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USA - Spectrum Sound, one of Nashville’s most revered production rental houses, has joined the Adamson sales and rental network with a significant investment in a new E-Series and S-Series audio system.
In addition to supplying production technologies for some of the biggest touring artists in the world, the Nashville-based firm offers system integration services and sales to its significant client base. According to CEO and President Ken Porter, the purchase and new relationship with Adamson was spurred by widespread customer demand across the various sectors that Spectrum serves.
“We’ve seen the Adamson brand gaining a lot of traction in the international touring market first-hand and want to be ahead of the curve on meeting the growing demand,” comments Porter, who boasts nearly 40 years in the music industry. “This is a mutually-beneficial opportunity to

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UK - Secret Garden Party (SGP) has been staged at Abbot’s Ripton near Huntingdon, UK since 2004 by Fred Felloes. It was hand-crafted as a boutique alternative to the established mainstream music festivals. 2017 marked the last SGP event, finishing on a high note of success and major impact in the world of alt.culture.
West London based lighting and visual rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment has been involved with the event for the last decade and this year supplied stage lighting to six main live performance areas and video to one. Additionally, they delivered lighting and special effects to over 40 other venues, bars, lounges and clubs dotted around the beautiful site, all helping revellers enjoy their final chance to catch that special SGP ambience.
Colour Sound’s crew of 22, led by Alex McCoy, arrived on site on Monday morning and had to be ready for a Fr

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UK - Audio specialist tube uk delivered sound systems to a diverse mix of over 30 shows, site specific installations and one-off performances in a variety of venues across the city throughout the 18-day Manchester International Festival 2017 (MIF17).
tube's Melvyn Coote oversaw all the projects, collaborating closely with the festival’s technical director Jack Thompson.
The tube project management team of Adam Taylor, John Redfern, Dan Steele and Melvyn ran the numerous jobs from a pre-production and planning aspect – then a top team of seven warehouse and logistics staff, headed up and orchestrated by Jamie Sharman, implemented the equipment preps and the hectic delivery schedules.
A further 15 - 20 regular freelance engineers and technicians implemented the installation, rigging and operating of the various shows and gigs.
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Ireland - Back in 1982, Martin Rea and Sean Gallagher of Rea Sound visited Messe Musik in Frankfurt with the intention of securing an audio dealership in Ireland.
They had a number of brands in mind, and had already arranged several key appointments. While there, however, they happened to walk onto the Martin Audio stand and were immediately impressed with the product and philosophy behind it from Dave Martin. It was also the first time they met with the company’s charismatic founder. A deal was done and the first system was bought and shipped to Ireland.
Thirty-five years later the relationship continues to flourish, and this month Martin Audio presented their long-serving Irish based partners with a plaque to commemorate this milestone.
Working with Dave Martin was always colourful, recalls Gallagher, “On one memorable phone call to Dave, we spoke with him

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Europe - Lawo, German manufacturer of pioneering audio and video broadcast equipment, has appointed Joffrey Heyraud to drive sales growth in the French market. With 15 years’ experience in IP-centric radio and TV applications, Heyraud has a wide-ranging knowledge of both broadcast and IT industries. Prior to this move, he was employed by Digigram to develop business in Asia.
Heyraud commented on his new position: “It’s great to be part of a team with such a great vision about the future of our industry and that has the commitment, passion, right people, and leading-edge audio, video and networking technologies to achieve this vision, for the benefit of our clients.”
Jamie Dunn, Lawo head of global sales responds: “We are exceptionally happy to have Joffrey on board. France is an extremely important growth market for Lawo and Joffrey’s appointment represents

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USA - Leading New York City-based national concert promoter The Bowery Presents (TBP) recently opened its latest live music venue, Brooklyn Steel, a new 20,000sq.ft space in East Williamsburg, New York that is outfitted with L-Acoustics K2 line arrays, plus delays and stage monitors.
A gantry crane retained from the former steel fabrication business enables the flown arrays to be repositioned, along with the movable 50,000lb steel and concrete stage, to scale the audience area according to the expected attendance at each show.
TBP’s in-house team designed and installed Brooklyn Steel’s L-Acoustics loudspeaker system, which is patterned after a similar rig at Terminal 5, a 3,000-capacity venue in Manhattan that the promoter also exclusively operates.
Mark Friedman of Long Island City-based See Factor supplied the speaker setup as well as the rest of the new cl

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UK - CPL (Central Presentations) working for creative event producers Bright, took its experience and knowledge of festival productions and delivered full technical production - sound, lighting, rigging and some AV - for the 2017 OVO festival.
The event, now in its third year and a big hit with OVO’s staff, families and friends, was again staged at Mojo Active, Almondsbury near Bristol. CPL and Bright are regular collaborators and there is a great synergy between the two companies in their respective roles and end-goal of ensuring that event environments are smooth, entertaining, memorable and fun for all guests.
CPL’s project manager Mike Radford commented: “We were delighted to be involved again, and enjoyed working closely with Bright’s team led by their PM Mike Matthews. The brief was to bring all the production values of a premium festival to this event

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Singapore - Nexo’s new mid-size line array, the Geo M10, has made a spectacular and high-profile debut in Singapore, as the main stage PA at the IGNITE! Music Festival.
The two-day outdoor IGNITE! Music Festival is organised by the Republic Cultural Centre (Republic Polytechnic). Featuring an all-local line-up of artists and bands from Singapore, this is the republic’s primary student music event yet it is recognised for its technical staging standards and has a reputation for providing a state-of-the-art audio-visual experience.
Under the banner of distributor Yamaha Music (Asia) Pte, the AV partner for the festival, the latest Nexo and Yamaha products were deployed for the event, which doubles as a showcase for potential customers.
The main stage is powered by Nexo’s newest line array system, the mid-size Geo M10, which partners a 1.4″ titanium diaphrag

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Taiwan - Two Allen & Heath dLive S Class digital mixing systems were employed to manage the Poetry & Cultural Festival, held in Taipei.
Comprising a DM64 MixRack with S5000 Surface at FOH and a DM32 and S5000 on monitors, the systems were provided by local PA company, Just Music Co.Ltd. dLive managed a variety of acts over the two-day festival including spoken word performance, an 80-piece orchestra, pop bands, and an Aboriginal band.
“dLive has proved to be fast and easy to set up, and the system is very versatile, handling a huge variety of different musical genres. With over 90 channels and quick changeovers to manage, it was a testing event but dLive made the task so much easier,” comments sound engineer, Gao Min-Fu.
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Korea - As Korea’s largest island, Jeju has been the country’s favourite domestic holiday destination for years thanks to its beautiful beaches, luxurious countryside - and its theatre for Nanta, a popular South Korean non-verbal comedy show incorporating traditional percussion. Now, visitors to Jeju Theatre can enjoy the show even more, thanks to world-class acoustics delivered by a range of APG loudspeakers.
Nanta premiered in Seoul in 1997 and has since been staged in 18 countries including in Broadway. Run by PMC Production, the show is also performed daily in four Seoul theatres, making it the longest-running show in Korean history. Built for Nanta performances exclusively, the 659-seat Jeju Theatre has welcomed over one million visitors since its opening in 2008 and was due for an audio upgrade to provide the best sonic experience to its audien

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Poland - Stadion Miejski, located in Łódź is the home stadium of football team Widzew Łódź, one of Poland’s best known football brands. Designed by architect Jacek Ferdzyn, Stadion Miejski is an entirely new construction with an all-seater capacity of 18,018. The design meets the requirements of UEFA Category 3 classification, with the option of adapting to higher categories if required.
The contract for design and installation of the stadium’s sound systems was awarded to Tommex Żebrowscy Sp. J. The first stage of the system's design was a detailed EASE acoustic simulation for loudspeaker selection and placement.
For Stadion Miejski, Tommex again chose Community’s R Series loudspeakers for their high power, intelligibility, controlled coverage and all-weather reliability. Flown from the roof canopy in a distributed configuration, Tommex achieved full cov

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Russia - The Nashvill rock festival organized by NASHE Radio took place recently at the Trud Stadium in the Russian city of Nizhniy-Novgorod. The festival line-up included popular Russian rock bands and was attended by more than 5000 people.
The grey skies, relatively cold temperatures and rainy weather could not dampen the rock ’n’ roll spirit, and the main stage saw live-shows from legendary Russian bands, Mumiy Troll, Splean, Animal Jazz, Knyazz and Noize MC, performing their greatest hits through Martin Audio’s premium MLA PA system. The second, smaller stage was given to bands such as Magnitola, ХХХХХХХХХХ, Kimakima and Moona.
The Festival sound and lighting systems were supplied by locally based rental provider, Citysound. The choice of MLA for the main stage was clear – the top-rated bands required detailed and powerful sound throughout the fes

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Hungary - Many historic opera houses have, in more recent times, begun staging a wider variety of performances. This often needs the installation of modern sound reinforcement systems, to ensure that every type of production sounds its best. An example is the Erkel Theatre in the Hungarian capital Budapest, which has recently installed a state-of-the-art Yamaha and Nexo system.
The Erkel Theatre opened in December 1911 and has been Hungary’s largest auditorium since its opening. With a currently audience capacity of 1819, it has been regularly redeveloped over the years and has been the Hungarian State Opera’s second performance venue since 1951. Although it had a small sound reinforcement system, the recent decision to stage musicals and other live music performances meant that a more modern solution was needed.
The new system was specified and installed by leadi

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UK - CUK Audio continues to strengthen its portfolio with the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement with German loudspeaker manufacturer, HEDD | Heinz Electrodynamic Designs. Established in 2015 by loudspeaker veteran Klaus Heinz (the founder of ADAM Audio) and his son, mastering engineer Dr. Frederik Knop, HEDD designs and manufactures studio monitors for all areas of music production, broadcast and installation.
The HEDD range is described by the company as “analogue monitors with digital minds”. The emphasis is on “flawless, transparent sound quality above all else, in a format that slots effortlessly into an increasingly digital world thanks to the inclusion of an input card system”. A range of optional input cards enables customers to connect to Dante, RAVENNA/AES67 and AES3/EBU networks for maximum versatility in networked environments.
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USA - Originally completed in October of 1917 at a cost of more than half a million dollars, the impressive Greek Doric-style Central Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, naturally clad in Indiana limestone, officially celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
A big part of the institution’s more recent history is Clowes Auditorium, an intimate 300-seat, 2,800sq.ft venue that was added during the Central Library’s extensive expansion in 2008. Hosting everything from classical chamber performances and Latin jazz bands to children’s theater and corporate presentations, Clowes Auditorium is now truly ready for the future, thanks to a new L-Acoustics Kiva II sound system installed in May by integrator Mid-America Sound.
The auditorium, which had been using temporary ground-stacked PA components as needed, now has its first-ever flown system consisting of six

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USA - DCR Nashville has expanded its inventory with the recent addition of three DiGiCo mixing consoles: two SD10 desks and a new SD12. Inclusive with that purchase are three SD-Racks - each fully loaded with 56 channels of DiGiCo’s brand new 32-bit ‘John Stadius’ mic preamp modules - three DiGiGrid MGB interfaces and three Waves SoundGrid Extreme servers.
According to DCR Nashville general manager John Schirmer, who joined the company in January of this year, the purchase underscores the company’s commitment to offering what its touring and corporate clients are looking for. “Although DCR Nashville has been providing full production services for Brantley Gilbert’s The Devil Don’t Sleep tour and a host of others events—including CMA Fest, Music City July 4th Celebration and Dave Ramsey Solutions - DCR’s owner originally started this company 12 years ago in

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Ireland - The annual Galway International Arts Festival is one of Ireland’s largest cultural events. This year’s line-up features musical performances by Dublin’s own Gavin James, England’s Passenger, original Beach Boy Brian Wilson, and many others. Lighting for the eclectic series of nightly concerts in the festival Big Top is provided by Light Source, with data networking by ProPlex.
“We have used ProPlex cable and devices for every show over many years,” says Light Source general manager, Ciaran Donnelly. “This gig has two GBS 10-port switches, four Opto-Splitters including two Minis in the truss, and an IQ Two 1616 16-universe DMX node. Tying the system together are over 200m of ProPlex Fibre, and 200m of ProPlex Cat 5e and DMX cables.” Donnelly added, “Additionally, we are using 200 meters of ProCable Multicable, fanouts, and 16 amp TRS mains cables.

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New Zealand - As one of New Zealand’s top providers of full, turnkey production solutions for all types of events, Forge Audio has taken total advantage of the flexibility offered by Adamson Systems Engineering’s compact S-Series loudspeakers.
“Adamson offered us a highly flexible and powerful product in a very compact package,” begins Forge Audio president Marc Benedict about adding Adamson to their inventory. “From a business perspective, we’ve achieved a very high return on investment in a very short period. The system’s flexibility and popularity means it’s constantly out and working hard on all kinds of applications.”
Forge Audio’s fleet includes a significant complement of Adamson S10 two-way, full-range line array cabinets and companion S119 subwoofers, plus several active Point 12 conventional two-way enclosures. The system was supplied by D

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UK - In June, Baldwin Boxall’s customer satisfaction survey was completed and the company is “extremely proud” of the results. Customers were asked questions about the products, technical assistance and also the purchasing experience that they received - and the results were excellent!
Over 98% of the customers surveyed said that Baldwin Boxall products are of a very high quality and that they are extremely likely to purchase again. In addition to this, 97% said they were very satisfied with the company overall.
The Baldwin Boxall mission statement has four clearly defined areas of focus and these results confirm that the company is on target for the customer mission part of this.
Customer comments included: “Excellent support and back up and an extremely reliable and well recognised product” “All the staff offer first class service from sales

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UK - The five-day Henley Festival, featuring a celebration of UK and international music, comedy and the arts, continued it ascendancy by pulling in over 25,000 people this year.
The event itself dates back to 1983, and as its longest-serving contractor RG Jones Sound Engineering was again contracted to deliver the PA system under the direction of overall head of sound and production manager, Jim Lambert.
Once again, they fielded Martin Audio’s premium MLA Compact system - a winning formula for the main Floating Stage over the Thames, which has a difficult audience profile to cover, being only 30m from front to back but over 80m wide due to the Festival taking over the site from the Royal Regatta the week immediately prior.
And with a change of stage this year, RG Jones’ Simon Honywill - himself a Henley stalwart who was first involved as far back as 1984 - w

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Italy - Pop band Collage is currently on tour with two GLD digital mixing systems from Allen & Heath.
Provided by PA company, Service SLS, the band is on an extensive 30-date tour across the country including several key festivals, carrying two GLD-80 mixers with AR2412 remote IO racks, connected via Dante.
“GLD is the perfect choice for this tour – the mixer is very compact, the AR rack provides plenty of additional IO, and the sound quality is excellent,” comments Collage’s sound engineer, Francesco Rega.
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Italy - What could be better on a summer evening than dining and dancing outdoors in the beautiful countryside of central Italy? Ristorante Al Boschetto, on the fringes of the town of Fondi, understands this. However, it also has close neighbours, making environmental noise protection just as important. After many problems with other systems, Yamaha provided the answer.
Before July 2017, relations with near neighbours had been a problem for Ristorante Al Boschetto (translated as The Restaurant In The Grove). The outdoor dining area and dance floor was popular with customers, but the generic sound systems used meant that there were frequent complaints from neighbouring residents about noise.
It was obvious that something had to change, so the restaurant contacted Riccardo De Simone of Remix Multimedia, based in Sperlonga, for help. What was needed was a high-quality au

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UK - The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has installed 66 PSI Audio speakers as part of a £20m development, which includes two new buildings, a second cinema and a 4K digital content training studio. A number of teaching facilities have been fitted with PSI Audio monitoring supplied by UK distributor, emerging.
The NFTS provides practical tuition across its postgraduate courses including its Sound Design MA and Composing MA. To ensure the utmost teaching quality, both two-year courses enrol only eight students per year, so each student benefits from the luxury of their own fully equipped room for the duration of the course.
Comprising A14-M, A17M, A21-M and A125-M sub units, a total of 66 PSI Audio speakers have been installed throughout eight surround post-production rooms, a large dubbing suite, a TV production room, a small studio and eight music composi

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USA - QSC and WyreStorm have announced integration between the QSC Q-SYS platform and WyreStorm’s NetworkHD AV over IP solutions.
This technical partnership enables two distinct technologies to seamlessly integrate WyreStorm video over IP distribution with the Q-SYS Platform.
First, the Q-SYS Media Stream Receiver software component within Q-SYS Designer Software has been updated to allow for simple connection to the audio stream generated by any NetworkHD 100, 200 and 400 Series AV over IP encoder. This allows Q-SYS to ingest the audio content presented to the encoder by its HDMI source device, and then process and route to any destination on the network.
Second, QSC will release control and monitoring plug-ins for the NetworkHD Series to allow for simple source switching, control and monitoring directly from the Q-SYS Platform and Q-SYS touch screen contro
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