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14 March 2016

With over 60,000 music fans attending, the 2015 event was the largest to date. For the first time, Clockenflap invited French loudspeaker manufacturer Nexo to be the festival's audio partner, a huge undertaking which meant supplying PA systems to seven separate performance stages (monitoring included) as well as a number of lounges, VIP areas and band common rooms.

The festival was the ideal showcase for Nexo's modular line array system, the STM Series, allowing the four-module system to be configured in four different ways to suit the main PA requirements of four different princip

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With strict coverage specifications dictated by SZGMC's audio consultants and in-house sound engineer, the requirement was met in the Main Hall, largely by using Almoe's Martin Audio MLA rental system for the main prayer hall. The promise of MLA being able to deliver the specific coverage from front to back with minimal reverberation was key to Almoe's bid, as was the finished look.

"The only goal we were given was 'to deliver consistent coverage everywhere'," said system designer and technical project manager, Bruno Vitanza. "We showed all the prediction results and calculations in the Display softwa

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The Fabric of India explores the rich world of handmade textiles from India. Music composed by sound artist Jason Singh complement the spectacular display. Audica MICROpoint loudspeakers were chosen for their ability to deliver high quality sound despite their small size, which allows the speakers to discreetly blend into the background.

Richard Gainsborough, business development manager at Audica, said, "The MICROpoint has been designed to be the smallest possible loudspeaker to deliver high quality audio over a wide area, whilst the softly shaped design ensures it is

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We're filling the stadium: powered by HK Audio takes place on 9 July 2016 and will see what would be the world's biggest ever orchestra performing four pieces - excerpts from Dvorak's 9th Symphony and Beethoven's 9th Symphony (4th Movement), the Starlight Express musical's title track, and John Miles' Music (Was My First Love) - under the watch of renowned conductor and ECHO Award winner Wolf Kerschek.

Later in the day, celebrated German performers Yvonne Catterfeld, Johannes Oerding and Daniel Wirtz will help the 40,000-strong crowd celebrate their

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With School of Rock opening in early December, Potter says that his choice of Lyon to cover the 1,500-seat Winter Garden Theatre was a matter of scaling up from the Leo Family's newest and smallest loudspeaker, Leopard.

"We workshopped the show at the much smaller Gramercy Theatre, where we had 10 Leopardss per side," explains Potter, who has designed sound for Andrew Lloyd Webber's productions for

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"I think it is imperative to keep your eye on the ball with what is new coming onto the market," he says. "Being back out on a smaller scale tour - something I have not done for a few years - was a great opportunity to see where the more budget end of the market was with mixing desks."

James, a long-term SD7 user, has also worked with a variety of entry level / semi pro consoles, so when he was given the opportunity to use an S21, it seemed a logical step.

"I had only had a basic demo on the desk at DiGiCo HQ, but I was so impressed I pretty much place

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Also, on display will be the new Qu Chrome Edition compact digital range, which adds major new features including Automatic Mic Mixing, a Spectrogram and additional monitor mixes.

Making their debut will be several new models from the ZED range, designed for recording/gigging artists and AV rental and installation companies, including the new ZEDi hybrid mixers.

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Built to the usual rugged JTS standard, the IN-164, is available in both handheld and beltpack versions, has a 200~480 meters operational distance and offers six pre-set groups, with a maximum of 23 channels in one group.

The handheld version, the JTS IN-264TH, features JTS's New SAM-8WLN mic capsule for high gain before feedback and low handling noise. The transmitter is powered by

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The number one main stage saw artists as renowned as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bastille, and Sam Smith. Topping the bill on the closing night was Muse, "and it was because Muse were the headliners that the obvious choice for main stage PA was a d&b audiotechnik system," said Silvio Koenig, project manager from Berlin based production house TSE AG. "We have already been investing in d&b and chose this event to have our first try out with d&b's new ArrayProcessing tool."

TSE AG's system design saw J-Series hung left/right of the stage, with J-SUBs and J-INFRAs; delays used V-Series and Y Series. "The throw distance fr

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The system represents a major upgrade for the venue to handle the increasingly bigger bands the club is booking. The system produces over 7Kw FOH with over 4Kw of monitors on four discrete mixes. The system consists of AD2000LA, AD1000S, AD1000M and AD1000NF with our AD9000QQ amplifiers and AD48DX digital speaker management.

Deciding factors in choosing Acoustic Development were "the incredible headroom, low end projection, clarity and compact size", says the company.

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In addition to the spectator areas within the O2 arena floor, including VIP boxes and seating areas, there are lots of commercial areas with vast lounges, restaurants and bars, in addition to a number of hireable spaces for press conferences, seminars or conferences.

The prestigious VIP Premier Club within the 02 Arena recently undertook an upgrade to its installed audio system in order that VIP guests can enjoy a better background music experience wi

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14 March 2016

Production company Just Lite has grown their formidable stock of KV2 products over the past three years and have been providing audio and production services to a range of high profile Dance events throughout the UK.

These events include regular nights at Sankey's Warehouse, Victoria Warehouse Manchester featuring Basement Jaxx and Arman Van Heldon, Dublin's Metropolis Music Festival and Blackpool's Pier Jam amongst countless others.

Having formed predominantly as a lighting-based company over 20 years ago, KV2 Audio has worked with Just Lite since the inception of its audio division in 2012. Director Paul Smith and head of audio Evin Doyle recognised KV2's clarity, definition and incredible output to footprint ratio would be a great foundation to build this

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The 440 capacity Quays Theatre is a fully flexible performance space used for staging drama, comedy and a variety of music events, and was upgrading its sound system for the first time since The Lowry complex opened in April 2000.

The upgrade project was co-ordinated for the theatre by Dave Woodward, the head of technical services. Due to budget restrictions, the new sound system design was required to utilise as much of the existing cabling infrastructure as possible.

For Adlib, the process started with detailed discussions with Woodward and the in house theatre technicians about the sonic requirements within the space. It was established that the new syste

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One of America's fastest rising comedy talents, Hart has released four comedy DVDs and appeared on numerous TV shows and in blockbuster films; he has over 20m worldwide followers each on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Asked about the challenges of producing the current tour, Showtime Sound's Scott Tydings says, "We've worked with Kevin since 2010 and did the last tour, so we know what to expect - but there are always a few surprises. Showtime has been in business since 1996 and we do a lot of music tours, but lately there's been more of an e

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The move was prompted by MD Joe Copans who had the vision to completely transform the existing layout of the newly acquired property into a spacious and efficient headquarters and warehouse.

He says, "We are proud of the outcome. Wild & Marr as a company is growing, so the move has come at the right time. We have space available for hosting training and product related events and the warehouse has a more functional layout for packing stock."

The new Wild & Marr headquarters is situated in Isandovale, Edenvale in the Johannesburg area. To coincide with the move, Wild & Marr revealed a new logo and corporate identity.

"The brand refresh is something that we have been contemplating for a while," says sales

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A Blessway spokesperson explains, "We were aware of the Outline system through marketing material and exhibits in Korea and, when we make purchases, we take the quality of both customer service and the product itself into great consideration."

Outline CEO, Giorgio Biffi comments, "Our South Korean distributor recently brought this important sound reinforcement company to our main facility near Brescia, and we chose the nearby multi-function Palabrescia Theatre as the venue for conducting extensive

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In order to amplify the speakers and ensure the clearest musical recordings while retaining the original acoustics of the church, SLR, a multi-disciplinary design firm, selected a variety of DPA Microphones' podium, instrument and recording miking solutions.

The update to the main sanctuary is the first portion of an ongoing project at St. Luke's Westheimer Campus, which, under the guidance of J&R principle architect John Clements, AIA, will encompass the construction of additional buildings. SLR has collaborated with J&R on several projects requiring AV and acoustic

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A+V, a specialist integrator, was awarded the contract for installing the sound system, with Damian Cieciora of A+V handling the project management. The company designed the system around Community's new I Series loudspeakers to meet the quality required for each of the wide variety of applications.

Left and right clusters each consist of a Community IP6-1122-94 loudspeaker to cover the closer seating, with a longer throw IP6-1122/64 for the rear seating. The full-range units hang under IS6-212 subwoofer

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As the crowd was entertained by stars such as Anthony Callea, Rhonda Burchmore, Samantha Jade, Nathaniel and Peter Combe, the S6L used all 64 inputs, as well as 16 outputs which fed eight front of house audio zones to the system and eight orchestral submixes to the AVID SC48 monitor console.

Legendary Australian sound engineer Jon Lemon, who has worked on the global stage with artists as diverse as Seal, Christina Aguilera, Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, INXS, and Sia, was full of praise for Novatech and the S6L. "The S6L only arrived in the warehouse last Tuesday; it was

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"I love the machine," says Sound Environment's director, Bryce Grunden, "We have one unit installed in the show that runs over Christmas, as well as a permanent installation in a viewing platform here in Melbourne. For the Christmas show, the unit runs as a master with 7500 channels of synchronised lighting and also slaves to time code. The other unit is permanently looping mater

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In an effort to further enhance the amenities of this facility, local A/V integration firm DB Sound Systems of Punta Gorda, Florida along with Crossman Electrical Services, Inc., stepped in before the 2015 Spring Training season with a new sound reinforcement system centred on Ashly Audio processing, amplification, and user control, along with distributed Community loudspeakers. During the regular season, the new sound system will support the minor league Charlotte Stone Crabs.

Inputs to the new system include Shure wired and wireless microphones and a Denon CD/MP3 player. A powerful Ashly ne24.24M Protea modular di

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For the third consecutive year, London-based production company Subfrantic Production Services Limited was there, working alongside local suppliers and technicians to help deliver a world class event.

This year Subfrantic supplied technical staff to handle FOH and stage audio, patch, stage video, broadcast mix, multitrack recording, lighting design and operation, stage management and production management for a list of artists including Donnie McClurkin, Don Moen, Micah Stampley, Sonnie Badu, Kim

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David Blyth has been involved in theatre management, in both the commercial and subsidised sectors, for over 35 years.

Between 1983-87 he gained experience with two major West End theatre owners - Maybox Group and Stoll Moss Theatres - before joining Croydon's Fairfield Halls management team as head of operations for the next five years.

He joined The Ambassadors Theatre in Woking as general manager in 1992 and became head of operations for all ATG theatres in 1997.

In 2000, he joined the board of ATG as operations and building development director and in March 2011 he became an e