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Germany - After a two-year hiatus, it was indeed a momentous day for the international electronic dance music community as the Berlin Loveparade finally rolled back into action on 15 July.

Taking place from 2pm until 11pm with a 2006 motto of 'The Love Is Back', it was an epic homecoming for the legendary event: 40 floats rumbled through the streets as 400 DJs from 18 different nations represented the rich diversity of the international electronic music scene. There were also 11 fixed stages to entertain the masses with the final rally taking place from 6pm on the two main stages located to the east and west sides of the Siegessäule where 15 DJs, including Paul van Dyk, Ricardo Villalobos, Tiësto, and Westbam rocked the crowd well into the night. The long-awaited Loveparade was back in Berlin where it was born in 1989. Pioneer provided all trucks and stages with Pro DJ gear -

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UK - Leading Welsh rental company Stage Sound Services has been putting its new DiGiCo D1 Live console through its paces with a series of demanding productions. Following hot on the heels of the Holocaust Memorial Day event at Cardiff's principal venue, the Wales Millennium Centre, Stage Sound Services provided sound production for the premiere of the amateur production of The Witches of Eastwick, staged by the Orbit Theatre at The New Theatre in Cardiff.

Taking a break from running the company, Stage Sound Services' founder Phil Hurley took on the job of sound operator for the show. He commented on the new acquisition, which was supplied through Autograph Sales in London. "We love the D1 for all sorts of reasons; it's small, it incorporates a lot of processing, it's easy to use, and sounds fantastic!"

For the Witches run, Hurley's setup time was incred

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Germany / Turkey - Istanbul-based distribution company Ertekin Elektronik A. S. has become the new exclusive distributor of HK Audio products in Turkey. Ertekin Elektronik has been well-known in Turkey for years; the company made a name for itself with the distribution of professional sound and lighting systems as well as DJ equipment.

Owner Yücel Ertekin comments: "With HK Audio, we have added an important German manufacturer of professional sound reinforcement systems to our distribution range. We have been observing the brand for quite some time and noticed that HK Audio has great growth potential here in Turkey. Due to the extensive product portfolio of active and passive systems, from the LUCAS system up to the COHEDRA line array system, HK Audio offers unique solutions for audiences from 50 to 50,000."

International sales director Andreas Mayerl adds: "We

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Macau - RCF's distributor in China, Eastern Acoustic Development Ltd has recently supplied a complete sound system for the Fashion Bar in the newly developed Macau Fisherman's Wharf. As the first-ever themed entertainment attraction in Macau's tourism industry, Fisherman's Wharf is centrally located at the outer harbour, near to the Macau Ferry Terminal and Heliport. It combines entertainment, retail, food, hotel, marina, convention and exhibition facilities, all in one place.

The installation was carried out by local company High Fidelity & Stereophonic Co. Eastern Acoustic's Grace Ng commented: "We were very proud to part of this prestigious venue in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf. Working with the installation company, we decided to use a combination of RCF ART active and passive speakers. Because they will be having live acts on the stage we also used the larger RCF 4PR

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Greece - Outline has announced a Butterfly 'outlinearray' installation at Athens' MOV, one of the Greek capital's most famous bouzouki bars. Recently inaugurated, the MOV hosts top Greek singers and artists (such as Stelios Rokkos and Zafiris Melas), who entertain the venue's select clientele with live performances.

A total of eight Outline CDH 483 Hi-Packs and four CDL 1815 Low-Packs (the firm's low frequency enclosures with cardioid characteristics) were flown and aimed with the aid of Outline VIP software, in order to ensure even coverage right from the front seats, eliminating the need for any additional front-fill systems, say the company.

Four HARD 212 ultra-slim enclosures are used for stage monitors, while four Victor Live subwoofers are installed on the floor to handle the ultra-low frequencies. The consoles used are a Midas Verona and a Midas Siena, on FOH and monito

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UK - Pioneer has unveiled its new DVJ-1000, which combines the CD capabilities of the industry standard CDJ-1000 series with the ability to deliver sensational DVJ sets by synchronising visuals and audio through DVD. With a similar footprint to the CDJ-1000MK3 and keen pricing, the DVJ-1000 will attract buyers of high-end CD decks and those who aspire to own the DVJ-X1, say Pioneer.

Pioneer's flagship products are expected to be fully loaded and the DVJ-1000 doesn't disappoint. Features include: MP3 compatibility (with an intuitive navigator), a brighter and larger WAVE display, studio quality 96kHz/24-bit audio and several new innovations like 4x hyper jog mode and a back and forth loop button. It's a globetrotter too, playing both NTSC and PAL DVDs using a built-in standards converter. With the same operation and standard layout as the CDJ-1000MK3, DJs can perform audio-only s

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USA / EU - Aviom Inc has issued a Certificate of RoHS Compliance covering all of its products including digital snakes, personal mixers and input and output modules. In addition to the compliance, users will notice a superior sound quality of Aviom's new RoHS products.

The Certificate confirms that Aviom's products comply with the European Union's Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. The RoHS Directive was originally established to address concerns regarding the accumulation of hazardous wastes resulting from consumer products.

In accordance with the requirements of the RoHS Directive of the European Parliament, Aviom certifies that their products are manufactured free of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalant Chromium (CrVI), polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs). This compliance came into force on 1 July, 2006, say the compan

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The main news from pro audio distributor Fuzion was that they've taken on the UK representation of Vity Technology products - a range of automation products for the corporate and home installation markets. The product range, from the French manufacturer, includes IP-addressable LCD panels, matrix switchers and scalers for the corporate boardroom and multimedia market, and are seen as "a perfect addition to the company's product portfolio".

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Turbosound was showing its increasingly successful Aspect Series loudspeakers, recently seen in L&SI on tour with David Gilmour. The TA-500 is a trapezoidal three-way full-range unit which includes the company's patented Polyhorn technology first seen in the TA-890 touring and TA-880 trapezoidal cabinets. The TA-500 is designed to offer wider dispersion (50° horizontal x 25° vertical) medium throw coverage for medium-sized venues and touring applications.

Also on show was the new TSB-118 bandpass subwoofer, a compact cabinet featuring a single 600W RMS 18" driver, producing 136dB peak SPL. Tuned to provide a frequency response usable to 30Hz, the TSB-118 is designed as a complement to QLight and TCS Compact series enclosures.

Marketing director Martin Reid reported visits from "an increasing number of rental companies".

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The Netherlands - Rotterdam's premier concert and congress hall complex, de Doelen, has undergone a redevelopment programme to take them through to 2009, and they approached the first phase of the technical upgrade with an unprecedented attention to detail . . .

Built in 1966, de Doelen today operates as a foundation and is considered acoustically to be one of the world's finest modern concert halls. With the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra also resident, the pressure on head technicians Frank van Donkersgoed and Bram Ruitenbeek to remain sensitive to the building parameters while specifying the system that would best meet the requirements of an expanding programme, was paramount.

The main concert hall seats 2,200 people in an auditorium measuring 60m x 30m, while the 700-seat congress centre is housed in a new section of the building constructed in 1997. The management wante

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Trantec, whose recently-appointed director, the affable Steve Baker, was on the stand, showed its award-winning S6000 UHF radio mic system, which is available in either 8-, 2- (S6002) or single-channel (S6001) variants - and also boasts a 72MHz tuneable range, which allows for greater flexibility in hostile RF environments.

Also displayed was the new S4.4 radio mic system, a licence-free UHF system which Trantec say offers a cost-effective and flexible alternative for presentations, musical instruments and vocals. The range includes a handheld system, with a cardioid dynamic capsule for vocal application; a beltpack system, with a transmitter supplied with a small lapel mic, for presentation applications, and an instrument cord which allows the beltpack to be used with electric instruments.

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UK / UAE / Australia / Cyprus - Formula Sound has announced the appointment of three new distributors - Reference Audio in Dubai, Network Entertainment Technology in Australia and Oscar Electronics Enterprises in Cyprus.

Formula Sound offers a wide range of products. These include volume control units, rackmount, standby, zoner and fixed format audio mixers, system equalizers, stereo foldback systems and modular sound mixers. One of the key products the new distributors will be handling is the recently launched Formula Sound PM-80R - a modular 8-channel mixer created to mark the 25th anniversary of the original PM-80 - one of the most consistently popular mixers the company has ever issued. "Created in response to continued market demands, the new limited edition PM-80R combines all the benefits of modern technology with all the flexibility and ease of use that made the ori

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UK - Specialists in providing sound reinforcement for the outdoor season, RG Jones emerged from the celebration of their 80th anniversary by covering four simultaneous events on a weekend in July, keeping their premium Martin Synco W8LC line array system for three weekend concerts on the beautiful English Heritage site of Audley End near Saffron Walden.

With the house itself providing the stage backdrop and the terrain raked naturally, it was the perfect picnic venue for some 6,500 people to assemble for the first in the 'Music on a Summer Evening' series, featuring Simple Minds. As with its sister venue Kenwood (also covered by RG Jones) the event is run by promoters IMG on behalf of English Heritage.Using ViewPoint predictive software, RG Jones mounted two arrays of 16 Martin Synco W8LCs either side of the stage on masts, specially constructed on site by Serious Structures (wh

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UK - Zest Audio Ltd, an audio-visual company based in Lisburn, manufactures the 'Atmosphere' - a hard disk music control system which can output controlled music in up to four independent zones. The company has now announced that Tuesday 1 August sees the launch of 'Atmosphere Glo - a smaller, more compact system which, although £300 cheaper at £599, still has many features of the original, say the company.

The Atmosphere Glo features a music library of 3,500 songs, with 150 new songs updated each month; unlimited music channels; embedded schedule and advertising facility. Zest Audio has kept control of the Glo system as simple and as user-friendly as possible. This is done via a stylish blue backlit LCD display on the front of the unit.

Director David Honeyford commented: "The launch of Atmosphere Glo now means that we have a greater flexibility in our approa

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UK - As the summer music festival season reaches its peak, PA company Britannia Row Productions is right in the middle of a hectic schedule of arena tours and concerts that are taking place around the UK. And at every venue, one part of the equipment specification remains a constant - Van Damme cable, supplied by cable specialist VDC Trading.

In recent weeks, Britannia Row has taken delivery of various cable assemblies specially manufactured for use with the company's L-Acoustics V-Dosc line array speaker systems. VDC has also made a number of custom stage boxes and supplied microphone leads and reeled stock marked with Britannia Row's unique labelling and bar code system as well as quantities of reeled stock.

"VDC consistently carry a big stock of Van Damme cable and can produce and supply large quantities of high quality cables and wired products to us on time and often

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Alcons Audio introduced the very small SR9 ribbon-loaded front-fill system; double 5" + Alcons' RBN401 pro-ribbon driver in a sealed, non-reflex cabinet. With a dispersion of 120 degree horizontal x 15 degree vertical, the SR9 is specifically designed as stage-lip fill, without shooting in the orchestra-pit, or hitting the balcony front.

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Spain - Over 50,000 people showed up for Spain's most important electronic festival, which is held each year in the Monegros Desert. The 11th edition of the outdoor event was held in Fraga, Huesca in one of the most arid regions of northern Spain.

D.A.S. Audio was present at the event once again, via Lerida-based Montajes y Sonido Güell, which was responsible for providing sound for the main stage, called the 'Open Air'. The company installed more than 80,000W of sound consisting of 32 Reference series R-215 and 28 ST-218s for FOH.

The 'Open Air' is the star of the event, with a large outdoor stage and a dancefloor larger than a football field, surrounded by two high-capacity bars. The music program gets its inspiration from the famous club Florida 135, alma mater of the festival.

The festival was again huge success with acts such as Redman & Method Man, one of Spain's most

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UK - Over five days in mid June, the O2 Wireless Festival sprawled across Hyde Park with headline acts including David Gray and Depeche Mode on the main stage. Super Furry Animals, Fun Lovin' Criminals and Chic graced the XFM Stage where sound suppliers for the duration of the Park's summer events, Britannia Row, installed a Turbosound Aspect loudspeaker system.

A total of 14 TA-890H three-way mid/high enclosures, 18 TA-890L bass enclosures, eight TSW-218 18" horn-loaded bass cabinets and two TA-500HM controlled by XTA DP226 processors fulfilled the XFM Stage's sound requirements, along with two of the new TA-500 'Aspect Wide' wide dispersion three-way full range enclosures and four TSW-721s for side-fills. Additionally, TFM-450 and TFM-350 wedges performed stage monitoring duties.

"We've tailored the system for the XFM Stage so that the sound is concentrated in the

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UK - The Cornbury Festival, now in its third year, has become one of the most successful of the 'new' festivals to emerge over the last few years. Set in the privately owned Cornbury Park, which nestles in the rolling Cotswold Hills north of Oxford, the site offers a wealth of unique features - notably the lack of noise pollution issues.

Held over the weekend of 7-10 July 2006, the festival is eccentric, charming and irresistible. The second stage at the festival was booked this year by The Truck Festival on the Saturday and on the Sunday by the Oxford Folk Festival. So, a challenge for whatever sound system was used, catering for the broadest range of material - the full-on rock of Aberfeldy and Goldrush, to the haunting voice of Kate Rusby.

Gareth Jones of audio rental company MLsoundadvice, responsible for all the audio on site, has been a great exponent of KV2 Audio produc

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USA - dbx Professional Products, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of professional signal processing products and a division of Harman International, has announced that five of its premium DriveRack 4800 loudspeaker management processors have been selected to control a JBL sound system in one of London's premier cinemas.

The Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, which hosts many of the UK's film premiers, has undergone a much needed equipment upgrade following its takeover from UCI by the newly-formed Empire Cinemas Ltd. According to The Empire's marketing and development manager, Kevin Anderson, the investment has run "well into six figures".

Technical manager for the Group, André Mort, says that the requirement was for a THX-approved system, and appointed Bell Theatre Services (BTS), who have a long association with the venue, to come up with a specification

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Denmark - Since 1971, music fans have flocked to the Danish town of Roskilde to attend what has become one of the biggest annual music festivals in Europe. This year, just short of ninety thousand fans descended on the town to listen to one hundred and seventy bands from around the globe. Bands and artists such as the Arctic Monkeys, the Kaiser Chiefs, Bob Dylan, Morrisey along with new and up and coming artists performed over five days. The entire area for the festival covered around 1.25 million sq.m of ground.

The seven stages of varying sizes and audience capacity, were each devoted to a particular musical genre, such as Heavy Metal, Hip-Hop, Electronic and Rock to name a few. Each stage had its own sound system with three stages plus the 'Chill Out' area being equipped with d&b audiotechnik sound systems.

A variety of d&b equipment was used for the Metropole stage, which

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Australia - The new AV Stream from ARX is a unique Zoner/Mixer, enabling a choice of four audio and associated composite video sources to be routed to each of two zones.

The linear ergonomic flow of the front panel controls, coupled with the visual feedback of level settings and source selection makes using the AV Stream totally intuitive, even for casual staff with no prior experience, says the company.

Up to four stereo audio sources and associated composite video feeds can be connected to the AV Stream, such as: tape/cassette/DVD/CD decks, TV/satellite/video audio, juke box / karaoke systems. Interlocking switches for each source ensure that there is no risk of accidentally selecting two sources for the one zone.

Each switch has an associated status LED for at-a-glance confirmation of which program source is active, and numbered panels above each switch allow labeling of

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USA - The recently renovated and expanded worship sanctuary at Blackshear Baptist Church, located in Flowery Branch, Georgia, includes a new sound reinforcement system headed by Danley Sound Labs SH-50 and SH-100 full-range loudspeakers, along with the company's TH-112 subwoofers.

Blackshear Baptist is one of the fastest growing churches in the Atlanta area, with the expansion of the sanctuary from 1,000 seats to more than 1,700 reflecting this growth. The sanctuary now offers theatre-style raked seating and a huge balcony wrapping around three sides of the room. Members enjoy worship services that include spoken word, a large traditional choir, and more contemporary music provided by a rhythm section and brass/reed section.

dB Audio & Video (dB A&V) of Gainesville, Georgia, provided the sound system design and installation, in addition to the acoustical design and a sophistic

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USA - Aviom has been selected to enhance the sound system at 30,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston, the largest church in the US. Lakewood Church televises its broadcasts, reaching over 200 million households. Audio Analysts, the audio technology company for Lakewood, installed several AN-16i Input Modules and AN-16o Output Modules in addition to multiple Pro16 Personal Mixers for the worship team.

"Aviom's bandwidth is excellent," says Joe Caruso, senior audio engineer for Audio Analysts. "It's easy to use and guarantees an accurate performance. We tested it against other snakes and listened to the bandwidth for any concern in regards to audio degradation and there is none."

Caruso installed two Aviom AN-16i Input Modules and two AN-16o Output Modules to amplify the sound in the newly renovated church. Both AN-16i Modules are set up in the monitor room

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