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

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The new additions to the product portfolio

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

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

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

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

The Netherlands - Designed specifically for use with the Q-Sys Network Audio Platform, QSC Audio Products, LLC has announced the new CXD-Q Network Amplifier line. CXD-Q models combine the Flexible Amplifier Summing Technology (FAST) found in the CXD/PLD amplifier platform with the same Q-Sys network connectivity and processing to create the ultimate audio routing and power solution for installed sound applications.

"CXD-Q represents our ongoing commitment to create installed sound solutions that are incredibly versatile and integrate seamlessly with Q-Sys," says Dale Sandber

Europe - As an integral part of the CL series digital mixing system, Yamaha's R Series I/O units have been widely praised for their pure and natural sonic quality, their Dante audio networking capability and remarkable flexibility. That flexibility has now been further enhanced with the new R Remote software application for Windows.

R Remote allows remote control of the head amplifiers in the Rio3224-D, Rio1608-D, and Ri8-D I/O units directly from a laptop or desktop PC, without the need for a CL series or similar digital mixing console with remote control capability.

Available as a

Germany - In March, Nexo will partner with PRG Europe to provide the PA and monitoring systems in a state-of-the-art production package for the LEA Awards, one of Germany's premier entertainment awards programmes. Visitors to the Festhalle over the duration of the Prolight+Sound expo (12-15 March) will have the opportunity to hear Nexo and Yamaha in concert; a 24-set STM Series modular line array at front-of-house and a 45°N-12 line monitor system on stage, networked over Dante with a full complement of Yamaha CL Series consoles.

Sponsored by PRG, the Live Entertainment Awards (PR

USA - He is most known around the world as founding member of Phillips, Craig and Dean, a popular contemporary Christian music group since the 1990s, but around Life Austin Church, in Texas, he is known, simply, as 'Pasto Randy.' Lead minister to a congregation of over two thousand, Randy Phillips brings his passion for the arts into his sermons.

"We play with a full band every Sunday, perform short skits and even have a string orchestra at Easter. The goal is to find a way to reach everyone, immerse ourselves. We have a lot of audio professionals in our community. They'd be able

USA - The stars aligned during Super Bowl XLVIII on the evening of February 2 as Bruno Mars delivered an unforgettable halftime performance to a record-breaking broadcast audience of 115.3m viewers - the largest in Super Bowl history. For the duration of the performance, Bruno Mars sang through his Sennheiser SKM 5200 handheld transmitter, coupled with an MD 5235 dynamic microphone capsule, ensuring crisp and detailed sound for millions of fans around the world.

During the 12-minute set, Bruno Mars showcased his versatility as an entertainer with a dramatic drum-solo introduction, Jam

UK - Free registration is now open for the PLASA Professional Development Programme, running alongside a sold-out PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014 on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 April 2014, at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.

The Professional Development Programme provides visitors to this popular trade event with free access to over twenty seminars and demonstrations delivered by some of the industry's leading experts, and provides an opportunity to learn new skills and have questions answered.

Kicking off on the Tuesday, a panel of representatives from the Association of Lighting Desig

Europe - Yamaha Music Europe has recently undertaken changes to its marketing, sales and technical support within the European Commercial Audio organisation, which sees the creation of new positions to underpin Yamaha's strengthening position in the installed and live sound markets.

The changes support Yamaha's expansion in the installed sound market by adding dedicated Commercial Installed Sound specialists to its Commercial Audio sales teams in France and Germany. Commercial installed sound specialists are also being recruited in the UK, which complement the recent appointment of ne

UAE - The focal point of The Irish Village pub in Dubai is its recently expanded, 3,500-capacity scenic outdoor terrace. To improve the sound quality for daytime ambience music and live entertainment in the evenings and weekends, the pub has installed a Meyer Sound system based around UPJunior-XP 48 V VariO loudspeakers.

Impressed by the power and clarity of the Meyer Sound systems they had previously encountered, Dave Cattanach, The Irish Village's general manager, and Jason Smith, manager, had long wanted Meyer Sound loudspeakers in their venue. When it came time for an upgrade to o

India - Located in Delhi's Ashok Hotel, Pangaea is the latest addition to the numerous world-famous exclusive clubs owned by Michael Ault, a pre-eminent club operator with almost 25 successful years in the nightlife industry and more than thirty nightclubs operating in key markets such as New York, Miami Beach, Los Angeles, Bermuda, Sao Paulo and Marbella.

Delhi, which has India's biggest luxury market in the country, was reportedly chosen by Ault after noting that many of the clients in his Singapore club were Indian billionaires, who asked him to bring the brand to India. One of the

China - The Chinese Ministry of Culture recently invited the Viva Vox Choir from Serbia to perform in China's most prestigious venue The Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

Opened in 1959 the complex was built within 10 months entirely by volunteers for the political meetings and events of the Chinese government. The Viva Vox Choir are one of the very few international acts ever invited to perform at the venue since it opened its doors to western music culture less than five years ago.

Serbian lighting designer, Pero Trifuljesku has toured with the choir internati

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