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UK - Allen & Heath has launched a new community website, a social network dedicated to users of digital audio mixing systems. The new website consolidates the company's existing iLive and GLD Blog and Forums, and includes additional resources such as a Rental Network database, system configuration tools, and user libraries.

iLive and GLD System Builders assist in configuring an iLive or GLD digital mixing system with the required channel count, options and accessories. User Libraries are available for users to share presets and Show memories, and Learning pages offer interactive access to product-related information, including a timeline for software releases.

The site is fully responsive, which means it can be enjoyed on desktops and tablets alike. It is also Tapatalk-enabled to offer easier Forum and Blog navigation on portable devices.

"The aim of the site is to enab

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UK - Outside Broadcast provider and studio operator Prolink Television Facilities has taken delivery of a second DiGiCo SD10B console.

The first desk was purchased in the summer of 2012 to service the needs of the popular BBC1 show Saturday Kitchen, together with other programmes that had moved to new television studios in Clapham, South West London.

The second desk, delivered almost a year later in 2013, has recently been installed in Prolink's High Definition Outside Broadcast unit.

"We completed a significant upgrade to the vision side of the truck in early 2013 and we scheduled the mid-year period to give the sound facilities a similar make over," says Prolink director Andrew Dugard, speaking of the DiGiCo acquisition. "The new desk had to squarely meet the needs of the jobs we attract, which are typically between eight and ten cameras with a good n

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UK - Sennheiser has won the coveted Audio Installation of the Year at this year's AV Awards for its contribution to the audio system for the David Bowie is exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

This latest accolade follows hot on the heals of being honoured for Temporary Installation Project of the Year at the inaugural Pro Sound Awards for the V&A's fastest selling exhibition to date, David Bowie is which ran for five months between March and August this year. The exhibition was one of the museum's most successful exhibitions with around 312,000 visitors and pre-booked ticket sales reaching more than 67,000 prior to opening. The exhibition was the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie, exploring his creative processes as a musical innovator and cultural icon.

The sound experience was integral to the exhibition desig

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UK - North east audio-visual hire specialists Ingramsounds have built up a sizeable hire inventory of KV2 Audio's EX Series. Following an initial product demonstration owner Reed Ingram Weir decided that KV2 would enhance the services his company provided. Ingramsounds can cover a wide range of audio requirements from conference projects to live arts events, pop-up cinemas to dry hire iPod systems. The powerful nature of EX products are the ideal match for these applications.

Since purchasing his first set of EX 6's Reed has continued to invest in KV2 and now counts the ultra compact EX 1.2 12" subwoofer and 2-way 12" with large format NVPD 3" compression driver EX 12 amongst others in his hire stock.

Of the many events enhanced by the EX Series, several held in the surroundings of Durham Cathedral stand out.

As part of the Durham book festival Reed used eight

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UK - The Music Group has appointed Nick Bellis to handle Customer Support for the Music Group Professional Division.

Nick brings to the Music Group a 25-year career as a respected FOH and monitor sound engineer and system tech with Liverpool-based pro audio rental company Adlib Audio, who specialise in concert touring, festivals, and corporate events as well as major sound and lighting installations. In this role he has worked all over the UK, Europe and North America on major concert tours and shows by Bon Jovi, Public Enemy, GUN, Calvin Harris, Amy Winehouse, Oasis, and The Beastie Boys.

As well as his extensive work as a live engineer - often trudging through the mud at Glastonbury, Download, Rockness, and the Leeds and Reading festivals to get to his FOH position- he has also spent over 15 years delivering professional audio installations and tour sound sales, representing

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UK - Audio-Technica is to bring its award-winning jungle-themed interactive stand to BVE North on 12 and 13 November. Unveiled at BVE at London's ExCel in February, the booth - bedecked with vines, creepers and other foliage - is designed to allow visitors a meaningful experience of the company's broadcast microphones and headphones and clinched the organiser's Best Stand Award.

A variety of wildlife sound sources are located around the eye-catching booth, with microphones placed to allow visitors to pinpoint the sounds and experience the difference between a range of models in terms of response, acceptance angle and sound rejection etc.

Key models from Audio-Technica's Broadcast & Production range will be displayed, alongside the popular AT897 short shotgun - ideal for camcorder and HDSLR mounting - and the widely-used ATH-M50 professional monitoring headphones.

In addition

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USA - Folk rock singer-songwriter Jack Johnson just wrapped up a month-long North American tour leg on 20 October supporting his latest album, From Here To Now To You. Camarillo, California-based Rat Sound Systems, Inc., which has been Johnson's live production provider in the States for the past 13 years, deployed a full L-Acoustics Kara rig for the latest trek, which stopped at what the artist considered the "most beautiful and intimate" theatres across the continent.

According to systems engineer Andrew Gilchrest, the Rat crew typically flew 15 Kara line source array enclosures below two SB18 subs per side, with an additional two SB18 per side set up on the floor. For venues with extended balconies, however, the left and right hangs were split into two arrays: eight Kara in the air, plus seven Kara positioned over two SB18 onstage for the orchestra level. LA8

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UK - West London technical production specialists, Entec supplied lighting and sound equipment and crew for two major gigs at Brixton and Bristol on the recent Fat Freddy's Drop UK tour.

The New Zealand based band - known for their improvised live performances which embrace multiple styles including dub, reggae, soul, jazz, blues and techno - returned to Entec to supply all their production needs following a hugely successful previous one off at Brixton Academy in 2011.

Once again, choosing a company that could deliver all their production elements from one source proved an efficient and cost-effective solution.

The band's Lighting designer Mark Butler sent in this plot which Entec's lighting division matched. There were three over-stage flown trusses, all raked at jaunty angles, and three upright trusses on the floor, giving the performance space a dynamic, off-beat look an

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UK / China - Funktion-One has won an important trademark case relating to the use of its name and company logo in China. It follows the pre-emptive registration of the Funktion-One name and logo by Wu Meiling in March 2005. The British loudspeaker manufacturer, under representation from Wilkinson & Grist, challenged the move and won - vindicating the time and resources that have been absorbed by the lengthy process.

The loudspeaker manufacturer received invaluable support from industry allies - including members of the trade press and organisations like PLASA and Prolight+Sound, who helped to assemble evidence that greatly assisted the case.

The People's Republic of China's trademark law prohibits pre-emptive registration of a trademark that is already in use by another person - in respect of identical or similar goods that have gained a certain level of influence in China. Fu

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Austria - On 26 August 2013, the Salzburg Festival presented an extraordinary new production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) in cooperation with Austrian private TV channel ServusTV. Mozart's masterpiece was transferred from the 18th century to the present day and was performed in the spectacular setting of Hangar-7 and Hangar-8 at Salzburg Airport. A Digital 9000 wireless microphone system from audio specialist Sennheiser was used to transmit the voices of stars such as Desirée Rancatore and Tobias Moretti.

Six hundred and fifty guests were present in Hangar-7, and they were able to move freely around the scenery and become part of the performance. To enable the audience to follow the opera - the orchestra was located in the opposite Hangar-8 - they were issued with compact MP3 players that received the opera audio signals via U

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UK - PLASA secured a significant lobbying success last month when the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee published its report into 'Supporting the Creative Economy'. The Committee roundly endorsed PLASA's position regarding the Olympics 'No Marketing Rights Protocol'.

The report was the culmination of an inquiry which was launched just over a year ago with a call for evidence from the Committee, which is made up of MPs from across all political parties. PLASA made a detailed written submission as to how the creative industries can be better supported, with a particular emphasis on the value and importance of the Entertainment Technology sector. PLASA's evidence focussed on issues around allowing companies to promote their involvement in the Olympics, tax relief for apprenticeships, improving protection for intellectual property and helping SMEs in the sec

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UK - With PLASA moving to its new home at the Excel Centre in East London, SSE Audio Group designed a new bigger stand for this year's exhibition. SSE were exhibiting for the first time as the combined group that includes Wigwam Acoustics.

The four day show was an opportunity to present all the different elements that make up SSE and explain how they fit and work together within the organisation. On the stand staff from Hire, Sales, Installations along with Wigwam, ETA Sound & Canegreen were all in attendance.

The design of the stand enabled SSE to display an impressive range of products at the show. Digital consoles from, Avid, Midas, Soundcraft, DiGiCo, Roland and Yamaha, speakers from L-Acoustics and d&b, SSE products including the MB4 monitor and Prosight, along with a wide range of processing and outboard equipment were all available for demonstration.

The company said

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UK - Investment to upgrade the technical infrastructure of regional theatres tends to come along very rarely so, when it is available, technical managers need to choose equipment wisely. It's not enough to have a system that is good for today - it needs to cater for production needs for 10 or even 20 years into the future. When Hereford's Courtyard Centre for the Arts was recently granted funding to update its 15 year old system, a Yamaha CL3 system provided all the necessary facilities and future-proofing.

After 15 years of intense use, the audio system at the Courtyard was due for a refresh. With funding available, the venue's production manager Carl Hulme took the time to choose equipment that would take the venue far into the future, without the need for further significant investment.

"We run a diverse venue, with many art forms being presented on stage," he say

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Belgium - The local council in the suburb of Brasschaat, north of Antwerp in Belgium, near the border with the Netherlands, has purchased a QSC Core 250i-based Q-Sys system with a TSC-3 touchscreen controller and QSC KLA line array loudspeakers as part of the audio system in the multi-purpose hall at the heart of its local cultural centre.

The hall and its raised stage is used for everything from public meetings to children's parties and concerts by local musicians. The staff that run the sound system in the hall are direct employees of the council and recommended the purchase of the Q-Sys system along with the KLA active line array system following a demo by the local QSC distributor, AED.

The sound system in the multipurpose hall is configured as a three-channel Left, Centre, Right (LCS) system. Two KLA12 elements are used per channel (for a total of six enclosures), and are

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South Africa - St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls Kloof, KwaZula Natal, trickles with tradition and charm. This girls' school was established in 1906 and is well known for its musicals and drama pieces. DWR Distribution was pleased to install a lighting infrastructure in the school hall during the June / July holidays.

"Originally St Mary's wanted lighting solutions for three venues, namely, the school hall, a studio which is used as the drama practice room and an outdoor auditorium," explained Nick Barnes from DWR who headed the installation. Michael Broderick, a lighting specialist, consulted to ensure the correct equipment was specified. Due to pricing and budget constraints, it was decided to commence the project with the school hall only.

DWR took out the outdated lighting infrastructure and replaced this with two stage lighting bars, one FOH Lighting Bar, four

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UK - To raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign, Orange Amplification is offering everyone a chance to own a one of a kind, bright pink Crush 20LDX. In addition, OrangeAmps.com will be turning Pink this Friday for Breast Cancer Campaign.

The international auction for the electric pink Crush 20LDX will start on Friday, 25 October 2013 at 9.00am GMT, on Ebay. The auction will last seven days, giving plenty of time to scrape all those pennies together for a unique amp and a good cause. To find the auction when it goes live, simply go to the pink Orange website homepage and follow the links. All the money raised from this auction will go to Breast Cancer Research.

Cliff Cooper, Orange Amplification founder and CEO said, "Breast Cancer Campaign is a cause close to many people's hearts, we all know someone who has been touched by this terrible disease. We want to support the fig

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USA - Capture Polar lighting design software excels at helping lighting designers of all levels turn their most inspired visions into workable designs. That's why it's been widely embraced throughout the industry worldwide. Elation Professional, which distributes Capture Polar in North America, is celebrating this achievement by giving students and young designers a chance to turn their visions into designs and perhaps win some attractive prizes along the way.

The company is holding a Designing Vision contest that invites students and young lighting designers to create a stage or club design using Capture Polar software student edition. First prize in the contest is a free trip for two to InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas from 18-20 June plus Capture Polar Extended Software (a $4,000 value). Second place prize is Capture Polar Basic Software, (a $1,500 value); and the third place prize

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The Netherlands - With its imposing Art Deco exterior, the Pathé Tuschinski in Amsterdam is The Netherlands' most prestigious cinema. Inside it has been restored to its original 1920s glory, while at the same time being extended and modernised to satisfy the expectations of 21st century filmgoers. The latest phase has included the installation of a bespoke Alcons Audio system, featuring the CRA72cst and the first installation of the company's new Sentinel 4-channel digital amplified loudspeaker controllers.

Regularly used for 'red carpet' premieres, the Pathé Tuschinski's 740-capacity main auditorium gives audiences the opportunity to watch films in luxury. Private boxes and 'love seats' are a feature, while wine and food can be ordered for at-seat delivery. As well as films, the room also hosts special events, concerts and weddings.

"Due to the high profile

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UK - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a production based on the 1964 book by Roald Dahl, has been delighting audiences of all ages at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London following its premiere in May 2013. 70,000 people saw the musical in its first month with its premier attended by top celebrities from the acting world. Its run has now been extended until May 2014. The musical is directed by Sam Mendes and Willy Wonka is played by Douglas Hodge.

L-Acoustics equipment was specified by award-winning sound designer Paul Arditti, following his successful shows (including London Road and The Magistrate) using L-Acoustics equipment in the Olivier Theatre, since its installation in July 2012.

"Having heard L-Acoustics Kara in the challenging environment of the Olivier Theatre in London, I knew that this was the loudspeaker system I wanted to specify for

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Europe - Led by the legendary 'Barnsley Big Teaser', Biff Byford, hard rockers Saxon's wheels of steel have been rolling around the world on the band's Sacrifice tour since last March. Playing indoor shows and festivals in Europe, as well as for the growing trend in multi-band cruises, the tour lasts until December. A pair of DiGiCo mixing consoles is helping to rock many nations.

Jacky Lehmann runs Berlin-based audio production company Audiosound Lehmann and has worked with Saxon since 2004. Initially he engineered the band's live recordings and mixed the audio for two live DVDs, before becoming the regular Front of House engineer for the band's European shows last year. As well as his many years of experience, he brought his own DiGiCo SD9 and SD11 consoles for mixing FoH and monitors respectively.

Jacky uses the SD9 with gain tracking, plus a D-Rack and a Little Red

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USA - Sennheiser has been honoured with the prestigious Philo T. Farnsworth award at the 65th Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards in Hollywood. The Philo T. Farnsworth Award honours an agency, company or institution whose contributions over time have significantly impacted television technology and engineering. The award originated in 2003 as a means to recognise Panavision's years of contribution to the film and television industries. Unlike most other Emmy awards, it is not awarded every year. The award is named after the inventor of electronic television, Philo Farnsworth.

Seven Engineering Emmys were awarded at the ceremony: the Philo T. Farnsworth Award, the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award, Engineering Emmys for YouTube, Aspera's FASP Transport Technology, Josh C. Kline for creating Digital Dailies, iZotope RX Audio Repair Technology and Previzion Virtual Studio

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Denmark - DPA Microphones has restructured its management team in order to maximize resources and consolidate international sales activity around future new product launches.

The company's CEO Christian Poulsen says the development of new products scheduled for release in 2014 gave DPA the impetus to examine its internal structure and make changes that play to individual managers' personal strengths.

"These changes enable us to better support customers and dealers by providing a bridge between product development and sales," Poulsen says. "They also allow us to create a DPA community, through which we can connect directly with DPA end users and industry opinion formers. They, in turn, will be able to influence future product development and R&D decisions."

One of the key changes is the appointment of product specialist Mikkel Nymand to the newly created p

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Australia - After three years, approximately two-million hours of labour and over 200m dollars, the newly refurbished Brisbane City Hall has reopened. The main auditorium has been revolutionised to meet the demands of the 21st century, yet remains stunningly true to the original building design.

The copper dome over the room is the largest in Australia, spanning 31m in diameter. The dome is supported on a brick base that allows the interior of the main auditorium to be unobscured by columns.

Located within this dome is a computer to monitor the loads on all of the chain hoists suspended from the roof structure. Unfortunately the people on the stage who were operating the chain hoists couldn't see the computer's screen and hence couldn't see what load was being applied to the structure. The structural engineers on the job had specified particular load ratings on the roof trusse

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USA - The Audio Engineering Society Convention (Thursday, 17 October, through Sunday, 20 October 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City) was the most successful for some years, say the organisers. The exhibit floor, panels and technical sessions were packed all four days, and as AES celebrated its 65th Anniversary, a five-year-high number of 18,453 registrants was tallied.

At show close, AES reported a 16% increase in registration since the last time the convention was in New York two years ago (131st AES) and a s71% increase over last year's San Francisco event (133rd AES), which unfortunately was plagued by smaller attendance due to Hurricane Sandy.

"I can't express how thrilled I am with our convention this year," stated Bob Moses, executive director of the AES. "Our organizing committee really outdid themselves, with over 250 presentations from an astou

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