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Since it will not only present the best of national and international theatre, but also musicals, opera, ballet, and classical performance, the new £68m development required a high-octane technical infrastructure that would accommodate world class West End and Broadway productions visiting Ireland for the first time.

The technical fit-out was supervised by LSI Projects, who successfully responded to a tender document and specification created by consultants, Arup Venue Consultants.

One of the challenges faced by LSI's project manager Jakub Krzeminski, was creating a site-wide digital network which would incorporate an independent f

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Conducting the seminars were Klaus Willemsen, senior projects - wireless engineering and Norbert Hilbich, industry team leader of application engineering, both from the head office of Sennheiser Electronic in Germany.

Willemsen's presentation was on Sennheiser RF Wireless Systems and overviewed the many uses of wireless microphones and in-ear monitoring systems, from professional broadcast, theatre and music applications through to rental company use and corporate AV. It

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When California Speedway in Fontana became Auto Club Speedway in 2008, the new owners began a long-term project of making improvements to the venue's infrastructure. This year, Bay Area-based Pacific Satellite upgraded the Speedway's sound system, bringing in 104 of Community's R.5HPT three-way loudspeaker systems.

"Previously, the stands were covered by Community M4 loudspeakers mounted on the wheel fence," explains Pacific Satellite's Jerry Coté. "The M4 is still a good speaker, but one of the reasons we chose the R-Series is that it delivers exceptional intelligibility, along with great coverage."

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The latest addition to Allen & Heath's range of digital consoles gets its UK launch. The iDR-64 is a large, fixed I/O version of the iLive MixRack and is able to work with the same firmware as the other products in the range. It will be on display alongside the recently introduced iLive-R72 controller and the iDR-16.

Yamaha Commercial Audio is to show an Ethersound version of its M7CL digital mixing des

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For the first time after its premiere at the Frankfurt show, the BC543 cardioid subwoofer will be on the stand at ABTT. This self-contained triple 18" subwoofer enables cardioid pattern control, when driven by the Digital Drive Processor in the ALC amplified loudspeaker controller.

Making inroads in the theatre market, the LR7 micro line-array system which received acclaim in different international reviews and tests, will be on the stand, together with the LR7Bass system.

For point source system, the traditional way of reinforcing theatre sound, Alcons will have the VR8 compact monitor on display, as well as the SR9 front-fill, both two-way passive systems, featuring a 4" pro-ribbon HF driver.

The third theatre sound philosophy Alco

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Sebastien Arribas, head of AV at the Opera Comique explained that the time had come to move on from their old analogue console as it was simply too limiting in terms of the number of outputs and flexibility of configuration. "It still sounded good, but we had got to the stage where we were asking more of the co

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Miami-based Paradise Production Services was contracted to handle Pinkroom's sound system design and installation. Carlos Henao, the firm's owner, was tasked with all aspects of the sound reinforcement system project.

"Pinkroom is brand new," states Henao, "and the sound system's ability to blend inconspicuously with the room's décor was every bit as important as its ability to deliver superior audio quality. The main nightclub area measures roughly 50ft long

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With four stages on site, OneBigStar was able to draw on the full range of Electro-Voice's line array and point-source reinforcement options, using EV speaker processing with every system.

For the main stage, which hosted the headlining tribute acts, the system used XLC cabinets, flown 12 a side, with X-Subs, and powered by EV Tour Grade amplifiers. Under the big top tent which housed the second stage, mainly used by new acts, the system featured a combination of EV's XLE line array with QRX cabinets, powered by EV's CP amplifiers.

Two smaller stages

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This year's PALME saw quite a difference in the stand set up, with almost all products as active displays, which meant that visitors to the stand could take the opportunity to use the new 2000 series products via the Wireless Systems Manager software. Also on show was an interactive guidePORT display, allowing visitors to use the new Porsche designed receivers to listen to live streaming audio from a video that explained how the system operates and to listen to the audio files stored within the device.

Neumann also had a significant presence on the stand, with an active display for the new digital range of micro

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As the productions in the Stadthalle have become more and more technically demanding, a new sound reinforcement system was installed. The Main PA consists of sixteen HK Audio Cohedra Compact CDR 108 C line array mid/high units on each side of the stage. A central subwoofer cluster of six CDR 210 C is flown above the centre of the stage.

Whenever the musical productions demand more bass, 16 additional CDR 210 units are available for ground-stacking in front of the stage. Six ConTour Series CT 108 8"/1" cabinets serve as near-fills for the first rows of the audience, with ano

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Liverpool-based Adlib has been involved in the event for many years, initially starting with the audio supply for one stage and their role has steadily grown. Adlib account handler Phil Kielty says, "It's always a great pleasure to be involved in this event, which has its own special vibe. One minute you can see an act play an unplugged set in the Live Lounge, an hour later you can see them headline the main stage - it really is a very special event."

The Adlib crew of 14 was chiefed by Richy Nicholson, who also worked on the In New Music We Trust stage, the second largest of the event, headlined by Faithless on Saturday and Vampire Weekend on Sun

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Using the Roland V-Drums, V-Pianos, new GAIA synth and other instruments provided, festival performers were able to rehearse and warm-up, hearing their own output through the M-48 system and headphones while other guests in the VIP marquee enjoyed the hospitality undisturbed. Visitors to the Roland stage included Britpop specialists Blurb and Oasish.

"Many performers find that the M-48 Live Personal Mixer is a breath of fresh air for live performers," says RSG marketing manager Martin Thomas. &qu

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The Opera House chose the C100 HDS, designed specifically for space-limited applications, because the compact surface and processor electronics provides the same power and familiar control surface as the larger frame C100 HD. The Met's compact broadcast control room is located in the balcony area at the back of the auditorium, so the C100 HDS was the perfect solution.

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"Barix is very happy to announce our OEM partnership with Aiphone, a market leader in intercom solutions with an extensive sales reach, strong sales organization and a very high and consistent approach to quality," said Johannes G. Rietschel, CEO and Founder of Barix AG. "We are proud that Aiphone has selected Barix as a development partner and supplier for a core product, and look forward to a long and fruitful relationship."

At InfoComm 2010, Barix will exhibit its latest OEM invention that is exclusively marketed by Aiphone and its channel partners. The Aiphone IPW-1A network intercom adapter is a customiz

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The series is particularly geared toward medium-to-large-sized spaces including sports arenas but is also designed for a wide range of other venues requiring high power and consistent coverage in a compact housing, including houses of worship, outdoor stadiums, performing arts venues, theatres and clubs.

The passive, wired-for-biamplification QX Series draws on the knowledge and engineering resources gained through the development of EAW's AX Series, maintaining its reputation of "big horns in compact packages." A centrally located co-axi

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"Biamp sees AVB as the emerging standard for the A/V industry and our products. We also recognize the importance for interoperability of all equipment that utilizes AVB as well as the need to educate the marketplace," states Matt Czyzewski, Biamp's Vice president of Business Development. "Biamp is excited to have joined AVnu Alliance in order to promote these principles that are critical to the industry in regards to growth and adoption of AVB technologies."

"We are very pleased that Biamp has joined AVnu Alliance. They are a strong player in commercial installed audio applications. Their membership in AVnu Alliance further demonstrates the sentiment of the professional AV community that compliant and interoperable AVB enabled devices are the future of the industry," says Le

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SEGMA director Maldwyn Greenwood says, "We are delighted that Prism Sound and SADiE have appointed us as their exclusive distributor. We are a young company and that gives us an enormous advantage because we are not afraid to innovate and try new strategies. There is plenty of scope to increase market penetration for both brands and we certainly feel that the quality of these products will make them very popular with our customers, who include large scale music production studios, broadcasters and educational facilities."

Jody Thorne, Prism Sound/SADiE's sales and marketing manager, says, "South Africa. is a key terri

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The new address is: Pascal A/S, Literbuen 10B, 2740 Skovlunde, Denmark. Phone: +45 36 99 19 44. Web: www.pascal-audio.com.

Pascal is a producer and developer of amplifier modules for integration into high-power professional loudspeakers. They specialise in providing powerful solutions for the professional loudspeaker manufacturers which serve the international PA touring and systems installation market.

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Both Maxwell and Scott's monitor needs are in the hands of a DiGiCo SD7, provisioned by Clair Global. For Maxwell's Clay Hutson - who has employed DiGiCo consoles extensively on tours with artists such as Garbage, Marilyn Manson, Pink, Prince and Velvet Revolver - this was his first opportunity to lay hands on SD7. For Jim Roach, who has worked with Scott for 3+ years, as well as Brian McKnight Joe Cocker, Keisha Cole and Boney James, his previous experience on DiGiCo consoles was limited to one-off, fl

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Sound design was as usual the responsibility of Bobby Aitken, who consulted with Robin Whittaker of TiMax developers Out Board on how to appropriately scale up their Royal Albert Hall distributed source-oriented reinforcement concept. Chris Ekers handled system engineering and management with Autograph's Jim Douglas looking after supply and installation. Front of house engineer was Paul Stannering.

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The small town of Tridentine in northern Italy hosted a big international event in which many ski champions - such as Bode Miller and Davide Simoncelli - challenged each other to a ski-show, captured by many international TV stations.

Proceedings concluded with a performance by Placebo at the Concert Stadium, built on the Olympic slopes.

The finish area was powered with 16 Proel Axiom AX3210P, 16 Sub Edge 121SP, six Powersoft K10 digital amplifiers and two DSO480 digital processors.

For the sound inside the big structure built at the end of the ski run, they relied on eight Axiom 2265P, eight AX1115SP, two fly bar, three Powersoft K4 digitaql amplifiers and one DSO480 digital processor.

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Nancy Diaz-Curiel, channel sales manager APAC Digigram comments, "PAS was an obvious choice since their market coverage pretty much matches Digigram's core businesses." Diaz-Curiel also noted that the newly appointed distributor will be able to provide Digigram's customers with valuable expertise since at PAS "each business area is supported by a dedicated team of sales engineers, support personnel and a motivated management team".

"We felt that Digigram's very innovative products, be it state-of-the-art sound cards or advanced IP audio codecs such as the IQOYA range, would be a perfect fit in our product portfolio. Production Audio Services strongly believes that the Australian market deserves quality options when it comes to e

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China is expecting to receive almost 100 foreign leaders and up to 70m people from across the globe to visit the Expo. On 27 May a special Finland Day was held at the show with a special focus on music. Over 100 artists filled the day with performance styles ranging from folk, through to orchestral and electronic music, all with a Finnish flavour. As part of the day, the Sibelius Academy provided musicians to play the some instrumental parts of the music with Genelec loudspeakers delivering the sound.

"We are enjoying the experience of being involved in the Fin

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Electro-Voice's partner in the region, Prosound won the commission to install the sound systems in nine of the 10 stadiums being used.

"Ever since founding the firm over 37 years ago, I have worked closely with Electro-Voice," says Prosound MD Terry Acres. "And with good reason - Electro-Voice systems are reliable, robust, evince exceptional mechanical quality and deliver clear and balanced sound. In short: they're the ones that best meet our requirements."

Over 2,300 Electro-Voice and Dynacord loudspeakers and a variety of EV REV-D wireless microphone systems have been installed in the s