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Over 15,000 festival-goers descended on the four stages set up at Finca El Jocotillo to see performances by a wide range of artists, which ran the gamut from Incubus, Zedd, and Café Tacuba to Skrillex and Paul Van Dyk. Artists and fans alike enjoyed quality sound provided by a robust professional sound system drawn from D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 catalogue.

Guatemalan sound company Blessure, with Alan Mejia at the helm, was called in to handle the sound for the festival. D.A.S. Audio Systems engineer Vicent Olucha made the trip from Spain and was also on hand to help the Blessure team set up and adjust the small army of D.A.S. systems deployed for the event.

The hard-hitting performances that took to the EMF

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The Rigging Conference will run alongside the PLASA Show on Monday 19th September. With the opening key-note from well-k

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"Having worked with Frank a number of times in the past, I am delighted to have this opportunity to work with Frank again," says VUE CEO Ken Berger. "There is no one I know with more knowledge and the ability to build a world class sales organization. Additionally, Frank will be working closely with the management team, up to board level, to ensure that we build the best customer focused team in the industry."

New product offerings being introduced by VUE at InfoComm 2016 expand VUE's reach i

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With support for both low- and high-impedance loads up to 100V, PowerShare amplifiers adapt to a wide range of applications. Onboard configurable loudspeaker processing and direct access to zone controllers eliminate the need for an additional signal processor in many installations, while outstanding audio performance and reliability are assured with patented technologies inherited from the field-proven PowerMatch line. This set of features and technologies makes PowerShare one of the most versatile high-performance amplifiers available today.

Patented PowerShare technology allows asymmetrical shar

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A live demonstration of a Dante audio network has been constructed on the EvertzAV booth at Infocomm2016 showcasing the interoperability between the HUB and other Dante enabled vendors.

"We are excited to integrate Audinate's Dante technology within our MMA-10G products," says Jamie Horner, director for EvertzAV. "We believe we are the first to include Dante within an AV switch product, which facilitates audio from various Dante enabled products to be shared seaml

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Sound Network will be showing all of the latest DPA Microphones and explaining how they are best used in the theatre and live performance arena: d:screet Miniature Mics and d:fine Headset Mics for bodyworn applications, d:dicate Recording and d:vote Live Mics for instrument miking.

Adding to DPA Microphones' long-standing close relationship with the Theatre Industry (mainly due to their exemplary d:screet range of miniature microphones), Sound Network hope to bring Sony's brand new DWX-N digital wireless systems to the fore, with quality and specifications that are widely heralded as the best on the market.

DPA's d:screet Miniature, d:fine Headset and d:vote Instrument mics

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"The Falcons headquarters is five minutes from my house, and I've been a lifelong fan," enthused Danley president and CEO, Mike Hedden. "We have had a relationship with the Falcons for several years so when the new stadium was first being discussed we gave them an outdoor demo at a community event that blew them away in terms of volume, clarity, and musicality. We were later asked by the Falcons to come up with a design for the new stadium that, when compared to the other p

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Tim Eyles, Theatres Trust Chair, says, "With our renewed strategy for protecting theatres in our 40th anniversary year, we're delighted that our HLF Sharing Heritage grant award will help more people discover our country's fantastically rich built theatrical heritage. The project also offers an excellent paid opportunity for those seeking a career in archive and heritage work to gain valuable skills and contribute to the development of the

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All Compact I Series have best-in-class LF extension, sensitivity and maximum output, ensuring quality sound reproduction. The 6.5-inch IC6-1062 features unprecedented LF extension for its cabinet size and a very wide dispersion 100 x 100 degree fabric dome HF on a shallow waveguide, providing a smooth response while retaining high sensitivity.

The single 8-inch IC6-1082 and symmetrical dual 8-inch IC6-2082 are available with two rotatable horn patterns (120 x 60 degrees, 90 x 60 degrees) paired with low

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The FOH path count for Mumford & Sons is large - it starts with around 76 inputs, but Pollard adds to that with extensive use of the L500's Stem bus type - a grouping bus with discrete send levels and full processing that can be picked from any one of six points on the contributing path, and routed anywhere, including to other stems.

By inserting an FX into a stem and routing channels to that stem, Pollard creates a fully processed auxiliary bus without requiring a separate return path

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George Gorga has been the audio director for Nitro Circus since the original MTV show first took to road six years ago. His biggest challenge is looking after himself during the rehearsals and main events.

"It's probably the most dangerous operating position I've ever worked in as normally we are out on the track," he remarked. "The likelihood of having a bike or skateboard land on you or getting blown up by a pyro is quite high. You really have to have your wits around especially during practice as the whole arena floor is the stage. It's like walking on a highway, you have to keep looking all around you."

Other than a pyro accide

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The addition of induction loop technology compliments Showsupply's already established offering of leading audio brands and invites the opportunity to expand into a new market.

Over the past 25 years hearing loops, also known as induction loops, have become the default assistive listening solution in Europe, Scandinavia, Australasia and the USA. This is primarily as a result of technological advances by Ampetronic and the efforts of people with hearing loss, who are demanding the benefits that this technology can bring to them.

A hearing loop system transmits an audio signal directly into a Telecoil hear

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Installed by Paxt's Kenyan distributor, Sound Creations, the Qu-32 was selected for its sound quality, good FX engine, ability to have 32 channels on a single layer, simplicity, cost effectiveness, and plenty of mixing and output options. Sound Creations Ltd. also installed dB Technologies T4s alongside the mixer.

Mr.Kaka, Karura's sound technician, was very satisfied with the mixer: "I think the new sound system has awakened Karura Community Chapel. People who used to come late to worship now run so that they don't miss it."

"The system sounds great. Most of my installation

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The Seoul World DJ Festival (SWDF), which kicks off Korea's music event calendar, has been growing in strength every year, since its first edition in 2007. Today, it attracts some of the best EDM DJs in the world, and transforms the town of Chuncheon and its Song-Am Sports Complex. This year's bill included Blasterjaxx, Tomswon, Julian Jordan and KSHMR.

In 2016, an important liaison was made with influential EDM producers Q Dance from Holland (Qlimax, Defqon, Tomorrowland) who collaborated on this year's festival. Q Dance brought its hallmarks of dynamic staging, pyro an

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Tomislav Stubi?an of HUST commented, "With our team of highly qualified professionals we provide integrators with complete support, through concept, design and supply to commissioning and after-sales service. Our projects comprise many applications, including stadiums, hotels and retail, hospitality and tourist venues, hospitals and public buildings.

"We are able to help our customers achieve optimal quality for their

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As POLARaudio's business continues to grow, Stuart's team has been expanded accordingly, with new installed business development manager Adam Brown taking direct responsibility for key accounts in London and the South East. In turn, Jason Spooner and Matthew Farrugia have been appointed to expand POLARaudio's technical support team.

POLARaudio managing director John Midgley comments, "During Stuart's time at POLARaudio, he has established himself as an integral part of our business and this was a very straight

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Tony Raciti of The Venue, along with The Goliath Brothers were approached to take the space which was a former restaurant, and convert it into a comedy club where wholesome food with a touch of Mediterranean, Asian and Mexican, would also be served. The interior design was by Refined Existence In Space.

"We installed three lighting bars manufactured by Rob Young and his team at our office," explained Schalk Botha from DWR. "We incorporated two Robe Robin miniPointes, two Robin LEDBeam 100s, a Robin DLS, a Titan One control system, a Le Maitre MVS Hazer and a DiGiCo S21 for sound. A mixture of Longman LED fittings also forms part of the rig.

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Commenting on the sale, which makes his organization the first in the region to offer the Speechline Digital Wireless for rental, James Ghamlouch, head of audio at 3db said, "We've found that the system's clear focus and USP of speech intelligibility is the perfect fit for our customers' needs. Not just this, the Speechline Digital system boasts automatic frequency management and interference avoidance, which coupled with the fact that it uses the less congested1.9 GHz fre

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PR Live has looked after the technical requirements for the last 14 years working directly for the client Ex Events and this year provided widescreen video and a sound system for the main plenary area and sound / AV systems for three breakout rooms and screens and control for many of the exhibition stands.

Ian Coull, PR Live's MD was delighted to be working on the show again. "It has been interesting and inspirational to see the event grow and expand and itself invest in increased production values over the years," he commented.

PR Live's crew

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The first day was largely devoted to training of the internal sales and technical support staff, introducing them to an overview of the products in the Axiom range and their applications. The second day's proceedings provided a more detailed presentation of the entire Axiom product catalogue.

On the third day an outdoor demo was staged at the Cultural House of Thanh Xuan District, which has a capacity of 1500 people, with pr

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The multi-tasking system was specified by Kunio Watanabe, manager of the NNTT's audio division, who contacted SCA Sound Solutions in search of effective and natural vocal tracking and immersive audio spatialisation.

Watanabe commented, "We now have a very natural and smooth sound imaging for the actors' voices, without the feeling of it being a sound 'effect', by which I mean, the audience could feel the individual voice at the exact position of the individual singer, not from left, right and centre speakers. This may sound obvious, but other systems do not give thi

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Headed by experienced broadcast/live sound engineer and production manager, Peter Vandergoten, 4ears provides sound mixing and recording equipment to many top Belgian acts and events, such as Salvatore Adamo, Ghinzu, Absynthe Minded, Night of the Proms and Rock Werchter. Over the years, Vandergoten has built up an impressive collection of DPA microphones, including eight d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones that are regularly used for both rock and classical productions.

"Many bands that I work with combine acoustic instruments in a 'rock' setup," say

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Incorporating RedNet MP8R 8-channel Mic Pre and A/D converters, RedNet D64R 64-Channel MADI-Dante Bridges, RedNet HD32R Pro Tools | HD/HDX Bridges and RedNet 2 16-channel remote-controlled analogue interfaces, the new Focusrite system not only provides networking throughout the facility, but also offers students practical experience with the Dante Audio-over-IP protocol.

Full Sail Live 1 encompasses a large production space and a variety of ancillary show production-related rooms in a facility where students learn about sound reinforcement, lighting, live video and multimedia, automated lighting, co