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14 March 2016

When The Doors were visiting Mexico on their Latin America concert tour, one of the dates was at the Art Palace in Morelia, Michoacan, where the company Soundset Productions was in charge of the production and supplied the event with a large scale RCF TT+ System supported by Mexican RCF distributor Hermes.

Professional advice was provided by RCF product specialist Oscar Mora and local sound engineer Angel Hernandez.

The main front system was based on RCF TTL55-A and RCF TTL33-A. The TT+ System setup also included several RCF TTS28-A and TT25-A units. Sound Engineer for the show was Grammy award winner Michael Dumas.

(Jim Evans)

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"After 15 years, it was time for us to update our systems and enter the 21st century," states David Jensen, director of production for New 42nd Street Inc. "Part of our mission was to build an audience for the future, and we want New Victory Theatre productions to be as technically advanced as any of the other shows - just aimed at a younger audience. The PRO3 console is a perfect fit."

Anthony Nittoli, design principal at Connecticut-

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14 March 2016

Genuine ticket sellers claim the delay in sending out tickets is meant to limit the time counterfeiters have to copy the originals. But an unintended consequence of this has allowed tens of thousands of people over the past five years to buy tickets from fraudulent websites, without realising the tickets will not arrive at all until it is too late, according to BBC Radio 4's You and Y

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14 March 2016

It's just a year since members of PLASA voted overwhelmingly to merge with leading North American trade association ESTA, and on the 1 January this year, the two formally came together under the PLASA name, creating one of the largest membership organizations in the industry with over 1100 members worldwide.

Though still in its early stages, the merger has already greatly strengthened PLASA and given it a new profile in the industry, reinforced by a new PLASA logo and brand identity. The first phase of a new PLASA website has gone live and the first meetings of the new Regional Boards and over-arching Governing Body have also taken place. New services and research projects have been introduced, and the teams are currently

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14 March 2016

Audio consultant Trevan Johns of Trevan Johns and Associates was employed to design a new audio system with a level of protection and performance to allow for intuitive operation in a simple user mode, or full access to a digital mixer in concert mode.

The lower level ceilings in the gallery areas shade the central cluster and so required time delayed loudspeakers to provide acceptable performance. This is of particular importance on the northern side of the hall, where an extension to the hall has increased the low-ceilinged area to more that 5m wide.

Trevan specified a front of house loudspeaker array consisting of six

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Neon Trees is a straightforward rock band, with two guitars, bass, keyboard and drums along with four vocals. "We are using 24 inputs," Bangs notes. "We are sharing preamps between monitors and FOH and doing a digital split from the Monitor console's iDR-32, so our FOH snake is just one Cat 5 cable. The second iDR-32 MixRack is currently being used for the FOH console's DSP. That will change when we start headlining on o

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Skramstad's specialty is front of house mixing and he has worked on tours for a wide variety of Swedish artists including the Cardigans, Miss Li, A Camp, Laleh and Dundertåget, among others. His routine is split to approximately 50 percent live music tours and 50 percent corporate events. The majority of the time, he can be found freelancing for various production and rental companies. In addition, Skramstad regularly conducts a live audio seminar and workshop for SAE (School of Audio Engineering) St

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Travelling outside Paris for the first time since it debuted in 2006, this successful production by StadeFrance Live Events required a high level of international cooperation between its French producers and Australian logistics teams. All audio technical management was in the hands of GL Events Audiovisual, and a team headed up by Fred Viricel, the technical director of sound.

In the world's biggest theatrical space, audio distribution was planned and achieved over an EtherSound network, using Ethernet and optical links. The system, designed by J.Lyonnet, used L'Acoustics cabinets, wi

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British audiences are traditionally more reserved about 'challenging' music, but Archive's live shows are extremely popular in continental Europe. On the band's latest tour, Jones has been manning two digital consoles at the FOH position - a Digidesign Profile for the band and an Innovason Eclipse mixing digital microphones for an accompanying orchestra. Both are digitally linked, with the latter as the master console and an Apex Intelli-X² 48 inserted to EQ house PA systems in the tour's venues.

"I have been using it on tour for a couple of

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14 March 2016

In his new post, Peter Claussen will be responsible for installed sound technology. His core responsibilities will include the operative business and the strategic development of the Installed Sound division, with the task of "guaranteeing that Sennheiser addresses the many and various customer demands even more successfully in this product area".

"I'm really looking forward

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"The new PSM900 is the first phase of the new direction Shure is taking in their development of the in ear monitoring product line," commented Richie Hiranandani, marketing manager. He added, "with a brand new design and improved technology, Maestro Sound have invested in the future."

(Jim Evans)

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"Initially, I had wanted to look at K-array's largest system, the KS4," says Eclipse CEO, Mark Brown. "Unfortunately, they weren't demonstrating it at Prolight+Sound, which was disappointing. However, Ryan Burr from Sennheiser Middle East and Dave Wooster from Sennheiser UK took me to a demo of the KR400s in a line array configuration. I couldn't believe what I was hearing - and seeing... the boxes are tiny, but they sound very impressive! And when I heard the price, I decided to purchase them for the new season starting i

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Mark Van Hoosier of Davenport, IA-based Electronic Communications Systems (ECS) comments, "We chose Community's R-Series for their exceptional intelligibility and well defined sound projection capabilities. Of course, being an outdoor venue, weather resistance was another critical factor."

The system includes two Community R2-694Z loudspeakers for short-throw coverage, and two R6-51 loudspeakers for long-range. Since this phase of the construction included no physical buildings, the assembly was mounted atop a 65ft pole at the near end of the field. Rigging for the speakers was provided by Hadley, MA

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The SD11 is DiGiCo's smallest sized sound desk to date. It is two consoles in one - a rack-mountable and a table top mixer with smart end cheeks and an arm rest - and an easy one-person lift from truck to table top, ready for action.

5 Star's design team was commissioned just before Christmas 2010 to create a special case for the SD11's planned launch at the recent Prolight+Sound 2011 exhibition in Frankfurt. "Once we saw the prototype SD11 at the end of last year, the first thing that was obvious to us was its neat and compact size," says 5 Star's MD Keith Sykes.

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The Award for A.C. Audio was presented at Nexo's annual distributor dinner/awards evening, staged this year at the Marriot Hotel during the recent Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt. Attended by around 150 people, the Awards honoured the best achieving dealers and distributors in key categories and sectors.

It is the first year that there has been an Award recognising UK sales. The new category was created after a restructuring of the entire Nexo distribution setup in the UK 18 months ago, and follows the conclusion of the first full financial year of trading in this new operational model.

Says A.C. Audio sales manager Peter Butler, "We were one

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Indonesian rental company Megaswara handled the sound requirements for the evening which included an Innovason Eclipse digital mixing console on monitors, with support from Innovason's Indonesian distributor, LaMesa.

LaMesa's Didi Kartanegara explained that the Eclipse was selected for monitors on this event - along with LaMesa engineer, Ahmad Rapii - as it was by far the most hectic situation for a live set up with an orchestra, and Megaswara didn'

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At owner Ping Ge's IN-Bar in Taizhou, Zhejian, 24 D.A.S. Audio Avant 15A powered, two-way, compact full-range loudspeakers were deployed. A combination of six LX-218A powered, high performance subwoofers - three enclosures ground stacked in a centre mono sub configuration and another three units placed as delay subs - deliver low frequency support. An additional five Avant 118A powered horn-bass subwoofers complete the setup. A D.A.S. Audio DSP-2060 processor handles time alignment and limiter duties.

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The most recent affiliates are up-and-coming Dijon-based rental company Scene et Son who specialise in corporate events, and Able who are headquartered in Lyon. Both companies have invested in a Uniline system, opting for a total of 14 x UL210 and 10 x UL115B. A conscious choice was made on behalf of each company to invest in the same system configuration for maximum compatibility and versatility when handling major events.

Eric Chopin, managing director of Able comments, "Uniline is powerful, versatile and extremely simple to implement. Having positioned ourselves as both a rental company and full service provider in the Rhone-Alpes region of Franc

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On debut was Igor Strawinskys Suite No. 2 for small orchestra with a series of four dances (march - waltz - polka - gallop) followed by Lucernaris - a concert for trumpete, live electronic and orchestra of the young Swedish composer Tobias Broström. The Great symphony in C major by Franz Schubert concluded proceedings.

The reproduction of the live electronics was realized by a 5.1 reinforcement. Hartmut Lissner, technical director of Konzert- & Kongressgesellschaft opted for Versio active systems VL 750 plus VSS 18 subs, positioned on the gallery achieving a balanced sound dispersion within the entire hall.

(Jim Evans)

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"Shawn is a welcome addition to our team," states Cameron Smith, national sales and marketing director. "His wealth of industry experience and aggressive sales philosophy make him an ideal part of our team."

A long time veteran of the audio-visual industry, McLoughlin most recently served as the sales manager for a major industry distributor. Previous experience includes audio-visual system design and installation.

(Jim Evans)

Csaption: Shawn McLoughlin

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Based in Massy in France, where Analog Way's headquarters are established, John De Cet will oversee management of sales activities over EMEA territories. He will also lead Analog Way's sales teams in the region, including the company's sales offices Analog Way UK, Analog Way Italia and Analog Way Deutschland. He will report directly to Adrien Corso, CEO at Analog Way.

"I'm thrilled to join Analog Way as sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, a diversified region showing an exciting potential", says De Cet. "Together with my team, we will further increase our presence in the area and strengthen our relationship with customers to prov

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"OSA and MLA are a perfect fit," said Mark Graham, Loud's CEO. "Show after show, the MLA has drawn enthusiastic attention from the Pro Audio community and audience members alike. By delivering an unprecedented level of coverage, consistency and fidelity through its true generation-2 technology, MLA has reset the standard, and expectations, above legacy live sound equipment. And true to their first-to-move strategy, Mario [Educate, OSA founder] and Jim [Risgin, OSA vice president] immediately s

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According to Innovason's international sales director, Marcel Babazadeh, Alex is an ideal fit for Innovason in France. "He is trained as both a salesman and a sound engineer, so in terms of profile, we couldn't ask for much better! Furthermore, he is one of the new generation of sound engineers for whom digital technology is as natural as breathing, and so again, ideally suited to represent Innovason who have always been at the forefront of pioneering digital console technology. I'm lo

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The microphones were located in key areas of the Abbey; a computer touchscreen showed the operator their exact positions within the building. The ES935ML6 microphones were switched on and off locally by the user or controlled remotely by a verger using any of the touchscreens. Additionally, several U851R microphones were used on the altars.

Greg Pinto, Audio-Technica US vice president, marketing, said, "We are incredibly honoured to have our microphones employed for such a momentous occasion. The royal wedding was one of the most highly watched events on television, and we believe it speaks to the quality and dependability of our p