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Wembley Loudspeaker is to launch a new installation cabinet, the HPi 8 - a highly compact range which, according to Wembley director Paul MacCallum, who designed them, will amaze people with their large sound.

The new cabinets are manufactured in the UK to Wembley’s high specifications, containing components unique to Wembley Loudspeaker. Measuring up at a mere 305mm wide x 260mm high (and 255 deep) the diminutive cabinets deliver a punchy sound more reminiscent of a high-grade studio monitor. "We have been working on an increasing number of installations over the past couple of years," said MacCallum. "We launched the maxi-cube about nine years ago, and there are still many of them running fine all this time later, but we have been always trying to improve on them - not being ones to rest on our laurels! Last year we tried a few ideas which have led to the new HPi

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The single largest concentration of Nexo sound systems in Asia sits 6,000 feet above sea level, just 45 minutes from the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The Genting - City of Entertainment is a favourite destination for many in the region, providing a wide range of recreational and sporting facilities, as well as luxurious hotels. The newest addition, the First World Complex, embraces the First World Plaza, Genting International Convention Centre (GICC) and the First World Hotel, recently completed with its block of 3,228 rooms making it the 'biggest' in Asia in terms of rooms.

ElectroSystems of Singapore completed the installation of sound reinforcement systems thoughout the City of Entertainment, specifying Nexo loudspeaker cabinets for the 6,000-seat Arena of Stars concert hall and the Genting International Convention Centre (GICC). Billed as the largest convention centre in Mala

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Stardraw.com has appointed Lee Bennett to the position of National Rep Manager in the US. Bennett will be responsible for managing Stardraw's rep force whose principal responsibility is the sale of Stardraw's ‘shrink-wrapped’ product range.

Stardraw.com Inc president Randell Green sees Bennett's appointment as representing a vital link in the chain and an opportunity for Green to concentrate on other areas of the business. "In addition to seeing continued growth in our traditional markets, we are also expanding into new sectors such as custom development for manufacturers," said Green. "Lee will ensure that we continue to offer excellent support for our established core activities, thus enabling me to focus on emerging business opportunities."

(Ruth Rossington)

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Concert sound specialists Tour Tech - already owners of Soundcraft Spirit 328 digital production desks - recently upgraded to the new-generation 328XD. Dick Rabel’s company purchased a pair of the feature-packed digital production consoles - and immediately had several of their artists lining up to use them - with the Levellers heading the list.

"This follows the success we had with the standard 328s, which were used with Stereo MCs and PJ Harvey - including her UK and US tour," commented Rabel. Top band Coldplay are another to take advantage of a new 328XD to mix down hard disk and samplers for live work, before transferring to the main console. So Solid Crew have similarly been using the 328XD. "Coldplay are currently using a 328XD and 8 way mic/line expander for live touring work," confirmed Dick. "They have been using these components since they comm

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A little over a year since Allen & Heath gained its independence from the Harman group in a management buyout, the UK mixer manufacturer has announced plans to launch three major new products at PLASA 2002 (8-11 September, Earls Court, London). The new products include the iDR series of audio mixers and processors for installed and live sound systems, the PA series of 1kW powered consoles and the Xone:V6 audiophile rotary club mixer.

At the heart of the iDR series is the iDR-8 audio mix processor, an 8 input, 8 output digital mixer and processor in a 2U rack or desk mount chassis. Allen & Heath will also be showing the iDR-in and iDR-out expander options plus a range of remote control devices for building tailored iDR systems.

The new PA series will be introduced with the launch of the PA12-CP and PA20-CP 12 and 20-channel powered mixers. Both consoles include a unique Constant Powe

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Genelec Oy, a world leader in active monitoring systems, is strengthening its support for the Chinese marketplace by opening Genelec China Representative Office in Beijing. The office will officially open at the end of this week to coincide with the BIRTV show which runs from 22-25 August, 2002.

Ilpo Martikainen, president of Genelec Oy, told us: "This investment aims at ensuring customer satisfaction in the growing Chinese market in all respects: local support, product availability and close contact with the customer base. Our cooperation with ACE / Power Source Development in Hong Kong and China continues and we highly respect their achievements with their customers."

Lars-Olof Janflod, international sales manager of Genelec Oy has been visiting the Chinese market regularly. "The development of this market place during the past few years has been remarkable. Comparin

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The Klark Teknik Group has appointed Dublin-based Sound & Communications as the exclusive distributor for all Midas products in Ireland. Sound & Communications already has a long-standing partnership with Shuttlesound and Electro-Voice and is therefore well placed to take on Midas distribution. According to Midas international product manager David Cooper, Sound & Communications was the natural choice. "We felt that the time had come to get closer to our customers in Ireland, especially since the launch of higher volume products like Legend and Venice. We needed someone who could offer local support and local market awareness. Given the strength and nature of their customer base, plus their proven success with other related brands, we feel that Sound & Communications is the best partner for Midas in Ireland."

Sound & Communications Alan Murphy agrees. "We're delighted to

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d&b audiotechnik’s development and support teams are conducting live tests and presentations across Europe of their long-throw extension to the renowned d&b C4 system. This is the final development stage of the C3 line array module.

The 2-way active C3 loudspeaker is an entirely horn-loaded design which, unlike other ‘line arrays’, can be arrayed not only vertically but also horizontally, and by employing the distinctive 30° angled rear side panels and rigging accessories of the C4 cabinet, it extends even further the scalability of the C4 system. Utilizing an identical horizontal dispersion of 35° (above 900Hz) and with a 5° vertical HF dispersion per cabinet, the total frequency range of the vertical curved coherent wavefront of a C3 column is naturally dependant on the overall length of the column. This enables the C3 to address distances above 30m in two differ

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Royal Philips Electronics has launched the Plena All-in-One PA system with combined background music (BGM) and paging to meet the growing public address requirements of small to medium-sized businesses. With a 120W mixer amplifier, a professional quality CD player with MP3 capability for long play time and a digital FM/AM tuner all in one compact housing, it provides a 'one-box' solution for many applications - including public address in retail stores, supermarkets, car showrooms, garages, small factories, and schools.

Plena All-in-One is ideal for smaller PA applications requiring compact equipment to fit into limited space. It takes up less space and is more economical and easier to use than a separate amplifier and BGM music unit. The built-in amplifier is a 120W mixer-amplifier with three microphone inputs, including one with selectable priority status for use with a microphone wi

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Last Autumn, Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani opened his new worldwide headquarters at Via Bergognone 59 in Milan. Located in the up-and-coming Porta Genova district, the facilities are set to be the global stage for the Armani brand. Japanese architect Tadao Ando, who, like Armani, is famous for his appreciation of simplicity and purity in his design, was commissioned to transform the space into an ethereal fusion of concrete, water and light.

Central to the 12,000sq.m building is the 3,400sq.m Armani Teatro, which caters for a variety of events, including fashion shows. With simple reorganization, the black-box theatre, normally laid out for catwalk shows, can form a proscenium stage for drama, a thrust arrangement for dance, or be emptied out for use as an art gallery or a site-specific installation. It can also be used as a lecture hall, convention area, or even as a tempor

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Ibiza’s popular nightspot, Bar M, is where many eager clubbers begin their night of revelry before going on to dance the night away at Privilege, the world’s biggest club, where the weekly Manumission can pull a crowd of up to 10,000. Naturally, Bar M wanted to give the happy clubbers as good a sound experience as they expected from Manumission, and to do this required an innovative approach by Britannia Row Productions’ sound system designer, Roly Oliver.

"KLP approached us in April, looking for a sound system which would be the talk of the island and with dedicated clubbers worldwide," said Oliver. KLP represent Orange, sponsor of both Bar M and Manumission. Oliver flew to Ibiza to see the challenges for himself. Bar M has two indoor bars but most of the action takes place outside. His first problem was that local bye-laws prohibited placing speakers outsi

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Sennheiser continues to clock up endorsement agreements with major artists across the world. Among the latest signings are The White Stripes, who have been performing their signature brand of stripped-down guitar and drums rock to capacity crowds at gigs and festivals in the UK and across Europe with a clutch of Sennheiser evolution mics, including e865 condensers for both Jack and sister Meg’s vocals. Jack White (guitar and vocals) and Meg White (drums and vocals) cut an especially distinctive sound, which has propelled them rapidly to ‘major selling artist’ status.

evolution microphones were chosen before the start of the tour by front-of-house engineer Matthew Kettle, after success using them on previous projects. "Sennheiser has provided not just top quality equipment for this tour," he said of the UK and European dates, "but as on previous occasion

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A new mid/high pack has been launched by professional audio systems specialist Shermann Pro-Audio. The company, based in Newtown, Wales, is delighted with early orders for the Shermann RS-5. Designed for use mainly with the successful Shermann R118 VLF system or with any Shermann LF unit, the RS-5 is a bi-amped, four driver mid/high pack featuring a 12" horn-loaded low-mid device, twin 6.5" mid-range and a 1" HF drive unit.

Weight saving within the RS-5 has been achieved through the use of highly efficient, British-built 12" low-mid and 1" HF drivers equipped with neodynium magnet assemblies. The mid and high units are front-loaded, mounted on an easily removable housing, which doubles as a phase plug for the 12" drive unit. In such a design, the external cabinet is effectively a sealed chamber which eliminates the need for removable access panels or doors

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Logic System will exhibit at PLASA 2002 riding the crest of a wave having achieved the most successful six months yet. This years’ show sees an array of new product launches including the second generation of product for the IS Series and the addition of the IS10 enclosure. The evolution of the installation series has been achieved by working closely with customers and aims to build on the runaway success of the original boxes. The LS Series, aimed at theatre and A/V markets sees the addition of the LS8 to plug the gap between LS7 and LS12.

Recent jobs keeping the factory working to capacity include Yates venues in Leeds and Blackpool plus Jumpin’ Jaks, Blackburn for TTL and Toad in Chelmsford for Image Sound. Meanwhile, LMC identified the LS Series as the obvious solution for an installation at St Mary’s church in Paddington.

In the live arena, Glasgow-based hire c

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Specialist audio supplier to the corporate and entertainment market, Delta Sound, has recently added a Legend 3000 to its inventory of Midas consoles, which now totals five Heritage 1000s and two Heritage 3000 consoles in a variety of frame sizes. Since its arrival at Delta Sound, the Legend 3000 has already been out on a number of prestigious events including the Commonwealth Games, for which Delta Sound was principle audio contractor. Other events include the Microsoft Tech-Ed conference in Lisbon, an annual event with over 5,000 delegates, and an accounting conference in Vienna for Braxton (formerly Deloitte Touche). The company is currently in service at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh for the Edinburgh festival.

According to Delta managing director Paul Keating, there is no better desk for the money: "I bought the Legend 3000 so that I have a Midas console to compete with oth

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Monacor plan to launch numerous new products at PLASA 2002. LE-510DMX is one of many new lighting effects available under the img StageLine brand, which includes a total of 10 new effects plus two new controllers. STA-162 - one of the range of nine new and re-designed amplifiers which will be available for the first time at PLASA. The range of stereo power amps starts at 60W per channel and goes up to 1000W per channel.

The DJP-400/SI is a new turntable in silver with all of the following features at a very competitive price: quartz controlled direct drive heavy diecast turntable quick start with brake adjust three-speed switchable pitch bend digital display for BPM and pitch backward function digital output analogue output switch line/phono remote start stylus illumination. PAB-515/SW - This new 300W ABS moulded plastic speaker enclosure contains a heavy du

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Quentor introduced its System Q Cases in 1996. Strong, good looking, weight saving products designed specifically for the demanding environment of Formula One motor racing, their benefits have been readily embraced by other industries.

Now the company has introduced its Quentor Q-Fix flightcases, which feature a new level of accuracy of manufacture almost unknown in the flightcase industry. The cases utilize a new, patented construction system offering unique, high strength and quality assembly. Quentor Q-Fix Cases are available in standard sizes or custom-built in almost any size, style, and colour. They are ideal for many applications within the AV, broadcasting and entertainment industries. The range includes trunks and racks, together with more specialized cases for lighting, cameras, and other AV equipment. The cases are available ready-assembled or as a flat-pack system, making t

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Switchcraft, the US manufacturer of connectors and patchbays for audio and broadcast professionals, has launched a range of 96-way TT patchbays in which the normals for each jack can be changed from the front of the panel simply by using a screwdriver. Named TT EZ Norm, the patchbays are supplied with 48 modules each containing two jacks manufactured using Switchcraft's industry-proven contacts and switches. At the front of each module is a small screw which can be used to change the normalling to any setting – full, half or non-normalled. The screws have a strong detent spring and are covered by a plastic strip to prevent unwanted changes.

Suitable for analogue or digital signals, the patchbays can be supplied wired or unwired and in three rack heights – 1U, 1.5U and 2U. Unwired patchbays have jacks with solder or wire-wrap terminals and are available with the choice of ti

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ARX Systems, the Australian-based manufacturer of professional audio products has appointed Electric Audio as its new exclusive distributor for The Netherlands. ARX's managing director Colin Park announced the appointment: "We welcome Axel Nagtegaal and his team at Electric Audio to our European Distribution network. Europe has really taken to the new products we've been releasing in 2002; with a serious Distributor like Electric Audio in The Netherlands we look forward to developing our market presence even further."

Centrally located in Almere, Electric Audio was formed in January 2000 as the Electro-Voice and Filo Professional Cables distributor for The Netherlands.

(Ruth Rossington)

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When the new dance club Rehab opened in Leeds this month, it positively reflected the changing DJ requirements for audio processing. Aside from recognizing the growing popularity of the straight tone arm, with the incorporation of a pair of Stanton’s STR8-100s into DJ mission control, it followed the lead of other pioneering British clubs by installing Stanton’s flagship VRM-10 mixer, with valve preamp and built-in filter. All products were supplied by the company’s UK distributor, Lamba plc.

Most Technical’s Dave Parry - mastermind behind the technology at London superclub Fabric - acted as technical consultant on the Rehab project. The Stanton install comes a month after Lamba plc appointed Marquee Audio as their new professional dealers, to further increase their exposure at the top end. The move is already paying off, and this month sees the installation of

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Funktion One has always had a love of dance music. Tony Andrews' loudspeaker designs from the 1970s and 80s were mostly designed using funk music from the likes of James Brown, Sly Stone, and Parliament. In response to the combined reaction of the current dance world suggesting a ‘no holds barred’ design approach, the company has developed a sonically and visually imposing ‘stack’ of matched components.

Fundamentally, the dance stack is a four-way system with sub bass, bass/low-mid, mid-range and high frequency. It uses 24dB/octave crossover slopes and time alignment. Equalization, being an unnecessary evil, is not required, say the company. Funktion One’s David Bruml expands on the design background: "To make sure of the low end, we have a newly designed 2 x 18" infrabass - patent pending - dealing with the ‘weight’ part of the bass

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Yorkshire-based audio and visual specialists TMC has been involved in many top quality sound systems for venues across the nation. Based in the centre of Bradford and founded in 1987 by directors Paul Smith and Miles Marsden, TMC (The Music Company) has just received the ultimate recognition for its achievements by picking up the prestigious BEDA Installation Company of the Year award.

The award is based on the company’s installation of audio and visual systems at the UK’s biggest new clubbing venues and its on-going partnership projects with major club operators. Creation in Leeds, The Works in Birmingham and Oceana in Milton Keynes have all benefited from TMC’s state-of-the-art sensory systems that have established the three venues as the hottest tickets in town. This is the third time that TMC have won the award, having previously carried home the ‘oscar styl

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The much-anticipated new Bond film, the 20th film in the series, is currently in production at Pinewood, near London. Die Another Day, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and directed by Lee Tamahori, will see Pierce Brosnan return in his fourth outing as James Bond, and will be released in the UK on November 22nd 2002.

As usual, the film set is closely guarded and few details of the plot or its characters are available, but significant quantities of custom and pre-made Van Damme VGA cable have been ordered by Chris McBride, the film's computer and video supervisor. "We're using Van Damme cabling both for on-screen and off-screen applications," explains Chris. "Our department provides all the on-set video and computer requirements, working with the shooting crew. And we also supervise the on-screen screens, those seen in the film."

As in many

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HW International UK sole distributors for Shure, QSC Audio, Phonic and PreSonus pro-audio equipment will be exhibiting the latest technology from each of the said manufacturers on stand E20. Shure will be previewing the latest in affordable personal monitoring with the PSM 200 Personal Monitor System, along with the most recent addition to the legendary SM range, the new SM86, a rugged vocal condenser microphone. Another development that will be on show is the ETVD/PG58, a wireless version of the acclaimed PG58 microphone.

A number of QSC products will also be on display including the DSP-4 signal processing module and the ISIS PCM 215 Subwoofer system, also new additions to the RMX and PowerLightÔ amplifier ranges. From Phonic a complete new range of DJ mixers, the MX Range, will bedebuted, as well as the new Phonic DB2 DI Box, plus new ES range of stage loudspeakers. Furthermore, f

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