on a DiGiCo D5 on tours with Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts and had always been impressed with the sonics of DiGiCo's consoles. But for Newsom, this was his first foray into digital. "For the most part, I have been on analogue desks with Miranda," he said. "The decision to go completely digital this year was mainly because of our spot on Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival Tour.

"We knew th