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UK - Staged annually at Turnpost Farm, the Glastonbudget Festival is Europe's largest and best-known festival for tribute acts. Every year, around 9,000 fans make the pilgrimage to the farm in the East Midlands between Leicester and Nottingham for the three-day event. There they are regaled by talented and often authentic-sounding clones of Bryan Adams, Queen, David Bowie, Michael Jackson and other top acts. Since its inception in 2005, the festival has also established itself as an attractive platform for up-and-coming acts in other genres.

As in previous years, the 2012 organisers c

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UK - Alfie Boe is the English tenor who has achieved popular success bringing opera to new audiences as well as giving Tony-winning performances in musical theatre. From Les Miserables to La Boheme, from London's Royal Opera House to a full UK tour, Alfie Boe is that rare creature - a true crossover artist from classical to pop music.

For his current British tour, playing festival and outdoor dates as well as theatres, Boe is carrying a Nexo 45°N-12 stage monitor system for his own use. Whether he's performing in front of his 32-piece orchestra, choir or a small band

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UK - At PLASA2012 Out Board (Stand 1-H9) will debut the powerful new TiMax2 SoundHub PanSpace graphical sound-effects pan programming map which works in conjunction with the TimeLine editor. Users can create multiple fully editable pan trajectories in any Cue, which can operate on internal or external sources and be triggered by the Timeline or a variety of external showcontrol interfaces.

Also, new iPad and iPhone apps for the TiMax2 SoundHub system matrix, playback server and audio showcontroller will be featured. Simple factory-default setups are user-configurable, and a bespoke se

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UK - Orbital Sound has appointed Richard Knott to its growing sales team with immediate effect. Joining Orbital from TMC in Bradford, Knott is responsible for general pro-audio sales at Orbital, working alongside the company's other sales staff, under sales director Tom Byrne.

"Richard is an important addition to our company, and it's great to have him on the team," says Byrne. "He has a broad mix of skills - exactly what we look for in our staff - that combine highly relevant product knowledge with practical project work, ranging from broadcast to live sound. We will b

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USA - Chicago-based Reed Rigging provided production rigging support and hardware for the series shooting and promotional campaign for season two of the award-winning Starz drama series Boss starring Kelsey Grammer.

Season two of Boss wrapped at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios last month and premiered last night on the Starz channel. "There's no better city in the world than Chicago," said Michael Reed, Reed Rigging's founder and owner, "to portray the ruthlessness and drama of the political machine."

Boss stars Kelsey Grammer as Chicago's fic

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UK - HK Audio's Elements Plus and Elements Install, the latest additions to the Elements system will be showcased at PLASA 2012.

The Elements Plus E 835 mid/high unit provides even greater flexibility and power than its older brother (the E 435) when you want to set up bigger systems, says the company. Loaded with eight speakers, it can handle 300 watts at 8 ohms' impedance, and it comes highly recommended if you want to minimise the number of mechanical connections in your rig. The E 835 and E 435 mid/high units' design and tuning are identical, so combining them is easy.

The new E

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UK - Designed for hotels, wedding and event venues, marquees, bars, restaurants and nightclubs, the JBN SoundCeiling is billed as "a revolutionary directional sound system that solves noise disturbance problems faced by entertainment venues while still delivering quality high-level sound".

The JBN SoundCeiling is a modular-based speaker system installed in or suspended from the ceiling above the dance floor, or any required area, that directs sound straight down to the audience where it is needed. With the SoundCeiling, sound pressure drop-off can be heard as soon as you ste

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Operatic Moves - The arm of the Royal Opera House dedicated to commissioning and producing contemporary opera and dance is to close. The company revealed it had decided not to continue with ROH2 as a distinct entity after Deborah Bull, who had creative responsibility for the strand, and Alison Duthie, the department's head, left to take up positions with King's Cultural Partners earlier this year.

Two positions from ROH2's eight-strong team have been made redundant, including that of head of opera development, a role held by John Lloyd Davies. The post of manager of the On the Road

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UK - Roland Systems Group will be showcasing the dedicated iPad application to control their award winning M-480 Digital Console at PLASA 2012. This much requested 'App' has been designed to control the parameters of the M-480, as well as giving the user practical features such as the ability to store scenes and edit the Channel Strip (EQ), GEQ and Sends on Fader.

Connecting the new Roland Wireless Connect USB adaptor to the M-480 USB port will enable the M-480 to appear on a wireless network so that the iPad can connect to and control the M-480 remotely. Then by simply using the wire

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USA - Community's Distributed Design Series has been expanded to include a standard black version of the 6.5-inch D6 for nightclubs, bars, restaurants, or any other application requiring a black ceiling loudspeaker.

The new D6-B, like all Distributed Design Series ceiling systems, provides exceptionally high quality sound with very wide, uniform coverage. The face-only assembly and optional accessories for the D6 including the Face Adapter Ring and Can Adapter/Trim Ring are also available in matching black finishes.

The D6-B is a true coaxial loudspeaker, with a compression driver c

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Japan - Martin Audio's award-winning MLA system is continuing to wow audiences in the Far East, having completed a successful tour of duty at Japan's largest festival, Rock in Japan.

Promoted by music magazine publishers, Rockin'On, and an annual event since the year 2,000, this three day extravaganza pulls over 100 of Japan's leading rock bands and artists and draws a crowd of around 60,000 daily to the venue (the Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka).

Rental company, MSI Japan, who provide front line sound reinforcement for the event every year, now has the luxury of fielding the M

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UK - A full-volume demo area dedicated to the demonstration of loudspeakers will give visitors to PLASA 2012 the chance to listen to products in a real-world environment.

"The famous Funktion One demo room has got some company at this year's show as we take over a whole new space at Earls Court for large scale demonstrations of the latest loudspeaker technology," comments event manager, Sophie Atkinson.

Martin Audio took huge strides forward with the launch of the award winning MLA System at the PLASA Show two years ago. They return this year to take over the AudioLab, on

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New Guinea - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea based rental and production company Nextof Kin Productions Ltd has recently taken delivery of a sizeable quantity of ARX signal processing products to expand and update their sound reinforcement systems.

ARX products added to Next of Kins rental stock include Pro-DIs, QuadcompIIs, Sixgates, EQ260s, USB DIs and iDIs.

Next Of Kin's Fred Uraru comments, "There really is not much option in PNG apart from the "cheap brand" products which really give me a headache, I believe nothing should compromise quality and reliability. That

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UK - Midas digital consoles delivered a rock solid sound foundation at this year's rather wet and muddy T in the Park festival, Scotland.

As the rain fell in sheets, bands including Snow Patrol, Florence and The Machine, The Stone Roses, Kasabian along with hundreds of other acts kept things lively and upbeat on the a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire.

Ensuring sound quality on the Radio 1 / NME Stage was Scottish rental company EFX Audio, headed up by engineer Steph Fleming, who supplied two Midas XL8s and a PRO2C at FOH, one PRO6 and one PRO9 on Monitors.

Working alongsi

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Denmark - The end of June saw the annual Thy Rock festival held in Thisted, north-west Denmark. Celebrating the best of Danish music, this year's festival saw a Coda Audio PA system and multiple DiGiCo consoles feature.

Audio equipment for the festival was supplied by DPA SoundCo and included a main Coda Audio AIRLINE LA12 line array system. This comprised 28 LA12 three-way high output line array modules, four G712-96 three way front fills, 16 SCP sensor controlled subs and eight RC Racks amp racks with Coda processors.

The festival's house console was a DiGiCo D5T, but many of the

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UK - Saturn Audio Visual has recently completed the installation of Audica Professional MICROseries sound systems for the new guest rooms at The Pigs in Edgefield near Holt in Norfolk, England. The award winning 17th century The Pigs establishment incorporates bar, restaurant and accommodation facilities.

For its seven new suites The Pigs wanted to create guest rooms with a real difference. Situated on the ground floor and decorated in stylish, neutral tones, each of the light and airy spa rooms comes with a private two-person sauna, dual bathing oak-clad bath and their own courtyard

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UK - To help its channel partners drive revenue opportunities from top quality audio installations by firmly putting the 'A' back into AV, RGB Communications is committed to making sure that the content and format of its already successful Audio Essentials training course continues to give delegates the knowledge to meet the demands of their customers in the commercial and residential audio markets.

"Our Audio Essentials course, the content of which is constantly evolving, gives delegates a firm foundation of the first principles of audio installation. This foundation means that

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UK - When HOW-TO Sound Workshop's chief instructor, Mike Sokol, started out in church sound, the average house of worship audio system often consisted of a few microphones and a basic console - all typically locked away behind a sign reading 'Do Not Touch'. While house of worship audio systems have become far more complex, the training available for those running them hasn't kept pace, he says. The HOW-TO Church Sound Workshops aims to change that, one church at a time.

Lab.Gruppen's E Series amplifiers are one of the tools they've acquired most recently to serve that goal, Sokol says

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UK - An important contribution to the success of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone was played by sound reinforcement systems from Electro-Voice - in three different locations.

The first was the victors' podium, where a fixed installation from Electro-Voice provided crystal-clear coverage. Here intelligibility was paramount, with Sir Jackie Stewart on hand to interview the winning trio of Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel following the presentations.

The quality of musical reproduction, however, was also important, as the playing of the national anthems of the vic

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UK / Italy - Cloud Electronics, UK-based manufacturer of pro audio products, has announced Prase Engineering S.p.A. as the new distribution channel for Italy for the full range of Cloud audio zone-mixers, multi-channel amplifiers, paging microphones and audio distribution systems, effective 1 October 2012.

Prase Engineering has more than 30 years experience in the Italian market and is a leader in the distribution of audio products for professional and commercial use. In recent years the company has strengthened its in-house expertise and working very closely with a network of install

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UK - On the eve of PLASA 2012, PLASA has announced a new home and dateline for the PLASA Show in 2013. The UK's only international event for entertainment and installation technology will take place at ExCeL London from 6-9 October 2013.

"After 21 years at Earls Court & Olympia, the time is now right for the PLASA Show to leave its current home," said PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths. "We have hugely ambitious plans for the future of the event, and the state-of-the-art facilities at ExCeL support this vision. ExCeL is a cutting-edge, purpose-built exhibition venue with the i

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Abu Dhabi - Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, distributors of Midas and Klark Teknik in the Middle East have recently supplied a new Midas PRO9 digital live audio system to Loud N Clear Middle East. The company previously purchased one of the first Pro2 systems in the Middle East, which they first used in Abu Dhabi. Loud N Clear which operates in the region and provides its services in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

"Roger attended the first certified Midas training in Dubai during May and over the three days was able to see the power of th

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UK - This is certainly a product launch that will make people look twice: the new Soundcraft Si Performer range of mixers boasts integrated DMX functionality - thereby adding to the already impressive and powerful audio feature-set the existence of lighting control options . . .

Building on the successful Si Compact range, to which it bears a likeness, this is a feature-packed audio console, boasting almost twice as much DSP power and increased functionality, with an input capacity of 80 inputs to mix on all models. The built-in I/O does not disappoint - the Si Performer 2 has 24 mic

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Estonia - Heliart has had a busy summer in their native country, with a whole host of events, festivals and concerts making the most their rental stock and expertise.

A good example of is the song and dance festival Viljandimaa laulu- ja tantsupidu in Viljandi, Estonia, with over 1500 singers, 500 dancers and more than 100 brass band members. The first festival was held in 1882, with this year being a look through of the last 130 years, allowing folk dancers and singers of Viljandi county to gather for celebration, each group wearing their own national clothes to present their

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