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Gearhouse's 10-strong Group of Companies is widely recognised as the country's largest equipment rental supplier and services live events across a wide range of disciplines whilst Prosound is predominantly known for their system integration and design (permanent and temporary) along with their sales, distribution and services role in the pro-audio, lighting, AV and associated structures arenas. The Gearhouse and Prosound teams have a long history of working successfully together to service local and international events, each fulfilling different requirements for the same clients.

This strategic acquisition sees Gearhouse Group taking over Prosound's entire rental operation and establishe

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Demonstrating RedNet's exceptional sounding audiophile design, and taking advantage of Vintage King Nashville's extensive installation network, attendees will be able to experience firsthand how RedNet can enhance their production workflow at this special event. Highly regarded by the Vintage King staff, the RedNet units are now a permanent component of Vintage King Nashville's audio setup and will be the subject of ongoing demonstrations in the future.

Demos will take place from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., followed by a 6:00 p.m. evening mixer. RedNet product specialist Ted White, F

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"In the past few years we have experienced tremendous growth in the number of Q-Sys Network Audio systems installed worldwide into performance venues such as theatres, auditoriums and houses of worship, and in some cases our Q-Sys customers have requested a solution to bridge their Dante-enabled sources, such as wireless microphones and digital mixers, directly onto their Q-Sys network," says David Fuller, Sr. director of technical marketing & international sales.

"We have observed that Audinate's Dante hardware has been a popular protocol with

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Mig Cardamone, director of sales and marketing at Sennheiser Middle East said: "The fact that our equipment was the first choice of the top performers in each of the many music genres featured at RedFest speaks volumes of its versatility and capabilities. Sennheiser systems regularly feature on the technical riders for many of the most famous artists in the world. With so many international acts now regularly performing in the Middle East, we are now seeing r

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With very high standards to maintain, when the establishment's composition department needed to invest in new loudspeakers for its classrooms and studios, they opted for Yamaha's CIS Series.

The music study programmes offer a broad range of study areas, attuned to the demands of the international professional field. Central to the composition department is the ethos of encouraging creative ability and a personal composing style.

To continue to allow students to study the details of their own and others' compositions in the greatest detail, up-to-date loudspeakers were needed in the d

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"Our GS-R24 Studio provides a good and comfortable environment with a great acoustic design. Students have an ideal environment to learn the fundamentals of analogue signal flow, patching and digital recording," Jason O Bryan, head of the Audio Engineering Technic and Technology (AETT) programme. "GS-R24 integrates with Pro Tools and it's like having a dedicated HUI controller embedded in the analogue heart

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The tour's venues are a mixture of theatre and arenas, so Capital is supplying a flexible Martin Audio MLA system, comprising MLA, MLAc and WS218x subs with LM front-fills. FOH sound mixed by Jonathan Brooks on a DiGiCo SD8, whilst monitors comprise a comprehensive package of Sennheiser G3 IEMs and Martin LE1500 floor monitors, mixed by Matt Coton on a DiGiCo SD10.

The Capital Sound crew includes MLA technician Marty Beath and monitor techs Robin Conway and Bheki Phakathi sharing duties over the tour's four legs.

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More recently, the company announced the product would now ship with onboard Voiced Steering Presets, allowing users to select between two different Steering Files so that the system could be easily optimised to suit changing acoustic environment between two configurations. This is particularly useful for example where a grand ballroom may be sub-divided into smaller conference rooms, or in a large house of wo

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"Finalists in the Engineering and Design category apply local knowledge and skill to reach around the world with their work," explains Darien Louie, executive director of the East Bay EDA. "Meyer Sound is well-known as a global pioneer in advanced sound technologies. The independent industry judges were particularly impressed that Meyer Sound maintains all production at its Berkeley facility, creating nearly 300 local manufacturing and engineering jobs."

Headquartered in Berke

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"DMT has been an exclusive distributor for SSL in the greater China and Hong Kong territory for nearly 20 years now," says Chris Fish, technical director of DMT. "By catering to the professional broadcast, music and post production markets, we have forged a very close working relationship with SSL and have worked hard to expand our operation to serve the live and installation markets. The SSL Live represents an exciting new opportunity for us in this field and perfectly complements our existing high-end live companies. After the recent SSL Live distributor training event

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The well heralded launch of the d&b D80 amplifier could be fashioned the focal point; products are after all, central to the company's role as a manufacturer. Yet this is no singular event. Last year's extensive redevelopment of the acoustic simulation software ArrayCalc V7, was the precursor to a workflow trilogy that lays at the heart of the thesis. The third element, the one that sits between ArrayCalc and D80 is the d&b

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Although Niavac - who have been in operation for over 50 years - have run AKG previously in their hire fleet, they canvassed the market to look for the most suitable options before readopting the brand.

"We were recommended to AKG by a third party," stated Conlon, "but we also looked at the offerings of the other market leaders. I did a complete trawl and then contacted distributors Sound Technology Ltd, placing an order for a 30 station system."

The old AKG system, he said, had served the company we

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"I first started working with Waves plugins in 2007, near the end of Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds tour," states Meyer. "Moving forward, I have created an arsenal of very useful tools that I simply cannot do without. On the Legends of the Summer tour, the big challenge was managing 128 inputs and all the dynamics that come with it."

To achieve this, Andy ran Waves plugins using the integrated MultiRack SoundGrid and two Waves SoundGrid Server One units (for processing redundancy) wi

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The setup for this second season includes two Lawo mc²56 digital audio mixing consoles with fibre-connected stage boxes which allowed for completion of the technical installation in one day. The consoles, fibre cabling and analogue breakouts were provided by Broadcast Systems & Equipment Inc. (BSI) and Lawo North America as a rental package, with configuration, training and setup support provided by Lawo North America's Engineering Manager Doug Smith.

Crucial reasons driving Insight's decision to go with Lawo were b

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"I have no problem recommending DPA's new d:facto microphone because I'm so impressed with the results it has delivered for Fran and Marti - and for Dougie Payne, Travis' bass player, who is also using one for his backing vocals," Wiggans says. "Before I tried d:facto, I had tried quite a few new vocal microphones that made big promises, but always ended up going back to the microphone that people have been using for over 40 years.

"However, the d:facto's clarity and ability to capture the true sound source without extraneous background noise has made a r

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Focus Venue offers a robust but elegant set of high, low-mid and low frequency active loudspeakers. These can be combined for greater coverage when used in challenging acoustic venues and performance situations. Featuring high powered drivers and speaker chassis for extended coverage, the new loudspeakers will offer all the standard elements of Fohhn beam steering technology, including real-tim

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The venue, boasting a sleek and stylish aesthetic, required an audio upgrade to bring the sound system up to the same exceptional standard as the furnishings and its lighting.

The task of finding a solution fell to Kick Music's Marco Pesetti and he believed that KV2 Audio's ES System was the perfect solution.

Despite Start Up having a capacity not much under 1000 people the complete system specification for the dance floor comprised of just two ES 1.0 mid/high cabinets and four ES 2.6 double 15" subwoofers, with associated EPAK 2500R amplification / control units. Commonly (and incorrectly) held beliefs would suggest that this many cabinets could not offer the required coverage and output however reports

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Among the products on display will be the BP4071 and BP4071L shotgun, BP4027 stereo shotgun and AT897 short shotgun microphones, the new M50x monitoring headphones and Allen & Heath's Qu Series compact digital mixing desks.

Tom Harrold, Audio-Technica assistant marketing manager pro-audio said, "Following up our wildlife-themed stand from BVE2013 hasn't been easy, but we're very excited about the new 'Western' booth. Again, it will allow visitors to get a useful, hands-on experience of a selection of broadcast and production microphones and headphones and be able to hear how different models respond in terms of tone, sound rejection and so on.

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The company's award-winning d:facto vocal microphone will be sporting new grids with gold and nickel finishes - ideal accessories for vocalists who want added sparkle for their onstage performances.

"We saw a demand in the market to attain the d:facto sound with more than just the traditional black grids," says Christian Poulsen, CEO of DPA Microphones. "These grids provide the solution by bringing an exciting new visual dimension to a microphone that is already internationally acclaimed for its great sound."

The new grids are available as accessories to existing d:facto solutions and are delivered as metal grids with foam and pop screen. Additionally, the nickel option matches the finish available on the

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According to SOLT, the results were down to the popularity of the shows on offer, with theatres reporting an improved percentage of tickets sold across the year. Average theatre capacity achieved was 72.7% in 2013, up from 69.21%.

Closing Number - Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical, Stephen Ward, will close in the West End following a run of less than four months.