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14 March 2016

Organised by the Institute of Acoustics (IOA), the main event in Manchester will be preceded by visits to the BBC's R&D facility and the University of Salford's acoustics research unit, both at the nearby MediaCityUK site on Salford Quays.

Taking a lead form this, the conference theme will be based around broadcast audio, with a focus on the art, science and engineering of the route from the imagination of the director and producer to the ears of the radio and TV audiences.

The MediaCityUK visits will take place on the afternoon and evening of 12 November, with the conference itself being staged at the Renaissance Hotel, Manchester, on 13-14 November. On the morning of the 15th, delegates will also

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SDUK will be showcasing three of their distributed brands on their PLASA stand. Shure microphones and a variety of Radial products will be shown set up for all of the major elements of a touring musical production, including drums, guitar cabs, live vocalists and keyboards/MIDI instruments. Specific displays will also focus on some of the most recently introduced products from the SDUK stable, including Shure's new SE846 quad driver earphones, QSC's new CXD and PLD amplifiers, and new interfaces from Radial Enginee

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SET is managed alongside the School of Health, Sport, Technology and the Arts that makes up the Berlin Academy. Current investment plans are dedicated to improving the field of music and media, and in addition to a fully-fledged recording studio, the institute is also building a video studio and various seminar halls.

Following extensive comparisons, SET decided to purchase a GS-R24M mixer with a GSR-24-A-Fire Firewire / ADAT card.

"We wanted to have an analogue console that could also be used in conjunction with a DAW," explains Horst Haubrich, head of the SET Academy. "With most analogue consoles, it would be necessary to also purchase a DAW controller but that is not the case with the GS-R24M, which combines the w

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David Bowie is will be on view in Toronto from 25 September to 27 November 2013. As at the V&A, which curated this exhibition, audio specialist Sennheiser is working hand in hand with the AGO to ensure an immersive sound experience for visitors. Sennheiser's guidePORT audio guide system and an elaborate 3D sound installation will again be an integral part of the exhibition.

During its five-month run in London, the David Bowie is multimedia exhibition broke all V&A records: the museum sold more than 67,000 tickets prior to the opening, over three times the a

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This summer alone, ASP8024 recording consoles have been installed at SAE Institutes in Italy, Australia and the United States. John Jansen, director of education in the New York facility has been getting a feel for their newest arrival over the last few weeks. "The patchbay created a learning curve for the students at first," he reveals. "Once it was understood, people love it. The bus compressor is a favourite feature too. It's very flexible and a great teaching tool, because th

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With an ultimate goal to reach over 100,000 people every Sunday, NewSpring Church puts temphasis not only on the spoken word - which is streamed live from Anderson - but also on high-energy live music at each site boasting concert tour production values and sound levels.

Pleased with the dV-DOSC loudspeaker system installed in its 2,500-seat home sanctuary seven years ago, the church has recently been commissioning L-Acoustics certified provider LMG Systems Integra

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Proel's design brief was to come up with a series of three active enclosures which would deliver crisp, punchy sound, offer exceptional reliability and portability yet sell at extremely affordable prices.

To achieve the sound and weight criteria, Proel has developed new custom drivers, a new neodymium tweeter and completely new Class D amplifiers with switch mode power supplies. To ensure reliability, the amplifier sections are sealed in aluminium boxes in the rear of the enclosures, which means they are protected from knocks, receive maximum cooling and are easily field serviceable in the unlikely event of a failure.

Delivering the exceptional sound quality are three

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POLARaudio will be on stand L60 and will occupy a larger space than in previous years to accommodate the increasingly diverse range of brands on offer. This will be POLARaudio's first opportunity to exhibit Mackie.

Another new and very welcome member of the POLARaudio family is Danish manufacturer Cornered Audio, whose range of sleek, ergonomic, low-profile wall speakers have prompted installation engineers to describe them as a 'dream come true'. AD Systems will also feature for a first PLASA appearance, with a range of professional PA solutions that pack power and accuracy into a

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A member of the AES, Penny has already worked on a number of major projects, including most recently as a member of the Audio and Comms team for the London 2012 Olympic ceremonies. His role within RH Consulting includes product research and project engineering for current clients as well as support for company founder, Roland Hemming, in terms of research into new projects and development of training materials.

"Ryan is a very talented individual and in the short time he has been with us, he's slotted perfectly into our organization," commented Hemming. "He's proved adept a

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"I'd heard Leo last year at Outside Lands festival in San Francisco, and I was tickled pink when I had the opportunity to take a rig out this year," says Gordon Reddy, FOH engineer for Fun. "It's a great kit, with a wonderfully smooth high end. If a typical sweet high end is like table sugar, then LEO is clarified honey."

The band's touring system includes main arrays of 14 Leo-M line array loudspeakers per side, with low-end impact supplied by a total of 24 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements. Rounding out the system are eight UPJ

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Behringer's X32 is designed to provide seamless integration for the performers and sound engineer, resulting in consistent, high-quality mixes at FOH - and the musician's in-ear and floor-wedge monitors. With full recall, motorized faders and 8 Stereo FX slots, the console ensures that the band is up and running in no time at every gig.

Living Colour bassist Doug Wimbish comments, "Every night, in-ears are sounding good, floor monitors are right and we're able to record 32 channels. Well done, Behringer, I'm on board."

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According to BVCAM's Danny Huen, the Shenzhen rental specialists were attracted by the modularity of the Uniline system. "The demand here is mostly for big systems for large events, stadia and the like with audiences of 20,000 people and more," explained Huen. "The modularity of Uniline offers a level of configuration flexibility that you just don't get with traditional large

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The AudioLab Arena, AudioLab Theatre and AudioLab Interactive, unveiled earlier this year, offer free educational sessions, demonstrations and interactive experiments giving visitors a glimpse of the technology behind the world's most spectacular live shows and venues.

"The PLASA show is a great opportunity to meet so many audio and lighting professionals under one roof. The exciting new AudioLab Arena offers a new demo and product selection experience, which we expect to be second to none. It gives users the chance to compare the latest technology in an innovative and engaging environment, which we full

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For promoters and production teams MLA enabled them to meet traditional challenges head on for the first time. The multi award-winning system's ability to provide uniform coverage right across the soundfield was matched by its scientifically proven reduction of offsite spillage and noise pollution to well within local authority thresholds.

With MLA's ability to sonically 'map' a site - optimising audience areas and 'hard avoiding' objects that might create reverberation or slapback - it has rapidly become a go-to system for promoters and local authorities alike.

There was no finer example of the award-winning system's powers than at AEG Live's Barclaycard Br

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"I am very pleased to put a leader of Thomas Marcher's caliber in place to lead sales operations for Harman Professional in the Greater Asia region," Robbins said. "Thomas has proven himself again and again and I have deep confidence he will prove himself to be an excellent leader and organizer of o

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Professionals from countries as diverse as Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Poland kicked off the two-day seminar with a tour of the D.A.S. Audio facilities, where participants had the chance to learned firsthand about the company's design process and system production. Inmaculada Herrera then followed with an in-depth lecture on the DASnet audio management application for powered cabinets and digital signal processors.

The

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The new direct sales channel will use a network of dealers to offer a wide range of benefits to German customers, ranging from the logistical aspects of sales and marketing, to an effective and binding communication with all relevant departments of Nexo, including training and seminars at the company's offices.

Denis Baudier, Nexo's sales director, details the changes. "We will now take care of our German prospects and customers through a Nexo sales and service team, led by a responsible and dedicated regional manager. We are delighted to announce that Reinhard Steger has joined the Nexo team in the position of sales manager Germany, after nearly 20 years representing N

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The City of Wyndham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the outer south-western suburbs of Melbourne. With a population of over 160,000, this is a thriving community that has Wyndham Cultural Centre as its heart.

This important building - which houses the Tattersall's Theatre, two exhibition galleries, the CBD library, Visitor Information Centre and café - was opened to the public in 2001, but a certain approach to construction meant there were some problems from the outset, as Gavin Hume, director of MultiTek Solutions, explained.

"The venue had some troubling times during the original construction. The the

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With an identical format to the other incarnations of The Voice, the show is broadcast on Zhejiang Television between July and September. Its head of sound is Jin Shaogang, one of China's leading live audio engineers and revered in the country for his role at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Naturally, the sound production's most important task is to make the contestants sound as good as possible, so Jin Shaogang specified an audio system which includes a DiGiCo SD7 at Front of House and an SD10 on monitors. Complemented by t

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Filmed live at the Hollywood High School in Los Angeles in March 2013, this intimate gig provided the material for the first authorised Morrissey film to be released in nine years. Red TX worked closely with Nineteen Fifteen and Eagle Rock Productions, the producers for Eagle Rock Entertainment, to ensure a great soundtrack. As well as liaising closely with the US recording crew, the company was also responsible for mixing the concert - a task that took place back in the UK on board Red TX's main Outside Broadcast vehicle, Red One, with director Tim Summerhayes at the controls.

Nineteen Fifteen producer Vicki Betihavas says: "I

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Over eight days this summer, Sziget attracted 1,000 Hungarian and international artists performing at 60 venues, and welcomed a total of 362,000 fans. For the festival's main stage, a Meyer Sound Leo linear large-scale sound reinforcement system supported headliners including Blur, David Guetta, and Franz Ferdinand.

"Bringing Leo into the fray is a real leap forward, as it's a fantastic system with a huge throw," says Karoly Molnar, the main stage sound designer and managing director of Animative Ltd., which handled production management for Sziget. "Because the music styles are so varied at Sziget, this system is perfect. And because LEO is so linear with a flat frequency resp

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The principle, Sebastian (Seb) Fleury has made a point to surround himself with accomplished production professionals, which has led to the success of the live event production company.

One of the other secrets to its success has been to ensure that all products in their inventory meet their four qualifications - quality, reliability, usability and versatility.

Recently, MF Audio invested in a new Adamson System Energia E15 PA, which meets their four qualifications in spades. As a long-time supporter of Adamson - with previous investments in Spek-Trix, Y10, Y18 and Metrix - it was a likely pairing that has suited everyone extremely well.

"We were looking for a line array system that would allow us to expa

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After suffering a serious fire back in May this year, the club decided to make a clean start by commissioning Duc Proaudio Co. Ltd - the official distributor of Martin Audio in Vietnam - to redesign the entire sound system and rev up its essentially electronic music mix.

Duc Proaudio Co. Ltd is widely experienced in club sound systems and over the years has achieved tremendous success - particularly with Martin Audio systems. The Barocco Club refit had to be carried out on a tight time scale as it was scheduled to reopen just 90 days after the fire. And of these, only 65 days were available for the design and insta

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Staged within the beautiful Teatro Palabrescia during the third week in September, the main hall was given over to the complete portfolio of Outline loudspeaker systems. The Eidos 265, Mini-COM.P.A.S.S., Mantas, Spectra, Doppia, DVS and iSM stage monitor ranges were all on operational display, as was the all-new GTO C-12 compact high-power line array system. In the large and ornate foyer area, Cadac presented their Live1 analogue console plus the CDC Four and CDC Eight digital models.

Visitors from as far afield as Thailand made the trip to Outline's hometown, joining guests from the UK, Holland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Greece