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This was the 15th edition of the Cup since its establishment in 1995, and the event in the United Arab Emirates was the second tournament to take place outside Brazil.

System designer was Almoe's head of audio, Bruno Vitanza, who relied heavily on Martin Audio's DISPLAY software to make all the acoustical predictions for the purpose-built beach soccer stadium, which was designed to accommodate nearly 6,000 spectators. "DISPLAY was a great help," he said. "I just had to 'virtually rig' the system on my PC and then when I did it for real I knew the line array would perfectly cover the areas I wanted ... in just one take."

For the main pitch Almoe fielded 16 W8LM Mini Line Array enclosures and eig

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A highlight on the stand will be the newly launched iDR-16 3U MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmountable Control Surface, which together provide a space saving, lightweight digital live mixing system, bringing the same power, sonic performance and flexibility of the larger touring iLive systems to a significantly lower price point, says the company.

Also on display will be the record-selling iLive-T digital mixing system and various components from the iDR digital installation series.

(Jim Evans)

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"NAMM recognises the importance of the live audio, house of worship and stage and lighting industries to the music products industry and welcomes these music industry professionals to the 2010 NAMM Show," says Kevin Johnstone, director of trade shows, NAMM. "This year, we're working closely with a number of partner organisations and media outlets that serve these segments to create a new and valuable education track to meet their needs and giving them even more reasons to attend this year's NAMM Show."

More than 15 industry partners, publishers, organisations and associations will offer a seri

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The New Theatre has been designed specifically for both theatre and live music performances. RCF France's local partner Terre De Son Le Mans installed a combination of C5212 Acustica series speakers and TTS28 passive subwoofers.

The C5215s were chosen for the installation to cover the different areas of the main hall. The design enables the system to cover the hall with both punchy sound and high definition.

Since the stage is mobile, TTS28 double 18" subwoofers have been chosen for their ease of movement and compact size.

A DX4008 digital sound processor was specified to manage the global system, with different presets according to stage placement and audience size.

RCF ART525-A two-way speakers are also used for mobile sound reinforcemen

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Albers, a well-known entrepreneur in the Dutch music and entertainment industry, has a 20-year track record of success as an international artist manager, theatre and television producer and record company owner, and has close ties with many key figures in the international entertainment industry.

He will coordinate all activities related to Synco Europe from the Ampco Flashlight Group headquarters in Utrecht, Holland, while continuing to oversee his existing business interests.

Dick van Berkum, CEO of the Ampco Flashlight Group, said, "I'm delighted that we have a person of Marcel's calibre to lead the challenge of developing the Synco Europe Network that Fred Heuves established over the

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This new interface allows sound system designers the ability to carry out their loudspeaker system design (using AXYS loudspeaker products) in DDA; within the DDA environment the critical 'beam steering' parameters of Intellivox and Target arrays can be set and modelled, using statistical methods. Once they are satisfied with the performance of the system the loudspeaker data can then be easily exported to XML format so that it can be imported into Odeon. Further modelling work can be carried out using the ray tracing method. In addition to this export functionality DDA users can also import the room geometry from Odeon into DDA models using the .CAD export function in Odeon.

The

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The InVision Universal Studio Mount (or USM) has been designed to provide a 21st-century alternative to elasticated suspensions, the basic form of which has remained essentially unchanged for several decades. Based around the resilient 'u'-shaped Lyre suspension mount used in Rycote's existing InVision suspension range for smaller-barrelled microphones, the InVision USM will fit any high-quality microphone from 18 to 55mm in diameter, including large

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For a crowd of roughly 80,000 people, the sound reinforcement system had to be a solid performer. That's why Medellin-based Grupo HANGAR - the firm contracted to produce the concert and provide sound - deployed a sizeable loudspeaker setup consisting of components from the D.A.S. Audio catalogue.

Alvaro Alzate, general manager for Grupo HANGAR, reports: "As in the previous five

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The AD-C1200 high-output Ceiling Mount Loudspeaker System features 12" low frequency woofer, 1.75" diaphragm compression driver, 300W continuous power rating, and a 70V / 100V multi-tap transformer (enabling the system to operate in distributed or low-impedance mode).

The AD-C1200 has been designed for music playback, public address and distributed audio in applications that require high output from a ceiling mounted loudspeaker.

The AcousticDesign Series of installation loudspeakers has been designed for trouble free operation and versatility. Utilising custom designed transducers and crossover networks, in combination with an acoustically optimised enclosur

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In addition to Fuzion and SSE Audio Group, companies which have had a long and steady association with the Nexo brand, the new members of the dealer network are: LMC Audio, Adlib Audio, Sysco AV, RG Jones, TG Baker, A.C. Entertainment Technologies, Northern Light, Leisuretec, ETA Sound, Musicland, Whitwam and Batmink. Rea Sound will continue to be the most prominent representative for Nexo in Ireland.

Nexo's UK sales manager Gareth Collyer comments: "These are some of the most recognisable companies in the UK industry, with top-flight track records in retail, installation, live performance and entertainment. Within the team, we have the skillsets necessary to work with consultants and architects,

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CobraNet compatibility means the processing modules can be connected to a LAN for remote operation. The D-2000 also provides interfaces directly with AMX and Crestron control protocols so that it can be smoothly integrated into multimedia conferencing and presentation systems.

A wide range of input, output and control modules is available for each rack-mount processing unit, including mono or stereo analogue microphone inputs, analogue and digital inputs and outputs, and VCA modules for connection to an optional VCA control

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Made up of a neat metalwork caddy which slips neatly into the Black Series BB4 and BR10 racks, it adapts the Black Series power to suit the API specification, so that any single 500-system compatible module can be housed alongside original Black Series modules.

"The Black 500 Adapter gives users more flexibility when using their Black Rack," explains sales & marketing director, Luke Baldry. "There are numerous manufacturers producing 500 series variants, opening up many more possibilities for their Black Rack system." The Black Adapter is now shipping.

(Jim Evans)

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The NOMOS XLC combines clean reproduction of low range sounds with "the appropriate punch". The bass reproduction of a large range is well-balanced, rapid and precise and thus represents a new generation of subwoofers. From its acoustical and mechanical conception, the K&F NOMOS XLC has been designed as resonance-free and with a minimum group delay time.

The cardioid application permits efficient easy working, due to the reduced disturbance sound and due to the directed bass shares of the front speakers.

Importance h

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"The clarity and functionality of the system from voice to music is amazing," said Louis James, athletic director at Hatboro-Horsham High School. "The system is used for all our home stadium athletic events along with band competitions. The system as a whole is much better than I could have expected for high school events."

The Technomad system, featuring two Technomad Noho weatherproof loudspeakers and a turnkey signal processing rack, replaced a pair of agin

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The DN-F300 is an advanced professional solution for the playback of MP3 and uncompressed .WAV music libraries stored on SD and SDHC flashcards (up to 32GB), portable USB flash drives, and self powered HDDs. The compact 1U/HE rackmount player offers technology and features derived directly from Denon Professional's leading broadcast CD players, in providing dedicated hardware control for the navigation, management and programmable play of digital music files for BGM and other applications in bars, restaurants, clubs, retail complexes, visitor attractions, houses of worship, and fitness centres.

With no moving parts, the DN-F300 offers virtually maintenance free ope

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The Intercontinental hotel was completely transformed by a team of builders, artists, and technical designers taking 5,600 man hours to complete. Decorative structures were supplied by Deco Sun. L&S & Co. KG, Hupfer Beschallungstechnik, and Darkselection & Co. KG all whom own Adamson inventory, came together to provide complete sound production. Kaluza&Schmid managed the event, and PAM Events, Jands , LichtBlick Bühnentechnik provided lighting.

A discreet sound design was created for four separate stag

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Launching globally at Winter NAMM 2010, ZXA1 is powered by an 800W amplifier module derived from EV's Tour Grade series.

ZXA1is designed for a wide range of applications including live sound, mobile DJ, stage monitoring and permanent installation.

(Jim Evans)

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A total of eight DVX DM15s, a DVX12 and a DVA S10 subwoofer were loaned to the festival, much to the delight of vLOS stage tech/engineer, Craig Williams. "They were incredibly easy to set up and had a sonic clarity and detail you would not usually expect from a self-powered monitor," he reports.

"They are awesome products that I would take anywhere in the world, especially in a situation where weight, size and reliability are an issue," continues Williams. "The limiting system meant I could spend more time with the African artists and less time wor

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PeakX limiters allow higher output levels than conventional analog limiting while providing driver protection, and deploy algorithms derived from the OmniDrive HD loudspeaker processing in Crown's flagship I-Tech HD Series.

The new XLS series amplifiers also feature Integrated DriveCore Technology to keep the power supply p

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"I had heard a lot about the great sound of DiGiCo consoles, so I decided to try them out," says Raphael Rupprecht, Concept Solutions technical director. "I tried the D1 and was amazed at the quality of the preamps, the EQs and the dynamics. Even my reference CDs sounded better over the PA when routed via the D1 - I could hear details I had never heard before."

The next DiGiCo console he tried was the SD8, and this immediately became the 'gold standard' for Concept Solutions.

"I contacted local distributor TON Eichinger and got an SD8 for evaluation. We tested the desk

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Like the DN-X1700 announced last week, the DN-X1600 similarly represents a new class of DJ mixer, in particular providing a new feature and performance standard in its price category. The DN-X1600 shares many of the same features and performance specifications, as well as offering some new and improved features of its own. Included are Alps channel faders, extensive USB connectivity (both Windows and MacOS compatible), matrix input assignment with DVS mode, 32-bit internal digital processing, simultaneous MIDI operation - expanded to provide wide ranging

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The Cubase 5 software can be downloaded from the Steinberg website or obtained on DVD from any authorized Steinberg dealer. Users of other DAW products who do not yet own a USB eLicenser receive a full refund on the price of the USB eLicenser in the Steinberg online shop when buying the full Cubase 5 version.

"The Cubase 5 Trial version is the ideal way for customers of older Cubase versions or any software that uses the USB eLicenser to try out Cubase five for 30 days," comments Helge Vogt, Steinberg's product marketing manager for Cubase.

"Importantly, this is not a functionally limited demo ve

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The system is based on TOA's phase wavefront control technology for audio clarity and uniform sound dispersion thereby focusing the audio on the intended area more accurately. The Type C offers a choice of 15-degree and 5-degree vertical dispersion angle modules, together with a 15-inch subwoofer enclosure for low-end reinforcement. Different modules can be combined together for their intended application where a combination of short- and long-throw coverage is required, while all three boxes are also available as IPX4-rated splash-proof enclosures.

Both mid-high modules use TOA's proprietary Sync-Drive waveguide design, and can be run in a choice of single

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Orbital Sound has provided an equally impressive complement of sound equipment, with Mick Potter adapting his original design for the 2006 West End production to cope with the venue variations and the tight schedule on the extensive national tour.

Overall, the touring version of the show matches up closely to the West End production, with the exception of a slightly re-organised orchestra to allow for the logistics of touring a 14-piece band. The sound system revolves around Potter's trad