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FOH sound engineer Paul Ramsay who has worked with the band since 1996, has specified a d&b J-Series system with d&b B2-SUBS for the euro tour which visits a range of large theatres and arenas.

Ramsay is mixing the show on the original Midas XL4 console that Entec bought when they first supplied audio for the band in 1996.

While he's a big fan of digital consoles and the DiGiCo brand in particular - he used an SD7 for the 2010 festival run, also supplied by Entec - he felt that the XL4 was and still is spot-on for the band. "Both consoles sound amazing," He says, "The SD7 has a very analogue hands-on feel about it and in fact on the summer run with this board I reckon I got stunning results. However I

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Richard will take over as Technical Editor of Lighting&Sound International magazine from James Eade, who has helped the PLASA Media team steer the technical content of L&SI for the past nine years. Lee Baldock, editor of L&SI since 2004, said: "James has made a huge contribution to the technical content of L&SI over the years, while still running his own successful business, e-Mech. I personally would like to thank him for all his help and guidance over that

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The Denon DN-MC6000 is a twin controller and integrated mixer with native control for TRAKTOR Pro and Virtual DJ 7. The new device provides control of all four decks in TRAKTOR Pro with Denon's switchable dual layer controllers; visual deck colour change indicates the deck currently being controlled.

The DN-SC2000 is a "highly affordable throw in the bag" portable compact TRAKTOR Pro controller. Advanced features include MIDI mapping capability, auto loop function, a wide range of EFX, rugged pitch slider, pitch

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Designed to meet the needs and standards of professional athletes, the focus of Sørmarka is also on improving public health for children and young adults through increased physical activity. The main sound system and automation for the Sørmarka facility was designed and programmed by Norsk Lydteknikk AS. with installation by Profitek AS. Using a total of 95 Community R-Series loudspeakers, the arena is the largest indoor installation of Community in Norway to date and comprises 15 R2-

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Elevate Church prides itself on its musical performances and audio visual displays during services and it was vital to cater to the high quality audio demands on and off the stage. The church, which can hold up to 300 worshipers during a service, was equipped with Line Array subs QLB118, Line Source Units QL1215 PANO and Versio VL12 as monitors. The digital controller amplifiers DA 428 with extensive DSP functionality drive the entire system.

Professional Audio Technology's technology director Tony Fitzsimmons comments, "We are extremely satisfied with the performance and clarity of the new system and, what is equally important, the client is very happy with their buying decision. We recommended

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The system was configured into two L/R hangs of 12 K1s and three Kara modular line source cabinets for down-fill flown beneath six K1-SBs, and two side arrays of 10 K1s beneath six K1-SBs for far field coverage at both sides of the stadium. It was driven by LA-RAKs housing L-ACOUSTICS LA8 amplified controllers.

"This is a milestone and a revolution for the rental business in the Chinese market," says Danny Lau, managing director of L-Acous

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The training also demonstrated the huge demographic and varied customer base embraced by the MOTIF range, occupations represented included music teachers, lawyers, church organists and GPs with skills ranging from beginners to advanced, says Yamaha.

Hosted by Yamaha's Chris Irvine and Bert Smorenburg the events have now also developed into in-depth 'try before you buy' events with a percentage of attendees not being Motif owners pre-event and happy owners post-event. Guest artist was Rihanna's keyboard player Hannah Vasanth.

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V1.8's most significant new feature is a sophisticated scene safes system, developed in response to engineers' feedback. It allows users to set up scene recall safes with any combination of channel processing, mix processing, faders, gains, mutes and DCA's. Additionally, new scene auto-increment options enable easier cue-based scene changes.

More Compressor types have been added under manual and auto modes. These include 'peak-based' manual, 'RMS-based' manual, 'P

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After a short introduction about the history of HK Audio the seminar got straight to the point. Elements, the new sound reinforcement system of HK Audio was presented with all its advantages and user benefits and discussed by all participants in detail. An extensive listening session in the HK Audio demo theatre gave the 30 participants an opportunity to experience the sound quality and performance of Elements under real life conditions. The second day featured an extensive factory tour.

"Approximately 600 dealers display and sell HK Audio products throughout Europe and convince their customers with their competence and knowledge. Excited consumers are the basis for their and a

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The five-date tour comprises shows in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore. Foreigner are being joined on stage by Indian musician Niladri Kumar, the young Electric Sitar (Zitar) maestro who is opening each performance.

Sound.com are utilising their 48 channel rack of ARX MSX 48s for Mic and Line Splitting between the Digidesign Venue Front of House console and Yamaha PM5D-RH monitor console being used on the tour.

Sound.com are one of India's largest and most active audio production companies has recently supplied audio production and crew for events including the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Oman's Tattoo & 40th National Day Celebrations and the 2010 IPL Award

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"The system is faultless," says Harley. "The response is immaculate and the build quality superb. I've used my stageClix 'Jack' for a hundred shows or more last year, at venues including small, acoustic-set halls right up to outdoors at the Isle Of Wight and Glastonbury festivals. I had problems for many years with wireless guitar equipment. But I hate leads rolling under my feet and was determined to keep on hoping for the real thing to come along. Eventually, I was introduced to stageClix. Worries over."

Guitarist Robbie Gladwell (Dr. Robbie) is also using the 'Pack' beltpack version in the band, and guitarist/violinist Barry Wickens joins Steve in using his own 'Jack' system on his guitar.

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The U851RO's small-diameter UniPoint capsule near the boundary eliminates phase distortion and delivers clear, high-output performance, says the company. The unit is equipped with a PivotPoint rotating output connector, allowing the cable to exit from either the rear or the bottom of the microphone; a UniSteep filter, which provides a steep low-frequency attenuation to improve sound pickup without affecting voice quality; and UniGuard RFI-shielding technology. Self-contained electronics eliminate the need for an external power module. It accepts interchangeable condenser elements in cardioid and hypercardioid polar patterns.

The U851RO features a low-profile design with a low-reflectance black finish for minimum visibility, in addition to a heavy die-cast case and silicon foam bottom

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Ward brings over 20 years experience in theatre and event audio. He relocated to London from New York City in early 2010 where he was working as a sound designer for Acoustic Dimensions. He has previously worked as the lead audio technician for Cirque du Soleil's Beatles Love show in Las Vegas as well as a freelance sound designer.

"I was drawn to Blitz by its reputation in the industry," says Ward. "Blitz is well known for its extremely qualified staff, high standards, and dedication to making its clients' productions a success. I am thrilled to be on board."

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"My approach with all mixing projects is to have the vocals on top, clean and clear. Once that's established, proper placement of the instrumentation is my next goal," says Colvard. "I try to take the whole set list into consideration to set up the dynamic structure. When the Milo system is properly set up, it is a very transparent and responsive system."

The system for each arena is configured from a touring inventory that also includes UPJ-1P VariO and M'elodie l

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"Amr Diab is one of Egypt's most famous singers," said Hussein Raouf of Technology KAR Inc. "A great star here and across the Middle East, he also has a reputation worldwide, winning World Music Awards in 2002 and 2007, he has performed as far away as Las Vegas."

The highly respected Diab makes just one major concert outing each Egyptian summer and his last event at El Alamein drew over 50,000 people, Cairo based Automation Inc. (a client of Technology KAR supplying the audio system.

"The show was promoted by Ayman Mohasseb of DDA," Raouf reports. "He contracted Autom

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"We are very experienced with in-ear monitoring for orchestras and have specific systems that we use," says Da Capo founder and sound designer for the tour, Rob van der Meijs. "Initially, monitor speakers were requested, but the sound level on stage should be as low as possible so we recommended in-ears instead."

Using a system devised by Da Capo, every musician was supplied with his or her own personal amplifier. This enabled them to listen to the mix from the monitor engineer and to mix in the vocal and their own instrument to the t

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They responded successfully to a system design created by acoustic consultants, Peter Mapp & Associates, who drew up the tender document on behalf of property management consultants (and overall project managers) Bidwells.

Trinity College was originally founded by Henry VIII in 1546 as part of the University of Cambridge. The chapel, with its notable clock tower, sits at the far end of the Great Court and was begun by Mary I in 1554 in memory of her father, Henry VIII.

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Following introductory concept discussions with Peter Fairhurst, it emerged that the system was to be used by the current President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni for the current national election campaign.

Fuzion's Jimmy Potter and Edmund Draycott combined their expertise to create a powerful, easy-to-rig PA system that could be assembled and dismantled in less than an hour.

They decided that Nexo Geo S was answer. The rig comprised nine Geo

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Temple played host to some prominent speakers during the mid-20th century, notably Martin Luther King, Jr., President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Margaret Mead. Alistair Cooke and Edward R. Morrow delivered commencement addresses. But despite the building's storied past, the Baptist Temple went unoccupied for 30 years and fell into disrepair.

Seemingly headed toward destruction, the Temple was recently certified a Historical Building by the Philadelph

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Kino Šiška has an overall area of 2,468 m2 and features two auditoria - the Katedrala hall (capacity: 800 standing or 450 seated) and the Komuna hall (capacity: 120 seated).

A key part of the venue is its technical infrastructure, which is designed to support even the most demanding multimedia acts. Installed by Ljubljana-based Audio Pro, the two M7CLs were specified because of their ability to fulfil the requirements of mode

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iLive MixPad also offers several useful tools for system set-up, including channel assignment to mixes, a real time analyser and the facility to name and colour channel strips.

Glenn Rogers, managing director of Allen & Heath, comments, "As soon as we saw the iPad we were excited by the prospect of giving our iLive customers portable, intuitive control for mixing a show. In certain situations this app co

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The company has come a long way since being set up by Paul Kent in 1995, having developed into an operation turning over £1 million per annum in equipment hire and technical services.

Along the way the company moved to new headquarters on a one-acre site near Stansted Airport, from where it services corporate conferences and awards presentations throughout the world, backed up by a cutting-edge inventory of sound systems, stage sets, staging, cameras, lighting and computer based presentations.

The company has now further augmented this with the acquisitions of a

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Over the years, D.A.S. Audio's loudspeakers and compression drivers have earned a reputation throughout the world for exceptional performance and reliability by incorporating the latest advances in transducer design and manufacture, including the latest coil winding technologies, the use of composite adhesives, and efficient cooling schemes. Similarly, the company pioneered the use of high-density structural polymers for the construction of acoustic enclosures.

Coincidentally, 2011 marks D.A.S. Audio of America's 15th years in the United States, making D.A.S. Audi

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This year's Super Bowl, broadcast via Fox Sports, was the most watched in history, viewed by an estimated 111m people in the United States alone. The Black-Eyed Peas starred in the Halftime Show, which also included guest appearances by guitarist Slash and R&B singer Usher. The Post-Game Show included the Lombardi Trophy presentation, awarded