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Jim Marshall Remembered - Guitar amp innovator Jim Marshall, dubbed 'the Father of Loud' for creating kit used by some of rock's biggest names, has died aged 88 and the industry has been paying tribute. A statement posted on the company's website called him a "legendary man", adding, "In addition to the creation of the amps, chosen by countless guitar heroes and game changing bands, Jim was also an incredibly humble and generous man who, over the past several decades, has quietly donated many millions of pounds to worthy causes."

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Philippines - Customers at the new Buddha-Bar in Manila enjoy an eclectic music mix that permeates the space through a Meyer Sound system comprising the largest count of self-powered low-voltage loudspeakers - 132 total - installed anywhere in a hospitality application.

Located in the trendy Picar Place development of Makati City, Buddha-Bar Manila is among the largest in the franchise, accommodating more than 500 people in the first-level lounge, second-level restaurant, and roof deck. The size of the property, combined with the franchise's extraordinarily high standards, entailed mu

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UK - Traction Sound and its distributor RWS Prosound will show off Traction Sound's PLASA Innovation Award nominated SDS Range of loudspeakers on Stand S-C19 at PLASA Focus, Leeds. They will also be running demonstrations of the products in the Lancelot Room at the Holiday Inn Express, adjacent and opposite to the exhibition centres.

Traction Sound's range of installation and portable pro audio speakers feature SDS Horn technology, the advantages of which Traction's technical specialist, Andy Pardoe explains: "The SDS Horn is a high frequency device that utilises multiple high-po

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USA - In the first two months of this year, ATK Audiotek supplied three very different PA system configurations to three of the biggest events in the entertainment calendar - the Super Bowl pre-show and halftime musical performances, Grammy Awards broadcast, and Academy Awards telecast - that ably demonstrated the efficiencies introduced by the company's adoption of Powersoft amplification.

Last year, production sound provider ATK standardised exclusively on the Powersoft DIGAM K10.

Brett Valasek, general manager, ATK Audiotek reports, "The Powersoft K10 amps have definitely ma

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USA - With 14 campuses in and around the city of Chicago and 25 weekend worship services each Sunday, New Life Community Church is one very active non-denominational Christian church. Until recently, their Midway Campus sanctuary faced a number of speech intelligibility and related challenges with their sound reinforcement system. The situation is now resolved-thanks in large part to the new sound system consisting of Variant Series installation line array loudspeakers from D.A.S. Audio.

West Chester, OH-based Troubadour Solutions, an A/V design / build firm with a focus on churches a

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The Netherlands - When noted Dutch cinematographer and film director Jan de Bont was approached to produce an art project which promotes the country's HSL-Zuid high speed rail project, his concept of a 3D film of the route was technically challenging. But with the assistance of an Alcons Audio system, audiences of the finished film, Surfing on Light, enjoyed a complete sensory experience.

De Bont has worked on many high profile films, including Twister, Basic Instinct, Die Hard and Lara Croft Tomb Raider. Having covered road and sea transport as dire

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Belgium - Rental company Soundfield has become the latest L-Acoustics Rental Network Agent, having placed a substantial initial order from ASC Audio, the local distributor in Belgium.

Soundfield now boasts an inventory of 24 KARA, 24 x KIVA and 24 x KUDO WST line source cabinets; 14 x SB18 and 24 x SB28 subwoofers; 12 x 115XT HiQ active monitors; 12 x 12XT coaxials; six LA4 amplified controllers and 36 x LA8A controllers in LA-RAKs.

The company runs an installation arm, Sotesa, alongside its rental business, specialising in theatres and concert halls. Sotesa was increasingly working

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Belgium - The colourful 49-year history of the Porsche 911 reached another milestone this year with the introduction of the 2012 model. Featuring many refinements, but continuing the immediately recognisable 911 profile, one regional European launch for the new car enjoyed the benefit of a DiGiCo SD9 mixing console. Or, as it was for the events, an SD911.

Belgian audio visual company GSF Event specialises in corporate and political events, working with such illustrious organisations as the European parliament, motor manufacturers Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini and many others.

GSF has b

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USA - When the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC) has crowds of up to 10,000 coming to pay homage to Japanese anime and manga, the organisation behind the event has to make sure that the audio system is both powerful enough and flexible enough to cope with the array of offerings that include live music, contests, panel discussions and more.

2012's MTAC Omega - as the event was dubbed this year - was themed around surviving the end of the world and how post-apocalyptic settings are prevalent in anime, manga and Japanese popular culture. With such lofty themes, the event saw appea

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UK - RCF will have representation from its premium ranges on show at PLASA Focus: Leeds (April 17-18).

Leading the charge will be D LINE flagship, the HDL 20-A active line array. With purpose-designed transducers, a unique, composite cabinet and powerful DSP processing, it is driven from a 1400 Watt Peak Power amplifier.

From the TT+ (Touring & Theatre) range is the TTL 11A digitally steerable active column array. Composed of mid-high and bass modules, powerful 96 kHz, 32 bit DSP provides the signal processing and 2000 W digital amplifiers power each of the modules.

RCF will also

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UK - Visitor registration for PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 closes at 5pm today. Don't miss out, register for your free visitor badge today and experience the largest get-together of entertainment technology professionals in the North.

Registration is free, choose from 20 free seminars and meet 130 exhibitors across two sold-out halls. Plus, who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? Free lunch will be served from 1pm on both days of the event.

PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 takes place at The Royal Armouries in Leeds on Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 April. Don't mis

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UK - Roland Systems Group will be exhibiting professional audio and video products for mixing, recording and web streaming at PLASA Focus, stand number RA-A9, including the VR-3 AV Mixer, R-1000 48 Track Recorder/Player and the M-480 48 Channel Live Mixing Console - showcasing the recently launched V1.5 firmware update for this popular console.

The V1.5 firmware update for the M-480 increases the number of DCA groups from 8 to 24 giving the engineer a massive jump in controllability in larger or more complex mixes as well as when using the M-480 in 96 channel cascade configurations. T

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UK - CIE-Group - European master distributors for US audio brand Atlas Sound - has announced the UK and mainland European launch of Atlas Sound's brand new 'Time Saving Device' (TSD) range.

With a range of 17 new devices, the Atlas Sound TSD range provides "a whole host of AV problem solvers designed to alleviate many of the most common audio system installation problems with simple, low cost and efficient solutions".

The TSD range includes compact mixers, amplifiers, pre-amps and a range of audio signal distribution & control devices.

Atlas Sound's Time Saving Devices a

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Finland - The Svenska Teatern, a Swedish-speaking theatre in Helsinki, has taken delivery of an Optocore system as part of a complete new technical infrastructure. This was designed to coincide with the Finnish premier of Kristina från Duvemåla - the hit musical written by former Abba members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson - at the end of February.

The Optocore fibre loop will form a digital backbone (with Sane extensions) for signal distribution to the amp racks, TTA Stagetracker localization and Yamaha processing. It also includes MADI converters.

The equipment was su

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UK - Music Group has today announced that the Eurocom family of installed sound products will be distributed in the UK and Ireland by Polar Audio. Eurocom is a range of commercial and installed sound products developed and manufactured by Behringer, a Music Group brand.

The Eurocom product range was developed over a period of two years by Behringer's engineering and product management team "in an effort to bring true innovation to an otherwise neglected product segment".

"We invested heavily in new, green technologies in order to build the most energy-efficient electr

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USA - The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has confirmed that registration is now open for its 47th International Conference on Music-Induced Hearing Disorders, which will take place at Columbia College in downtown Chicago, 20-22 June 2012. The conference presents expert knowledge from audio engineers, academic researchers, medical experts and manufacturers, with a total of 18 papers being presented over two days.

"The conference is a great opportunity for people to learn a wide array of perspectives on hearing health in the music industry," says Michael Santucci, conference

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UK - Pro audio hire company BCS Audio have made their first foray into the world of Soundcraft, with the purchase of a premium Vi6 digital console from Crystal Pro Audio.

Dave Shepherd, who runs the operation from a base in Fareham, has extensive touring experience and has worked with many of the current digital desks - with acts ranging from Plan B, to Thirty Seconds to Mars and Black Eyed Peas.

He had previously found himself hiring in Soundcraft boards to meet an increasing number of rider demands - so he decided it was time to invest in his own.

The opportunity to part exchang

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UK - FBT UK are exhibiting at PLASA Focus 2012 in Leeds and look forward to welcoming visitors to Stand S-A26 where they will be introduced to the latest additions to FBT's loudspeaker ranges. Particular focus will be on MITUS sound reinforcement systems, StageMaxX stage monitors, and the new Shadow series of extreme weather resistant speaker enclosures.

FBT MITUS is a comprehensive and flexible range of powered and passive line arrays for live sound touring and permanent installs. At this year's PLASA focus, FBT is showing its new additions to the existing MITUS range. These include

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Germany - t&m Systems, based in Ibbenbüren, has released new piano-gloss finish versions of its popular XS4 and XS6 compact, multi-purpose loudspeakers.

The XS4 loudspeaker handles 40W RMS and utilises a 1-inch dome and 4-inch mid/bass driver, coupled via a complex crossover with integrated dynamic protection circuit for driver protection. The slightly larger XS6 offers the same configuration but with a 6-inch mid bass unit, which extends low frequency and increases power handling to 100W RMS. Both systems use NL4 Speakon connectors and are offered as standard with a black or white t

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The Netherlands - Broadcast Facilities Netherland has purchased two sets of factory-matched DPA 4006A omnidirectional microphones from Benelux distributor Amptec. The mics have been purchased for recordings in the 2,200-capacity Grand Hall of de Doelen in Rotterdam, mainly for broadcast sessions of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

Broadcast Facilities Netherland's recording engineer Rob Heerschop first used the new mics for Mahler's Fifth Symphony, and was surprised by the clear and transparent sound they brought to this complex orchestral work.

"Broadcast Facilities Neder

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UK - Organised by Reed Exhibitions UK, the biennial SPE Offshore Europe conference and exhibition is the largest upstream oil and gas event outside North America. With some 1,500 exhibitors it attracts an audience of around 50,000 visitors, including engineers, technical specialists, industry leaders and experts from all over the world. Held at the AECC in Aberdeen, around 25,000 square metres of temporary exhibition space is created in five giant marquees, and a substantial PA system is required for information and safety announcements.

Taylored Sound, the Aberdeen-based pro audio re

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UK - James Harden is that latest addition to the ELP production staff. He joins ELP from Panalux where he was a project manager looking after broadcast and events clients.

"This is an excellent addition to our team" comments acting MD Dave Keighley. "James has over 30 years experience in the industry across all the various production sectors ELP work in including TV, music, corporate, sport and fashion shows. "

Harden grew up in South Africa and that's where he first worked in the entertainment industry. "I was a road manager for various bands, lighting desi

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USA - Audio-Technica is introducing its new System 8 VHF wireless systems. Featuring stackable, contemporary styling, Audio-Technica's System 8 Wireless Systems are designed for reliable performance, easy setup and clear, natural sound quality at affordable price points.

Available in handheld, headworn, guitar, lavalier and body-pack configurations, these single-channel, fixed-frequency systems are available in three travelling VHF frequencies (169.505, 170.245 and 171.905).

The System 8 units offer reliable performance and durable construction. Features include an advanced dipole a

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Germany - Loudspeaker manufacturer Coda Audio reported a successful Prolight+Sound this year, with interest in its products continuing to come from a diverse array of territories. As well as its current range of loudspeaker cabinets, including the CoRAY4 which was demonstrated in the Portable Sound Arena and AIRLINE LA12, demonstrated in the Concert Sound Arena, Coda exhibited the C3, a new amplification product, as well as revealing its ability to now supply a Polyurea coating for all cabinets upon request.

The C3 is a rugged, 19 inch / 2U high performance, two channel power amplifie

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