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UK - SSE London has completed the installation of a multi-zone, multi-purpose sound reinforcement system at The Society, a new venue in Northampton which eases gracefully from gastro-pub at lunchtime to nightclub in the evening. An all-Nexo design provides the appropriate transition from background music to full-on dance floor sound.

The Society is a new venture from James Morgan of the Brittania Property Corporation, which already operates a number of venues, but this is the first of a new breed. According to Morgan, the aim is "to do something different to everything else we do. It will still offer the gastro food and fine wine that we are known for, but it will be the first of the Society Bar/Kitchen Venue brand."

It's also the first venture outside London, appealin

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Austria - From 23-25 August, the mountains around Kitzbühel were the setting for Hansi Hinterseer's sixth Fanwanderung, in which over 6,000 of the Austrian Volksmusik star's fans accompanied him on a hike in the mountains. Since the event is intended as a celebration of the joys not only of nature but also of music, the Fieberbrunn-based production company Murdock Music Entertainment was engaged to install sound reinforcement systems at each of the three stations at which the procession made a halt.

At the top station of the Hahnenkamm, the 1,668m mountaintop jumping-off point for the hair-raising downhill ski event, Murdock installed a system including EV Xi-2123 enclosures and Xsubs.

For the traditional mountainside mass in the Hahnenkamm chapel, EV XLD enclosures were installed. At the Ehrenbachsee, a lake at an altitude of 1,802m, Hinterseer gave a concert with his

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UK - Just weeks after the successful launch of Carling Academy Oxford, Academy Music Group (AMG) looks set to kick start 2008 with plans to open three new venues, two in the north of England and the south coast development of the Hippodrome in Brighton.

AMG has today announced the conclusion of negotiations on the two brand new sites in Leeds and Sheffield.

The Leeds venue is the site of the former Town and Country Club and AMG plans to restore the Grade I listed building to its former glory as one of the City's most historic music venues.

At the same time, AMG has also completed the leasehold acquisition of the former Roxy nightclub on Arundel Gate in Sheffield. A large, purpose built entertainment venue, the Roxy has had various incarnations from the Top Rank Suite in the 1970s and 1980s, famed for gigs from The Police and The Jam, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust Tour in 1972

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Italy - ETC has responded to a request for sponsorship from la Biennale di Venezia by supplying some 350 Source Four luminaires, to complement the 300 that the organisation already owns.

La Biennale alternates between architecture and art/theatre/film and, as the name suggests, is a biannual event held in Venice. First held in 1895, the event has become increasingly international, with representatives from different countries being invited to install national pavilions at the exhibition. This year, 76 countries are represented.

The venue, the Arsenale di Venezia (Venetian Arsenal) is a former shipyard and naval depot which in its heyday in the early 16th century employed some 16,000 people who were able to produce nearly one ship each day. Now, some 250,000 people come from across Italy and around the world between July and November to see the art.

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USA - FogScreen and American Exhibition Services, LLC (AES) have announced an exclusive reselling and rental agreement for the exhibition industry.

The agreement enables AES to sell or rent the FogScreen projection screen to all areas outside exhibitor booth spaces within convention centres and other facilities that are used for trade shows, conferences and organizer-sponsored events related to tradeshows. The turnkey services offered by AES will enable FogScreen to reach a greater breadth of consumers while providing AES's show managers a truly innovative way to "wow" their audiences, say the companies.

"This relationship with FogScreen allows us to offer trade show organizers a very compelling product that can truly differentiate their shows, while ensuring their messages reach their target audiences," said Bliss Beasley, executive vice president at AES.

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USA - City Theatrical's new SHoW DMX wireless DMX received the 'Best Debuting Product of the Year' in the Lighting category at the LDI show in Orlando.

The SHoW DMX system utilises a method that synchronises the hopping pattern of the radio with the incoming DMX burst to attain levels of data fidelity previously unreachable with wireless DMX, says the company. Additionally, SHoW DMX has a range of features including adjustable output power, limited bandwidth mode, and limited burst mode that allow it to peacefully coexist with other radio signals in the busy 2.4 GHz band.

SHoW DMX also is fully RDM, so users can change radio settings and monitor receiver strength from their laptop during the performance, as well as monitor any other manufacturer's RDM gear on their production.

City Theatrical's president, Gary Fails said: "Our SHoW DMX system is truly breakthrough techn

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Belgium - Midas Consoles Benelux, recently incorporated to handle Midas and Klark Teknik distribution for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, made its debut at November's ACF show in Brussels. During the show, an order was placed by leading Belgian music venue Ancienne Belgique (AB) for two 56-channel Midas Heritage consoles.

AB chief engineer Tom Janssen ordered a Midas H2000 for front-of-house and an H3000 for monitors. As part of the deal, Midas Consoles Benelux will be handling ongoing service and training for the venue.

(Jim Evans)

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Morocco - A Digital Congress Network (DCN) Next Generation (NG) conferencing system has been installed in the new headquarters of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) in Morocco's capital city Rabat. The system, provided by Bosch Security Systems, was installed by INES, a prominent Casablanca-based electrical engineering company with more than 20 years of pioneering experience in Morocco. The ISESCO conferencing system is the first DCN NG solution to be installed by INES.

The DCN conferencing system is installed in ISESCO's main conference room, which has a capacity of up to 230 participants. With more than 50 member states - mostly Islamic countries - ISESCO frequently hosts large meetings that require simultaneous interpretation of Arabic, English and other European languages. The DCN system, including a channel selector, was recommenced by IN

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UK - MC2 has announced the appointment of atlantic audio as its new distributor for Germany. Founded in 1993, atlantic audio is a wholly owned subsidiary of Netherlands based company Ampco Flashlight Holding and specialises in providing audio and media solutions to a broad customer base.

"We love supplying products with individuality and also working with the people who manufacture and use them," comments atlantic audio managing director, Wolfgang Garçon. "As MC2 Audio is a very individual company, we are sure that the team and the brand fit very well with us and our product portfolio. Our customers know that we are always looking for the best solution."

MC2 Audio joins sister company XTA Electronics in the atlantic audio family, other members of which are DiGiCo and Martin Audio. Ian McCarthy, MD at MC2 Audio states: "Wolfgang has a great team at atl

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UK - London has seen the increasing spread across the capital of Latin influenced culture in the form of the South American restaurant, café bar and music venue club night.

This is nowhere more so than on the busy and often tumultuous thoroughfare of Islington High Street. The popularity of all things Latino from margaritas to tortilla, is obviously finding local favour as evidenced by the recent opening of Barrio North, a 'neighbourhood' DJ bar on Essex Road, close to Islington Green.

The interior uses reclaimed materials to re-cycle discarded items in unexpected and surprisingly visually pleasing ways including a plywood canopied ceiling, a wall of reversed tiles and La Caravana, a completly customised vintage caravan. The concept is inspired by owner, Ferdie Ahmed's experience of cities, replete with a Latin edge.

The intention to bring the El Barrio experience to

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USA - Digidesign's Eleven guitar amp emulation plug-in for Pro Tools, Avid, and Digidesign Venue systems is now available for purchase.

"Eleven really captures those subtle, yet immensely important nuances that make the guitar amp combos we cloned sound like the real thing," cites Dusty DiMercurio, marketing manager for Eleven. "Our Eleven team really went the extra mile with this plug-in by including non-linear characteristics often overlooked in other amp-modeling solutions - things like power amp sag, speaker cone breakup, cabinet resonance, and ghost notes. The result of this painstaking attention to detail delivers what we feel is the most incredible and realistic digital guitar amp emulations we've heard; it's something we're all very proud of here at Digidesign."

"Eleven was a very exciting, and truly challenging project for our engineers,"

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UK - When Andrew Costi and Jim Dee realised that their 120-cover Bar-Celona restaurant in the Kingswood suburb of Bristol, was starting to draw more of a clubbing crowd, gathering for drinks at front-of-house, they came up with a plan.

Says Costi: "My business partner owned the building two doors down and so we converted it from an Italian restaurant and then purchased the building in between, to create an entertainment venue."

The result is that they not only have one giant piece of real estate (with a roof terrace) but can bridge between the restaurant and their vibrant new live and dance venue - via a conservatory area which is used for wedding receptions and private events.

The Bar-Celona MD brought in local installers CPM to specify and design a sound system built around Martin Audio's AQ range. This would not only service the needs of the DJ's, who play out t

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Norway - Norwegian theatre sound specialists TTA has appointed the newly-formed Benum Nordic to represent its products in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

The Benum Group is one of the leading groups serving the pro-audio market in the region, with a notably strong reputation in Scandinavian theatre circles. Combining a portfolio of international brands such as Shure and Renkus-Heinz with system knowledge, system integration and first-class support, Benum provides a pan-Scandinavian service for TTA, covering the Norwegian market from its main location in Oslo, and the Danish and Swedish markets from newly-opened offices in Copenhagen and Stockholm.

Ronald Hernes of Benum says that his pro-audio team "has been monitoring the development of this technology for some years now; indeed one of TTA's most extensive system installations is at Trondheim's Tr°ndelag Theater here in

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India - Mumbai-based V-DOSC partner Electrocraft was signed on to provide the FOH sound system for a special Beyonce concert held in Mumbai on 27 October.

The L-acoustics FOH kit consisted of 24 V-DOSC elements completed by 14 SB218 Subwoofers. Four dV-DOSC elements were used as centre-fill for the FOH system, while four V-DOSC additional elements were deployed for the VIP booth.

(Jim Evans)

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Russia - The first Integrated Systems Russian conference and tradeshow attracted more than 7,200 attendees to Moscow's Gostiny Dvor convention centre earlier this month.

"We will look back on this inaugural show as a landmark event in the development of our industry," comments Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events. "We always believed that Russia and the CIS countries deserved their own show dedicated to AV and electronic systems integration, and we're delighted to have had that belief confirmed here in Moscow."

Daria Nedumova, MidExpo project manager, adds: "We are proud to have hosted such a wide range of exhibitors from all over the world, and to have been able to introduce them to the leading players in Russia's systems integration marketplace."

On the eve of the show, a one-day conference entitled 'Professional AudioVi

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Norway - Currently under construction in Bj°rvika, the harbour area of Oslo, the €450 million National Opera House of Norway has placed an order for a new Stagetracker 16XR system, the audio tracking and positioning technology developed by Norwegian theatre specialists TTA.

Due to open in April 2008, the National Opera House is the biggest cultural project in Norway. Completely replacing the city's current theatre, the main hall of the new building will accommodate nearly 1400 audience members, with seats for 400 in an adjacent smaller theatre. The large auditorium is designed in classical form with a horseshoe-type plan and a high ceiling height, and extraordinary care and attention are being lavished on its acoustics.

TTA's newly-appointed Scandinavian distributor Benum will deliver the order, which is for a complete Stagetracker 16XR system with audio matrix and dual R

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UK - As a result of expanding market shares in the audio-visual and custom install sector, Dynalite Europe has appointed Phil Hardy as UK sales engineer to provide technical and sales support to dealers and distributors.

Hardy has been working for Dynalite in a technical support and engineering role for the last eight months and his promotion to this role will enable Dynalite to continue providing first class technical sales support to the custom installer and AV dealer whilst also managing the planned expansion of sales, says the company.

In his new post, Hardy will be "actively seeking out custom installers looking to distinguish themselves from their peers in an increasingly competitive marketplace".

(Jim Evans)

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Japan - The International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (Inter BEE) held at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba City, Japan from 20 to 22 November will see the debut of Lighthouse Technologies' new black-faced indoor LED panels, which are available in two models, the R4-B 4mm pixel pitch and R6-B 6mm pixel pitch.

By combining a superfine resolution with Lighthouse's new 3 in 1 black Surface Mount Device (SMD) LED, a much better contrast level and visual performance have been achieved, says the company. Their light-weight with a slim casing design makes these panels suitable for rental applications. They can also be easily installed and integrated.

"Reducing the environmental impact of our products is extremely important," says Lighthouse's managing director Mark Chan. "To be able to do this whilst enhancing the picture quality in this way is a real achievement. Our 6mm p

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USA - The Midas XL8 digital live performance system made its major concert tour debut in a big way this summer, visiting the USA's largest venues with country superstar Kenny Chesney's Flip Flop tour.

The XL8's at FOH, joined forces with the World's largest Electro-Voice X-Line/XLC touring rig - deployed by Dale Morris Leasing. In addition to over 100 X-Line & XLC line array loudspeaker enclosures, the system design (by Phil Scobee) incorporates Electro-Voice NetMax digital matrices and over 100 RL series remote control amplifiers running IRIS-Net software, offering complete real-time supervision and performance monitoring - right down to individual speaker components. No other touring system combines more minute attention to detail with such massive sonic muscle.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Bristol-based CPM has fitted out a new lounge bar on the city's trendy Baldwin Street exclusively with Martin Audio loudspeakers. Bossa Nostra offers an eclectic cocktail menu and wide range of Mediterranean cuisine with a 2.30am licence. Also famous for its breakfasts (since its days as Café Firenze) it still opens at 10.30am for early morning shoppers.

Owners Dimitris Kantas and Ghalia Collins ran the venue under its original guise before closing for a 10-week major refurbishment, reopening as an authentic continental bar/brasserie, with improved frontage, a canopy and a pavement licence.

CPM proprietor Trevor Brooks opted for a combination of Martin Audio's architectural AQ10 compact two-way loudspeakers, finished in white. A Blackline S15 provides some bass extension, and the rear of this 123-capacity venue is serviced by a further pair of AQ8's, under the cont

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UK - Winchester University is in the final stages of completing its new University Centre - a flagship building set to transform the main campus. The £9 million development is a four-storey building covering 3,200sq.m. Located at the entrance to the King Alfred Campus it provides an impressive gateway for visitors, as well as social facilities for the whole university community. The Centre includes the Student Union, catering facilities, main reception, a bookshop, a mini-mart convenience store and a Learning Café.

The Student Union is state-of-the-art and includes a large bar and 'The Vault', a venue space large enough for 1,200 people, for club nights and concerts. The venue will also have a cinema screen and surround sound for movie nights.

Sound and Lighting specialists, PV Audio Visual, were contracted to design and install the audio systems for the The Vault

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