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This was Gilligan's first time out with a PRO6. "I put together a 37 channel mix using one stereo sub group for Beverley and another for the backing vocals," he says. "This was so I could insert a frequency compressor on each sub group, and they worked beautifully. As I mixed our first show I started to notice how solid and smooth the mix was getting, very easy to control."

Gilligan was impressed with the PRO6's accurate metering, often an issue with digital consoles. "Having grown up with analogue desks of all kinds, you get used to how the metering works, what can peak and what shouldn't peak etc, and the PRO6's metering is spot on," he says.

"The effects are also some of the best sounding I have ever used, clean but r

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Working with high-end technical support company AT Communications, DB installed various services, such as wifi access points, networking and related IT infrastructure. DB also provided IT support to the Media Centre in order to allow more than 300 journalists to monitor and have instant access to the likes of online polls and live data relating to audience reaction.

ATC was employed by ITV to provide the AV for what was known as the Spin Central where journalists and broadcasters were briefed by politicians before and after the debate.

The broadcast itself was projected on a large 21' screen with relay plasmas and PA helping all to hear and see what was going on. Further sc

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"We have a small PA system at the moment but it was time to upgrade," says Loud And Pro's sales and marketing manager Levente Csecsi."We contacted many Hungarian distributors including Midas distributor Bluesound, who suggested we try a PRO6 and invited us for a demo. It wasn't hard to convince our boss. We bought two, enabling us to provide a dual FOH/ monitor system. We'll be mainly using them for festivals, for open air stadium gigs, arena concerts and so on."

Loud And Pro cites the PRO6's user-friendliness and classic Midas sound as the main reasons they are the firs

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The company, which became an L-Acoustics rental agent last year with the purchase of a Kudo large format line source system, has taken delivery of 48 K1 large format line source cabinets, 24 K1-SB subwoofers, an additional 36 Kudo cabinets and 32 SB28 subwoofers, plus 23 LA-RAK touring racks fitted with LA8 amplified controllers to drive the system.

Euroshow joins several of the world's leading rental outfits in collaborating with the L-Acoustics R&D team to field test the K1/Kudo system. So far, the new system has been used for Rammstein and Faithless concerts plus several local Russian artists.

"The K1/Kudo system is very stable across the full frequency range, as well as being very reliable, convenient to install and, of course, great sounding

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Located at Somerset House, 'River Sounding' creates an imaginary acoustic map of the Thames, taking visitors through Somerset House's atmospheric subterranean spaces, normally closed to the public, and out to the Great Arch on the Embankment, highlighting the building's historical connection to the river.

'River Sounding' at Somerset House features a series of different sound sequences, recorded by Bil

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"The pro audio market has seen a recent return of larger format subwoofers - most of which are very expensive and often esoteric, with limited application flexibility," remarked Nathan Butler, EAW principal engineer. "The SB2001 goes lower, gets louder and moves more air - which is a remarkable value, given the cost."

The driver mounting of the SB2001 maximizes cone area and allows for the integration of an extremely low turbulence port while minimizing frontal ar

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Available through Phonak's worldwide distribution partner Espro Acoustiguide, the all-new guide-U is a tour guiding system that is suitable for use at every type of visitor destination, from tourist attractions and museums to exhibition centres and production plants, says the company.

"This next-generation guide-U offers the best sound quality in the industry and with its flexible configuration options suits all group sizes and situations," says Evert Dijkstra, managing director of Phonak Communications. "We are confident it will more than meet the needs of tourist sites and visitor centers for many years to come."

guide-U employs Phonak's Dynamic Speech Extract

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At the heart of each Community Campus is a new school (in most cases more than one), but each also has facilities for much wider community use. Thus, the assembly hall of each school is also designed for use as a community cinema, theatre, live music venue and space for a range of other events. To facilitate this multi-purpose use, a Yamaha system has been installed at North Inch (Perth), Loch Leven (Kinross) and Strathearn (Crieff) Community Campuses, with Breadalbane (Aberfeldy) due for completion later this year.

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Michael Utley, Line6 international sales manager comments, "Proel is the right partner we need for the Italian distribution of Line6 product lines; in a market environment which is still challenging and yet showing significant signs of recovery, we have finalised this deal in order to bring about a turning point in the marketing of our brand in Italy. Our cooperation, which is already proving to be really fruitful, is based on very similar working methods, especially as far as quality and concreteness are concerned."

Michele Palladino, sales manager of Proel's Musical Products Division, says, "Adding to the product lines we currently distribute, Line6 will allow Proel to further strengthen its leading role in the professional music market."

(Jim Evans)

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The new line - which consists of the CGN99, CHM99, CBL99, CK99 and the DGN99 - incorporates components from classic AKG products such as the capsule of the C542 BL boundary layer microphone and the well-proven acoustical components of the discreet gooseneck range. All of the microphones are equipped with proper RF shielding to meet the high demands of electromagnetic compatibility in everyday installations. The family consists of nine microphones for nearly any typical installed sound application, including: conferencing, paging, surveillance, on-stage use and recording.

"The 99er line is a s

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When Liverpool-based Adlib Audio moved into the corporate event business, the company required a PA system that fulfilled the very particular needs of that industry. The company bought its first K-array System in March 2009, quickly followed by an additional system.

"When Adlib moved into the corporate market we needed to retain our excellent reputation for supplying high quality equipment and service," says the company's AV manager, Tristan Bryant.

"Systems appropriate for rock'n'roll aren't necessarily suitable for corporate events because, when a client spends a large amount of money on beautifully dressing a room, the last thing they want is a lot of bulky sound equipment spoiling it."

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Sales of CD albums continued to fall in 2009, dropping by 6.1%. Digital income now represents over 20% of overall recorded music revenues, taking into account earnings from online downloads alongside mobile, subscriptions and advertising-supported services. An unprecedented 4.22 m

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A key development for PLASA 2010 has been the enthusiastic return of major brands in both the pro audio and AV sectors, with a marked increase in the number of pro audio companies committing to stands.

One such company is Electro-Voice, exhibiting again after a one-year absence. Sean Maxwell, sales director at Shuttlesound, commented, "It's fantastic to be returning to the PLASA Show, a major international event where we see a huge number of our distributors

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To transmit feeds wirelessly during the weekly events taking place at the Meydan horse racetrack the company used the combination of receivers and transmitters from the UHF-R series. Together with additional directional paddle antennas, the technical team transmitted feeds over a range of 300m between the grand stand area and the makeshift towers that were housing the PA system beside the large LED screen.

"Almoe Rentals have been a regular user of Shure wireless systems over the years," commented Richie Hiranandani, marketing manager. "The additional UHF-R systems purchased together with the Wireless Wor

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KORA Awards is the manifestation of an all-encompassing vision for Africa of the executive producer for the event, Ernest Adjovi and his dedication to overcoming the logistical demands of bringing a show of this scale to Burkina Faso.

It was the first time that the colourful K event had been staged outside South Africa. The show was directed for TV by Clive Morris and distributed via CFI (Canal France International) across Africa, France and parts of the US via 100 TV channels, as well as being enjoyed live by 3000 guests. David Bloch was stage director.

The Gearhouse team of 28 was project managed by Eyal Y

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In 1910, in Japan, Nippon Chikuonki Shoukai (Japan Recorders Corporation) was established by an American trader named Frederick Whitney Horn. Along with Japanese partners, he released the company's first products: a single disc record and gramophone. The actual brand name 'Denon' was born in the late 1930s.

Hirofumi Ichikawa, President Denon Brand Company says, "Through creative passion and technical brilliance, Denon has delivered groundbreaking firsts. And now, in 2010, we are celebrating 100 years of history and looking forward to the next 100 years. Denon has not only maintained focus through these years, but continues to be a driving force that helps revol

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Moto Audio Sales, which has worked with DR on sound design for the concert hall since 2004, initially delivered and installed an L-Acoustics announcement system of Kudo line source and 12XT and 115XT HiQ coaxial speakers, as the venue was designed first and foremost for acoustic classical music. After completion of the concert hall, it became clear that there was a requirement to stage other styles of musical events. Last autumn, Moto Audio Sales was asked to redesign and extend the PA system to make it suitable for amplified music.

The new speaker system consists of six Kudo large format and 32 Kiva ultra compact line source cabinets with 12 Kilo low frequency extension bo

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Smaart v.7 is the culmination of an intensive two-year development effort and is the first version of Smaart designed and released solely by Rational Acoustics, who purchased the brand from EAW in November 2009. Notes Rational Acoustics' CEO Jamie Anderson, "Smaart v.7 is a completely new code base. By starting with a clean slate, we have been able to reconsider, review and improve all areas of the program from the fundamental architecture through to the details of the control interface."

"The release of Smaart v.7.0 is by no means the end of its development"

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The training sessions and discussion will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Centre on separate days throughout the three-day exhibition, while its new AVB system, which demonstrates the benefits of the technology with an emphasis on Houses of Worship applications, will also be on display at the Harman Professional booth.

The House of Worship demonstration system features the three interconnected elements of Harman's AVB system solution. The hardware consists of a dbx SC Series digital matrix processors, Crown CT series amplifiers with USP4/A

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Developed in conjunction with Sony Australia, Dubology owner Ivan Ordenes has created a comprehensive facility in a vehicle measuring just 5.8m long by 2.8m high, making it suitable to work in the most restricted of spaces.

"The DubMobile was the culmination of a long term plan to create a multi-purpose mobile control room and recording rig," says Ordenes who has worked with top bands including Oasis and Metallica. "We chose the DS-00 for its power and performance to handle complicated audio situations.

"Another advantage is that DiG

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The company, headquartered in Bemmel, provides dry-hire rental services to the Netherlands and Germany. It already has a large hire stock of L-Acoustics equipment, including V-Dosc, dV-Dosc, Kudo, Arcs and coaxial speakers.

"K1 is not a substitution for our existing large V-Dosc inventory, which we will be keeping, but a logical continuation of the revolutionary L-Acoustics waveguide and loudspeaker R&D," says Rent-All's Rene van der Linden. "The K1 system will bring us new opportunities and challenges regarding high-end sound reinforcement in the large scale marke

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Liberty Acoustics was entrusted with the task of performing the installation. Supported by Dynacord's's partners in the region, AVL, the team from Liberty Acoustics installed, for the first time in any Dubai club, a fully digital control platform. Its nerve centre is a P 64 Digital Audio Matrix Manager.

This network-capable and freely configurable audio system controller offers not only the live bands but also the DJs making guest appearances in the club a wide range of possibilities: the entire audio system is configurable, remote controlled and also supervised remotely by means of the IRIS-Net software. "It's the P 64 and IRIS-Net that does all the work in the club," says Liberty Acoustics MD Mark Legaspi. "The DSP system spares those responsible a great deal of time a

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The Flash8 is a full-range speaker in a polypropylene enclosure, available in active and passive versions, (8A and 8P) featuring Celestion 8" woofers, designed for PA and all general sound reinforcement uses.

The Celestion 8" woofer comes with an enlarged voice coil (1.8" as opposed to 1.5" in the Next8) which means the speaker offers increased power handling and greater extension at lower frequencies. Meanwhile, the newly developed large format HF horn offers higher efficiency in the HF region and better coverage. HF duties are handled by 1" tweeters with titanium diaphragms.

Despite its small size, the Proel Flash8P will handle 150W continuous input (300 Watts peak) and will deliver 96d

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"After the training session the engineers realized that a great bonus with the purchase of the PRO6 was how quickly the desk could be used as compared to other digital mixing consoles," commented marketing manager Richie Hiranandani. "The small as compared to the H3000 also means we are quicker on setup and tear down of shows."

(Jim Evans)