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Kaukis will continue to grow the Mackie and Ampeg brands as well as working on the Beyerdynamic and Gallien Krueger brands with POLARaudio national sales manager (retail division), Clive Burns.

Following his appointment Kaukis commented: "I am delighted to be joining such a fast growing, proactive company and working with such a strong brand portfolio. I will be working closely with the POLARaudio team focusing on going out around the country, meeting people face-to-face to en

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Speaking to The Independent, the BBC's head of music television Mark Cooper said the rock legends were "nervous about how much they should share". The Stones, he told the paper, were "stepping out of their comfort zone". He added: "At this point, I'm quite optimistic we'll get a sufficient amount of music." The BBC statement said: "We're confident that we'll be able to deliver fantastic coverage of this year's amazing Glastonbury line-up." The Rolling Sto

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The eclectic four-piece who've been together since 1993 starting out as Pezz and later changing their name for legal reasons, consists of Ben Kowalewicz (lead vocals), Ian D'Sa (lead guitar), Jon Gallant (bass) and Aaron Solowoniuk (drums).

The main PA comprised 14 Martin Audio MLA cabinets and one MLD (down-fill) flown on each side of the stage with 12 W8LC per side for left and right side PA, 12 MLX subs floor-stacked and eight W8LM cabinets along the downstage edge for in-fill/out-fill. Martin Audio MA 4.2 amplifiers were used to power the side and in-fill/out-fill systems.

Crew for the show include

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But since JBL introduced its radical CBT70J Constant Beamwidth column arrays he has really gone into overdrive. "We like this product a lot," he says. "It's absolutely fantastic, with good sensitivity; it delivers great acoustic energy, has good frequency response and we try and get that into most of our church jobs."

Recently Grainger put his theory to the test in one of Ireland's heritage buildings - St. Macartan's Cathedral in Co, Monaghan whose construction dates back 150 years.

"The old sound system had been installed 30 years previously - it was speech only and towards the end of it

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"At the onset of our 40th Anniversary in 2013, Outline has become the system of choice for the highly regarded Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. and the historic jazz club, Little Gem Saloon, in New Orleans," says Tom Bensen, sr. vice president and managing director of Outline North Ame

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Originally a tomato canning factory, the 2,500sq.m complex has been transformed and renamed Fougaro (smokestack), with reference to the building's 36m chimney. The former industrial buildings have been stylishly developed by Florica Kyriacopoulos, a businesswoman and renowned art collector. Ms. Kyriacopoulos wanted to fill a void in the local artisan market, whilst achieving her own lifelong dream to enrich the cultural life of Nafplion with a venue exclusively dedicated to creativity. The Fougaro complex includes a library, art shop, amphitheatre, arts workshop, café-bar, art spaces and a summer cin

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With an architectural reverberation time of 1.7 seconds, the hall suits orchestral performance well, but is less accommodating of other musical genres. Now with Constellation, Svetlanov Hall can provide the proper acoustics for pop and jazz performances including Al Di Meola and The Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as its magnificent 5,500-pipe organ, the largest in Russia.

The dramatic improvement to Svetlanov Hall's acoustics was immediately lauded by conductors, musicians, and audience alike.

"Con

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Keiluhollin becomes the second major bowling complex to be opened in Reykjavik. Jakob Kristinsson, of ETOS, comments, "In 2006 I installed a non-Peavey system into another [bowling] venue, but now, seven years on, all three of the audio processors have broken down, so I knew I had to come up with a much more flexible solution this time round," he explains. "It quickly became clear that the only system that would tick all the boxes was Peavey's MediaMatrix

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The HK Audio seminar conducted between 11-12 June will focus on the history of the company, technical sessions on all the products and an in-depth hands-on for live applications. Technical sessions include HK Audio's Concert Series, Portable Series systems, amplification techniques and FirNet controller configurations. Instructors will also be open to answer any questions that the attendees may have and share their knowledge based on their experience.

The DPA Microphones seminar conducted on 18 June will cover What to expect from your

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Installed by Poll Sound, L-Acoustics' local certified provider for install, rental and distribution channels, the new systems--which are primarily used for speech reinforcement and musical augmentation--complement an existing dV-DOSC and dV-SUB music reinforcement system provided by the same integration team six years ago.

According to Poll Sound general manager and lead sound system designer Deward Timothy, the most recent install is made up of two parts: an exploded centre cluster for the front lower bowl seating and a delay ring for the rear

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On Wednesday 12 June, as part of the ABTT Theatre Show's seminar programme, Oran Burns from the d&b audiotechnik GB Education and Application Support team will present Sound system planning, your virtual design. Using the new d&b audiotechnik ArrayCalc Version 7, Oran will show how to avoid the pitfalls that can beset the sound system designer. The ArrayCalc V7 calculator offers the ability to perform acoustic simulations quickly, easily and intuitively. It also simplifies the process of creating remote control workspaces via a new export function into the d&b R1 Remote control software.

Whether you are planning a line array, point source or indeed a hybrid system then make yourself c

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Video devices that accept uncompressed signals such as SDI and HDMI have become more common in live production, and as a result, the need for video conversion is essential. The Roland VC-1-SC Video Converter is ideal for live production where analogue or digital sources are required to match a certain SDI and/or HDMI video format, aspect ratio, frame rate, or input type. The versatility of this converter to support a variety of configurations for live production and installations make it highly

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Since co-founding Meyer Sound in 1979 with her husband John Meyer, Helen Meyer has empowered individuals and enriched the local community in the areas of job creation, education, and the arts. Meyer Sound employs over 300 people worldwide, including some 200 manufacturing positions at its Berkeley headquarters.

"Helen Meyer is one of the Bay Area busine

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Infiniti Red Bull Racing, one of the first customers to try out the LSP 500 PRO, found the speed of set up and ease of use of the wireless PA system to be striking. The team deployed two speakers for the pre-race press conference, both connected seamlessly via wireless links. Commenting on the performance of the solution, Alan Peasland, head of technical partnerships at Infiniti Red Bull Racing, said: "Every

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Temple Emanu-El's current building, dedicated in 1948, includes the Temple House social hall. Temple House activities include worship service overflow, Rock Shabbat services, wedding receptions and a variety of other events.

In the past, the Temple House suffered from poor acoustics and an aging sound system. Contractor Joe Orlando of Commercial Media Systems in Atwater, California, says the shoe-box shaped room had a half-oak floor, hard walls and stucco ceiling. Its reverb time was over two seconds and "you couldn't understand a conversation from three feet away.&q

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Located a short distance from the Houses of Parliament, the Government-owned venue is self-funding - actually returning a dividend to the Exchequer each year. Yamaha already has a significant presence in the area, with high profile installations at nearby Westminster Abbey and Central Halls, and the DUGAN-MY16 is enjoying an equally enthusiastic reception at the QEIICC.

"We used an analogue automixer system on a few events with our older consoles, with varying degrees of success. It was quite fiddly to set up and operate," says Dan Cecchini, head of sound at

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"EAW customers have quickly fallen in love with the unique combination of high output, tremendous pattern control and focused fidelity found in the surprisingly compact QX500 range," Rocha said. "But they have challenged us to design the same core feature set into an even smaller package. The EAW team has once again delivered and is now thrilled to be launching the QX300 range, a two-way marvel at a price point that's extremely attractive."

The QX300 range surrounds a high-output, low-resonance, four-in-1 coil / 1.4-in exit high frequency compression driver with four 10-in low frequency cone transducers in vertical and horizontal pairs. EAW engineers have drawn upon their extensive horn

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Nanji Hangang Park in Seoul was packed for the two-day Green Plugged Seoul 2013 festival, an event designed to raise awareness about the environment. The bill featured some of the most famous indie rock and underground bands in Korea.

There were five stages at Green Plugged, each named after an element of nature in line with the event's concept - namely Wind, Sun, Earth, Moon, and Sky. Nexo's new STM modular line array was deployed as the primary PA system for Moon and Sky, the two main stages, featuring well-known Korean artists such as Diablo, Pia and Yoon Band.

In the hands of system design engineer, Yun Cheol Lee from Way Audio, supported by Nicolas Poitr

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The JK318A is a single-box approach to full-frequency sound, offering the ultimate in size/performance ratio from a compact and lightweight (59kg) system. Within a 1240 x 534 x 524mm footprint, the cabinet packs an 18-inch neodymium woofer with four-inch voice coil for solid, convincing low-end, a 12-inch neodymium woofer with three-inch voice coil for powerful, unfaltering mids and a 1.75-inch PETP diaphragm neodymium driver for crystal clear high frequencies, making it a true three-way loudspeaker that faithfully reproduces the full acoustic spectrum from 35Hz to 19kHz, with a continuous output level of up to 132dB at one-metre.

The JK318A's amplifiers, with switching power supply, are matched to digital electronics featuring 48

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Also being exhibited will be ASL's digital intercom system, which, thanks to innovative use of the newest networking technologies, provides efficient, reliable communications in the most demanding live environments.

More new highlights on the POLARaudio stand will include micro line-array from AD systems, Mackie's digital mixer interface and DLM Series loudspeakers, as well as the Beyerdynamic TG1000 Digital Wireless system and AVIOM A360 Personal Mixer.

(Jim Evans)

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Axys Scope products: These three-way, full range enclosures, with build in amps and DSP, are ideal for use in the Theatre and Corporate AV markets. Their transparent sound reproduction, massive dynamic range and wealth of features have been winning over some of the best ears in the business.

Axys Flex products: These two- way, full range enclosures, with build in amps and DSP, are ideally suited for use as front-fills, delays, surround loudspeakers and even as the main PA on corporate events.

Axys Intellivox & Target : The first range of steerable arrays on the market and there's a model for every application, says the company. The DSX range is suitable for low level sound reinforcement in reverberant spaces. The '08 series offers up to 108 dB at 30

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Dante integrates media and control for your entire AV system over a single IP network. Set-up is easy, with devices that automatically discover one another and one-click signal routing with user-editable names. Dante has now been adopted by more than 85 OEMs, and is recognized as the most interoperable, smartest media networking solution.

"Ultimo has already been licensed by many of the biggest brands in the AV industry", states Gary Southwell, VP of product management at Audinate. "We have designed Ultimo so that integration into OEM products is straightforward, shortening development times and accelerating

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Showcasing its latest Archon, Mitus, Vertus, Promaxx, Verve and Shadow ranges, FBT will be using ABTT to highlight its credentials for sound reinforcement in theatre and general venue applications. Its extensive range of professional audio speakers, subwoofers and ancillary equipment is ideal for any application from active portable speaker and subwoofer packages to full line-array systems for theatres, stadiums including outdoor applications.

Mark Parkhouse, managing director of FBT Audio UK Ltd, said: "FBT has always had strong links with the theatre market around the world with products designed specifically for permanent

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WET X's exclusive hand-laid fibreglass enclosures are internally lined with marine-grade plywood and use innovative drivers to provide premium sound quality for both outdoor and indoor venues. The versatile 12-inch and 15-inch, two-way, full-range WET X loudspeakers offer six rotatable horn patterns, high output, and unmatched LF extension. WET X loudspeakers contain a large diaphragm 1.4-inch exit high frequency compression driver and can produce the same output levels as the largest WET II loudspeakers but in enclosures only half the size.

The low frequency cone and internal circuitry have Community's proprietary Envirotech coating for improved weather-resistance. The WX