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"The PA company had a few of them and I decided to try them on piano, double bass and cello," says Pinheiro, who has been chief engineer at Biscoito Fino Records' recording studio for the past 10 years. "It was the first time I'd used a microphone on a live double bass that gave me a great sound. Right there I decided I needed some of these."

Having purchased two of the kits, which include a carefully selected pair of DPA 4061 miniature omni mics with mounting accessories, Pinheiro went to work trying out the mics on his projects. "I do a lot of live recordings as well as those live in th

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Fortunately the theatre has purchased several Shure UHF-R wireless microphone systems which are not only compact and lightweight but also sweat resistant.

"The Shure UHF system has been very reliable," commented Holly Newcombe, senior sound technician at Pilbeam Theatre. "Sometimes we run up to 32 in one go and there's never any issue. Occasionally we get a little bit of sweat on the microphones but it's not a big deal as I just give them a wipe with contact cleaner and they're fine - and believe me some of the people we get are quite sweaty.

"We also have four hand-helds. We use the packs with the jack adapters for guitars and keyboards - we have a battery powered key

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With the introduction of the latest three models, the D-Power series of two channel amplifiers extends the series to six models. Covering a meaningful power output range from 250W per channel at 4 Ohm to 2300W per channel at 4 Ohm, the D-Power series makes for a perfect match with any speaker brand in any pro application, says the company.

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One of the first LEED certified arenas in the world, the AMSOIL Arena seats 6,600 for hockey and ice shows, and more than 8,500 for concerts and other entertainment. Its sound system was designed and installed by TSI Technology Solutions LLC, the systems division of TSI Global LLC, in St. Charles, Missouri, with consulting provided by Gary White of WJHW in Dallas.

"The budget for this job was smaller than what we typically have to work with for a sports stadium or coliseum," says Scott Durham of TSI, "so we had to be creative. We wanted to han

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The construction has been built in the place of the former Ilie Oan? Stadium, which was completed in 1937. The old stadium was demolished and a complete new one has been built featuring all top modern facilities and already appointed by UEFA to host the group matches and semi-finals of the Champions League.

An RCF audio system has been installed to cover all areas of the stadium. Romanian RCF distributor FBS Lines provides the audio system project.

The audio system design for the Ilie Oan? Stadium was done in collaboration with the RCF project department that specified the individual product system solution, documentation, acoustical simulation, measurement and more.

"Simply a milestone

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The Peavey TriFlex II system is a complete sound system providing 1,000watts of power through a three-speaker setup-one 15" Peavey subwoofer plus two satellite speakers with 10" premium woofers and Peavey RX14 1.4" titanium compression drivers on patented Peavey Quadratic Throat Waveguide horns. The system is engineered for balanced sound and crisp presentation regardless of the application, with clear sound at high output levels and "plenty of punchy bass".

The TriFlex II chassis is housed in the subwoofer enclosure and includes all of the system electronics-two-channel preamp, electronic crossover and subsonic filter - as well as the three power amps. For

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Ahead of their Download performance on Sunday 10 June, Black Sabbath are to record their first album with their original line-up for 33 years. The 1968 incarnation of the band, which also includes guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward, will record new material with producer Rick Rubin. Black Sabbath have released 18 albums since 1969, when they formed in Birmingham.

Music Business - EMI has said it will sell its recorded music unit for £1.

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The birthday celebration for Moscow was a spectacular mega event, which included a cutting edge 4-D projection mapping show taking place on the walls of the Moscow University and a fireworks show. For providing a reliable communications system for the whole area, the organisers split up the area into to dedicated zones: The control tower and the university building.

The two areas were interconnected via fibre. Artist 64 and Artist 32 mainframes at both positi

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Travelling to countries as varied as the USA, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica, such was its success that it was nominated for Billboard's best live tour of 2010, yet it still had months to run.

Fernando Diaz, is a veteran of 30 years on the road and has worked with Sanz for the past decade. Using DiGiCo consoles since the company was formed, he was an early adopter of the SD7, along with monitor engineer Frank Aponte.

"I remember perfectly the first day, three years ago, that Tim Shaxson from DiGiCo came to Madrid to help us with setting up the SD7. My first impre

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Multiple contact style modules can be mixed to suit particular needs. Multi-pin modules can support analogue and digital audio transfer, while multi-way coaxial modules can handle CCTV, SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI video. A full range of power modules allows current handling from a few amperes to 200 A.

RJ45 data modules allow Ca.5 10/100 Mbit/s, Cat 6e 1 Gbit/s or Cat 6E 10 Gbit/s Ethernet transfer via Harting patch leads. Signal security between power and data lines can be ensured where necessary through EMC screening options or by the use of SC fibre-optic mod

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"It's absolutely brilliant, it's revolutionised the show," he reports. "I've trained my deps on how to use it to its full potential with specific application to this show and they're complete converts, even the analogue junkies. The house technicians think it's a genius application of the right technology and Beardyman loves it.

"Feedback has been a massive issue with Beard's set-up up until now but with the DP548 he no longer needs to worry about it. In really extreme scenarios I have made use of the phase related filters in order to move bass nodes around the room and prevent localised coupling on stage which would otherwise be a show stop

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This year's dramatic medley included Lord of the Flies, Beggar's Opera, with a children's version of Pericles running concurrently under it during the day time, and the light and entertaining Gershwin musical, Crazy for You. Walker explains the one common factor driving his sound design for this diverse mix of performances, "It's about pulling the audio image back to the performer, so tha

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Like the popular Roland VR-5, the "all-in-one" design of the VR-3 simplifies production and streaming of live events. The VR-3's design incorporates a video switcher, audio mixer, preview monitors and streaming-ready USB output all in a compact, single unit.

The VR-3 is extremely portable - the size of an A4 piece of paper and weighing 2kg. The reduction in hardware equipment, setup time and connection complexity mak

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Mapp had previously relied on a Midas XL4 for every tour, before switching to digital desks a few years ago. "Why did I make the change to Midas Digital?" he says. "Tone, feel and most importantly, audio quality. I've had some great shows on other digital desks but nothing sounds and feels like the PRO9 does."

Citing the PRO9's EQ as one of the first features that won him over, Mapp continues, "It really blew me away, reminding me of what it was like to mix on a great analogue desk. I just pushed up the guitars, did a little tonal shaping and they sounded massive.

"Another thing I've noticed after bouncing from festivals to theatres on a variety

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Founded in 1994, Woodend Arts is run by a collective of paid staff and volunteers. The Woodend Barn hosts a diverse programme of music, theatre, comedy, dance, film, children's events, art exhibitions and workshops.

AC-ET had previously supplied lighting equipment and a background music system to the Woodend Barn project for their cafe/bistro. At that stage, plans to further develop the Barn were already underway, and more recently, additional funding enabled the investment in a new sound and cinema system.

Once funding was granted by Creative Scot

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DBs Music has opened a new music technology training centre in partnership with Cornwall College, choosing GS-R24M recording mixers for four production suites and several ZED-10FX. An addition to DBs' existing Plymouth centre, the new facility offers a variety of new training programmes in Music Performance and Music Production, with plans to add university-level courses in the future. All four GS-R24 mixers have been installed into bespoke furniture, connected to 27" iMacs with Pro Tools and Logic. There are also a few small ZED-10FX mixers installed in their custom built live and performance rooms.

Mark Trewin, who is DBs' development director,

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First introduced in 1998, the 01V96 has proved one of Yamaha's most widely-used digital consoles, being employed in broadcast, live sound, corporate and entertainment installations, as well as project studios. Now, the 01V96i brings a raft of new features to this popular mixer.

Featuring a 24bit/96kHz sample rate, the 01V96i features newly improved, studio-quality head amps with onboard 24bit/96kHz A/D and D/A converters.

With the demand for multi-track recording in live sound applications continually growing, the01V96i also features 96kHz, 16 in/16 out USB 2.0 audio streaming. This new facility makes high quality multi-track recording and playback quick and straightforward and provides full in

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Other features include a three-way equaliser and balance controls, adjustable FX send output, adjustable stereo AUX return input, Tape record/play connections, adjustable headphone output, +48V phantom power, and the possibility to connect a gooseneck light.

Neil Clayton, managing director of Monacor UK commented, "The MMX-1282USB is a great addition to the IMG Stage Line brand and heads up the range perfectly. It boasts so many features for such little money it's almost embarrassing. We have often been asked for a wider choice of mixers with DSP effects and we are now pleased to be able to m

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The venues were a selection of theatres and Wembley Arena in London. Adlib's crew of Ian Nelson and Otto Kroymann worked closely with Keith's own engineers - Dirk Durham (FOH), Bill Collyer (band monitors) and Russell Fischer (Toby Keith monitors) together with their systems tech, Scott Halle.

Durham specified JBL VerTec which he uses when touring in the USA, so Adlib supplied a total of 24 VerTec 4889 speakers with 12 VerTec 4880A subs and 10 x L-Acoustics Kara for front-fills and lip-fills.

For Wembley, they added side-hangs of another 10 VT4889s left & right, plus four additional subs a-side.

The FOH console was a Midas XL4 complete with a substantial array of outboard. These i

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Lexair Entertainment founder Alex Mair says, "High End Systems is one of the true innovators in our industry, delivering high quality products that deserve the best support services available. Lexair Entertainment will provide Australian based sales, support, service and training for High End Systems' full range of Wholehog lighting consoles, automated and digital lighting products."

"We are excited to have Lexair Entertainment as a partner," said Betsy Childers, customer service manager of High End Systems. "Alex's long relationship with High End Systems goes back many years and his company will provide customers with great sales and service locally in Australia. This partnership strengthens our commitment to custome

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Clear-Com's partnership with AudioPro signals a continued commitment toward growth in the region, coupled with a dedication to enhancing the customer experience. To ensure greater product availability for customers in the Netherlands, AudioPro will carry a local stock of Clear-Com and HME products, making it easier for users to purchase intercom systems for a live event or broadcast on short notice. AudioPro will also provide trained technical staff to assist in after-sales support and services.

"We here at AudioPro are very excited to be working

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The Growler Bites and Brews bar and restaurant is located in the Financial District on Stone Street, which is often referred to as Lower Manhattan's restaurant row and is the location of several of McDonald's other establishments. The new eatery is named after the traditional half-gallon jugs used to transport beer and sports a decidedly doggy theme, even offering a corral for its four-legged patrons while their owners chow down on organic hotdogs, micro

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This year's line-up was again highlighted by some of the best European a cappella groups: The Real Group from Sweden with its world-acclaimed and multiple-award-winning music; comedy-flavoured Muttis Kinder and Suade; alongside Vocado with jazz-infused a cappella and the Asian a cappella acts, highlighted by the Gay Singers from Hong Kong; and performances from Green Onion from Taiwan, and FlexiTones from Malaysia.

Turbosound's Singaporean distributor Consolidated Audio Networks supported this year's festival, which was held from 1 - 30 October 2011, with the leading youth groups and the country's favourite a cappella groups presenting their music alongside the international g

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To immerse an audience of 17,000 in this extraordinary sonic mix, POOLgroup of Emsdetten, Germany deployed a massive surround system comprising 296 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers, all networked and controlled using Meyer Sound's D-Mitri digital audio platform.

The event was presented in Mannheim's expansive outdoor Friedrichsplatz, where the staging layout posed an extraordinary challenge to sound designer Stephan Diebel of Stockstadt/Rhein-based projekt|werk. The audience was seated in a semi-circle around a central fountain, with the music