USA - Over the past year, Neon Trees has cemented its reputation as one of the top up-and-coming indie rock acts in the US with a chart topping single, a featured performance at this year's SXSW festival, and a tour with My Chemical Romance. With a number of one-off fly dates punctuating the tour, stage manager and monitor engineer Mike Bangs and FOH engineer Neal Duffy selected a pair of Allen & Heath iLive T112 consoles to meet the band's needs.

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

Sweden - Specializing in live audio for concert tours and corporate events, Stockholm -based Louder Than Love AB has upgraded its live sound arsenal to include a Soundcraft Vi1 console. Founded in 2007, Louder Than Love owner Jonas Skramstad has worked with numerous international artists and companies such as Volvo, SAAB, IBM, the National Hockey League, Coca Cola and Astra Zeneca.

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

Australia - Narrated by Russell Crowe, Ben-Hur rivalled the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in its size and scale. For two consecutive nights, the show filled the 15,000 sq.m performance area with 200 actors, 24 horses and a full-on chariot race in the 80,000-capacity ANZ Stadium.

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

Europe - With a repertoire combining progressive rock, ambient, electronica, trip hop and many others, London-based 'musical collective' Archive is a band unafraid to experiment with the very latest sonic developments. One of the newest innovations adopted by band front of house engineer Spike Jones is an Apex Intelli-X² processor.

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

Germany - Effective from 1 August 2011, Peter Claussen will take over responsibility of the Installed Sound Business Division at audio specialist Sennheiser. Claussen joins Sennheiser from the IT company Höft & Wessel AG. His last post at the company was as deputy chairman of the management board. The Installed Sound Business Division has until now been provisionally led by Dr. Heinrich Esser. As divisional president, Claussen will become a member of Sennheiser's Executive Management Board.

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

Bahrain Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, distribution centre for Shure in the Gulf has recently supplied Bahrain-based rental firm Maestro Sound with the PSM900 in ear monitoring system. The deal includes six sets of the P9T transmitter and P9R receiver.

"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)

UAE - The KR-400 system, which received many plaudits during this year's Prolight+Sound exhibition, has now landed in the Middle East with a substantial system being purchased by Dubai's Eclipse Staging Services. The system comprises a total of eight KL21MA subs and 16 KK-400 tops that can be used as a single large array or four compact systems.

"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

USA - The campus of Ashford University has a new Athletic Complex complete with a sound system designed to cover the entire playing field, as well as future stadium developments. The system is based around Community Professional's R-Series weather-resistant loudspeakers.

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

UK - Continuing its ongoing supply of case solutions to audio console manufacturer DiGiCo, 5 Star Cases has produced the latest case for DiCiCo's SD range of digital consoles.The SD11 is the newest sound mixing product from DiGiCo, following on from the success of the SD7, SD8, SD9 and SD10 consoles.

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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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies audio division has won the 2010 / 2011 Best UK Dealer Award from loudspeaker manufacturer Nexo, in recognition of their outstanding sales performance and support over the last 12 months.

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

Indonesia - The Grand Ballroom at the newly renovated five-star Hotel Indonesia Kempinski in Jakarta recently played host to a spectacular gala concert entitled An American Rhapsody. The 40-piece Jakarta Concert Orchestra and Batavia Madrigal Singers led by Indonesia's most accomplished conductor of western classical music, Avip Priatna, treated the audience to an evening of Gershwin, Frank Sinatra and other American legends

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'

China - Hangzhou Chuangda Stage Facilities, the D.A.S. Audio dealer in Eastern China, has coordinated the installation of new sound systems at two popular Chinese clubs in late 2010. With both projects, Jiang Chao, the company's general manager, and Xiao Zhao, their technical representative, determined that D.A.S. active (self-powered) systems were an appropriate choice.

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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France - Since APG first announced their Uniline Solution concept at the JTSE in Paris in November last year, the company reports that the network has gone from strength to strength with new members coming aboard all the time.

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

Germany - On 12 and 13 March the Dresden philharmonic orchestra performed the sixth cycle concert in the sold out Kulturpalast.

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)

USA - Intelix has recently partnered with Shawn McLoughlin, who joins the company as a senior account manager. In this capacity, McLoughlin will manage and develop Intelix's growing customer base.

"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

France - Analog Way has announced the appointment of John De Cet as new sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is taking over from Alexander Schöpff's who was promoted VP of American Operations last March.

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

USA - Martin Audio and On Stage Audio (OSA) have confirmed OSA's purchase of a 54-box Martin Audio MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array system. With this purchase, OSA joins North Carolina-based Special Event Services (SES) as key North American members in the growing MLA worldwide network. OSA plans to station its MLA system across both its Chicago and Las Vegas facilities.

"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

France - Digital mixing console manufacturer, Innovason, has announced the appointment of Alexandre Liagre to the role of sales manager for Innovason's domestic market in France. Alex, who is based in Paris, takes over from the highly respected Philippe Guillo who returns to manage and run his own rental company, Koroll Sonorisation, but nevertheless remains a strong ambassador for the brand.

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

UK - Thirty-two Audio-Technica microphones (a combination of ES935ML6 MicroLine condenser gooseneck microphones and U851R cardioid condenser boundary microphones) were installed in Westminster Abbey for capturing the audio of the royal wedding.

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

USA - This year's Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California may now be over, but the success of Le Mobile Remote Recording Studios and its Fly Pak System that includes a Yamaha DM2000 console lingers on. Le Fly Pak was used for mixing the live webcast at the Mojave Stage.

"With shows and projects getting bigger and bigger, Coachella being one of them, we thought it would be important to make our Fly Pak system as flexible as possible," states Ian-C. Charbonneau, mixing engineer LeMobile. "We added four MADI cards to the DM2000 allowing an all-digital interface between our Pro Tools rig, Apogee converters, and the console. The MADI cards also provide more flexibility when using the console with our other recording systems, like Le Box or even Le Mobile."

"I had used MADI previously with the Studer digital recorder and knew this format was one

Malaysia - Two sets of FBT's Modus line array system have been installed in the National Institute of Valuation's (INSPEN) newly developed Campus 2, Sepang, Selangor, West Malaysia. INSPEN is the training and research arm of the Valuation and Property Services Department under Malaysia's Ministry of Finance.

INSPEN Campus 2 measures approximately 48 acres and is located in the vicinity of Putrajaya, the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. INSPEN is tasked with advising the government on all matters relating to the value of real estate, the impact of property development and management policies and to enhance the knowledge and expertise of the human resources in the real estate industry.

The new INSPEN Campus 2 consists of a central North-South axis connecting the northern building components comprising female hostels, student union, kindergarten, a central park and a pr

China The evening concert on 8 March 2011 at the National People's Congress in the Beijing Trade Hotel was performed by MYC with the Sequenza 10 line array from Kling & Freitag. The 330m high building with its 81 floors is at present the highest of Beijing.

In order to comply with these noise constraints, MYC used the Sequenza 10 Line Array from Kling & Freitag. The 40 m wide show stage was equipped with four K&F Sequenza 10N for the far field and two SEquenza 10W for the nearfield.

Six Sequenza 10B and two Nomos XLC in cardioid setup supported the system in the lower frequency range.

In total, 40 different radio and hand-held microphones were employed. A high quality monitor system, consisting of two Scena 15, provided the musicians with precise feedback, with a warm and precise basic sound. All speaker systems were driven by the K&F SystemRack. The combination of the digit

Italy - At Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice which is visited every year by at least 2m people from all over the world, an extensive new RCF sound reinforcement system has been installed, with 40 loudspeaker enclosures that include 10 of the new VSA 2050 digitally steerable vertical line arrays.

The audio system had to meet various requirements, as is explained by Marco Mazzon, founder of the company of the same name, based in Meolo (Venice), which installed the system. "The brief I got from the client was above all to ensure a considerable increase in intelligibility and flexible control of the various sectors - there are approximately thirty microphones used by officiates and singers in seven different zones of the church."

As he had detailed knowledge of the Basilica and its logistics, Mazzon designed the signal management system, whereas, for the actual acoustic de

Austria - Redline Enterprises, Austria's largest full-service provider of technical equipment for events, has purchased an L-Acoustics K1/Kudo system consisting of 48 K1s and 36 KUDO WST line source cabinets, 24 K1-SB and 24 SB28 subwoofers and 18 LA-RAK with 54 LA8 amplified controllers. This is the first K1 system in the Austrian market.

"The reason we bought the K1 system was the quality and its high international standard," says Jack Langer, CEO of Redline. "Our new K1 system will push our company to a much higher level. Apart from the sound capabilities of the system, we particularly like the handling of the rigging as well as the digital network integration."

Adds L-Acoustics trainer Sherif el Barbari, "Yet again another highly professional provider, who's already been using L- Acoustics products has made the step to the top level of large scale

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