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14 March 2016

Video devices that accept uncompressed signals such as SDI and HDMI have become more common in live production, and as a result, the need for video conversion is essential. The Roland VC-1-SC Video Converter is ideal for live production where analogue or digital sources are required to match a certain SDI and/or HDMI video format, aspect ratio, frame rate, or input type. The versatility of this converter to support a variety of configurations for live production and installations make it highly

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14 March 2016

Since co-founding Meyer Sound in 1979 with her husband John Meyer, Helen Meyer has empowered individuals and enriched the local community in the areas of job creation, education, and the arts. Meyer Sound employs over 300 people worldwide, including some 200 manufacturing positions at its Berkeley headquarters.

"Helen Meyer is one of the Bay Area busine

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Infiniti Red Bull Racing, one of the first customers to try out the LSP 500 PRO, found the speed of set up and ease of use of the wireless PA system to be striking. The team deployed two speakers for the pre-race press conference, both connected seamlessly via wireless links. Commenting on the performance of the solution, Alan Peasland, head of technical partnerships at Infiniti Red Bull Racing, said: "Every

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14 March 2016

Temple Emanu-El's current building, dedicated in 1948, includes the Temple House social hall. Temple House activities include worship service overflow, Rock Shabbat services, wedding receptions and a variety of other events.

In the past, the Temple House suffered from poor acoustics and an aging sound system. Contractor Joe Orlando of Commercial Media Systems in Atwater, California, says the shoe-box shaped room had a half-oak floor, hard walls and stucco ceiling. Its reverb time was over two seconds and "you couldn't understand a conversation from three feet away.&q

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Located a short distance from the Houses of Parliament, the Government-owned venue is self-funding - actually returning a dividend to the Exchequer each year. Yamaha already has a significant presence in the area, with high profile installations at nearby Westminster Abbey and Central Halls, and the DUGAN-MY16 is enjoying an equally enthusiastic reception at the QEIICC.

"We used an analogue automixer system on a few events with our older consoles, with varying degrees of success. It was quite fiddly to set up and operate," says Dan Cecchini, head of sound at

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"EAW customers have quickly fallen in love with the unique combination of high output, tremendous pattern control and focused fidelity found in the surprisingly compact QX500 range," Rocha said. "But they have challenged us to design the same core feature set into an even smaller package. The EAW team has once again delivered and is now thrilled to be launching the QX300 range, a two-way marvel at a price point that's extremely attractive."

The QX300 range surrounds a high-output, low-resonance, four-in-1 coil / 1.4-in exit high frequency compression driver with four 10-in low frequency cone transducers in vertical and horizontal pairs. EAW engineers have drawn upon their extensive horn

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Nanji Hangang Park in Seoul was packed for the two-day Green Plugged Seoul 2013 festival, an event designed to raise awareness about the environment. The bill featured some of the most famous indie rock and underground bands in Korea.

There were five stages at Green Plugged, each named after an element of nature in line with the event's concept - namely Wind, Sun, Earth, Moon, and Sky. Nexo's new STM modular line array was deployed as the primary PA system for Moon and Sky, the two main stages, featuring well-known Korean artists such as Diablo, Pia and Yoon Band.

In the hands of system design engineer, Yun Cheol Lee from Way Audio, supported by Nicolas Poitr

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The JK318A is a single-box approach to full-frequency sound, offering the ultimate in size/performance ratio from a compact and lightweight (59kg) system. Within a 1240 x 534 x 524mm footprint, the cabinet packs an 18-inch neodymium woofer with four-inch voice coil for solid, convincing low-end, a 12-inch neodymium woofer with three-inch voice coil for powerful, unfaltering mids and a 1.75-inch PETP diaphragm neodymium driver for crystal clear high frequencies, making it a true three-way loudspeaker that faithfully reproduces the full acoustic spectrum from 35Hz to 19kHz, with a continuous output level of up to 132dB at one-metre.

The JK318A's amplifiers, with switching power supply, are matched to digital electronics featuring 48

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Also being exhibited will be ASL's digital intercom system, which, thanks to innovative use of the newest networking technologies, provides efficient, reliable communications in the most demanding live environments.

More new highlights on the POLARaudio stand will include micro line-array from AD systems, Mackie's digital mixer interface and DLM Series loudspeakers, as well as the Beyerdynamic TG1000 Digital Wireless system and AVIOM A360 Personal Mixer.

(Jim Evans)

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Axys Scope products: These three-way, full range enclosures, with build in amps and DSP, are ideal for use in the Theatre and Corporate AV markets. Their transparent sound reproduction, massive dynamic range and wealth of features have been winning over some of the best ears in the business.

Axys Flex products: These two- way, full range enclosures, with build in amps and DSP, are ideally suited for use as front-fills, delays, surround loudspeakers and even as the main PA on corporate events.

Axys Intellivox & Target : The first range of steerable arrays on the market and there's a model for every application, says the company. The DSX range is suitable for low level sound reinforcement in reverberant spaces. The '08 series offers up to 108 dB at 30

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Dante integrates media and control for your entire AV system over a single IP network. Set-up is easy, with devices that automatically discover one another and one-click signal routing with user-editable names. Dante has now been adopted by more than 85 OEMs, and is recognized as the most interoperable, smartest media networking solution.

"Ultimo has already been licensed by many of the biggest brands in the AV industry", states Gary Southwell, VP of product management at Audinate. "We have designed Ultimo so that integration into OEM products is straightforward, shortening development times and accelerating

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Showcasing its latest Archon, Mitus, Vertus, Promaxx, Verve and Shadow ranges, FBT will be using ABTT to highlight its credentials for sound reinforcement in theatre and general venue applications. Its extensive range of professional audio speakers, subwoofers and ancillary equipment is ideal for any application from active portable speaker and subwoofer packages to full line-array systems for theatres, stadiums including outdoor applications.

Mark Parkhouse, managing director of FBT Audio UK Ltd, said: "FBT has always had strong links with the theatre market around the world with products designed specifically for permanent

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WET X's exclusive hand-laid fibreglass enclosures are internally lined with marine-grade plywood and use innovative drivers to provide premium sound quality for both outdoor and indoor venues. The versatile 12-inch and 15-inch, two-way, full-range WET X loudspeakers offer six rotatable horn patterns, high output, and unmatched LF extension. WET X loudspeakers contain a large diaphragm 1.4-inch exit high frequency compression driver and can produce the same output levels as the largest WET II loudspeakers but in enclosures only half the size.

The low frequency cone and internal circuitry have Community's proprietary Envirotech coating for improved weather-resistance. The WX

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The room's tiered, dinner theatre style seating offers a few interesting acoustical challenges. As Patrick Sobers of Birmingham-based Media Visions explains, "it's a fan-shaped room, with dinner theater style table seating on tiered rows. But the front section is almost at orchestra pit level; you don't get to stage height until the third or fourth row."

With a throw to the last row of around 60ft, the problematic space called for a sound system that could be shaped to create the custom coverage the room needed. Media Visi

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AFC3 is an acoustic conditioning system which adjusts and enhances the acoustic characteristics of a space, while preserving its natural features. It achieves this by creating feedback loops using microphones and speakers located in the reverberant field of the room to 'recycle' the reverberant energy, thus extending the reverb time.

The first European AFC3 installation is at Gäddviken Rehearsal Hall, the rehearsal facility for Stockholm's Royal Opera. Its 625m2 floor area and 17m ceiling height provides enough space to accommodate the Opera's orchestra, choir, soloists and complete stage sets. However, being a very

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An all-star cast came together at the Charing Cross theatre for Dear World - the quirky story of a Parisian bistro, receiving its UK premiere 44 years after it was produced on Broadway. A longtime user of Sennheiser 5000 series wireless systems, sound designer Mike Walker saw the production as the ideal way to see how the 9000 series sounded.

"I wanted to try the 9000 series on a production with various vocal ranges, to hear it with excellent singers at the top of their game," he says. "The show was using fourteen 5000 series - EM1046 with S

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In addition, Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser will share the role of 'speaker of the executive management board' which has been held since 2007 by Volker Bartels. The supervisory board and shareholders would like to thank Mr. Bartels for the successful han

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The TG1000 Digital Wireless system is beyerdynamic's first 24-bit digital wireless system, which covers an impressive 319 MHz of the UHF bandwidth (470-789 MHz). With these two features alone, TG 1000 is a hugely flexible system which can be used in a wide variety of venues worldwide, competently and reliably. With SecurityFirst digital encryption technology as standard, 24 channel cascading, an extraordinary 300 metre range and 24- bit Digital Transmission guaranteeing excellent audio performance, the TG1000 is sure to attract a great deal of interest.

More new highlights on the POLARaudio stand will include micro line-array product from AD systems, Mackie's digital mixer interface and DLM Series loudspeakers, as well as the ASL BS17 beltpack, ASL's Digital Intercom System and A

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dBs Music opened its first centre in Plymouth 15 years ago, with Camborne and Bristol in 2011 and 2012 respectively. The company partners with local colleges and universities in each location to deliver specialist education to FE and HE level, offering courses in everything from music for film and TV to live sound degrees and music production diplomas.

The Allen & Heath GS-R24's combination of refined analogue quality, versatility, control and ability to i

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14 March 2016

Taking place at ExCeL London for the first time at PLASA London from 6-9 October 2013, the AudioLab Arena is a purpose-built space for large-format loudspeaker demonstrations, shoot-outs of club sound and PA systems, and private exclusive demo rooms.

The new AudioLab Theatre is an audio school with three expert classes; Live Sound, Installed Sound and The Sound Business.

The third new attraction is AudioLab Interactive, a myth-busting laboratory where visitors can see live experiments on a range of pro audio equipment. Created in conjunction with audio consultancy, RH Consulting, AudioLab Interactive gathers pro audio experts from around the globe to test pro audio theory. The programme inclu

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14 March 2016

In his new role, McNally will focus on developing Bose visibility and presence in major projects within the theatre, arena and large indoor venue market, and will be working with Bose Engineered Sound pro partners who are active within this field.

After three years with Martin Audio, McNally is looking forward to developing project opportunities for the new Bose RoomMatch arrays, says the company.

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"InfoComm attendees are welcome to stop by our booth to see the GTO C-12 and to join in our 40th anniversary celebration," says Tom Bensen, senior vice president and managing director of Outline North America. "We engineered the GTO C-12 speciflcally to deliver high SPL with a sonic accuracy rivaling a reco

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ARX managing director Colin Park said, "Equaphon are a well-known and established company in the Argentinean professional audio industry and have added ARX to a distribution portfolio that includes other leading manufacturers including DiGiCo, Powersoft, Beyerdynamic, STS Touring Series, Genelec, B&C Speakers and XILICA.

"ARX is looking forward to working with all the Equaphon team, they're very enthusiastic about the possibilities for the ARX product range amongst their extensive client base throughout Argentina."

(Jim Evans)

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With some 25 years' experience of implementing sales and marketing strategies within large industrial groups, Garros has spent the last 15 years in high-ranking positions within the Martin Professional group. He spent ten years at the helm of Martin France before moving on to occupy the role of VP of distributor sales for Martin Professional worldwide.

"I've had 15 wonderful years at Martin Professional, but it was time for me to move on. I was ready for new challenges and new horizons," said Garros. "I've known the APG team for many years now, as the brand was at one point distributed by Martin France, so I've been keeping an eye on their pr