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Russia - Moscow-based installers Light Sound Contractor (LSC) specified Robe moving lights for a project at the Tropicana Restaurant in the Arbat Entertainment Centre (AEC), Moscow which has undergone a complete refurbishment.

The AEC venue contains a club, restaurant and casino and is also used to stage boxing contests and other sporting events. It is located on Arbat Street, one of the best known thoroughfares of the city.

LSC has engaged in many design, supply and installation projects in the casino world, and have also completed several other schemes within Arbat, which is why they won the contract to kit out the restaurant.

In addition to tables, the Tropicana also features a stage for live music and cabaret performances and a dancefloor area for discos, so the new lighti

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USA - The new Electro-Voice SB2A powered 12-inch subwoofer, introduced at NAMM 2008, eliminates the need for external system processing and amplification, addressing the demand for lightweight high performance portable sound systems, says the company.

Featuring dual 350 watt amplifiers, the SB2A's switchable powered speaker output can drive either an external 8 ohm passive subwoofer or full range loudspeaker.

Typical SB2A-powered system setups include: with a ZX1-90, as a standalone PA that fits in the front seat of your car; in clusters with SX100/300; with a passive SB122, for portable lightweight sub extension to replace bulky 15-inch two-way systems (two 16kg packages vs. one 40kg package); with an additional powered top box (such as the SXA100+).

The SB2A shares the same injection-molded enclosure as EV's popular passive SB122 subwoofer. Both utilise the EVS12S woofer,

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China - A special Traffic Safety Awards ceremony featured as part of a huge Lab.gruppen-powered variety show that was held at the 70,000-capacity Beijing Workers Stadium to celebrate the Chinese New Year in early January.

Beijing traffic police officers and their families came from all over the canton to witness the presentation of the awards to those who have made a valuable contribution to the work for the traffic management. The event was organized by the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau and China Central Television (CCTV) at the Beijing Worker's Stadium, a site that has undergone extensive renovation in order to host the football quarterfinals and semi-finals for the coming Summer Olympics in 2008. Many local dignitaries attended, including the Beijing government management team, the Ministry of Public Security.

In addition to the awards ceremony, there were performances

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Denmark - With a café, lounge, restaurant and micro brewery under one roof, La Tasca in Vejle, Denmark has become the city's most popular day and night venue for quality foods and drinks.

The exclusive interior called for a discrete speaker and 28 Cornered C6s in white were chosen to deliver the sound throughout the venue. The installer chose the version with rear mounted recessed cable terminals so that all speaker cables are hidden.

Music is distributed in zones so that the sound pressure in each area of the venue can be controlled precisely.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany - Void Acoustics will be showing its recently-launched Waveform System loudspeakers at this year's Prolight + Sound (Frankfurt, 12 - 15 March).

Alongside the Waveform range, Void Acoustics is spotlighting its Air Series loudspeakers with the Air Motion and Airten systems, together with the Stasys point-source and Arcline line-source high-end touring systems.

Void's loudspeaker designs focus on a combination of sonic and visual impact, with a track record for creating the maximum result with the minimum number of enclosures.

Void is also hosting a one-night extravaganza - The Void Bunker Party - in a central Frankfurt nightspot on Thursday 13 March, giving its Air Series a major workout with a number of high-profile acts.

(Jim Evans)

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Thailand - A police team from Amphur Muang Chiangmai Police Station accompanied by investigators and a team from Quantico, raided a shop situated on Changklan Road, Tambon Changklan, Amphur Muang, Chiangmai Province.

The preliminary investigation discovered allegedly counterfeit DBX products being sold in the shop. Under the search warrant of the Chiangmai District Court, the police raid team and members of Quantico seized a large number of various models of fake graphic equalizers bearing the trademark 'DBX'. The estimated value of the seized goods is more than THB 1 Million.

The counterfeit products were seized and delivered to the Amphur Muang Chiangmai Police Station for an extensive investigation and possible prosecution. The alleged infringer was charged with criminal offences under the Trademark Act and the Penal Code, and may face a civil lawsuit by Harman Internationa

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UK - PRG Europe helped Liverpool celebrate its launch as European Capital of Culture for 2008, with large format projection onto the brand new Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) and the Jury's Inn hotel, in frontof the building.

Deputy technical manager Alan Igbon says: "ACC Liverpool is sponsored by the Liverpool Echo and the Convention Centre by BT, so we arranged for PRG Europe to project the logos onto the side of the buildings.One of the projectors was sited on the top of a multi-storey car park, while the other was on top of a yet-to-be-completed hotel."

On the same weekend, PRG Europe was asked by SLS Group to project a giant Liverpool '08 logo onto the front of the scaffold wrapper covering the hotel.

Project manager for PRG Europe Loz Wilcox says, "We used a Pani BP6 projector to project the Echo Arena logo, and then the larger Pani BP12 project

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USA - Having recently crossed its 60th year and more than two decades of producing the Macro-Tech Series of power amplifiers, Crown International is commemorating both milestones with a special, one-time production run of its MA-2402, MA-3600VZ and MA-5002VZ as Anniversary Edition models.

A limited quantity of these amplifiers will be produced - only 600 in total will be available worldwide - each of which will feature a visually striking copper-plated front panel (including handles, knobs, buttons, etc.) and be shipped in a custom wood crate.

The product will also be accompanied by a special brochure chronicling the history of the product from its initial concept through today as well as a specification sheet detailing the actual benchmarked performance of that very amplifier, signed and numbered by Crown senior VP of research Gerald Stanley, whose patented technologie

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Australia - DPA Microphones' Australian distributor Amber Technology has supplied a DPA 3506 stereo kit to the Australian Chamber Orchestra for use with a very special instrument: one of the world's rarest violins.

The Carrodus, created by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in 1743 and valued at AUD$10m (approx EUR€ 6m), is among the finest violins in existence, being one of only 100 del Gesù violins in the world today. It has been acquired by an anonymous Australian private benefactor for the use of the ACO's artistic director Richard Tognetti.

"The ACO is most proud to own a stereo pair of these exemplary 4006-TL mics," says Tognetti. "I have personally tried many different set-ups and without doubt these DPAs pick up the inherent warmth and clarity of my del Gesù violin."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Airsound LLP, the British start-up company exhibiting its airSOUND single-point-stereo technology and product designs at ISE this week, has been invited to exhibit at Disney's "best of" CES Expo on 8 February, following the company's successful debut at the CES this month. The event, which showcases the 30 best companies from the CES and Mac Expo, to 1000 Disney top business and technology executives in Burbank, is organised the Disney New Technology Strategy Group.

airSOUND is launching a further application of its technology at ISE - for the first time anywhere - with its patented Walls of Sound design. Walls of Sound is claimed to be the world's first in-wall/ceiling speaker design to provide full spatial stereo sound from a single flush enclosure. The technology and design provides all of the advantages of wall mounted speakers without the any of the si

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Germany - Peter Maffay played a pre-Christmas charity show in front of 600 people at the Porsche customer centre in Leipzig. Sound reinforcement was provided by QSC's flagship audio products, including the WideLine10 line array and PowerLight PL380 amplification.

Due to its conical construction, the Porsche Customer Centre provided Gert Pasemann from CWC Pasemann, who was responsible for the technical execution of this event, with a number of sound reinforcement problems, since the building tapers off.

Given these acoustic challenges, he contacted Shure Distribution, QSC's German distributor, for technical and product support. Upon consultation, Santiago Alcalá, system specialist for QSC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, flew to Leipzig to provide on-site support.

Prior to the concert, Alcalá and CWC Pasemann engineers used QSC's EASE Focus software to assess different sp

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Germany - The 580-seat Apollo Theatre in the heart of the town of Siegen is regarded as one of North-Rhine Westphalia's most important new theatres. It has taken two years to build at a cost of around €12.8 million, after nearly 50 years of struggle. The tireless efforts of local theatre lovers have finally been rewarded with a theatre with exceptional acoustics.

The original specification had included a sound system that sadly fell far short of the standard required for musical performances and concerts. But, thanks to an anonymous €50,000 donation, the theatre team was able to commission a new audio installation better suited to the venue.

A PA system was hired in for the theatre's inaugural event, Midnight Specials with Dieter Falk and his band giving the audience an opportunity to audition the exceptional performance of the new system. Before the final decision co

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India - German Rock band The Scorpions performed live in Mumbai in December 2007 as part of their Humanity World Tour. L-Aacoustics V-DOSC partner Electrocraft were called on to provide the audio system for the packed concert.

The FOH system used for the event consisted of 20 V-DOSC elements along with 14 SB218 subwoofers. Four dV-DOSC were used for the FOH lip-fills while four ARCS along with four SB218 Subs were used on stage for side-fills.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Crowds have been flocking to California's Pasadena Playhouse to see Ray Charles Live! - the upbeat stage version of the hit movie - before it moves to Broadway in early 2008. The memorable musical numbers are lit by a combined rig of conventional and moving lights, all controlled from ETC's new Eos system.

Lighting Designer Don Holder chose Eos to control the entire rig, in part because it allowed him to have only one lighting system. During technical rehearsals, one Eos was used to programme the conventionals, while a second Eos handled the automated and LED luminaires. Both desks were contributing to a single show file, using new partitioned control software that allows seamless discrete control by multiple programmers.

Eos product manager Anne Valentino says, "Each programmer worked completely independently, and when it came time to put everything on one d

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Canada - The Adamson Metrix Sub, officially introduced at the AES show in October 2007 now comes as standard with a built in pole mount socket for use with Metrix Wave-t's pole mount kit. It is designed for use with one or two of Adamson's 15° Metrix Wave-t enclosures providing 120° horizontal by up to 30° vertical coverage. The pole mount supports three different positions for the bottom Wave enclosure: -5°, -10°, -15° and can be mounted on top of a ground stack of Metrix Subs, or used independently with a stand. The Metrix AIR Rigging system on the Wave enclosure allows three positions; 10°, 13°,and 15°.

The Metrix Sub-t is a compact convertible cardioid sub, boasting two new 15" ND15S Neodymium Kevlar drivers, is flyable within the main array or behind the array using two light weight-t series aluminium rigging frames and a frame link

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Germany - The 21st EVI Audio Hausmesse - the company's in-house trade fair - ran this year from 10-13 January, the venue being, as in previous years, EVI Audio's European headquarters in Straubing. .

The EVI team led by sales manager Robert Hesse and works manager Konrad Proyer welcomed around 700 industry and media partners from 48 different countries. The programme of this year's Hausmesse included not only presentations of new products but also comprehensive demonstrations and workshops as well as a tour of the new production hall and new test and demo hall.

At the international press reception in the Theater am Hagen, Martin Traut (Dynacord) and Christian Glück (Electro-Voice) followed up vice president of the business unit communication systems Robert Mulatz's words of welcome with a presentation of the year's new products. Among the highlights were the compact Dynacord

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UK - Pro audio distributor Source Distribution has announced theappointment of Chas Levin as technical support specialist. Based at the newSource HQ in North West London, Levin will provide technical support viaphone and email to dealers and their customers, covering all Source-distributed brands ­ Genelec, R°de, PreSonus, Universal Audio, Sonnox, Eventide, HHB, Lynx, Event and Rosendahl.

After an apprenticeship as a transfer engineer in the late 1980s, Levinworked as a studio engineer and latterly producer at studios in London andRome, before running the technical support department at SCV London for thelast four years.

"Source has assembled a portfolio of products that represent the mostinnovative technology available at each stage of the audio productionprocess,"says Levin. "I'm delighted to be joining such a forward-lookingorganisation and eagerly antic

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USA The Harman Pro Group has announced the immediate promotion of Michael MacDonald to the newly created position of executive vice president of marketing & sales. Based at the Group's Northridge, California headquarters, MacDonald will continue to report directly to Blake Augsburger, president of the Harman Pro Group.

"The addition of sales oversight to Michael's responsibilities is the next logical step forward in the evolution of the Group's strategy to strengthen the average customer's interaction with our brands," Augsburger said . "In the one year he has served as executive vice president of marketing, Michael has demonstrated his ability to develop successful Group-wide marketing programmes that are exceeding our customers' demands for more integrated, multi-brand product solutions. In his new position, Michael will bring the same expertise and leadership t

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Switzerland - The 2006 Credit Suisse Sports Awards show had the distinction of being the first event ever to use Martin's LC Series of semi-transparent LED panels. And the recently concluded 2007 edition of the Sports Awards show also featured Martin's LED screens.

Held in December 2007 at Bern's Event Hall, Switzerland's best sportsmen and sportswomen were acknowledged in a live TV broadcast on Swiss station SFDRS. Specified by set designer Tomi Bricchi, the LC panels were used as a three and four metre high decorative effect upstage while also providing general lighting to the stage.

"The initial requirement was that the set should be easily changeable," comments Roni Huber, technical planner and media server operator on the show. "Because there were several different acts and scenes it was highly important that the background could be changed fast."

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UK - SAE Institute is set to open the "world's biggest technology school" in Oxford. The campus will be the largest SAE Institute to date - more than 14,200sq.m - and will also become the global headquarters of the SAE operation, which has 50 SAE Institutes worldwide.

SAE founder Tom Misner, who has recently relocated to the UK in order to oversee the development of the new HQ, comments, "For over 30 years now SAE Institute has consistently raised the standard, and this shows that we have no intention of resting on our laurels when it comes to delivering excellence to our students, no matter what field of study they pursue. And with the Oxford campus we're moving the very heart of SAE to what many consider to be the homeland of global academic excellence."

SAE is spending £12million updating the old Littlemore hospital for the new campus (a further &p

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USA - Symetrix has appointed Dimension AV to represent all of its Symetrix and SymNet lines in France.

"Symetrix is a manufacturer of high-quality pro audio equipment and is known as a serious company in the industry," said Dimension's Stephane Morillon. "Their new contractor series products are a perfect fit for the market demand. They are easy to install and configure, deliver pristine sound, are priced competitively, and boast a clever assortment of user interfaces. We are looking forward to giving Symetrix and its associated brands the positioning they deserve in the French market."

"In contrast to some reps who have a tendency to merely foist products on their clients, Dimension AV has a well-deserved reputation for partnering with their clients to find the best solution for their needs at the best price," said Paul Roberts, director of sales

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