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The Playground Weekender has emerged as an eclectic gathering featuring a diverse mix of international and local artists, coupled with a relaxed outdoor atmosphere featuring multiple music stages, cabaret acts, a cocktail bar, a healing area, yoga and an array of international food and market stalls. The PA system had to cover a large area but also needed to be well integrated into the visual presentation, and to go up quickly.

The main system consisted of 24, three-way KF740 modules flown in two line arrays on either side of the stage using 12 KF740 modules each. These were augmented with eight EAW SB1002 Large Format

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Pulse AV were asked to design, supply and install a comprehensive audio visual system for the entire venue which is divided into five separate audio zones: Bistro, Main Bar & Lounge, Function Area 1, Function Area 2 and Function Area 3.

Wall-mounted DBX ZC-8 keypads located behind the bars are used to control the volume level and audio source in each zone. Each zone is capable of having its own audio source and volume level regardless of what is being heard in any other zone.

A combination of Control24 and Control26 in-ceiling speakers are used throughout the entire venue. Weatherproof surface-mount

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Monitor engineer Graham Blake, whose 25 years' experience includes working with Queen, Live Earth, Spice Girls and the Classical Brits as well as the last five years with Simply Red, says, "The band all commented on the warmth and richness of the sound. They really noticed the difference. I've never had a band respond to new equipment like that before.

The tour provided Blake with an opportunity to use the XL8 on the road for the first time, having completed the training with Midas' brand development manager Richard Ferriday some eight months earlier. "Even with that kind of gap it was easy to pick up," says Blake who was won over by the XL8's scope and versatility, and eager

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The workshop will be held in English and will focus on all aspects of a live gig, including planning and setting up the public address system, miking and frequency manage¬ment, and finally fine-tuning the monitor and FOH sound. Prominent sound engineers and event professionals will assist participants, while the band Rauschenberger will perform the live act. The Live Mixing Workshop is organised by Sennheiser Sound Academy and supported by co-sponsor Yamaha, the SAE Institute and Fischer Amps.

"What makes the Live Mixing Workshop so special is its practical orientation," explains Kirsten Wessendorf, manager of

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This marks a digital first for Keyes, who has never before taken a digital console on the road. She has been mixing monitors since 1991 and, in recent years, more usually opted for a Heritage desk.

"In the past," says Keyes, "we have not been able to get (vocalist) Eddie Vedder on a digital because we've not got the sound quality but the PRO6 has really delivered. We have found no issues with latency and the band loves the sound."

Keyes herself quickly felt at home on the PRO6. "I felt pretty comfortable with it after the first show," she says, "and the factory support from Midas is amazing.

"The key to mixing monitors for Pearl Jam is keeping my eyes on Ed and the band

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"Our new training center provides our OEM customers a comprehensive support system and is a reflection of the significant growth we're experiencing," said Lee Ellison, CEO of Audinate. "We are also pleased to announce that Brad Price has been appointed as Sr. technical solution manager.'

Brad Price comes to Audinate with an extensive background in audio engineering, music performance and software product development. Working with GenevaLogic and Netop, he managed the development of networked real-time video software for school classrooms, providing technical communications and direct customer support services. Working with Phoenix Gold, he developed crossovers an

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"The CMX Series provides unmatched performance, the right power for the job, and an affordable price point," states Shawn Watts, director of installed solutions at QSC. "Because CMX Amps are built with QSC's proven and reliable power plant, integrators need not worry about return warranty calls that can hurt profitability."

The amplifiers are designed to deliver true and accurate sound performance and feature high-current toroidal transformers and filtering to ensure generous energy reserves, allowing the amplifiers to effortlessly handle high-leve

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Also on show will be the British manufacturer's award-winning QFlex digitally steerable array system, which has been winning favour in the install market as a solution for dealing with challenging and problematic acoustics.

On the power and loudspeaker management front, Swedish manufacturer Lab.gruppen will be exhibiting directly at the show for the fifth year running, with their

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For years, the church battled with a poor monitoring system that did not effectively meet the needs of the musicians and singers in the worship band. Frustrated musicians complained that they could not hear themselves while the volunteer audio staff said the musicians' high monitor volumes made mixing for the congregation impossible.

As part of an upgrade to its monitoring setup, the church moved to an Aviom personal mixing system, installed by First Live Sound Sdn Bhd and supplied by Coda Audio Services Pte, to help overcome the challenges. With the Aviom Personal Mixers

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AC-ET has been supplying Sound Technology brands to dealers and end-users in the core production markets for many years. Combined with their sales and warehousing operations in the North and South of England, the strategic alliance provides Sound Technology customers with increased access to stock in the UK .

As part of the agreement, AC-ET holds stock and demo units of key lines in the Sound Technology portfolio, such as Soundcraft's latest Vi1 digital mixing console.

Sound Technology sales director, Greg Niven, comments, "Having enjoyed a close working relationship for a number of years we are very pleased to add AC-ET to our

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The nerve centre for all television operations and the world's news agencies during the World Cup, the IBC was set up at the MTN Expo Centre.

Gearhouse Broadcast's head of sound, Ryan Campbell, configured a system for the Sports Programming Network based around Optocore converters. Analogue feeds were distributed to the Yamaha M7CL desk, fitted with Optocore YG and YS cards in the audio control room, with fibre distribution between the voice over booth and master control room - via a series of DD32E network devices and Optocore X6 I/O interfaces.

Says Ryan Campbell, "The Optocore rig util

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The south London-based company, the UK member of the Synco Europe Network, was lead contractor for the audio production. On the busiest weekend of the European festival calendar, with over a million watts of Synco by Martin Audio line array hardware deployed by Synco Network members at festival stages across northern Europe, RG Jones brought in London neighbours Capital Sound to supply the left and right PA hangs, and co-designed a cardioid sub-bass array with a Martin Audio team headed by Jason Baird.

RG Jones audio production manager and FOH engineer Steve Carr ran the crew on-site, with his 'wingman' Damion Dyer and system tech Mark Edwards, assisted b

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"It was clear early on in our discussions that the range of dBTechnologies was exactly what we had been looking for," says Tave president, Se-Keun Lee, who met with dBTechnologies at ProLight&Sound in Frankfurt in this year. "All products are technically advanced and include digital powered speakers; they are at exactly the right quality and price point."

Lee continues, "We have been monitoring the growth of dBTechnologies and its expanding range for some time and feel honoured to have the opportunity to represent this strong and professional brand in South Korea."

Martin Capp,

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The tour is a genuine ABC of Britain's city and provincial venues, ranging in size from 500 to 1500 capacity. From having actors visibly working the puppet characters to a sound that's loud enough, but not overly so, everything is geared to making the show enjoyable and interactive - but not overwhelming or frightening - to its very young audience.

Designed by Ian Horrocks-Taylor and supplied by Blitz Communications, at the core of the audio system is a Yamaha LS9-16 mixing console, SB168-ES stage box a

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Pemberton joins Sennheiser from the position of digital systems manager at Yamaha Commercial Audio, where he became a familiar face in the industry and used his many years experience as a freelance sound engineer to aid a wide range of customers and end-users.

"Despite his nickname, Nick is thoroughly down to earth and a highly experienced audio professional," says Ken Morrison, business area manager for the company's Installed Sound division. "I'm delighted to welcome him to Sennheiser UK, where I know he will be a huge asset.

"As a well known and respected figure in the industry, he brings the strength of some great relationships within the installed and live sound industries and a vast technical knowledge. He will be wor

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Decked with four DVX D15, two S20, two Flexsys F15 and one Flexsys F10 powered speakers, the vehicle is to be used for outdoor promotions of products and events in the region. Nipul Shah of Nairobi-based Sound Creations comments, "The dBTechnologies gear was chosen for its clarity; technically it's great. Without much effort the sound travelled almost 100m, with a really good bass. It's really easy to set up, and the price to performance ratio is a bonus too."

Commissioned by Siqqel Holdings, the truck's inaugural appearance was in the town of Tala earlier this month, where crowds gathered for a Mulika Mwizi event. "Everyone was satisfied and the occasion was a

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The events which took place over a two-week period in June, saw some of the UK music scene's hottest and developing talent take centre stage at Regents Park- London, Stanley Park-Liverpool, Castle Park- Bristol and the Vale, Birmingham.

The four events were project managed by Stage Electrics' Andrew Siddon who used EAW KF965 loudspeakers and a Yamaha M7CL console to mix the live bands. Stage Electrics also provided all

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"We have a very nice studio set-up, with a full live room and tracking studio," says Ryan Williams, director of the recording department at the school. "But with up to 20 students in a class, we needed an efficient way to give them experience with the real basics of recording and mixing."

To give students experience in multi-track recording without having to take turns on the main console, AIM

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This installation represents the largest Duality in an educational institution. The expansion was part of the Full Sail Gateway Studios project encompassing a live performance hall, a game production studio and the new, state-of-the-art recording studio.

Duality joins three SSL J Series, 13 SSL AWS 900+ and seven SSL Matrix consoles to offer an industry standard user interface for all levels of study.

"We were building a studio called the Audio Temple, so it had to be the best of the best for our students," says Dana Roun, director of audio programmes for Full Sail University.

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Using the Wing, trainees can work first hand on the same control interface used in some of the live performance industry's most popular control desks. Connecting over USB and running on eChameleon software, PC Wing provides a dedicated Acrobat/Illusionist keyboard, three playbacks, a dead man's handle and an emergency stop button.

PC Wings have recently been supplied to Guildhall College of Music and Drama in London and Zoomvliet College in the Netherlands to provide in-lab automation training tools for their technical theatre students. The units run on eChameleon software and enable students to work first hand on a S

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Built in 1918, originally as a concert hall, Konsertpaléet screen 1 (KP1) is the premier cinema auditorium in Bergen and attracts cinephiles from across Scandinavia to enjoy its quality surroundings, sound and vision facilities. Recently it underwent a major refurbishment programme to become a true reference class cinema, with owning company Bergen Kino keen to provide filmgoers with a cinema experience that was in a league of its own.

Alongside contractors providing new seating, lighting and improved interior design, Bergen Kino contracted Unique Cinema Systems to inst

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A dozen of the MT Pro Acoustics MTA-TP12 speakers were bought by SWA Group for use as monitor wedges on the BBC Introducing Stage. They were chosen by SWA Group's MD Alister Pook after a demo at their HQ near Bristol.

The multi-purpose cabinets are intended to double as both PA speakers and stage wedges, with a 45 degree slope incorporated into the design. SWA Group needed a 60 degree slope for this particular application and worked with MilTec to develop an adaptor bracket to change the angle of projection. The bracket bolts on using two of the speaker's built-in flying points. This allows the speaker to be directed upwards at 60 degrees or horizontally as FOH fills or drum monitors.

Designed by MilTec's technical director, Graham Gosden, the birch ply cabinets a

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"I've been using the PRO6 for two years now," says Chirnside. "In fact, we did the first few shows on this tour without it, and I can tell you, it makes a huge difference. With the digital snake system and on-board processing, the PRO6 really makes everything easier, and helps us get the most out the house rigs we encounter."

All shows on the tour are being recorded. For that task, Chirnside opted for the Klark Teknik DN9696 high resolution audio recorder. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Midas digital

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Supplied by Terry Tew Sound & Light to the show's broadcast sound supervisor Andy Tapley, the four Shure SM63 mics in pink have been in use since 2001.

"Andy and I discussed what would be the best mic for the 4 Poofs," says Terry Tew, "and I advised him that the SM63s would be the right product to cope with their microphone technique. The fact that they've used the same ones for the last nine years is testament to the fact that we got it right."

Now the four mics are to find four new homes via four separate e-bay auctions, which will start at 9am on Wednesday 14 July following the recording of Ross's last show, which will air on F