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Denmark - Jazz musician, producer and internationally acclaimed pianist Niels Lan Doky has teamed up with Claus Meyer, co-owner of the Michelin-starred noma restaurant, to launch The Standard, a new Jazz club in Copenhagen that includes two bars and three world-class restaurants. Officially opened on 3 October, 2013, The Standard's audio equipment list highlights another famous Danish name - DPA Microphones.

"We have between 10 and 15 DPA microphones permanently in the venue and we will be hiring in more when larger ensembles are playing," says Doky, who is musical director

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Sweden - In celebration of its 90th anniversary, Liseberg amusement park in Sweden has completely renovated its children's area to create Rabbit Land, a 10,000sq.m play area where children can interact with animals and rabbit-costumed actors.

To carry the actors' voices, sound effects, and incidental music throughout the park, system integrator One Two Sales of Gothenburg has outfitted Rabbit Land with Meyer Sound's D-Mitri digital audio platform and Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers discreetly placed throughout the area.

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UK - The First Night Riders charity motorbike and classic car adventure, which raises money to help The Theatrical Guild support backstage and front of house staff, has announced new dates for 2014.

Organisers David and Brenda Edelstein, from track systems specialist Triple E, will be leading next year's event and are inviting riders and classic car enthusiasts to join them from 20-23 June 2014.

Next year will be the fifth time the First Night Riders have toured the UK, setting off from a London location (TBC) and visiting some of the UK's most fascinating theatres and theatre su

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USA - TC Group has announced the appointment of Fred Speckeen to the position of global business manager for Dynaudio Professional. In this new position based at TC Group Americas HQ in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, he will be responsible for driving all aspects of the Dynaudio Professional brand.

Fred Speckeen's experience in the MI and Pro Audio industry spans over two decades of product management through to founding leadership positions. Beginning with IVL Technologies Ltd. in the late 1980s as an evangelist for pitch-to-MIDI guitar systems, to the creation of the Electrix brand, bu

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UK - Allen & Heath has launched a new community website, a social network dedicated to users of digital audio mixing systems. The new website consolidates the company's existing iLive and GLD Blog and Forums, and includes additional resources such as a Rental Network database, system configuration tools, and user libraries.

iLive and GLD System Builders assist in configuring an iLive or GLD digital mixing system with the required channel count, options and accessories. User Libraries are available for users to share presets and Show memories, and Learning pages offer interactive acces

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UK - Outside Broadcast provider and studio operator Prolink Television Facilities has taken delivery of a second DiGiCo SD10B console.

The first desk was purchased in the summer of 2012 to service the needs of the popular BBC1 show Saturday Kitchen, together with other programmes that had moved to new television studios in Clapham, South West London.

The second desk, delivered almost a year later in 2013, has recently been installed in Prolink's High Definition Outside Broadcast unit.

"We completed a significant upgrade to the vision side of the truck in early 2013 and

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UK - Sennheiser has won the coveted Audio Installation of the Year at this year's AV Awards for its contribution to the audio system for the David Bowie is exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

This latest accolade follows hot on the heals of being honoured for Temporary Installation Project of the Year at the inaugural Pro Sound Awards for the V&A's fastest selling exhibition to date, David Bowie is which ran for five months between March and August this year. The exhibition was one of the museum's most successful exhibitions with around 312,000 visitors and pre

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UK - North east audio-visual hire specialists Ingramsounds have built up a sizeable hire inventory of KV2 Audio's EX Series. Following an initial product demonstration owner Reed Ingram Weir decided that KV2 would enhance the services his company provided. Ingramsounds can cover a wide range of audio requirements from conference projects to live arts events, pop-up cinemas to dry hire iPod systems. The powerful nature of EX products are the ideal match for these applications.

Since purchasing his first set of EX 6's Reed has continued to invest in KV2 and now counts the ultra compact

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UK - The Music Group has appointed Nick Bellis to handle Customer Support for the Music Group Professional Division.

Nick brings to the Music Group a 25-year career as a respected FOH and monitor sound engineer and system tech with Liverpool-based pro audio rental company Adlib Audio, who specialise in concert touring, festivals, and corporate events as well as major sound and lighting installations. In this role he has worked all over the UK, Europe and North America on major concert tours and shows by Bon Jovi, Public Enemy, GUN, Calvin Harris, Amy Winehouse, Oasis, and The Beastie

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UK - Audio-Technica is to bring its award-winning jungle-themed interactive stand to BVE North on 12 and 13 November. Unveiled at BVE at London's ExCel in February, the booth - bedecked with vines, creepers and other foliage - is designed to allow visitors a meaningful experience of the company's broadcast microphones and headphones and clinched the organiser's Best Stand Award.

A variety of wildlife sound sources are located around the eye-catching booth, with microphones placed to allow visitors to pinpoint the sounds and experience the difference between a range of models in terms

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USA - Folk rock singer-songwriter Jack Johnson just wrapped up a month-long North American tour leg on 20 October supporting his latest album, From Here To Now To You. Camarillo, California-based Rat Sound Systems, Inc., which has been Johnson's live production provider in the States for the past 13 years, deployed a full L-Acoustics Kara rig for the latest trek, which stopped at what the artist considered the "most beautiful and intimate" theatres across the continent.

According to systems engineer Andrew Gilchrest, the Rat crew typically flew 15 Kara line source arr

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UK - West London technical production specialists, Entec supplied lighting and sound equipment and crew for two major gigs at Brixton and Bristol on the recent Fat Freddy's Drop UK tour.

The New Zealand based band - known for their improvised live performances which embrace multiple styles including dub, reggae, soul, jazz, blues and techno - returned to Entec to supply all their production needs following a hugely successful previous one off at Brixton Academy in 2011.

Once again, choosing a company that could deliver all their production elements from one source proved an efficien

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UK / China - Funktion-One has won an important trademark case relating to the use of its name and company logo in China. It follows the pre-emptive registration of the Funktion-One name and logo by Wu Meiling in March 2005. The British loudspeaker manufacturer, under representation from Wilkinson & Grist, challenged the move and won - vindicating the time and resources that have been absorbed by the lengthy process.

The loudspeaker manufacturer received invaluable support from industry allies - including members of the trade press and organisations like PLASA and Prolight+Sound, who h

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Austria - On 26 August 2013, the Salzburg Festival presented an extraordinary new production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) in cooperation with Austrian private TV channel ServusTV. Mozart's masterpiece was transferred from the 18th century to the present day and was performed in the spectacular setting of Hangar-7 and Hangar-8 at Salzburg Airport. A Digital 9000 wireless microphone system from audio specialist Sennheiser was used to transmit the voices of stars such as Desirée Rancatore and Tobias Moretti.

Six hundred and fifty guest

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UK - PLASA secured a significant lobbying success last month when the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee published its report into 'Supporting the Creative Economy'. The Committee roundly endorsed PLASA's position regarding the Olympics 'No Marketing Rights Protocol'.

The report was the culmination of an inquiry which was launched just over a year ago with a call for evidence from the Committee, which is made up of MPs from across all political parties. PLASA made a detailed written submission as to how the creative industries can be better supported, with a pa

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UK - With PLASA moving to its new home at the Excel Centre in East London, SSE Audio Group designed a new bigger stand for this year's exhibition. SSE were exhibiting for the first time as the combined group that includes Wigwam Acoustics.

The four day show was an opportunity to present all the different elements that make up SSE and explain how they fit and work together within the organisation. On the stand staff from Hire, Sales, Installations along with Wigwam, ETA Sound & Canegreen were all in attendance.

The design of the stand enabled SSE to display an impressive range of pro

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UK - Investment to upgrade the technical infrastructure of regional theatres tends to come along very rarely so, when it is available, technical managers need to choose equipment wisely. It's not enough to have a system that is good for today - it needs to cater for production needs for 10 or even 20 years into the future. When Hereford's Courtyard Centre for the Arts was recently granted funding to update its 15 year old system, a Yamaha CL3 system provided all the necessary facilities and future-proofing.

After 15 years of intense use, the audio system at the Courtyard was due for a

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Belgium - The local council in the suburb of Brasschaat, north of Antwerp in Belgium, near the border with the Netherlands, has purchased a QSC Core 250i-based Q-Sys system with a TSC-3 touchscreen controller and QSC KLA line array loudspeakers as part of the audio system in the multi-purpose hall at the heart of its local cultural centre.

The hall and its raised stage is used for everything from public meetings to children's parties and concerts by local musicians. The staff that run the sound system in the hall are direct employees of the council and recommended the purchase of the

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South Africa - St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls Kloof, KwaZula Natal, trickles with tradition and charm. This girls' school was established in 1906 and is well known for its musicals and drama pieces. DWR Distribution was pleased to install a lighting infrastructure in the school hall during the June / July holidays.

"Originally St Mary's wanted lighting solutions for three venues, namely, the school hall, a studio which is used as the drama practice room and an outdoor auditorium," explained Nick Barnes from DWR who headed the installation. Michael Broderick, a lighting

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UK - To raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign, Orange Amplification is offering everyone a chance to own a one of a kind, bright pink Crush 20LDX. In addition, OrangeAmps.com will be turning Pink this Friday for Breast Cancer Campaign.

The international auction for the electric pink Crush 20LDX will start on Friday, 25 October 2013 at 9.00am GMT, on Ebay. The auction will last seven days, giving plenty of time to scrape all those pennies together for a unique amp and a good cause. To find the auction when it goes live, simply go to the pink Orange website homepage and follow the link

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USA - Capture Polar lighting design software excels at helping lighting designers of all levels turn their most inspired visions into workable designs. That's why it's been widely embraced throughout the industry worldwide. Elation Professional, which distributes Capture Polar in North America, is celebrating this achievement by giving students and young designers a chance to turn their visions into designs and perhaps win some attractive prizes along the way.

The company is holding a Designing Vision contest that invites students and young lighting designers to create a stage or club

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The Netherlands - With its imposing Art Deco exterior, the Pathé Tuschinski in Amsterdam is The Netherlands' most prestigious cinema. Inside it has been restored to its original 1920s glory, while at the same time being extended and modernised to satisfy the expectations of 21st century filmgoers. The latest phase has included the installation of a bespoke Alcons Audio system, featuring the CRA72cst and the first installation of the company's new Sentinel 4-channel digital amplified loudspeaker controllers.

Regularly used for 'red carpet' premieres, the Pathé Tuschinski'

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UK - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a production based on the 1964 book by Roald Dahl, has been delighting audiences of all ages at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London following its premiere in May 2013. 70,000 people saw the musical in its first month with its premier attended by top celebrities from the acting world. Its run has now been extended until May 2014. The musical is directed by Sam Mendes and Willy Wonka is played by Douglas Hodge.

L-Acoustics equipment was specified by award-winning sound designer Paul Arditti, following his successful shows (including Lon

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Europe - Led by the legendary 'Barnsley Big Teaser', Biff Byford, hard rockers Saxon's wheels of steel have been rolling around the world on the band's Sacrifice tour since last March. Playing indoor shows and festivals in Europe, as well as for the growing trend in multi-band cruises, the tour lasts until December. A pair of DiGiCo mixing consoles is helping to rock many nations.

Jacky Lehmann runs Berlin-based audio production company Audiosound Lehmann and has worked with Saxon since 2004. Initially he engineered the band's live recordings and mixed the audio for two live DV

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