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OTK reports that the existing sound rig badly needed upgrading, since the oldest of the original systems had been installed 14 years before, and was beyond repair. It also lacked clarity - and sufficient SPL to provide even coverage across the 1000-capacity space. Furthermore, other design features (such as a 'wrecked ship') had been added, while the peripheral and service areas had also been expanded.

The operators wanted to achieve an even dispersion right to the outermost seats in the wide arc, with a consistent SPL that didn't deviate off axis.

A QSC solution was recommended as being the most cost-effect

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"Over the many years in which we were in Earl's Court, we had pretty much the same technical team putting the show together and we'd honed set up time to a minimum, thereby maximising what we were doing and giving real value for money," says Zieba.

This year, the Awards moved to The O2, acquired a new designer and many new team members. Also, because The O2 has such a busy show schedule, Derrick and his crew f

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Sarah Rushton-Read, co-founder of WiSE (Women in Stage Entertainment) says: "This was our first WiSE Monthly. WiSE members are hugely grateful for the support we received from technical manager for the Southbank Complex, Roger Hennigan, GrandMA's Philip Norfolk and Chris West and Martin Professional's Matthew Pittman, who provided a number of fixtures, a load of Pret Sandwiches and some delicious Pizza. We would also like to thank Coral Cooper for furnishing us with a flask of gin and a huge box of chocolates.

"We have wanted to get a regular networking and education group for WiSE members going for some time. The event is open to any member of WiSE (we now have over 350) intereste

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"I am very pleased to have someone with Rob's background and experience join Studer and look forward to working with him in the US market," Curtis said. "He has already begun efforts to expand the US team's East Coast sales and support staff."

Reporting to Lewis, Paul Shorter will continue to manage Studer customer service from Northridge in addition to commissioning and sales applications support.

Lewis was previously sales director for Euphonix and also has many credits to his name as a freelance audio engineer.

Speaking of his appointment Lewis said, "Studer has always stood for excellence and highest quality both in the recording and the broad

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Also at AED, Alex Goemans joins as PR and communications manager. His role will be to develop and implement the company's overall public relations programme, which will include media relations, internal- and new product information. He has previously worked with EML and Showtex and also as a production manager.

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"I'm thrilled for this new opportunity to drive the worldwide Entertainment group," says Conte. "I'm surrounded by very smart and dynamic people, and it is this worldwide group of talented people that motivates me every day. Between the outstanding vision and leadership of our executive management team and our tremendous talent base, Electrosonic will continue to accomplish great things."

Conte has worked for systems integrators and design production companies since 1987 and has more than 15 years' experience in audio-visual technology in the

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The plugfest - an invitation-only gathering of hardware manufacturers with near-market ready products - featured Harman and five other manufacturers testing interoperability and performance of AVB prototype technologies. During the plugfest, engineers from the different companies had a rare hands-on opportunity to test connectivity, interoperability and interfaces.

"The promise of AVB is universal connectivity with no performance compromises," said Rob Urry, Harman Professional CTO, vice president. "But to achieve this, all

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When the time came to replace the mixing console in the Hotel de Ville's grandest reception room, the aptly named Salle des Fetes, technical director Dominique Dunesme selected an Eclipse digital console from Innovason.

"We host between 400 - 600 events per year," he says. "That's an average of about three or four per week, and it can be anything from fashion shows to conferences and

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Bose Pro Partner, AB Audio Visual, was invited in to discuss the issues, and after listening carefully to the needs of the church, presented some options and even demonstrated the system that they believed would give the best results. Once agreed, the installation team began work, fitting in well with church routines and all was completed in less than a week.

Four Bose Panaray MA12 line array speakers

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The Agora Stage is actually made up of two stages (A & B) which are run adjacent to each other, so to maintain sufficient coverage, three hangs of Peavey's Versarray line array system will be deployed: one hang dedicated to each stage, and a central hang serving both. Each hang will comprise eight Versarray 212 three-way tri-amped mid/high enclosures; and 24x Versarray 218 subwoofers will be arrayed beneath the stage to provide low frequency reinforcement.

Twenty-four Crest Pro 9200 amplifiers will be dedicated to the subs (one per sub); and the Versarray 2

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d&b audiotechnik, Roland Systems Group, Shure, TTA, RTS Telex and Figure 53 (known for QLab) are jointly hosting the event, which will be a rich mix of presentations, Q&As and discussions, as well as some new-to-the-UK products to play around with.

Any theatre professional or student of technical theatre is invited to attend the OpenStage forum at RADA's Jerwood-Vanbrugh Theatre, and the event's hosts are keen to stress it is not a tradeshow. Rather it is an opportunity f

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According to Andrew Richardson, managing director of Adam Hall UK, "With its outstanding features, the exciting new Wave 28 is sure to be a winning solution for all performers. It is extremely portable and given its amazing price, represents one of the most exciting products we have released to date."

Frequency-response-based 4.1 five-way amping results in a clear, dynamic and balanced sound throughout the frequency range of this system. The array configuration ensures greater coverage with well-balanced sound distributi

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Richards joins POLARaudio after studying sound design technology at The University of Hertfordshire where he specialised in live sound and sound for films. Whilst studying for his degree he worked as a stage manager and a lighting and sound technician for local festivals and theatre groups. Richards will report to Jon Dew-Stanley - technical director and will be responsible for providing technical support on all of POLARaudio's product ranges.

Jon Dew-Stanley comments, "We are delighted to welcome Liam Richards to the POLARaudio team. Liam has been appointed to strengthen our technical support team and will be putting his experience of acoustics in the live sound environment to good use. He has been brought on board to further improve the

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Krall is also a member of the Board of Directors of Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS) and is a Board member and Executive Chairman of QSecure.

"I am extremely impressed how, in such a short time, Audinate has become the darling of the Pro AV industry for its digital media networking technology," said Krall. "From what I can see, Audinate has the only well-conceived transition strategy to provide a complete IP networking solution today plus a migration path as standards like AVB evolve. I look forward to partnering with Audinate's talented management team to help contribute to the success of this innovative company."

"We are incredibly fortunate to

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"I wish I'd tried the PRO6 sooner," says FOH engineer Greg Bess, a long term Midas user with over 30 years' experience, encompassing rockers Slayer to soul stars Simply Red and many in between. "I've tried just about every digital desk out there and always ended up going back to my trusty Midas XL4. But the PRO6 is different. It absolutely clears the bar in meeting the Midas standard of audio quality and accuracy."

Having first used a PRO6 with The Offspring, a band he has mixed for 14 years, Bess had no hesitation in specifying the console for Derulo's critical first headlining tour. "Midas started out with audio as the cornerstone and followed through with ergonomics and solid construction," he s

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The band's Sennheiser gear includes wired e 945 microphones on Simon Neil's lead vocals and James Johnston's backing vocals, e 901 on kick drum, e 904s on toms and woodblock, e 905s on snare top/bottom and e906s on guitars. All three band members are on in-ear monitors, Sennheiser ew 300s being the systems of choice.

"The band has owned and used Sennheiser equipment for several years," says Front of House engineer Jonny Lucas. "Personally, I've been using Sennheiser right from the first recording projects at I did at college."

"I've been u

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Installed by Schalldruck of Berlin, the sound system for the relatively intimate (13m x 4.4m) Panorama Bar features a pair of JM-1P loudspeakers in each corner of the dance floor. Visceral bass saturates the space from two hidden stacks of three-each 600-HP subwoofers, while an L-C-R system with three UPA-2P loudspeakers and a 500-HP subwooferprovides DJ monitoring. Both systems are optimized and driven by a Galileo loudspeaker management system with a Galileo 616 processor.

"We had been asked to update the Panorama Bar's sound system as part of a partial redesign and technical upgrade of the room," sayss Werner Eicker, managing director of Schalldruck. "We immediately suggested a Meyer Sound system based on JM-1Ps, and their performan

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In December 2005 they celebrated their 30th birthday and at the same time they made a farewell tour with gigs in Croatia and Slovenia. Their last performance in 2005 was at New Year's Eve in Ban Jela?i? Square in Zagreb.

They recently played reunion concerts at the Belgrade Arena where the sound was the large RCF TT+ High Definition Touring and Theatre supplied by three different rental companies - Promologistika from Croatia, BBA Agregati from Montenegro and Track-Copy from Hungary, and they all brought their TTL55A + TTS56A.

A total of 40 RCF TTL55

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Medal Plaza, for instance, in Michael Ende Park, was the scene each evening not only for the presentation ceremonies but also for shows featuring top German and Austrian acts like Ich + Ich, Culcha Candela, Christina Stürmer and DJ Ötzi, each drawing audiences of up to 4,000 fans at a time.

As was the case at last year's finals of the skiing World Cup, not only the races but also the organisation and logistics of the event were subjected to the closest possible scrutiny, the reason being that Garmisch-Partenkirchen is

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Installed by Schalldruck of Berlin, the sound system for the relatively intimate (13m x 4.4m) Panorama Bar features a pair of JM-1P loudspeakers in each corner of the dance floor. Visceral bass saturates the space from two hidden stacks of three-each 600-HP subwoofers, while an L-C-R system with three UPA-2P loudspeakers and a 500-HP subwooferprovides DJ monitoring. Both systems are optimized and driven by a Galileo loudspeaker management system with a Galileo 616 processor.

"We had been asked to update the Panorama Bar's sound system as part of a partial redesign and technical upgrade of the room," sayss Werner Eicker, managing director of Schalldruck. "We immediately suggested a Meyer Sound system based on JM-1Ps, and their performan

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Legally Blonde won three awards including best new musical, while the National Theatre's revival of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance collected four awards. Despite being nominated in seven categories, the Phantom sequel Love Never Dies was left empty-handed.

Best Lighting Design went to Neil Austin forThe White Guard at the NT Lyttelton. Also nominated this year were Mark Henderson for After the Dance at the NT Lyttelton; Hugh Vanstone for Deathtrap at the Noel Coward; and Paule Constable for Love Never Dies at the Adelphi. The Award for Best Sound Design went to Adam Cork for King Lear at the Donmar Warehouse. Also nominated were Gareth

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Using Vivien's tools the user can create a virtual model of an event and instead of simply using a floor plan, sell the vision from all angles of the room, and produce colourful images that everyone can see and understand - before their event happens, says the company.

Using Vivien, with the new mouse from 3Dconnexion, you can 'Start here' and produce a walking tour and commentary as you move inside the Virtual View of your event for your client. Make it easy for your client to picture themselves in the event you designed for them. Point out your customizing to the client's specs. Show them the benefit of upgrading. Make notes for the project team. They can download it like you do a video via the Internet.

Vivien certifies all additions to

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Among the items music fans can click and bid on are Fender electric guitars signed by Jewel, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, O.A.R., REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Steve Winwood. The collection is highlighted by three particularly rare pieces: a framed Coldplay gold record, signed by the band; a Zildjian cymbal signed by the Dave Matthew

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The DN-MC6000 is a complete performance solution for multi-format DJ's with control capabilities for both DJ software and external media players. A professional grade and performance product, it integrates a 4-channel / 8-source standalone digital mixer - featuring real time channel matrix operation - with USB MIDI control and two stereo in / two stereo out USB audio interface, The slim tabletop design features a solid steel chassis and is rackmountable. A discrete booth / FX send section is included for integration into club systems.

The DN-MC6000 is bundled with Native Instruments TRAKTOR LE and interfaces seamlessly with Mac OSX, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems, says the company.