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14 March 2016

A dedicated HK Audio Specialist has been appointed to provide after sales support for the HK Audio brand. Andrew Sorrill has been in the professional audio industry since 1995, serving various sectors from a sound engineer, audio mixer, audio department manager, advisor and lecturer. He is also a seasoned radio broadcaster.

The HK Audio Specialist will amongst others, provide sound-related advice, on-site quotations and general expertise, product knowledge and information on HK Audio products. Seminars will also be held on audio education as well as selected HK Audio brands.

ProAudio has a large product show room which clients are encouraged to visit to take a listen to the various HK Audio loudspeaker systems for first hand experience. Plan

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"Hucky's accomplished history and comprehensive understanding of the marketplace will allow him to have an immediate impact on the expansion of Blue's pro audio product lines into the global market," said John Maier, CEO of Blue Microphones. "As Blue expands our product offering and market share, Hucky will

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"We were looking for a high quality wireless in-ear monitoring system that can work as eight channels or can be split into two four channel systems," says Julien Beyrouthy, Spectrum Entertainment Services general manager. "We recently used the Sennheiser system on concerts by Shaggy and DOV Amiel and were really pleased with its performance."

The system includes a 42mHz switching bandwidth, five band EQ and data ports for use with Sennheiser's Wireless Systems Manager software.

"Sennheiser IEM systems are now the norm on most stages across the world,"

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"We chose Roland because it is a scalable package and we have the options of using one or two desks or cascading two desks together - we also have all the Digital Snake stage boxes to choose from- there are so many options that all fit together easily. Once you've set up the desk you just plug in the stage boxes and they find each other - there is no complicated programming required as the desk recognizes each one as you con

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With overall direction from Peruvian movie director, Luis Llosa, 200 actors, under the direction of Eduardo San Roman, took part in the show of dance, lights, fireworks and music. A performance from Peruvian singer Tania Libertad was accompanied by the Cusco Symphony Orchestra, directed by Coco Salazar and a rhythm section, made up of drums, keyboards, electric guitar and bass, with Manuel Miranda on wind instruments.

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For the last 18 months a group of sound designers have been working to create a new professional association with a series of meetings to discuss what the association should do and how it should work. The meetings were held at the National Theatre, the Royal Court and the Royal Exchange with attendance from over 60 of the country's leading sound designers as well as representatives from hire companies including Autograph, Blitz, Mac Sound and Orbital; manufacturers including d&b audiotechnik and Duran Audio; and educational institutes such as the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Gareth Fry, chair of the newly-elected Board of Trustees of the ASD, said that "the meetings were a great opportunity for a lot of sound designers to meet up, some for the first time, and discuss releva

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"Many interior designers bemoan the fact that loudspeakers interfere with the clean look of their interiors," says Terho Savolainen, marketing manager, Genelec Oy. "Well, not any more. The new finishes for our 4000 Series can contribute to the design of any club, restaurant, theatre, gallery or residence; so whether you want to blend them in or make them stand out, be bold or discreet, our colours will help you achieve that. The 4000 Series offers unrivalled audio perform

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In addition to issues surrounding the build and stability of the structure itself, the question of why the event was not stopped and the audience evacuated far sooner will surely form a major part of the investigation.

It is reported that organisers had urged audience members to seek shelter just minutes before the sudden winds hit the stage structure - far too late, as it turned out, for an effective evacuation. With news reports claiming that forecasters at the National Weather Service had predicted the strong winds of 60-70mph up to t

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ARX managing director Colin Park comments, "With the ongoing convergence of audio, AV and IT systems, providing a clean audio feed to wireless and cabled transmission and recording systems has become a priority for systems designers, Integrators and Installers.

"Hums and ground loops, problematic Y leads, the misuse of headphone outputs or jury rigged patch ups need no longer be tolerated because the ARX Design Team has developed the new TAP-IT Transformer Isolated AudioLine Tapper as the solution.

"Main inputs and outputs are hardwired, so your signal integrity isn't compromised, and the TAP-IT's passive design eliminates the requirement for problematic external power supplies and 'wallwarts'."

(Jim Evans)

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POLARaudio's stand will feature networking solutions including Biamp's Tesira, the first scalable network using audio video bridging (AVB) and Aviom Digital Snakes.

Also at the show will be, Atterotech's Gearbox 18 and from beyerdynamic the new TG (Touring Gear) series of live microphones, with microphone solutions for every budget. The TG series comprises of TG 30 entry level series, TG 50 standard Touring Gear series with premium performance, TG 70 series with advanced technical characteristics and higher

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Paul King, owner of King Sound comments, "King Sound has a reputation for never following the crowd when it comes to speakers systems - our only criterion is to buy the very best product for the job. I can honestly say that after exhaustive testing over a nine-month period of many premium monitor options, the APG SMX15s came out as the clear winner.

"Sonically they are excellent," he continued. "The innovative multi-position rigging bar gives us a five-angle wedge or in-fill and the pole mount enables their use as a small FOH box when needed. This, coupled w

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Otto Kroymann led the Adlib team of seven - Mike Flaherty, George Puttock, Tommy Bradshaw & himself, who looked after the Revellers', while Simon Lawson, Alan Harrison and Chris Smethurst took care of things on The People's Ear.

The sound system on the Revellers' stage was JBL VerTec, suitable for an eclectic line up ranging from Club Zirconia to Kormac's Big Band and NZ Shapeshifter to Annie Nightingale.

The flown arrays each contained 10 VT4889 speakers a-side, run in combination with six VT 4880A subs a-side on the ground, Coda LA8 in-fills.

The main system was driven by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers, with Labgruppen PLM20000s for the subs and fills.

They used the opportunity to further test a fibre optic Dante network, which took the signal from the FOH

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This brings the company's tally to eight (with a further six Soundcraft Vi1's also in hire stock) - and according to project manager Pete Russell all have been out on front line duty more or less permanently since their arrival.

An early advocate of the platform since realising the easy transition to the digital world it offered analogue sound engineers, Russell said, "A lot of our business is supplying control and monitor packages, and the Vi6 is proving extremely popular with bands.

"Monitor engineers choose to take them because of their intuitive nature, their compact footprint and the fact they are good 'on the fly' when they have to be set up quickly. They also like the sound and the intuitive nature of the desk

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It provides the flexibility of a true real-time media network, including integrated signal processing, at the cost of simple multiplexing point-to-point products. With a network bandwidth of 50 Gbit/s, MediorNet Compact provides enough capacity for bi-directional transport of 12 HD-SDI signals, dozens of MADI streams or Gbit-Ethernet signals and hundreds of audio channels or intercom ports - suitable for streamlining the infrastructure of any mobile, studio or live event application.

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The protective circuitry is also identical with that used in the DEEP2 series. It also follows the DEEP2 design in its integration of two temperature-dependent two step cooling fans. One special feature is a switchable 12 dB low-cut and/or 12 dB low-pass filter adjustable from 25 Hz to 150 Hz on both channels. This makes it possible to use the DP2400X as a bass amp or even realize a powerful bi-amping system. With the filters switched off, it becomes a conventional 2 channel power amp.

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Håkan has been the regional manager for Renkus-Heinz in India for the past two years, where he built up an extensive dealer network, assisted with the progress of several major sales and installations, and through this work acquired extensive knowledge of Renkus-Heinz and its products.

After spending three years in New Delhi with his wife and two sons, the family moved back to their home on the outskirts of Stockholm this summer. Says Karl Brunvoll, VP, international sales, "We are absolutely delighted that he has made the choice to stay with Renkus-Heinz and take on the responsibility of managing our distribution network in Europe."

In addition to working in the audio industry in various capacities since 1996, Håkan Sjöö holds a

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Promoted by Eat Your Own Ears, Underage, Field Day and Apple Cart saw Capital Sound Hire return to the park with the same system they had fielded for the LED Festival a few weeks earlier - working alongside Loud Sound, the event management company, and LarMac LIVE, the production company.

This increasingly popular festival site is bordered on one side by trees, a canal and high-tariff residential properties. Thus environmental Acoustics experts Vanguardia needed to be satisfied that the sound would not bleed beyond the site perimeter and Cap's crew chief Nick Foots, supported by Martin Audio's development manager Phil Anthony, set presets that would comfortably ensure this, while being able to retain a threshold of 98dB-100d

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"MBC have been using the Shure UHF Premium series for many years now," commented Shajahan K K, Shure product manager. "After demonstrating all the new features and benefits with the UHF-R, it was only common sense for them to consider the new wireless system."

(Jim Evans)

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It was the seventh consecutive year that Entec has supplied the event, for which Liam Halpin was crew chief, systems designer and radio supervisor. His successful sound design model has been used for the last five years, during which time it has been tweaked and honed to give an optimum sound on site - for a wide variety of artists and styles - producing the absolute minimum noise pollution in the surrounding areas.

The system consisted of nine deep left and right hangs of d&b's J8 large format line array speakers and a distributed bass array across the front of the

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While the concert has raised the doubts of Randy and Jermaine Jackson, it has the full support of the star's mother and other siblings. British acts Leona Lewis, Craig David and JLS have also been lined up to perform at the gig. Several of Jackson's brothers will also perform, along with 3T, which consists of Tito Jackson's three sons. "We're delighted that such exciting and globally recognised acts have joined the line-up to pay tribute to a music legend," said Chris Hunt, president of concert promoter Glob

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The TTL11A is an active column speaker array system composed by two modules, one for the mid-high and one for the bass frequencies.

The TTL11A-H is the HF module and is equipped with four 2.5" neodymium compression drivers with 1.5" exit throat. The TTL11A-B is the bass frequency section of the system and features four 8" neodymium woofers with 2.5" voice coil for a perfect and powerful mid-bass response.

A powerful 96 kHz, 32 bit DSP integrated in the TTL11A-H module provides the signal processing also for the TTL11A-B. 2000 W digital amplifiers power both the modules that comp

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Of particular interest is the Visage LED Multipar RGBAW - a new PAR unit that delivers a truly impressive light output from 18 x 8w LEDs. 12 x RGBW and 6 x RGBA 4 in 1 LEDs produce full spectrum colour mixing and control is achieved through DMX, auto programs, sound to light or master slave functions. The black multipar housing is more robust than conventional PARcan bodies and completes this tough, powerful unit.

Another brand making its PLASA debut is Lumaform. Offering a range of LED illuminated furniture in a variety of styles; Lumaform is at the cutting edge of this exc

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The company will be showing various control surface and MixRack components from its iLive digital mixing family, as well as the range of audio networking possibilities such as MADI and Dante, and additional control options including the Allen & Heath PL Series remote controllers, iLive Editor software, iLive Tweak app for iPhone and the MixPad app for iPad.

Also on display will be models from the Xone DJ range - including the Xone:PB patchbay, Xone:S2 installation mixer and Xone:DB4 FX mixer - as well as the ZED USB compact mixers and GS-R24 recording mixer.

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Exhibiting on stand 1-J12, Line 6 will be showcasing the expansion of the microphone family, which now includes two new models, XD-V30HS and XD-V70HS headset microphone systems. These augment the award-winning XD-V30 and XD-V70 handheld and lavalier systems.

XD-V70HS digital wireless system consists of a lightweight, discreet and fully adjustable headset with an omni-directional condenser microphone.

XD-V30HS digital wireless system features a robust uni-directional condenser microphone attached to a durable headset, which is ideal for fitness instructors, business presentations and environments with high levels of ambient noise.

As the switchover to channel 38 fast approaches, Line 6 offers a cle