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14 March 2016

The R-1000 is a standalone, dedicated recorder/player designed to work with the V-Mixing System in any live event or production, making it suitable for virtual rehearsal, rehearsals, playback and training. It can also be used with any digital console with a MADI output via the Roland S-MADI REAC MADI Bridge. Previewed earlier this year, this multi-purpose, rackmountable solution is now fully featured and shipping globally.

Based on REAC (Roland Ethernet Audio Communication), the R-1000 eliminates the bulk and noise susceptibility typically associated with analogue snakes and replaces it with Cat 5e/6 (Ethernet/LAN) cable. Recording up to 48 tracks of 24-bit audio in BWF format, its remo

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14 March 2016

Sturdily manufactured, the new SW118HA 18" sub-woofer comes complete with its own rear-mounted castors.

Powered by an advanced technology digital amplifier, the new Proel sub can deliver up to 1,000 Watts across a frequency range of 34-140Hz and has a maximum output of 131dB at 1 metre. The crossover frequency is 80Hz or 125Hz and the sound quality from the comparatively small unit is exceptional, thanks to the use of a Celestion speaker fitted with a 4" voice coil.

The Proel SW118H is housed in an 18mm beech plywood cabinet with an anti-scratch finish and comes with a single 35mm top hat fitting.

UK distributor Proel says the new sub matches other Proel speaker systems - notably the FLASH15HA, NET15A and NET215A to form high

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14 March 2016

The range of installation and portable PA speakers features Traction Sound's SDS Horn technology. Technical specialist Andy Pardoe explains, "The SDS Horn is a high frequency device utilising multiple high-powered soft dome tweeters arrayed in a line. This eliminates the use of industry standard compression drivers, providing a higher quality alternative."

Jonny Goodwillie, sales director at Traction Sound continues, "We decided to enter the Innovation Awards following a very positive response to the SDS Range launch at PLASA Focus in Leeds earlier this year. The range is designed to deliver accurate sound reproduction at high SPL with absolutely no distortion. We believe our entry

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14 March 2016

Speed Audio's Juan Gabriel Fernandez and Miguel Guerra declare that the overriding factor for their investment is the SD8's purity of sound.

"It is an exceptional console and unique in the live sound arena," states Guerra. "The more we get to know the SD8, the more it fascinates us. It's really easy to use and has a lot of shortcuts that are

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14 March 2016

The management of Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice in Polish soccer's premier division - the Ekstraklasa - recently decided in favour of the second option, replacing a stadium constructed just after the Second World War with a completely new and ultra-modern one.

When it is finally completed at the end of 2011, the Stadion Piast will seat up to 10,000 spectators and will be the first stadium in the Silesia region to comply with UEFA's stringent regulations for international stadia - including those dealing with sound reinforcement and evacua

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14 March 2016

As part of its ongoing commitment, Audio-Technica will continue to serve as the official microphone provider of the Tour Bus, supplying a complete line of A-T microphone products for use on the Bus itself (including 40 Series, Artist Elite, Audio-Technica Wireless and other key A-T products and accessories). In addition, A-T will be contributing to the prize packages of the related John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus travels around the US throughout the year. Outfitted with traditional musical instruments as well as high-tech professional audio and video gear, the bus has provided free hands-on programmes since 1998 for hundreds of high schools, colleges, boys and girls clubs

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It provides a mono sub output, an adjustable crossover frequency for each channel, adjustable LF/HF and input gains, phase reverse controls, switchable 40 Hz High-Pass filters and symmetrical XLR In- and Outputs. With the LD Systems X223 you get a crossover fulfilling the professional standards and offering great quality and sound characteristics.

Andrew Richardson, managing director of Adam Hall UK comments, "The X223 Crossover is perfect for all rack mount applications, whether they be fixed or transportable. This rugged unit comes with the LD Systems piece of mind 2 year guarantee."

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With rigging to both fly and stack the system, SSE LA8 patch panels and all cased by Sigma Fabrications, Pearce Hire are ready to 'rock with the newest line array from L-Acoustics', says the company.

Pearce Hire has also invested in another brand new Yamaha M7CL-48 digital mixing console alongside the KARA system, expanding its stock of digital desks as well as PA.

Shaun Pearce comments: "We are very excited to get KARA out on the road and we feel it will open new doors for us in the world of Audio Rental. KARA is a hot product for sure and we are very pleased to be a part of the L-Acoustics Rental Network."

"We chose SSE Sales because we have a good working relationship with SSE Hire and Caneg

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Introduced to the wide acclaim of consultants and dealers in Istanbul earlier this year, these products provide sound designers with "unprecedented scalability and configurability" for venues including arenas, performing arts centres, live music venues and houses of worship. They enable concert-quality sound to be delivered more consistently and efficiently, regardless of room size, shape, or acoustic properties.

Also on show at PLASA 2011 will be updated Bose Modeler software including features for designing systems with RoomMatch array modules, and new Bose ControlSpace D

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14 March 2016

Olympic Countdown - Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue bosses have warned that the technical demands of events surrounding next summer's London Olympics could drain available technical staff away from the Scottish capital.

The crucial period will be the opening week of the Olympics, from 27 July, which is when Edinburgh's

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14 March 2016

Mocom was founded in 1991 by Walter Thornton and Harald Steindl and is based in Vienna. As a leading PRO-AV distributor Mocom has arranged a powerful portfolio of brands and in-house resources to not only help their trade partners winning business but also to support the industry by sponsoring various educational and social events.

Harald Steindl, CEO of Mocom, is "excited about our new relationship with Cloud Electronics. Cloud products are truly designed for the contractor's ease of installation and the user's ease of operation. Cloud products are a perfect fit and compliment Mocom's product offerings&quo

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Every room in the castle is now equipped with energy efficient LED lighting, projections, and audio, bringing the castle back to life in a dynamic timecode controlled show aptly named "A Day in the Life of the Castle".

The multimedia show was created by Dutch theatre producer Saskia Boddeke and British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. The technical and practical realization was a collaboration between Rolight, LumenRadio's distributor in the Netherlands, Philips Lighting, Lichtpunt Theatert

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At Glastonbury, APR provided PA and control systems to manage FOH and monitor mixing duties on two of the largest stages. On the West Holts stage, an iDR-64 with iLive-144 was provided at FOH, while a compact system, comprising an iDR-16 and iLive-R72 rackmount surface, was used to manage compere mics, DJ, and BGM duties at FOH. Delayed near-field monitoring was also controlled by this set up at the FOH tower.

On the John Peel Stage, an iDR-64 and iLive-176 with iLive MixPad ap

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The latest loudspeaker products from the AXYS R&D lab are the Flex U-12G2, U-14G2 and UFM-265. But why flexible, are Duran making arrays that you can bend now? Not yet, but who knows what the future holds; these new products are the latest generation of the companies highly successful Flex range. Flexible because of the amount of applications that these units can be used for, they are ideal for use in Theatre as: front fills, under balcony fills, surround loudspeakers and monitors whilst equally useful in the AV/Corporate world for boardrooms & presentation audio and are an ideal choice for small bars and clubs. Being all things to all market segments doesn't mean that the sound of the units is compromised though, as the

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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 relevant issues

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A total of 82 Fohhn loudspeakers (both conventional speakers and line array systems) have been installed in the new theatre, including 22 AT-66 and twenty AT-10 systems from Fohhn's Arc-Series, eight AS-40 compact subwoofers, 22 Linea Series AL-20 near-field systems and four Linea AL-150 line source column speakers.

Six XM-4 wedges have also been supplied for stage monitoring. In addition, thirty-one DSP-controlled amplifiers - 20 D-2.1500, 10

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The Midas Venice F Series consoles are the first of the company's products to benefit from the advantage of the SiP technology. The usual rigid foam and rubber covered rear support has been replaced by a one-piece SiP insert. The robust rubber surface and soft core of the SiP inserts guarantees a long life and the best protection for the Midas consoles.

Amptown cases developed the first SiP (Super Impact protection) insert in 1998, initially as the best protection for moving heads, mixing desks, LCD screens and Plasma displays. A soft core and almost incorruptible surface guarantees perfect shock absorption.

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Emulator is the world's first and only fully customisable, multi-touch system for professional DJs and music producers. Using a state-of-the-art dual view multi-touch system, Emulator's large-scale interface allows the DJ to become part of the light show as the crowd witnesses their every move, giving the performer a new and exciting way to communicate with the audience.

The official launch of Emulator was organised in partnership with Ministry of Sound as part of the 20:20 project, celebrating the iconic brand's 20th year in the industry. The sh

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The new sports and events hall, which consists of three basketball courts, a spectator seating gallery and everything else a sporting venue could ask for, will be used for sporting events and can also double as a concert hall comfortably holding up to 800-1,000 spectators. The Front of House concert rig consists of Line Source Units QL 1215 powered by a DA 428 with 700 Watts per channel and subs QLB 118 powered with a DA 230 amplifier with 1,500 Watts per channel. The K.M.E. amplifiers with multi channel functionality and DSP drive the entire system.

Professional Audio Technology's technology specialist Alan Liddelow was at the venue during the first sound

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14 March 2016

"The Lab.gruppen PLM range was an easy choice for SSE Hire, because of the onboard Lake processing and the fact that the amps can work on a Dante network out of the box" said SSE's Alex Penn.

"The power to weight/size ratio of the PLM 10000Q and PLM 20000Q is phenomenal. We just genuinely believe that these are the best amps to use where we have the choice."

"We are very pleased to be have been appointed as a sub-distributor for Lake/Lab.gruppen because these are great products. The range of amplifiers now available from Lab will work in all market sectors, as well as providing the very best for the touring market."

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14 March 2016

Designed in collaboration with the EAW acoustical design team, the HDA is promoted as "a professional, powerful and extremely flexible compact line array". Configurable with up to four per side, the HDA can handle anything from mid-size houses of worship to large clubs in a cost-effective design.

"The HDA is another example of what Mackie does best: delivering high-end pro audio technology to the masses," said Ben Olswang, Mackie brand product manager. "Thanks to the integration of EAW's design exp

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14 March 2016

The OCA Alliance has been formed to ensure the standardisation of the Open Control Architecture (OCA) for a wide interoperability of professional audio equipment. Since its formation in June this year the members have been working towards a final technical definition of OCA.

As with all the other members, the Yamaha Corporation was initially approached by Bosch, the initiator of the OCA Alliance, to discuss how to overcome the challenge of interoperability in the professional audio market. "We are glad to now be able to join this alliance, with which we were in close communication

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Specified for high end sound touring and fixed installation applications, the circa £45K console boasts a "high agility" user interface, accessed via two 24 inch 16:10 high definition LCD touch screens; a further centre located 6-inch LCD touch screen accesses the system control and automation. Combined with a far less menu dependent operating system than other digital consoles, the CDC Eight is promoted as "exceptionally smart, nimble and intuitive in operation".

The CDC Eight features a high I/O count for a desk at this price point, offering 128 input channels - expandable to 256 - and a standard 48 outputs. Two frame sizes offer 16 or 32 faders. Built upo

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In testing with customers whose high levels of sweat and body oils can cause their IEMs to fail, using the Dry & Store Zephyr eliminated all residual moisture from the earphones. Significantly, close examination of the earphones in Sensaphonics labs showed no build-up of body oils inside the earphones, even after two months of use, says the company.

"We're very excited by this product, especially for IEM users whose high levels of sweat can actually cause product failure," states Sensaphonics president Michael Santucci. &quo