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Denmark - Matrix Group has appointed Kenneth Bremer as CEO. Since 2009, Bremer has worked in Italy, most recently in strategic marketing and PR with loudspeaker manufacturer RCF, based in Reggio Emilia.

Matrix Group's stated mission is to become one of the most important players in the market segment of solutions and product supply to the entertainment industry. With a strong line-up of companies within the group, Matrix Group is an attractive partner towards sales, installation and distribution of professional products to the industry from 'day to day' distribution business to complex turnkey installations.

Matrix Group companies include the following:

Moto Audio Sales - a provider of complete pro audio solutions to live event production - as well as being the distributor in Denmark for L-Acoustics, Arx, Aviom, Optogate, Buttkicker and Pinanson.

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UK - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds world tour has just completed its UK arena leg, with Midas XL8 live performance systems at FOH and on monitors, supplied by Britannia Row Productions. Such is the scalability of Midas' growing digital range that the tour will move onto PRO6s for its run of European and US dates throughout the spring and then to the new PRO2Cs for summer festival appearances.

Both FOH and monitor engineer, Antony King and Nahuel Gutierrez respectively, are experienced hands on the XL8, and both are relishing being back at the controls. With a 26-piece choir from the Crouch End Festival Chorus and Hertfordshire Chorus, as well as a brass section, both consoles are pretty full.

"Out of 96 channels I'm using 93 and out of 48 outputs I'm using 47," says Gutierrez, who took an XL8 out on monitors for the last-ever Oasis tour. "It's such a pleasu

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Turkey - New indie nightclub Skandal! has opened its doors in Istanbul with an L-Acoustics coaxial loudspeaker system supplied by Turkish distributor, Elit Light&Sound Technologies.

Run by leading Istanbul venue owners together with Metehan Çorumluo?lu, aka DJ Style-ist, Skandal! draws heavily on the twin late-70s cultures of New Wave and disco, bringing a new vibe to the Istanbul club scene. A system of seven L-Acoustics 8XTi coaxial speakers from the Architectural Series for installers, with two 108P coaxials and two SB18i fixed installation subwoofers, driven by two LA4 amplifiers, has been installed into the venue.

"The L-Acoustics system is the strongest aspect of Skandal," says Çorumluo?lu. "The DJs who've performed at the venue are so pleased with the sound of the new cabinets so far, and our clientele can also be heard talking about club's sound qualit

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UK - Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance will be hosting an interactive stand for the The Big Bang Fair held at The NEC Birmingham, 15-17 March 2012.

The Big Bang Fair is aimed at showing young people the opportunities there are in science, engineering, technology and maths and expects around 35000 visitors this year.The stand is very generously sponsored by White Light, Avolites, Arcola Energy and BOC.

The College's interactive stand has three areas: a performance lighting area, which has an automated lighting system comprising of a digital control platform, video screens, and some automated (moving) fixtures; a stage technology area, with computers running CAD drawing and visualisation programmes; and a performance sound area, with digital mixing desk and amplification for live mixing. These areas will all feed into a mini-stage, where visitors can create realised

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UK - The Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh is more than just an Olympic swimming pool. It contains multiple gyms, dry dive training facilities, cafeteria, kids party zones, diving pool and much more. This grade A listed centre piece of Scottish sport requires sound systems of extremely high calibre to match the level and quantities of events that are staged at the facility. Audio Light Systems Ltd was picked to design and install the building wide PA and music systems.

The main all important pool area, which is being used for the up and coming Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games required clarity in an extremely reverberant space. A pair of Tannoy QFlex 48 intelligent columns produced the best solution by having excellent sound reproduction at the same time as being discreet in appearance.

At the helm of the PA systems control is the new ADS T8X8 16 zone digital PA system. Dedic

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UAE - A Midas PRO2, deployed by leading Dubai AV production company Artes Middle East, delivered a first-class debut performance FOH at this year's 10th Dubai International Jazz Festival despite the onset of strong winds and sandstorms during the week-long event.

"The console stood its ground through everything," reports a delighted Karl Da Costa, FOH engineer and technical production manager at Artes, who was using a Midas digital desk for the first time following a product demo by Chicco Hiranandani of Dubai-based NMK Electronics.

The PRO2 was installed at the festival's open-air Jazz Garden which saw some 19 acts perform over nine days, including headline bands fronted by Ruby Turner, Deborah Coleman, Shakura S'Aida and Sharrie Williams.

Da Costa, an experienced user of Midas Verona and Heritage 3000 analogue consoles, quickly familiarised himself with the Midas

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UK - Cue Media has taken advantage of the 0% finance deal that is currently available through A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET's audio division on equipment purchases of leading brands Nexo, Yamaha and Sennheiser.

Cue Media, a busy technical production and solutions provider, required a compact, highly versatile and fully digital sound solution to cover many different types and scales of event - from straight conferences to rock and pop bands, theatre style cabaret shows and lively motivational speaker events.

Nexo's successful PS-R2 Series speakers were the solution for their multitude of diverse events and shows. The package includes four sets of Nexo PS10-R2 speaker cabinets and two Nexo powered digital TD controllers.

Concurrently, Cue Media also invested in their second Yamaha LS9 32-channel digital mixing console, along with other Yamaha accessories.

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UK - New at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 from Sennheiser UK is the XS Wireless Series, an entry-level series of wireless microphone package designed for users who want to go wireless effortlessly, but still have the guarantee of great quality sound.

These robust units are simple to operate, feature transmitters that have a battery life of up to 10 hours, while a switching bandwidth of up to 24 MHz allows for flexibility in the choice of frequencies. The series is comprised of two vocal sets, an instrument set and presentation sets with lavalier microphone or a headmic.

eRack, meanwhile, is an all-in-one, cost effective solution from Sennheiser UK that provides users with a fully assembled, ready to use, four channel evolution G3 wireless system, which includes the 19" rack, an ASA 1 antenna, power supply, plus all other accessories required, and is custom prepared with four ev

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USA - EAW has appointed pro audio veteran Alex Schloesser to the position of EAW Asia-Pacific sales director. The announcement was made by Jeff Rocha, EAW president, and reflects EAW's ongoing commitment to growth in the Asia-Pacific region. In his new capacity, Schloesser will report to and work closely with Davwinder Sheena, LOUD Technologies' Asia & Pacific-Rim managing director.

With more than 20 years in pro audio in and out of his native Germany, Schloesser has a wealth of experience from his past positions. He is fully versed in audio technology, including acoustical simulation and treatment, audio consulting, sound design and studio/control room specifications. He has worked as an engineer and consultant for 24 years, working in R&D as well as in all levels of live performance - system tech, P.A., front-of-house mixing, system design etc.

Schloesser has been a part of

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Germany - Out Board will be exhibiting at Frankfurt ProLight&Sound with TiMax distributor Pro Audio-Technik in Hall 8, Stand A01, and will demonstrate the TiMax SoundHub S-Version's "unparalleled combination of sound effects editing and management and wide range of showcontrol trigger and event interfaces".

Aimed at theatre and live events sound designers as well as museum and attraction integrators, the new S-Version features include multitrack Timeline cue programming, clip editing, looping, timeslip, volume-profiling and archiving, plus the object-based delay-pan programming pioneered by TiMax.

Also presented will be the new Touring Version TiMax Tracker configuration, what has recently been purchased by premier German event production company Neumann & Muller. This market-leading performer-tracking system follows actors, presenters, attraction visitors and confer

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UK - West London based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) has expanded its current warehouse facility by acquiring the building next door .... and knocking through. This increases the area to over 12,000sq.ft, nearly doubling the previous available space.

The old warehouse was already about to start bursting at the seams last year! When CSE added over 100 moving lights and over 500 tiles of their new proprietary BT12 LED screen to the near capacity stock, things became critical - and something had to give.

By a completely serendipitous stroke of luck, the unit next door came available just at the right time. "It was almost too convenient to be true," declares Colour Sound's Haydn Cruickshank, who jumped at the chance to take it over.

The dividing wall between the two units has been completely removed and CSE is utilising the new area

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Iceland - Several Allen & Heath iLive and iDR digital mixers have been installed in the prestigious new Harpa concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavik.

The new venue has four main spaces to manage a busy programme of music and conference events. iLive systems comprising an iDR-16 MixRack and iLive-R72 Control Surface have been installed in the Norourljos recital hall and Kaldalon hall, whilst a combined FOH and monitor system,comprising iDR-16 MixRacks and an iLive-R72 and iLive-T80 surfaces, has been selected for the Silfurberg conference hall.

All systems use A&H's proprietary ACE (audio and control over Ethernet) link, and iDR-4 digital matrix mixers are installed in each venue to manage audio distribution. There is also a portable iLive system, comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T80 Control Surface, available for any additional audio requirements around the buil

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USA - Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope film studios, located in California's Napa Valley, has installed Meyer Sound EXP cinema sound systems in three new rooms, including an ADR stage, ADR control room, and a screening room. Consistent EXP monitoring will allow seamless translation between the new rooms and Zoetrope's existing re-recording stage, which in 2009 became the first facility of its kind to install a complete EXP system.

Coppola, working alongside re-recording mixers Walter Murch and Pete Horner, relied on Zoetrope's original EXP monitoring system for the final mix of his 2009 release, Tetro. Reflecting on the experience, Coppola says, "With Meyer Sound, there has been a tremendous increase in power, yet with distortion eliminated. If the sound were a picture, you would immediately notice how incredibly focused it is, with no blurring."

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UK - The nominees for the 2012 Olivier Awards, which reward achievement in London theatre over the last 12 months, were announced on 15 March at a presentation broadcast live online for the first time. Entertainment lighting specialist White Light, lighting supplier to many of the nominated shows, would like to congratulate all of the nominees -in particular those in the Best Lighting Design category.

This year's nominated lighting designers are Howard Harrison for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse, Bruno Poet for Frankenstein at the National Theatre, and Hugh Vanstone, who received two nominations - for Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre and Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre.

Vanstone's nomination was one of the 10 received by Matilda, the show receiving a nomination in every category for which it was eligible, inclu

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UK - Funktion One has announced the launch of their new website. The site has undergone a complete redesign with a much improved graphical interface including an extensive photo gallery and many new features. There are now direct links to every page allowing for speedy access to all Funktion One product information and news and the site is easily accessible via mobile phones.

In addition to the new website Funktion One have also launched the Funktion One (Official) Facebook page which can be directly accessed via a link on the homepage of the new site - http://www.funktion-one.com

• In other news from the company, Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, which features a Funktion One loudspeaker system, has been nominated in the Best Sound Design category in this year's Olivier Awards. The sound design for the production, by Ed Clark

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USA - Sensaphonics has announced its support for the annual Auction 4 Audiology, a fundraiser for the American Academy of Audiology Foundation (AAAF). The auction features several autographed items of music memorabilia, the proceeds from which will fund research for hearing health in musicians. The Auction 4 Audiology takes place on the BiddingForGood.com website and will be open for bidding from 19-31 March.

The auction items include electric guitars signed by Aerosmith, Lady Antebellum, the Dave Matthews Band, Buddy Guy, and O.A.R., all donated to the cause by Sensaphonics president and founder Dr. Michael Santucci. Additional autographed items include a framed gold record by Coldplay and concert poster from Umphrey's McGee.

"Promoting hearing health among musicians is our mission, and we're thrilled to once again work with the Foundation toward funding additional, much

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Germany - K.M.E. will promote the VL 4 ultra-compact column array loudspeaker system at ProLight+Sound this week.

The system comes with top sound quality in the midrange (4 x 4"cone speaker) and fine precise highs coming from a 1" dome tweeter with optimized wave guide for optimal localization performance in stereo and multi-mode setup. A high- grade passive crossover network completes the speaker components.

Its minimal weight of 6 kg and the slim and modest appearance together with outstanding handling features make it a high class product for entertainers, duos and mobile DJs, says the comp[any.

The system is suitable also for theatres, museums, lecture rooms, restaurants and in multi-channel systems in club, cinema and multimedia setups. The K.M.E. specific polyurethane coating is normally black . As installation version the system will be offered as VL 4 i.

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Rwanda - Rwanda's nightlife has been the richer in recent weeks for a new attraction: on 3 February, an exclusive new discotheque, the K-Club, opened in Kigali's Brima Business Centre. The new hotspot features two stylishly furnished bars with dance floors, as well as several lounge areas. The aspirations of the new club - as is evident from its decor, ambience, lighting and sound systems - are of the highest order. The sound system was installed by Audio Visual Engineering Kenya Ltd (AVE), the Dynacord distributor in East, West and Central Africa.

Based some 500 miles away in Nairobi, the sound specialists from AVE opted for a Dynacord solution based around the D-Lite series for a number of reasons: "Dynacord enjoys an excellent reputation in the industry based on countless prestige references that include some of the largest and best clubs in the world," explains AVE

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Germany - Roland Systems Group (RSG) will be demonstrating their increasing strength in both the professional audio and the professional video market at ProLight + Sound this week.

On the audio side, the range of V-Mixer digital mixing consoles, M-48 live personal mixers, Digital Snake I/O units and the R-1000 48 track recorder/players will be featured. These products (as well as other audio products in the RSG range) can be configured easily as a flexible, expandable system using REAC (Roland Ethernet Audio Communication), the proprietary technology from Roland for low latency, high quality digital audio transfer, says the company.

REAC has the ability to transfer 40 channels of audio in each direction at 24-bit and up to 96kHz all over a single Cat5e/6 Ethernet cable or optical link avoiding signal quality loss, ground hums and other interference typically found with analog

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UK - Bose Professional Systems Division will unveil its latest FreeSpace products at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 - the FreeSpace IZA 250-LZ/190-HZ integrated zone amplifiers, and the FreeSpace ZA 250-LZ/190-HZ zone amplifiers. These integrated zone amplifiers are designed for background/foreground music and paging applications. They offer greater flexibility and configurability for creating premium sound and paging solutions for retail stores, schools, hotels, restaurants, and houses of worship. Proprietary Bose Opti-voice paging provides seamless paging over music, ensuring that clear, natural speech is heard at the appropriate sound level. When used with Bose FreeSpace DS 40 and DS 16 loudspeakers, sound is further optimised through onboard selectable EQ presets.

In addition to providing basic amplification and sound system expansion when using front-end signal processing from Bos

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MTV Awards - Frankfurt will host this year's MTV Europe Music Awards. It will be the second time the ceremony has been broadcast from the city since 2001. The event will be aired live from the city's Festhalle on Sunday 11 November. Belfast in Northern Ireland staged the event in 2011 with performances from the likes of Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Lady Gaga, with Selena Gomez hosting the ceremony.

Olivier Awards - Lyricist Tim Rice is to be honoured for his outstanding contribution to musical theatre at this year's Olivier Awards. Rice, who penned the lyrics to shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita and collaborated with Elton John on The Lion King, will be given the Olivier Special Award at the event, on 15 April 15 at the Royal Opera House. The nominations for this year's ceremony, which will be hosted by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, w

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Denmark - dnp denmark has upgraded three of its most popular Supernova models, making them respectively easier to install, simpler to use and better to look at. And to ensure safe dispatch, they will also be delivered to site in more robust packaging.

The redesigned Supernova Core II features a highly improved flexible tension system that makes assembly of the screen easier. In addition, new wall mounts facilitate easier installation, while the screen frame has also been completely re-designed and now has a more elegant and smooth look. The quality of the corner assembly has been improved and the velvet material on the frame is now of a higher quality.

The new Supernova Core II is available in a variety of sizes with 08-85 screen material.

Also equipped with more versatile control is Supernova Flex Classic, which is now IR operable via the included remote control. At the sam

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Germany - Audinate and Four Audio, the German manufacturer of audio and loudspeaker management systems, have announced the launch of Four Audio's new DBO1.

The DBO1 is a Dante enabled breakout box with eight analogue output channels. It allows the user to go from Dante to analogue signals in a small 1U box.

"Four Audio will attract a lot of industry attention with the new DBO1. Customers are increasingly asking for I/O solutions for connecting analogue devices to a Dante network," said Dave Anderson, director of sales at Audinate. "Four Audio is providing an easy to use solution that can be deployed across a broad spectrum of use cases."

The DBO1 is operated by simply connecting it to a Dante network and configuring the easy-to-use breakout box via the Dante Controller. he DBO1's smart front panel displays allow quick and easy detection of the network and

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Indonesia - L-Acoustics' Indonesian representative Tri Tunggal Abadi has supplied a KIVA/KILO WST line source system to the Menara Citicon Auditorium, located on the 22nd floor of the Menara Citicon office building in Jakarta.

The 500-capacity multi-purpose venue, which will be used for weddings, product launches, worship gatherings, live performances, theatre and performing arts, has been installed with a L/R system of four KIVA ultra compact cabinets and two KILO low frequency extensions per side, with four SB18i fixed installation subwoofers, two 108P self-powered coaxials for front-fill and 112P self-powered coaxial monitors. The entire system is driven by three LA4 amplified controllers.

"The client wanted an unobtrusive system which would deliver high quality sound, with an appearance that would match the interior of the hall," says Tri Tunggal Abadi's Andre Bo

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