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Vital to the AD-S32T's high-output, two-way design is a 3-inch low frequency driver outfitted with a polypropylene cone, and a 0.75-inch titanium dome tweeter. Magnetically shielded for use around sensitive video equipment or computers, the enclosure has a power rating of 30W (continuous), 85 dB sensitivity, and extended low frequency range of operation down to 73 Hz.

For use within 70V/100V distributed audio systems, a transformer tap switch selects up to four settings from 30W down to 3.8W. The

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On the main stage, Russ Tite mixed The Kooks set on one of SSE Audio's four flagship Vi6 digital consoles, while another of their boards was on monitor duty with Kasabian's sound engineer, Mark 'Yogi' Novissimo.

SSE Audio's Pete Russell comments, "Sound engineers like Russ Tite really like the sound of the desk," he says. "One of the real plus points is that it has its own plug-in FX card with its own Lexicon DSP, so you can't run out of processing power. This is not the case with other digital desks, which can run out of DSP if you have lots of idle plug-ins."

He continued, "Bo

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The Prince Consort Rooms have been built in the shell of a Victorian drill hall. PSL has been chosen as a preferred supplier of AV and Production, and has already produced custom-designed sets for the venue. The Prince Consort Rooms have an inbuilt pinspot lighting scheme and audio visual infrastructure which will be augmented by PSL's high-tech inventory of display screens, digital sound reinforcement and state-of-the-art media servers and playback devices.

Diane Waldron, head of marketing and events at the HAC, says, "The City is short of flexible, large-capacity venues that can accommodate 300-pl

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Jack De Keyser, area sales manager for DIS Europe, comments: "CUK Audio has shown an excellent track record for developing business and, most importantly, they share our principles of strong technical support and customer service."

CUK Audio managing director Stuart Thomson says: "Our philosophy at CUK Audio, is to provide complete audio solutions for the market sectors in which we operate. Over the past two years we have supplied an increasing amount of product into the conference sector, but only in the areas of sound reinforcement and audio networking - we needed a core conference product to become a complete provider."

(Jim Evans)

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One of the resort's most renowned features is its impressive spa with indoor heated pools, 10 treatment rooms, gym and thermal suite, while other features include outdoor heated swimming pools, heated plunge pools on the villas, library, tennis, Wi-Fi and a business centre, as well as a selection of bars and restaurants.

Harman Pro's Portuguese distributors Custodio Cardoso Pereira (CCP) were awarded the contract to supply an integrated sound system, which could be networked using Soundweb London DSP devices from BSS Audio.

Design consultant on the project was Roland Hemming, with Miguel Mendes managing the project for Passion of Music (PoM). Installation contractors were

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Named in honour of the late Tony Gottelier, the industry innovator and commentator who passed away in 2006, the Gottelier Award is aimed at those members of our industry who have made a significant and sustained contribution to the advancement of entertainment, presentation or installation technology - whether in audio, lighting, rigging, staging, or any other related field.

Once the deadline for nominations passes this Friday (13 July), a shortlist will be drawn up of the most widely nominated people, and their names will be put forward, along with a brief summary of their achievements, to the Gotte

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Based in Milton Keynes, IMS Technical Publications is able to offer a range of document services from simple text generation to full layout, graphic design and publication to print and electronic media. IMS Technical Publications claim that their many years of industry experience allow them to "provide a user's viewpoint of a product, something that many manufacturers have a problem with, especially after a long R&D phase".

According to Lovell and Boggis, the motivation for the new venture comes from what they see as a need to provide manufacturers with an alternative and more effective solution to generating technical documentation. "A manufacturer will frequently spend much time and effor

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Performing at Live Earth, the original members of Spinal Tap - singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) - scorched the stage, startled the horses clear across town in Buckingham Palace's Royal Mews, and shattered eardrums with a set list including the incendiary hit Big Bottom, cult favourite Stonehenge, and a new single written especially for the occasion, Warmer Than Hell. As longstanding Shure endorsers, Tap relied upon a bevy of the company's products

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Actor Dei is based on the history of Saint Pio from Pietrelcina, an Italian priest who became famous for his piety as well as alleged supernatural events including the appearance of stigmata. The systems have been provided by Italy's leading PA rental company Agora which purchased them from local Midas distributor Texim.

Long-time Midas aficionado Claudio Venturelli is sound designer and chief sound engineer for the show. "As soon as I was told about the availability of two complete systems from Agora, I immediately migrated to the new Midas platform," he explains. "There was only one reason for my choice: I had absolute confidence in its sound quality, and the XL8 didn't disappoint me.

."The POP and VCA gr

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A company statement says: "Harman Pro UK recognise that financing the purchase of such high-value equipment can be a challenge for tour sound companies, so they've arranged the new 0% package to help spread the impact of re-equipping."

Various types of agreements are possible under Harman Pro UK Finance, depending on the requirements of the company applying. 0% finance is available over two years, but "exceptionally low rates" are offered over longer periods. Deferred payment schemes can be arranged for the purchase of Vi6 and/or VerTec systems.

"We know from experience

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With his partner Noreen O'Riordan, director of the lighting department at Entec Sound & Light, John was father to two young sons - Kieran, aged 9, and Thomas, aged 6.

Among his many clients as a freelance engineer were George Michael, David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Macy Gray, Annie Lennox, Christina Aguilera, The Pretenders, Phil Collins, Ozzy Osbourne, Luther Vandross, Sting, Sinead O'Connor, Eric Clapton and George Harrison.

In his early career, working mainly with Entec and Tasco, he laid the foundations of his skills working with bands including The Stranglers, Thomas Do

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Audile of Manchester provided a Funktion-One PA system, comprising Resolution 5s and F221 subs, with a range of XTA units including two DP448s at front-of-house, with a DP324 SiDD inserted over the left and right channels being utilised for system EQ. A GQ600 graphic was also inserted at FOH for guest engineers to get their hands on. To keep the DJs under control, a D2 was set to work which helped to get levels consistent across the whole audio spectrum with the varying material being supplied by

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"For our new distribution arrangement in China we were looking for a company that was solidly established on the mainland, with young, motivated sales, marketing and technical staff, plus an organisation with the financial resources to bring A&H to prominence in the growing Hong Kong and Macau region," comments Allen & Heath's Asia regional sales manager, Bardy Hayes. "In Sanecore, these criteria were not just met but exceeded, and we are very proud to be in partnership with the Chang brothers, Michael and Bernard, and t

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"The input end of the show is relatively simple - a DVD player providing four channels of audio along with timecode," says Scott Chester of CBC. "The steep and deep shape of the venue and noise restrictions outside means a balance of complete, controlled vertical and horizontal coverage and intelligibility is essential - something the zoo felt the programme was lacking last year. The XLD is proving the ideal solution."

Arrays of seven XLD are flown each side, each over two ground-stacked X-subs for low-end support. EV CP4000S amplifiers han

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Leading the team of professionals in Singapore will be Juan Luis Garcia who has been responsible for sales in Asia and the Middle East over the last six years. His association with D.A.S. spans more than a decade and his experience includes the successful set-up of the D.A.S. Audio of America sales and distribution centre in Miami, Florida.

(Jim Evans)

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Gunness Focusing involves the application of sophisticated, custom DSP algorithms designed specifically to correct loudspeaker response anomalies. The result is the elimination of the time smear, horn "honk" and low-frequency cone resonances that plague conventional reinforcement system designs.

In addition, the UX8800 is intimately linked to both EAW Smaart and EAW FChart acoustic measurement and analysis platforms.

In the UX8800's loudspeaker processor mode, the user can establish up to four individual loudspeaker specific processing units, each

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Designed and installed by Electracoustic, the system features the TCS Compact series, with a pair of TCS-121Cs as main stage loudspeakers, plus four TCS-081Cs as delayed pairs down the length of the room.

"The TCS Compact series offers high audio quality at a very good price, but the colour option was also crucial as it was important that they were visually unobtrusive," says Electracoustic's Jon Trotter. "I also wanted a product I could use with and without bass cabinets, depending on the type of event.">P>Driven by MC2 series amplifiers and controlled by a Biamp Nexia digital audio controller, the system is req

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"We've always been a reactive and proactive company that understands the market place we're in," says Gordon. "However, when you have external investors, there is a need to explain the ins and outs of decision making processes and that can slow things down.

"The management buyout removes that requirement and means we can focus more of our time on doing what we do best, making us an even more agile and focussed company."

Along with a number of plans yet to be revealed, DiGiCo will be putting a share incentive scheme in place for its employees. "It's nice that as a modern company we're able to

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Chris Jenkins, BIC's entertainment and events manager and chair of the Bournemouth and Poole Music Industry Forum says, "Sun, Sea and Sound is all about encouraging people interested in pursuing careers in the most creative industry on the planet. There is no time like the present for our local industry to come together and hopefully inspire the future of the music business. This is great event for Bournemouth and Poole."

The Bournemouth and Poole Music Industry Forum was set up to provide a catalyst for projects like this and to provide a mouthpiece for the music industry in the are

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The Badminton is now a 2,500-capacity theatre, but a clue to the venue's original function is in the name: it was created from a badminton arena built for the 2004 Olympic Games. After the games, the building was used to stage a four-month run of Cats, proving it could function as a successful theatre. It has been rented by the Athens-based A.B.C.D company for a 20-year term, and a major six-month renovation project took place which included digging down 7.5m to create an amphitheatre-style auditorium.

A.B.C.D. opted for the Midas XL8 when it came to choosing a mixing system. "We wanted to create a high quality theatre experience for our audiences by providin

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Wiedenbeck's 30-plus years in professional audio started at Harman Deutschland in the mid-seventies, and have included high-level positions at Studiosound + Music GmbH, Plus Audio, Lawo and Klein + Hummel. Wiedenbeck spent the last four years as an independent audio consultant with a particular focus on studio monitoring, stage control systems, and digital mixing consoles.

"Chris has experience in sales, marketing, customer support, engineering, and communications, all of which have built him a great reputation and earned him a lot of respect within the industry," says Meyer Sound Germany managing director Jim Sides. "We could not have found s

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Velvet Revolver's sound system consisted of a JBL VerTec 4889 system, designed for the theatre & arena venues, with 10 elements a side for the main hangs and four for the side-drops. This was run in conjunction with JBL VT 4880 subs.

Adlib supplied one of its Dolby Lake control racks at FOH, and Camco Vortex 6 amplification for the main system with Crown T-Tech 8000s for the subs. The FOH console was a Digidesign Venue and on monitors it was a Yamaha PM5D, both supplied by the band and run by their own engineers.

For monitors, Adlib supplied their MP3 low profile wedges plus three stacks of Nexo Alpha for side-fills. A pair of Yamaha M7CL desks were used for the support band, and the crew were Kenny Perrin and Hassane Es

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This year's show is all about change, the new layout brings Penton back to the ground floor with a remodelled stand, an updated catalogue, improved existing products and a debut into the pro-sound market, says the company.

Penton will launch of its new Pro-Sound Ceiling Loudspeaker range. This line has been two years in the making. It comprises 16 ohm, low impedance units for applications that require high audio quality, and 100v line units for use with commercial audio applications looking for the very best in audio reproduction such as background music, theatres, schools and hotels.

These ceiling speakers are packaged in a sealed, ported enclosure complete with a removable grill with no visible fixings and fitted with a rotary tapping selector locat

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Products available will include the range of Yamaha AV receivers, digital sound projectors, CD and DVD players which will be available with, or without rack mounting kits.

The move comes as Yamaha confirms that it is experiencing significant growth in sales to the installation market, an area the company has been concentrating on since the successful launch of its IS speaker range and the recent introduction of new CobraNet and EtherSound enabled DME distributed DSP and I/O solutions.

Supporting this growth, Commercial Audio (UK) has also appointment a dedicated installation specialist and increased their field support capability with new hires.