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Hungary - Located in downtown of Budapest, The Morrison's Music Pub is a very large venue which offers a great number of attractions; The venue comprises five main areas - a big room for live shows, two dance clubs and a lounge area with games and a heated garden.

All the audio systems have been installed by Pako, RCF's distributor in Hungary, using RCF loudspeakers, which proved to be the best all round choice for the various kinds of environments and applications of the venue.

Every week, from Monday to Thursday, concerts are held at the Morrison's Music Pub and after the show it is possible to dance or sing along with karaoke systems.

The sound reinforcement system for the main concert room comprises TT25-A and ART 310-A used as stage monitors. The DJ booth is equipped with ART speakers, used by the DJ as a cue monitor to mix music before and after the live shows.

In th

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USA - One of the exhibits in The Grammy Museum, which opened in December 2008, is the Hall of Fame. Designed by Gallagher & Associates, it features a sculptural column of more than 350 Shure Model 55SH Series II Microphones.

"The Shure 55SH Microphone has been a music industry icon for more than 60 years, as the Grammy has for over 50," said Mark Brunner, Shure's senior director of global public Rrelations. "We are honoured that the Grammy Museum selected this classic microphone to evoke a profound connection to the history of music performance. The microphone sculpture, like this fabulous museum, is something that every music fan should see in person."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Not quite an hour's drive west of Fort William, Glenuig is remote in the sense that it's far from any urban centre. That doesn't meanthat it's on the road less travelled. Striking in its outlook across the Sound of Arisaig and west to the Hebrides beyond, this community of just 30 souls has provided a welcome to many thousands over the past 25 years with a special brand of folk gathering in the beautiful setting of Glenuig Hall.

This timber building located in the Parish of Moidart, West Lochaber, Scotland, has recently been endowed with its own d&b audiotechnik PA system, provided by Warehouse Sound Services. Glenuig has musical history running through it and demands proper professional quality sound.

The Glenuig Games and Music Festival first manifested itself at a local gathering in April 1983, when the date for the first Not So Serious Glenuig Gameswas set for

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UK - Wisbech-based flightcase manufacturer 5 Star has again provided a case solution for UK DJ equipment specialist, Pioneer.

Following the success of the Pro-420FLT and Pro-440FLT mini consoles, Pioneer required a custom designed case to house its latest professional DJ system, the MEP-7000 multi entertainment player and controller, which also includes a 19" mixer such as the DJM-3000. The DJM-700 mixer can also be housed via the 19" rack conversion.

Pioneer and 5 Star worked closely from the outset of the project to achieve a value added' product with numerous eatures and Pioneer branding.

"Pioneer has a great relationship with 5 Star", says Pioneer's Paul Beardsall. "We simply supply a brief for a new project and they have a remarkable ability to produce and deliver the goods. Design flare, an eye for detail and a superb production turnaround real

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Spain - The Valencia Show Jumping Club (CES Valencia) was recently inaugurated in the town of Godella in Valencia and D.A.S. sound systems were chosen to form part of this equestrian complex's modern facilities. Its extensive show jumping arenas, social club and indoor covered arena complete with grandstand have all been equipped.

Technicians from Telesonic Valencia, S.L. were charged with matching D.A.S. systems to the needs of each area of this sports complex. Long-throw BiDriver systems were consequently employed for the main arena since they are specifically designed for applications requiring wide acoustic coverage and music reproduction with no compromises in voice intelligibility.

Systems from the new DR series were adopted for the grandstand in the covered arena. Audio for this smaller area is offered by seven D.A.S. model DR-8TW units. Adjacent to the covered arena ar

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The Netherlands - Newly-formed Dutch rental company AVL Concept has made a strong investment in its future growth by investing in a large amount of new pro audio equipment including a Midas PRO6 and a Heritage 3000. The company, which was supplied by Midas Consoles Benelux, has taken over some well known companies including audio rental company Cazemier LGB and AV rental and installation specialist Provision.

"We've set up the new company to be ready for the next decade or so," says AVL Concept owner Ben Rosema. "AVL Concept is not a classic concert sound rental company, neither is it a traditional AV install company. We offer our clients the best, both in high end rental plus install, focussing on the highest level of audio, lighting, video, production and staging.

"We've only been able to achieve this level of business by taking over existing, well perfor

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USA - Carnival Cruise Lines' newest and largest 'Fun Ship', the Carnival Splendor, which can host more than 3,000 guests and offers high-energy entertainment options galore, made its maiden voyage from the Mediterranean to ports of call in Northern Europe in 2008.

Featured within this floating resort's 1,300-seat Spectacular Show Lounge is the new musical performance, The Beat. Using an Aviom Pro64 digital snake, the production crew was able to take full advantage of the Cat 5 connectivity and user flexibility the system offers as well as its robust performance in the challenging cruise ship environment.

"We have enjoyed a great experience over the years with Aviom," says James Keaton, audio supervisor for Carnival Cruise Lines. "We currently have 22 ships in the fleet and we have been using the Aviom Pro16 system for monitoring and communications in our

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USA - The 81st Academy Awards Ceremony, held at the Kodak Theater and broadcast live on ABC, featured three Yamaha digital audio consoles behind the scenes. PA designer and front-of-house engineer, Patrick Baltzell, received a helping hand from ATK Audiotek, supplying both a Yamaha PM1D 128-input/64-output Dual Engine system and PM5D digital console to outfit front-of-house. A Yamaha PM1D-128 input/64-output Dual Engine system was also used and manned by monitor engineer Michael Parker, supported by monitor tech Tom Pesa.

"Digital recall consoles have increased the detail of a mix by an order of magnitude for multiple performance television shows such as The Academy Awards," says Baltzell. "In the analogue days, I was always 'splitting the difference' and making compromises, knowing I would only be able to restore certain settings but not all. I now can confidentl

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Sweden - Lab.gruppen is anticipating "an extremely busy ProLight & Sound" with the public unveiling of four new products. The first of these is the prototype Lab.gruppen Lake LM 26 stand-alone digital loudspeaker. Based on the Lake Processing technology and first product to be introduced under the newly acquired Lake brand, the LM 26 is a full-featured 2-in/6-out Lake Processor in a compact 1 U frame.

The latest addition to the PLM Series of powered loudspeaker management systems, the PLM 14000 is built around a two-input, two-power output channel platform. It pumps a massive 7000W per channel into 2 ohms and 4350 W per channel into 4 ohms, making it suitable for demanding subwoofer and low-end applications.

Also new for Frankfurt will be the addition of three new models to the FP+ Series, including a new flagship amplifier, the FP 14000. The other two models are the

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USA - In addition to showing a wide range of products from its existing S Series, Veris, M-Class, I/O, I-2W8, R Series and WET lines, Community will exhibit three new product groups at ProLight & Sound 2009 in Frankfurt - ENTASYS, VLF Series subwoofers and MX41E monitors.

ENTASYS is a new three-way full-range column loudspeaker system that delivers true line-array performance in a compact package. Designed for permanent installation applications, including auditoria, airports and train stations, conference centres, houses of worship, stadium concourses and museums, ENTASYS offers high output and high power handling, utilizing multiple low, mid and high-frequency drivers.

Each ENTASYS full-range column includes six low frequency neodymium drivers, 18 2.35-inch midrange drivers and six 7" long x 1" wide planar-coupled Compact Ribbon Emulator (CRE) high frequency eleme

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Denmark - Victory Tour Production has recently added a pair of DiGiCo SD8 consoles to its rental stock, complementing the D1s and D5s that have been used by the production company for the last two years.

"We bought our first D5 in the spring of 2007, for a tour that had a D5 on the preferred list of desks," says Victory's Theis Wermuth. "We tested it, compared it to the other options and decided that the D5 was the right choice both for the tour and for our hire stock. One of the main things for us was the many ways of 'designing' the desk with input / output options, plus it was easy to operate even for engineers who weren't experienced digital console users.

"We had a meeting with Kim Johansen from Soundware A/S, DiGiCo's Danish distributor, and he quickly convinced us it was the right way to expand our range of DiGiCo desks."

Once delivered, the S

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UK - FX Sales has continued its ongoing relationship with the BRIT School, upgrading the music department's recording studios with the addition of two Pro Tools HD3 Accel Systems with 192 I/Os, a 32 Channel ICON D-Control ES (supplied by Digidesign), Digidesign C24 Pro Tools control surface, Digidesign preamps, a Digidesign/PMC RM2 5.1 monitor array with a PMC TLE1S active sub, an SNS Global San X4 hard drive system, plasma screens, Waves Mercury TDM V6, TC System 6000 mastering bundle and a range of plug-ins and software.

In addition, FX also supplied a Mac Pro running Final Cut Studio 2, Genelec 5.1 monitors, a Plasma screen and related accessories into the BRIT School's DVD authoring suite.

"We received funding and decided to upgrade to Pro Tools HD," says Declan Cunningham, assistant director of music. "FX has always been supportive, having overseen the firs

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Trinidad - Caribbean Entertainment Technologies (CET) has recently completed a major project for the The National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) at the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain.

The comprehensive and integrated systems were divided into five sub-sections. The first is a complete AV archiving facility: a dedicated AV server system for the repair and conformation of many different formats, both digital and analogue, of printed, audio and video media.

The second subsection consists of a complete MATV distribution system, used to retrieve audio visual content from specific building presentation areas via camera and microphone access and its redistribution via MATV to any video equipped room in the building.

The third subsection was the sound and lighting for the outdoor amphitheatre, and incorporated a sequenced power system and

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USA - RTS is set to show the DKP 16 CLD Color Display Desktop Keypanel at NAB 2009. The DKP 16 CLD is the desktop member of the CLD colour keypanel family from RTS. Like its rackmounted counterpart, the DKP 16 CLD is controlled using a full-colour graphic interface.

"A desktop version was the next logical step in the CLD series." said Christian Latzelsberger, senior product manager for RTS Intercoms Worldwide."Like the KP 32 CLD we evaluated how intercoms are used in various settings, and what meaningful improvements could be made. With the DKP 16 CLD, nothing was overlooked. Desktop users will be very pleased with the refinements in the control surfaces, and the graphical interface on the DKP 16 CLD."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - There were two unusual facts about The Killers' recent sold-out performances at the O2 Arena. The first was that their long-time sound engineer James Gebhard was making his debut at the venue, the second was that he took the radical decision to fly his favoured Martin Audio line array system without the use of the predominant W8L Longbow enclosure.

As a result, Capital Sound Hire, the band's audio production company, found themselves specifying delay arrays into the O2 sound reinforcement system for the first time.

The entire coverage, including side-hangs, front-fills and delays, was made up of Martin Audio's W8LC Compact line arrays - including 20-box hangs as the main reinforcement system - stretching the production company's inventory to the limit. All the full range enclosures were powered by Martin MA4.2s amplification.

With the two delay-hangs (each compri

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Nigeria - A powerful Meyer Sound Milo and Mica line array loudspeaker system delivered 11 hours of uninterrupted prayer and music to an unprecedented crowd of 350,000 at the annual Experience Interdenominational Gospel Concert, reported on its website as the largest concert in Africa and the largest gospel musical event in the world.

Staged at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Nigeria, the massive musical extravaganza brought together worshippers from throughout Africa to revel in performances by artists including Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Don Moen, Fred Hammond, Kurt Carr, Chevelle Franklyn, Gospel duo Mary Mary, and UK-based recording artist and radio presenter, Muyiwa Olarewaju.

The main sound system deployed left and right arrays of 10 Meyer Sound Milo loudspeakers each, augmented by side-arrays of 12 Mica loudspeakers per side. Low frequencies were covered by nine

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Germany - The Renkus-Heinz IC Live digitally beam steerable array will make its live European début on the outdoor stage at Frankfurt ProLight&Sound as part of the company's 30th anniversary celebrations.

Following its live US launch on the Winter NAMM Main Stage at the Anaheim Convention Centre in January, a pair of IC LIVE arrays with matching IC215S dual 15" bandpass subwoofers will be demonstrated at Frankfurt Messe's Concert Sound Arena every day throughout ProLight&Sound 2009.

The Concert Sound Arena, located in the outdoor exhibition area of the Frankfurt Messe, features a purpose-built stage and a covered audience area.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany - At ProLight&Sound, Kling & Freitag will be presenting two new products: The bass element Sequenza 10 B as a system supplement to the K&F Line Array Sequenza 10 N/W, and the digital network amplifier Topas, a system amplifier for fixed installations.

The Sequenza 10 B can either be flown with Sequenza 10 N/W systems or in separate bass arrays. It is suitable for various applications as well as for use as a conventional subwoofer on the ground. Various setups in the K&F SystemRack make it possible to control the 10 B as cardioide, hypercardioide, and conventional omnidirectional bass unit. An additional Speakon connector on the front of the system simplifies the wiring for cardioide operations and optimises the appearance.

The K&F Topas is a two-channel system amplifier with a K&F remote system specifically developed for the special demands of fixed installations. It i

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USA - Television evangelist Benny Hinn racks up a lot of miles taking his ministry on the road. In just March and April of this year, Hinn's troupe will have travelled to many cities including Porto Alegre, Brazil; Atlanta, Georgia; and Rome, Italy.

A LightViper optical cable/audio transport system from FiberPlexis a key element of the sound reinforcement services supplied by Apex Productions for Hinn's appearances. The LightViper system runs 64 channels of audio from the stage to the front-of-house (FOH) mixing position, the monitor mix position and the broadcast truck, which also records the events. Both the FOH position and the broadcast truck also send 8-channel returns to the stage via the LightViper system.

"There's a wide variety of sizes and types of venues we're doing, and some of them, like arenas and dirt fields, involve long cable runs," says Danny Huebsc

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UK - A.C. Audio held its first Yamaha open day at the company's UK headquarters in High Wycombe on 25 February with great success, the company reports.

The event was organised in conjunction with Yamaha's in-house specialists and proved popular, with registrations exceeding all expectations and attendees travelling from as far afield as Slovenia, says A.C. The audience was a diverse mix and included freelancers, hire managers and students from the theatre, live events and education sectors.

The open day concentrated on demonstrations covering key features of the Yamaha M7CL and LS9 digital consoles, such as the Centralogic interface and built-in virtual effect and EQ rack, as well as in-depth training and discussions into advanced techniques and applications in live situations.

With half a dozen M7CL consoles set up in A.C.E.T.'s purpose-built demonstration and training faci

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World - Kaiser Chiefs are back on the road, hitting the UK, Japan, and North and South America as they tour their latest album, Off With Their Heads. Committed Sennheiser users since 2005, the band are once again taking to stages around the world with a selection of Sennheiser equipment.

Ilias Andrianatos is Kaiser Chiefs' monitor engineer. Along with front of house engineer Chris Leckie, he took the decision to upgrade lead singer Ricky Wilson's mic to a Sennheiser SKM 935.

"We wanted a vocal mic with a flat frequency response and consistent on/of axis response that cuts through the stage sound and has a good feedback rejection," explains Andrianatos. "That is suitable for Ricky's voice. The mic also needs to be able to take the knocks and drops during his super energetic shows. The SKM 935, e 935 and the e 845 that previous front of house engineers befo

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UK - Adlib Audio and Lighting supplied full production and crew for Sharleen Spiteri's first solo UK tour. "Everyone's examining costs at the moment," comments Adlib's Andy Dockerty, also the tour's FOH engineer, "Providing both PA and lights we can be competitive without compromising the quality or service."

Dockerty and monitor engineer Marc Peers have both worked with Spiteri and Texas for some years, with Dockerty reckoning he's mixed all her live shows since 1993.

A Soundcraft Vi6 console was at FOH and the PA was based around a big JBL VerTec rig, chosen for its "flexibility across the variety of venues" they played. They toured 20 VT4889 elements in total, along with 12 VT4880A subs. System processing was via Lake DLPs.

Onstage, Marc Peers did his mix using a Digidesign Profile. He customised his own stand to hold the monitor screen sligh

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USA - AudioScience and UK-based Richmond Sound Design have announced that through the efforts of their respective technical teams, AudioScience's ASI6416 PCI CobraNet card now works seamlessly with Richmond Sound Design's SoundMan-Server Virtual Sound System software.

AudioScience has added the ability, through extensions to its ASIO driver, for multiple ASI6416 cards to be exposed as one ASIO device to SoundMan-Server. SoundMan-Server can now provide 999 simultaneous playback channels and 64 live inputs and 64 outputs to CobraNet using four ASI6416 cards and the new ASIO driver.

Loren Wilton, developer of SoundMan-Server, stated: "The guys at AudioScience are great to work with. I let them know what I needed and they delivered. I've had multiple interfaces running on two systems now for about two weeks, and there has been zero drift or dropped samples. All 64 channels fr

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UK - London-based Wired For Sound has been using its new SADiE LRX2 Location Audio Workstation in an innovative way to both record and individualise quantities of source audio in a very short timeframe.

The company runs what director Johnnie Dymock calls "radio junkets" for various US television networks that are seeking to promote their new shows on radio. Typically, during these, DJs from a number of radio stations are flown to a relevant location (such as the Bahamas in the case of The Real Gilligan's Island, for instance) to record a series of face to face interviews with the cast of the show. It sounds simple enough, but the numbers involved mean that logistically it can be an impressive challenge.

"Our job is then to ensure that each radio station - and there can be up to 50 - goes home with a one-on-one interview with every member of the cast - plu

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