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14 March 2016

The M4 is a visually discreet, 2-way high performance stage monitor employing an integrated 15" /1.3" exit coaxial driver with a CD horn and passive crossover network. In its standard 50° x 70° dispersion configuration it provides an accurately defined coverage area on stage and when used upright it is transformed into a powerful PA system. The M4 can optionally be operated in 2-way active mode by changing the d&b D12 amplifier's configuration without any modifications to the loudspeaker. For its compact dimension and mere 20 kg (44 lb) it produces an incredible 138 or 140 dB SPL when driven in passive or active mode respective

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Commenting on the internal promotion of his successor, current Tannoy MD and CEO of TC Group, Anders Fauerskov, said: "The appointment of Andrzej to this position will allow me to focus 100% on Group activities and will also ensure that there is now a dedicated 'champion' for all Tannoy matters within the Group. With his wealth of experience relating to international sales, distribution

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The bigger areas such as the casino, entrance hall and car parks will be provided with a traditional 100V PA system from Klotz Digital, while Varizone will primarily be used for feeding the offices. A Vadis 880 main frame will control audio routing and signal processing throughout the facility. The instal

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The client had an idea to recreate the atmosphere of his favourite nightclub, 'B.E.D' (located in Miami, USA), in a marquee in the grounds on their house. MLsoundadvice manager Gareth Jones originated the overall design based on obtaining descriptive 'key-words' from the client on their likes, dislikes and interests.

Drawing on his creative side, Jones's design solution included multi-level raised areas that turned into, and focused the guests' look towards the stage. The areas included a discrete 'bed' VIP area for the hosts, a second VIP area for family with contemporary furniture and a circular pink bar, all flanking a chequered dance floor. His technical expertise generated a real nightc

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"Vista 8 technology confers significant practical benefits as well as outstanding audio quality," explains Studer's Andrew Hills, UK sales director. "Using the new fibre optic infrastructure, in conjunction with Studer's portable Stageboxes, the City Halls team will make noticeable savings on set-up time, as they move from venue to venue within the complex."

Glasgow's City Halls houses the Grand Hall, The Old Fruitmarket and the Recital Room. Now merged into one complex, these adjacent, Grade I listed Victorian venues, dating fro

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Since the launch of the W8L, Martin Audio has developed a patent pending technology, which provides an exceptional degree of control over the curvature of the high frequency vertical wavefront. Research has shown that even very long-throw systems benefit from a small, but specific amount of wavefront curvature. By coupling this technology with significant advances in high frequency device design Martin Audio have created a quad-driver, high frequency system with an impressive 10dB greater output capability over the W8L.

This additional high frequency headroom all

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Since Christ Methodist Church arrived in Singapore in the 1930s, it had been sharing its church premises with two other congregations for almost three decades. Today located on Singapore's East Coast Road, CMC has not only acquired and financed its own plot of land, but has taken steps to upgrade its sound systems at its congregation halls in the Sanctuary Hall, Berckman Hall and Sunday School Hall.

CMC knew they wanted to replace their existing low-quality MI speaker systems in the 600-capacity, highly-reverberant church with a high quality professional speaker system, and at the same time address the intelligibility problems of those seated at the back of the Church -

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Ostrin reports that with the (largely arena) tour selling well, the band couldn't be happier. When this tour rider was being prepared late last year the thought of moving to a digital environment for the first time was the last thing on his mind. He says: "I had settled into an XL4 four years ago and in November I told a buddy I'd never go to a digital board - I'd retire first.

But Digidesign's Steve McCale ran into Ostrin in New York City an

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The new 500-capacity Rover Club, which opened this month, occupies a prime position within the recently reconstructed historic shopping arcade of Gostiny Dvor - in the very heart of Moscow, close to Red Square.

Owned by Rover, the major Russian consumer electronics manufacturer, the club has been divided into six zones, incorporating a restaurant, discotheque, virtual reality hall, VIP disco and VIP hall.

Sound systems in the respective zones are controlled by a standalone BSS Audio Soundweb London BLU-16 with four mic/line inputs and 12 line outputs. A control PC running HiQnet London

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The Castle Bingo site in Bridgend had included feature lighting for the Tower Room hospitality suite during a recent refurbishment. The concept was so successful that owners Castle Leisure decided to expand the theme and further invest in lighting and technology at the 1000-seat Nantgarw site, north of Cardiff.

Richard Vaughan led the project for VSI. "We've enjoyed a long and productive relationship with both Castle Leisure and HLN, and benefited from a client and architect who are willing to consult and listen to their suppliers

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14 March 2016

APR has purchased a total of 100 Synco 18 RR Subs in a Tufftex finish, and 50 Synco TRX81/9 (90°H x 60°V dispersion) cabinets from Renkus-Heinz. The new stock joins APR's existing stocks of Renkus-Heinz Synco Touring System and Synco by Martin Audio line array PA systems.

The Synco Subs are are driven by the Synco/Martin Audio 4.2 amplifier, and are compatible with both types of PA operated by APR and the Synco Network. They also complement the recent purchases by Synco Network members of additional Synco by Martin Audio line array systems.

The TRX81/9s are powered by Crest CPX amplifiers. They feature an 8" low frequency driver and 1" horn loaded HF unit, a

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The current system comprises Meyer, d&b and Duran Audio loudspeakers, a DiGiCo D5 Live digital mixing console,a substantial amount of XTA processing equipment, Sennheiser 5012 transmitters with 1046 receiver racks and DPA microphones. But perhaps most interesting is an Out Board TiMax Audio Imaging delay matrix with a new automated tracking system developed by Norwegian company Track The Actors (TTA). And the combination works extremely well.

It's a complex output system," explains Aitken. "We rig about 120

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The iF (Industrie Forum Design e.V.), based in Hannover, provides a broad range of design-related services. Since 1953 it has become known worldwide for its annual iF design award competition. This year a total of almost 2000 product entries from 37 countries were submitted. The award means that Bosch is permitted to use the iF label on the WAP unit in recognition of the company's commitment to innovation and meeting customers' requirements.

In addition to the WAP unit, the DCN Wireless Discussion System comprises three different types of wireless discussion units and a central control unit. The system requires

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The previous public address system consisted of a single speaker cluster positioned at one end of the facility, providing limited speech intelligibility. Answering the call for complete and intelligible speaker coverage for every seat in the stands, Rutledge Engineering and Acoustic Directions, in conjunction with audio consultants Marshall Day Acoustics, designed a new fully distributed sound system featuring Harman HiQnet protocol techn

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Opened in 1917, Epsom is recognised as one of New Zealand's most prestigious private schools, and boasts an alumni, which includes New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark; TV personality, Petra Baghurst; news presenter, Kate Hawkesby; and New Zealand's first female District Council judge, Dame Augusta Wallace.

Jansen were tasked with replacing the sound system in the School's main hall. Equipment includes Proel speakers, powered by Phonic amplifiers, all controlled by an Allen & Heath iDR-4 16x16 matrix mixer. There is also an accompanying PL-6 remote 8-fader panel controller, to simplify standard functions.

"The new sound system is very easy to use and I have been able to let the studen

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DDS stands for Digital Directivity Synthesis - an advanced array control optimizationconcept. DDS is based on a specially adapted "constrained weighted least-squares" optimization algorithm. Starting from a desired direct SPL distribution in a hall or space, the optimum output filter for each array channel is calculated. In other words, the desired 'illumination' of the hall or space is 'mapped back' to the array, instead of mapping the arrayresponse to the hall, as would be done with a conventional loudspeaker array.

Using DD

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These speakers will be complemented by a number of international players - including Himanshu Burte from India, Sergio Pascolo from Italy, Martien van Goor, Louis Janssen and Gerbrand Borgdorff from the Netherlands, Gerry van Hezewyk from Canada and Duncan Webb, John Coyne and Peter Rosenbaum from the US. Representatives from many other countries will be involved in the debates and discussions about the form of auditoria, backstage facilities, uncomplicated spaces for drama, and theatre building on a budget. Present booking from overseas r

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In 1997, N&M (one of the largest event technology suppliers in Europe) challenged Kling & Freitag to develop a small, lightweight and economical speaker for speech applications. In the spring of 1998, say K&F, the CA 106 took part in a comparative test with products from other manufacturers and emerged as the winner. Since then, N&M have added around 350 of the speakers to its hire stock. "The CA 106 is incredibly reliable. Most of the damage to them results from negligent use," says Michael Mande, technical director of N&M.

To date, the CA 106 has seen success in more than 30 countries around the world, say K&F.

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The facility was built around a former nightclub in the Hotel City at Fredrikstad, Norway. To facilitate live performances a stage was added in an earlier atrium. City Scene's capacity (in theatre mode) is 448 persons; 330 on the main floor and 118 on the mezzanine developed around the old dance floor.

City Scene has already played host to a diverse range of performances including, Cityfjolls til Fjells (a comedy theatre production), Olsenbanden Jr. på Cirkus (musical theatre with a circus theme)

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KV2's Jonathan Reece-Farren says that the system looked quite out of place being so small in comparison to the mass of arrays and subs around it - so much so, that he had to point out which were the KV2 speakers before each demonstration. Using only two flown VHD 2.0 mid/high enclosures per side, with accompanying subs on the ground, they proceeded to "amaze all that heard it" say KV2.

Reece-Farren commented: "We've all waited a long time for this, but the reaction from those who came along has made it all worthwhile. In

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14 March 2016

A long-anticipated addition to the company's successful GEO S and GEO T tangent-array designs, GEO D features NEXO's patented, third-generation Hyperbolic Wavesource. Equally innovative is the cardioid GEO SUB bass/sub bass cabinet, which arrays from the same over/under bumper as GEO D, and offers unrivalled pattern-control from new, proprietary NX242 TDcontroller digital filter sets.

Five years experience with GEO Series flying and stage-stacking systems have yielded the most rigging-friendly NEXO sound reinforcement system to date. Equally at home on or above the stage, using a single, elegant hardware system, GEO D can be deployed in minimum arrays of four units

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Managed by René Poelman, the structure will begin to operate in April, and will be distributing and selling all products from PROEL Universal division: lighting and sound reinforcement systems, die hard cables and stage boxes, microphones and wireless systems, stage accessories, stinger amplifiers and the famous tamburo drums.

The complete installation line (ceiling speakers, horn speakers and 100V line transformers to name just a few), will also belong to this wide portfolio as well as the ultimate home division created by the Italian company. This features home entertainment furnishings for large screens, Plasmas, LCDs, realized by the American design trend leader Bell'o, and distributed by PROEL in many European countries including th

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The Four systems ranging from the G8 2.5k rig to the G15vs2 system at 5.5k are capable of handling any application from a small conference and the most demanding installation, to Churches and full live concert applications. Each system comes complete and is driven by Carlsbro's stunning Powerline series amplifiers housed in a flight case together with a digital processor and pre programmed equalisation scenes, all leads and cables and birch ply robust cabinets that have been designed and hand built in the U.K.

All four systems are being launched with some

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All three speakers in the range (490 mm/50 W, 490 mm/35 W and 355 mm/25 W) are robustly constructed in corrosion-proof aluminium with a PVC edge profile for protection against impact damage. With a maximum power output of 75 W, the LBC 3484/00 employs a high-efficiency driver that provides excellent sound reproduction. The loudspeaker is also available as separate horn and driver to allow a choice of combinations when installing.

The new loudspeaker has provision for incorporating circuit boards for Bosch's Plena and Praesideo Voice Alarm S