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The aptly named Grand Théâtre and Petit Théâtre feature auditoriums seating 667 and 252 respectively, alongside rehearsal rooms and other facilities. After major refurbishment of the buildings, Vénissieux-based Scenetec was contracted to design and install the new technical infrastructure in both venues.

"Before the refurbishment, the auditoriums were more-or-less still as they had been in the 1970s, so it was the ideal opportunity to completely update the technical specification to modern standar

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The system is based around an iLive-T112 Control Surface and an iDR-48 MixRack fitted with a MADI network card.

"I first saw the modular iLive system at a PLASA show a few years ago, so when the compact fixed-format iLive-T Series came along, I decided to take the plunge and purchase a system. It has eliminated a 20U rack of outboard at FOH, made the FOH footprint much smaller and made fit-up/get-out times so much quicker. The get-out on this tour typically takes less than an hour, with FOH being able to be packed away in ten minutes," comments Andy Onion, Bugle Boy's sound designer and operator.

In the FOH rack is a rackmount P

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"Each month the subject of sound is given a new twist. Readers of 'Blue Stage' can expect inspiring stories delivered in an informative and innovative way", explains Uwe Greunke, director of strategic marketing at Sennheiser. 'Blue Stage' is designed to be a focal point for both long-standing and aspiring sound enthusiasts".

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"The upcoming change in the frequency window of what we're allowed to use in Australia was an important factor in the purchases," he remarked. "The 780 - 820 MHz range will become progressively unusable or illegal to use in Australia at a certain point in the future so we needed to change at some point."

Having used the Shure UHF-R systems extensively over the past few months, Wilkie reports that their performance has been terrific.

"They're a lot more flexible and easier to set up than their predecessor," he said. "The IR to program the be

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The new ISO Balancer DI converts unbalanced audio signals from sources including Computers, Tablets and Smart Phones to balanced, low impedance signals suitable for use with professional equipment and long cable runs. Transformer ground isolation ensures low-noise operation, preventing ground loops and other extraneous noise.

The ISO Balancer DI features industry standard 6.5mm Jack, RCA and 3.5mm Jack inputs to cover all connector types, and transformer balanced Left and Right XLR outputs.

As an added feature the Iso Balancer DI also features a Mono'ing switch allowing Stereo signals to be easily mono'd.

The ISO Balancer DI is a totally passive device with no power requirements, making it a truly universal and

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Over 100 Tannoy CMS 801DC in-ceiling loudspeakers are deployed throughout the facility, says Alex Donkle, of D.L. Adams Associates, Ltd., the firm tasked with designing THSSC's A/V and control systems: "They're everywhere; hallways, the lobby, the exam rooms, in three conference rooms equipped with video/teleconferencing systems and in the main simulation area, the Multimedia Room."

CMS Series is Tannoy's premium range of full bandwidth; highpower and high sensitivity ceiling-mounted loudspeaker devices specifically designed for applications requiring the combination of uncompromising sonic quality for

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Southwell brings more than 20 years of experience in product management and technology leadership within the networking industry. Prior to joining Audinate, Southwell served as CTO at BTI Systems, where he focused on enabling new services and deployment for large-scale packet optical network and strategic planning of next generation video delivery systems.

"I am excited to join Audinate and I have been very impressed with strong momentum and adoption of Dante to date" says Southwell. "What's even more exciting is the enormous potential Dante can bring to enable new A/V networked applications."

"Audinate is a networking company, and we have captured a market leadership position, due to the vast expertise we h

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The Media version plays MP3 or WMA files directly from a USB device or SD memory card plugged into the front panel of the unit, via a simple set of playback controls. All standard data rates and sampling frequencies are supported.

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Midas brand development manager, Richard Ferriday comments, "We look forward to welcoming our American audiophile friends to booth B 5740 at NAMM, where we will have our product range hooked up to audio and ready to go. Visitors are invited to play with and listen to the consoles. Jay Easley, Kyle Chirnside and I will be on hand to answer questions, and we're confident that everyone who attends will enjoy the experience."

MIDAS launched the smallest of its PRO Series - the award winning PRO1 - at InfoComm Las Vegas in June 2012, followed by its European debut at London's PLASA in September.

In the past year Midas PRO Consoles have been the choice on an increasing number

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Retailers interested in more information on the scheme - either for themselves or a customer - should contact Fineline Media Finance on 020 8334 2100 or email sales@fineline.co.uk

Audio-Technica UK managing director Adrian Rooke said, "Audio-Technica is aware of the financial challenges that continue to face our customers in difficult economic times. We are dedicated to supporting them through these challenges where we can, so we're very pleased to be able to announce this finance package on two of Allen&Heath's most popular professional mixers."

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As in previous years, Alcons is providing the audio system for the extremely popular ISE 3D Theatre, with daily presentations taking place on the current status of 3D audio technology.

Partnering with LANG AG, Volfoni, LGE, Philips Digital Signage and Wolfvision, Alcons will be hosting multi-channel surround demonstrations through its CRMS reference sound system.

The main focus of the stand will be the QR24 pro-ribbon line-source column - a modular, two-way column-array loudspeaker to be used as in acoustically-challenging rooms. The compact QR24 delivers a full-range high SPL HiFi sound quality, with unparalleled speech intelligibility in even the most reverberant room

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"If you're doing the sound for The World's Largest Disco, the system has to be no-holds-barred," said Ray DiBiase, president of Northeastern Production Systems, which provided the sound, lighting and video systems for the event. "The music is the reason everyone was there and we had to move 7,000 people with loud, bass-heavy sound in a room that's the biggest dance floor in New York State."

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Both screens, one on the Downtown side and one on the Creek side of the fly-over, are 20m wide and 12 m high.

The Metro link of 820m is one of the longest pedestrian walkways linking the Dubai Metro directly to the Burj Khalifa/The Dubai Mall and is expected to significantly enhance the convenience of visitors to the mall and the Burj Khalifa.

At its peak capacity the travelators can carry over 13.500 people per hour. The complete travelator project was developed by the Emaar Properties PJSC.

The big video screens have been installed by Zio-Technologies and in cooperation with Mr. Sanjeev Nar Singh of AAVISS the decision was made for the four Pan Beam PB248 systems which have been installed on the left and right side of each screen.

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Just 800sq.m, with a capacity for eight hundred people, the club has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. The celebrations called for a new PA system and owner Sebastián Menichetti knew just who to contact. "I had been hearing good things about Audiomusica, they had some German system everybody was talking about, d&b audiotechnik. I asked Erickson Cardona to come down and give me a demonstration."

"I saw straight away what the Subterraneo needed," said Erickson, head of technical and commercial support in Audiomusica. "The acoustic environment is actually not that bad, even with the l

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The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit, state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video production facility that travels across the US and Canada, offering songwriting and multimedia production workshops to young people. At each destination, the production setup of the bus changes to accommodate the varying needs, levels of skill and interests of the school and community.

Whether it's handling communications for an intimate acoustic perfo

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Announcing the series, Optocore director, Tine Helmle, said: "We believe this to be the best solution for the professional AV market, largely because it is now a common standard - with MADI ports frequently used by manufacturers to offer clients a future-proofed, open platform, with price advantages."

On top of that, says Helme, this solution has many advantages over Ethernet. MADI switches are extremely price efficient, with low latency, low power consumption and fast set-up time - since they have been developed specifically for professional audio and video. These attributes are represented in Optocore's new range.

The new devices will eventually develop into a complete MADI series of 16-port and

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However, all eyes will be on the MLA Compact. Aimed at a wider range of touring and installed sound applications than the original MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array), in a smaller and lighter version, the MLA Compact delivers the groundbreaking cellular technology to a wider range of applications that do not require the full power and throw of the full-size MLA, or where a smaller, lighter system is required.

Sharing the same sonic attributes of the flagship MLA the new system's compact size (W: 788

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Rimroth is well placed to take on the role of APG product manager: having worked for several years as a live sound engineer, he has spent the last nine years at Avid Technology in the UK as a field service engineer, and latterly as a field service manager responsible for the live sound sector.

"Audio-Technica has offered me exactly the kind of position I w

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"Moving back to studio market with Soundtracs was always something we planned to do," says James Gordon, DiGiCo's managing director. "The challenge was developing products with the right technology that would offer something revolutionary.

"There have been lots of technology shifts in the last few years and we saw this as a great opportunity, but we needed to partner with the right

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"When the authorities to the Judiciary determined the court's PA system required renovation they set higher definition and intelligibility as immutable goals," said Mr. Long Po of integrators Acejet (Group) Technology Co. Ltd.

This was to be no easy task, the floor and walls of the courtroom are marble clad and reverberation is high; multiple gooseneck microphones with high input gain mak

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Specialists in radio, audio, infra-red, microprocessor and mechanical design, Williams Sound continue to develop new products that meet the technical requirements of many different countries.

John Midgley, POLARaudio MD comments: "This is an exciting development for POLARaudio as it significantly expands our offer in what is a growing marketplace. Williams Sound is without doubt a heavyweight player in this sector and I foresee a mutually bright fu

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More than 60 musicians, 40 choristers and two presenters took part in the event and every one of them was miked with a DPA microphone.

Sound engineer Roger Bou Farhat, head of Beirut-based rental company Loud N Clear, supplied all of the audio equipment for the Awards ceremony. He says: "I specified DPA microphones because they always deliver fantastic results. As this was a highly prestigious event, the audio had to be first class and I knew that DPA would be up to the challenge."

DPA d:vote 4099 instrument microphones were used to mic the entire orchestra and also the Guy Manukian band, which performed at the ceremony. For the band's piano, high hat and orien

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Aaron Chisena (product manager Electro-Voice Mobile Audio) and Markus Schmittinger (product marketing manager) previewed a major new loudspeaker line from Electro-Voice -- shortly to be unveiled to the general public -- and the agenda also included, under the theme Growth3, a recap of the products successfully introduced in 2012 and an exegesis of residual growth

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As general manager of service, Smith will be responsible for all service activities, including service sales, managed services, service and maintenance and service administration for users of AV systems within the corporate, control rooms and leisure markets. He will work with the service team to promote and expand Electrosonic's service offerings while maintaining the highest level of client satisfaction.

Smith joined Electrosonic in 2010 as client account manager for the Cultural Entertainment and Leisure (CEL) team. He was quickly promoted to sales manager CEL where he spent the last year developing the entertainment business. His new role will see Smith responsible for new initiatives to grow both the service and managed services businesses. H