UK - Allen & Heath has released a new firmware update for its Qu Series of compact digital mixers. Downloadable from the website, v1.4 introduces several new features, including multiple access user permissions, Windows drivers for multitrack streaming, per scene recall filters and FX user libraries.

V1.4 includes the much anticipated Windows drivers, enabling bit-perfect, ASIO and WDM compliant multitrack playback and recording.

New user permissions enable three types of user - admin, standard and basic - with different levels of access, for example, for volunteers operators in houses of worship, or guest engineers visiting venues. The Admin user has access to all functions and can protect selected functions and allocate passwords if required for the other users.

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UAE - Nicolaos M Kyvernitis Electronics Ent, the designated Shure Axient distributor in the Middle East, has recently supplied Axient wireless system to Sharjah TV, mainstream media in Sharjah, UAE.

The system purchased by Sharjah TV consists of six channels of AXT400 receiver units, six AXT100 Axient Bodypack Transmitters and four AXT200 Axient Handheld Frequency Diversity Transmitters with KSM9 capsule. The complete system, including Spectrum Manager, Show link Access point, Rechargeable solution, Antenna distribution and a road-ready wireless Ethernet switch, offers the complete Ax

UK - In early March audio rental company Capital Sound made its way to London's Bloomsbury Ballroom to provide the sound for an exclusive gig with Kylie Minogue, part of MasterCard's Priceless London, a series of exclusive offers for MasterCard holders to enjoy unique experiences.

Kylie's 45-minute set included songs from her new album Kiss Me Once, as well as some of her best-loved hits and featured a full band and four dancers.

Capital supplied Martin Audio's new MLA Mini system, which comprised main-hangs of eight MLA Mini, with side-hangs of four MLA Mini.

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UK - The Roland VR-50HD Multi Format AV Mixer has been chosen by Churchill College, Cambridge as the AV hub for their main lecture theatre that is used for academic lectures and college events as well as for commercial conferences and presentations.

The 'all in one' design of the VR-50HD and the fact that it could be operated by one person provided AV Manager Tim Cooper with the perfect front end solution for lecture capture, live streaming and recording - saving him time, space and money. Supplied to Churchill College by ProActive of Hemel Hempstead, the VR-50HD is used as a standalo

Canada - Heard by thousands of people through live audiences, simulcasts, webcasts and recordings, and millions more through online video engines, the annual TED Conference in Vancouver requires gear that matches its prestige. With discussions that address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture, microphones are vital to all TED audiences. To provide the ultimate in sound quality for presenters and performers at TED2014, technical team from McCune Audio/Video, the symposium's sound services company, relies on DPA Microphones' classic 4088 Direction

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