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Putting the system through its paces on this vibrant show was German front of house engineer Werner Schmidl who, by his own admission, didn't get to choose the audio equipment on this tour. "As someone who was used to using another brand of digital console, it was hard to convince me, especially as I only had a few hours to get into the PRO6," he says.

"However Lars Lüdemann (from Midas' German distributor Mega Audio) did a great job in training me quickly. The whole system can be easily set up in a few minutes. The PRO6 is very logical and user friendly to operate. The control surface, which works with

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Piddington is well known within the pro-audio community having held long-term senior sales and marketing positions at companies such as Sennheiser and Harman. Piddington says: "Lectrosonics have long been recognised as a global leader in wireless systems and now that Ofcom have allocated Channel 38 for PMSE users in the UK, it means 2010 presents an exciting opportunity for Lectrosonics' comprehensive product line."

Hodsman, who formerly ran his own advertising and marketing agency in the City, adds, "We are the first significant post-recessionary dealership to come into t

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The Saltire Centre in Glasgow Caledonian University is home to the campus library and offers students access to the resources they need, in an open and airy environment. The £23m learning centre, situated in the heart of the university's campus, won several architecture and design awards after opening in January 2006 with the objective of integrating all learning and students services in one building.

The main atrium within the Saltire Centre has been used for events by the University, using hired in conventional loudspeaker systems, and had always resulted in complaints about the quality and intelligibility of the audio or the intrusiveness of the speaker positions.

In early November 2009, after an on-site demonstr

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A new HF compression driver, the HF144, with 1,4" mouth, implementing an innovative Ketone-Polymer diaphragm has combined characteristics of rigidity and elasticity, in order to guarantee the reduction of break-up in the high end of the response curve, typical of metallic diaphragms.

The new 15" FaitalPRO, 15FX560 is a product capable of satisfying even the most refined and demanding cabinet manufacturers. A loudspeaker with very important characteristics that an experienced engineer requiring a technically superior product can really appreciate

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Today (Friday 12 February) Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) lost an appeal against a ruling - made last October by the Copyright Tribunal - that licence fee increases it had imposed were excessive.

Shops and other businesses that play recorded music (including from television and in-store or conventional radio stations) have to pay for a licence. PPL collects the copyright fees on behalf of record companies. In 2005 PPL dramatically increased the licence fee charges. Some outlets saw their costs more than double overnight. For example one clothing retail group's bill rose from £176,

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The UniPak body-pack transmitter features a backlit screen for easy reading in low-light situations and a locking battery door for added security. A three-position sliding cover on the transmitter's control panel prevents accidental shutoff or channel-switching.

The 3000 Series is available with either a dynamic or condenser handheld transmitter featuring robust metal construction and slim ergonomic design.

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An alliance was initially formed between Trantec and Leisuretec in the early 1990's during the disco and aerobic market boom, at which time both companies enjoyed the success of the thriving entertainment markets. For over 15 years they have continued to trade, enjoying a long standing relationship. 2009 saw Leisuretec reach new heights with the brand, becoming Trantec's top grossing distributor.

Steve Baker director, BBM electronics comments: "We endeavour to understand and meet the needs of all our customers. It is particularly important when dealing with our distributors

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The new building includes a functional acoustic structure with symmetrical room design, with frequency neutral reverberation time delivering a natural listening experience. The space allows the company to demonstrate not only the acoustic properties of the systems, but also hardware features like rigging and mounting options.

Modern electronic and media infrastructures are also installed. An extensive audio-video production delivers a comfortable control of all elements. Heavy load mounting point with ChainMaster D8Plus chain hoists and FD34 truss allow the mounting of bigger systems, such as K

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As a result of the increasing interest in Alcons pro-ribbon sound systems for sound-for-picture applications, Alcons Audio showed the CRMS system. The Cinema Ribbon Monitor System is a reference-quality sound reproduction system, with fully matched loudspeaker, processing and amplifier components.

The three-way reference system is designed for A/V projects, high quality screening rooms, post-production rooms and high quality home theatre installations.

The LR7 micro pro-ribbon line-array saw its first appearance at ISE in final finished mode, including the LR7B micro line-array bass.

Alcons MD Tom Back comments: "Again, the ISE show was ab

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The Nokia Concert Hall was envisioned from the outset as a multi-use venue for hosting a broad range of events, spanning everything from plays, corporate presentations, and rock concerts to opera, chamber music, and symphony orchestras. As such, the hall relies on the flexibility of Constellation to provide acoustical environments ideal for each production. Operators may select one of the five pre-programmed Constellation presets to create frequency-balanced, natural reverberation with decay times spaced between one second (off) for amplified concerts and two seconds for choral and organ m

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Founder and chairman Uli Behringer stated, "Changes are always challenging but also present great opportunities. We have just celebrated our 20th anniversary and as we enter our third decade, we are once again reinventing our company."

The Music Group recently acquired the Midas and Klark Teknik brands and embarked on a major repositioning of the Behringer brand. Uli Behringer continued, "Despite the change internally, this will not impact the high level of service our dealers and customers have grown to expect. I am confident that we have the very best team in the ind

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Founded by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) in 2006, the Global Competitiveness Forum, a meeting held annually, is regularly transmitted by TV broadcasters Al Jazeera, NBC and Bloomberg.

Through the years, the GCF has attracted thousands of eminent political leaders, multinational company CEOs, ministers, government officials, intellectuals and academicians from every corner of the globe, with the sole aim of meeting and exchanging ideas.

Due to the event's importance at international level, Events AVP, whose chairman is Sharif Tabbara - exclusive Outline distributor for Jordan - was selected, as it is a company with the necessary experience for supplying the

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There are no control knobs or switches, front or back. In this new format, the control of all parameters is via screen display and gain sliders.

"The new V8 is much beefier than its distinguished stablemate the Vortex 6, because the industry across-the-board is asking for more power from its amplifiers," explains Camco international sales director Mick Anderson. "This unit will give you 4400 watts of peak power per channel whether you use two Ohm or four Ohm mode; being able to sustain the same power o

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Event-solution have been the Bläck Fööss's supplier of choice for their big New Year's Eve shows for the last eight years, looking after every aspect of the audio set-up including mixing consoles, microphone set-up, stage monitoring, and of course the main PA system. This year, for a change, the band used in-ear monitoring. "The specially-d

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ARX managing director Colin Park comments: "Mircea Dante, general manager of Graffitti told me he is especially excited by the prospects of introducing our USB DI Series products and the new USB I/O Universal Transformer Isolated USB Interface to their Pro Audio clients and market, as well as the MSX series of Signal Distribution products, the AudiBox series of audio toolbox essentials, and the rest of the ARX signal processing range."

Alongside ARX, Graffitti currently represents a select collection of other high end pro audio manufacturers including Funktion One and Mc2 Audio.

(Jim Evans)

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As the host broadcaster supporting 14 international networks, CTV's Olympic post sound supervisor Mike Nunan has continued his use of Optocore in critical International Broadcast Centre applications by creating a 100-plus channel routing network at the International Broadcast Centre between his edit suites and his post sound control room, utilising DD4ME MADI interfaces, DD32E AES network devices, X Series remote preamp/converters and YG/YS interface cards. Additional signal transport and remote control via Optocore is the interfacing of numerous Neumann Solution D digital microphones.<

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Rihanna has been using the SKM 5200 since adopting it for her first headlining tour at the end of 2007. According to monitor engineer Brian Evans, on this tour her two background vocalists are also using the SKM 5200/ MD 5235 combination. The wireless vocal mics are being used together with Sennheiser's EM 3732 twin receivers.

Rihanna's music has long had a rock sensibility, but the music on her new album and the current live band line-up really brings that harder edge to the fore. "It's a serious bunch of players," says Evans, "We have the all-time classic, Sennheiser MD 421 II on our lead

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Performers at the UK's biggest music awards include Lady Gaga, Kasabian, Cheryl Cole, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. Prince Harry has recorded a message for the live show, as the ceremony celebrates its 30th anniversary. The awards themselves began in 1977. Comedian Peter Kay will host the event, at London's Earls Court, which will include a duet between Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine and rapper Dizzee Rascal. Robbie Williams will receive the honorary award for outstanding contribution to music, ending the show with a live performance. Two special categories have been created to celebrate the best of the Brits over the past 30 years - the best Brit

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To achieve this, the Cultural Centre's entertainments team creates demanding programmes and spectacles in a number of disciplines - song, dance, circus, choreography, comedy, music and theatre (including for young audiences).

"With such a wide range of events, we needed a digital console that could be easily and quickly adapted to a number of configurations, and at the same time be able to offer a high level of audio quality," explains Yann Vaslin, technical director of Capellia. "At the same time it needed to offer a fast and intuitive experience for the sound engineer.

"When I discovered t

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White Light is the sponsor of the Best Lighting Designer award, which was presented to Natasha Katz for her work on the hit musical Sister Act at the London Palladium. Her fellow nominees in the category were Johanna Town for Speaking In Tongues, Mark Henderson for Enron, Mike Robertson for On The Waterfront and Neil Austin for Life Is A Dream and Madame de Sade.<

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he ceremony was held in the Diamond Lounge at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Congress Center during Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2010). The award category was sponsored by ProAudio Middle East Magazine.

The D-2000 was previewed on the TOA stand at ISE and combines the functions of auto mixing, matrix switching, and signal processing. "Receiving such an esteemed EMEA award is a true success for one of our most exciting products to be launched in the EMEA market and we're delighted that the industry has recognised it for its innovation and functionality and sends a big thank you to all who had voted," says Brett

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The CRMS, Cinema Ribbon Monitor System is a hybrid three-way main- /two-way surround-system.

Each system consists of a separate mid-high frequency (MHF) section, featuring one RBN401 pro-ribbon driver HF with non-vented 8" MF and a low frequency 15" (LF) section, with low power-compression 4" voice-coil.

The MHF section is specifically designed to act both as MHF section for the main/fron

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"In addition to the school's own jazz events, the hall hosts the headline concerts for the Rochester International Jazz Festival each summer," says system designer Anthony Nittoli of consulting firm Akustiks LLC of South Norwalk, Conn. "With the old system, coverage was spotty at best, and it simply didn't have enough power for louder contemporary jazz. The festival had to bring in temporary systems, and they were often not well matched to the room.&quo

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Hollenberg has worked many years in lighting and sound sales, having previously been sales & investment manager with Focus, Amsterdam. His understanding of the business stems from his earlier 'hands-on' activities as a lighting technician for local Dutch bands and musical theatre.

Garry Nelsson, GearSource Europe's owner said, "I've known Benjamin for several years and had always considered him to be the ideal candidate to expand our activities in the Benelux region and on into Germany. He joins Keith Dale in London, Michelle Morin in Paris and Monica Savio in Milan."

(Jim Evans)