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The Netherlands - Bazelmans AVR, a Dutch AV rental company, has invested in the Meyer Sound Lyon linear sound reinforcement system and become one of the first suppliers of the new product. The Lyon sale, closed during the ISE 2014 trade show in Amsterdam, includes 40 Lyon linear line array loudspeakers, 22 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements, and a Galileo Callisto loudspeaker management system, in addition to RMServers for loudspeaker monitoring.

Making its tradeshow debut at ISE 2014, Lyon is the newest member of Meyer Sound's Leo family. Lyon comes in a more flexible and compac

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USA - Now in its tenth year, the Mosaic Church in Rockland, California, recently completed a renovation of its sanctuary, which included upgrading the existing sound system with an Allen & Heath GLD-80 mixer and an AR2412 remote audio rack. Situated in a strip mall amongst RV and Auto Dealerships along with a Fitness Centre, the Church presented a challenging acoustic environment.

Also added to the existing system is a pair of Tannoy V-12 speakers to complement three V-12's already in use. The church installed a Mi-Pro Microphone set up with a DPA headset for the pastor. Handling DSP

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Germany - As of January, Felix Krückels' role within Lawo has changed to take on the newly created position of business development director. In his new position, Krückels will evaluate and forward the development and implementation of new business ideas, as well as overseeing the advancement of the company, which has been building up new opportunities in audio-over-IP and video processing alongside its established audio broadcast solutions.

With experience and expertise gained in his long-standing role at Lawo as senior product manager for Lawo's mc² mixing console series, Nova ro

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Canada Recognised globally for its multi-award winning technology, realtime tracking technology creator CAST BlackTrax Ltd has announced the appointment of Christopher Jenkins as general manager of BlackTrax Audio. This newly formed division's mandate is to focus on increasing market share and presence by leveraging its advanced 3D and spatial audio applications and installations with BlackTrax.

Jenkins is President and CEO of BISBY Corporation, located in Agoura Hills, California.

A two-times Academy Award-winner and senior leadership executive in the entertainment industry, Jenkin

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Malaysia - Next Integration Engineering, the Next-proaudio distributor in Malaysia, recently designed the sound system for Q-BAR, located in Sibu, an island town in Sarawak, east Malaysia.

The sound system needed to achieve high sound pressure levels, high quality sound to join the concept of Q-BAR, inspired in New York style lounge club with a diverse range of themed nights and with great resident DJs, some international DJs and live acts playing each month in a luxurious nightlife experience, complemented by suitable decor and a comfortable space.

The Next Integration Engineering'

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Spain / Portugal - Cadac recently appointed Soinua Pro as its new distributor for Spain and Portugal. The appointment sees Cadac switch its distribution to the Basque based sound touring and installation specialist, headquartered precisely between Bilbao and San Sebastián.

Commenting on the decision to switch distribution to Soinua, Cadac brand development manager Richard Ferriday says, "It was a strategic decision in order to more effectively focus our distribution on the live production sector. This is where Soinua is especially strong, being heavily involved with sound tourin

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Sweden - Two RedNet 2s are the perfect fit for a custom 27.2 surround sound production at GöteborgsOperan in Gothenburg, Sweden.

RedNet is being used for an increasing number of innovative audio applications where something special in terms of quality or performance is required. RedNet couples Focusrite's legendary conversion expertise - along with superbly transparent mic preamps and other studio-quality audio capabilities - with the tried and tested Dante Ethernet-based audio networking protocol to record, distribute and play back audio over IP.

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Australia - Soundbay Pty Ltd, trading as Store DJ, is pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive importer and distributor for Allen & Heath's Xone DJ Series in Australia.

"Allen & Heath's reputation for uncompromising sound quality and innovation has made Xone the "DJ's DJ mixer", so it is natural that Xone should find a home at Store DJ, Australia's leading DJ retailer," comments Store DJ's Xone brand manager, Paul Bridge. "Allen & Heath's Xone DJ mixers are the only choice for many top-shelf DJs, including Richie Hawtin, Pete Tong, Andy C, John Dig

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USA - In a significant development for users of Audinate's Dante media networking technology, Symetrix has announced that the latest version of its popular SymNet Composer software will enable complete configuration of select Dante-enabled Symetrix, Attero Tech and Stewart Audio products.

Settings affecting I/O levels, routing and more will be defined with SymNet Composer 2.0, which gives customers the ability to consolidate operations on a single platform where three or more were previously required.

"As a result of the release, integrators will no longer need separate softwar

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Education Initiative - The Musicians' Union has urged the government to do more to support music hubs, after a critical report from Ofsted claimed the publicly-funded initiative was largely failing. The union re-iterated its concern that the "completely unrealistic timeframe" set by the government to establish the hubs, combined with local authority funding cuts, had allowed the "postcode lottery" of provision in schools to worsen.

Funded by the Department for Education and administered through Arts Council England, the three-year £171 million programme was c

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Germany - Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund is the biggest football stadium in Germany and Ateis Europe's IDA8 is now playing a major role in ensuring that the upgraded audio system reaches all areas of the 80,720 capacity venue.

The stadium opened in 1974 as the Westfalenstadion and is home to Bundesliga football team Borussia Dortmund. While still referred to by its original name it is known officially as Signal Iduna Park after the Signal Iduna Group insurance company that has sponsored Borussia Dortmund since 2005 in a deal that runs until 2021.

Four new stands were built at Signal

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The Netherlands - New, intriguing, unique: three easy words to say yet much harder to produce the reality. A visit to the d&b audiotechnik demo room at this year's ISE in Amsterdam made the case in triplicate.

Three demonstrations daily introduced listeners to the passively crossed over 24C and 24C-E column loudspeakers from the new xC-Series; fixed installation products aimed squarely at speech reinforcement in demanding acoustic spaces. This Series is specifically intended for the kind of highly reverberant environments where conquering acoustic challenges must balance with aestheti

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UK - The newest addition to Flare Audio's product range is the SM15 Stage Monitor - a versatile compact and lightweight design that is suited for live music venues wanting to maximize stage space. Featuring 15" and 1" drivers, it combines high definition power (Max SPL of 133.5dB) in a compact size (384mm x 595mm x 421mm) and weight (28kg). The versatile SM15 uses Flare's Vortex technology for great feedback stability, and can be used at either a 40 or 55 degree angle.

The first venue to use the new SM15s is The Half Moon in Putney where Stevie Wyatt, chief engineer reports:

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UK - Delta Sound has announced that Martin Locket will be working with their global senior management team, as a business strategy adviser. He will be providing input to the Delta Sound companies in the UK, Dubai and Qatar in various areas of business development and diversification; advising the team headed by Mark Bonner, Paul Keating and Andy Jackson on how to develop business and maximise opportunities. "2014 will be a year of advancement and opportunity," says Delta Sound.

Martin commented: "I am working with a number of exciting companies and brands in the product

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The Netherlands - Bazelmans AVR, a Dutch AV rental company, has invested in the Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system and become one of the first suppliers of the new product. The LYON sale, closed during the ISE 2014 trade show in Amsterdam, includes 40 LYON linear line array loudspeakers, 22 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements, and a Galileo Callisto loudspeaker management system, in addition to RMServers for loudspeaker monitoring.

Making its tradeshow debut at ISE 2014, LYON incorporates the technology of the LEO Family in a more flexible and compact package, and

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Italy - Loudspeaker manufacturer RCF SpA has announced the third edition of its sound engineering course, which is organised by the Department of Science and Methods for Engineering of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in cooperation with RCF.

The course, which will be presented in English, will cover 120 hours over a five-week period, from Monday to Friday, beginning 5 May and ending 6 June 2014. The course will be located at the RCF Audio Academy premises, located in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

The primary goal of the course is to provide engineers with a specific knowledge of

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Germany - According to Music Group, Midas has launched a new competitive price plan for their award winning PRO Series digital mixing consoles. "A price reduction of up to 30% provides system integrators and rental/production providers more incentive to specify and purchase the legendary PRO Series consoles for their everyday, pro-audio applications," says the company's statement.

"We listened to our customers and those who desire to be Midas owners," said VP of global sales Shawn Watts. "This new pricing creates opportunities for installers and rental provide

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Germany - Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, inventors of Cubase, ASIO and VST, is celebrating three decades of innovation and experience.

Thirty years ago, nearly to the day, Manfred Ruerup and Karl Steinberg founded the company that has become one of the world's largest manufacturers of music and audio software and hardware, with more than 1.5m users worldwide.

"Steinberg have a tradition of pioneering in new technologies that we can be proud of, and our wide network of accomplished engineers, musicians, producers and composers allows us to keep our fingers at the pulse of th

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UK - Fans of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing are flocking to a 21 date live UK arena tour to see seven celebrity dancers and their professional partners show off their moves on stage. Four Yamaha digital mixers are ensuring that the sound is top quality.

Taking place in January and February, South Wales-based Sonalyst has designed and facilitated the Strictly tour's sound and lighting for a number of years. Managing director and sound designer Rory Madden chose a pair of Yamaha PM5Ds, an M7CL and an LS9 to deliver the 2014 production's intricate mix.

The show follows the format

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UK - CIE-Group, one of the audio visual industry's longest established providers of equipment for the professional audio visual integration and PA sectors, has added the 2N NetSpeaker Audio-over-IP System to its growing product portfolio.

Controlled via a PC-based Central Management Software tool, the 2N NetSpeaker System allows the user to stream music, recorded voice announcements, tones, jingles and promotions or live paging announcements to any on-site zone, remote site or multiple zones/sites via a standard web, LAN or WAN connection.

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USA - TobyMac's Hits Deep tour is playing to audiences in arenas across 32 American cities, using a Meyer Sound Leo linear large-scale sound reinforcement system. Supplied by White House, Tenn.-based Blackhawk Audio, the Leo system is proving to be the perfect vehicle for TobyMac's blend of contemporary Christian music influenced by rap, hip-hop, hard rock, and reggae.

Ryan Lampa, TobyMac's FOH engineer for the past nine years, first experienced Leo during TobyMac's performance at a benefit concert in 2013.

"As soon as the quick sound check started, I was amazed," L

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UAE - Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, distributor of ClearCom in the United Arab Emirates for the Live Sound market segment has recently supplied a a Tempest 2.4GHz wireless intercom system as well as the Encore Partlyline system to Dubai based, Extreme Productions LLC. The three systems can be used together in hybrid communication platform or independently as and when required.

The Tempest System includes a single 2.4Ghz CM-244 Master Station, ten CP-242 4 Channel Belt Packs and an CCT-RT Antenna. The Encore Partyline includes a single PS-704 power supply, a TWC-701, eigh

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UK - The Half Moon, one of London's longest running and most respected independent live music spots, is the latest venue to install a fully specified system from Flare Audio, and the first to use the new SM15 Stage Monitors and V15C 15" high SPL point source loudspeakers. Additional low frequency energy is supplied by Q218 ultra sub cabinets and the revolutionary flat panel SB21, which won a 2013 PLASA Award for Innovation.

The Half Moon's musical pedigree includes some of the industry's biggest names, including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bo Diddley, Kasabian and U2. Stevie Wya

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UK - When Autograph Sales & Installations was recently commissioned to install a new audio system at the Royal Academy of Music's historic Duke's Hall, they needed a 'heart' that delivered a challenging combination of optimum audio quality, flexibility and comprehensive wireless remote control at a competitive price. A Yamaha MTX3 matrix processor was the answer.

Located on London's Marylebone Road, the Duke's Hall is the Royal Academy of Music's main performance space. As Britain's oldest degree-granting music school, with a list of alumni that reads like a Who's Who of the composing

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