UK - As the annual 'Wimbledon Fortnight' approaches each summer at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in south-west London, long-term contractors RG Jones Sound Engineering can generally be found putting the finishing touches to the latest upgrades to meet the club's evolving network and comms requirements.

As old equipment reaches end of life and more efficient digital solutions come onstream - as was the case when BSS introduced the Soundweb London digital DSP platform - so RG Jones' sales and installation director Jon Berry prepares a new specification which will underpin the club's

UK - Allen & Heath has introduced the Xone:K1 to extend the MIDI controller range of its elite Xone DJ line, joining the successful Xone:K2 controller. The K1 has a flexible layout allowing users to define and customise an individual workflow and mixing experience, and works with all leading DJ software. The Xone:K1 is easily configurable to allow fast access for setting levels, triggering hot cues, adding effects and instant looping to relieve the DJ from focusing on the computer screen.

Featuring six endless rotary encoders with push switch, 12 analogue pots, four linear faders, and

USA - To build on the growing demand for Constellation acoustic systems, Meyer Sound has bolstered its team with the appointment of Mac Johnson to Constellation programme manager and Melody Parker to associate acoustic engineer.

"Since the launch of Constellation, the system has revolutionized the acoustics in live performance venues. Our customers are adapting the system's capabilities for new applications like meeting rooms, recording studios, classrooms, and restaurants," says Antonio Zacarias, vice president of worldwide sales for Meyer Sound. "With Mac and Melody's

France - With over 10m record sales, French rock band Indochine have completed their Black City Tour with two mammoth consecutive shows at Stade de France. With a rigorous touring schedule, this complex production relied on the simple combination of Adamson, Lab.gruppen and Lake.

Formed in the 1980s, Indochine are heroes in their home country, the first French band ever to play the Stade de France to a crowd of 80,000 back in 2010. That they have endured for so long and so successfully is testament to the drive and vision of Nicolas Sirkis, singer and leader of the band. That vision h

UK - VDC Trading, distributors of the Van Damme cable, managed to fulfil a huge order for over 150 microphone leads at very short notice for SWG Events to complete their installation at Glastonbury this year.

The South West Group is a regular supplier of events services to the Glastonbury festival and employs 10 full-time staff members and over 100 trained technicians, managers and consultants. SWG's coverage of the event spectrum includes sound, lighting, power, audio-visual, production services and event support. The company prides itself on having all resources to hand and we deliv

Norway - The largest Meyer Sound Lyon linear sound reinforcement system ever assembled was heard this summer at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway. Provided by Bright Norway AS, the 360-degree system entertained 8,500 employees of Scandinavian supermarket chain REMA 1000 with performances by Norwegian musicians Karpe Diem, D.D.E., and Kurt Nilsen.

Named 1000 Colours of REMA, the show required a system that could provide even in-the-round coverage at rock music levels with impeccable speech intelligibility. The solution designed by Bright Norway's Preben Frostad incorporated eight ar

Belgium - AED Rent has recently made some new investments in the field of wireless microphones and in-ear monitoring. It includes a comprehensive package from Shure systems, complemented by DPA miniature microphones. So AED Rent now has Axient, ULX-D and PSM1000 in its rental range.

In a time where more and more wireless applications are used, but where less bandwidth is available for the pro-users in the audio industry, Axient offers a highly reliable solution for high profile events, allowing the user to set up a 100% redundant wireless connection, say AED.

"With Shure ULX-D

USA - Sensaphonics has added two more audiologists to its Gold Circle listing. The Sensaphonics Gold Circle is a group of audiologists who have been specifically trained to meet the hearing needs of music industry clients, with a special emphasis on in-ear monitoring.

Joining the Gold Circle ranks are audiologists Dr. Teresa Cannon of Staten Island Hearing and Balance, Staten Island, New York; and Dr. Matthew Bell of Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Held at Sensaphonics headquarters in Chicago, the Gold Circle seminar is the only formal training system for audiologists on th

UK - Antony Warren, promoter for the Whisky Sessions approached Illuminate Design to provide lighting, sound, staging and technical support for their marquee at the Isle of White Festival.

With limited power, Chauvet Colorado Par fixtures were chosen for their punchy colour from a small unit. Source 4 Lustrs were provided to illuminate the backdrop of the stage. Traditional festoon lighting was used to light the 360m2 marquee to give a rustic feel in line with the branding for the event.

With a varied mix of acts playing on stage, the sound needed to be flexible whilst taking into a

USA - Focusrite has announced the appointment of industry veteran Kurt Howell to the position of RedNet Eastern regional manager. The announcement further emphasizes the growth and expansion of RedNet in the US. RedNet is Focusrite's range of modular Ethernet-networked interfaces based around the industry-standard low-latency Dante audio networking system.

In his new position, Howell, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee, will work closely with prospective RedNet customers in conjunction with product specialist Ted White to continue to drive sales with Eastern U.S. dealers, contractor

UK - For the 18th year running, July saw Sennheiser attend the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) annual graduation ceremony, to reward students for their outstanding performance in initiatives that the company sponsors.

Taking place on 31 July and attended by both LIPA co-founders Sir Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty, Sennheiser CEO Dr Andreas Sennheiser and the company's president of global sales Paul Whiting were present to hand out awards to this year's crop of Sennheiser-sponsored students.

2011 Sennheiser Scholarship winner Tomos Pierce graduated from LIPA

UK - This summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow were preceded by Live at Edinburgh Castle, a 2.5-hour multi-act concert, televised live on the BBC from this location that dominates the Edinburgh skyline. The line-up for the event was extensive and included Culture Club, OneRepublic, Kaiser Chiefs, Motown legend Smokey Robinson, Jessie J, Paloma Faith and Il Divo. Various acts were backed by a 12-piece house band and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. To keep up with the fast-paced nature of the high-profile event, two SSL Live consoles were provided by Britannia Row Production

UK - 2014's Farnborough International Airshow saw the installation of a QSC Q-Sys networked audio management system to control the PA/VA systems at the biennial event, which took place in Hampshire in late July.

This year's show, as always, showcased the latest in aviation and airborne defence technology alongside displays of period aircraft and aerial acrobatic prowess, to the usual mixture of aviation industry experts, defence procurement mandarins, and the aircraft-loving general public.

As far as audio systems were concerned, however, it was all change; after the last show in 20

UK - At PLASA London 2014, Harting (Stand No. G15) is featuring its RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) systems for asset management in the theatre and touring environment, along with rugged connectivity solutions for audio-visual multimedia events.

Harting's RFID technology can be applied for improved asset management for entertainment rental/hire companies and for theatres which share equipment for touring shows. The Ha-VIS RFID system offers a high degree of flexibility to simplify the implementation of scalable solutions in different application sectors.

The system combines ru

USA / UK - Peavey Electronics Corporation has announced that it is "redefining itself in consideration of the evolving and increasingly competitive market". In order to remain effective, the company says, it is restructuring its international operations - a process that will include the closure of its UK distribution facility.

Founded by Hartley Peavey in 1965, Peavey has multiple US factories throughout Mississippi and Alabama in addition to distribution facilities in the US, Europe and Asia.

The company's statement says: "While prices from China lowered the cost

UK - Hosted in Glasgow, the recent 2014 Commonwealth Games featured 4,947 competitors from 71 nations and 261 events - all broadcast to an estimated global television audience of 1.5 billion.

Since first being included in the Manchester 2002 Games, table tennis has invited fierce competition. Sharing the Scotstoun Arena with the competition's squash events, the table tennis matches took place in two 2,500 seat 'show courts', and a further eight match courts. The broadcast of these matches was in the hands of Arena Television, with Audio Guarantee Engineer David Harnett taking charge o

Australia - Wizard Projects, supported by the engineering team from Technical Audio Group (TAG) have installed a large 140-element Martin Audio OmniLine system into St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. The system needed to be commissioned in time for the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as part of their Australia and New Zealand tour.

St. Andrew's is the oldest cathedral in Australia - and one of the city's finest cathedral examples of Gothic Revival architecture - however such beautiful architecture comes at an acoustic cost with challenging reverberation times making clarity an

Australia - Sydney's Rockdale Town Hall has recently undertaken a major refurbishment, designed to reinvigorate the City's regional arts and cultural hub.

The works provided fresh life to the historic complex and provided the City with a state of the art venue that can accommodate a varied array of events from musical concerts and variety shows to business, community and social events.

The auditorium's beautiful Art Deco detailing has been lovingly restored, and is now accompanied sensitively by a new PA and communications system from The P.A. People. It was imperative that the hist

UK - Last month saw Ivor Novello award-winning producer/songwriter Steve Booker's new Cake Studios open its doors following the installation of a 48-channel SSL Duality equipped control room to complement the existing writing facilities already on site.

Technical installation was handled by Langdale Technical Consulting who have a long standing working relationship with VDC and the studio marked the 100th Control Room installation on their part, almost all of which have been complemented by Van Damme cable. Langdale's Bill Ward commented that since the introduction of Van Damme in 198

The Netherlands - Front-of-house engineer Sjoerd Terpstra relied on DPA Microphones to capture the sound of the Kyteman Orchestra's recent concerts at the Utrecht Tivoli in Holland. The six concerts, which took the form of elaborate jam sessions, were all multitrack recorded for subsequent mixing and broadcast on the internet using the company's d:vote 4099 Instrument, d:dicate 2011A Recording and d:screet 4061 Miniature Microphones.

Terpstra, who has been working with Kyteman for the last five years, says he chose DPA Microphones for this project because he knew their mics were capab

USA - Masque Sound recently presented a charitable contribution to Road Recovery, a non-profit organization devoted to helping today's youth overcome addiction and other adversities. With this donation, Road Recovery will continue its mission of empowering the younger generation to face their adversities through its range of music-focused programmes and events.

An organization that is important to Stephanie Hansen, vice president and general manager at Masque Sound, Road Recovery was founded in 1998 by music industry veterans Gene Bowen, a tour manager and recovering addict, and Jack

Germany - Meyer Sound Germany has appointed industry veteran Markus Dehmer to sales manager, install. Tasked with supporting theatre and studio customers throughout Germany, Dehmer joins a sales team that also includes Florian Kresse, project manager, install; and Chris Wiedenbeck, sales manager, install.

"Our goal has always been to offer customers cutting-edge audio solutions that are best suited to their project requirements," says Sascha Khelifa, managing director of Meyer Sound Germany. "This requires a team that brings substantial expertise across the entire insta

UK - Birmingham's Sean Hames is back with the team at LMC Audio. Working out of the LMC Birmingham Office once again, his new project will see him undertake a Northern Area Business Development (NABD) role for the professional audio sales company.

Following a break from the pro audio scene, Hames is ready for this new challenge, commenting: "I have kept in touch with some old industry friends, following the news in the world of PA. I've even played keyboard with some of them! Now, I'm really looking forward to carrying out my new role, being in the thick of it once more, meeting

USA - At selected Foreigner concerts, VIPs, superfans, industry professionals and other special guests get to enjoy an intimate, acoustic meet-and-greet performance by the band before the main show. For these special events, the band and their technical team have chosen L1 Model II systems with B2 bass modules and T1 ToneMatch engine from Bose Professional Systems based on their audio quality, ease of setup and low-profile design.

The VIP meet-and-greet performances generally feature a three-song acoustic set for an audience of anywhere from 35 to 150 people. The band sets up four L1

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