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UK - Console manufacturer Solid State Logic has appointed RODE Microphones as its new distributor in the key territories of Australia and New Zealand. The appointment, which comes into effect immediately, will see RODE Microphones handing sales and providing after sales support for Solid State Logic’s entire range of recording and broadcast consoles.

RODE Microphones’ is the leading brand of Freedman Electronics, which was established in 1967 by British-born audio engineer Henry Freedman and his wife, Astrid. The company has long been a pioneer in the Australian and New Zealand audio industry and is currently headed by Peter Freedman. The company has a wholesale division covering Australia and New Zealand and it is through this division that RODE distributes its microphones, as well as Event Studio Monitors from the US - and now Solid State Logic.

At its base in Rh

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UK - With an increasing number of installers and designers employing Mission’s discreet flat-panel FS2-PRO speaker in a wide range of installations, ranging from churches and corporate AV to shops, bars and restaurants, Mission is now offering the speaker and its matching FS-4P Bass Unit in a choice of colours. Initially only available in silver at the time of their launch last year, versions in black and white have now been added to the low impedance and 100 volt line versions of both products.

The FS2-PRO, which employs NXT’s Surface-Sound technology, provides installers and designers with a stylish and discreet solution for reverberant installations where very wide dispersion, reduced SPL drop-off with distance and good intelligibility are the main criteria. Now, with the added choice of colours, the FS2-PRO can be specified and used in most design critical projec

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UK - A full lighting rig, motion control system, sound control, monitor system and stage set was supplied to Blur by Middlesex-based Entec Sound & Light, for five incendiary performances at the Astoria in Charing Cross Road, London.

Blur marked their return by showcasing work from their new album ‘Think Tank’. The Astoria dates were essentially a one-off event, but lead singer Damon Albarn wanted a distinct visual feel for the show. His brief to LD Dave Byars was to come up with the essence of Morocco and Devon - warm, inviting, peaceful, positive. From this starting point, Byars designed both lighting and video (the latter supplied by XL Video) and decided to take an ambitiously large rig into the Astoria to realize his ideas - an imaginative gamble that certainly paid off.

The first part of the show saw a false ceiling formed by a drape lacerated by a series of

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Italy - Italian speaker manufacturer Outline has introduced Clarity 11, a high directivity speaker column, designed and built for accurate speech reproduction in environments with high reverberation levels, or where acoustics are critical for speech intelligibility.

In terms of construction, Clarity 11, is characterized by the fact that the loudspeakers are fitted in a special ‘box’ which, as well as using suitable absorption material, also gives the loudspeaker system installed a determinate acoustic resistance, which makes it ideal to deal with the frequency range of speech. This design, for which a patent has been applied for, offers the advantage of giving a continuous gradual attenuation to the system’s frequency response.

Clarity 11 also offers the possibility of adjusting the Q factor in an original, simple and economic manner, by fitting or removing (

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Russia - The Cinema Art Hall, located in the Siberian city of Norilsk, is the latest example of the international spread of D.A Audio products. Bossman - the D.A.S. Audio distributor for Russia - was responsible for the project, installing D.A.S. products in this large, multi-purpose venue.

The 700-seat theatre is considered as the main auditorium of this modern facility, which hosts mainly theatrical events and movie screenings. Bossman opted to install two different systems to work independently, depending on the type of function. When used for conferences, theatre or concerts, the equipment used consists of self-powered Compact Systems built into the building structure. The main front-of-house system is comprised of eight Compact 2 Systems (Compact 2 plus Compact 18 Sub) placed four per side. The powered systems simplified the installation needing only signal and AC-power. On

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Europe - King Crimson is about to embark on a labyrinthine tour of Europe, embracing such far-flung locations as Moscow, Naples, Warsaw, Montreaux, Prague and Stockholm: "And we’ll be playing a variety of venues, everything from clubs to festivals," says Robert Fripp’s monitor man Graham ‘Blakey’ Blake. That said, the tour presents more challenges for the technical crew than mere routing and venue type.

"We are picking up PA systems locally," Blake explained, "which will be interesting for Greg Dean who’s mixing house. Fortunately for me, we will carry the whole monitor system, Robert has had his own system flown in from the States, and I’ve elected to take a Yamaha PM1D with me for control which is coming from Dick Hayes at Entec."

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UK - Leading music store chain Academy of Sound, has made a substantial investment in Allen & Heath PA12-CP mixers fresh from the company’s new production line, for resale in its major outlets. The PA12-CP and PA20-CP 1kW powered mixers are the first of the PA Series to be introduced, following their launch last September at the PLASA show.

The two mixers are also the first products to benefit from Allen & Heath's new Constant Power amplifier technology, which gives a full 500W RMS per side into either 4 or 8 ohms. Other key assets include a new padless preamp, internal FX unit, SPDIF output and parametric output EQ. "We are very excited about this addition to the Allen & Heath portfolio," said Mark Hopkin, purchasing manager at Academy of Sound. "The PA12 provides the perfect solution for our customer base, which often has small PA systems for producing liv

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UK - Marquee Audio have been appointed UK dealers for Teqsas’ new Reco network remote touch system. This allows full control of speaker systems, monitor EQ etc from anywhere in a building. Reco is a wireless remote controller that will run any computer system’s operating software. It has an 8", 800 x 600 touch-sensitive colour screen constructed in a tough rigid housing, which makes it roadworthy.

RECO’s architecture is different from a conventional notebook in that it uses a hard diskless industrial computer platform to run a special embedded Linux OS - this connects to any Windows, Mac or Linux-based computer with standard wireless LAN components. The computer transmits its screen content to Reco and receives back mouse and keyboard commands. There is no software to install on Reco itself - once the driver is installed on the computer, and a wireless LAN

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USA - L-Acoustics US has recently appointed its first three independent rep firms, which are now coordinating sales activities for the middle and upper eastern seaboard states, says Paul Freudenberg, L-Acoustics US director of sales and marketing.

DL Henderson Company, based in Maynard, Massachusetts, will handle the manufacturer's northeast New England region consisting of upstate New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Paul Friedman and his crew at Metro/North Marketing in Edison, New Jersey have been named as L-Acoustics US's rep firm for northern New Jersey and New York City.

Right Track Marketing, based in Kinnelon, New Jersey, and led by principal Steven Savvides, has been called upon to cover the mid-Atlantic territory made up of Virginia, Maryland, southern New Jersey, Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania.

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UK - Stage Electrics' Open Days provide customers and suppliers with a forum dedicated to providing hands-on demonstrations of the very latest products. The compay's recent Bristol Open Day was no exception; demonstrations from Strand, Selecon, Rosco, Martin Professional, DHA, Le Maitre, Mackie/EAW, Audio-Technica and Zero 88 offered customers a wide range of interest.

.Visitors got a glimpse into the workings of Stage Electrics' warehouse, with tours supplied by sales and marketing manager Linda Moore, who says: "Stage Electrics Open Days are a great opportunity for suppliers and customers to meet. They have proved highly successful and we are already planning more for later in the year."

Not only were customers provided an insight to the inner workings of Stage Electrics, technical manager Adrian Searle organized a Moving Light Symposium, providing hands-on experie

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USA - Cadac Electronics Plc has announced the appointment of two new representatives in the US. On the East Coast, Thomas Bensen has been selected, whilst on the West Coast, the company has appointed GLS Marketing.

Tom Bensen is a familiar face in the pro audio industry, with over 25 years' experience across a wide variety of leading brands. His sound reinforcement expertise and market knowledge will prove invaluable in establishing the Cadac brand and providing further growth. On the other side of the US, GLS Marketing will provide the Cadac representative network with a strong mix of technical skills, plus creative sales and marketing techniques. Headed up by president Greg Hockman with Ron Thomas as general manager, the company was established in 1981 and operates out of Huntington Beach, California, in support of the Southern California, Southern Nevada, Hawaii and Arizona t

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USA - Shure has started to ship its new DFR22 audio processor, a powerful and affordable 2-in, 2-out DSP product featuring Shure’s patented automatic digital feedback reduction algorithm (DFR).

Primarily designed for the sound contracting market, the DFR22 also includes modules for equalization, dynamics processing, delay and matrix mixing and is easily configured through a flexible, drag-and-drop Windows software interface. "The DFR22 will give current users of our DFR11EQ and P4800 the best of both products in a new form. It will function as an out-of-the-box, two-channel feedback reducer or as a fully configurable 2 x 2 device with a full complement of software-configurable audio processors," said Bob Rieder, Shure category director of audio processing products. "It also answers the many requests we’ve received for a stereo version of our patented f

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France - With the small cable size and with no audible electromagnetic interference, the use of Ethernet technology has many advantages in the audio word. It can often enable audio installation in areas where traditional methods would be difficult or impossible. Functioning as Ethernet audio bridges, Digigram’s EtherSound ES8in and EtherSound ES8out offer an easy and affordable way to install and distribute up to 64 channels of high-quality audio using standard Ethernet switches and Cat 5 cabling, and are the first off-the-shelf products to feature Digigram's EtherSound technology.

EtherSound ES8in injects eight analogue balanced audio signals into an EtherSound network, while the EtherSound ES8out extracts eight analogue audio signals out of an EtherSound network. System set-up, control and re-configuration are operated remotely via straightforward PC software, with no sp

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UK - London-based theatre sound specialist Orbital has combined forces with The National Theatre to co-produce their third advanced training course for final year Stage Management and Technical Theatre students wishing to pursue a career in theatre sound.

The importance of sound in theatre continues to grow at a rapid rate, and as audio technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, both Orbital and the NT are concerned that there is a skills shortfall, and that young people entering the industry have little experience of the latest technology.

The course was co-designed by the NT’s head of sound Rob Barnard and Orbital’s Simon Whitehorn as a ‘top-up’ to the very good, but basic training offered at drama schools. 20 candidates were nominated from drama schools nationwide to participate - at no expense to students or schools - in carefully structured cla

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USA - Stanton has announced what it calls ‘a revolution in DJ mixer design’ - SST f(Superior Sound Technology) is found in the latest crop of Stanton mixers including the new SA-5, SMX-401, SMX-301 and RM-22. This technology offers audio quality on a par with professional studio consoles, but at prices working DJs can afford, say Stanton. Features include ultra low-noise circuitry, transparent sound, no channel bleed and superior construction throughout.

SST is the result of a new strategic initiative at Stanton to bring pro audio specs to a more affordable price point, which the company has achieved by utilizing a new team of engineers from broadcast and recording mixer backgrounds - in conjunction with Stanton’s own DJ product managers.

All SST mixers boast a flat frequency response from 20Hz-20kHz +/-1.5dB and a dynamic range better than 110dB (noise and d

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UK - Music Bank, the London rehearsal facility, has opened two new rooms, nearly doubling its studio space as a result of a major expansion programme. The main event is the opening of the East and West studios, more than 3,500sq.ft of natural light rehearsal space, each studio boasting its own ground-floor load-in, private office and kitchen.

Each room is offered with a Soundcraft 40-channel MH4 mixing console. "The rooms are aimed at four or five piece bands, perhaps a bit more budget-conscious than our current clients," explains Music Bank's Nunu Whiting. "All of us here believe that there's going to be a resurgence in the rock 'n' roll market, so we're getting ready for the new upcoming bands. Music Bank will give them a decent and affordable rehearsal environment, rather than the traditional black room with sticky carpets!"

East and West Studios have be

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UK - SCV London has appointed Eamonn McGonagle to the newly created position of UK sales manager for PA and installation products. Julian Blyth, SCV London managing director, says: "As we are continually expanding the PA and installation market side of our business, we needed to find the right person to manage our rapidly increasing portfolio of products. We believe Eamonn fulfils the role perfectly."

McGonagle was previously national sales manager for Celestion Pro Products, and before that he was the marketing manager for Van Dam Cables.

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France - Nexo GEO S cabinets have been installed in the Ice Arena in Valence, near Grenoble in France. As part of an extensive refurbishment programme of the venue, Lyon Audio Equipement has designed and installed a new sound reinforcement system, using a combination of PS8 and GEO S805, driven by Yamaha PC Series amplifiers.

The Ice Arena is used regularly for ice hockey, accommodating an audience of 850 for matches. The auditorium can be re-configured for ice shows, increasing its audience capacity to 1050. Providing coverage for the ice surface itself are eight Nexo PS8 compact full-range cabinets, bi-amplified by the PS8 processor and four Nexo LS400 power amps. For the audience seating, Bernard Maigre of Lyon Audio Equipement has specified two clusters of three GEO S805 tangent array cabinets.

"There is a truss, what you could call a bridge, that runs the length of

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UK - Essex-based sound and light company Xtreme Audio Visual has ordered a new Electro-Voice X-Array rental system, complete with P3000RL Precision Series Remote Amplifiers, and a Midas Venice 320 mixing console, all to be supplied by Shuttlesound.

Xtreme has been building up its rental business, and, last year, invested heavily in expanding its lighting capability. In 2003, it is the turn of the sound department, which already has a healthy client list: the company recently provided audio services for two film launches in Leicester Square, is heavily involved in corporate events and conference work throughout Europe, and regularly supplies systems for dance events. One of their goals for the coming year is to increase their list of music clients, and the purchase of the X-Array is intended to attract more music touring business.

Xtreme's new X-Array system comprises four Xcn

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UK - Thanks to a unique new integrated system soon to be installed as part of a major refurbishment of the Blackwall Tunnel in London, by Tyco Integrated Systems of Cambridge and Tyco Control Systems, motorists will now be able to listen to radio programmes and receive radio messages (RDS) and PA announcements about traffic conditions, incidents or emergencies while in the tunnel.

In an emergency, special radio break-in messages on RDS car radio can provide information or instructions, and the Public Address system makes sure that people hear messages even during an evacuation. CCTV cameras will also allow tunnel operators to monitor traffic throughout the tunnels. The entire system is controlled via a single SCADA integrated control system provided by Tyco Control Systems which links all the facilities together - it can even deliver pre-recorded messages automatically when sens

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UK - British audio and speech technology company, NXT, has announced the launch, by 3M, of a rear projection screen using SoundVu technology. The ‘Vikuiti XRVS-120 extended resolution video screen with sound enhancement, which is part of 3M Optical Systems Division's suite of Vikuiti display enhancement products, was unveiled yesterday at the annual InfoComm exhibition in Florida.

The Vikuiti XRVS-120 is a result of a recently reached in-principle agreement for 3M to exclusively provide SoundVu technology to the professional rear projection screen market. NXT's SoundVu technology turns the projection screen itself into a Distributed Mode Loudspeaker (DML) by using actuators positioned at the 'invisible' edge to vibrate the screen, locking sound and vision as one. NXT's SoundVu technology works without adding depth or size to the unit and, by using the screen, eliminates th

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The Netherlands - At the forthcoming Cinema Expo (23-26 June, Amsterdam), newly-founded Alcons Audio will make its first appearance with a complete line of cinema loudspeakers and amplifiers. Alcons Audio is a newly formed Dutch company, active in developing and manufacturing professional sound systems for quality-conscious clients in the cinema industry.

The company was set up by Tom Back in October last year, together with the former Stage Accompany R&D team, with a wide experience of transducer, acoustics and system design, as well as DSP and amplifier technology. The new Alcons cinema product range consists of two 3-way front systems, featuring Alcons’ patent-pending ribbon transducer technology; a radically different, but proven way of reproducing mid and high frequencies, resulting in hi-fi sound quality with truly unsurpassed clarity and intelligibility at full digi

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UK - Aberdeen University has installed Allen & Heath's new Digital Signal Processing (DSP) audio system, iDR, to manage sound reinforcement in its chapel building. The system uses TCP/IP over Ethernet to connect to the network, enabling the audio system to be managed not only from a central point but remotely from any PC on the network.

University Head of AV, David Walton, chose Creative Light & Sound to install the new system. MD, Charlie Fleet, commented: "Our brief was simple; the University needed a system that offered flexibility of control. The education sector infrequently adopts new technology, so investment needed to be in a system that was at the cutting edge and would remain up to date. Similarly, the education sector contains a majority of non-technical staff, so we also needed a user friendly system that could easily be operated by University members."

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UK - Long-time Audio-Technica endorsees Placebo are currently in the middle of a world tour supporting the recently released fourth album, ‘Sleeping With Ghosts’, and making use of the company’s Artist Elite series of microphones. Front-of-house engineer Ian Nelson, whose credits include stints behind the desk for The Bluetones, The Sneaker Pimps, Pink and Johnny Marr, explained: "I had heard some really good things about the Artist Elite mics from other engineers, so when I found out that Placebo were A-T endorsees I was pleased that I would get the chance to check them out for myself."

Tests of the Artist Elite mics during production rehearsals at The Depot went well, so well in fact that Nelson chose to place a number of AE microphones alongside more established A-T mics across the stage. "I’ve got AT4050s all over the back line and we&r

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