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UK - At this year's ABTT, Out Board previewed the TiMax2 SoundHub - a range of audio showcontrol and system processors.

In its ShowHub guise, the TiMax2 control software is configured specifically for programming and running shows and events, whilst the RoomHub version is optimized for more mainstream AV installations needing similar comprehensive audio processing resources but with less focus on real-time showcontrol or audio animation.

TiMax2 incorporates a scaleable multi-channel audio matrix and mixer to handle multiple sources and multiple zones in a variety of projects ranging from theatre and corporate or special events through to AV installations, museums, boardrooms, hotels and nightclubs. The compact 2U chassis provides 16 input and 16 outputs in analogue or AES/EBU fo

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USA - Digigram is presenting the LX1616ES PCI network sound card with DirectSound and ASIO drivers for the first time at InfoComm 2008 in Las Vegas.

Little sister to the proven LX6464ES sound card which can exchange simultaneously 64 channels from and 64 channels to an EtherSound network, the LX1616ES can transmit and receive up to sixteen EtherSound channels, thus connecting computer-based audio applications to a 100Mb/s EtherSound network via a single Cat 5 cable.

The LX1616ES is designed for direct-to-disk applications that don't necessarily require as many as 64 channels, but still require maximum flexibility to play and/or record selected ES-100 audio channels using just a single Cat 5 cable. A scaled-down version of the LX6464ES, LX1616ES offers a starting point for price-sensitive applications, particularly since it can be upgraded on the fly from a 16/16 channel count

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Italy - FaitalPRO has re-launched "a significantly improved woofer model already present on catalogue" and unveiled a new mid-woofer.

Flavio Naggi, overseas sales manager of FaitalPRO states: "Knowing how to transform the research of our internal R&D department into concrete economic value applied on both new products, as well as on continuous improvements in already existing ones, is a real priority for us: That is why we never stop, not even when we are satisfied with what we have created."

Improvements have been made to the FaitalPRO 18" woofer model 18FH500. The result is that now this woofer is able to sustain a 100W more than the previously declared power, climbing from 500 to 600W of nominal power.

The new FaitalPRO 10HP1020 mid-woofer boasts two spiders, and a small sized membrane compared to the classic subs, with a 4" voice coil.

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USA - City Theatrical's new SHoW DMX wireless DMX received the "Live Design Lighting Product of the Year Award" from Live Design Magazine at the Broadway Lighting Master Classes on May 20, 2008 in New York City.

SHoW DMX was a nearly unanimous first draft pick by the judges in the Wireless Networking category. One judge noted: "I find City Theatrical's product innovative in the multiple ways that it seeks to attain higher levels of data fidelity and create ways to peacefully coexist with other radio signals in the 2.4GHz band - adjustable power output, limited bandwidth mode, and limited burst mode."

Another judge noted, referring to SHoW DMX's reliability: "The SHoW DMX system was no different than using wires - first time I could ever say that."

CTI's SHoW DMX system utilizes a patent pending method that synchronizes the hopping pattern of the

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USA - Pennsylvania-based Anderson Audio recently augmented its existing inventory of Lab.gruppen amplifiers with the purchase of 12 PLM 10000 Q Powered Loudspeaker Management systems. According to Anderson Audio owner Chris Anderson, the new PLM units - each of which incorporates two full modules of Dolby Lake Controller processing along with four channels of amplification - will afford greater flexibility in reconfiguring his largest touring system as well as a more compact form factor.

"The flexibility is the biggest thing that attracted us," states Anderson. "The cool thing about the PLM 10000Qs is that basically every one of the channels drives a speaker, so four channels of the amp covers the four channels that the speaker system needs. All you do is dial in the PLM to whatever you want that speaker to do."

Anderson notes that a further benefit of his

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UK - An exhibitor at the very first ABTT Show in 1978, White Light returned to the thirtieth anniversary of this show last week.

A central feature of the stand was the EvenLED cyc-lighting system, already supplied by White Light to one major musical and "in demand from many more shows". A metre-square tile containing 16 super-wide-angle three-colour LEDs, each individually controllable, EvenLED is designed to be built into an array behind a BP screen; there it can evenly light a cyc at a throw as low as 25cm, creating an array of bright colours or - because each pixel is individually controllable - rainbows, clouds, graduations, colour wipes and more.

Also on stand were products from White Light (including the White Light Snow Machine and the VSFX Optical Effect System), plus products from the many companies for which White Light is the exclusive UK's distributor, in

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USA - Highland Baptist Church in Meridian, Mississippi contacted several nationally-known audio consultants and contractors to help solve their sound reinforcement problems.

Will Roland of local firm Gracenote Consulting recognised and praised the sanctuary's unadorned sound and proposed to improve the reinforcement situation by designing a system with excellent pattern control to avoid over-energizing the walls and ceiling in the first place. The tight, low-frequency pattern control of the full range Danley SH-50 and the rich subsonic response of the Danley TH-50 proved integral to his success.

MS Audio, LLC of Jackson, Mississippi installed the system from Gracenote Consulting's design drawings. As the room has two aisle's with a centre seating section and two side sections, Roland used two Danley SH-50s powered by Lab Gruppen C48:4 amplifiers to cover each seating section w

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UK - Adlib Lighting supplied equipment and crew to the Wombats first full UK production tour which has just finished.

Lighting designer Ali Pike has worked for the Liverpool indie rockers since they were unsigned three years ago, and says: "Adlib have always looked after us, whether it's been a few specials for one offs and the previous tour, right up to the full rig and crew for this one - they are absolutely brilliant."

Pike's design starting point for the tour was based on some elements that have been used in their live visuals for some time. A lot of the initial concept ideas also came from the Backfire at the Disco promo video, which features a series of DJ and disco lighting effects.

Pike persuaded the band that they could reproduce some of these on tour using more robust and practical kit like PixelLines. The back truss was rigged with four bars of 6

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UAE - Triangle Entertainment Services unveiled at the recent PALME exhibition in Dubai d&b audiotechnik's recent additions to their renowned E-Series range, four new loudspeakers the E8, E12 and E12-D as well as the E15X subwoofer and the new lightweight D6 amplifier.

Lightness and power typifies the new additions to d&b's multipurpose E-Series; thoroughly modern loudspeakers, the E8, E12 and E12-D combine astutely engineered polyurethane hard foam cabinets, with highly efficient coaxial LF/HF drivers at their heart. Designed for use as stand-alone full-range loudspeakers, any of these models can be integrated into larger systems with the seamless homogeneity that has become a d&b convention. All three models have rotatable horns, with patterns of 90° x 50°, 80° x 50° and 110° x 50° (h x v) respectively, high power ratings of 129 dB, 134 dB, 133 dB SPL, a

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UK - Lighting design and rental company Blinding Light supplied lighting, AV and sound production for an event showcasing the high spec Nissan Finesse range. This was staged at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

The Reading-based company was contacted by the German office of production company George P Johnson, after they received a call from Nissan. Blinding Light's Paddy Stacy took an outline brief late on Wednesday afternoon which was to create a car showroom environment in the Hotel's Kings Suite for a series of presentations the following Monday and Tuesday.

He prepared the quote, designed and drew the lighting plot and kit list and sent these to George P Johnson for approval. They loaded in at 2 a.m. on the Monday to be ready for the first show at 10 a.m.

Blinding Light supplied over 200m of trussing that was laid out on the fl

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UK - Garry Clulow has joined Massteknik as UK sales manager to focus on permanent installations of LED screens and systems.

The move into this area is new to Massteknik UK but has proven extremely successful for Massteknik Sweden utilising knowledge gained within the LED rental business over the past twenty five years, says the company.

Clulow's career in AV began with the Plasmascreen Company where he headed the sales team, moving on to managing the company. His move to Aviation Television and Communications supporting airshows worldwide saw other skill sets being required. His last position saw him working as business development manager for ADI.

Mike Bone who heads Massteknik UK says: "With us developing our business into this new and growing market sector Garry's knowledge and expertise makes him a valuable addition to the team."

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Italy - FBT Elettronica S.p.A. announces the appointment of Mr. Luigi Paoloni as export manager for Central-South America, Africa (except north), East Europe extra EEC countries.Luigi Paoloni has spent seventeen years at Proel S.p.A. where he experienced the international sales department management, witnessing the whole company's history.

Paoloni comments: "I am looking forward to developing our brands in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe where Italian made products are very much aimed. FBT manufactures almost all its entire production in Italy, covering the complete production cycles at our plant in Recanati, near Ancona. FBT's organisation includes total product design, engineering and manufacturing in Italy and I am looking forward to bring my contribution to the future success."

Luigi Paoloni joins forces with the FBT's export managers Roberto Mataloni, h

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Germany - Beyerdynamic has reported that Fred R. Beyer, the shareholder and long-time managing director of beyerdynamic GmbH & Co KG, died on 5 June 2008 in Heilbronn, Germany.

The company's statement says: "Beyer will be best remembered as a man who did not bow to convention yet still maintained a strong sense of traditionalism. After his father's death in 1959, he took over as Managing Director at the age of 26 of the still family owned manufacturing business and held that position until his retirement in 2002.

"He gave up a very promising career with the US Army and with it his great dream of a military life, although anyone visiting him at the factory could be forgiven for thinking that they had landed in the army because of his impressive collection of military vehicles and his management style.

"He led beyerdynamic for over 40 years and was instrumental

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Venezuela - Corporacion Dynaco provided concert sound rental services for two of the largest events held during Festival Movistar Musica 2008. Movistar, a division of the Spanish telecommunications company, Telefonica sponsored the festival.

More than 25,000 people were attracted to the production sites, which each featured eight major international artists from Venezuela, Spain, Argentina, and Colombia like Los Amigos Invisibles, Caramelos de Cianuro, Chino y Nacho, Diego Torres, and David Bisbal. The 8 May event was held at the Zulia State capitol of Maracaibo's baseball stadium, and the 10 May 10 event took place in Caracas, at the Universidad de Venezuela's baseball stadium.

Dynaco deployed 36 JBL Professional VT4888DP-AN midsized powered line array elements equipped with JBL DrivePack technology for the main left/right arrays and four VT4888DP-AN elements as near- fills.

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UK - With the high profile of the Cardiff Bay development in Cardiff which includes the Welsh Assembly and the Wales Millennium Centre, a new multi-storey car park, owned by Knight Frank LLP needed to integrate with this dynamic area. To achieve this, the architect Scott Brownrigg and lighting designer Paul Traynor PLDA of Light Bureau developed the idea of six wave shape structures to be installed on the long facade of the new car park.

The steel and fabric structures were manufactured and installed by Base Structures with the intention of the three-dimensional wave shapes to link the car park with the original purpose of Cardiff Bay and its connection with the sea. Another visual link with the sea was the requirement for the night time appearance of the wave to be lit using a combination of blue and white lighting.

Particular consideration was taken by Light Bureau in the sp

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Portugal - Void Acoustics reports an unusual installation in Portugal, involving a club in a tunnel. Porto's newly opened Gare Club features an all-Void system, installed by T2 Produção e Eventos, designed to deliver high impact sound throughout the club. The club's main room occupies a 35m tunnel, with a ceiling height of 10m and just 6m wide, with the system incorporating Void's signature design, the triple-horn Air Motion speakers, as well as the Stasys 8 dual 18" horn loaded enclosures.

Gare Club's owners, DJs Freshkitos, were keen to match their unusual venue with an eye-catching system, capable of delivering a top quality sound throughout the club. They approached local and international sound company, T2 Produção e Eventos, on the basis of its reputation for high profile installations across clubs, venues and theatres. T2's Raul Ribeiro, a sound engineer and prod

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UK - Roland Systems Group (RSG) has recruited SFL Group to its group of RSS dealers in the UK. Reading-based SFL is actively involved with system installation and live event production all over the UK, and is taking the RSS M-400 mixing console and S-4000 Digital Snake into its own rental inventory as well as accepting dealer status.

SFL managing director Mark Payne has already identified several market opportunities for RSS' new digital mixing system. "I see one of its strengths in the provision of end-to-end audio networking at low cost. It offers the ability to plug into a PC and record everything you are doing with ease, and very inexpensively. And of course the integration of the Digital Snake in audio networks makes the V-Mixing System a very interesting proposition."

SFL offers an extensive range of short training seminars for live production engineers, and wi

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UK - The Association of British Theatre Technicians reports that the 30th anniversary ABTT Theatre Show staged in London's Royal Horticultural Halls last week was considered another triumph.

Year on year the Show has expanded from both exhibitor and visitor perspectives. With over 100 participating companies, the organisers are pleased to reveal that, despite the current uncertain economic climate, the visitor numbers were maintained and were slightly up on 2007.

Recognised for embracing a developing range of technologies for use in any auditorium, the ABTT Theatre Show has built a position as a platform for manufacturers, designers and suppliers to showcase the latest advancements in technical theatre.

The Annual ABTT Awards staged at Church House in Westminster celebrated the products voted as this year's innovations. The 'Hook Clamp' trophies were awarded to: Best Sound P

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South Africa - FX Unlimited is a busy lighting rental and production facility based in Cape Town, and also a prolific user of Avolites control.

FX unlimited bought its first Avolites console back in 1993 explains founder Alan Muller, who has worked with the brand ever since. The inventory includes Pearls and Sapphires, and they have just taken delivery of their first of the new Tiger consoles. The company also has a stock of FD and ART 2K dimmers.

FX Unlimited shows tend to be very moving light orientated - they own Robe, Clay Paky and Martin fixtures.

They took the opportunity to purchase the new Avolites Pearl Tiger from Avolites' south African distributor DWR Distribution, FX Unlimited feels that the Pearl Tiger is an ideal console for smaller conferences with simple set ups of up to 20 moving lights.

FX Unlimited is also the in-house technical supplier for the Cape Tow

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UK - One of the first V-Mixing Systems from RSS by Roland has been bought by The Bedford Corn Exchange, which has snapped up the digital console plus snake package to use as a portable system, shuttling between four local venues.

The Bedford Corn Exchange has much in common with civic theatres in towns all over the UK, featuring a 1000-capacity main auditorium which hosts a huge variety of repertory productions and one-off shows. The sound team also sallies forth into other venues owned and operated by the Borough Council, and have therefore invested in a new V-Mixing System from RSS by Roland which gives them 48-channel digital mixing capability on the move.

Pro-audio dealer JAP Sound fulfilled the Corn Exchange order, supplying the M-400 16-bus digital console and two S-1608 Digital Snakes with remote controllers. This compact digital system can be moved around the Corn Exch

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UK - At last year's PLASA Show, Martin Hawthorn, MD of Hawthorn Theatrical, became transfixed by the new Impression LED heads on the stand of German Light Products (represented in the UK by LED-Lites). Before the end of the show he had confirmed his first order for 18 of the GLP heads, and in so doing was among the first customers in the UK to purchase these high-powered eco-friendly lights for rental stock.

By the time this year's ABTT Show came along the company had ordered a further 36 fixtures - divided equally between the RGB versions and Cold White/Amber.

The RGB version contains 90 Luxeon K2 LEDs giving it a high light yield capacity, with 30 each of the RGB colour LEDs able to create the entire colour spectrum. The White/Amber Impression contains 60 cold white LED's and 30 amber, to allow continuous colour temperature adjustment, down to 3200°K.

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