UAE - Dubai-based events and audio company Se7en Productions has selected a Midas PRO6 for its new High Definition (HD) OB truck, making it the first OB truck in the Middle East be to fitted with a Midas digital console.

Supplied by Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises (NMK), exclusive distributors of Midas and Klark Teknik products in the United Arab Emirates, the set-up will be deployed for major sports events, live performances and national celebrations across the region.

The system can support 5.1 mixes out of the box and enables engineers to have their own mix at a concer

The Netherlands - At their inaugural appearance at ISE 2011, d&b audiotechnik are not only revealing the new White range of integration loudspeakers on their stand 6H134, but are also offering a number of demonstration sessions in room E103 every day.

The first topic covered in these sessions takes you on a listening journey through the two series in the White range, the xS-Series and the xA-Series. It will look at the new opportunities these integration loudspeakers will open up for placement everywhere, no matter what colour, size or performance requirement, says the company. The in

UK - Blackbox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo has just released the latest software update (V2.1) for its 24-track live recorder. The update includes a number of significant new features that focus on increased safety and flexibility, says the company.

A major implementation is the new Safe 'n' Sound record recovery feature that enables recorded audio files to be recovered after a sudden accidental loss of power, for example after tripping over cables, pulling out power or USB cables, or even forgetting to stop recording before powering off the system. All recorded data can be recovered i

UK - Technical staging supplier Blitz Communications staged its Technology Masterclass at The O2, London, on Tuesday 18 January 2011. Aimed at professional event organisers, the day was dedicated to introducing a range of bespoke Blitz products and new technologies that assist organisers in making their events more cost effective, sustainable, interactive and innovative, while creating opportunities to generate additional revenue.

Following Blitz's appointment as The O2's partner of choice for technical event staging services, the venue supported the event by making available its arra

The Netherlands - This year, for the first time, the ISE trade show features a 3D theatre, where visitors can experience the very best that the technology has to offer. Alcons Audio has been invited to provide the 3D theatre's sound system.

The theatre will also feature a daily 45 minute presentation by Alcons co-founder Tom Back on the company's latest 3D audio technology. Taking place at 15:00 each day, the presentation will demonstrate how Alcons' proprietary pro-ribbon transducer products enhance the 3D experience.

"With higher standards in Digital Cinema, new challenges ha

Canada - Since its opening in 1997, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts located in Vancouver, BC, has earned an international reputation for its striking design and stellar acoustics. The Chan Centre boasts three different venues: The Chan Shun Concert Hall which seats 1200, the 'black box' Telus Theatre holds 275 patrons, and the Royal Bank Cinema which has a capacity of 160.

Jay O'Keeffe, Chan Centre's head sound technician organised an extensive and thorough shootout to upgrade their existing floor monitoring system. A total of 17 models representing eight different manufacture

UAE - Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, distributors of Rane products in the United Arab Emirates has recently signed United Dubai Disc Jockeys (UDDJ) with an endorsement contract providing them the Serato Scratch Live SL3 DJ interface.

The endorsement deal provides UDDJ with the SL3 DJ interface for the team of DJs to use during their various events both in the most prominent nightclubs in the Middle East and exclusive private events.

"UDDJ which is headed by DJ Mass Ramli is without a doubt one of the most visible DJ groups not only in the UAE but the Middle East,&q

UK - Peak Hire, based in Cheltenham, continues to expand its EAW inventory with the addition of 18 KF740 three-way line array modules. The announcement was made by Peak Hire managing director Karl Ashman and signifies the first UK order of the sound reinforcement module.

"We bought a KF730 system about four years ago after extensive evaluation, and it became our first line array," stated Karl. "Moray McMillin, who was EAW's UK sales manager at the time, and is now involved with EAW's Application Support Group, sold us the system after some live demos, and it was great.

China - Riedel Communications installed a comprehensive communications system for the Asian Games in Guangzhou. Riedel provided the venue communication system as well as the intercom for the opening and closing ceremonies, combining wired and wireless technologies.

The system for the ceremonies furnished an Artist digital matrix intercom system consisting of two mainframes connected via fiber, about 20 Artist 1000 series control panels and around 75 Performer digital partyline beltpacks.

To provide the infrastructure for venue communications, Riedel equipped the venues with a Perfor

Olympic Marathon - To celebrate the London 2012 Olympics, Shakespeare's Globe will stage all of the playwright's 38 plays, each in a different language and by a different international company. Performances in Maori, Aboriginal languages and Cantonese will all be presented during the season and there will also be a production of Love's Labour's Lost in British Sign Language. Over the course of six weeks, companies including the National Theatre of Greece, Rome's Cometa Off Theatre and Oyun Atolyesi from Istanbul will play the Globe. The Globe itself will also stage one of the pla

UK - As the newest performance space in the South West, Pavilion Dance has certainly got the equipment and technology to deliver a first class act. Consultants Drama by Design were chosen to produce the solution, while Audio Light Systems Ltd were the chosen to engineer the demanding design in this compact but well-equipped venue.

The lighting package uses almost 200 ways of ETC Sensor dimming, controlled by an ETC Congo Junior desk. Amongst the 100-plus lanterns supplied were 12 Robe 575s, 24 JB LED A7s plus Selecon, ETC & Thomas units.

The d&B audio system is controlled by a Yamah

UK - Flare Audio is pleased to announce that it will shortly be opening a new R&D and demo facility in West Sussex, UK. Building work is currently underway and is on schedule to complete shortly. The 6000sqft building will also house the company's new head office.

In other news from Flare, the company welcomes D&E international as its official distributer in Hong Kong. Davies Roberts from Flare Audio comments: "We are very pleased to welcome D&E International into our network and we look forward to a long and successful business relationship with them. We are honoured to have suc

Hungary - The culmination of the city of Pécs 2010 tenure as a European Capital of Culture was December's opening of the Kodály Centre, a new, multi-million euro concert and conference venue. It features a major Yamaha audio installation.

Inaugurated by Hungarian president Pál Schmitt, state secretary of culture Géza Sz?cs and Pécs mayor Zsolt Páva, the multi-purpose venue was opened on the 128th anniversary of eminent Hungarian composer and music teacher Zoltán Kodály's birth, after whom the centre is named.

Featuring a total area of 11,000sq.m, the facili

USA - Theatre Projects, in collaboration with Gehry Partners and Frank Gehry (partner in charge), has completed its most recent project in theatre design, with the opening of the New World Symphony campus this week in Miami Beach, Florida. Theatre Projects executed the design for The New World Centre as a technologically and visually advanced music laboratory intended for the highest quality of music education and performance. Theatre Projects played a key role in the theatre design and planning as well as in designing the customized performance equipment.

Theatre Projects worked clos

UK / USA - 2010 was a busy year for Kings Of Leon, who have been touring since summer in support of their new album, Come Around Sundown, with Midas XL8 live performance systems at FOH and monitors.

The Midas systems have been supplied by Eighth Day Sound in North America, and Britannia Row Productions in the UK and Europe. "We decided to go with the XL8 because it offers everything you could ask for in a console," says Saul Skoutarides, a UK-based Australian engineer who has been mixing monitors for Kings Of Leon since mid-2009 "Most importantly, it gives us the

UK Sound reinforcement for the 2010 Conservative Party Conference, held at Birmingham's ICC's Symphony Hall in early October, was provided by RDC Audio for the third year running, working with the Conference's production company Blueway. A DiGiCo SD9 console was at FOH.

"We purchased the SD9 via Wigwam sales department and there are a number of reasons why it's ideal for this kind of job," says RDC's Steven Neave. "They include the physical number of faders on the surface, the split banks of faders, flexibility of fader assignment and the straightforward layout and patc

UK - Adam Hall has launched the DEEP2 amp series, featuring four class-H power amplifiers with toroidal cores offering amplifying levels from 2×350 W to 2×800 W at 4 Ohm. During the developmental stages of this series great importance was placed on the reliability and durability of the amps whilst in continuous operation, for this reason only high end, carefully selected components are used, says the company.

According to Andrew Richardson, general manager of Adam Hall UK, "The Deep2 Series is simply the best class-H power amplifier on the market because nothing else comes clos

The Netherlands - At ISE 2011 in Amsterdam, Meyer Sound will give system integrators an in-depth, hands-on experience of the latest advances in loudspeaker technologies and digital audio solutions. Live demonstrations of the Constellation acoustic system will feature. Other products on show will include the new Mina line array loudspeaker, CAL column array loudspeaker, D-Mitri digital audio platform, and a range of low-profile, low-voltage sound reinforcement systems.

Constellation employs multiple small, self-powered loudspeakers in conjunction with VRAS digital signal processing alg

UK - Leeds College of Music (LCM) recently took delivery of two Audient ASP8024 mixing consoles as part of an upgrade of their current studio facilities. The Audient desks were supplied together with Lynx converters and Drawmer outboard gear by Funky Junk, and will be used by the college's Music Production degree students for recording, mixing, production and mastering.

"Previously we had digital desks that were getting a bit old so we traded them in for good analogue desks," explains LCM's senior studio technician, Keith Smith. "The studios didn't have any outboard gea

The Netherlands - Supertramp co-founder Roger Hodgson is currently touring with Front of House engineer Howard Heckers, a DiGiCo SD9 and a pair of DiGiRacks.

"The reasons we chose the SD9 are its sound-quality, flexibility and its size - it is very compact to travel with," says Heckers. "Sometimes we have a flight to catch after every other show; the SD9 makes it easy for us to travel and still use our own FOH desk."

Another feature he likes about the SD9 is that they can only use one stage rack if Roger is playing a solo show, or use both when he is doing shows

Germany/The Netherlands - Optocore's stated mission to deliver more energy-efficient, higher-capacity and cost-competitive product upgrades under the 'R' banner, has taken on new momentum with the announcement of the DD4MR-FX and DD2FR-FX dual MADI, video and data network devices.

Following on from the release of the DD32R interface last autumn, these two 1RU products have been designed for compatibility with Optocore's new Cat 5-based SANE platform, allowing up to 256 channels over Cat 5. The existing DD4ME and DD2FE MADI devices have thus been re-engineered to function within this e

The Netherlands - At ISE in Amsterdam, Apart will introduce the CHAMP-3D amplifier, the newest model in APart's series of convection cooled amplifiers. CHAMP3 is a 3-channel, fully programmable digital amplifier.

CHAMP-3D features four MASK8 top speakers and two SUB2400 subwoofers. The unit has a built-in DSP (digital signal processor). A speaker configuration wizard makes it possible to select other APart speakers and subwoofers that go with the CHAMP-3D amplifier. All the installer has to do is select the speakers, and the settings will be adapted automatically (e.g. the crossover f

The Netherlands - Keeping the audio flag flying high during ISE's educational programme at the Amsterdam RAI will be QSC Audio Products.

An extensive programme of back-to-back presentations over the three days will feature QSC's Q-Sys Integrated System Platform for digital audio control, processing and networking.

QSC's senior systems personnel will take "a scientific approach to room reinforcement, demonstrating how by combining QSC's patented and matched component technologies (such as Intrinsic Correction, Frequency Shading Topology and DMT) an advanced imaging solution can

China - Located in the new city of Pearl River, the Guangzhou Opera House has become one of China's three biggest theatres. Constructed from 12,000 tons of steel on a 70,000sq.m site, the Opera House includes an 1,800-seat and a 400-seat theatre, both of which have been installed with Midas digital systems and analogue consoles, and Klark Teknik signal processing.

The Guangzhou Opera House was designed by London-based architect Zaha Hadid to represent two boulder-like structures of different sizes, with a theatre located in each. The Grand Theatre in the main structure has been instal

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