USA / Germany - Clear-Com will show enhancements to its Tempest Digital Wireless Intercoms at Prolight+Sound in Frabkfurt next week (Hall 8.0, Stand L51). Among the enhancements is a Remote Line Extender, which further increases the Tempest systems' ability to provide ultra-portable wireless communications capabilities in RF-rich environments.

The Tempest2400 is a 2.4-GHz, feature-rich wireless intercom with either a two- or four-channel offering that delivers cutting-edge RF technologies to ensure interference-free communications for tours and performance facilities. It offers a Seam

UK - Audio distributors, Commercial Audio Solutions have announced the appointment of Marc Ogier TechInstSCE as their new technical sales manager.

Sales Director Bill Mackie comments: "We are very excited about Marc joining us. Marc has a wealth of knowledge gained over 20 years as a pillar of the audio community."

He continues: "Marc's appointment comes in our 10th year of trading and represents a firm commitment to offer the best service and technical support in the audio industry."

(Claire Beeson)

Germany / USA - Merging Technologies reports that, following the launch of Pyramix V8.0 at the turn of the year, Pyramix 8.1 "takes the award winning software into another quality league". Booth C3239 at NAB and stand 8.0 K31 at Prolight+Sound will be the places to be if you care about the best in high resolution audio. Pyramix 8.1 will also feature on stand 5.1 C78 in Musikmesse hosted by Merging distributors for Germany, Digital Audio Service, says the company.

The recent results in the Classical Grammy categories reinforced Pyramix as the DAW of choice for serious recordi

UAE - Sennheiser Group has been working to raise awareness about the importance of spectrum allocation for wireless programme making and special events (PMSE) devices in order to mitigate the potential impact of reduced operational bandwidth on the booming events and entertainment industry in the Middle East. The company recently delivered a presentation on this challenge at the CABSAT expo in Dubai and is also currently engaging with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the UAE in order to evaluate solutions for the same.

PMSE is the generic term which covers an exten

UK - SSE Audio Group has announced the acquisition of Wigwam Acoustics - a highly significant development for the pro audio industry. The deal, which includes Wigwam's Mick Spratt and Chris Hill taking a shareholding in SSE, is a major consolidation in the industry, creating the largest audio hire, sales and installation group in the UK.

John Penn, managing director of the expanding Group commented: "We are extremely proud to announce that we have joined forces with Wigwam. There are great synergies between the two companies and together we aim to deliver even better service and

USA / Europe - BE-AT.TV is a European online audio community specialising in the broadcast of audio and video streams of club music, festival sets, and live in-studio DJ performances. The company has production studios in Amsterdam and London and is building a third in Berlin - with all three studios now using QSC KW Series active loudspeakers for live music playback in their performance areas.

In addition to filming live at festivals and in clubs, BE-AT.TV also brings big-name DJs into their studios for exclusive performances, and live, loud playback of the seamlessly through-mixed s

UK - For Derry-Londonderry's City of Culture celebrations, Derry City Council called upon Belfast-based production company Wackiki to help ring in their year as the UK's inaugural City of Culture.

Celebrations for this unique event were led by a spectacular pyrotechnic performance from Walk the Plank, one of the UK's leading forces in creative event production. Based around a firework display on the banks of the city's River Foyle, from moving speedboats and on the deck of the recently built Peace Bridge, Wackiki provided audio coverage across a 2.5km stretch along the river's edge.

Germany - ProAudio Technology will show the the M20 stage monitor at Prolight+Sound 2013. A powerful 2-way monitor speaker, it features two modern 10" woofers and one 1.4" HF driver with a large CD horn, supported by the high-performance system amping and sophisticated DSP controlling, delivering "outstanding resolution, dynamics and reliability with high levels". The polar pattern of 80 x 60 degrees (h x v) allows a wide acoustical coverage.

Four SpeakON connectors - one of which has a pin-reversed socket - allow two separate monitor ways through only one four-pol

Germany - Lake has announced that it will be running a live demo of the latest update to its iconic Lake Controller digital audio processing platform, Version 6.1, in Frankfurt during the Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse exhibitions.

The company, who will be exhibiting in the main lobby of Hall 4.2 alongside all the other TC Group brands, together in one place for the first time at an international show, invite all attendees to demonstrate the new release. Version 6.1 features substantially improved implementation of Dante - the leading digital audio networking technology from Audinate -

Germany - Building on the success of the company's highly acclaimed DN Series product line, Klark Teknik has added the new DN200 Multi-Mode Stereo DI box to its product portfolio.

The DN200 Dual-Channel Active DI Box delivers the connectivity and exceptional audio performance customers have come to expect from Klark Teknik plus some innovative new features. Housed in a robust alloy case, and further protected by a replaceable silicon sleeve, the DN200 features inputs on pairs of XLR, TRS and RCA sockets, plus a switchable 20 dB pad and ground lift switch.

In addition to the usual ap

UK - The lighting division of busy Liverpool UK based technical solutions provider, Adlib has been architecturally lighting Premier League Football Club Everton's Goodison Park ground.

The idea was the brainchild of Blues chief operating officer, Denise Barrett-Baxendale, who deals with all of Everton's community based activities, with key support from the Club's memorable match day team alongside close consultation from Adlib Lighting's Pete Abraham.

The project focused on creating a huge visual impact for Everton supporters by lighting up the Park End stand ahead of important fixt

USA - This year at NAB, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (8-10 April, 2013), Audio-Technica's booth C1711 will host five 30-minute audio instructional sessions throughout the day.

Dr. Fred Ginsburg, renowned industry veteran and specialist in production sound recording for motion pictures and video, will conduct two sessions each day. The first session will focus on microphone techniques and applications used for episodic television with a focus on multi-track recording, and the second session will be about techniques for rigging and attaching lavalier microphones to actors for film a

Germany - At Prolight+Sound, K.M.E. will present the coaxial monitor MCX 15, the direct-radiating subwoofer QLB 118 X and the compact installation speaker VL 2 i.

The MCX 15 is a coaxial high performance monitor with low profile casing design. The design enables two set up options - with a flat angle of 35° for a monitoring from near to short distances and a steep angle of 55° for longer distances. With its elegant optic it harmonious fits into all surroundings. With its solid construction and the high protective front grid it can deal with the hard stage requirements perfectl

UK - Having released her debut album just last year, British singer-songwriter Rita Ora is going from strength to strength. She recently completed the sold out 12-date UK leg of her Radioactive Tour to much acclaim. An essential part of the audio arsenal employed by front of house engineer Bronski for her live performance is a selection of Sennheiser microphones.

Bronski, who started working with Rita in February last year, has opted to use Sennheiser microphones for both Rita and her band because, he says, there is simply no better sounding, more reliable product on the market

Canada - Expecting an audience of 40,000, the first Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) has chosen a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system for its awards presentation ceremony on 6 April, at the BC Place stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia.

According to Derek Mahaffey, general manager of the event's audio supplier KiAN Concert Sound Services, TOIFA chose LEO for its power, coverage, and exceptional clarity.

"The production manager for the event heard LEO at an electronic dance music festival," Mahaffey says, "He was very impressed by t

UK - Manchester based lighting and visual specialist dbn continued its eclectic and busy 2013 schedule supplying lighting equipment and crew for the much anticipated recent shows by acclaimed Irish alt rockers My Bloody Valentine. These were supporting the band's new m.b.v. album and first released studio recording work since 1991.

In fact, explains dbn project manager Nick Walton, the company - in a different format to now - has been involved in My Bloody Valentine live shows dating back around 20 years, and he personally also dealt with some rare live performances shortly aft

Germany - Following feedback from the APRS's regular Manufacturer and Distributor meetings to look into heightening the profile of the pro audio sector in new markets, it has chosen Frankfurt Musikmesse as the exhibition to achieve its goal in Europe.

With support from the UKTi (UK Trade & Investment), the APRS has created a specially designed stand to act as a hub for all UK exhibitors and attendees to meet, network and promote themselves in the centre of Hall 5.1, which houses the growing recording and remix sectors.

The APRS stand will be actively encouraging UK exhibitors and at

USA - Mackie has announced that the latest update to their powerful Master Fader control application for the DL1608 and new DL806 digital live sound mixers is now available for free download in the App Store. Master Fader v1.4 launches for iPad, with a host of new features including a new selection of channel plug-ins and improved snapshot operation driven by customer interaction.

"Try adding an entirely new EQ or dynamics section to your average mixer," commented Ben Olswang, Mackie product manager. "You're going to need more than a screwdriver. With a Mackie DL series

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. will be showcasing products from a selection of the leading brands which it distributes including Chroma-Q, Jands, High End Systems, LedGo, Green Hippo, Christie Nitro, BroadWeigh, Columbus McKinnon and many more - at the 2013 PLASA Focus show (stand N-E2).

Product highlights include Chroma-Q's new Inspire high output, RGBW colour-changing LED house light and AutoLED II ultra-bright (16,430 lumens) daylight white LED moving head fixture; LedGo's range of high-quality modular LED video panels; High End Systems' new flagship lighting con

UK - Midas has announced the first UK public viewing of Generation 2.1 software for its entire range of digital consoles. The new software adds a host of new features and functionality to the entire range of Midas digital consoles including a rack-full of new latency-compensated FX plug-ins and dynamics processing options to every console in the PRO series, plus the flagship XL8.

New FX plug-ins include a dual-channel Klark Teknik DN60 Real Time Analyser, a Klark Teknik tape saturation effect, sub-harmonic generator, multi-channel input phase adjustment insert, a fifth input compresso

Germany - Out Board are exhibiting at Frankfurt's Prolight+Sound in Hall 8, Stand A02, and will debut the powerful new TiMax2 SoundHub PanSpace graphical sound-effects pan programming application which works in conjunction with the S-Version TimeLine editor.

Users can create multiple fully-editable pan trajectories in any Cue, which can animate multichannel audio from TiMax SoundHub's internal hard-disk or integrate with external audio and MIDI/MTC trigger sources such as QLab.

Aimed at theatre and live events sound designers plus AV, museum and attraction integrators, S-Version sho

Germany - Duran Audio has recently released the latest version of its Digital Directivity Analysis software (DDA). DDA was first developed as a tool to allow sound designers to implement Duran Audio's powerful Digital Directivity Synthesis algorithm.

But what is DDS? Back in 2000 Dr Evert Start from Duran Audio published a paper on Digital Directivity Synthesis at the IOA's Reproduced Sound Conference in the UK. DDS is a technology that uses FIR filters to allow sound designers to control both the near field and far field dispersion of a loudspeaker array using a powerful algorithm fr

Germany - Fohhn Audio launches two new 12" high-powered subwoofer models at this year's Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt. The XS-22 active sub is a new addition to the German manufacturer's X-Series compact subwoofers, whose low weight and state-of-the-art digital technology make them ideal for a range of mobile applications.

The subwoofer features a 12" long excursion speaker, integral 1500W Class D digital amplifier and Fohhn Audio DSPs. Weighing just 26kg, the XS-22 can deliver a max SPL of 127dB and is remarkable for its wide dynamic range and incredible low frequency respons

UK - The Public and Commercial Services Union has around 270,000 members and is the largest Civil Service trade union in the UK. Situated in an old building near Clapham Junction station, the headquarters of the PCS was in need of a number of interior refurbishments, including the installation of a modern conferencing system to service the needs of its National Executive Committee. The project saw the first UK installation of beyerdynamic's Quinta wireless conference system.

RG Jones Sound Engineering were commissioned alongside POLARaudio to supply a modern conferencing system to rep

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