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London Audio, the company in charge of the audio system design, had to choose loudspeakers that could match the style of the historical building. The system configuration includes 15 custom-painted 100V constant voltage EDGE25PW, installed on special purpose-designed pedestals .

The Proel audio system was installed in the Painted Hall, one of the largest reception halls in Europe. The hall is located in King William Court and it is decorated with James Thorhill's baroque frescoes. It is famous for having hosted Lord Horatio Nelson's body after his death at in October 1805 when the British Fleet defeated Napoleon's Fleet. The grand opening with the new sound system took place during the celebrations to commemora

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Belfast based Professional Audio NI, a sister company of Sennheiser Ireland, will now handle all sales of Tannoy loudspeaker products in Northern Ireland (except VQ Live) as well as looking after all business for sister companies Lab.gruppen and Lake. The company's MD, Chris Campbell comments: "We're delighted to be working with TCGI in representing some of the most respected brands in the business in Tannoy, Lake and Lab.gruppen. With our local expertise and customer base, and the excellent product portfolio now available to us, we're confide

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The workshops are aimed at all those who are likely to use (or are already using) APG and Audio-Technica equipment in a professional capacity, either within a rental company, installation or elsewhere. Each workshop lasts a full day and will be held twice in each venue. A wide range of topics will be covered and there will also be a number of practical demos.

The day kicks off with a seminar from Audio-Technica's European Regulatory specialist for wireless products, Dre Klaassen, on the wireless frequency sell-off in Europe, current UHF regulations and what it m

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Comprising six LR7 and one LR14B per side, the system was designed by Ian Rees of Norwich-based Adrian James Acoustics. Because of the hall's size and configuration - featuring balconies on each side - the Alcons arrays are flown from close to the centre of the stage, splayed out to cover each half of the hall.

"When flown at the sides of a proscenium arch, a problem with the wide dispersion of any line array is that they tend to drive a lot of energy into the walls," says Rees. "With the side balconies in the Capstone Building hall, and the fact

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The move signals "a decision and determination to expand Yamaha's UK AV business and is particularly timely as the product range now encompasses a varied range of different categories including Hi-Fi components, system products, home cinema speakers, digital sound projectors, AV receivers and more recently the Desktop Audio products".

Galloway's Yamaha antecedents date back to 1981 when he played a pivotal role in the UK re-launch of Yamaha Hi-Fi following which he helped form Watford based Yamaha electronics in 1986. Subsequent roles includ

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Sonalyst has supplied this touring production with a high-spec system, the key elements of which are distinguished by their space and weight-saving characteristics. Front-of-house PA is a combination of the self-powered Meyer Sound Mica and M'elodie with Upa and M1d fills, mix control is DiGiCo's compact SD7 digital console, and performers are wearing the miniature headmics from DPA Microphones. New to the show are the Roland M-48 personal mixers which now handle the monitoring requirements for the 8-piece band.

"I was on the hunt for something new and suggested these units to the WWR

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The U855QL's easily adjustable gooseneck permits quick positioning, and the quick-mount design includes an XLRM-type connector insert at the base, allowing the microphone to be plugged directly into an any standard XLRF-type surface or cable connector.

The unit features extremely rugged all-metal construction for long-lasting performance. The low-profile element provides a uniform cardioid polar pattern that reduces pickup

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Last year, the stadium management embarked upon a series of major renovations. As well as an architectural facelift, they were keen for the stadium to receive a powerful sound reinforcement system capable of satisfying a wide variety of tasks. The invitation to tender was won by the Clichy-based company INEO GDF Suez for its Electro-Voice and Dynacord -based installation concept.

"In addition to Electro-Voice and Dynacord's numerous world-class references in the field of stadium sound reinforcement, a strong factor in our favour was that we were capable of performing the installation within the tight three-month schedule," says Ahmed Benali, manager of

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"We are very pleased that the M Series, our newest amplifier offering, is now available for purchase," states Claudio Lastrucci, Powersoft's managing director. "Because of our advanced engineering and design, we are able to offer M Series amplifiers at a very attractive price without compromising the sound quality and features. This makes the M Series an outstanding value for small- to medium-sized PA systems and stage monitors for live music and DJ applications.

"Even for dry hire, M Series is safe with the DSP 'hidden' insid

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"When EAW's UK sales manager Kevin McNally first mentioned they were coming out with the KF740 and gave us the rough dimensions of the box, being smaller and more manageable than some of our current inventory, I knew this would be something we would be interested in," stated Eurohire owner Mervin George. "We've had the KF760's for some time, which are great for outside in the summer, long-range or arena-type shows, but we wanted to get into a new system opening up the possib

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"This is the only event of its kind in Scotland," says Black Light's head of company development, Phil Haldane. "Our annual open days have always been really popular and this year's will be the biggest and best yet. It will be a great opportunity to see the latest developments in the industry and will save people in Scotland the trouble of going down to the London shows."

The event, which will run from 10am until 4.30pm on each day, is designed to be of real value to anyone working in the theatre, events or architectural sectors. Over the two days visitors will be able to talk to manufacturers and get a ha

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For the Manics tour, in support of the band's 10th studio album Postcards From A Young Man, Trimby chose a PRO6, supplied by UK rental company SSE Audio, for more than 50 dates worldwide.

Midas' biggest achievement, according to Trimby, has been to design a digital board which retains an analogue feel and, of course, the renowned Midas sound. "It's laid out very intuitively," he says. "Everything's only one or two button pushes away, whether you're hitting a channel or hitting the EQ button. You can manoeuvre yourself round the board very quickly. The pre-amps, probably the most important pa

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Sharing the stand with Baldwin Boxall are Laauser & Vohl, Soundtube and Barth Acoustic. While supping on a drop of Harvey's Real Ale, visitors will be able to view and discuss the latest products available from each of the companies.

Amongst the picnic tables and bar stools, there will be demonstrations of the VIGIL EVAS voice evacuation system (complete with touchscreen and VoIP control), OmniCare emergency voice communication system and ranges of loudspeakers from Barth Acoustics and Soundtube.

(Jim Evans)

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Designed primarily as a live mixing console, an optional Firewire interface provides the Studiomaster Digilive 16 with extensive sound recording and production capabilities. Developed from the ground up, utilising an entirely new proprietary DSP mix platform, the Digilive 16 incorporates an extensive array of production features and system expansion options; rackmount expander modules provide for extension of th

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Last summer, LOCOG announced the appointment of Danny Boyle as artistic director of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, and a team of executive producers led by Steven Daldry to oversee the Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies in 2012.

Now roles within the London 2012 Ceremonies Team working at Three Mills Studios in East London are being advertised on the London 2012 website.

Creative roles include producer of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, head of audio visual, head of costume, head of casting and design studio manager. Applications must be made by 23 February 2011 for these roles.

Bill Morris, LOCOG directo

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The PRO9 package, supplied by Victoria-based Midas distributor National Audio Systems, tops the Midas PRO Series and features a massive 88 channel input count and 35 buses, with the dual stage boxes offering placement flexibility up to 200m apart and 500m from the FOH position.

Production Works CEO Tony Miller comments, "The PR09 gives us identical features to the PRO6 but with expanded input channels live on the surface. This allows us to tackle larger theatre shows and concert events without the need for multiple consoles. Twenty four extra live channels make a big difference when you have 30 or so radio microphones, and a large chorus or choir with a 30 piece orchestra. Now everything is condensed onto

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"We are delighted to welcome ArKaos to the ULA Group family of products" says ULA Group's managing director, Cuono Biviano. "ArKaos software is a world leading standard of media management technology and complements our VuePix LED screen range. The brand is well established and has a great reputation throughout Australia with its media server technology being utilized for many high-end productions and projects. We are glad to have the opportunity to work

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Davidson, who is multilingual, has enjoyed a distinguished career in network systems for broadcast and live applications, both in North America and Europe. He arrives at Optocore from Advantech Wireless, where he was selling satellite uplink and downlink equipment as well as networking systems.

He says he is relishing the challenges ahead. "The company has great technology and a strong foothold in the broadcast, live and fixed installation markets. The potential is huge and I'm really excited - I'm sure we can grow the company exponentially."

(Jim Evans)

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"As distributors of microphones, audio interfaces and other related studio products, acoustic products from Primacoustics is a great fit to our product portfolio," commented Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House.

He added, "although we have had great success with off the shelf acoustic products like recoil stabilizers, room kits, bass traps and more, we see great potential for bespoke solutions."

(Jim Evans)

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Designed primarily as a live mixing console, an optional Firewire interface additionally provides extensive recording capabilities, while 16-channel 19-inch rackmount expander modules provide for up to a 48 channel mix system. Console features include 16 motorised faders, hi-resolution TFT colour display and scene recall of all functions.

Specially developed ultra-low distortion EQ filters and analogue sounding compressors, 24-bit / 96kHz Delta-Sigma AD/DA converters, and four 4th generation 32/40-bit floating-point SHARC processors ensure that sound quality is of the highest order,

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Eurovision Latest - X Factor twins Jedward have become Ireland's next Eurovision entrants with the song Lipstick. The duo beat four other acts on RTE's Late

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The 2011 ride will rev up and burn off from the National Theatre on 18 June and the event will climax on 25 June at Alexandra Palace.

Motorbike enthusiasts from the industry are invited to join in, feel the wind in their hair and raise money for TTG, either on a daily basis or for the whole engine-revving week. Information

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Produccion Audio is exhaustive in its judging process; the first stage is a readers' vote via the internet to draw up a shortlist of three nominees for each category. From these a panel of judges makes the final decision.

"The magazine appoints the judges, a selection of the great and good from all corners of the Pro Audio industry in Spain," explained Rosello. "Th