That same architecture creates a challenging environment for an acoustical designer. Though ideal for choral and instrumental music, spoken word intelligibility - whether readings from Scripture or a sermon - was a challenge even for those with excellent hearing. As Delta AV's Steve Jellerson explains, the church has long struggled with acoustical issues.
"As with most cathedral-type
PLASA 2010, which runs from the 12-15 September at Earls Court in London, is a major platform for the launch and promotion of innovative new ideas emerging across the event, entertainment and installation industries. The co-location of the AVNetworks Conference is a significant new addition to the event, and is the second Conference to be launched alongside this major international trade show this year.
The one-day event will throw light on the burning issue of networking technologies and protocols, how to make the best use of today's standards and what can be expected in the future.
The conference is aimed
"Professional Audio Technology is delighted to have been appointed as K.M.E.'s Australian and New Zealand distributor," says Salloch. "We feel that the outstanding sound and manufacturing quality in addition to K.M.E.'s commitment to deliver world class public address products provides great synergy with other world class manufacturers PAT represents in Australia. We are looking forward to a long and prosperous future between our companies which will consist out of bringing Australian and New Zealand pro audio Industry access to K.M.E.'s live sound technology which is second to none."
PAT will present a selection of K.M.E. products at the Integrate show 201
Audiologists graduating into the Sensaphonics Golden Circle network include Mandy Rhody of The Hearing Clinic in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada; Alan I. Segal of Advanced Ear, Nose & Throat Associates in Atlanta, Georgia; and Sheri MacGregor of Highland Hearing Clinic Limited in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada. They join a Golden Circle roster that receives priority referrals of musicians interested in personal monitors and custom earphones.
Seminar topics covered include details of how musicians and sound engineers differ in both needs and attitude
The awards will provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in lighting design by UK based lighting designers, in a number of professional areas. At the same time, these awards will forge closer ties between the world of lighting design and the lighting Industry as a whole.
The awards for The Knight of the Illumination are nominated and judged by a panel of professional reviewers working in the specific categories, selected and coordinated entirely by STLD and ALD.
Television nominations
Light Entertainment
Mark Smithers for Mission 2110
Martin Kempton for Who Dares Wins
Lee Allen for Blue
The venue, a listed building on the south side of the Thames Estuary that serves as a Victorian Maritime Museum and church, can now be used for conference, teaching, examinations and music, with Medway Council in particular employing its conferencing facilities for presentations and their larger congress meetings.
The building was originally dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Rochester, as St George's Church in December 1906, serving the needs of the Royal Navy Pembroke Barracks until the Navy's departure in 1984. Its name was then changed to St George's Centre and its doors opened to the public for the first time, r
The opening of TCF Bank Stadium was part of an expansion to the University of Minnesota's main campus, which is expected to include an additional 10 new academic buildings by 2015. As a member of the Big 10, one of college football's most competitive conferences, TCF Bank Stadium was designed to provide fans with an experience on par with some of the country's largest football stadiums. At the same time, TCF Bank Stadium is designed for purposes beyond football, and while it currently features a capacity of 50,805, it can support future expansion to up to 80,000 people.
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Headliner of this year's festival was the German rock band Torfrock. Further acts included Bryan (a Bryan Adams cover band), Premium Flavour and NorFolk.
The arrays consisted of QL 906 line source units and QL 1215 down-fills. The subs QCB 318 delivered silence behind the stage and powerful rock sound in front of the stage due to the cardioid set-up. The amplification of the line source units was through DA 428 digital amplifiers.
Uwe Senfftleben comments, "The set-up of the system is very simple, the light-weight four-channel digital amplifiers reduce transport and cabling work considerably. On the internal memory you can save
VISCO is a total solution provider for Communications & Security System, Traffic Safety, and Storage solution for enterprise. Headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, with branch offices in Ha Noi and Da Nang, the company has an exceptional track record of successfully completing sophisticated projects in Vietnam.
David Chua, general manager of VISCO Joint Stock commented on the importance of having Electro-Voice joining their products portfolio: "It is important firstly because we have been a Bosch partner for many, many years in representing their range of extr
The latest update includes several features designed to streamline the efficiency of live performance capture, such as the ability to create a headphone monitor mix with level and pan on every track, and a new Name Manager for easier creation of templates and modification of track and song names. Navigation is also speedier, with additional keyboard shortcuts for transport control and numerous menu options, along with the ability to access certain non-critical menu functions while in record mode.
For film, TV and other broadcast applications, Version 2.0 offers a further range of enhancements, including support for 23.98fp
The Infra~Hear system has been developed by Sunderland-based Current Thinking, whose safety and audio products are in use worldwide. Company managing director Anthony Smith believes its ease of use, flexibility and security means that it will be of benefit to many different organisations who need to provide facilities for people with a range of hearing difficulties.
Smith explains, "Because the system converts audio to an infra-red light beam which then can be picked up on dedicated personal receivers, it can be used in situations where conventional induction loop systems are impracticable.
"The Infra~Hear personal receivers we have developed
The Chappell facility, located in central Soho, now takes the number of Pulse Zones nationwide to five. They offer "a combination of highly trained staff, a comprehensive events programme and, extensive product displays covering the entire Yamaha Music Production portfolio".
Finian Day-Lewis, manager of the Pulse Zone, comments, "The Pulse Zone at our Wardour Street showroom brings an entirely new dimension to London's most beautiful music shop. This new space provides the perfect environment to try, and buy Yamaha's Music Production products."
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With a relentless touring schedule crossing back and forth across Europe from early April, the band's long-term front of house engineer Mark Kennedy is manning one of two PRO6s from Britannia Row, while the other travels to the next venue with the rest of the system.
Kennedy first used the PRO6 in anger during band rehearsals, using the day's recordings to work on settings after the band had left. With drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion and two backing vocalists, plus the two main vocalists and sequencer, the board's 64 channels were quickly put to use.
"I'm using 56 inputs plus eight returns, so the board is maxed out," he says. "I'm also using all the onboard FX, and I'm very happy with the sounds I'
ProSonic represents a new live sound division of PanaSound's group of companies. Alongside Adamson, its line card includes Allen & Heath, Shure & T&M Systems. PanaSound. which was established in 1931, also offers lighting and its own retail MI shops.
ProSound has grown to include eight employees within its first year serving all pro markets including corporate, governmental, touring and installations. Director & technical support engineer Christos Chrysanthou first heard the Adamson Y10 system while touring Greece, and later looked upon the possibilities of acquiring the brand to satisfy its most demanding customers and projects.
Christos Chrysanthou, Adamson's brand manager comments, "The rumours have spread on the island about ProSonic's d
The Open Day represents an opportunity for both existing and potential clients and end users interested in PCA products - namely from MediaMatrix, Crest Audio and Architectural Acoustics - to come along and find out more about the technologies and the products available, and to meet the PCA team.
There will be a number of presentations and discussions concerning current product lines, system integration and strategies for the future, hosted by several members of the PCA team. The session will be held from 10am-3pm and includes a complimentary buffet lunch.
According to PCA operations manager, James Kennedy, the Open Day is just the beginning of what will be a whole new programme of training and education put on by
RPA's touring commitments today take them worldwide, and fresh back from an event in Vladivostok, RPA's MD said, "We run an inventory of industry-standard equipment, and having seen how popular the Soundcraft Vi6 is on the continent, and the large number of engineers who use it, I took the decision to invest. I have always been knocked out by the sound quality and ease of use since first coming across it on a show in Austria three years ago."
Having placed the order, Sound Technology responded by sending Sam Brandon, from its Project Team, to run through features of the
The Liverpool-based company, which owns existing V-Dosc and dV-Dosc systems, has invested in the standard K1 package: 48 K1 large format line source cabinets, 24 K1-SB subwoofers and an additional 36 Kudo cabinets. Adlib has also purchased additional SB28s, LA8 amplified controllers and LA-RAK touring racks for its hire stock.
"We continually invest in the development of our inventory and pride ourselves on the service that we provide and the presentation of equipment," says Adlib director Dave Kay. "Investing in the K1 seemed like a logical decision. L-Acoustics has a great team of people and is a great company to work with.
"As one
Community's WET and R-Series loudspeaker lines have passed the military spec MIL-STD-810G test standards for resistance to salt fog (test method 509.5), humidity (test method 507.5 (B3)), solar radiation (method 505.5, Procedure II, Steady State), extreme high temperatures (method 501.5, Procedure II, Operation 'Hot') and extreme low temperatures (method 502.5, Procedure II, Operation 'Cold'). These are the same stringent tests administered by the United States Military.
"With last year's introduction of custom-colour matched grilles and yokes using our proprietary two-layer powder coating process, demand for WET and R-Series loudspeakers
Blake Augsburger, Harman Professional CEO comments, "What makes Mark ideal for this position is his broad understanding of the values, heritage and potential of both JBL Professional and Selenium. We are very pleased that he has elected to take this position and I am confident that his leadership will serve as a platform for a host of innovations and the delivery of the quality and performance that our customers demand."
Ureda joins Harman Professional with a background in acoustics and management. He began his career with
At the heart of the installation at the opera house is a Riedel Artist 64 digital matrix intercom system. Due to its redundant power supplies and CPUs the installation provides maximum system stability. A total of 11 Artist 1000 control panels are used.
A C44 Performer digital partyline system interface provides the seamless integration of 10 Performer beltpacks. Riedel Performer combines the flexibility of traditional partyline technology with digital audio quality and provides excellent quality of speech transmission.
"For our communications infrastructure we needed an installation that we could absolutely rely on in terms of stability and flexibilit
According to Innovason's product manager and customer service director, Hervé de Caro, the move offers significant benefits to Innovason customers. "With the increased demand for Eclipse, we had reached the limits of our manufacturing capabilities at our own premises in Plougoumelen. The move to Rastatt will significantly increase both the speed and efficiency of the production process. We will also be able to take advantage of the fact that Lawo actually manufactures many of its own components, which are naturally of t
In his new position, Donovan will work closely with Shannon and the rest of the sales team, serving as Audio-Technica's primary technical resource for installed sound contractors, consultants and architects.
"On behalf of the Audio-Technica sales department, I welcome Mark to the team," stated Shannon. "Mark has a true passion for audio and a wealth of experience, and we look forward to working with him to continue to penetrate the installed sound market sector. He is a real asset to A-T and our customers, and we are lucky to have him on board."
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"The addition of Dante significantly enhances the audio transport capabilities of our system while making it more flexible," stated Marco Piromalli, president of Link. "And we've come to recognize the many benefits Dante has to offer the marketplace".
The DGlink digital audio distribution system leverages a long lineage of eurocable analogue/digital cables,
Sure to attract attention is the Type H line array loudspeaker, the most compact, aesthetically pleasing and affordable line array TOA has ever built, which barely a year after its release is already finding favour in large, reflective public spaces where intelligibility is difficult to achieve and hanging space is at a premium.
Also on display is TOA's modular audio-mixing system, the D-2000, which can be expanded up to a massive 128 input/output configuration. This makes it suitable for venues such as hotel conference suites, convention centres, sports halls and places of worship, where future expansion in the form of new rooms or extensions need not be at the expense of adding
