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The MP-70 and MP-75 microphones are handheld dynamics and the MP-75 comes with one added feature that puts vocalists in control of their performance - Mic Control.

The MP-75 dynamic handheld mic has a single button on the barrel that can be used to switch effects from a range of TC-Helicon effects processors in and out. In this way any vocalist can switch effects and signal processing in or out of the signal path as they see fit. Simply hit the button that's right there on the barrel and change your performance in an instant, says the company.

The proprietary Lismer capsule design uses a patented neodymium magnet structure for high output and uniform performance. The placement of the super-cardioid capsule provides a high deg

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Projects completed by Delta Sound include the stunning opening of the Atlantis Hotel, George Michael, F1 concerts in Abu Dhabi and numerous corporate events. The company is carving a niche, providing technical support to the major rental companies in the region.

"The CT108s provide great clarity at a relatively high SPL in such a compact enclosure," comments Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House. "Since they are also running at 16ohms, rental companies can run four of them on each amplifier channel making them a great solution."

(Jim Evans)

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Today around 2.5m tourists visit the city, a UNESCO World Heritage site, every year. Yamaha equipment has been installed in one dwelling, playing a key role in a multimedia experience which gives visitors the experience of what life in Pompeii was like at the time of the eruption.

Commissioned by the Special Superintendency for the Archaeological Heritage of Naples and Pompeii, the installation is in the house of Iulius Polibius, an affluent citizen.

Commentary delivered by holograms of Iu

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The Kingwood Hotel is the only four star hotel in the state of Sarawak and owns the largest banquet hall of the region with up to 2.500 seats. It is used for conferences, industry events, balls and banquets. Recently the 12th Senior Citizen Fellowship Conference and the 7th Biennial Union of World Liu's Association Convention took place, two important Malaysian events with each up to 2.000 international guests.

Wah Lee Hong of Kuala Lumpur decided on four QL 906 Line Source Units and two QL 1215 down-fill units per side driven by digital controller amplifiers DA 428 and subs QLB 118. QSA 200 formed the side-fill. The fully digital high-performance loudspeakers VL 750 are used as stage monitors.

(Jim Evans)

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Specified by FOH engineer Kevin Madigan, who had just finished an extensive tour with Crosby, Stills and Nash using a D5 and supplied via DiGiCo's US and Canadian distributors, Group one and Gerr Audio respectively, the SD8 was a good fit for the Stars tour.

"I already knew the SD8 would sound great," says Madigan. "And it fit the bill perfectly for this tour; great sound quality, functional layout, small footprint, and suitable input capabilities."

Madigan utilises 38 inputs for the SD8's 60 available flexi channels for the band and picks up 'racks and stacks' daily. "I usually run four or five outputs; left, right, sub, front fill and sometimes a balcony feed, then I

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Se7en, a Dubai-based production and events company has acquired a High Definition (HD) truck over the summer and refurbished its audio room with the PRO6 to cover the region's major events that include sports, live performances and national celebrations. It is the first OB truck in the Middle East to be fitted with a digital Midas console.

"The system supports 5.1 mixes out of the box as their truck is HD and it also allows them to have their own mix at a concert rather then relying on the mix from FOH," commented Richie Hiranandani, marke

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"We were lucky enough to be able to work the K1 on many widely different styles of gigs soon after it arrived," says Adlib's Tony Szabo. "This included the Radio City Liverpool multi act arena show, the 12,000 capacity Green Man festival, a 94m long big top tent at the Leeds festival and a show with German band Pur at the Schalke stadium, in combination with Network Rental Agent Sirius. On all these gigs and others, the K1 has lived up to expectations and more."

One of the things to impress Szabo is the K1's rigging, which he describes as "the best cabinet rigging on the market. We have confirmed that the 'L-Acoustics method' of putting the K1 up and bringing it down is actually the best way.

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A case in point is First Baptist Church Cleveland in Cleveland, Tennessee. When the church decided that its campus in downtown Cleveland was no longer meeting its needs, it set out to build a new facility whose technical capabilities would support and enhance a variety of worship styles, including contemporary services with a strong sound and media compo

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Built in 1984, the modern multi-purpose theatre is famous throughout China as one of the country's top cultural venues, hosting a demanding schedule of prestigious performances visited by state dignitaries and more than 2m foreign visitors.

Purchased through distributor Sanecore Group, the theatre selected two modular iDR10 MixRacks with control provided via the modular large scale iLive-176 Control Surface.

One iDR10 is installed in the equipment room at the side of the stage with 48 inputs to manage stage inputs and 24 outputs for the speaker system, while the second iDR10 has 32 inputs and is positioned in the audio control room alongside the surface to manage wireless microphones,

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In addition to being the home ground of Cracovia Football Club and hosting Ekstraklasa league matches, the facility will be one of the training stadiums for teams in the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Under a section of one of the stands is also a hidden stage, which is revealed when t

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BVCAM's managing director, Danny Huen, was pleased to note that the event was a great success. "It was very well attended," he stated. "We had delegates from rental companies, TV stations, theatres, nightclubs, and stadia. It has to be said that some of them were sceptical about doing a demo like this in a church because even a modern church like this one is a notoriously

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Based at London's Southbank Centre, the experienced rental company has been servicing the audio requirements of the concert halls for many years.

Technical director, Eddy Smith, decided that a more flexible platform was needed for incoming sound engineers than was offered by their existing digital desks. "We didn't feel the sound of the preamps was as good as we wanted, nor were the configurations particularly user friendly - which was important when shows needed to be set up quickly."

He asked Richard Nowell to arrange a three-desk shoot-out and the Vi1 came out on top in terms of usabilit

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For the occasion GM Music Service chose Proel Axiom for sound reinforcement and used the new KPTAX3222I coupling bar for the first time in its set-up.

The audience was enthusiastic, as Giampaolo Tarantini, one of the owners of GM Music, reports, "We had no choice but to opt for a system that could guarantee very high quality and power for a talented artist such as Billy Cobham. Axiom, as usual, did the business. The audience was absolutely pleased and excited by the quality of the sound Proel equipment provided for this musician and his band, whose performance included a full range of tunes ranging from jazz to funk, and from rock to soul."

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"With the new 'professional set-up' function, the Wireless Systems Manager is an indispensable aid for sound engineers and RF engineers," says Sven Boetcher, Sennheiser product manager for professional wireless microphones. "The user simply enters the required number of channels, including back-

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14 March 2016

The Essential Guide to Professional Audio Technology has been expanded to 188 pages which makes it the biggest ever produced by the company.

This year's Catalogue is not only a top-level technical reference to all the latest pro audio products, it also includes editorial feature content by Hugh Robjohns. The Technology Focus sections cover the hottest topics in pro audio, with a mix of practical and informative information on a number of subjects including loudspeaker placement, loudness monitoring and surround acquisition for HD Broadcast.

To complement the printed and digital offering, the HHB Catalogue 2011 is also available in a convenient and searchable form online.

(Jim

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MTC first took interest in Adamson after meeting at a series of tradeshows. "I was introduced to MTC by a mutual friend. It was clear from our first meeting that there was a great connection between Adamson and MTC. We have a similar vision of the marketplace and how to put Adamson where it belongs in Japan. To start, we plan to offer an introduction seminar in Japan in the new year. We are looking forward to a strong future with a strong partner like MTC," stated Jesse Adamson, Adamson's director of marketing and sales.

MTC's first order of business is to get the product out to the public, and Interbee, which

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QSC VP global sales, Greg McLagan, has confirmed that former JBL man Mark Bailey will take over as sales manager for the territory, supported by new product applications specialist (for engineered systems), Martin Barbour, while existing product specialist, Santiago Alcala will take on a more general support role.

The move fits with the organizational changes taking place within QSC's corporate structure, and the setting up of the new Engineered Systems Group under the direction of Scott Kalarchik.

"We now have the nucleus of one of the strongest teams in pro audio, bringing a wealth of experience across sales and product application," stated McLagan.

"These appointments will bring us closer to our cus

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Organisers said the cuts had been justified by lawmakers who argued the arts were only for the "wealthy elite". "A 13% rise in sales tax hits all of the public because tickets get more expensive," organisers said in a manifesto published online. "By cutting culture budgets and raising tax on tickets, culture will become an elitist pastime and less accessible for people with less money."

In Amsterdam, around 20,000 people gathered on Saturday afternoon on the Leidseplein to listen to music and

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Typical live events today, whether large or small, all require a wide variety of production equipment. There are audio inputs from mics, audio mixing, video sources to a video mixer, computer inputs, video playback, video monitors, capturing the event in some form, and also streaming it live online. The VR-5's 'all-in-one' solution greatly simplifies production, recording and streaming of these live events.

The VR-5's design incorporates a video switcher, audio mixer, video playback, recorder, preview monitors and output for web streaming, all in a single unit.

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Lake Controller software provides a unified interface for control and monitoring of PLM Series systems and Lake LM 26 Digital Audio Loudspeaker Processors. In addition to controlling all parameters of Lake Processing, the Controller also provides control and monitoring of exclusive PLM Series features: digital input gain and attenuation, and comprehensive load verification and monitoring via LoadSmart™ and SpeakerSafe.

One of the most significant benefits delivered by this major update is the provision of Brid

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ProCo Sound, a Michigan-based Corporation founded in 1974, designs and manufactures cable and interfacing products servicing the retail music markets as well as the pro A/V installation and broadcast industries.

RHC Holding Corp. owns and operates six separate companies including The RapcoHorizon Company, which services the retail music market and the professional A/V installation market; and Major Custom Cable, which services the DataCom and Telecommunications industries.

"No major changes to ProCo Sound or any RHC company will be implemented at this time," said Dale Williams, president RHC Holding Corp. "Each RH

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Because of the complexities of delivering an even orchestral sound to large arena audiences, a number of finely controlled zones were required. Richard Sharrat, FOH engineer for the tour, used nine sends from the Digico SD-7 to Dante enable products. In order to ensure that these sends were combined properly, a Yamaha DME 64 with a Dante-MY16-AUD was used to transfer the AES outputs of the console to the entire Dante network.

The DME also allows for fine system matrix control and te

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Stage volume became a challenge when the loudness of monitor wedges and guitar amps began competing with the PA system. In addition, there was a constant struggle to make each performer comfortable with his monitor mix. What would make one musician happy would be wrong for the next one. The Aviom Personal Mixers, along with in-ear monitoring systems, have solved these challenges, allowing the musicians to customize their monitor mixes while also reducing the extra volume caused by

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Flare Audio MD Davies Roberts comments, "We were brought in to replace the existing in-house system at the Indigo2 that comprises a total of 45 speakers and 32 amplifiers. We set up Stealth Array X4 as a ground stack to cover both the lower and upper tiers, comprising of just two X4H and two X4L Stealth Array a side, with just one speaker covering each side of each tier. Four CF182 double 18" bass enclosures were positioned each side with the entire system being powered by three PLM10000Q and two PLM14000 Lab Gruppen amplifiers.

"This was also a great chance for us to show off the horizontal coupling of Stealth Array X4 and j