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USA - Sid Gattis, owner of Gattis Pro Audio, heard Danley Sound Lab's new SM-80F point-source loudspeaker with built-in subwoofer support at InfoComm and specified it for the First Baptist Church in Lincolton, NC.
Gattis had always been sober-minded about the limitations of even the best line array systems, and he saw that the Danley SM-80Fs would save the church $12k, provide higher-quality sound, and – at half the size of the line array – limit the visual impact to First Baptist Church's aesthetic.
"First Baptist Church has a large, traditional sanctuary, and they've long had a traditional Baptist service to go with it," explained Gattis. "But they're also making a slow shift to a more contemporary service. However, the audio system they had in place for the past twenty years was not going to support that shift. On top of being just plain old, it was buried in th

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Italy - K-array has announced that effective 1 January 2018, Stefano Zaccaria has moved to the position of VP of sales and marketing, to work closely with president and co-founder, Alessandro Tatini.
Zaccaria arrived at the company in October 2016 as a temporary manager, but since January 2017 he has been a full-time insider, tasked with reaching long-term goals as strategic sales and business development manager. He has significant experience, consolidated into a long career path, working with small- to medium-sized companies particularly specialisng in luxury design brands and high-end product markets.
K-array also reports the promotion of Daniel Strasserra to sales engineer in the sales department at the company’s headquarters. Strasserra joined the company eight years ago and has progressively advanced through positions in both the service and sales departments

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The Netherlands - In the year of Alcons Audio’s 15th anniversary, ISE 2018 sees the return of the popular Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience, new products and the company being an official Technology Partner for the new World Masters of Projection Mapping competition.
For the Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience, Alcons will again be teaming up with Astro Spatial Audio (ASA) for pro installation applications and with Trinnov, DreamScreen and Sony for residential projects. High quality immersive sound demonstrations will take place hourly in an acoustically-optimised room, alternating between each market. The audio system will be a hybrid 9.X.8 immersive surround configuration, used to reproduce native and upmixed Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and DTS:X content, as well as ASA 3D material using that company’s SARA II Premium Rendering Engine.
Alcons will also be unveiling new produc

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UK - KV2 Audio are returning to the PLASA Focus Glasgow show following a successful debut in 2017. The Czech manufacturer will run a dedicated demonstration facility – the Etive Room – to allow attendees to hear a selection of KV2 products, including the compact passive ESD 25 and active full-range EX 15 loudspeaker.
KV2 will be operating from stand B14 where representatives will be happy to discuss all audio requirements and the many ways KV2 products can help users “make the step up sonically”.
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USA - Worship technology provider AGI has joined the Adamson Network and is now providing sales and integration services for Adamson loudspeakers.
The Oregon-based company recently installed a S-Series audio system at Capital Christian Centre in Sacramento, CA.
“We had the opportunity to hear the Adamson S10 when [applications engineer] Rick Woida set up a system in our parking lot. Within moments, I knew we needed to be involved with this ground-breaking product,” says AGI CEO Greg Slape. “Being able to offer our customer base new technology in form factors designed for their market is exciting. The new IS-Series, along with the S-Series, are premium products with a very good cost-to-performance ratio, providing the HOW community with excellent premium loudspeaker solutions.”
Rick Cole, lead pastor with Capital Christian Centre, explains: “AGI provide

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UK - BRIT award-winning artist and songwriter Emeli Sandé has switched to a DPA d:facto Vocal Microphone for live gigs after taking advice from her sound engineers.
Sandé's FOH engineer Gerard Albo, who has been mixing her recent arena tour, has long been a fan of DPA Microphones and regularly uses the company's products. However, it was while chatting with Sandé's monitor engineer Andy Williamson that the subject of vocal microphones came up.
"It was actually Andy who suggested the d:facto for Emeli," says Albo. "The d:facto, in conjunction with our Sennheiser 6000 wireless system makes her voice sound very natural, with beautiful definition at the top end. This gives a HiFi feel to her live performances without much spill. On this tour, when Emeli sang and played piano in the middle of the Arena for six songs, I had no feedback issues. The microphone is incredibly

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UAE - La Perle by Dragone is the Middle East’s latest resident show, featuring a cast of 65 artists including acrobats who perform aerial and aquatic stunts diving into an on-stage pool (read more in LSI December 2017).
The immersive production is staged in a purpose-built, 1,300-seat theatre in newly-constructed, multi-use Al Habtoor City in Dubai. The theatre is not only vast, but is a complex space, with real estate for the L-Acoustics audio system shared with automation lines, water pipes and nozzles for water effects, as well as lighting, projection and rigging.
Franco Dragone was the creative mind behind Cirque Du Soleil. In 2000, he set up Dragone, which has been the visionary behind some of the

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USA - The Thomaston Opera House in Thomaston, Connecticut, recently added an Allen & Heath dLive S Class digital mixing system with an S5000 Surface, DM48 MixRack and DX32 Expander.
The Opera House is home to the Landmark Community Theatre which performed Spamalot, Hairspray, Grease, Mamma Mia!, The Diary Of Anne Frank and It's A Wonderful Life during its 2017 season.
The Opera House’s new audio system was designed and installed by DNR Laboratories of Watertown, CT. DNR’s Ian Jones (‘Dr. Jones’), who also acts as an independent FOH engineer, recommended the dLive and mixes many performances at the Opera House.
“The dLive is the perfect console for a theatre of this type,” says Jones. “For Hairspray, we had around 50 mics and I could put any of them anywhere on the desk. And all of this can be cha

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UK - The latest tour by Gorillaz proved one of the must-see events of 2017. The band, production and technology all conspired to present something so much more than a bunch of musicians in front of a giant TV screen.
“In the beginning, we didn’t know how the tour would be received. It’s been quite some time since the last one,” muses lighting designer Matt Pitman. “Joel’s [Stanley, production manager] remit to me was to give the show something better than they’d had before,” Pitman continues. “We did our first show at the Printworks in London in March. It was a one-off in a small venue, but Joel gave us a generous production budget. He hasn’t turned down any of my technical requests at any point since, with lighting or video, and it’s the same in all departments. We have grown the production to where we are now.”
They are now at the end of a ru

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The Netherlands - Continuing to deliver practical innovations that address disruptive AV industry trends, Atlona is now shipping the AT-UHD-SW-510W 5x1 universal switcher with wireless presentation capabilities. Cost-efficiently supporting the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement, the SW-510W combines “unprecedented input flexibility with powerful integration features including automatic display control, automatic input selection, and mirrored HDMI and HDBaseT outputs”.
The SW-510W is now shipping and will be showcased alongside other Atlona integration, collaboration and control solutions during the company’s 15th anniversary celebration in stand 5-U80 at ISE 2018 in Amsterdam.
The SW-510W simplifies system design, integration, and operation by supporting both wired and wireless AV connectivity in a single, compact unit. For local wired sources, the new switche

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The Netherlands - Work Pro Audio, the installation and pro audio brand of international manufacturer Equipson, returns to ISE again this February to showcase its latest in sound reinforcement and audio over IP control solutions to the global audio installation marketplace.
The main attraction on the Work Pro Audio stand (#M200 in Hall 7) will be the new additions to the Arion Line Array range, the SL 210 A and the SL 218 SA subwoofer. Designed entirely at the Work Pro headquarters in Valencia, Spain, both line array elements were launched last year; this is their first major international trade fair outing since they began shipping in late Autumn 2017. Together, the new units form a system suited to use in demanding environments that require power, high-quality audio reproduction and controlled directivity.
In addition to the subwoofer, a range of accessories is availa

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UK - The OXO Tower on London’s South Bank was the scene of a recent sound system upgrade at its popular Restaurant, Bar & Brasserie.
London-based Evolve Install has upgraded the brasserie's existing JBL system with a bespoke JBL Pendant speaker solution and also equipped the fine dining restaurant with a similar sound system.
The work was project managed by Evolve Install director, Elliot Patterson, who saw the layout of the existing speakers was awry while surveying the site. He notes: “They were not positioned in the right area to get optimal coverage and there were a number of blind spots - the sound would reflect off the large windows and bounce around. Also it had been zoned in a clumsy way.”
He consulted the application team at Sound Technology, the UK and Ireland distributors for the Harman Pro brands, and with the venue mapped using JB

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UK - The Natural History Museum in London made waves on New Year’s Eve with 700 guests celebrating Under the sea festivities inspired by the Hintze Hall’s newly-installed blue whale skeleton.
The evening saw celebrations of oceanic proportions organised by Amy O’Brien, senior event co-ordinator, in partnership with Guilty Pleasures who provided DJs and live entertainment.
During highly competitive games of Musical Bingo, guests battled it out marking off songs played in Museum-themed rounds to win a range of prizes from the shop. Revellers also engaged with the latest ‘Massaoke’ craze sweeping the nation, a mass participation karaoke sing-along with crowds guided by big screen lyrics.
White Light enhanced the spaces with lighting and audio elements to create an immersive experience for the party-goers with atmospheric soundscapes throughout to h

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USA - Clair Brothers has added two new companies in their growing sales network - Marshank Group and Quest Marketing.
The Marshank Group serves southern California, southern Nevada and Arizona. Paul Hugo, principal of the Marshank Group, says: “I first mixed on a Clair Brothers PA back in the early 80’s at Radio City Music Hall when I was touring with Jose Louis Rodriguez. The S4 was ground-breaking back then and to have an opportunity to work with Clair Brothers, the company that has set so many standards since that time, is a lot of fun and an honour for me personally.
“And with the Marshank Group, I relish the opportunity to take one of the best-known brands in the touring industry and introduce it to a large group of potential customers that didn’t know they could purchase that brand for use in their own designs and applications.”
Quest Marketing is

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UK - Dubai-based Protec has acquired Birmingham-based Aventeq.
The UK company, which offers a comprehensive suite of services, including creative & technical design, production, lighting, audio, video, staging, rigging and venue support services, will be renamed to Protec European Events and continue to be lead by its founder Chris Bramwell.
Stephen Lakin, Protec’s founder and CEO, says: “I have a lot of time for Chris Bramwell and the team. They have built up a strong business and I’m thrilled to welcome them into the Protec family. I am looking forward to the opportunity to introduce their customers to a wider global reach and more exciting tools & technology to create unique and memorable event experiences.”
Bramwell adds: "Aventeq, which of course I’m thrilled to say, is now Protec European Events, has a similar passion to Protec. We are very

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USA - Margie Kirby has joined husband Rik Kirby at the helm of Allied Professional Technologies where she will be extending the company’s services further into the marketing realm.
With over 28 years of experience in the professional audio industry Kirby most recently held the post of director of marketing at Renkus-Heinz, prior to which she held marketing and trade show management roles with TEAC’s Tascam division.
"At Allied Professional Technologies we provide a flexible approach to US distribution which we feel reflects the way the industry and supply chain have changed over the last 10 years or so,” explains Rik Kirby. "For Linea Research we operate as a full-service distributor while for Luminex we work as an extension of their existing North American operation. Now with Margie joining us, we’ll be able to offer our partners increased marketing services

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The Netherlands - 4EVAC will showcase its Compact 500 voice evacuation system alongside its 4EVAC LoopDrive Fault Isolator Module (FIM) and offer a preview of their new IMPACT system at ISE 2018.
Both 4EVAC products represent installation efficiency as cost effective solutions either as stand-alone units or as a complementary integrated solution, says the company.
4EVAC de-mystifies VACIE (voice alarm control and indicating equipment) with the Compact 500 and its new IMPACT solution. Its compact footprint and modular design offers seamless integration as a ‘lean & mean’ solution that’s set apart as a ‘system in a box’.
Albert Van Der Hout, business development director, comments: “We are looking forward to introducing our 4EVAC range again at ISEurope and a glimpse of our new IMPACT system. It is a vital showcase for us at a point when both the Co

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USA - Wall High School in Wall Township in Monmouth County, NJ, was planning to replace its sound system as part of the overall facilities refurbishment.
JD Sound & Video had provided the sound for a number of schools locally and this led Tom Ridoux, the school’s athletics director, to call them in for discussion. The brief was for a system that would provide high intelligibility coverage for the home bleachers, field, visitors and concessions areas. Additionally, the system was required to provide entertainment quality music.
JD Sound & Video designed a system based around Community’s R Series loudspeakers and, following its presentation to the school, was awarded the project. “With considerable experience in R Series’ superb sound quality, coverage patterns and all-weather reliability, it was our first choice of loudspeaker system for Wall High School

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UK - The newly opened Darlington Hippodrome, formerly known as Darlington Civic Theatre, has been restored to its former glory and transformed with 21st century technical facilities that include new stage lighting, audio and video systems.
Featuring leading brands including Chroma-Q, Allen & Heath, Panasonic and many more, most loose equipment was supplied by A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET).
The theatre received a £5m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards the ambitious £13.7m project to regenerate and upgrade the venue, which also included restoring the exterior of the distinctive Grade II listed building and the beautiful Edwardian auditorium inside. In addition, seating capacity has been increased to enable larger shows to be accommodated as part of an expanded artistic programme.
Darlington Hippodrome is also managing the newly-buil

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USA - Winners in the New Group category at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards Old Dominion have been touring its Happy Endings album, and supporting the likes of Kenny Chesney and Thomas Rhett. The band has also been confirmed for Chesney’s Trip Around the Sun stadium tour in 2018.
Earlier this year, FOH engineer Ian Zorbaugh and monitor engineer Dean Studebaker decided to take SSL L300 Plus consoles, supplied by premier event production company Morris Lighting & Sound, on the road with Old Dominion.
Zorbaugh chose the SSL L300 because of the positive feedback he was hearing from other engineers - particularly Chris Rabold, who used L500 on the Kenny Chesney tour, which Old Dominion have been supporting. "The main thing I heard about the SSLs was that they sound absolutely phenomenal - that you need minimal EQ, less processing, and so on. I wa

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UK - Allen & Heath has partnered with Cato Music to outfit Cato’s South West London rehearsal studios and production facilities with an extensive array of Allen & Heath products, from QU series consoles to the flagship dLive mixing system.
Cato Music, a Production Park company, offers an all-encompassing tour production service, from rehearsal studios (including full production), transport and crewing to equipment rental and tour supplies. Its initial involvement with Allen & Heath’s dLive series came at SXSW 2017, as general manager Ant Forbes explains: “We first became aware of dLive in the run-up to SXSW, where Cato Music runs the production and stage operation at the British Music Embassy, at downtown venue Latitude 30. We used two S7000 surfaces and one C1500 surface in the venue this year – with 75+ artists playing the stage over the course of the w

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UK - Polar is to become a commercial UK distributor for US-based AV distribution specialist ZeeVee.
Polar will carry ZeeVee’s full AVoIP product range, offering solutions for all network bandwidths, budgets and applications.
Stuart Leader, director of Polar’s integrated solutions division comments: “We’re firmly established as a distributor of intelligent audio solutions but our increasing involvement with video in recent years has seen our integrated solutions division assist with the delivery of many large scale, complex AVoIP projects.
“To be partnering with an industry leading marque like ZeeVee, is a very exciting development which further strengthens our position. They have shown leadership and have a full product range that includes ZeeVee’s management platform, MaestroZ, which provides a unique value add, allowing for easy set-up, configurati

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Australia - Harman Professional Solutions has consolidated the distribution of AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, Lexicon, JBL and Soundcraft solutions in Australia by strengthening ties with long-time distribution partners AV Technology (avt) and CMI Music & Audio Pty Ltd (CMI).
From 1 February, support, warranty and repair of Harman Professional products in Australia will transition to avt and CMI. Avt, who already distributes AMX audio video control systems, will take the complete Harman integration and installation audio product suite. CMI will represent the retail, recording and prosumer audio in addition to current Harman portfolio including Digitech and Axys Tunnel Solutions. All other Harman distribution in Australia and New Zealand remains unchanged.
“At the conclusion of an extensive review process, we identified reducing complexity and taking a solutions-driven ap

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USA - Rational Acoustics has announced the release of the second major version update for the Smaart v8 measurement platform - Smaart v8.2. This free update includes significant feature additions, interface modifications and bug fixes and is recommended for all Smaart v8 users.
The primary feature additions include a re-working of Smaart’s SPL measurement functionality as well as integration with SG Audio’s 10EaZy SPL measurement hardware and the incorporation of some of the core features of 10EaZy software directly into the Smaart user interface.
Connecting 10EaZy hardware to a computer running Smaart v8.2, either Mac or PC, will automatically enable a set of key elements from 10EaZy within the Smaart user interface. This gives Smaart users access to features like 10EaZy’s popular Maximum Average Manager (MAM) feature and means that Smaart is now able to provid
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