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The new CDi Series amplifiers feature the same Class-I (Balanced Current Amplifier) Crown patented technology as its I-Tech Series, coupled with advanced DSP functionality and USB computer connectivity, enabling setup and control via the included HiQnet System Architect software, on PC or Mac.

The CDi Series also sets a new standard in weight to power ratio for amplifiers of its class, both models - the CDi 1000 and CDi 2000 - weighing in at under 17lbs for a 2U rack space unit. The two models are identical except for their power rating, with the CDi 1000 and CDi 2000 respectively providing 500 watts and 700 watts per channel into four ohms. Other

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"The best thing about VDC is the technical support you get to ensure the installation goes smoothly," says Soundworks' founder Simon Jones. "We spent about a week discussing exactly what we needed with VDC's technical staff so that when we actually received the cables, which were made up into runs at their premises in London, we were able to install them really quickly and easily with minimal fuss. It was all very straightforward and the service we received was excellent."

Soundworks, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this m

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The Iconyx Series uses advanced technology to provide natural music and intelligible speech in the highly reverberant environments typically associated with architecturally distinguished buildings. Their slender vertical profile mounts flat to the wall, blending easily with both classical and contemporary architecture. The integrated system inside provides a powerful new solution for consultants, contractors and architects who need pre

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14 March 2016

The event was a charismatic renewal conference which started with all 5,000 devotees gathered in the main hall for a welcome and worship. A programme of interactive events including teaching and prayers then took place all day Friday and these were followed by an overnight vigil. A further two shows ran on Saturday and Sunday featuring charismatic leader, Pastor Chris preaching from Lagos. This sermon was transmitted via a hard satellite feed to Excel ensuring it could be watched in both London and South Africa. Blitz Sound recorded both audio and video throughout the four days, which were edited, remixed and sol

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The choice for Alcons was made on basis of a number of comparison tests and on basis of their experience with a large number of brands from Focus' own rental inventory. Most important decision criteria were performance, logistics, but also a wide acceptance of the brand throughout the different application areas.

Paul Lassooij, co-owner, and responsible for the rental equipment, says: "Important for a large organisation as Focus, is to serve a largest possible range of applications with a smallest number of d

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Working with Bausch & Lomb's appointed communications agency McMenemy Hill, AVC supplied reinforcement for fifty presenters over the three days, using four of their newly purchased Christie (SXGA+) S+12Ks. These 12,000 ANSI Lumen, 3-chip DLP devices projected in 4:3 aspect ratio onto two butted displays, were soft-edge blended to create a widescreen canvas measuring 6m x 2.37m.

Fitted with 4.5-7.3:1 long-throw lenses, the S+12K's, ground-stacked at the back of the room on 10ft Dexion mounts, were able to provide the perfect solution, delivering razor sharp images over the 22m distance, and capturing the stunning detail of th

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The tour, which started in Sweden, has visited a diverse list of venues, from well-known arenas to town halls. Used in full at the largest shows, for example at London's Alexandra Palace, Morrissey's Nexo Geo T tangent-array sound reinforcement system comprised left and right arrays of 12x T4805s and three T2815s, with a centre cluster of two T4805s plus three T2815s. Sub bass was delivered by Nexo CD18s and the entire system was powered by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers, with Vortex 4s to power the stage monitor system.

FOH engineer Dave 'Milky' Millward explained: "It's

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The Smoothies comprise a two-part foam cavity constructed of an open cell acoustic foam base, covered by a thin foam outer skin, reducing wind noise up to 22dB. A large range of sizes is available to fit most popular shotgun and condenser microphones (from 19mm to 25 mm diameter), as well as a variety of on-board camera microphones. There are five new Smoothie flavours to choose from: blackberry, strawberry, lime, banana and blueberry.

For increased wind protection a removable fur cover (Smoothie Windjammer) is available as an optional extra in the standard Rycote grey fur.

Rycote's managing directo

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EnergyPro is the newly created professional division of Audio Products International Corp, manufacturer of the brands Energy, Mirage and Athena Technologies. Based in Toronto, Canada, APIC is the third largest loudspeaker manufacturer in North America and one of the ten largest speaker manufacturers in the world.

The first products created under the new brand are a comprehensive line of studio monitors, focussed on the recording, post production, project studio and broadcast markets. Stereo, surround, passive, active, analogue and digitally controlled systems are all featured and API has used its R&D resources to design in digital compatibility and upgrade paths for this

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For several years, Peak Fusion has been active on the market as a distribution and installation company both in the professional audio and the AV segment and is also working exclusively with other German manufacturers as well.

Managing director Daniel Ng says: "With HK Audio, we have been able to add another premiere German manufacturer to the fold. Both the Portable Sound products with the active LUCAS systems and the high-end Cohedra and Cohedra Compact line array systems are the final touch in rounding out our product portfolio."

HK Audio international sales manager Christian Stumpp adds: "By working together with Peak Fusion, we are taking another major step in establishing our brand throug

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The band have just released their new Simpatico album, and with a loyal concert going fanbase, all the gigs have been packed with punters and enthusiasm.

The tour visits a variety of venues and is being mixed by FOH engineer Dian Barton. For the larger spaces, the standard configuration is 12 VerTec 4888 elements a side, together with six ADLIB 418 subs a side, explains ADLIB's systems engineer and FOH 'babysitter' Steve Pattison.

VerTec is an ideal system for a band like the Charlatans, who combine a serious rock 'n' roll attitude with power, driving guitars and intricate lyrics. They are not a band that requires rocket science to get a good sound, as they all play well and solidly, it

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Pattison is a freelance sound engineer based in Paris who has worked with a host of big bands and artists. For years he worked as Kula Shaker's FOH engineer and when the band reformed recently they asked him to work with them at their reunion gigs.

"The gigs were really good," he says. "I didn't know whether to get involved again to be honest. It was kind of like going out with an old girlfriend! I turned up and mixed the first show and it went great."

Pattison has a long list of other bands on his CV too. "I've worked with Spiritualized and, over the last couple of years, I worked with Gomez who are now very big in Amer

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SION is a new and useful mixer series with two, three and four channels, bringing some new features and including new technical characteristics of the latest generation.

Input type selectors and three band equalizer on each channel, level adjustment and master/monitoring selector at the headphones output, front and back microphone inputs with talkover function, high intensity Led vumeters, recording outputs, an easy crossfader and line faders replacement system, and an excellent signal/noise ratio makes of the new SION series a must in the future DJ booths.

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Orozco comes to Meyer Sound after occupying several marketing positions in Mexico's financial and entertainment industries and acting as marketing consultant to companies such as Glaxo-Smithkline, ING Financial Group, Novedades Editores, and Texas-based SoilLock Inc. Orozco also has contributed to magazines in Mexico and other parts of Latin America.

"Meyer Sound has a strong reputation and consistently inspires en

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With a maximum SPL in the upper 120dB range, a beamwidth of 110 x 110, and frequency response to below 40Hz, the SH-100B is destined to become a favourite loudspeaker solution for audio designers, contractors, and staging/rental companies, says the company. Its compact size, 29.5" x 20.5" x 19", make the SH-100B extremely mobile.

Applications for the SH-100B include houses or worship, commercial theatres, live music venues, performing arts centres, and discos.

"Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, the SH-100B is one of the most powerful loudspeakers out there," says Mike Hedden, president of Danley Sound Labs. "Us

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The M1 enables you to capture that acclaimed warm, smooth and clean TL Audio sound at the lowest price point ever achieved on one of their desks says the company, without compromising quality. The M1 offers you quality valve mic preamps on each channel, three band musical EQ with sweepable mid on each channel, two auxiliary sends per channel as well as effects returns and alternate two track returns and monitoring options.

It has been designed to maximize today's recording techniques, with the addition of an optional ADAT output for easy digital connection to your recording device and software. It makes the perfe

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The main amplifier model in Norwest's inventory is the Lab.gruppen fP 6400, which delivers 2300W per channel into 4 ohms in a 2 rack space, 10 kg package. Norwest employ their Lab Gruppen amplifiers to power a variety of speaker systems as well as for a wide range of applications including corporate shows, tours, dance parties and large scale events. Some recent Norwest shows and events powered by Lab.gruppen include: Black Eyed Peas tour, REM tour, Michael Crawford, Tamworth Country Music Awards, Billy Connolly tour, Carols in the Domain, The Wiggles tour, East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, 2006 Commonwealth Games ceremonies and of

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Designed to the highest specifications at Trantec's London based HQ, the S4.4 systems offer four license-free switchable UHF frequencies which can operate simultaneously.

By virtue of its advanced diversity receiver, it optimises interference-free reception in the most challenging application environments and features an adjustable squelch function to guard against interference. In addition its unique dynamics processor ensures a crystal clear and natural sound.

The Vocal system comprises a hand-held transmitter with a dynamic capsule and a diversity receiver. Delivering a punchy and a

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"Since Midas announced it was to produce a digital console which would retain, and indeed improve upon, the sound characteristics of XL4, we had huge confidence in the new product," says company owner Bart Hof. "We also know that, this being Midas, we can be assured of excellent quality, service and support. There's a niche for XL8 in the Dutch market, and as we are an established and trusted company we are well placed to introduce it."

Both Hof and his chief engineer Auke Meijer are exited about the possibilities XL8 offers, both in technical and commercial terms. "Aside from the sound quality and r

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"We are very pleased to add these three distributors to our expanding worldwide team," says Joel Brazy, director of international sales. "International markets represent a huge growth opportunity for Aviom, and our strategy is to partner with leaders in their markets. These new distributors represent only high quality products and we expect them to help Aviom achieve rapid growth throughout each regi

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The Festival was held at three different locations - St. Dyonisius Church in Rheine, Il Bagno concert hall in Steinfurt, and Munster cathedral - comprising performances of many of Penderecki's works and a variety of classical masterpieces by The National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conducted by the man himself.

The grand finale of this year's festival was a performance of Penderecki's St Luke Passion, regarded as the composer's breakthrough to world renown. It was originally performed at the same location 40 years ago, and to mark the milestone, the anniversary per

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SSE has supported the Arctic Monkeys since their early days, although, with the phenomenal speed of this band's success, that is not long ago. Barely three years after playing their first gigs, the Monkeys have a sell-out tour, a BRIT Award for Best New Act, and hold the UK music industry record for the fastest-selling debut album - ever. All this success has been built via the internet, where the band made their demos available for download, and in doing so, created a huge fanbase.

The tour has played 13 dates around the UK

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The company's digital specialist Andy Huffer supplied the two D-Show mixing consoles and the Pro Tools HD2 recording system was provided by Andy 'Baggy' Robinson. This allowed FOH sound engineer Marc Carolan to record 48 tracks for the show's three and a half hour duration flawlessly - as well as locally tracking six ambient mics for future 5.1 mixing of the show. In addition to the recording from the FOH desk, Keith Uddin, The Cure's studio engineer, took a firewire feed to the Pro Tools LE from the monitor desk of Matt West.

Carolan added that since The Cure had used Venues on their European festivals last summer it seemed logical to treat this as a one-off extension of that, as the

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Orbital were one of the most consistent and ground-breaking bands of the last 20 years. As half of that act, Phil Hartnoll always used the latest gear for the band's cutting-edge sound. Even after the group's demise he has remained true to that belief so, for his latest music project (Long Range, working with Nick Smith and Ben Burns), he has added the new ReMOTE SL to his list of Novation gear.

Hartnoll's relationship with Novation goes way back to his time in Orbital. &qu