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USA - As football fans gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and in front of television sets around the world for Super Bowl Sunday, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and experts in supplying and supporting wireless systems for live and broadcast events, was on location in New Orleans to provide its expert frequency coordination and RF management for referee microphones, as well as pre-game and halftime entertainment.

For the company's 17th consecutive Super Bowl, PWS once again partnered with ATK Audiotek and Versacom for the big game. Recognising that pre

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USA - The creative forces of Blue Man Group (BMG) have been working for two years to bring an all-new production to the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. This international entertainment phenomenon - one of many adaptations around the globe from Berlin to Boston -comprises a trio of blue men and an electrifying combination of music and inventive technology celebrating the intersection of art and apparatus. The show, co-created with world-renowned 3-D designer Michael Curry, adds a few new elements to the mix: instruments (including Percussipede, a musical centipede of percussi
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China - The 1912 blocks of the trendy Nanjing, China are draped in history and modern luxuries. The year 1912 is known as one of the most bustling and prosperous periods in the history of Nanjing and the district carries over the historical and nostalgic background in its architecture and layout. Built around the Presidential Palace, the commercial buildings still carry characteristics of the Republic of China over a century later. Nanjing's popularity is rooted in its vibrant nightlife, trendy shops and restaurants.

Club Enzo is the latest addition to the popular strip and this new 9

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Sweden - Pro Audio industry veteran Doug Green has launched a new consultancy to provide strategic business development and sales channel support - with a focus on the installed sound market - for manufacturers and distributors in the professional audio industry. DGC Worldwide, as the name suggests, will provide these services across international regions, on a customized as-needed basis.

"In launching DGCW, I can now leverage the wide array of experiences I have gained in the fundamental business domains of the international pro audio business for clients in every market. I inte

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Denmark - Once confined to concert venues and festival stages, popular music is increasingly found in the halls of academia. Newly equipped with a variety of Meyer Sound wide-coverage loudspeakers, the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium or RMC) in Copenhagen has been at the forefront of contemporary music education since it was established in 1986. Today RMC offers coursework in music performance, music education, music and movement education, sound technology, music management, and songwriting.

With a direct connection to the Danish Ministry of Culture, the RMC

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Germany - Rental company Sound Linear, based in northern Westfalia, has completed a diverse run of shows with its new Nexo STM modular line array PA, after taking delivery of the first system in Germany from Nexo distributor audiovation.

"We saw the possibilities of STM immediately," says Sound Linear's Kalle Hogrefe. "Its modularity allows us to use different components of the system separately, making it suitable for large and small events alike. And we can use it for a whole range of different music, from classical events, through to singer/songwriters and rock and r

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UK - Allen & Heath has updated its GLD digital mixing system firmware to V1.1, adding a range of enhancements including support for the forthcoming GLD iPad app and ME personal mixing system, new Graphic EQ emulations, and customer requested additions to Scene management functionality.

V1.1 will support full integration with Allen & Heath's newly-launched ME personal mixing system, allowing connection of the ME-1 personal mixer or ME-U connection hub to GLD's AR2412 monitor port. This enables the automatic transfer of channel naming information from GLD to the ME system for quick and

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd's Audio division recently supplied the University of Cumbria with a quantity of channel 38 compliant Sennheiser wireless microphone and in-ear monitoring systems for their busy Performing Arts and Media courses.

By 31 December 2012 all production industry wireless radio microphone and IEM system users were required by law to switch to the new UK wide channel 38 (606-614 MHz) frequencies in the UK.

Understanding the importance of the digital switchover, University of Cumbria's senior sound technician, Brian Brooks was keen to ensure th

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USA - Adamson brought in the New Year with a big bang. Scheduled for 3-4 January 2013, Adamson joined forces with Sound Image to attract local and national engineers, production and hire companies, as well as a large group of the World's top FOH Engineers were flown in from all over the US to attend the Adamson Energia demo.

The event was held at the Fellowship Church at Two Rivers in Nashville, TN. It was hosted by Jesse Adamson and Matt Gunn from Adamson Systems and Everett Lybolt and Dave Shadoan from Sound Image. Andrew Dowling, Rob Zombie Systems Engineer, did the system design,

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Malaysia - Flightcase and speaker cabinet solutions specialist Penn Elcom has opened a new sales and distribution hub in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This is designed to enable fast access through local sales support centres - primarily in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand - of the full range of Penn Elcom products.

It reflects generally buoyant markets and strong trading in Asia over the last 12 months, as well as being an integral element of Penn's planned medium-term global expansion strategy.

Heading up the operation will be Jane Li, who has worked for some time as operations manage

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UK - There is something timeless about Kander and Ebb's Cabaret at the Savoy Theatre, London.

Sound designer Ben Harrison reports, "Orbital Sound happens to own some d&b F1222s, these are the successor to the F1220 that was launched in 1988. Despite the age I did specify them deliberately. I have had occasion to use them a few times on bits and pieces and always liked them for their smoothness and total transparency. I've been waiting some time, looking for a show to put them on." The product of Harrison's ardour is the venerable F1222, a two-way active loudspeaker wi

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UK/Belgium - TiMax SoundHub-M is the latest addition to the versatile suite of TiMax2 SoundHub matrix processors and audio showcontrol products. Targeted towards museums, visitor attractions, rides, hospitality, retail and other AV installations, it provides a multi-channel playback server and multizone processor and controller linked with directional audio localisation and spatialisation for a higher level of message impact and immersion to the all-important visitor experience.

Out Board director Dave Haydon explains, "No other single box offers a similar combination of faciliti

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UK - For the first time ever, Guinness World Records has departed its London HQ, and gone out "on the road" with its Officially Amazing Science Live! show.

M4 Entertainment, producers of Brainiac Live! and Science Museum Live On Tour, are producing the 12-week tour which spans the length and breadth of the UK, exploring the best, the worst, the weirdest and the most unbreakable world records ever attempted ... in a brand new live extravaganza.

XL Events, working with M4 Entertainment, supplies projection and audio with XL Events director Rich Rowley ac

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USA - Miami Gardens-based Beachsound & Lighting, Inc. - now an official L-Acoustics Certified Provider - reports that it has installed a Kara system at Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek, Florida.

The new system went into The Pavilion, a Sprung structure that was converted into an intimate 1,200-seat performance venue during the casino's recent $150m expansion project.

Today, artists performing in the showroom benefit from left and right arrays each comprised of eight Kara enclosures flanked by LF arrays of three SB18 subs. Below each Kara array is an additional stack of three SB28 fo

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UK - Welford Road Stadium is home to the famous Leicester Tigers rugby club. Since the development of its new multi-million pound Caterpillar Stand, the stadium boasts the largest conferencing and hospitality suite of its kind in the East Midlands. The Premiership Suite comprises the Legends, 1880 and Honours suites. These three distinct spaces can be used separately (and simultaneously) or as one large area accommodating up to 1000 people in a formal setting.

POLARaudio worked with Redditch-based systems integrator Limit Audio to install audio solutions for this challenging multi-zon

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Australia - After an extensive $3m renovation, the Sutherland Shire's Miranda Hotel has reopened complete with a new outdoor garden bar and a totally refurbished Carmen's Nightclub.

Compact Monitor Systems Australia designed and installed the audio system throughout the venue opting for a total JBL speaker solution.

"The JBL Control Series are my favourite speakers by a million miles," said Bill Richardson, managing director of Compact Monitor Systems Australia. "I've been a JBL-head for many years and Compact has been affiliated with JBL since the 1970's. The JBL Con

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USA - Adamson revealed a new product line at ISE in Amsterdam. "The Point Concentric Series brings a powerful range of passive, co-axial, loudspeakers designed for both installation and rental markets to the Adamson tool box," says the company.

The multipurpose cabinets are available in a double 5" (PC5), single 6" (PC6), single 8" (PC8), single 10" (PC10) and a single 12" (PC12) version. This discreet range of cabinets, come coated with water borne acrylic paint, while all metalwork is finished with a Sandtex Powder Coating. Keeping form with the ac

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USA - Music Group, the corporate parent of pro audio brand Behringer has announced the immediate appointment of Indiana-based Starin as their exclusive fulfiller for all US States and protectorates. Starin had previously represented Behringer in selected territories while the rest of the country was served by Shoreview Distribution. The appointment is effective immediately and the company reports that Starin has sufficient quantities of product on hand to fill all orders across the country.

Vice president of global sales for Music Group, David O'Kelly, announced the appointment, stati

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UK - Roland Systems Group (RSG) is teaming up with Lewitt Microphones and Metropolis Studios in London for a live production day, a free to attend afternoon event which will be open to all. To be held on Tuesday 19 February at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick High Road, the event will cover different aspects of working in the live sound and production arena with a focus on broadcast engineering and live video production.

Presented by well-known industry personnel and special guest broadcast engineers, dedicated sessions running from 3.30 to 5.00pm will provide a tactical insight into ho

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UK - At Liverpool' Bierkeller, the 80 different beers are just a side-line: people come here for the live Oompah Band shows and a uniquely friendly atmosphere. Recently the venue's main hall invested in a new sound system, and loudspeakers from Brighton-based Traction Sound were chosen and installed by ProScreens.

The Bierkeller Entertainment Complex is situated right in the heart of the thriving Liverpool One. The new venue is built in a large concrete room with lots of hard reflective surfaces, creating a difficult acoustic environment. Paul Atherton of RW Salt explains why this mad

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USA - For the 16th year in a row, Audio-Technica microphones appeared on the Grammy Awards Show, known throughout the industry as Music's Biggest Night. This year, the 55th Annual Grammys, held 10 February 2013, at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, featured a wide selection of artists from various genres of music.

For the live show and broadcast, Audio-Technica supplied over 250 of its microphones, including an impressive array of hard-wired mics and Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless Systems.

The ceremony itself has garnered widespread notice throughout the years as it continua

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USA - The last month has seen Adamson busy with adding and moving personnel, to better assist their quickly growing market share. In the Technical Support department - long time Adamson applications engineer Ewan McDonald has moved back to his homeland of Australia, enabling Adamson to use his new location to better serve their growing Asia Pacific market. McDonald's new position and years of experience as Adamson product support and applications engineer will aid him to focus further on Asia Pacific as Adamson's new business development manager for the said territory.

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UK - The Ministry of Sound closed last month for its annual technical overhaul - with Harman Professional brands, distributed in the UK and Eire by Sound Technology Ltd, featuring in the club's major audio upgrade.

During the three-week shut-down, the world famous club extended its existing BSS network and provided an additional four channels of AKG DMS 700 wireless capability; but the piéce de résistance is found in 103 - the venue's second dance room - where a new Soundcraft Si Performer digital console now partners the Soundcraft Si2 in the adjacent Box.

This is the

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UK - Manchester- based event lighting and rigging specialist dbn has appointed Alan Brown as head of operations.

Brown joins dbn's busy and enthusiastic team based in central Manchester and will be helping to drive forward the company's commitment to quality and outstanding customer service.

He previously worked as operations and circulation director of MEN Media for 16 years, and sees many parallels between the newspaper and entertainment industries, including working to tight deadlines, thinking laterally and quickly in decision making, and dealing with last minute or unexpected s

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