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USA - Debuting at NAMM 2008, The EVID FM series of flush mount in-wall speaker systems is the next generation of high performance background and foreground installed speaker systems from Electro-Voice.

Comprising the FM6.2 (6" woofer, 6" tuned passive radiator, 1" tweeter) and the FM4.2 (4" woofer, 4" tuned passive radiator, 1" tweeter), the new members of the EVID product family offer "a combination of superb audio quality, sturdy sealed unit construction, and aesthetically pleasing in-wall design".

All components are housed in a shallow, fully-sealed enclosure for consistent performance and sound isolation from adjacent rooms. This low profile design also gives the FM series increased structural integrity: the specially designed ribbed back can eliminate flexing; the transformer is mounted on the back can surface, further enhancing sti

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Russia - Midas' Russian distributor Theatre Technics and Technology (TTT), has supplied a Heritage 2000 console to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Russian Orthodox Church's largest cathedral, able to accommodate 10,000 worshippers.

The H2000 has been installed into the 1,250-capacity Council Hall of Moscow cathedral, which is used for meetings of Local and Bishops' councils as well as events ranging from meetings and conferences to orchestral, organ and choral, and folklore performances. The multipurpose hall, noted for its beautiful décor, unique architectural features, frescoes, Florentine mosaics and winter gardens, is also equipped with state-of-the-art acoustic equipment.

Head of the department of communication for the cathedral fund, Roman Demidov, explains: "The issue of purchasing a mixing console for the Council Hall had been going on for about a

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UK - For its newly refurbished chamber, Hartlepool Borough Council chose beyerdynamic's MCW-D 50 Digital Wireless Conference System. Blaydon Communications was successful in tendering for the project which also required the supply of induction loop and infra-red facilities, plus a discreet high performance sound reinforcement system.

The Council has to cater for up to 40 councillors in each meeting, but it was felt that the layout of the room permitted the use of one microphone unit between two delegates; this was possible due to the characteristic pick-up pattern of the MCW-D microphone capsule and flexible microphone stem. A total of 27 MCW-D 521 delegate microphone units plus an MCW-D 523 chairman unit make up the system, which is supplemented by two hand-held radio microphones for members of the public to address the meeting if required.

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USA - The new Electro-Voice SB2A powered 12-inch subwoofer, introduced at NAMM 2008, eliminates the need for external system processing and amplification, addressing the demand for lightweight high performance portable sound systems, says the company.

Featuring dual 350 watt amplifiers, the SB2A's switchable powered speaker output can drive either an external 8 ohm passive subwoofer or full range loudspeaker.

Typical SB2A-powered system setups include: with a ZX1-90, as a standalone PA that fits in the front seat of your car; in clusters with SX100/300; with a passive SB122, for portable lightweight sub extension to replace bulky 15-inch two-way systems (two 16kg packages vs. one 40kg package); with an additional powered top box (such as the SXA100+).

The SB2A shares the same injection-molded enclosure as EV's popular passive SB122 subwoofer. Both utilise the EVS12S woofer,

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China - A special Traffic Safety Awards ceremony featured as part of a huge Lab.gruppen-powered variety show that was held at the 70,000-capacity Beijing Workers Stadium to celebrate the Chinese New Year in early January.

Beijing traffic police officers and their families came from all over the canton to witness the presentation of the awards to those who have made a valuable contribution to the work for the traffic management. The event was organized by the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau and China Central Television (CCTV) at the Beijing Worker's Stadium, a site that has undergone extensive renovation in order to host the football quarterfinals and semi-finals for the coming Summer Olympics in 2008. Many local dignitaries attended, including the Beijing government management team, the Ministry of Public Security.

In addition to the awards ceremony, there were performances

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Denmark - With a café, lounge, restaurant and micro brewery under one roof, La Tasca in Vejle, Denmark has become the city's most popular day and night venue for quality foods and drinks.

The exclusive interior called for a discrete speaker and 28 Cornered C6s in white were chosen to deliver the sound throughout the venue. The installer chose the version with rear mounted recessed cable terminals so that all speaker cables are hidden.

Music is distributed in zones so that the sound pressure in each area of the venue can be controlled precisely.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany - Void Acoustics will be showing its recently-launched Waveform System loudspeakers at this year's Prolight + Sound (Frankfurt, 12 - 15 March).

Alongside the Waveform range, Void Acoustics is spotlighting its Air Series loudspeakers with the Air Motion and Airten systems, together with the Stasys point-source and Arcline line-source high-end touring systems.

Void's loudspeaker designs focus on a combination of sonic and visual impact, with a track record for creating the maximum result with the minimum number of enclosures.

Void is also hosting a one-night extravaganza - The Void Bunker Party - in a central Frankfurt nightspot on Thursday 13 March, giving its Air Series a major workout with a number of high-profile acts.

(Jim Evans)

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Thailand - A police team from Amphur Muang Chiangmai Police Station accompanied by investigators and a team from Quantico, raided a shop situated on Changklan Road, Tambon Changklan, Amphur Muang, Chiangmai Province.

The preliminary investigation discovered allegedly counterfeit DBX products being sold in the shop. Under the search warrant of the Chiangmai District Court, the police raid team and members of Quantico seized a large number of various models of fake graphic equalizers bearing the trademark 'DBX'. The estimated value of the seized goods is more than THB 1 Million.

The counterfeit products were seized and delivered to the Amphur Muang Chiangmai Police Station for an extensive investigation and possible prosecution. The alleged infringer was charged with criminal offences under the Trademark Act and the Penal Code, and may face a civil lawsuit by Harman Internationa

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USA - Having recently crossed its 60th year and more than two decades of producing the Macro-Tech Series of power amplifiers, Crown International is commemorating both milestones with a special, one-time production run of its MA-2402, MA-3600VZ and MA-5002VZ as Anniversary Edition models.

A limited quantity of these amplifiers will be produced - only 600 in total will be available worldwide - each of which will feature a visually striking copper-plated front panel (including handles, knobs, buttons, etc.) and be shipped in a custom wood crate.

The product will also be accompanied by a special brochure chronicling the history of the product from its initial concept through today as well as a specification sheet detailing the actual benchmarked performance of that very amplifier, signed and numbered by Crown senior VP of research Gerald Stanley, whose patented technologie

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Australia - DPA Microphones' Australian distributor Amber Technology has supplied a DPA 3506 stereo kit to the Australian Chamber Orchestra for use with a very special instrument: one of the world's rarest violins.

The Carrodus, created by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in 1743 and valued at AUD$10m (approx EUR€ 6m), is among the finest violins in existence, being one of only 100 del Gesù violins in the world today. It has been acquired by an anonymous Australian private benefactor for the use of the ACO's artistic director Richard Tognetti.

"The ACO is most proud to own a stereo pair of these exemplary 4006-TL mics," says Tognetti. "I have personally tried many different set-ups and without doubt these DPAs pick up the inherent warmth and clarity of my del Gesù violin."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Airsound LLP, the British start-up company exhibiting its airSOUND single-point-stereo technology and product designs at ISE this week, has been invited to exhibit at Disney's "best of" CES Expo on 8 February, following the company's successful debut at the CES this month. The event, which showcases the 30 best companies from the CES and Mac Expo, to 1000 Disney top business and technology executives in Burbank, is organised the Disney New Technology Strategy Group.

airSOUND is launching a further application of its technology at ISE - for the first time anywhere - with its patented Walls of Sound design. Walls of Sound is claimed to be the world's first in-wall/ceiling speaker design to provide full spatial stereo sound from a single flush enclosure. The technology and design provides all of the advantages of wall mounted speakers without the any of the si

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Germany - Peter Maffay played a pre-Christmas charity show in front of 600 people at the Porsche customer centre in Leipzig. Sound reinforcement was provided by QSC's flagship audio products, including the WideLine10 line array and PowerLight PL380 amplification.

Due to its conical construction, the Porsche Customer Centre provided Gert Pasemann from CWC Pasemann, who was responsible for the technical execution of this event, with a number of sound reinforcement problems, since the building tapers off.

Given these acoustic challenges, he contacted Shure Distribution, QSC's German distributor, for technical and product support. Upon consultation, Santiago Alcalá, system specialist for QSC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, flew to Leipzig to provide on-site support.

Prior to the concert, Alcalá and CWC Pasemann engineers used QSC's EASE Focus software to assess different sp

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Germany - The 580-seat Apollo Theatre in the heart of the town of Siegen is regarded as one of North-Rhine Westphalia's most important new theatres. It has taken two years to build at a cost of around €12.8 million, after nearly 50 years of struggle. The tireless efforts of local theatre lovers have finally been rewarded with a theatre with exceptional acoustics.

The original specification had included a sound system that sadly fell far short of the standard required for musical performances and concerts. But, thanks to an anonymous €50,000 donation, the theatre team was able to commission a new audio installation better suited to the venue.

A PA system was hired in for the theatre's inaugural event, Midnight Specials with Dieter Falk and his band giving the audience an opportunity to audition the exceptional performance of the new system. Before the final decision co

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India - German Rock band The Scorpions performed live in Mumbai in December 2007 as part of their Humanity World Tour. L-Aacoustics V-DOSC partner Electrocraft were called on to provide the audio system for the packed concert.

The FOH system used for the event consisted of 20 V-DOSC elements along with 14 SB218 subwoofers. Four dV-DOSC were used for the FOH lip-fills while four ARCS along with four SB218 Subs were used on stage for side-fills.

(Jim Evans)

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Canada - The Adamson Metrix Sub, officially introduced at the AES show in October 2007 now comes as standard with a built in pole mount socket for use with Metrix Wave-t's pole mount kit. It is designed for use with one or two of Adamson's 15° Metrix Wave-t enclosures providing 120° horizontal by up to 30° vertical coverage. The pole mount supports three different positions for the bottom Wave enclosure: -5°, -10°, -15° and can be mounted on top of a ground stack of Metrix Subs, or used independently with a stand. The Metrix AIR Rigging system on the Wave enclosure allows three positions; 10°, 13°,and 15°.

The Metrix Sub-t is a compact convertible cardioid sub, boasting two new 15" ND15S Neodymium Kevlar drivers, is flyable within the main array or behind the array using two light weight-t series aluminium rigging frames and a frame link

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Germany - The 21st EVI Audio Hausmesse - the company's in-house trade fair - ran this year from 10-13 January, the venue being, as in previous years, EVI Audio's European headquarters in Straubing. .

The EVI team led by sales manager Robert Hesse and works manager Konrad Proyer welcomed around 700 industry and media partners from 48 different countries. The programme of this year's Hausmesse included not only presentations of new products but also comprehensive demonstrations and workshops as well as a tour of the new production hall and new test and demo hall.

At the international press reception in the Theater am Hagen, Martin Traut (Dynacord) and Christian Glück (Electro-Voice) followed up vice president of the business unit communication systems Robert Mulatz's words of welcome with a presentation of the year's new products. Among the highlights were the compact Dynacord

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UK - Pro audio distributor Source Distribution has announced theappointment of Chas Levin as technical support specialist. Based at the newSource HQ in North West London, Levin will provide technical support viaphone and email to dealers and their customers, covering all Source-distributed brands ­ Genelec, R°de, PreSonus, Universal Audio, Sonnox, Eventide, HHB, Lynx, Event and Rosendahl.

After an apprenticeship as a transfer engineer in the late 1980s, Levinworked as a studio engineer and latterly producer at studios in London andRome, before running the technical support department at SCV London for thelast four years.

"Source has assembled a portfolio of products that represent the mostinnovative technology available at each stage of the audio productionprocess,"says Levin. "I'm delighted to be joining such a forward-lookingorganisation and eagerly antic

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USA The Harman Pro Group has announced the immediate promotion of Michael MacDonald to the newly created position of executive vice president of marketing & sales. Based at the Group's Northridge, California headquarters, MacDonald will continue to report directly to Blake Augsburger, president of the Harman Pro Group.

"The addition of sales oversight to Michael's responsibilities is the next logical step forward in the evolution of the Group's strategy to strengthen the average customer's interaction with our brands," Augsburger said . "In the one year he has served as executive vice president of marketing, Michael has demonstrated his ability to develop successful Group-wide marketing programmes that are exceeding our customers' demands for more integrated, multi-brand product solutions. In his new position, Michael will bring the same expertise and leadership t

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USA - The XLS Series, Crown's workhorse amplifier line for musicians and DJs, has now been extended with the addition of the new XLS 5000. Delivering 1800 watts per channel in four-ohm stereo mode, and 5000 watts in four-ohm bridge-mono mode, the XLS 5000 packs more than twice the punch of the next highest-powered model in the range, the XLS 802, says the company.

"Providing more watts per dollar than any other amplifier in its class, the XLS 5000 represents a tremendous value to end users who need a big amp without a big price tag," says Andy Flint, Crown vertical market manager, portable PA. "By pairing this amplifier up with JBL's MRX, SRX or VRX loudspeaker enclosures, our customers can now have access to a highly professional yet economical all-Harman solution."

Housed in a 3U, all-steel chassis, the XLS 5000 is equipped with an efficient forced-air fa

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Syria - The FBT Modus line array was chosen by the owners of the 1001 Nights restaurant located in Damascus. Having a seating capacity of more than 1000 people in its big outdoor gardens this restaurant is rated among the best in the Middle East. Decorated both inside and outside with real scale reproductions including the leaning tower of Pisa, the 1001 Nights features an automated stage suitable for the most demanding theatre events, as well as for musical performances calling a large audience.

The installation was executed by the local contractor SADA. Al-Zayat was the chief engineer for the project, overseeing the installation of the equipment.

All the technical aspects and system designs were carried on while the restaurant was under construction; FBT provided all the sound products for this installation.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - PerformTech, Scotland's recently launched show for sound, light, stage and AV technologies, reports that it has has secured "numerous prestigious exhibitors for its inaugural event" which is a collaboration between Black Light, Northern Light and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

The exhibition, to be held on 28 and 29 May 2008 at the RSAMD in Glasgow, has confirmed Christie Digital, Doughty Engineering, ETC, Hall Stage, Le Maitre, Lift Turn Move, MA Lighting, MGC, Selecon, Strand, Triple E and Zero 88 as exhibitors.

Gavin Stewart, managing director at Black Light, said: "Our plans for PerformTech really are coming on at quite a pace. The majority of industry players will be represented and will enable our visitors to view equipment that provides lighting control and effects, pyrotechnics, audio control and kit, projection, rigging, hoists, pai

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Norway - Rental company AVAB CAC has provided the sound system for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, held annually at the Oslo Spektrum, for the last 10 years. The 2007 featured a Midas XL8 Live Performance System at front of house for the first time.

"This year we knew we had to be digital, as we have been for a few years, but we also wanted to provide a console with sound quality equal to that of an XL4,and with double the amount of inputs and far more outputs then a H3000," says Asle Nilsen, head of AVAB CAC's sound department.

At the controls of the XL8 were AVAB CAC senior FOH engineer Geir °stensj°. "The XL8 is a tremendous digital tool that provides easy access to all the knobs and faders, just as if you're working on an analogue desk," he says. "The five bright screens give you a great overview of what's coming into and going out of the d

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Switzerland - Barix AG has announced that it is partnering with Digigram to bring EtherSound technology to new markets including security, transportation and other public address applications. Digigram has recognized Barix as a launch partner for the technology, with Barix implementing Digigram's ES-100/spkr technology within its Exstreamer IP audio decoders and IPAM modules for OEM partnerships.

The ES-100/spkr, a variant of the network audio standard EtherSound, enables manufacturers to implement EtherSound in new devices for "a fraction of the cost" while keeping typical EtherSound control and administration features when a fully features ES-100 or ES-Giga implementation is not required. Digigram unveiled the ES-100/spkr solution at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam this week, with Barix also unveiling the technology at its ISE booth.

"As

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Italy - The organisers of Show-Way, the new, international trade fair for professional show technology and services which takes place in Bergamo later this month, have announced details of a three-day programme of Workshops and Forums.

During the three-day exhibition, from 24 to 26 February 2008, internationally renowned speakers and associations will talk on a variety of topical subjects, say the organisers.

24 February 2008
11:30 a.m.
LIGHT & SHADE IN CARAVAGGIO
The winner of three Best Photography Oscars, Vittorio Storaro, shares his reflections on an extraordinary career.
2:00 p.m.

LIGHT & CULTURAL HERITAGE
Reflections on the relationship between the use of light and Italy's artistic heritage.
Speakers (ACCADEMIA DELLA LUCE): Marina Vio and Francesca Storaro.

2:00 p.m.
ASSOMUSICA
A discussion on the problems of "live" shows

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