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14 March 2016

The Mandala Beach Club is located on a narrow spit of land off the Cancún coast and is one of the region's top clubs. It enjoys the idyllic setting of a soft sandy beach lapped by the clear blue waters of the Caribbean. The beautiful setting does, however, have a major drawback for sound equipment as the system is fully exposed to the elements.

As a result the club has previously had numerous bad experiences, with well-known brands that could not survive the humidity, high temperatures and winds that carry sand and salt. Even with being covered at night, previous systems were unable to endure the conditions. What Mandala Beach Club needed was a system that could provide high qu

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14 March 2016

"We have been coordinating the audio for Montreux since 2007 and our first experience with DiGiCo was when they became the official console sponsor in 2009," says Tonspur owner Hansjürg Meier. "We immediately realised that there was an enormous difference in sound quality, compared to other digital mixing desks. We were also really impressed by the flexibility of the consoles and the use of the latest technology, like FPGA processing, which minimised the physical footprint."

DiGiCo made such an impact that Tonspur began selling the consoles to the Swiss and Liechtenstein ma

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14 March 2016

The group plans to take one major show annually to six high street locations close to each venue, which will be free for audiences to attend. For its first year, Circulate has commissioned London-based Emergency Exit Arts, which specialises in site-specific work, to create

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14 March 2016

For the Script performance, Juergen Staack worked with wireless microphones and bodypack receivers. At the preview on 3 July, four ladies with different mother tongues mingled with the visitors - and they described what they observed at the event to their writing partners via a pocket transmitter with headset microphone. Each of the writers heard these descriptions in English, Russian, Japanese or Greek via a small m

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14 March 2016

Installed in late June, the arena's fixed audio system for athletic events, commencement ceremonies and other general assemblies now features 32 ARCS Wide enclosures. These are divided into four clusters of three cabinets spread across each of the long sides of the arena and complemented with a single centre cluster of four at each of the far ends. Two arrays of four SB28 subs are centrally hung back-to-back for LF reinforcement, while two s

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14 March 2016

Providing professional tools in a digital audio workstation (DAW Software) for live recording, the Sonar X2 Essentials package features the Skylight interface allowing you to move seamlessly among the elements, instantly going from recording to editing to mixing and back again. The software will be provided free of charge with every purchase of the V-Mixer live digital mixing consoles including the Roland M-480, M-380, M-300 and M-200i.

"The V-Mixing System has been massively popular in the UK market and it makes sense for us to offer a complete solution to our customers by including a great recording product such as Cakewalk," commente

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14 March 2016

The new HQ in Milton Keynes, in the south east of England, brings together all of the two brands' key operations under one roof. R&D teams, for both Carlsbro and Studiomaster, UK and worldwide sales, international administration, service and support, international marketing, and UK and Eire distribution are all now fully operational from the new centre.

As a hub for UK and worldwide logistics, the new HQ also provides for rapid smaller stock shipments internationally, complementing large scale direct shipments out of the Ningbo manufacturing facility in China.

Commenting on the establishment of the new HQ, Carlsbro and Studiomaster assistant general manager, Pa

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The stadium's FOH audio is divided into four zones, three (north tribune, round east, round west) fed through an iDR-8 matrix mixer, with the VIP area (south tribune) fed directly from the Qu-16 FOH mixing desk. Speakers comprise an EV rig in the north tribune, Audio Performance in rounds east and west, and a Nexo system in the south tribune.

The Qu-16 manages audio from the commentators - stationed in the commentary box and trackside, as well as audio from the giant plasma screens and the closing ceremony finale fireworks. The Qu-16 also feeds commentary to a RTS HD OB truck.<

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14 March 2016

The deal was co-ordinated for Adlib by Nick Turner. Adlib Sales specialises in supplying tailor made systems to sonically discerning clients, backed up by the best levels of quality technical service and pre and post sales support.

Stagetex provides full technical production and rental services to high end corporate events and their clients embrace a wide variety of shows and presentation genres from conferences, meetings, dinners and awards shows to parties, live music and entertainment of all types.

They wanted a fully flexible excellent sounding system ... and consulted Adlib for advice and guidance.

They specifically wanted something scal

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14 March 2016

Based in London, McMullan brings over 14 years' experience in professional audio and technical sales to his new role at TC Group. Most recently, he enjoyed success in the touring and install markets as UK sales manager for Turbosound.

"I'm very excited about the opportunities presented by such a diverse range of technologically brilliant products that TC Group has," commented McMullan. "Having dealt with Lab.gruppen throughout my time at Turbosound, I know I am joining a dynamic and hard-working sales team."

McMullan also has extensive experience as a system technician, from small gigs to stadium shows, and has been involved in the audio offering in an impressive list of leading club

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Attended by CEOs from some of the world's largest multinational companies, the China's Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and other Chinese dignitaries were also present at the three day event. Prior to the event, Fortune's Audio Designer Ron Lorman contacted Ken Kimura at DPA's office in Hong Kong, and requesting help in sourcing microphones.

"I have been using DPA d:fine headset m

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14 March 2016

Released just a few months ago, Fohhn's Focus Modular series has been specially developed to provide powerful coverage over very long distances in acoustically challenging venues. Remotely controllable with highly precise beam steering capabilities, the three low-mid and high frequency modules can be used in any combination to meet a range of different requirements.

At the abbey, two FM-400 l

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The Soundcraft Si Performer has a number of enhancements over and above the Si Compact, with a turbocharged version of the Si Compact engine and providing up to 80 channels to mix. Added to this are 35 buses, plus eight VCA groups and eight mute groups, a fully parametric 4-band EQ with shelf on the HF and LF bands, and LCR panning.

"The Soundcraft Si Performer was chosen mainly for work flow and the audio quality it produces," remarked Paul Tucker of Mozaix. "A number of consoles from different brands were tried but as the Church already owns a couple of Soundcraft Vi4 consoles in their main Knox campus, they were already quite partial to the Soundcraft b

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14 March 2016

Monitor engineer Matthew Kanaris specified the Sennheiser items for the tour, which includes two SKM 5200-MKII handheld microphones with Neumann KK105 capsules for Lana's main and spare vocal, 12 sets of G3 in-ear monitors and four G3 wireless belt packs for the tour's string section.

"Lana's vocal is the most important part of the show, so we wanted to use a microphone that was perfect for her and was sensitive to the different dynamics in her voice," says Kanaris. "We have always had great results when we used the wired version of the Neumann mic, so we decided to

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14 March 2016

As part of this expansion, CRC published an RFP (request for proposal) for sound systems for its new soccer fields. After considering several alternatives, they selected a design from Associated Sound of Sacramento using Community R-Series Loudspeakers.

Associated's design uses two Community R.25-94TZ loudspeakers, located on each corner of the press

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14 March 2016

The PLASA Show is regarded as a major international launch-pad for new products. During its history, it has seen hundreds of product innovations introduced to the market - a trend which we expect to see continued at the 2013 event. The PLASA Awards for Innovation aim to emphasise this focus on true innovation. The procedure for entry ensures that all nominated products are vetted to show that they offer something new to the industry:

"The PLASA Awards for Innovation recognise products which advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practice or taking a key step forward in terms of safety."

All successfully vetted products are judged a

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14 March 2016

The 2013 programme for the Fringe, the biggest arts festival in the world, featured 45,464 performances of 2,871 shows at a total of 273 venues across the city. The programme contained 713 free shows which do not sell tickets but asked the audience to contribute at the end of the show. These shows were not included in the box office ticket sales. Kath Mainland, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said,"Our

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14 March 2016

The original production was the first Broadway show to use a DiGiCo SD7T, with sound designers Acme Sound Partners working closely with DiGiCo, UK rental company Autograph, and local provider Masque Sound. Subsequent touring and productions had fewer demands for the Front of House console so the SD7 was not specified. But associate sound designer Jason Crystal, who has represented the show on these various productions, was very pleased when Loudness Sound Rental & Services, the local audio provider, requested that an S

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The shortlist of nominees is generated from invited suggestions from a panel consisting of PLASA team members, PLASA Regional Board & Governing Body members, regular contributors to LSi and LSA magazines, and past winners of the Gottelier Award.

All PLASA Members and pre-registered visitors to PLASA 2013 are eligible to vote, and will receive an email inviting them to place their vote at the PLASA Show website. Voting closes on Friday 20 September and the winner will be announced at the PLASA Show on Monday 7 Octobe

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14 March 2016

Broadcast live in primetime, Premios Tu Mundo is a musical spectacular event that celebrates pop culture and combines the power of television, web, mobile and social media platforms to give fans the final say in what's hot in everything that moves and inspires them, including novelas, music, fashion, movies and sports. The pre-show La Alfombra de Premios Tu Mundo featured celebrities like Eva Longoria, Daddy Yankee and many of Hispanic Hollywood's top celebrities.

"We are thrilled to have once again worked with Telemundo on this event, especially at the American Airlines Arena," says Jim Van Winkle, general manager of PWS.

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Recently partnering with The Bowery Presents, one of the country's preeminent promoters for both emerging and established artists, the intimate 1,150-capacity Civic begins hosting a wide variety of touring acts starting in September, including Russell Brand, The Black Crowes, Passion Pit, Steve Earle, John Waters and many others. Solomon Group - one of the Civic's three partners, along with developers Brian Gibbs

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In other countries Gyllene Tider are best known for lead singer Per Gessle being half of pop duo Roxette. In Sweden, however, they maintain massive popularity. Promoting new album Dags att tänka på refrängen (Time To Think Of The Chorus), the tour featured a DiGiCo SD10 at Front of House and an SD5 on monitors.

The consoles were supplied - along with DiGiCo SD-Racks, microphones and monitors - by rental company Soundforce Scandinavia AB. Anders Molund, the company's audio project manager, is also Gyllene Tider's FOH engineer.

"The SD5 was the first choice console for our monitor engineer Peter Fredriksson. To be honest, I used the SD10 because we are so busy at Soundforce it was the only DiGi

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14 March 2016

CPL Broadcast is headed by Lee Gruszeckyj (Lee G) who joined the company last year with the new division in mind. Gruszeckyj has a wealth of experience in the world of broadcast and video, is highly respected in this area and has numerous contacts.

CPL's business has been steadily expanding over the last three years. CPL Broadcast is a related diversification specifically designed to fill and grow a healthy demand in the Midlands area for the appropriate camera, audio, lighting and grip equipment by those working on news shoots, promos and commercials.

The three key factors in establ

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14 March 2016

"I have been with the circus for 30 years. In Finland circus began to engage with modern lighting about 20 years ago, sound about 10 years later. I've been looking after the Sirkus audio system for the last four or five years. By profession I'm a performer, but I've worked with sound since