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Spain - Ecler has launched the Nest 106 architectural cabinet, a two-way full range speaker with integrated 100V line transformer designed for background music and public address in a variety of installations such as shopping malls, retail stores, schools, hotels, industries, offices, museums or conference rooms.

The shape of the Nest 106, with a front panel in the shape of a partial sphere and the back in the shape of a triangular pyramid, permits a wide variety of potential installations, ranging from an individual sound box fitting perfectly in a corner to several units to make portions of a sphere or even a complete sphere. Additionally, the grille of the Nest106 can easily be painted as required.

The Nest 106 can operate at 8 ohms or at 100W in 7, 10, 15 or 30W power mode, and features Euroblock connection, accessories for wall mount and IP54 for outdoor installation.

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Germany - Bosch Communications Systems has announced the release of IRIS-Net V2.0. Since its debut in 2002, IRIS-Net has been used in thousands of high-profile and cutting-edge live, touring, and installed applications around the world. IRIS-Net V2.0 continues to expand IRIS-Net's array of features by adding new devices such as EV REV Wireless Microphones.

IRIS-Net V2.0 also brings FIR-Drive technology front and centre. EV's FIR-Drive combines transducer development, FIR processing, and optimised DSP protection algorithms to create a holistic approach to system development. IRIS-Net V2.0 provides additional FIR-Drive controllers, a new Peak Anticipation limiter, and new speaker settings for EV concert sound products to take sound and performance to a whole new level, says the company.

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UK - Trade distributor Impact Products (Europe) Ltd, has announced that its South London branch, operated by parent company Solutions Group (UK) Plc, is relocating to brand new purpose-built premises in the Belvedere area of Kent.

The move is scheduled to take place during the first weekend of April, in time for the new unit to be open and operational from Monday 6 April 2009. Just 6 miles away from their previous home, the new site is conveniently located just off the A2016 dual carriageway on the Belvedere Business Park.

Ample free parking directly outside the trade counter and warehouse entrances makes stock handling for both collection and delivery much quicker and far more convenient, whilst a much larger storage area means increased stockholding, with a greater quantity of products available immediately from stock.

Commenting on the new premises, Solutions Group sales

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Germany - Logic System returns to the 2009 Frankfurt ProLight&Sound show on the back of their best ever show in 2008. Following on from last years' show, new export dealers were appointed in China, Indonesia, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and Singapore, leading to a 200% increase in export turnover in 2008. That impetus has been carried over into 2009, so they enter the showwith an air of optimism.

The company will be located in hall 8 on stand J18, and the show will be used to showcase the existing Ethos VA and CA live sound products, along with products from the ML and LMranges.

New at the show will be the Nd115 bass enclosure. Designed principally as a bass option for use with the Ethos CA enclosures, the cabinet can be used as the basis of a pole mounted system or flown above a CA array. The cabinet features the same 1000w, long excursion, neodymium cone driver as its large

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Israel - Following closely on the heels of the announcement in January of the formation of its Live Division (www.waveslive.com), Waves Audio is quickly becoming increasingly popular for live audio processing applications.

Also, since its release in November 2006, Waves Live Bundle has been used extensively with Digidesign's Venue consoles. Prominent Pennsylvania-based A/V contractor Clair Brothers owns and uses Waves Live Bundle, SSL 4000 for Live and MaxxBCL for high-profile concerts. FOH engineers Mick Hughes (Metallica, Led Zeppelin), Ken Van Druten (Linkin Park, System of a Down, Guns N' Roses), Phil Strong (Kanye West), Cirque du Soleil's Jonathan Deans and Leon Rothenbergcurrently use Waves processing in all sectors.

Alex Hadjigeorgiou, of UK-based Wigwam Acoustics comments: "Within my capacity as technical specialist at Wigwam Acoustics, I have been responsible fo

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France - L-Acoustics has announced its new 2009 training seminar schedule. Information and on-line registration are available at www.lacoustics.com.

These seminars have been designed for both technicians and mixing engineers. They encompass the fundamental aspects of Wavefront Sculpture Technology (WST), system integration, setup, and design. They cover KIVA, dV-DOSC, KUDO and V-DOSC as well as the LA amplified controller platform and the LA Network Manager software. Seminars will take place at L-Acoustics headquarters in Marcoussis and are available in both French and English.

These training seminars offer a blend of theoretical knowledge (day one) and installation procedures (day two) in order to operate and optimise WST systems in a safe and controlled environment. System seminars can be extended to a third day dedicated to the Soundvision 3D simulation software. At the end

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USA - Loud Technologies has announced the appointment of Paul Yue as director of procurement and Kevin Mahony as director of operations, Asia - both newly created positions.

"Kevin and Paul bring more than 30 cumulative years of supply chain strategy, management and quality control experience to Loud," commented Jim Stewart, Loud's chief operating officer.

Yue joins from Philips Healthcare where he most recently developed and managed a Chinese-based manufacturing joint venture relationship for the company's medical imaging business. He will focus on optimizing Loud's material supply chains and developing strategies for key commodities.

With more than 15 years' experience in pro audio manufacturing and supply chain strategy development, Mahony will oversee demand plan fulfillment and quality control across Loud's Asian suppliers. Prior to joining Loud, Mahony served

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Germany - Alcons Audio will demonstrate its latest innovations including the LR7, the smallest addition to its L-series pro-ribbon line arrays at ProLight+Sound.

LR7 is a micro-sized line-array system, designed to be used in stacked or flown configuration, for both portable and permanent installations. With a width of 3 CD's and a height of 1,5 CD's, the LR7 is suitable for A/V projects, where very compact form factor with perfect line-array throw and imaging are required.

In what has become a regular feature on its ProLight + Sound stand, Alcons will exhibit a new 'design study', providing a glimpse of its R+D activities by displaying assembled prototype developments, some of which may be applied to future products.

To enable visitors to get an idea of the quality performance of Alcons sound systems, low-SPL demo's will take place on the stand, with the VR8 compact monitor

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USA - Blue Sky has introduced two new components to its full line of monitoring solutions: SUB 212 400-Watt Push-Pull Active Subwoofer and the SAT 8 300-Watt, Compact Mid-Field Monitor.

The SUB 212 is designed to be an integral part of the monitoring system, enabling a studio monitor, such as the SAT 8, to be positioned for the best imaging, and the SUB to be positioned for the best bass response, says the company.

"Our customers were asking for a powerful system that was similar to the Sat 12 and Sub 15, but in a smaller package," said Blue Sky vice-president Chris Fichera. "The Sat 8 and Sub 212 will address those applications."

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USA - Communications Specialties is consolidating its two fibreoptic product lines, Fiberlink and Pure Digital Fiberlink, into one cohesive entity known as Fiberlink.

"We have a brilliant brand in Fiberlink with excellent industry-wide recognition," states Derek Miranda, director of marketing. "Our customers have always referred to each of our fibre optic offerings as Fiberlink. It was time to strengthen our connection to our customers through a strong, homogenous and recognizable brand."

"There was a time when it was very important to clearly differentiate the two core fibre optic technologies that we provided to our customers, digital and analog, because we have always been at the forefront of the technology," says John Lopinto, president and CEO. "Now that digital fibre optic technology has become the foundation for all of our fibre optic

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USA - Aviom has expanded its Applications & Technical Training Programme. The initiative was originally launched last summer, and this year, the company has significantly expanded the programme to include multiple interactive webcast sessions each month. Since the beginning of this year, the company has been hosting five or more of these sessions per month. The new expanded initiative features two training programmes: one set of sessions designed for contractors, consultants, and other audio professionals and a second set designed specifically for end users.

The training seminars cover everything from monitor mixing to getting started with digital snakes to advanced audio network design and have included Lowering the Stage Volume in the House of Worship, Aviom's Pro64 Series: The Next Generation of Digital Audio Connectivity, Aviom Solutions for Schools & Theatr

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USA - When ATK Audiotek, a high-end audio company servicing such events as the Super Bowl, Dancing with the Stars, and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, went shopping for five million watts of amplifier power, it chose the Digam K-10 amplifier from Italian manufacturer Powersoft. Each K-10/AESOP offers up to 12,000W of power in a one rack unit body and is designed for high reliability, crystal clear sound, low power consumption and advanced digital control, the manufacturer says.

ATK's initial purchase of 450 units completes a unified equipment vision for the future of ATK, th company says. "We specialise in large, technically difficult special events for television," says Scott Harmala, vice-president of engineering of ATK Audiotek. "The reason for the massive purchase of Powersoft K-10/AESOPs is because we wanted to implement a unified e

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USA - Audio-Technica is holding a series of seminar events during NAB 2009, 30 March - 1 April in Washington DC.

Audio/broadcast veteran Dennis Baxter will present seminars on Surround Sound for Sports Broadcasting. Baxter is a multiple Emmy winner and the sound designer for the 2004, 2006, 2008 Olympic Games, as well as the author of A Practical Guide to Television Sound Engineering.

Dr. Fred Ginsburg, specialist in production sound recording for motion pictures and video, will present seminars on the Placement and Use of Lavalier Microphones. Ginsburg's background includes nearly two decades as a sound mixer on feature films, episodic TV and commercials, as well as for corporate and government applications.

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UK - Adlib Audio continues its ongoing relationship with the Kaisers Chiefs, supplying all sound equipment and crew for the band's latest arena leg of their Off With Their Heads world tour.

Adlib's systems tech Tony Szabo has worked with the band and FOH engineer Chris Leckie since Adlib first won the sound contract in 2007.

Leckie once again specified a JBL VerTec line array which light in weight, making it easily adaptable for some of the smaller shows in Europe. "We can get 11 cabinets on a 1 tonne point." Szabo points out.

They carried a total of 60 VT4889 mid hi cabinets for the arena leg, together with 16 of the updated VerTec 4880A subs and 16 of the new L-Acoustics SB28 subs. The L-Acoustics SB28 formed a nice solid ground stack whilst the Vertec subs were flown.

A typical configuration was 16 deep VT4889s for the front hangs and 14 for the sides,

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UK - The new British Music Experience (BME) this month took up permanent residence at London's O2 Arena. The high-tech, interactive music exhibition combines one of the most complex audio-visual systems ever designed -masterminded by integration specialists Sysco - with much music memorabilia.

Working with Land Design, BME's exhibition designers, Sysco constructed a technical infrastructure that enables music lovers to trace historic moments and trends through the decades, learn about music's influence on art, fashion and politics, develop their skills on guitar, bass, drums and vocals, and participate in a full public and educational programme with workshops, lectures, master-classes and concerts.

As an interactive exhibition it enables them to scroll through years of music, video clips, stories and images of their favourite artists.

With over 100 artists featured in the ex

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UK - Shure Distribution UK has announced the sudden and unexpected death of the company's managing director Dennis Harburn after a short illness. Dennis passed away peacefully at home over last weekend.

The company has asked that any messages of condolence be sent to Shure Distribution so that they can be forwarded on to the family. The company's address is: Unit 2, The I.O. Centre, Lea Road, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1AS, UK.

Dennis's funeral will be held on Thursday 26 March at 4.00pm at The Garden of England Crematorium, Sheppey Way, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8GZ. Following the service, a reception will be held at the Hempstead House Hotel, London Road, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9PP.

For those wishing to make a donation, please make this "In memory of Dennis Harburn" to the Oliver Fisher Specialist Baby Care Unit at Medway Hospital (

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USA - The Long Reach Long Riders and The ESTA Foundation announced the results of their joint raffle to benefit the Behind the Scenes programme at the USITT conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.

A total of $5,236 was raised from raffle ticket sales during the three-day conference, more than doubling the $2500 Challenge Grant issued by Sapsis Rigging. In addition, Jonathan Deull made a $1500 donation to Behind the Scenes in support of the Long Reach Long Riders 2009 charity ride this summer, bringing the total raised at USITT to $9,236.

The winners and their prizes are: Fred Allen - Altman Rentals Ghostlight; Shan Ayers - USITT 2010 Conference Registration; Dennis Booth - Nolan Engineering Services' Structural Master Class; Ed Condit - Martin Light Jockey; Kacey Fisher - Live Design's Broadway Master Class; Ben Gasper - Utah Shakespearean Festival Ticket Package; David Griffith - Sap

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The Netherlands - XLNT Advanced Technologies has launched the PowerMotion DS8 Pro and Pro Plus Series of solid state motion controllers. The first public showing of the DS8 Series will be at the ProLight&Sound trade show in Frankfurt - with German distributor CAST, C. Adolph & RST Distribution.

Each DS8 motion controller can control up to eight direct or low voltage control chain hoists, and features a Solid State MCB per individual motor/channel plus adjustable maximum power output up to 9 Amps. The highest level of safety and protection is provided by the PL D, ISO 13849-1 and SIL2 compliant Emergency Stop System.

The DS8 Series is available in two types - for direct control and for low voltage control chain motors. Each type also comes in a choice of two versions. The 'Pro' version provides full hoist control for all typical professional rigging applications. The 'Pro Plus'

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Romania - A Nexo Geo D line array system has been shipped Digital Audio Xpert (DAX) in Bucharest which becomes the first rental company to offer Geo technology in Romania. To complete its inventory, it has also ordered CD18 subs, NX242 digital controllers fitted with EtherSound extension cards, and a supply of CAMCO Vortex 6 amplifiers.

Digital Audio Xpert was founded in 2000 by Dax Nedelcu, who works as front-of-house engineer for Stefan Banica Jr, one of Romania's leading entertainers. Over the last nine years, DAX has expanded its original brief to include rental services of sound, staging, lighting, video and special effects, and also handles direct sales of pro-audio equipment.

Dax Nedelcu chose his new line array system carefully. "For me, the Geo D is the ideal sound system - for many reasons. First of all, I can do outdoor and indoor gigs with no compromise whatso

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Germany - Christ's Church, in Velbert, North Rhine Westphalia, recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone.

To celebrate this historic occasion, the church decided to invest in a thoroughly modern sound system - based around the first Martin Audio OmniLine system to be installed in a German church, powered by Crest Audio amplification with processing via an Architectural Acoustics Digitool MX programmable digital processor.

Christ's Church, Velbert is reputed to be one of the most significant 'Jugendstil' or art nouveau churches in western Germany. Designed by architect Carl Krieger with interior design by Franz Brantzsky, the 900-seater church affords worshippers a completely unimpeded view of the altar, font, pulpit and organ, thanks to the fact that Krieger avoided using any columns as internal supports.

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UK - Orbital Sound has launched a novel collect-and-recycle scheme designed to encourage the responsible processing of used dry-cell batteries. Aimed at touring theatre productions and West End shows, which consume large numbers of batteries to power radio microphones and other portable equipment, Orbital's new service gives theatres an easy option for meeting their legal duty-of-care responsibilities for the safe disposal of all battery types.

As part of the scheme, Orbital has designed a custom case specifically for the safe storage and transit of used batteries. Tim Sherratt, technical director of Orbital, explained: "We are all prioritising environmental concerns and, after canvassing opinion within many theatres, felt the timing for this service was absolutely right. Recycling radio mic batteries might not seem too significant in the grand scheme of things but, if you

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UK - TOA Electronics Europe returns to the International Firex show this year with the most comprehensive range of audio products it has ever offered to the fire and security communities. The company will show a range of solutions for public address and voice alarm as well as emergency evacuation applications, with the emphasis on networkability, scalability, and ease of use.

"All of TOA's PA/VA systems have fireman's microphone options, and are easy to integrate with fire detection systems," says Brett Downing, sales & marketing director, TOA Europe. "That makes International Firex the perfect place to demonstrate not just the technology inside our products, but the way in which they make life simpler for installers and end-users alike."

Among the highlights on TOA's Firex stand will be the new VM-3000 PA/VA system, designed as a cost-effective solution fo

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UK - Built to function as a theatre, conference centre and meeting point for the Findhorn Foundation and Community in Forres, North East Scotland, the Universal Hall represents an amalgamation of architecture, art and functional performance. Designed by British architect George Ripley, the building's unusual specification includes a hand-carved stone exterior facing, magnificent stained glass entrance and geodesic roof construction where five enormous wooden ring beams hold up the roof.

A true community project, construction of the centre took place over a 10 year period from 1974 to 1984. A mainly volunteer-based workforce numbering literally thousands of people either living at or visiting the Findhorn Foundation Community took part in the building work of the pentagon-based project. Inside, an auditorium area was designed to seat 280 people, with the potential for a total of

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