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Following the use of Soundcraft consoles during the visit to the UK of Pope Benedict XVI last summer, a Vi1 was again on duty in the Chateauroux region of France on 20 January 20, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed more than 1,000 health workers in the gymnasium of the local hospital in Chatillon-sur-Indre.

The rental company called in to convert the gym into a full production space were Poitiers-based sound and lighting company, SLJ Sonorisation, Eclairage, Vidéo. They built a lighting structure which was rigged in the roof while the President's staff constructed the stage itself.

FOH engineer, Benoit Lasjuilliarias, confirmed that the president always favours using lo

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The range includes the Reference Standard 4000 Series, which builds and improves on DPA's Standard and Compact 4006, 4011, 4015 and 4017 mics, and the new Twin Diaphragm Capsules which form the 2000 Series, and brings down the cost of owning a DPA microphone to between €600­-700. Innovative accessories increase versatility and allow for future upgrades or new applications, adds the company.

Full details of this new product release, which sees a large part of the DPA catalogue get a complete overhaul, will be available at the show.

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As a result of the continued growth of the Adam Hall Group and the focus on European strategy, some changes are being effected within Adam Hall Ltd.

Having started in 2008 and working over the past three years as general manager, Andrew Richardson has been appointed as managing director of Adam Hall Ltd. Richardson has taken over from Bob Mundy, who has now stepped away from the company having worked there for over 30 years.

Ian Little who has bee

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One of the focal points of interest was the booth of Dynacord and Electro-Voice's African partners Audio Visual Engineering (AVE), where visitors could enjoy live demonstrations of Dynacord D-Lite and VariLine loudspeaker systems and Electro-Voice Tour X and XLC loudspeaker systems.

In addition to daily 90-minute audio training sessions - which, besides covering the basics, included a line-array workshop and dealt with special aspects of limiters and loudspeaker controllers - the fair's four-day programme included twice-daily Open Mic sessions offering up-and-coming performers a chance to demonstrate their talent on stage. These, like the audio workshops

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Interface Sound, a Miami-based sound services firm that specializes in live sound for concerts and the special events/corporate industrial markets while also maintaining a presence in the commercial installation business, was contracted to design and install the new sound reinforcement system at The Stage.

Ralph Alvarez, Interface Sound's owner/operator and designer of the sound system, comments, "The Stage is an area roughly 3,500sq.ft with a stage positioned along the back wall of the space. Because the venue has a wide range of music performances, we needed a louds

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Set in the rural Berkshire countryside, Wokefield Park offers a variety of meeting options for business and social events in its spacious, ultra-modern, purpose-built Executive Centre. For conferences, Christmas parties and gala dinners, the main function room can accommodate up to 550 seated, but has designed in extra flexibility using room dividers and a switchable PA system.

AV contractor Show State and its supplier Concept Audio have equipped the Executive Suite with eight EV ZX1-i/90 full-range loudspeaker cabinets in white, wall-mounted at intervals down either side of the large space. Supplemented by 2x EVID 12.1 subs, the system is powered by EV CPS amplifiers, runn

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The congregation of St. Columb's recently moved into their new facility. The sanctuary itself is traditional in appearance, with high ceilings and large, ornate stained glass windows, but with a few contemporary touches. Along with the new building came a new sound system, installed by Josh Sanders from Players Audio Video of Jackson, MS.

Being traditional in design, the room has a fairly live acoustical signature, which can spell trouble for amplified sound. So right from the start, Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC24R Digitally Steerable Arrays were specified as the main loudspeaker

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Equitana 2010 was held in November at Melbourne Showgrounds with Audio Visual Dynamics contracting Deluxe Audio to supply the sound system for the Grand Pavilion, one of the largest tensile fabric membrane structures in the region.

With many very expensive and highly strung horses performing, it was essential that the audio was carefully delivered.

"You had to deliver so that the audience could hear but there were no uneven sounds - you couldn't have a horse come round the corner and freak out

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"Andrew is certainly a welcome addition to our installation support team," notes Montrezor. "Given his proven track record as a talented AV system designer, I know that he will be instrumental in helping us advance L-Acoustics' efforts to deliver exemplary support to our permanent install client base. Furthermore, Andrew will serve as the primary technical contact for our systems integrators across the Eastern US."

Based in New York City, Nagel is primarily tasked with providing support for both consultants and US L-Acoustics Systems Integrators. His new duties include offering sound design

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Located in Williston Park, Long Island and coversthe Tri-State NY/NJ/CT region, Hudson Marketing was founded in 1987 by company president Mike Phillips.

D&M Professional senior vice president Paul Mathis stated, "We at D&M Professional commend Hudson Marketing for going above and beyond in terms of sales, marketing, service, support and effective communication with the market. Mike Phillips and his team are creative and determ

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One PRO6 feature that Lonky really appreciates is Area B, which allows him to keep one fader group 'always on top' at the right-hand side of the surface. "I use it for Mr Zombie's mics and effects returns," he says. "I can be all over the console, yet still have Rob's priority channels at my fingertips in any scene. It's incredibly

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The Dutch manufacturer will be exhibiting the production-version of the LR24 pro-ribbon line array system. Previewed at the show last year, the system marks an important advance for the company within the concert touring and large-scale installation market.

Designed to be able to deliver the same SPL as equivalent products in the mid-size line array category, but with 15dB less distortion, the Alcons LR24 system utilises the company's pro-ribbon technology to "set a new benchmark in terms of SPL, projection control and sound quality".

Also on show will be the BQ211, a high output subwoofer system based on the all carbon-coned 21" woofer. Featuring

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The installation was carried out by the experienced, UK-based TG Baker (Sound) under the supervision of project manager Tony Mott. The system was sold by Sound Technology, Harman Professional's distributor in the UK and ROI, who also provided technical assistance via its project support services.

The Aviva Stadium installation is a fully compliant public address-voice alarm (PAVA) system that is massive in scale, with 26 42-U equipment racks, 118 PA

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A large selection of DPA microphones provided by UK distributor Sound Network was used extensively to record the dramatic tension and ambience of the surroundings. Boyle has described 127 Hours as "an action movie in which the hero doesn't move".

The sound crew from Sound 24 included sound designer and supervising sound editor Glenn Freemantle, sound effects recordist Hugo Adams, Foley artists Nicolas Becker and Adam Mendez and Foley editor Jon Olive. Adams was the only member of the crew to travel to Utah, spending 24 hours at

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ENTECH 2011, which takes place at SCEC on 19 - 21 July 2011, will now include a new stream in its educational program featuring international speakers from PLASA's extensive global membership base.

Over 4000 visitors are expected to register for ENTECH 2011, and attendance at the seminars will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Visitors will be able to secure their seats for a seminar via the ENTECH website in the coming weeks.

PLASA's CEO, Matthew Griffiths said: "We are pleased to be involved in one of the premium industry events in Australia. We see this alliance as a great opportunity to support the future development of our indust

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Generic Audio recently released Preceptor, a 3U, hand-built two-channel (stereo/dual mono) analogue compressor / limiter, whose design and functionality "blends tradition with high performance components, user efficiency and optimum sound quality".

"We're delighted to be adding the Generic Audio brand to our portfolio," says Systems Workshop's Phil Beaumont. "Preceptor is a high spec product that should appeal to a range of audio professionals and we look forward to bringing it to the UK market."

Generic Audio's Bartosz Radziszewski adds, "As a young company just entering a very competitive market, we're thrilled to find a partner in Systems Workshop. Their decisio

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Futurist is a major rental supplier of sound and lighting production to the live events sector, and a well established provider to the educational and professional theatre markets. Futurist's Jamie Hudson comments, "We listened to several systems and compared all the features before purchasing. Peter Butler and his team from A.C. Audio were extremely helpful in setting up demos at their warehouse. We already knew that their service and technical support was excellent, so

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The Pyles Club situated in the Latsia industrial area, packed in about 30 industry professionals from the country's PA companies, as well as freelance engineers and contractors for the first Adamson seminar held in Cyprus. The focus was on hands-on training using the latest gear and software, as well as learning about technologies from Adamson and Lab.gruppen.

The new system was used for the various training activities which included line source array principles and system design principles, computer aided system design (using Adamson Shooter software), rigging, amplification, processing (using Lake Controller software) and hands-on

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ESPN Star Sports covers a host of sporting events, which are translated into English, Cantonese, Hindi, Korean and Mandarin and broadcast across Asia. Live feeds come into the voiceover control rooms and certain channels from the original broadcast are muted, programmes are then translated and transmitted with voiceover material to relevant audiences.

"iLive does exactly what we need in terms of routing and it's very user friendly,' says principal engineer, Ratnadeep Bhattacharya. "It's also lightweight and compact, which is an advantage if the consoles need to b

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One of the most important literary events in the Hispanic world, this was the sixth edition of the Hay Festival Cartagena, but the first time that a technical specialist from the UK office had attended to train local engineers in the art of archiving. "We were seeing too much material coming back in a variety of different formats, often low quality recordings, which in turn restricted what we could do with it," says Martin Abell.

The Hay Festival organisation currently offers access to an extensive archive of recordings, and is discussing other applications such as commercial podcasts. "The better the quality of the recording, th

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The two year refurbishment programme of the top London venue, cost an estimated £220m and saw the hotel re-open to the public in October. IVC Media's sound systems have been installed in the Riverside, Lower Thames and Lincoln rooms, the Riverside Restaurant and Lancaster Ballroom. Some of the rooms have featured in blockbuster films such as Notting Hill in the past.

As well as providing audio for major events such as live stage performances, the sound systems are also set up to provide background music, voice evacuation and audio for corporate conferences and events. IVC also supplied and installed RGB lighting in the

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Spearheaded by managing director François Veys and technical manager Maarten Peeters, Audio Connect will work closely with Meyer Sound to support client projects that demand high-performance sound systems. Veys and Peeters will also team with Meyer Sound's education department to bring its audio expertise and training resources to local professionals. The first Meyer Sound seminar supported by Audio Connect, Fundamentals of System Design, Implementation and Optimizationwill be held in Heist-op-den-Berg on 1-2 March 1 - 2, with Mauricio Ramirez as the instru

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Political Moves - A hip hop musical based on Nick Clegg's role in forming

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In addition to detailed product demonstrations - featuring, inter alia, the Corus Evolution loudspeaker series and the PowerMate3 - the Russian Dynacord partner Dealer Centre conducted seminars offering tips and tricks designed to simplify and enhance the day-to-day work of those in the industry. Opportunities for discussion are another important element of the Road Show concept, so time was set aside for detailed consideration of the needs of, and questions posed by, individuals attending the events.

"The tour was highly successful," reports Natalia Petrukhina, Dealer Centre's marketing manager. "In view of the fact