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Spain / Germany - Leading Spanish loudspeaker manufacturer Vieta Pro has announced a key appointment in its distributor network, bringing Sonus GmbH on board to represent the Vieta line in Germany.

Sonus has a solid reputation as a manufacturer in its own right, developing innovative pro-audio products from special transducer technologies. Vieta is the first comprehensive speaker line that Sonus has taken on for distribution.

Technical director Martin Greis explains the appeal of the Vieta Pro line: "Vieta offers us a full portfolio of European-made loudspeaker products that are extremely well-designed with excellent audio performance. There are clever controller options and a well-planned range of accessories."

Martin Greis has already spotted the best-sellers for the German market, highlighting in particular the Do Line of high-performance passive speakers, speci

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Italy - PMC's Italian representatives, Feel Communications, have signed a major contract to supply audio monitoring to RDS (Radio Dimensione Suono) - one of Italy's largest national independent radio networks. The contract is the first of three to supply the Italian broadcast sector that will come into effect in late 2006 and one which includes the RTL network in Milan.

This initial contract includes 10 pairs of PMC's AML1 and four pairs of DB1S-A two-way active monitors. They will feature in the newly converted ancient monastery located on the highest of the seven hills within the city of Rome. RDS's latest state of the art complex includes one main On-Air control room, four edit rooms, an extensive surround music production area and large live performance auditorium with control room. Estimated at over fifty million Euros, the station incorporates full redundancy backup across

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UK - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's first collaboration, and its history has been one of evolution, an evolution that continues in the current national revival tour of the show.

Joseph was only 15 minutes long when first performed as a cantata in 1968, but grew in subsequent versions to 40 minutes and, finally, a full 90-minute musical. The new production shows its evolution in the technical aspects of production, especially its sound system: self-powered loudspeakers from Meyer Sound and, at the FOH position, an LCS Audio Matrix3 audio show control system with a CueConsole control surface. The system was specified by Duncan Robert Edwards, the show's sound designer, and supplied by Specialized Audio-Video, N.Y., with logistical coordination by Mark Norfolk and Mike Weirich.

In the years since Joseph's f

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Russia - Midas and Klark Teknik have appointed Moscow-based Theater Technics and Technology (TTT) as its Russian distributor. Formed 15 years ago, TTT also represents Midas/KT fellow brands Electro-Voice, Telex and Dynacord.

"We really appreciate the opportunity of becoming the official Midas and Klark Teknik distributor in our country," says company president Mikhail Godin. "Our immediate priority is to increase sales and technical support across the Russian Federation."

Godin first came across Klark Teknik's internationally-renowned equalisers more than 20 years ago while working in state recording studio Melodia. Both brands have also been used by TTT in its systems integration work for installations in Azerbaijan and in Moscow.

"Klark Teknik and Midas have come to represent unique sonic quality and reliability," says Andrey Kovalevsky, who,

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Germany - The ProLight+Sound show in Frankfurt (29 March - 1 April), will include a chance to see and hear HK Audio systems live in a large-scale application. In the outdoor area in front of Hall 8, the new ProLounge will be equipped exclusively with HK Audio: the main system will be a 2x10 Cohedra system and stage monitoring will consist entirely of the company's new ConTour Series.

As a special highlight of the show, Deep Purple members Ian Paice (drums) and Don Airey (keys) will be playing live in the ProLounge on Friday, 31 March, and Saturday, 1 April, at 11:30am and 4:00pm - together with Thomas Blug, who has been called "Europe's Best Strat Player". Every day of the show at 3.00 pm, there will be a "meet-and-greet" event with Don and Ian at the HK Audio Portable Sound booth D31 in Hall 4.1.

The ProLounge will also host a world premiere of the HK Audi

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UK - Sound Division has recently supplied a fully iPod-driven distributed background music system in the spa and treatment rooms at the legendary Browns hotel in Mayfair. The emphasis at Browns is on intimacy and quintessential English charm. However, this has not stopped the hotel opting for a thoroughly modern background music solution.

The system is based on a number of Opus MS micro ceiling speakers distributed throughout four zones. The first comprises reception and the main corridor; treatment rooms one and two make up the second zone; treatment room three is the third zone, while the fourth zone is the gymnasium. Sound Division has supplied three Cloud RL1 remote volume control panels and two Cloud mixers amplifiers; a four-zone Cloud 46/50 for zones 1-4 and a separate Cloud MPA-626 single zone device for the gymnasium. Acting as the music source for the entire system Sou

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France - The first Studer Vista 8 digital audio front-of-house console to be used in Paris's theatreland has been installed in the 1000-capacity Theatre de la Ville, which has chosen Studer as the digital platform for an extensive refurbishment programme that will take place over two years.

Once known as Theatre Sarah Bernhardt for its association with the legendary French actress, this popular municipal theatre now offers the top names in contemporary dance, innovative French theatre, and evening concerts of jazz and world music.

In 2003, the audio production team, led by Pierre Tamisier, began the search to replace the theatre's 12-year old Studer 900 analogue console. Having examined digital technology from several other leading manufacturers, they still wound up at the door of Audiopole, distributor of Studer in France, with an order for a 32-fader Vista 8 with 10-fader ex

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UK - One of the harder working bands around, Mudvayne has spent as much of the past six years on tour as off. Their most recent outing with Sevendust on the Masters of Horror Tour covered more than 30 cities over a two-month period. New England-based Rainbow Production Services provided a sound system built around Meyer Sound's Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers for the dates, which leaned toward larger arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums.

FOH mixer Scott Tkachuk commanded the rig, which featured 24 Milo cabinets, two Milo 120 high-power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeakers, and a dozen 700-HP ultrahigh-power subwoofers.

"The Milo is really proving to be one of the most versatile line arrays there is," Tkachuk says. "It's amazing that a system capable of handling the nuance and detail of acoustic guitars and jazz can also deliver th

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USA - At 42,000sq.ft, TAO Las Vegas continues the trend of large restaurant and entertainment venues situated within the city's glitzy hotels. The $20m TAO at the Venetian bills itself as an "Asian city" offering a unique vibe only found in ancient ruins and temples. The 400-seat restaurant, banquet facilities, hip ultra-lounge and 10,000sq.ft nightclub was opened in September and instantly became a popular destination.

The action starts when the restaurant opens daily at 5PM and doesn't stop until the nightclub closes at 5AM. Everyday, 160 TAO employees keep the party going. Inside TAO, a hand-carved 20ft tall Buddha greets guests as it floats atop a reflecting pool filled with koi fish. The nearby moat area contains floating tables for VIPs while a catwalk leading to the women's bathroom also serves as a pseudo-runway. Above the dining area sits eight private skyboxe

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USA / Germany - Meyer Sound is strengthening its investment in the German market by applying more resources from the company's California factory to Germany. As part of this effort, Western regional sales manager Jim Sides will act as a liaison between the Berkeley headquarters and Polch-based Meyer Sound Germany.

Meyer says Germany has always been a strong market for its self-powered loudspeakers, and that the last few years have seen exceptional growth for the company in Germany and throughout Europe. Recent large purchases of MICA and other products by German rental companies further convinced Meyer Sound to commit additional resources to Germany.

"One thing we have noted many times in the company's history is that the closer we are to our customers, the happier they are and the more our business grows," says Meyer Sound executive vice-president Helen Meyer. "

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UK - Baldwin Boxall has re-designed is popular Vigil Eclipse wall-mountable voice alarm / public address system. Despite its smaller size - measuring only 480mm in width, 200mm in depth and 680mm in height - the new Vigil Eclipse2 has the capacity to handle up to seven single or four dual circuit zones, say the company.

At the heart of the new Eclipse2 is the new Vigil2 EVAS routeing matrix, which offers beneficial features including parametric EQ on all eight inputs and seven outputs, ambient noise sensing, auto amplifier changeover, USB2 port (allowing system configuration/message revision via a laptop), fault and history logging and realtime clock. The unit also houses one 2U amplifier mainframe providing space for the power supply and two amplifiers from Baldwin Boxall's Vigil2 Class D range.

Vigil Eclipse2 provides a highly-efficient solution to the voice alarm market and

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Europe - Belgian rental firm EML is touring Europe with Simple Minds, using an assortment of Adamson's Y-Axis and SpekTrix line arrays to accommodate the needs of each individual venue. The Scots band, with over 20 top 20 hits to their name and over 30 million records sold, is performing in over 40 venues across Europe to promote their new, critically acclaimed studio album Black & White 050505.

The UK leg of the tour saw Adamson partner Concert Sound based in Luton, providing all sound reinforcement products. When the tour makes the rounds to Belgium and Holland, EML will use a mixture of Y-18s and Y-10s provided by EML Belgium and EML Holland respectively. In Scandinavia and Germany, Nordic Rentals, Adamson support for Denmark, Sweden and Norway, will pitch in some Y-18s for the local shows. Livesound B-AG from Bern, is supplying Simple Minds with product for the Switze

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USA - Systems integrator Pro Sound partnered with consultants Pelton Marsh Kinsella and the Hunt Construction Group to design and install an audio system for Glendale, Arizona's new Cardinals Stadium. Pro Sound innovative enough to match the rest of the stadium's construction, which has already been featured on the Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering program.

But the team achieved more than outstanding sound quality for the 63,000-seat stadium with the design; they are also saving the owners upwards of $100 million over comparable projects of this size and scope, according to Pro Sound's president, Rod Sintow: "The simple fact that Meyer Sound equipment is self-powered enables us to accelerate our installation schedule by 12 weeks," says Sintow. "The UPA-1Ps were installed in eight days. If we'd done that with unpowered speakers, that alone would have t

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UK - Autograph Sound Recording has recently been awarded the sound contracts three major musicals, thus considerably strengthening its position in the theatre rental market. The company will supply three musical Broadway imports - Avenue Q, Wicked and Spamalot, all of which have West End openings over the next few months.

These productions add to their already impressive musical portfolio, which includes Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Guys and Dolls, We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia!, Billy Elliot, The Lion King and the recently opened Sinatra at The London Palladium. Autograph is equally well represented in the play market too; supplying Embers, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Blackbird, The Crucible, Smaller, The RSC Season at The Novello and Resurrection Blues.

Both Avenue Q and Spamalot are designed by the prolific

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UK - Lisburn, Northern Ireland-based Zest Audio is an audio-visual company that has produced its own unique Award winning hard-disc music control system - called 'Atmosphere' - that allows the user to output controlled music in up to four independent zones. Zest Audio Ltd has recently installed Atmosphere into Northern Ireland's newest bar and grill venue - The Cardan in Lisburn.

The Cardan brings a new level of sophistication to Lisburn, with its upstairs club Distil keeping things going into the darker hours. Atmosphere was the natural choice for owner Jon Poots to keep the ambience appropriate to the design and feel of the bar. Poots says: "I used Atmosphere in my last venue and was delighted with the control offered and the service provided by Zest Audio, it was the natural choice for The Cardan. Again I am delighted with what is achieved and with the back-up service.&q

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Belgium - One of the most famous and revered venues in Europe, the Ancienne Belgique otherwise known as AB has always carefully protected its reputation as a groundbreaking venue. From its early beginnings, through acts like Blondie, The Ramones and Lena Lovich, to the present day with Starsailor, Rufus Wainwright or Heather Nova, AB has come to be known as the place to play for up coming bands.

No surprise then when the technical director Marc Vrebos chose to invite all serious pro-audio manufacturers to demonstrate their latest sound systems when the time came for renewal of the house PA. "The previous system had been installed in '96, we knew from our own experiences, and from listening to what touring sound engineers told us, that the time had come for a line array," he said.

AB's head of sound Tom Janssen, assisted by Sven Van den Broek, AB's longest serving in-

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UK - Sennheiser is sponsoring a new campaign from the House Ear Institute (www.hei.org), a research and educational outreach body which aims to ensure healthy hearing for all. HEI's new 'It's How You Listen That Counts' campaign is helping to get the word out on safer listening to teens everywhere.

"This is a critical time. Teens are at a greater risk than ever in terms of hearing loss," says Marilee Potthoff, director of marketing for the House Ear Institute. "Sennheiser's support of HEI programs is valuable in helping us reach the young consumer audio market, and is bringing greater exposure to what is proving to be a very successful public education campaign."

HEI, a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing hearing science through research and education to improve quality of life, was established in 1946. Its Sound Partners hearing conservation pro

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UK - Autograph Sales has recently strengthened its service and support team by acquiring the knowledge and expertise of George McKechnie of dBA-UK. McKechnie is no stranger to the world of professional audio, having almost 30 years' experience of being actively involved with many aspects of audio reproduction and sound reinforcement, working closely with many well-known audio providers.

He has spent several years working with Martin Audio along with a very long stint with BSS Audio Ltd providing the audio community with technical support and servicing. He is still - although not working for BSS actively - supporting the entire breadth of the BSS product lines.

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USA - Lectrosonics is unveiling three new additions to the SM Super Mini transmitter line - which it says are the world's smallest professional audio wireless transmitters. The SM transmitter filled a niche for users who wanted a high-powered, cost-effective, advanced wireless transmitter in a small and splash-proof package, say the company.

The first of the three new additions to the SM family is the SMD (SM-Dual) transmitter using two AA batteries and therefore doubling the battery life of the original unit. Next is the SMQ (SM Quarter Watt) transmitter which has been designed to deliver 250mW power for longer range and greater resistance to interference than the standard SM (100mW transmitter) - also using two AA batteries. Finally the RM (Remote unit) was created for programming and operation of the SM transmitter family, including the new SMD and SMQ units. The RM communica

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UK - St Edmundsbury Theatre Services (SETS), the Bury St Edmunds based production and hire company, has taken delivery of a D.A.S. Audio self-powered Aero28A line array system. This is the first such system to see service in the UK. D.A.S. Audio has long been recognised as a serious player in the European and global markets, and Sennheiser UK, the UK's exclusive distributor, sees this as "a major breakthrough in an area crowded by several longstanding manufacturers", the company says.

SETS owner Marcus Eustace says: "Our team handles the logistics of several hundred productions a year, many of which utilise quality PA systems. We believe the D.A.S. Aero gives the quality of audio reproduction required for both theatre and outdoor events. In choosing the new system we worked with James O'Leary of CoNi who has a strong reputation in supplying this type of equipment.

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Germany - At ProLight&Sound in Frankfurt, German manufacturer K.M.E. has launched two active professional stage monitors, the CLP 320 and CLP 350, to add to its Cluster Series. The CLP 320 is equipped with 12" + 1" neodymium loudspeaker, the CLP 350 with a 15" + 1" speaker combination. Both models are equipped with a 350W class D amplifier for high quality audio and maximum operation safety through comprehensive protective circuitry.

The input module is equipped with two independent audio inputs with two-band EQ and switchable 48 volts phantom power. Input 1 has an additional Cinch connector for signal sources as CD/MP3-players, and input 2 is equipped with an line-out connector for daisy-chaining. Master volume pot and master limiter are rounding out the professional features of both units.

Both monitors feature an optimized dispersion, due to the 80° x 6

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USA / Belgium - US-based DJ equipment manufacturer Numark has announced a strategic alliance with ArKaos, the Belgium-based software provider, to provide audio and video integration into live DJ performance. The announcement was revealed at the ProLight&Sound trade show in Frankfurt, Germany.

Numark and Arkaos have created a powerful video controller, NuVJ, which it says will invite any DJ to instantly transform into a multimedia VJ (Video Jockey). The software is compatible with a Mac or a PC.

Representatives of Numark and ArKaos point out that the NuVJ is an entirely new product offering that capitalizes on the strengths of both companies and is designed as a video counterpart to a DJ's existing audio setup. Numark CEO John E. 'Jack' O'Donnell commented: "Numark has a proven track record of innovation in the DJ market and is always looking for opportunities to further e

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Benelux - In a major announcement on the first day of Frankfurt's ProLight&Sound exhibition, Ampco Belgium and TM Audio, both divisions of the Ampco / Flashlight Group, announced their joint agreement with Peavey Electronics to create an exclusive partnership covering all Peavey MI and pro audio products for the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Under the ground-breaking agreement, which comes into effect immediately, Ampco Belgium and TM Audio will distribute, support and promote Peavey products with a highly developed infrastructure that will include dedicated vertical market sector sales teams, sales force and reseller product training schemes, product marketing support programmes, educational support initiatives and user endorsement programmes.

Uniquely, Peavey will integrate Ampco Belgium and TM Audio into its European logistics system, ensurin

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Italy - Italian pro audio manufacturer Outline has issued the following statement regarding its intellectual property and the agreement reached with Stamer Musikanlagen GmbH and Music & Sales Professional Equipment GmbH, the parent company of German manufacturer HK Audio, in which Outline says it has agreed to 'tolerate' the design of HK Audio's COHEDRA line array system. The statement also warns other manufacturers whose line array design infringe on Outline's intellectual property of possible legal action.

"It is hereby announced that an important agreement has been concluded between Outline di Noselli G. & C. s.n.c., owner of the Italian design model BS200O000020, the international design model DM / 062394 and the US-American design model D500,306 S, and Stamer Musikanlagen GmbH and Music & Sales Professional Equipment GmbH. Persuant to this agreement, Stamer Musikanlage

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