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14 March 2016

Patrick Lundin has joined the Genelec sales team in Sweden as country sales manager for the newly launched range of Home Audio products. Lundin is an experienced audio sales professional and will bring a wealth of industry knowledge and local market experience to his new position.

In the Far East, Feng Haying has been appointed as the national director of Beijing Genelec Audio. Feng has considerable experience in the music recording field including acting as chief recording engineer of China National Centre for the Performing Arts. Feng joined the Beijing Genelec Audio team in May 2011 as a technical manager and recording consultant.<

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14 March 2016

This year's star-studded line-up included Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Usher, Katy Perry, Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, The Wanted, Flo Rida and many more, kick starting the Summer with an action packed day of pop music and vibes.

Adlib's crew line up of 17 was chiefed by Marc Peers. Key people included systems tech Tony Szabo, RF co-ordinator Dave Kay, presenter console operator Ian Nelson and patch by Michael Bernard Flaherty all intent on delivering a precisely planned mission involving some superlative teamwork.

Peers worked closely with Production North's sound supervisor Ant Carr and their event production manager Sarah Hollis on the advance logistics ensuring all the requi

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14 March 2016

The Juke Box sound system was engineered by Martin Audio, also responsible for creating the current iteration of the Box Room at Ministry of Sound in London. The Box is a five-sided room within a room completely insulated and suspended from the outside wall that is considered to be one of the best sound systems in the world.

Nissan and Ministry of Sound turned to Martin Audio to create a totally self-sufficient 18,900W sound system for the Juke Box. A set of custom made cabinets and enclosures housing two 18" powered subs and the same Mid Hi enclosures used at MOS enable an exceptionally high output with no compromise in sound quality. All of the custom speake

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14 March 2016

The new 2.4GHz DWZ series includes combinations of hand-held mics, bodypack transmitters and rack-mount or compact size receivers, with various components for use by musicians, or in classroom, corporate, house of-worship or government applications, the company says.

The DWZ Series includes: DWZ-B30GB Digital Wireless Package-Guitar kit, DWZ-B70HL Digital Wireless Package-Headset and Lavalier kit, DWZ-M50 Digital Wireless Package-Vocal Set and DWZ-M70 Digital Wireless Package-Vocal/Speech kit.

"The DWZ series builds on Sony's extensive wireless expertise to deliver the most flexibility and the highest levels of

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14 March 2016

Canford product manager, Stephen Gallagher commented, "The appointment acknowledges Canford's ability to support occasional, specific and contract supply of Sennheiser Pro Audio equipment to professional users, installers and resellers alike."

Gallagher went on to explain how customers will gain from Canford's new supply partner status "Trade customers migrating from a direct relationship with Sennheiser will also benefit from Canford's free technical support service, significant UK stock holding and trade account pricing." He added "When it comes to sales and support of Sennheiser Pro Audio products Canford has a wealth of knowledge having been a major distribut

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14 March 2016

On application by their course administrators or leaders, students will be invited for a day at Shure UK's headquarters, where the company's specialists will advise the visitors on a variety of disciplines, depending on the students' requirements. Help is offered on microphone basics and theory, including practical mic placement work in a live room, vocal and drum miking, and wireless microphone basics. Visting students work through theory in the morning, then tackle practical/hands-on work in the afternoon.

The foundation of Shure Education formalises a role Shure Distribution UK has already been fulfi

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14 March 2016

Front of House engineer Josh Lloyd, of live audio specialists Britannia Row, specified a substantial network comprising two Midas PRO9 and one PRO2C consoles front of house - and XL8, PRO9 and PRO6 consoles in monitor land.

In addition to this, Lloyd employed 14 Midas DL431 digital mic splitters to take care of a whopping 96 channels of house band plus 96 orchestra channels.

More than 250,000 people packed into The Mall, St. James's Park and around the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace to watch world-famous musicians honour Her Majesty with their best performance, with millions more watching around the world on TV.

Incredibly fast turnarounds between each performance saw acts such as Kylie Minogue, Annie Lennox, Elto

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14 March 2016

With bases in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the long-standing Warehouse Sound Services this month purchased 16 of RCF's new HDL 20-A compact line array enclosures and four complementary SUB 8006-AS 2 x 18" active high power subwoofers to enhance its hire fleet.

According to Warehouse sales director Derek Blair, the combination of an optimised active system, with an enviable price/performance ratio in a compact, composite enclosure, provided a compelling reason for the investment.

Formed over 30 years ago, Warehouse Sound has been an RCF sub-distributor for the past four years, initially purchasing their contractor systems before pulling back from direct installations to form a more transparent partnership with their AV customers, assi

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Sporting a twin coaxial speaker construction, the PT-6 contains 6 x 6.5" long excursion neodymium and 3 x 1.4" compression drivers with a specially developed HF phase EQ. The loudspeaker's compression drivers and the HF phase EQ/Waveguide have been tailored to optimize the system's vertical beam characteristics.

A vertical dispersion angle of 30 degrees gives excellent results even in venues w

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14 March 2016

Eidim was contracted by Kwang Mying to design and source all audio, lighting and large format display needs. Eidim was familiar with Adamson systems via a demo held in California a few years ago in which Adamson

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Kimbra has been touring the US with monitor engineer Rod Metheson using a DiGiCo SD11. "The great thing about the SD11 is that I could fit it into a Samsonsite case," says Metheson. "I made a frame which goes over it that keeps the buttons and screens protected. It just looks like luggage to customs officials. They seem to make a big fuss when they see a road case, trying to charge additional freight and the like. It's pretty amazing that I could just check it in as

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Located on Svobody Avenue, by the city's opera house, the 30,375m2, free-to-enter Lviv Fanzone was open for 10 hours a day throughout Euro 2012 and relayed all the matches. When matches weren't in progress, other entertainment included live music and DJ sets, while the space was also utilised for three of the city's annual cultural fe

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14 March 2016

Created to encourage the exchange of important ideas, the new Pro Development Programme puts unrivalled focus on content provision, significantly developing the show's educational offering.

The four-day programme consists of 80 free-to-attend sessions taking place in four brand new, purpose-built seminar theatres on the show floor. Organised into nine distinct categories, the new format provides unparalleled access to entertainment & installation technology's leading thinkers and doers.

The first category is Future Trends, a series of sessions looking at the current direction of technology and where it might lead us. This programme includes the headline session Are we near to Perfect Sound? -

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FOH engineer Paul 'Pab' Boothroyd found out that there was a new e15 system available with a significant quantity of Y18, Y10 and T21's to support the stadium show in Bogota and jumped at the opportunity.

Ewan McDonald and Leo Vilar of C.Vilar, provided the system design with left and right main hangs, each made up of 15 x E15 above two SpekTrix 5 degree enclosures, and two SpekTrix W 15 degree enclosures. The design for side-hangs featured 12 x Y18's with an under-hang of four Y10's per side, 16 T21

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Musik Markt Bad Saulgau, under the direction of its proprietor Alfons Müller, was the company charged with the planning and installation of the audio system. After conducting numerous comparative tests, the company opted for an EVA line-array system from Electro-Voice.

"There were stringent financial constraints as well as aesthetic ones," says Müller. "The system needed to blend harmoniously into the elegant interior design of the hall, as we

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14 March 2016

The new paint finish will be available as a 'special order' item on the company's popular Aero 8A powered line array system, its companion sub, the LX-212A, as well as the D.A.S. LX-215A powered double 15-inch subwoofer system and it different versions. Also to be available in white will be the Convert 12A constant curvature array as well as its companion subwoofer, the Convert 18A.

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Audio-Technica held the awards ceremony to honour its dedicated force of manufacturer's representatives during the InfoComm Expo on 13 June 2012, at the Wynn Las Vegas. The A-T Rep of the Year recipient was congratulated for outstanding sales performance and bestowed with Audio-Technica's Samurai doll award. Ark Productions & Marketing was acknowledged for its consistent success in the areas of sales, marketing and customer service.

Michael Edwards said, "Ark Productions & Marketing is keenly dedicated to their customers and the brands they represent, which are among the

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14 March 2016

Designed by Populous, and funded by the NSW Government, Royal Agricultural Society and the AFL, the AUD $65m stadium is considered special because of its adaptability. It remains the main arena for the Sydney Easter Show, but it is now also an intimate stadium for AFL.

The stadium comprises two new grandstands built onto the existing infrastructure. The north-west side grandstand also hosts new coach's boxes, broadcast rooms and a massive scoreboard.

The PA People were called upon to fit out the public address systems for the new grandstands and integrate it into the existing systems of the existing areas. For this type of project JBL's AE Application Engineered Series of versatile loudspeakers for a wide variety of fixed ins

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14 March 2016

Representing some of the industry's leading international brands, AVSC sees Optocore's high-speed, high-performance digital networking system as the perfect solution for reliable transmission of audio, data and video signals in large installation projects, rental/touring applications and the broadcast market sectors, according to AVSC's sales manager, Wayne A. Gutor.

"With the addition of Optocore to our product portfolio, AVSC will be recognised as a total system solution provider for PA and AV markets in the Philippines," he said.

Faced with an increasing demand for a reliable

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14 March 2016

The new office - PAS's first in the US - is part of a planned expansion strategy for the company in the US, which will offer an extensive range of innovative standard and custom products, built to the highest standards at highly competitive prices.

PAS has been steadily expanding its range of 19 inch rack range enclosures and accessories over the last two years.

PAS's American business has been steadily growing in recent years. Opening the office and warehouse was the next logical step to consolidate the service and ensure the backup, technical support and standards associated with the brand are maintained, says the company.

New products are constantly being launched in respo

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14 March 2016

"We listened to a whole range of speakers and we were continually drawn back to the EM Acoustics products," commented James Gosney, Stage Electrics' business development manager for audio. "The energy and philosophy of this independent British manufacturer sits very well with our aims. We strive to deliver well designed and high quality audio and the EM range just sounds superb."

EM Acoustics operations director, Mike Wheeler, is equally pleased with the arr

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14 March 2016

"I'd been working on a maxed out board since I started with the band and I thought, now is the time to make a change in this set up. I talked with Foster's FOH engineer James Lawrenson about what we should do to make the gig better and what we both wanted to do with the set up. After our numerous chats, I came to the conclusion that there are not many boards out there that could give me more than 32 auxes."

Francois was familiar with DiGiCo's D5 and SD8 and liked the sound of the consoles. His decision was between the SD10 and the SD7.

"I finally chose the SD

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14 March 2016

Plus 4's Stewart Chaney reports, "I've been looking at Uniline for a while now, and have always been attracted to its power-to-size ratio, which is very important in a TV studio environment. However, when APG launched the UL210D down-fill element, which is actually a system in i

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14 March 2016

"I've been using iLive on tours with Tindersticks over the last couple of years, most recently renting a pair of R72 surfaces, and I've enjoyed the experience immensely. So, I had been wondering how it would perform on a Morrissey tour," comments Millward.

The tour has already visited Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, The Philippines, Hawaii and USA during April and May.

"All the backline equipment was to be air freighted around Asia at considerable cost but it seemed the only realisti