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Europe - Yamaha's Nick Cook has announced he is to leave his current position as European Marketing Director for Commercial Audio to set up a strategic marketing and sales consultancy, called NCM.

Cook, who has been with Yamaha for eight years, was responsible for managing and coordinating Commercial Audio sales and marketing activities throughout Europe. Prior to joining Yamaha, Cook was already highly regarded within the professional audio community having held a number of senior sales and marketing positions with leading manufacturing companies including Solid State Logic, Amek and Fairlight.

Nick told us: "My time at Yamaha has been hugely rewarding and challenging in equal measure: integrating and developing Yamaha's CA operations throughout Europe

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UK - Entertainment lighting specialist White Light has announced the appointment of industry veteran Ken Berreen as the company's distribution sales manager. Ken brings to the role more than 30 years experience with lighting and sound technology having worked at all levels of the entertainment industry. Previous roles include project management, lighting design, installation, hire, and sales experience most recently as European sales manager for well-known stage lighting manufacturers.

"I am happy to welcome Ken to White Light," says Peter Threadgold, White Light sales director. "His experience on all sides of the industry makes him a great addition to our team. I look forward to working with him as White Light continues to grow."

In his new role, Ken will focus on delivering White Light's innovative products and quality customer service to both new and exi

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Germany - The SW12 is a direct-radiating subwoofer for use with system amplifiers. The compact bass reflex system weighs only 23 kg (50.8 lbs) has a 12" cone driver with a 4" voice coil and a power handling of 1,000 / 2,000 W (RMS / programme). Due to its linear tuning, the SW12 produces a controlled lowrange down to below 40 Hz.

The high-power SW12 is acoustically compatible with the larger SW18 and SW28 subwoofers on the system amplifiers. Which means that their phase and frequency responses are virtually identical. Electrically the SW12 is ready for the cardioid operation mode.

A total of four Speakon sockets - two on the back and another two on the front - allow a front/rear system cabling without custom-wired reversible cables. Rubber feet for horizontal and upright operation, numerous sockets for the MT10 and MT12 in horizontal and upright operation plus an M20

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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Japan - Yamaha has introduced the new generation of MG Series compact mixing consoles. With a flexible lineup of completely re-designed consoles suitable for both portable and installation applications offering varying input and processing capabilities, these new MG mixers put an emphasis on sound quality combined with a level of reliability and performance that have made this series an industry standard, says the company.

Featuring five standard models ranging from six to twenty inputs, and five XU models featuring onboard SPX effect processors, the new series comprises a versatile lineup of ten models in total that will meet the demands of a wide range of mixing applications.

The new MG Series feature Yamaha's discrete Class-A "D-PRE" microphone preamps. Utilizing an inverted Darlington circuit topography, these studio-grade preamps feature multiple circuitry eleme

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USA - Doughty Engineering will be showcasing its family of Trigger and Quick Trigger Clamps at this year's PLASA Focus in Nashville, Tennessee. Visitors to booth #313 will be able to see for themselves how the range, which launched in 1998 with the Trigger Clamp and led to the first Quick Trigger Clamp in 2001, has developed.

Julian Chiverton, sales director for Doughty, said, "Over the past 13 years Doughty Engineering has expanded the range of Quick Trigger clamps, that first Slimline Quick Trigger leading to the Titan in 2007 and the Baby version in 2012."

The Baby Quick Trigger Clamp is designed specifically for smaller truss sizes, being adjustable to diameters of 25-38mm. Easy to use, it saves the user time and money and has a safe working load of 40kg. Julian added, "Our entire range of Quick Trigger Clamps shares the same guarantee of providing a high de

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UK - Two Audient ASP4816s were delivered to dBs Music, one each for its Plymouth and Bristol-based facilities, with a view predominantly "to encourage students from our range of courses to explore the sonic benefits of working and mixing with an analogue desk and outboard," says Matt Bernard, the centre manager in Plymouth.

The analogue desk there is wired in line with a ProTools 16 i/o HD system with a range of outboard and full patch-bay, teamed with Adam A8X monitors and various outboard, together with a selection of studio classic mics. "Our requirements were for an analogue signal path to replace a digital control surface that wasn't getting a huge amount of use. It also balanced up the analogue/digital balance in our main teaching studios in Plymouth," Matt continues.

The dBs Music centre in Berlin already had experience of Audient in the shape of an

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UK - Welsh language TV Network S4C commissioned the return of popular entertainment series An Audience With which was produced in co-production by Boom Pictures and Mr Producer in late 2013.

The series was recorded at Cardiff's Enfys Studios over the course of a week. Each programme contained musical artist from Wales, plus their guests in front of a live studio audience. Boom Pictures engaged their regular lighting director Steff Jones and his team on the production. Steffan was also asked to consult on the design of the LED and screen technology used to form the set.

Originally, the series was to be produced at ITV Wales's Studio 1 facilities but due to unforeseen last minute circumstances, Boom Pictures had to relocate the production to Enfys Studios.

"Originally we were set to be loading into ITV Wales, which is a much larger space than Enfys Studios," s

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Benelux - With the start of a new year comes the start of a new arrangement for Robert Juliat in their distribution network as AED Distribution takes on the role of official distributor for the Benelux countries.

The agreement came into force on 1 January 2014 when AED Distribution took on responsibility for the Netherlands, having represented Belgium and Luxembourg since 2011.

AED Distribution will cover all markets but are especially excited at the prospect of supporting the theatre market with Robert Juliat products.

"We are very happy to bring the full range of Robert Juliat products to the BeNeLux territories, and in particular to the theatre market", comments Hans Vanderheijden, MD of AED Distribution HQ. "From single lens luminaires and profiles to followspots, Robert Juliat's range covers every requirement from the smallest to the largest venues."

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USA / UK - PLASA has announced the launch of its International interactive job board. With its focus on the creative industries, the PLASA Job Board offers its members - and the creative industries at large - an easy-to-use and highly targeted resource for online employment connections.

"We're very excited about the PLASA Job Board because we know how critical it is for employers in the industry to attract first-rate talent with a minimum expenditure of time and resources," said Kacey Coffin, Director of Membership for PLASA worldwide. "And it's important for us to help enable smooth career transitions for our members and those seeking industry jobs."

Both members and non-members can use the new PLASA Job Board to reach qualified candidates with members receiving special pricing. Employers can post jobs online, search for qualified candidates based on speci

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The Netherlands - Coda Audio GmbH will be exhibiting its full range of high quality sound reinforcement products at ISE 2014, which deliver "exceptional audio quality to any installed audio project".

Products range from the compact D- and G3000 -Series, which are designed for a wide range of distributed systems where high quality, short-throw sound is required; through the CoRAY and G500 ranges for medium-sized venues, to the ViRAY and G700 systems which deliver "exceptional sound quality for large theatres, clubs, houses of worship and concert venues".

The compact OMNIO5 omnidirectional system will also be on display, which delivers uniform 360º coverage without hot spots, as well as Coda's power amplifiers and system controllers, which manage and distribute audio to loudspeaker systems with precision.

Coda is exhibiting in Hall 7, Stand H186, where the

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UK - Live entertainment sustainability consultancy :entertaining sustainability is partnering with energy measurement experts Measure My Energy to provide their full range of sophisticated, web-enabled smart energy meters.

The system, which is perfectly adapted for use in either performing arts buildings or supply chain warehouses has been developed to deliver easy-to-read live consumption information for electricity, water and gas direct to buildings or facilities managers securely over the internet.

The information gathered can help drive down energy use by identifying exact wastage points. Logical grouping of areas, departments or buildings is easily achieved, with detailed reports easily created to show weekly, monthly, annual or custom period usages.

SMS or email alerts can be sent to key workers in the event of defined parameters being met - be that, for example, unexp

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The Netherlands - Powersoft will make clever use of its display area, as each power amp line will show integrated technology, with control software and third-party plug-ins - connecting the products with their key applications.

Foremost among these will be the award winning Ottocanali 12K4, one of the most powerful 8-channel amplifiers on the market, offering a wide range of system control and monitoring functions in 2RU.

Also on show will be the Ottocanali 1204 DSP+ETH, the Duecanali 5204 DSP+AESOP 2-channel power amp and the M50Q DSP + AESOP 4-channel amp, as well as various amp modules.

DEVA, the much awaited self-contained multifunctional multimedia device dedicated to the installation market will also be previewed. It integrates solar power, bi-directional WiFi 802.11n A/V communication, audio, camera, microphone, lighting and a Class D amplifier with an 8-inch speaker

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Italy - An all-Robe moving light rig took its place in the ring for the 2013 Golden International Circus Festival which ran over three weeks through December and January at the Theater Tendastriscie in Rome, Italy.

Lighting designer Massimo Tomasino added his own touches of magic and spectacle to the various high energy performances with 24 x Robe Robin Pointes and 24 x Robe Robin 600 LEDWashes.

Some of the best international circus acts in the world were presented by Liana Orfei in the show produced by Golden Production Srl to thousands of delighted circus fans as the event celebrated its 30th season.

Tomasino takes up the story, "I chose to combine these two excellent Robe products because I knew their potential was exactly what I needed."

He's used LEDWash 600s many times before on tours, concerts and musicals, however it was his first time incorporating Robe'

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The Netherlands - Roland Systems Group is launching the VR-3EX - the latest addition to the popular VR Series of 'all in one' A/V mixers, adding to a growing line up of AV mixers for live production, web streaming and recording from Roland. The innovative design of the VR-3EX incorporates a video switcher, audio mixer, touchscreen preview monitor and streaming-ready USB output all in a single unit.

Expanding the feature set of the Roland VR-3, the VR-3EX boasts 4 HDMI inputs, 2 HDMI outputs, built-in scaling with resolutions up to 1080p and WUXGA, HDCP support, a full 18-channel digital audio mixer with effects and over 200 video transitions and effects. The compact design of the VR-3EX makes it ideal for use in a variety of portable or permanently installed applications including house of worship, education, corporate A/V and live production.

The VR-3EX features audio embeddi

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South Africa - Syzygy, a dance production by the Break Thru Dance Company and in particular, the work of choreographer Taryn Makaab, ran at the Izulu Theatre at Sibaya Casino in Durban from the 25 - 28 September 2013.

Lighting the show, which consisted of a range of dance styles from contemporary to ballet and hip hop, was a beautiful experience for Vimal Rawjee of Insane Sound. "It was a theatrical production and included many cues with about 40 dancers participating," said Rawjee, who plotted on an Avolites Tiger Touch.

With a great turn out and well over 300 guests attending per evening, it was a proud moment for Rawjee to receive positive feedback on his lighting design. "It was different to lighting a concert," he said. He used multiple cues with slow black out fades to create contemporary looks. "It was out of the box, not our usual and it

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USA / Germany - Audinate, the inventors of Dante, have entered into a licensing agreement with ESI, one of the leading vendors of professional and semi-professional audio equipment worldwide. ESI will incorporate Dante into future products.

Built on existing networking protocols and standards, Audinate's Dante is a plug-and-play networking solution which delivers ultra-low latency and tightly synchronized media, while simplifying installation and configuration of digital media networks.

ESI has been making professional audio products for over a decade which are manufactured and distributed worldwide by ESI Audiotechnik GmbH, located in Leonberg, Germany. Their ESI branded and various OEM products are well known and used daily by hundreds of thousands of customers all over the world.

"We believe that Dante is the solution to provide affordable and competitive networking

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UK - The BBC deployed an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system for the Friday Night is Music Night Christmas Special on Radio 2, to provide the live FOH mix. The system comprised a MADI-enabled iDR-48 MixRack, which is part of the BBC's OB equipment stock, along with an iLive-T112 Control Surface.

Hosted at the BBC's Mermaid Theatre, the event was presented by Ken Bruce, and featured performances from singers Louise Dearman (Wicked) and John Owen-Jones (Phantom, Les Miserables), top West End vocal group Capital Voices, readings and poetry from Samantha Bond and Kenneth Cranham, and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

The BBC also owns an iLive-R72 rackmount surface, which was purchased in preparation for Wimbledon this year, and has subsequently been used on several BBC shows.

(Jim Evans)

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The Netherlands - Solid State Logic will showcase the SSL Live console at the 2014 ISE show (Stand 7.H18).

"Industry reaction to the arrival of SSL in live sound has been extremely encouraging," states Antony David, managing director at SSL. "Much of the initial attention has centred on the superb sound of the console and the excellent ergonomics it offers to engineers, but the console also delivers from a technical integration perspective.

"The combination of versatile inbuilt and remote connectivity, generous processing capability and extremely flexible console configuration and routing and powerful output matrix make Live the perfect product for installed environments. We are very excited to be exhibiting at ISE for the first time and looking forward to meeting the unique partner and user community that attend the show."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - The Harvest Bible Church in Cypress, Texas, had a challenging agenda: allow its 1,000-seat sanctuary to have an intimate ambience yet still have both speech and music fill the entire space intelligibly and coherently, despite a relatively low 18-foot ceiling and highly reflective surfaces on the walls and floor. And one more criterion: keep the PA system's profile minimal and as invisible as possible.

It might have seemed difficult to meet all of these goals, but a RoomMatch loudspeaker system from Bose Professional Systems was just the right solution.

Covenant Communications, an AV systems designer and integrator in Houston, used two RM12020 modules, one RM12010 module and an RMS215 subwoofer in each of two L/R arrays, all powered by three Bose PowerMatch PM8500N eight-channel amplifiers. That was all it took to fulfil all of the needs of this complex acoustical space.<

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UK - Siobhan Hitchen, managing director of Rope Assemblies Ltd, has become the first female director of LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association). Siobhan was elected onto the board of the fast-growing organisation, which now represents over 740 member companies worldwide, alongside three other new directors, Douglas Price of Gunnebo, Richard Oldknow of The Crosby Group and James Bolger of Certs Assured.

Siobhan has worked in the lifting industry since she joined Rope Assemblies in 1997. Established by her father in 1986 and based in Retford, Nottinghamshire, the company manufactures and supplies a wide range of wire rope and fibre rope assemblies to customers working in sectors that include the entertainment industry and climbing and personal protection equipment.

Commenting on her election, Siobhan said: "I'm delighted to be able to support the invaluable work of L

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USA - John Meyer, CEO and co-founder of Meyer Sound Laboratories, was inducted into the TEC Awards Hall of Fame at the 2014 NAMM Show. Following an introduction by Dennis 'Wiz' Leonard, long-time FOH mixer for the Grateful Dead, Meyer received the award as he joined Frank Zappa, Phil Spector, T Bone Burnett, and 30 other luminaries who have shaped the art and science of music, recording, and sound reinforcement technologies.

"Throughout my career, I have worked to create technology that brings audiences closer to musicians in a transparent way," Meyer says. "There are products designed specifically to make art, but my interest has always been to create a high-quality listening experience without interfering with the artist's creation. By providing these tools, we strive to enhance the shared entertainment experience that will surely remain a way of life for genera

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