UK - With extensive experience in professional audio design, FBT has announced its new Installed Sound division, incorporating indoor and outdoor IP55 rated enclosures, digital steerable line arrays, and multimedia automation systems.

"With a dedicated catalogue, the new FBT Installed Sound division aims to provide full turnkey solutions to the largest possible number of sound contractors, projects and tenders, with products rich with technical features and suitable for the specific applications required," says the company.

The Installed Sound division consists of: Vertus digital steerable loudspeaker arrays MLA 801A and MLA608A; Archon permanent installation loudspeaker series; Shadow all-weather loudspeaker series

MAD4IP multimedia automatic distribution over IP sy

UK/Germany - After trialling Martin Audio's active Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) on a series of high profile events, premier UK rental company, RG Jones Sound Engineering has become the first UK company to invest in the new system. The rental company confirmed the purchase of a System 36 on the opening day of this year's Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt.

The complement of 24 fully-integrated MLA top boxes and 12 MLX subs, with six dedicated amplifier and DSP channels per enclosure, will make their debut on a series of high-profile shows at the end of April and beginning of Ma

UK - Long standing Allen & Heath user, John Digweed, has adopted the new Xone:DB4 digital FX mixer as his mixer of choice for all tours and gigs.

"I've been using A&H mixers since the Xone:62 came out and I've always been a fan, insisting on A&H at every gig," says Digweed. "As a DJ, you want to turn up at a gig and know you can rely on the equipment. The DB4 is stable, well built, with excellent, warm sound - it just delivers."

Digweed has been using the mixer for several months, thoroughly road-testing it on his rigorous tour schedule, which spans the globe.

Singapore - Following the departure of the long-servicing Patrick Lau, Colin Quek has been appointed director of APAC sales, Martin Audio - based in Singapore.

With global experience in the pro audio industry, Quek will be returning to Loud Technologies, with whom he previously worked between 2005-7, to oversee Martin Audio's sales activities in the APAC territories. His function with the company will place high emphasis on market development in a region that covers India, Japan, China, and out to the Pacific Rim, including Australia and New Zealand.

"I have great regard for th

USA - Line 6 is now shipping the XD-V75 and XD-V35 series of digital wireless handheld, lavalier, headset and bodypack microphone systems.

Designed for professional vocalists and performers, the new flagship XD-V75 line includes handheld, lavalier, headset and bodypack digital wireless systems. The family offers pure, 24-bit sound with unparalleled reliability and a full complement of professional features including signal encryption, dynamic filters, gain control, channel scanning and more to handle the most complex applications, says the company.

Utilizing the same fourth generati

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