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France - L-Acoustics has strengthened its marketing team with the appointment of Emma Beer, in charge of press and media. Emma has developed a career in communications in both the private and public sectors, previously focused on digital technologies and publishing for the higher education sector, as well as green growth and private sector development at the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development. In her new role as communications manager at L-Acoustics, she will be responsible for strategic communications - developing media relations, external communications and launching

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Spain - Spanish manufacturer Equipson has completed the development of its new anechoic chamber. This investment is part of the company's drive to improve its capabilities for the design of advanced acoustic loudspeakers. At the same time, new experts have joined the engineering team in charge of acoustic projects.

The construction of the anechoic chamber is a logical step in the evolution of WORK (the company's leading brand) over the last few years, with the release of high quality audio solutions. The specific design of the anechoic chamber completely absorbs reflections to minimis

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USA - Beatport's top 10 sound systems in the US features five venues installed with Funktion-One. Beatport - one of the largest online music and tools resources for DJs in the world -searched across the USA to reach a shortlist of 10 standout venues. "The criterion here was very straightforward; which venues in the US have the best sound?" says Beatport.

The enviable top spot went to New York's Cielo Club, which boasts a Funktion-One system. And this was no one-off for the British loudspeaker manufacturer, which also took position number three (Beta, Denver), six (Q, Seattle

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UK - Ian Hall has been promoted to sales director at Total Solutions Group. Joining the company nine years ago as sales manager, Hall has watched Total Solutions Group (TSG) evolve to engage with the ever growing demands of special projects. "From Slick to Solutions is a heady mix. TSG's involvement in providing specialist engineering skills to the ceremonies section of the London Olympics last summer was the high point in what has been for me, a tumultuous nine years since Slick Trussing first became part of TSG in 2004," says Hall.

In recognition of Hall's experience and

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UK - City of London's Barbican Theatre recently hosted a Complicite production of The Master and Margarita, described by critics as a fantastic technical achievement. Live film and 3D animations by Finn Ross and Luke Halls combined to help director Simon McBurney bring Mikhail Bulgakov's challenging novel to the stage. The sound design by West End veteran Gareth Fry, which employed TiMax SoundHub and TiMax Tracker automated vocal localisation, also attracted high praise from reviewers.

The TiMax SoundHub processor received radio-mic channel direct outs from the Yamaha PM5D cons

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Spain / Greece - Genelec has appointed new distributors in Spain and Greece - two key Southern European territories for the company's range of professional monitoring and AV trade products. Growing business in Spain has seen the appointment of Lexon S.A., a professional audio distributor; and in Greece, Bon Studio S.A. joins the Genelec family as the first distribution partner in the country.

Jarmo Masko, European area sales manager, Genelec, is delighted to have secured the services of both companies and reassured that in times of recession, premium brands like Genelec retain their s

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UK - PLASA London launches its first show at ExCeL London today with free entry for the first 5000 people to register via its new website. Taking place on 6-9 October 2013, the new name, new venue, and new autumn dateline aren't the only changes afoot for the industry-owned event.

PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths explains, "This year marks the first stage of the show's long-term strategic development. ExCeL is located just five minutes from London City Airport, which handles 350 flights a day from 40 international destinations, and ExCeL's seven onsite hotels provide thousands of room

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UK - The opening day of PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013 will finish with a keynote address from Harald Haas, Professor of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the World Technology Network.

Professor Harold Haas is widely regarded as one of most eminent innovators in communications technology today. His current research is focused on three main areas: optical wireless communications, spatial modulation and interference coordination in wireless networks. A finalist for the world Technology Award in 2011, his work on Li-Fi was featured by TIME magazine as one

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Japan - Audio-Technica has announced the passing of company founder and executive emeritus of Audio-Technica Corporation, Hideo Matsushita, on 5 March, 2013.

Hideo Matsushita passed away of natural causes at the age of 93. In accordance with his family's wishes, a private wake and funeral service were held on 8-9 March.

On the eve of Audio-Technica's 40th anniversary in 2002, Hideo Matsushita reflected on the company's early beginnings: "I came to Tokyo at age 32, and, thanks to an introduction by my uncle, went to work for the Bridgestone Museum of Art. At the urging of the mu

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South Africa - Radial Engineering has appointed Stage Audio Works as its distributor for the African region.

Stage Audio Works, based in Southern Africa, is a leading supplier of cutting-edge live event audio and lighting technologies.

"Their philosophy of providing the highest quality products in their distribution lines up perfectly with Radial Engineering's product brands; Radial Pro Audio, Tonebone guitar pedals and Primacoustic acoustic products," explains Steve McKay, international sales manager for Radial. "Having well developed service, training and technical

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Germany - ARX Systems, the Australia-based manufacturer of digital and analogue interface and signal processing products will be releasing several new USB audio products, new additions to their popular AudiBox range of "audio problem solvers" and the new MaxiDrive 8, eight channel line driver at April's Frankfurt ProLight & Sound exhibition.

New product releases include the USB I/O VSR Dual Channel Broadcast Standard USB Audio Interface.

Designed to the specifications of a major British broadcasting company, the USB I/O VSR features fully transformer isolated and balanced

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UK - Award-winning band The xx has bought two DPA d:facto II Vocal Microphones after being impressed by their audio quality and ability to deliver an incredibly natural sound during a recent tour of the US.

The band, which comprises Oliver Sim, Romy Madley-Croft and Jamie Smith, won the 2010 Mercury Music Prize for their debut album xx. They were introduced to DPA's d:facto Vocal Microphones by their live sound engineer Rik Dowding who was keen to find an alternative to the microphones Oliver and Romy had been using.

"One of the most important things about working with t

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USA - Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Compendium are two of the more significant Grammys awarded every year. At the 55th Awards ceremony held on 10 February, these were won by recordings made and mastered on Merging Technologies' Pyramix. One of those is based at the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's home and the other is located in Europe, in Warsaw.

Jack Vad is accustomed to making fine recordings of Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony in the spectacular Davies Symphony Hall but he just had a feeling that this one might be a cut above the usual. The

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UK - Gary Barlow's recent solo tour was of a more intimate nature than those he undertakes with his fellow band members, but the quality of the audio is no less important than it is for Take That's stadium shows. The requisite equipment inventory boasts DiGiCo consoles, supplied by audio rental company Delta Sound, at both Front of House and monitor positions, a combination that is as sure to please as Gary himself.

Front of House engineer Gary Bradshaw, who also engineers for Take That, opted for a DiGiCo SD8 to take into account the restrictions on space presented by the tour's choi

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Germany - Music Group, the parent company of Behringer, Midas, Klark-Teknik, Turbosound and Bugera, will showcase their ever-expanding line-up of high-performance audio products at this year's Prolight + Sound Show, held 10-13 April in Frankfurt.

The Music Group booth in Hall 8.0 M90 will showcase products from Midas, Klark-Teknik and Behringer, including the latter's Eurocom installed sound products. With the main focus on digital mixing, Behringer will present the latest additions to its growing X32 product family plus the new iX16 iPad mixer, while Midas will have their full PRO li

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UK - NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, has recently completed the refurbishment of its Central St Giles offices in London. The project included the creation of two state-of-the-art preview theatres for executive and private screenings. Alcons cinema specific C-series loudspeakers were chosen as an integral part of the installation.

"For NBCUniversal's new facility at Central St. Giles, we wanted to achieve the highest quality environment for sound and image," says cinema optics consultant Laurence Claydon, who engaged acoustic consul

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Australia - ARX has recently shipped 112 units of their MSX 12 four channel mic / line splitters for a substantial A/V install at a 'Government Facility' in Australia.

The MSX 12s were supplied to the Installation Contractor by ARX's Australian distributor the Resource Corp Pty Ltd.

The ARX MSX 12 transformer isolated microphone / line splitter delivers noise-free audio splitting and is a totally passive device requiring no power, and consists of Four channels of transformer isolated ultra low noise microphone/line splitter.

Each of these channels has a direct looped Main / FOH fe

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USA - Given the inherent challenges presented by the 2012 upgrade of Sacred Heart Church's sound system in Bellevue, Washington, specifying Tannoy loudspeakers and Lab.gruppen amplifiers for the project was an appropriate choice.

"Previously, they had no real high-end in the room. There was no intelligibility. The room sounded muffled and speech was indistinct, so the priest always felt like he wasn't loud enough," said Morgan Sound A/V consultant, Stephen Weeks. "Tannoy's dual concentric technology is very helpful for keeping things coherent. The speakers are very clea

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China - The processing power and ease-of-use that Apex Intelli-X2 processors deliver mean that they are being adopted in high end audio installations across the globe. Seven of the units have recently been installed in two of China's most prestigious nightclubs, with six more installations to follow.

Club TNT in Xi'ang is an 850sq.m venue which features a diverse array of live music and DJ sets, including pop, rock, electronic and hip-hop. The audio system was designed and installed by Real Music Acoustic & Lighting Technology, one of China's leading production technology houses, who

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UK - When St. Andrew's C of E Church in the Gloucester village of Churchdown decided to re-orientate its interior through 90° to better accommodate its growing congregation, it presented a real audio challenge for Kelly Gibson's locally-based integration company Revolution Multimedia. And it was one he was able to meet with a Harman Professional solution.

Long established in both the education and HoW sectors, he has worked with this church for many years. Despite the complexity of this latest project, and the fact that the committee had invited much larger audio companies to tend

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Greece - Turbosound loudspeakers are a key part of the ambience in Athens's luxury Catwalk Café-Bar. The bar, situated near the seafront in Greece's capital, invited local suppliers Metro Audio Systems to install a Turbosound system consisting of ten Impact 65T two-way loudspeakers and two TSB-110 sub-bass speakers.

"Catwalk Café-Bar features a warm, inviting, but timelessly classy atmosphere," comments Pavlos Symperas from Metro Audio Systems. "The bar is open day and night so the flexibility of the Turbosound speakers are an important part of this changi

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Switzerland - A new permanent audio system structured around the Meyer Sound Mina line array loudspeaker is destined to bring even greater versatility to City Casino Basel.

Part of Switzerland's cultural landscape since 1824, City Casino Basel occupies two multipurpose spaces in addition to the Musiksaal, its principal concert hall. Musiksaal regularly hosts 1,500 people with performances from the world's leading orchestral ensembles, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Symphony. Until recently, there was little call for sound reinforcement because the programming was dom

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USA - DPA Microphones will introduce the d:facto II Vocal Microphone at NAB 2013 (Booth C3036) next month. With a true studio sound that's perfect for live music broadcasting, this latest addition to the d:facto line offers an extraordinarily natural sound with high separation and extreme SPL handling, giving users unlimited possibilities for their performances, says the company. In addition to use with the new DPA wired handle, the d:facto II provides the added benefit of a state-of-the-art adapter system, which allows for seamless integration with many professional wireless systems.

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France - West Evenement has become the first French PA rental company to supply Nexo STM, moving away from its regular brand to purchase the new modular line array system. Based in Rennes, Brittany, West Evenement will carry an inventory of 24x M46 Main, 24x B112 Bass and 24x S118 Sub modules, powered by Nexo's NUAR universal amp racks.

"We love to be first!" jokes West Evenement's sales and integration manager, Ismaël Hifda. "At the end of 2011, we decided 2012 would be the year of change. We went round the world as we considered the major players of the industry in o

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