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Although past performances featured a full acoustic band, CeeLo wanted to "pull it back" for this tour and, for these audiences he performed with just a sax and flute player, a percussionist and a DJ. However, the simplicity of CeeLo's stage masked a complex production with music ranging from hip-hop to jazz and a sophisticated audio system using an Allen & Heath dLive S5000 mixer and DM48 MixRack.

Art Merriweather, CeeLo's front-of-house and monitor engineer used wireless mics for CeeLo and all three backup vocalists and connected the sax player's pedal board, the percussionist's feeds and the DJ via direct inputs to the DM48 MixRack on stage.

Merriweather mixed and grouped these sources into as many as

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Now one of the most successful performers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Gabalier was the headline act at the WinterParty concert, held in Seefeld in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria. The show presented new challenges for the WinterParty's rental company Rental Pro Austria; an increase in the audience size and a new stage position to accommodate it.

To service the larger event, Rental Pro Austria teamed up with its Czech Republic partner Rental Pro EU, pooling their inventories of Nexo STM line array elements necessary for the large and wide outdoor venue.

"Last year, we used STM but the system was configured only with M46 main cabinets and S118 sub-bass modules because the venue was smaller

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Founded in 2006, DWR has built a reputation in the South African market for supplying predominantly lighting products. The company has grown rapidly adopting a work ethic with a motto of "it's all about the people", which ties in with DiGiCo's own philosophy. DWR provides a complete service from concept through to installation and commissioning, but more importantly great after sales service, all from a highly motivated and experienced team. As a result, it has an impressive list of brands in its portfolio.

"I was truly honored to receive a phone call from Ian Staddon from DiGiCo, who was on the search for a new representative for his product in South Africa," said Duncan Riley of DWR. "I am really excited about this, and so is the whol

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Also in focus will be the Leopard linear sound reinforcement system's Native Mode, a timesaving advancement that "delivers great sound right out of the box, regardless of the array size".

The self-powered MJF-208 stage monitor incorporates the performance and reliability of the MJF-212A and the MJF-210 into a smaller, lightweight package. Each MJF-208 measures less than 13 inches high and weighs 45 pounds. The monitor delivers impressive power-to-size ratio and very low distortion in a small-footprint, lightweight option for applications that do not demand the extreme output levels of the MJF-210 or the MJF-212A.

"The MJF

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It also reunited husband and wife sound engineering team of Chris Pyne (FOH) and Becky Pell (monitors) - metaphorically linked by 100 metres of cable - the former mixing the house sound on a Martin Audio MLA Compact System 36.

The two had previously worked together with Kylie Minogue, Anastasia, Il Divo and the original Westlife before Chris took up his position at Martin Audio as Asia Pacific product support engineer.

In the meantime he had picked up the mantle with some of Filan's solo dates in South East Asia, while his wife has continued to work with the artist for the past six years.

But as a representative for

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Formed by Raymond Weysters (bass/vocals) and Roger Damoiseaux (guitar/vocals), Anderkovver performs music of many different styles with, as the band says, "a touch of humour and a dash of chaos". With a large and varied repertoire, the band needed a mixing console that could adapt quickly to changes in the set list, as well as to the different styles of music that they play.

Run as a full-time concern, the band owns all its own equipment and transport, including full lighting and sound rigs. Raymond and the band's f

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Approaching its fifth year as one of the city's best loved venues and celebrating its past connections as the 'Green Room' theatre space, Gorilla has been adapted as a live music, performance and DJ platform.

A diverse mix of entertainment also includes cult film screenings and award-winning underground comedy. It's a favourite bespoke hire and party location as well as being among the best trending city bars and restaurants. This versatility has helped generate a lively mixed vibe for everyone with an interest in food, band and DJ culture, multimedia and the arts.

tube UK's team, led

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Exhibo S.p.A. brings more than 50 years' experience as a leading distributor in the region, enabling premium international manufacturers of audio, communication and security products and systems to consistently gain top market share positions within their respective segments in Italy.

"QSC is a premium brand that is an honour for any partner to represent," says Luca Maragliano Caranza, managing director of Exhibo S.p.A. Communication Systems. "We feel that Exhibo is a natural partner for QSC, as we ar

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Like last year, as part of PRG Germany's LEA Awards broadcast and stage set up, an EAW ADAPTive System - this time comprising Anna and Otto - will be employed and will remain in place for the duration of the exhibition. We will be holding 10 minute demonstrations of the ADAPTive System at 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 17:50 daily.

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The compact ABX-3 breakout box has the same basic functionality as Fohhn's existing AIREA ABX-1 D/A convertor, but is additionally equipped with a high performance Fohhn DSP. This enables the inclusion of active loudspeakers without integrated Fohhn DSPs in the AIREA system. When the ABX-3 is connected in the signal path before a group of these speakers, it acts as their Master, providing additional signal processing functions such as EQ and Delay. It also facilities more effective remote control when using Fohhn Audio Soft.

Equipped with its own AIREA-Net outputs, the ABX-3 addi

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Visitors to the show can experience at first hand the mc

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Designed for commercial audio projects in retail, hospitality, industrial and leisure markets the new speaker models are complementary additions to the CS-C In Ceiling Speaker Series introduced during 2015.

The new CS-S3 3" full-range surface speaker uses clever angled rotational planes along with an innovative omnidirectional mounting system allowing integrators to rotate and aim the CS-S3 at any point within a space. Cutting edge styling, easy-mounting and excellent acoustics make the CS-S3 an exciting proposition for Retail and Hospitality applications.

Featuring two-way concentrically mounted drivers, the new CS-S4 4" and CS-6 6.5" surface speakers utilise soft dome tweeters to pro

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Formed in 1991, Blue Man Group is a performance art ensemble, which stages ongoing theatrical productions in Las Vegas, Orlando, Boston, Chicago, New York and Berlin, as well as touring the globe.

Provided by Clearwing Productions and Allen & Heath's U.S. distributor, American Music & Sound, a total of seven systems were outfitted, each comprising 2 Qu-Pac rackmount digital mixers with an additional AR2412 remote IO rack, and 9 ME-1 personal mixers with 3 ME-U hubs, as the standard across the world for BMG's personal monitor mixing.

Audio quality and ease of use was a big facto

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Over the years this has led to some classic 'unplugged' sets in the 900-capacity venue.

"The artists know they have to listen to the room - we ask them to play to the space and many produce shows that they wouldn't normally do," says head technician, Les Mommsen. "The pay-off is that we need to provide the best equipment that will enable them to achieve these lower levels, keeping the performance intimate, and at the same time enhancing the audience experience."

With a sympathetic board of directors, Mommsen recently petitioned for a

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Once again, they constructed a robust digital network around a redundant Optocore backbone, spanning six nodes, to transport pristine audio around the stadium.

Since managing sound for The Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, SOUND.COM has gained the reputation of being a specialist in providing advanced audio infrastructures for major ceremonies and has taken major sporting events to the next level in India, including The Indian Premier League, Indian Super League and National Games 2011 & 2015.

The event management duties for South Asian Games were handled by Encompass Events for whom this was a complete new challen

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Leopard was specified for the venue by Chris Evans, the festival's chief sound engineer. "Leopard really shined for the Pink Martini show," reports Evans. "The band is very dynamic, with pin-drop-quiet classical piano and violin sections followed by upbeat big band parts. I noticed the detail did not change with the loudness level. This is what sets Leopard apart - that ability to maintain clarity and musicality from the softest to the most intense parts of a show.

"During the Irish supergroup The Glo

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Everyone is familiar with that feeling: when the cable doesn't quite reach to the light, or the speaker, or the video projector. Not by much, but by just enough that, after a vain tug or two in the hope that some slack will mysteriously appear, you have to interrupt what you're doing to go find an extension cable. Which will always be too long, and so have to be tidied away on the bar or truss.

Now, combining the twin goals of providing creative solutions backed by technical excellence that has driven the company throughout its history, specialist entertainment technology supplier WL has created a solution: StretchCable.

The result of a top secret, highly intensive research project begun exactly one year ago today, Stretc

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The Vegas Series of loudspeakers are designed for contemporary installation and sound reinforcement vertical markets. Vegas Series from Outline features an application specific, super-compact, wide dispersion under balcony loudspeaker and three compatible, custom coaxial loaded loudspeakers.

The Vegas 24, 8 CX, 12 CX and 15 CX models feature high quality Italian made components and are designed, sourced and manufactured to the same stringent quality standards applied to all Outline high-end touring audio products. Common characteristics are high Common Intelligibility Scale (CIS) ratings, extraordinary audio fidelity, attractive price points and excellent power-to-size ratios.

The ultra compact Vegas 24 is a hi

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The 11-14 March event smashed previous attendance records as 95,000 attendees took in performances from acts as diverse as Angélique Kidjo, Calexico, Violent Femmes, De La Soul, Kev Carmody and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

A first in 2016, Novatech Creative Event Technology supplied all seven stages of the festival using world class audio, lighting, and video production equipment, backed by their expert personnel.

The aptly named Novatech Stage was supplied in its entirety by Novatech, utilising their stage and roofing system. The all-important Foundation Stage, which functioned as the festival's main stage, was serviced by Novatech's new Avid S6L digital mixing console, wh

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"I'd played the Roundhouse just once before; last time it was for the Mercury Awards with Savages (Album of the Year shortlist 2013), then we were in and out, one song, thank you very much. So for this show on 17 March that concluded our European tour at least I already knew it was a tricky room with some big low end that can rumble around."

Farrar has been mixing front of house since leaving his positon as head of sound at Glyndebourne in 2004. Having set himself the goal of investing his time and skills at the cutting edge of emerging talent, he has been as

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Building on the existing features, which have seen the ASP8024 installed in thousands of studios worldwide, Heritage Edition comes with a brand new look as well as an array of added enhancements 'under the hood', giving the renowned console renewed vigour ahead of the company's 20th anniversary.

ASP8024-HE features the all new variable mix bus technology Retro Iron. Technical director Tom Waterman explains, "By utilising an all-discrete and warm sounding output amplifier with Carnhill output transformers, Retro Iron adds punch and 'vibe' to the consoles' mix output. We based this design on two custom consoles from David's first job in 1970 at Advision Studios in