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On Wednesday 1 September TC Group's VP of international sales, Miguel Hadelich and the Lake team will present a detailed look at the new product. Hadelich will be on hand to field questions and "take you through the ins and outs (literally) of Lake". There will be two webinars on the day, to cater for varying time zones of an international marketplace, one at 11am GMT and the other at 5pm GMT.

Lake was one of the first brands to integrate Dante with its products. The webinars offer an opportunity for professionals working in the concert sound, stage mixing, broadcast or recording studio industries to learn more about using Dante within Lake and in combination with other Dante enab

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The new system consists of an L-C-R array of three Genelec 8260A Tri-Amplified DSP Monitors, and a rear pair of 8250A Bi-Amplified DSP Monitors. All five monitors are mounted on stands surrounding the control room's console. The system is completed with Genelec 7270A Active DSP Subwoofer. The Conservatory also purchased a Genelec AD9200A 192kHz 8-channel converter. The Genelec monitors and converter were sold by Greg Lukens at Washington Professional Systems.

The Peabody Conservatory's director of recording arts and sciences, Scott Metcalfe, comments: "The studio is used for recording, mixing

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The upgrade, implemented on all new production models, is available to existing users as a free download from the Denon DJ website (late September 2010). By internally generating relative mode timecode (output via the phono audio outs) the DN-S3700 now provides direct spinning platter control of various supported DVS applications (on PC or Mac) such as Serato Scratch Live; the MIDI hybrid mode is supplied with a default setting and mapping of the DN-S3700 controls to Scratch Live, but controls can be mapped t

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Perez, a veteran with more than 15 years in the audio field, is a recognised professional in the television and audio industry in Puerto Rico. His role in this new position is to support Soundcraft and Studer distributors in the region in all matters related to digital audio consoles. He will report to Jaime Albors, senior director of sales intercontinental, Harman Professional and will operate from the company's Intercontinental sales office in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Perez joins Harman Professional from Univision Puerto Rico, a network affiliate from the Univision Network in the United States. Perez was the head audio engineer of the production department and had the responsibility of working with the engineering department to design, select a

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This operation offers a bespoke service according to the needs of the client, but the primary objective is to leverage contacts and market knowledge to increase sales in countries within EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). The service is particularly useful to the smaller company that may not have sufficient resources to devote dedicated manpower to improve the results in developing markets, says Hollebone. However, it has relevance to any organisation experiencing patchy results and under-performing resellers or distributors.

Hollebone has had recent experience in Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe and surrounding areas but has operated throughout Europe for many years. Those former countries require a different approach b

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Among the d&b products that Black Light now stocks are the E3 and E 12D speakers and the E15X subwoofer. "These products represent a significant investment for Black Light," says Stephen Reid, head of Black Light's Events Team. "They offer a really top-end system that can provide fantastic performance for small bands, live events and conferences."

Reid explains that the equipment has already been specified by the performance company Dance Base for all their Edinburgh Festival performances. "It really delivers when it comes to performance quality and Dance Base recognises this," he says.

The E3 is an ultra compact loudspeaker that is particularly suited to environments where space is at a premium. Th

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The event, now in its fifth year, provides a forum for discussion and interaction between sound artists of all kinds. This year's theme is Soundworlds - Sonic Arts, Film and Radio, which will bring forward some convergent works and writings in this area.

Conference organisers Professor Seán Street and Dr Alain Renaud said, "Sounding Out is an international event, being held at Bournemouth Unviversity for the first time. As the major forum for discussion and interaction between sound artists of all kinds, it is attracting talent from around the globe, offering perspectives ranging from the world of music, radio, film and sonic arts.

"We are delighted that Prism Sound is on board as one of our key sponsors.

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Making their debut will be a range of lightweight multi-channel amps, three new 1U installation mixers/zoners a processor and a 15 inch 600W sub bass cabinet. All of these products were designed by MilTec's technical director, Graham Gosden.

In the lighting products section there will be two new IP65 LED pars fitted with 48x 3W RGBW or tricolour LEDs. There will also be new LED battens featuring 1W and tricolour LEDs, both featuring multi-zone operation.

The new LEDHead 50P is a 50W LED moving head profile with eight colo

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The club area, where the music is typically a mix of hip-hop, house and funk, features a pair of EAW Avalon Series DC2 three-way loudspeakers horizontally mounted above the raised dance floor. Four SB1002 dual-18-inch subwoofers provide additional low frequency coverage down to a floor-shaking 28 Hz. Powersoft Digam LD3004, D2002 and K3 amplifiers provide the power to the club sound system. Two ultra-compact EAW UB82e loudspeakers powered by a Powersoft LD2004 amplifier ensure even coverage to the DJ and VIP areas.

Chandan Mahtani, managing director for ProAktiv Systems, stated, "This is the only club in Cambodia that can boast to be the best in the country. The owner did not comp

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Today, MIS seats more than 119,500 and is still one of the nation's premier racing venues, thanks in no small part to an ongoing programme of improvements and upgrades over the years. Most recently, the track's original sound system was completely revamped, its 1960s-vintage horns replaced with more than 200 Community R-Series weather-resistant loudspeakers.

The project was overseen by consultant Jack McCallum of Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams (WJHW), with installation performed by Lansing-based

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Various parts of the museum have been enhanced by the new multi-zone PA system including display areas, the external Museum cafe as well as the crowd-pulling Dinosaur Garden featuring life-size dinosaurs.

Consulting Engineer firm Norman Disney & Young, was responsible for the design of the new paging and PA system and prior to specification, they conducted an acoustic assessment to determine the measures required to reduce reverberation time and increase speech intelligibility within the museum public areas.

A three dimensional modelling approach using electro-acoustic simulation

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All bands appearing on the tour will perform with an all Peavey backline including: 6505+ Head, 6534 Head, Tour 700 Bass Head, and Peavey guitar and bass Cabinets. The artists will also have the chance to be profiled on Peavey.com.

Selected bands perform in exclusive artist showcases and receive a critique by a panel of industry experts including a promoter, a producer, and a touring musician. Groups who receive high marks advance to the finals where online voting will decide the 2011 Project Independent Featured Artist.

The winning band will receive over $10,000 in p

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Over 2,000 chairmen, 800 lighting designers, 1,000 engineers, 900 technicians / programmers and 500 installers are among them - with concert & touring, live events and theatre the fastest growing sectors and impressive growth coming from the AV visitor figures too. Confirming that PLASA 2010 continues to be viewed as a truly international event, 30% of registrations are from non-UK visitors.

Interest has been high as organiser PLASA Events has announced a stream of over 60 new and returning exhibitors over the summer, joining the show's regular cast of hundreds of key international brands, between them preparing to launch an estimated 500 new audio, video, lighting and stage technology products.

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This year, the entire lighting and sound production for the festival was the responsibility of Olching-based rental company Magic Event- & Medientechnik. Long before the first act took to the stage, a team of sound engineers led by company MD Markus Thomae had already made the decision to rely upon sound reinforcement systems from Electro-Voice.

"We've been relying on Electro-Voice for years now," says Thomae. "The equipment is reliable, its audio performance is exceptional, the tec

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The play was performed in a three-storey office and warehouse complex in the Royal Albert Basin, East London. Stage Electrics' London Bridge branch supplied large quantities of equipment which included cabling, distro, dimming, lanterns and haze machines for this extraordinary production.

"We knew from the start that this was going be a massive project. With a particularly short lead-time and a huge amount of space to cover, it was vital that we could depend on our suppliers. Stage were able to provide us with all the kit and more importantly the backup we needed throughout the project," commented Euan Maybank, technical director, Punchdrunk.

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The Square has great historical meaning as it has been the stage for many violent struggles in Colombia's history, including where the first Call for Independence took place exactly 200 hundred years earlier.

The facades of all the surrounding buildings were incorporated to the show. Within the columned National Capitol and Justice Palace buildings musicians and dancers depicted a scene of the struggles and war between the natives and the Spanish conquistadores, with

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Voted amongst the top ten best festivals in the world last year, the setting alone is something out of a fairy tale - the festival is in fact hosted by Gloria, Princess von

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The 56-fader Apollo console, which replaced an older Studer desk, was ordered as part of a refit of MBS's audio OB vehicle, carried out by MBS with an eye on future-proofing the vehicle for surround sound transmission.

According to MBS, the company has used Calrec Alpha consoles in the past, but became seriously interested in the Apollo after it was launched last year, feeling that the newer desk's user-friendly touchscreen interface, easy-to-use surround features and down-mix functions, and future-proof, expandable I/O facilities were just what their rebuilt radio vehicle needed.

"Apollo offered the same high degree of reliability as the Alpha, but with t

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Fringe Society chief executive Kath Mainland said: "Edinburgh is without doubt the world's leading festival destination." In addition to official venues, the Fringe High Street Events team registered 662 acts from street performers to buskers and Fringe artists. An estimated 21,148 performers took to the stage during Fringe 2010 and 558 shows were absolutely free. Comedy made up 35% of the Fringe programme, followed closely by Theatre with 29%. Music 16%, Musicals & Opera 5%, Dance & Physical Theatre 4.5%, and Children's shows 4%, made up the rest o

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At the recently re-built Blackheath church, QuiteLoud worked alongside architects during the construction process to ensure that the PA requirements were successfully accommodated.

"Fohhn loudspeakers were specifically chosen for their interior design compatibility and size, as well as coverage," commented QuiteLoud's Steve Bradshaw. "We fitted Linea LX-100 line array column speakers in the main worship area, with Arc Series AT-22 and AT-05 speakers used in other parts of the church. The system is driven by a Fohhn D-4.750 4-cha

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Offshore powerboat racing in the UK is both challenging and highly competitive. The sport is administered by the Royal Yachting Association, which this year encouraged the incorporation of a music festival into the annual national championship event. The day's racing was rounded off by two evening concerts for 10,000 people, headlined by Tinchy Stryder, DJ Ironik, and X-Factor stars Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson.

Eclipse Sound & Light provided PA for the main concert stage, situated just 10m from the water's edge. Watching the forecast closely, the Ecl

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Local design and install firm Eye Dialogue chose Turbosound TCS speakers to pump up the volume and provide distinctly different vibes on Butter's two levels, each with its own DJ.

"It's a total visual experience; they pulled out all the stops in designing this space," says entertainment technology designer Jack Kelly of Eye Dialogue Lighting & Sound in Charlotte, who designed and installed the club's audio systems. "But the big thing for the owners was the sound.They wanted it to feel like the sound was all around you instead of originating from one end o

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All the models, except the CX12N351, feature a 2.5" voice coil combined with a fibreglass former and aluminium wire that drives the mid-bass cone with high efficiency and a good extension.

The 1.75" dome compression driver loaded to a conical waveguide, provides a clear vocal output and a "perfect high frequency extension".

The mid-bass section of the CX12N351 features a