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USA - Manhattan clubbing is a little more upscale at The Manor, where the approach to nightlife is truly luxurious. Those who are lucky enough to make it inside experience an exclusive environment where proscenium arches, dioramas and dark leather set the scene, and the clean power of a Danley Sound Labs loudspeaker system sets the pace.

According to Steve Petrik, systems designer of D&A (NYC), his decision to design the sound system around eight Danley Sound Labs SH-100 full-range loudspeakers, six SH-50 three-way loudspeakers, and six TH-112 subwoofers, has enabled the 5,000 sq.ft. bi-level Manor to deliver a premium sonic experience to its selective patrons.

"This is one of the best-sounding systems that I've heard in NYC in several years," Petrik states. "It has to be able to handle almost every genre of music, including hip-hop, rock, dance and even jazzier

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UK - Sony-BMG recording artist Eros Ramazzotti recently finished the second leg of his 2006 World Tour, which closed with three nights at Montecarlo's famous Sporting Club. Sound was mixed by Jon Lemon (Oasis, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, The Cure, and Depeche Mode, amongst many others), and on stage by Stevan Martinovic, each using a DiGiCo D5 Live desk. Audio and lighting were supplied by top Italian rental firm Agorà of L'Aquila.

Lemon said: "In 2004 with Eros, we used basically the same PA, but ran it in analogue. This year, to make the most of the digital desk's features, I convinced Agorà to run the whole system as digitally as possible, as staying in the digital domain obviously gives you more separation and edge, which is the whole idea behind using the desk."

Regarding the choice of an all-digital chain from desks to amp racks, Lemon, who used the same idea on t

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USA - Production Resource Group (PRG) has named Darren DeVerna president of the company's east coast operations. He will work out of PRG's offices in New York City, Mount Vernon and New Windsor, NY, and North Bergen, NJ.

DeVerna most recently served as PRG's senior vice-president of business development. He also managed the company's lighting, audio, and video operations in the northeastern US and oversaw PRG's support for theatrical productions on Broadway and on tour throughout North America.

He began his career with Four Star Lighting, which he was instrumental in growing into one of the major lighting companies serving the Broadway market. He was president of Four Star when the company merged with PRG in 2001.

"Darren literally grew up in the entertainment industry and his range and depth of experience give him an unparalleled ability to understand a client's needs

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USA - CBI has introduced a cable that allows power and audio in one run. This cable has been developed in accordance with the increased use of active and powered speakers. The new PowerAudio cable is a seven conductor composite cable consisting of (1) 14 AWG three conductor shielded jacketed group, (2) 24 AWG double-shielded jacketed pairs, with fillers added for roundness and an overall PVC jacket. The cable is manufactured as UL AWM Style 2464 80°C 300 volts.

This hybrid cable is terminated with connectors of the purchaser's choice including PowerCon, Edison, IEC, and XLRs. Custom configurations are available. The lines are also individually jacketed to allow a long fan length without an increased labor cost. The PowerAudio cable will be featured at the forthcoming LDI show in Las Vegas (October 20-22) at booth 887.

(Lee Baldock)

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Europe - Paul Oakenfold is returning to the stage with Madonna for her phenomenal sell-out Confessions tour. Oakenfold, the opening act on the 2006 European leg of the tour, will be travelling with his instrument of choice, a Rane MP 2016a mixer and XP 2016a expander, of which he comments: "Rane mixers are made to a very high quality; I have been using them for years. I would highly recommend anyone to use one."

Rane products are distributed in the UK by Sennheiser UK.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Baldwin Boxall's CommuniCare Advance disabled refuge communication system has been installed in one of London's largest universities - London South Bank University. Installed by Trinity Protection Systems, the system comprises 12 networked buildings and is the largest CommuniCare Advance installation to date.

Each of the 12 buildings has its own local control panel, there is also a single point master unit for site-wide control, allowing fire officers/building management to communicate with any refuge area. Due to the nature and size of the project, Baldwin Boxall produced bespoke software to enable the multiple control panels to be networked. One of the key benefits of CommuniCare Advance is that it is linked to the building's fire panel and, therefore, remains 'dormant' whilst not required - avoiding misuse by a building's occupiers - in this case some 20,000 students!

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UK - Regent's Park in central London hosted the free Fruitstock Festival in August, with a headline appearance from the celebrated London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC), using its newly-acquired battery of Electro-Voice vocal microphones.

Dressed in pure white, 40 members of the LCGC performed a one-hour set on the Main Stage, giving the 100,000-strong Fruitstock crowd a taste of gospel. Set up two to a mic, the Choir was using the EV RE510 super-cardioid vocal mics which it has recently purchased from Shuttlesound, prior to setting off on a tour of European festivals.

Front-of-house engineer Schon Emmanuel is largely responsible for the Choir's investment in 20x RE510s, two of which are wireless, packaged with EV's RE1 receivers. Emmanuel first discovered the potential of the RE510s when working with jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine, and more recently has introduced them to Brit

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Taiwan - As part of its mission to stay in touch with its partners, Mipro recently held a seminar for invited Southeast Asian distributors at the conference room of its Taiwan headquarters. The presentation showcased many of Mipro's latest product ranges, with a focus on its portable wireless PA systems - MA-101, MA-705, MA-707, and MA-808.

International sales manager Gina Lee, who presented the first session, commented: "My heartfelt appreciation goes out to all who had attended the presentation and making it a success: my hope is that everyone got a better insight to the range of Mipro products available."

(Lee Baldock)

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UK & Europe - Midas has once again been hitting the great outdoors this summer, providing a huge range of international sound engineers with their control surfaces. SSE provided its standard festival package of two Midas Heritage 3000s at front-of-house and two XL3s on monitors across a wide range of UK festivals, including Hi:Fi, Monsters of Rock, Download, T in the Park, Oxegen, Summer Sundae and Cropredy.

At V2006, SSE's standard package was used for the main V stages at both sites - Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, and Weston Park in Staffordshire - with the Channel 4 (second) stage at both sites featuring two XL4s at FOH and and two XL3s on monitors. Meanwhile, Capital Sound Hire used XL4s and H3000s at FOH and monitors respectively at the JJB/Puma Arena at both sites.

Skan PA Hire had Midas consoles out across the country, including a Heritage 3000 at FOH for the Eden

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UK - This year's Download Festival, held at Donnington race track, attracted 70,000 fans over its three days. For the first time, all the sound stages were supplied by companies using L-Acoustics systems. SSE took care of the main stage with their new V-Dosc system, Skan the second stage, and Stage Audio Services supplied five other stages, all with L-Acoustics loudspeakers and amplifiers.

Paul Nicholson from L-Acoustics UK was heavily involved with the main stage design and was on site along with Paul Bauman, the head of technical support, to assist SSE with the installation of the system. Utilising L-Acoustics' Soundvision software, the site mapping was completed many weeks before the load-in and all that was required on the day were a few minor trim adjustments once the undulating nature of the field had been taken into consideration.

L-Acoustics also supplied their Kudo de

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UK - When Manchester's Mint Lounge found they were utilizing their Turbosound speaker system for live performance more than they originally envisaged, they needed a flexible arrangement to help them achieve their goal - and called on Kelco to design and install a quick and easy method of repositioning their TQ loudspeakers for 'live mode' that could be just as easily re-set for dancing.

After an extensive site survey and discussions with the client, Kelco's Dave Kelland proposed a custom fixing arrangement that perfectly fitted the brief. The transition is made by a clever utilization of Turbosound's standard stirrup bracket attached to a superstructure of custom made pre-fabricated steelwork; the innovative solution is interconnected with standard half couplers to further speed up the process, say Kelco.

Mint Lounge is well situated in Manchester's busy Northern Quarter, oper

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UK - beyerdynamic microphones were chosen for the celebration of the Queens 80th birthday concert held at the Queen's private estate of Balmoral Castle. This event was the first of its kind ever held at the venue, and featured world renowned classical singer Katherine Jenkins, accompanied by the Aberdeen Sinfonietta symphony orchestra. This 'Truly Scottish Evening' featured many top artists such as the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, singer/songwriter and broadcaster Fiona Kennedy, Celtic Scottish dancers, Massed Pipes and Drums, the Graham Geddes Scottish Dance Band and the Bon Accord Silver Brass Band.

Presented by BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce, the live performance took place on 30 June in the beautiful grounds of Balmoral Castle, located in Royal Deeside in the shadows of Lochnagar. This beautiful estate has been a private residence to the British Royal Family since 1848.

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USA / UK - Dolby Laboratories Inc will demonstrate the Dolby Lake Processor at PLASA '06 at Earls Court in London (10-13 September). Dolby will demonstrate the Dolby Lake Processor's innovative approach for managing loudspeaker systems for live events, fixed installations and in studios. First introduced in the US in February 2006, the Dolby Lake Processor has already been incorporated into many of the summer's leading world tours including those by Madonna, Widespread Panic, Tool, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Slayer, Tom Jones, and Earth Wind & Fire.

The Dolby Lake Processor, the first live sound product released by Dolby, which acquired Lake Technology in September 2003, enables sound engineers to improve the quality of sound management while saving time in the setup and handling of loudspeaker systems, the company says. The processor provides better control and flexibility o

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UK - The world famous Bull's Head Jazz Venue and pub, located on the banks of the Thames at Barnes has a recorded history dating back to 1684 and is one of the oldest hostelries in the country. Rebuilt in 1845 by Queens Messenger John Waring, it then became a well-known staging post where travellers making their way to Hampton Court would rest, eat and drink whilst the post horses where changed.

Since 1959 however, the Bull's Head has gained a global reputation for modern Jazz, boasting regular performances from internationally acclaimed artists including Stan Tracey, George Coleman, Humphrey Lyttelton, Bud Shank and Art Theman. Throughout this time Musicians from all over the world could be heard playing every night of the week in the Jazz Room. The venue also has an enviable reputation for showcasing new and emerging talent and support of local music education programmes.

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UK - The world-famous Eden Project hosted the premier of a new composition by acclaimed British classical composer Graham Fitkin, collaborating with celebrated harpist Ruth Wall. Staged in Eden's warm temperate biome, the Fitkin Wall project entitled 'Still Warm' was mixed live on a 16-channel Allen & Heath MixWizard, provided by local PA company, SPS Systems.

Since opening in March 2001, the Eden Project has become one of the UK's most visited tourist attractions. In recent times, the Project's tranquil setting has made it an attractive proposition for large music events, including Live 8's Africa Calling event - where a 32-channel Allen & Heath ML4000 VCA console was used to mix the stage in the Warm Temperate biome - and the annual Eden Sessions, which have included prestigious acts such as Moby, Keane, Elbow, Ian Brown, Air, Brian Wilson, Pulp and Basement Jaxx.

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Germany - The Jazz on the Danube festival, now in its 20th year, is one of the 10 biggest jazz festivals in the world. The events' sound team, led by Ingo Haasch, utilised a combination of compact line array systems from Electro-Voice (XLD 281, XLC 215), Dynacord PowerH amps, and two EV NetMax N8000 digital audio controllers - a set-up that had never before been used at a major event.

The system included two EV NetMax N8000 digital audio controllers. The left and right sides of the PA (with 8 input and 24 output channels each) were controlled separately. The new FIR filters were responsible for the equalization of the main PA and proved to be of enormous benefit, according to Franz Lermer, manager of Digital Development with EVI Audio: "The sound team had never worked with FIR filters before and were highly enthusiastic right from the start."

Lermer was part of EVI A

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China / Hong Kong - DPA Microphones has appointed a new distributor for China and Hong Kong, Digital Media Technology (DMT). For the past 16 years, DMT has operated as a provider of high quality audio equipment for recording studios, broadcast, post production and live sound. With a team of more than 30 staff in four Chinese offices - Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Nanjing - the company is committed to providing highly professional services to clients in the Chinese-speaking region, and is proud to have DPA in its portfolio.

"DPA is one of the most respected microphone manufacturers in the world," says DMT's managing director Clement Choi. "The purity of the sound reproduced by the microphones and the linearity of the frequency response impress every sound engineer who works with them. We at DMT are proud to be selected as DPA's partner in China. With the recen

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USA - Aviom's newly updated AN-16/o Output Module is now shipping - with the flexibility of improved mic and line output levels, convenient DB25 multipins for audio connections, and heavy duty locking Neutrik EtherCons for network connections. The AN-16/o Output Module will make its debut at AES 2006, on booth 123. The AN-16/o provides 16 balanced mic- or line-level analogue outputs, with switchable output levels per channel pair. Audio outputs feature secure DB25 multipin connectors. With both mic- and line-level outputs available, connecting to a console is simpler and more flexible.

The AN-16/o can be used both on stage and at front-of-house to provide outputs to consoles, as well as to amplifiers and speaker processors. Adding a split for recording or broadcast is as quick as running a Cat-5e cable to the additional locations and connecting additional AN-16/o modules as need

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Portugal - Sintefex Audio and inventor Mike Kemp have announced that the US patent office has now granted two patents on the EQ and dynamics sampling technology used in the company's flagship award-winning FX8000 Replicator, and under licence in the Focusrite Liquid Mix and Liquid Channel.

Mike Kemp said: "I was investigating reasons why digital processing wasn't sounding good 10 years ago when I invented the techniques covered in these two patents. There have been many other people wanting to do the same, perhaps inspired by technical papers and demonstrations I have given over the past few years. I'm pleased that although it has taken a long time to get these patents through the international system and issued in the United States, at least the priority of my ideas has been acknowledged to precede many recent offerings."

The two patents cover both the much discusse

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Switzerland - Despite rain and less than summery temperatures, about 800,000 ravers attended this year's Street Parade. This, the 15th parade, opened by top DJ Sven Väth, took place on 12 August. Whitelight Licht & Eventtechnik, of Burgdorf, took over the sound supervision for techno-electro label Seilerhausproductions. The sounds of DJs Scaloni, Tomcat, Navis and Surfer were delivered vbia a K.M.E. QS 5 touring system, with 28 subs QBH 1181 and 15 top parts QSH 1122 with appropriate amplification. The systems were stacked U-shaped on the 32m long Love Mobile. According to the enthusiastic techno fans on the way, the mobile was one of the loudest but at the same time best-sounding of the whole parade, say K.M.E.

At night, the official after Street Parade party 'Energy 2006' was staged in five different locations in Zurich. For the hardcore party ("Hotter than Hell vs. Hell

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UK - Carfin Lourdes Grotto in the Diocese of Motherwell is Scotland's National Shrine to Our Blessed Lady. It was founded by Canon Thomas Taylor who was inspired by a visit that he and a number of parishioners made to Lourdes around 1920 and his dream was to build a replica of the Lourdes Grotto for the people of Scotland. The shrine is one of the oldest in the world in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes and today welcomes some 35,000 pilgrims annually from throughout the British Isles. From May to October the open-air Grotto is used for Mass and other services.

For such an extensive outdoor site, sound reinforcement is essential. The original sound system consisted of ageing re-entrant horns and the sound quality was poor so Father Thomas Millar of the adjoining St. Francis Xavier church, approached Tony Kennedy of Glasgow-based Teknique Systems to upgrade the system. Kennedy and Da

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UK / Greece - Clockaudio has concluded a distribution agreement for Greece and Cyprus with Audio Group Greece B.V. "Clockaudio is one of the most prestigious microphone manufacturers in the business and we are delighted to be associated with such an industry leader," says Andreas Tsolias, Audio Group Greece technical director. "They offer high quality products and technologies that are suited to many different applications, and we are looking forward with confidence to building a long-term relationship with them and further establishing the Clockaudio brand in Greece."

Clockaudio sales and marketing manager Rod Geary adds: "We are obviously delighted to confirm this distribution agreement with Audio Group Greece which is well established in this territory and has built up an impressive product portfolio and client-base. The region is a growth market and

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UK - CGA Integration has completed the installation of a new audio system using Electro-Voice loudspeakers at one of London's most prestigious hotels, The Crystal Bar at The Dorchester.

The Crystal Bar manifests all the Dorchester's themes of luxury, quality and high service standards; opening directly onto Park Lane, the venue is compact and opulent, and finished to a high degree of craftsmanship. The Hotel asked Chris Gunton of CGA Integration to provide an audio system that reflected the Dorchester's signature values through high quality, attention to detail and intuitive operation.

The installation had to fit with the design brief, be invisible and yet provide a dynamic audio range and usage flexibility for many different occasions. Interfacing with the hotel fire alarm and procedures was also essential.

The brief from the Dorchester identified an extremely varied scope

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UK - A.C. Lighting's Special Projects division has supplied and installed the background audio system for the newly refurbished Wembley Arena. The world famous Wembley Arena is London's must play venue, attracting the most legendary artists in the music industry. The venue re-opened to a sell-out concert on 2 April following a fifteen-month, £35 million refurbishment programme.Improvements to the new look Arena's interior include new auditorium seating, promoter hospitality facilities for up to 200 people, crew catering for up to 60 people, a backstage bar and a 200 seater public restaurant and bar.

A.C. Lighting was contracted by Wembley London Limited through Stace Project Management to provide the background audio system for the building's five separate sound zones, including specification and supply of all equipment, custom built AV racks, electrical power and data cab

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