"Essentially what we're providing is the PA for the audience, so it's like a mini-concert set-up," explained Tommy. "We're flying six Geo S805s with two CD12 subs per side driven by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers with control from Nexo's NX241 digital controller. It's one of the cleanest-sounding PA systems I've heard, and of course its size gives it a huge advantage in a situation lik
The DN-D4000’s features include VBR and CBR support, folder/file search and ID3-Tag display - showing artist, album and track title. It is also playlist compatible in m3u form. The machine’s CD function offers text display for artist and track names for discs containing CD Text information. Most popular CD-R/RW burning software now offers the ability to add CD Text.
The DN-D4000 also offers two seamless loops per CD drive - by using the start points (A-1 or A-2) two seamless loops may be
In Antalya, the Kremlin Palas Hotel Resort installed ARX EQ60 graphic equalizers and DI 6S line adapters, and eight ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Also in Antalya the Topkapi Palas Hotel Resort installed EQ60s, DI 6Ss and ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Finally, in Bodrum the Beach Club Hotel installed four
Plimsoll's annual financial health-check of the top 268 companies in the UK sound equipment industry reveals that consolidation will be essential as supply is currently outstripping demand. Plimsoll 'rates' every company in the industry based on its overall financial strength. Ratings are given as Strong, Good, Mediocre, Caution or Danger. Alarmingly, 48% of companies rated have now deteriorated in overall financial strength from last year's ratings. Perhaps even more disturbing is that 58 companies are experiencing their second year with a 'Danger' rating. For these compa
"The course includes a significant audio theory element, without which it's pretty impossible to optimise or even measure a sound system," says Mike Mann, technical manager at Autograph Sales. "It also includes hands-on time learning the routines and sequences for measuring and adjusting systems in live situations. There's a lot to learn over the five days, as it's the mostintensive training course Meyer offers.
Oliver Driver, a partner in Audio Alliance North,
A-T’s new Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System, which is rapidly gaining favour with a wide range of artists, featured in a number of frontline vocal performances. Gwen Stefani, John Mayer, Steven Tyler, Paul Schaffer and the Righteous Brothers all used A-T’s 5000 Series wireless systems. Paul Simon’s vocals feature
Schindlbeck first encountered this system extension to the compact line array system at the Telex EVI Audio in-house exhibition (or ‘Hausmesse’) at the end of January 2003. Four weeks later he was the owner of the brand-new sound tool, and three weeks on from that he is able to tell us something of his first experiences with the new system: "I’ve used the system now around 20 times and each time I ha
Dutch native Hageman spent more than a decade in various roles with Maycom Systems Europe, Maycom Automation Systems and Electronic Data Systems, all headquartered in the Netherlands. Among others, she was involved in the product and sales strategy for Maycom's award winning Easycorder in 1999. Hageman graduated from Utrecht Business School with a degree in marketing, which she complemented wit
Entec’s innovative system design was a collaboration between their own Tristan Johnson and d&b’s Ralph Zuleeg. The pair designed and flew the PA and set up the system, before leaving the running and day-to-day tweaking to Entec’s crew chief Ritchie Gibson. Johnson explains that the RAH was the ideal venue to put the C3 through it’s paces in terms o
The SMX-401 has three phono inputs, six line inputs and two mic inputs with independent EQ. Each channel sports Gain control, bright input LED meters, a three-band EQ with full Kill capability, as well as Pan knobs. A full-featured Cue section includes PFL, Cue Pan, and dual headphone outputs for tag-team mixing.
Professional DJs will appreciate the SMX-401s three-band Kill switches for channels 1 and 3, conveniently located next to the P&G crossfader. For creative mixing, the SMX-401 also offers an Effects loop with ¼" Send and Return jacks.
The mixer is rounded off with professional balanced Master outputs, separate Boo
CSS’s CEO and chief engineer Andrew Rosenberg says that this project is exciting for him and his staff. "There is nothing better than getting involved in the studio design process from the ground up. We are honored that an organization with Entercom’s reputation for excellence has chosen CSS to do this project."
CSS is primarily utilizing Wheatstone technology and its related products for this project. CSS will also be using
The recently-opened Brighton complex, which houses seven rehearsal rooms, also has a 100-capacity showcase room, linked to a recording studio and video editing suite. This has been equipped with an Electro-Voice RX sound reinforcement system "that can take the loudest of the loud" according to owner Aide Aires.
The new room has already been used by a wide variety of artists, from the 40-piece Carnival Collective, to Status Quo and Gary Moore. Apart from a highly individual design scheme, which features an 8ft tank with floating droids and cyborgs, the room uses two EV RX112/7
CAT5 cabling with RJ-45 connectors provides a convenient and cost effective alternative to coaxial cable: CAT5 is lighter, more flexible, and a fraction of the cost of coaxial video cable. The result is an all-in-one solution for routing and distributing professional quality video and audio that reduces installation and cable costs in less rack space, say AutoPatch.
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Eva Thullen, assistant manager of Lexon, says: "We are very happy about taking the LA Audio li
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Mickey Joe Harte, who performed with an AKG WMS40 handheld radio microphone won the overall competition with a landslide victory of 1.3 million votes - and that from a population of just over 3 million! The WMS40 was provided by Declan Reynolds of Reynolds of Raphoe in County Donegal who said: "We used the WMS40, even though we had many other far more expensive radio mic systems available to us. The WMS40 was not only the simplest system to set up, but also the performance totally belies the low price tag. This performs as well as most radio mic systems costing three times as much money, and was immaculate on the nig
The assembled 1,400-strong audience were there to raise money for the music industry’s favourite charity, the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity. In the process they honoured the career of Tony Adams MBE, and bid for a host of football memorabilia, hospitality and media packages. Canegreen Commercial’s Andrew Frengley designed the sound system and controlled proceedings as the stage manager for the event: "This is the fourth successive year we have worked with Zafer on this event. It is a relatively straightforward system for us to put in place now as
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) studies marine mammals worldwide using a custom towed hydrophone array spanning over three miles. Previously, expedition scientists could not find good data cable that was also rugged enough to withstand the constant use in rough seas and extreme temperatures. Chief scientist Jay Barlow explains: "We are using a new hydrophone array this year, made in our own lab using modified ProPlex CAT5 cable from TMB (thanks to TMB’s OEM sales department). We've towed this one for over 1,000 miles now, and results are excellent: flow noise is less than with arrays we
Each valve becomes an integral part of its corresponding channel's pre-amplifier, adding the classic valve sound and ‘warmth’ to any signals that run through it, say the company. Careful circuit design ensures that noise and headroom are not compromised and enhances the even harmonics associated with thermionic valve technology.
Installation of the board is simple - the outer casing of the Xone:V6 is removed and the valve board ‘plugged’ in without further modification. The Xone:V6 mixer has been enthusiastically received by DJs and clubs worldwide and commended for
Each channel on the satin grey front panel features 30 of ARX’s new extended resolution long-throw, centre grounding sliders, switchable to either ±15dB or ±6dB, for the ideal combination of high fader resolution and maximum cut and boost. Additionally, there is a gain level control with up to +10 dB of gain; a Clip LED to indicate circuit overload, a sweepable 20-200Hz High Pass filter, and an In/Out hardwire bypass switch with optional transformer output.
The EQ 260 boasts a signal-to-noise ratio of 95dB un-weighted, a dynamic range of 120dB and Distortion lower than .004% at 100Hz, 1kHz and 10kHz.
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Under the rules of the ‘shoot out’ each company had three 12-minute segments throughout the day, with no time allowed to tweak the boxes. Fortunately, KV2’s ‘Audio Twins’ were on hand in the shape of Andy Austin Brown and Jonathan Reece-Farren.
These sites are located all along the South Coast/M4 corridor, from Somerset to Dorset and across to Sussex. All the pubs share the design concept, the same food and drink menus, and are equipped with identical entertainment systems, which only change in respect of the quantity of equipment used.
Wave AV's template for the sound uses typically a dozen Wharfedale Force 1LT wall-mounted cabinets in 100V line mode, controlled by a Cloud 46/50 integrated zone mixer/amplifer. Remote level control is accessible from the bar via Cloud RSL-6 plates. A Rolec PHD1 hard-disk music system is at the heart of the system as the musical source.
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