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Apart from DiGiCo's sonic performance and features, the International acceptability, software upgrades, service and back up made the SD Ten an easy choice, and MGG quickly put it to work doing two gigs back-to-back at the Metro FM Awards and Discovery Leadership Awards.

The Metro FM Awards saw the SD Ten at the Front of House position, operated by Adriaan van der Walt, with MGG's Fanie Pieterse as system tech. The console was connected to an SD-Rack via fibre with a DiGiCo Little Blue Box used to connect to a D-

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Bent Iversen, key account manager for leading Scandinavian PA company, DPA Soundco (which, despite the similar name, is not affiliated with DPA Microphones), is the main sound technician for the press room. He feels that DPA Microphones' new podium microphones are ideally suited for the job and for the room acoustics.

"We installed 20 d:screet Podium Microphones, which were specified by broadcast rental company Best Broadcast Hire (BBH)," explains Iversen. "These are positioned on the press table where they are mounted on K&M table bases. Most of the people taking part in the press panels are musicians wh

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In keeping with its reputation for offering high standards to visitors, the gallery recently took steps to install a new voice announcement and paging system to enable clear communications throughout the building. POLARaudio in conjunction with Saville AV supplied Biamp's Vocia System to meet the needs of this prestigious institution.

The client required a multi-zone system to span four floors, incorporating all the public areas of the gallery. This was to provide paging facilities, including message playback to give notice to visitors of the closure of the gallery at the end

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Every year, they manage to blow past expectations, and delight the senses in new ways. The 2014 Unleash Tour is no exception, thanks in part to a visual hurricane force of a lightshow created by technical director Collyns Stenzel and Duncan MacKinnon from Audio East.

"We created an entirely new show that is unlike anything we've done before," said Stenzel, who added a variety of Chauvet Professional products to his rig for 2014. "The theme of this tour 'Unleash' celebrates the freedom to cut loose and be yourself without worrie

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The time has flashed by since Andy Dockerty established the company in 1984, taking the first steps in building a brand that would grow steadily and diversify to become one of the most successful and respected technical production solutions providers in the UK and internationally.

Driven by Andy's passion for music, sound engineering and the industry he loves, Adlib has grown and blossomed into a dynamic multi-faceted operation, currently employing 90 full time staff and a small pool of trusted freelancers. They are headquartered in large premises in Speke near Liverpool Airport.

It's built up a formidable respect as one of the best and most competent sound rental facilities and is still driven forward by that same dedication with which Andy started the compa

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Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis says, "[Metallica] wanted to play for a long, long time and they're one of the most amazing rock bands in the world, everywhere I go people say 'When are Metallica going to play?' I said, 'They will be here one day' and this is their time now...We've done it before (with Rage Against the Machine in 1994). People think that we're prone to have Radiohead and Coldplay and Oasis but when we had Jay Z a few years ago, people said he wasn't a Glastonbury act but we have al

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"Leo is already being requested by major tours," says Frank Grønbæk, project manager for Victory and head of the Copenhagen office. "Its power and long throw opens us to not only the largest stadium and festival shows in Denmark, but also to a wider market elsewhere in northern Europe. And Lyon's size and weight is ideally suited to most shows in the relatively small Danish market."

The pivotal point in Victory's purchase decision was a convincing Lyon demo in Amsterdam. "The coverage and power were very impressive," recalls Grønbæk. "I went

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"We've been working with the SSL Live on gigs and at events for several months now," commented HD Pro's Andy Huffer. "Never before has a new product met such unanimous acclaim from everyone that has experienced it. It's a dream to use and provides the way forward that engineers want, but above all it sets a new standard for live audio quality. Engineers are hearing their systems in a way they've never experienced before."

The session, commencing at 1pm, will feature multiple consoles with multitracks and will focus on operator training with experts from SSL and HD Pro on hand to provide professional guidance and advice. The session will also preview new V2 console software.

Places for the session are

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Prior to joining L-Acoustics, Alvin worked for Singapore based sound rental company Pantomime Entertainment Pte Ltd, starting as a sound engineer and eventually becoming the Malaysian director of the company. In 1996 he created his own consultancy Clef Production.

Alvin brings more than 20 years of experience in leading roles such as FOH engineer and system engineer and worked with top class acts such as Bryan Adams, Cyndi Lauper, Sting, Depeche Mode, Phil Collins, Santana and Mariah Carey .

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This system is designed for use in permanent installations as well as in mobile systems. The new system comprises three models, two line arrays elements, with different coverage angles (8ºx90º and 15ºx120º) and a companion subwoofer system allowing a great configuration versatility.

The band-pass subwoofer LAs118A is equipped with a custom made B&C, long excursion, 18" neodymium woofer and is internally powered by a 2200Wrms DPAmplifier module.As it shares the same rigging technology with the LA122A and LA122WA, a flexible integra

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The new ranges recently attracted much positive attention on the Audiologic stand at PLASA Focus in Leeds where potential customers were impressed to discover that the amplifiers were offered with a five year warranty. In fact so confident are Audiologic in the sheer quality of AUDAC products that a five year warranty extends across th

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Billed as an "all-season destination", Skylark combines a high-style multi-level indoor space with an outdoor roof terrace and offers an extensive bar menu with small plates such as tapas.

Because dancing is also a priority at Skylark, Advanced Audio Technology of New York was brought in to install audio for the lounge.

AATNY's Jason Ojeda explains that "there is no specifically designed dance floor, which is typical of many lounges. That required an evenly balanced audio system throughout the venue so that no matter where you are, there is complete coverage with no high or low frequency drop offs."

Consequently, Ojeda and his team designed a system consisting of 14 Ma

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"The sound was clean, clear, crisp, and had loads of headroom," reports Bernd Görgen, co-managing director for Wiesbaden-based schokopro, which has supplied technical production, including sound, light, video, and kinetics for the third year. "We received very good feedback from the promoter during soundcheck, and the performance throughout the night proved us right in our decision to use Lyon."

The main system comprised arrays of eight-each Lyon linear lin

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The LMb is the latest successor in Lectrosonics' line of economical beltpack transmitters designed for applications including theatre, house of worship, TV, ENG, video and film production. The LMb features an all-metal housing, wire belt clip, 50 mW of RF power, 25 or 100 kHz tuning steps (yielding up to 3,072 selectable fr

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"The assurance of knowing that wherever we play in the world, the warmth and accuracy of the d:vote 4099mics will be consistent is everything to us," says violinist Niamh Crowley. "Now, we need only be concerned with making music. To perform without our DPA mics would be unthinkable."

The West Ocean String Quartet recently appeared at Ceiliuradh (Celebration), a special evening of music, spoken word and dance held at London's Royal Albert Hall to mark the histo

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A simple and ingenious concept unique to PAS, the magnets are fitted to the inside of the vented rack shelves and hold the face plates in place, offering extremely quick and straightforward installation ... and removal / access for maintenance.

These PAS products are designed and manufactured in the UK to the highest specifications and robust build quality for which the brand is renowned, says the company.

They have been developed with both installers and end-users in mind, offering the ultimate streamlined and aesthetically pleasing finish to any rack install.

The product consists of a 1U, 2U or 3U vented rack shelf and faceplate cut-out that has been custom designed to fit a selection of popular AV devices that are normally not rack mountable. These currently include S

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But Sean had an additional requirement from his desk. "I'm teching for myself, as well as mixing monitors," he explains. "I needed a small footprint without compromising audio quality, but I needed something that was quick and easy to set up and breakdown each day."

"My main priority is also audio quality," adds Jonathan. " I knew I would get that with the SD9

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14 March 2016

As Flare Audio's distributor in the UK and Eire, Orbital is showcasing the brand's extensive range of radically different loudspeaker designs - on show at ABTT for the first time. Based on the theory of Waveform In

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Updating further the many V2.0 features and additional functionality within console automation, V2.1 further enables VCA group deployment, with pressing of the SELECT button on a VCA deploys the VCA group members on the console surface. Switching between input-driven and mix-driven Fader Follow is enabled at a touch of the screen. It is now possible to view and access single input channel contributions to multiple busses, or a single bus' contributions from multiple inputs when in Fader-Follow mode.

New features already incorporated in version 2 software - launched at Prolight+Sound in March - include individual channel section isolation and global automation safe in the console snapshot automation

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Venue owner, Vu Anh Phong, first decided to visit Ho Chi Minh city in the south, in order to learn the reason behind the phenomenon success of some of the more famous clubs. He immediately noticed that a common factor was Martin Audio sound systems that appeared to attract a clientele seeking a higher grade of entertainment. "The fact that Martin Audio contributes to these clubs' dramatic success, with the considerable number of guests visiting every night, was evident," he said.

Vu Anh Phong contacted Pham Duy Duc, director of well-known club installers Duc Proaudio Company, who provided a proposal, basing his design on Martin Audio components for Nineteen Club. It w

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According to managing director, Cliff Dounting, discussions with the Italian manufacturer to add the versatile Media Series to the portfolio had begun at the beginning of the year.

"There has been a long standing relationship between Leisuretec Distribution and RCF UK's Phil Price that stretches back more than 20 years - and that was a great foundation to build upon.

"RCF has a strong brand name in the industry - synonymous with high quality and excellent value for money, both of which we at Leisuretec regard very highly. We see this as a great opportunity to go confidently to the trade and promote these qualities to our clients.&quo

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The students, who are half way through the Academy's 16-month FdA Live Events Production, are available to work in June, July and August and are seeking either ad hoc events work or three-month placements.

Most students have already gained experience at live events in a variety of backstage roles and all have completed modules in Introduction to Working in Live Events Production, Concept Design & Presentation, Staging, Live Sound, Lighting and Live Visuals.

During the Introduction to Working in Live Events module, students undertook a range of industry-based certificates to prepare them for working safely on site: Event Safety Passport; Emergency First Aid; Stage Pyrotechnics; Pra

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"Global Spectrum, L-Acoustics and Parkway Communications did a super job of quickly getting a high quality sound system for the Bicentennial Center ordered, installed and ready for prime time," says the City of Salina's city manager, Jason Gage. "This

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From Monday 19 May, Yamaha will outsource servicing of the majority of its products to the Yamaha Approved Service Centres (YASCs), which are SSE Audio Group and Berkshire-based Broadcast Service Centre.

In addition, Yamaha is appointing two freelance service engineers to carry out on-site repairs, both for land-based users and the cruise ship market.

"As our product portfolio grows, we are under ever-increasing pressure to continue the high levels of customer service that end-users have come to expect. This new organisational structure will allow us to continue delivering the highest level of support to our growing customer base," says Karl Christmas, sales &