India - Foreigner are currently out on their first tour of India with 48 channels of ARX MSX 48 Mic Line Splitters, part of the complete audio production package supplied by Mumbai based Audio Sound.com.

The five-date tour comprises shows in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore. Foreigner are being joined on stage by Indian musician Niladri Kumar, the young Electric Sitar (Zitar) maestro who is opening each performance.

Sound.com are utilising their 48 channel rack of ARX MSX 48s for Mic and Line Splitting between the Digidesign Venue Front of House console and Yamaha PM5

UK / The Netherlands - MTR reports that Steve Harley, the leader of Cockney Rebel, is endorsing the stageClix 'Jack' digital wireless system.

"The system is faultless," says Harley. "The response is immaculate and the build quality superb. I've used my stageClix 'Jack' for a hundred shows or more last year, at venues including small, acoustic-set halls right up to outdoors at the Isle Of Wight and Glastonbury festivals. I had problems for many years with wireless guitar equipment. But I hate leads rolling under my feet and was determined to keep on hoping for the real t

USA - Audio-Technica has introduced the U851RO omnidirectional condenser boundary microphone.

The U851RO's small-diameter UniPoint capsule near the boundary eliminates phase distortion and delivers clear, high-output performance, says the company. The unit is equipped with a PivotPoint rotating output connector, allowing the cable to exit from either the rear or the bottom of the microphone; a UniSteep filter, which provides a steep low-frequency attenuation to improve sound pickup without affecting voice quality; and UniGuard RFI-shielding technology. Self-contained electronics elimi

UK - Blitz Communications has appointed Brad Ward as a sound project manager. In this role, Ward, working alongside Adam Rudd and Peter Russell, will be responsible for theatrical and corporate events in the UK and throughout Europe.

Ward brings over 20 years experience in theatre and event audio. He relocated to London from New York City in early 2010 where he was working as a sound designer for Acoustic Dimensions. He has previously worked as the lead audio technician for Cirque du Soleil's Beatles Love show in Las Vegas as well as a freelance sound designer.

"I was dr

Europe - Usher's globe-trotting OMG Tour is underway as the electrifying entertainer delivers more than 50 large arena shows across North America, Europe, and Australia through March. UK audio hire company Major Tom is providing an all-Meyer Sound package built around 72 Milo line array loudspeakers and 40 700-HP subwoofers, with veteran engineer Tim Colvard at the front-of-house position.

"My approach with all mixing projects is to have the vocals on top, clean and clear. Once that's established, proper placement of the instrumentation is my next goal," says Colvard.

Egypt - A short distance west of the great city of Alexandria lies the warm coastal region of El Alamein. Now more famous as the most popular summer vacation destination for the majority of Egyptians, El Alamein is these days host to a significant and celebratory annual event.

"Amr Diab is one of Egypt's most famous singers," said Hussein Raouf of Technology KAR Inc. "A great star here and across the Middle East, he also has a reputation worldwide, winning World Music Awards in 2002 and 2007, he has performed as far away as Las Vegas."

The highly respected Diab m

UK - Comedian and musician Tim Minchin has just finished a seven-date tour of UK arenas where he performed with a full orchestra. For this demanding audio production, Dutch rental company Da Capo, chosen specifically for its orchestral experience, deployed a number of DiGiCo SD consoles to cope with the extensive requirements.

"We are very experienced with in-ear monitoring for orchestras and have specific systems that we use," says Da Capo founder and sound designer for the tour, Rob van der Meijs. "Initially, monitor speakers were requested, but the sound level on sta

UK - RG Jones Sound Engineering has equipped the historic chapel at Cambridge's Trinity College, with its first sound reinforcement system, using 127 of JBL's miniature Control 52 satellite speakers, accessed via a BSS Soundweb DSP design to optimise the sound broadcast from seven fixed mic positions at the lecterns. The equipment was supplied by Sound Technology, Harman Pro's UK and ROI distributors.

They responded successfully to a system design created by acoustic consultants, Peter Mapp & Associates, who drew up the tender document on behalf of property management consultants (and

Uganda / UK - When Peter Fairhurst of Visual Engineering approached Fuzion on behalf of a client in Uganda, neither party knew what to expect. The initial enquiry was intriguing to say the least, with a request to provide "a small portable PA system that they could load in a single truck, turn up at say, a football stadium and address up to 20,000 people. The system would then need to be broken down and moved on to the next venue".

Following introductory concept discussions with Peter Fairhurst, it emerged that the system was to be used by the current President of Uganda Yow

USA - In 1882 Russell Conwell, a pastor and lawyer from Boston, arrived in Philadelphia to lead Grace Baptist Church. Conwell agreed to tutor a young man unable to afford a formal education. Soon thereafter others showed up for Conwell's evening classes at the Baptist Temple, and the number of students quickly grew into the hundreds. In 1888, a charter for Temple College was issued, and in 1907 the school became Temple University.

Temple played host to some prominent speakers during the mid-20th century, notably Martin Luther King, Jr., President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Margaret Me

Slovenia - Converted from a former cinema, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana is a centre for contemporary and urban creativity which embraces live music, theatre, dance, film, visual exhibitions and more experimental forms of entertainment. Also included are rehearsal rooms and a recording studio, so the audio demands of the venue are wide-ranging and diverse. A pair of Yamaha M7CL-48 mixing consoles are installed.

Kino Šiška has an overall area of 2,468 m2 and features two auditoria - the Katedrala hall (capacity: 800 standing or 450 seated) a

UK - Allen & Heath has released an iPad application for its iLive digital mixing system. iLive MixPad connects to an iLive MixRack on a wireless network and provides the essential controls for live mixing, including channel faders and mutes, DCA faders and mutes, image controls, aux sends, channel processing, mic-pre control and full metering. Channel processing encompasses high-pass filters, gates, parametric and graphic EQs, compressors, limiters / de-essers and delays.

iLive MixPad also offers several useful tools for system set-up, including channel assignment to mixes, a real tim

UK - Sound Technology Ltd, the Harman Pro distributor in the UK and ROI, are pleased to announce the purchase and deployment of a JBL VRX line array PA system and 60 channel AKG digital wireless system for major conference sound applications by Cambridge-based Professional Audio-Visual (Cambridge) Ltd (Pro-Av)

The company has come a long way since being set up by Paul Kent in 1995, having developed into an operation turning over £1 million per annum in equipment hire and technical services.

Along the way the company moved to new headquarters on a one-acre site near Stansted Ai

Spain - D.A.S. Audio celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. Founded in 1971 by Juan Alberola, D.A.S. Audio has evolved into a global sound reinforcement operator with a comprehensive collection of products offering versatility and solutions for the contractor, sound rental companies, and the working musician.

Over the years, D.A.S. Audio's loudspeakers and compression drivers have earned a reputation throughout the world for exceptional performance and reliability by incorporating the latest advances in transducer design and manufacture, including the latest coil winding techn

USA - ATK Audiotek recently provided audio services for Super Bowl XLV, marking the 14th straight year the company has been involved in the country's biggest sporting event. Once again, ATK Audiotek deployed its custom-designed cart system with JBL Vertec line arrays for the Halftime Show and Post-Game Show of the Super Bowl, held at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas on 6 February 2011. The carts were also used for Lea Michele's rendition of America the Beautifuland Christina Aguilera's performance of The Star-Spangled Banner.

This year's Super Bowl, broadcast via Fox Spo

Indonesia - L-Acoustics' distributor in South East Asia, Sennheiser Electronic Asia, together with Indonesian partner Tri Tunggal Abadi, have installed the first L-Acoustics KI system into a church in the region. The K1/Kara WST line source system has been installed into the Evangelist Graha Bethany Nginden Church, located in Surabaya, together with products from almost all L-Acoustics' ranges.

Headed up by Pastor Abraham Alex Tanuseputra, this is one of Indonesia's largest churches, able to accommodate gatherings of 30,000 in one sitting. Tri Tunggal Abadi's André Bonang has c

UK- Cooper Controls reports that their entertainment specialists Zero 88 will be hosting a number of ORB Series events across Europe, starting with three events in north of the UK.

With a combination of theatrical control philosophy and an adaptable hardware platform, the ORB Series provide intuitive control of both generic dimmers and moving lights. The ORB Series consoles support 2048 control channels, multiple playback stacks and are fitted with custom designed encoder wheels for dimmer and fixture control.

The road show events are free of charge and open to anyone considering a

UK - 2011 got off to a 'slamming' start for Solihull-based Urban Audio, with the company providing the audio system for the UK leg of the Total Nonstop Action (TNA) wrestling Maximum Impact European tour. It was a great opportunity for Yamaha's StageMix app to flex its muscles.

Taking place in late January at three of the UK's premier arena venues - Glasgow Braehead, Manchester's MEN and Wembley - the 'in the round' shows needed a system with plenty of power to ensure that master of ceremonies Jeremy Borash and playback music were heard above the roaring, sell-out crowds.

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Belgium - When Flemish CD&V minister Joke Schauvliege pleaded recently for clear legislation regarding Belgian pop festival sound thresholds, following the proposal of a 100dB LAeq (15) and 116dB (C) maximum for the loudest norm in public areas, it couldn't have come at a better time for Karel de Piere and his team from technology specialists, FACE.

With the new festival season fast approaching, in a country noted for its outdoor events, if the new proposals become law it will have a major impact on festival promoters and production companies. Thus FACE decided it was time to act.

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UK - HK Audio, distributed in the UK & Eire by John Hornby Skewes & Co will provide the sound reinforcement for this year's Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival.

Held between 23 and 27 February, and featuring 42 concerts, 15 workshops and 150 songwriters, top names performing this year include Billy Bragg, Cerys Matthews and Ricky Warwick.

Festival organisers invited applications from interested parties to provide PA systems for the various concert locations, which include a variety of venues including a city centre church hall. It was decided to use EMS Audio's HK Audio Elements

Germany - Innovason says that its customers can now rely on the high-quality support of an experienced crew in two locations - qualified service engineers in France and Germany can be contacted directly during business hours and also, in urgent cases, until late at night or at the weekend, thus guaranteeing rapid and efficient support, says the company.

The service has been strengthened by the proven Lawo Service Team who, after thorough training, is now ready to support Innovason clients. With an associated increase of staff, Innovason service in France and Germany is well positioned

UK - In just its second year of full-service operation, PixelBright is setting about duplicating its first PA rental system, in order to meet the needs of two busy showband clients. The hire company has just placed an order with authorised reseller A.C. Entertainment Technologies 's Audio Division for additional inventory of Roland's M-400 48-channel digital consoles and Roland M-48 personal monitor mixers.

Headquartered near Portsmouth, but with more than half its contracts in the London area, PixelBright has swiftly built up a wide client-base by "providing a service rather tha

Brazil - Optocore has appointed Sterling do Brasil as its strategic partner in Brazil. The company, founded by Nestor Almeida in 1987, relocated from its São Paolo base two years later, and has since been developing its brand portfolio from its current HQ in Rio de Janeiro.

However, the company is no longer merely a representative of equipment but, an integrator of solutions and related products for audio, video, signal transmission / receiving, satellite, fibre optics, CATV, DTH, HDTV, IPTV and digital signage.

"We only handle top line products," said Mr. Almeida who was

UK - A Midas XL8 Live Performance System has once again been used at front of house for the UK music industry's annual awards ceremony, the Brit Awards. This year's ceremony was broadcast live from London's 02 Arena with an XL8 spec'd by sound designer and live sound coordinator Derrick Zieba, who has been working on the awards ceremony since 1994, supplied by Britannia Row Productions.

"The XL8 once again proved its flexibility and user-friendliness, as well as allowing the sound crew to set up and access everything very quickly," says Zieba. "For me, the sound of the

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