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Ever since 1913 this landmark venue in Hanover Street - formally known as Cranes Music Hall, Cranes Theatre and most recently The Neptune Theatre - has provided live entertainment to the city's residents.

Following a £1.2m refurbishment - and rebrand as The Epstein Theatre - it has celebrated its centenary by commissioning a permanently installed sound reinforcement system, courtesy of locally-based installer/distributors Adlib Audio, who had previously been supplying on a long-term rental basis.

With the capacity to seat 410 on its two levels, and a new Soundcraft Vi1 at front-of-house, technical manager Tony Carter is delighted that audiences will now be treated to

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"We are very excited to be a part of the SSL family and offer the new SSL Live console to the marketplace," says Ken Porter, founder and CEO of Spectrum Sound. "Because SSL is a musician-owned company, it prioritizes the same truly important things that we do here at Spectrum-sonic excellence, high build quality, flexibility and dependability. SSL's heritage of good British engineering and manufacturing delivers consoles that work and sound the way that our customers require."

"We are thrilled to partner with Spectrum Sound on the SS

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To be in with a chance of winning one of the 12 great gifts, all you need to do is visit DiGiCo's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DiGiCo.Official

Like last year, the fun starts on the 12 December and finishes on the 23rd with a prize to be won each day. You must first of all, 'Like' the DiGiCo Facebook page, click on the competition tab and answer all 12 questions correctly in order to be in with a chance of winning a prize.

(Jim Evans)

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This will take place over two days (18-19 February 2014) at The Backstage Centre, Purfleet, Essex, UK.

The entire pro audio community - from distributors, dealers, rental companies, system integrators and consultants, as well as FOH engineers, system techs and event production managers - are invited to attend.

It will also provide an opportunity for the media to experience the new system's award-winning technology at close quarters.

James King, Martin Audio director of marketing, commented, "These demonstrations will provide the unique opportunity for attendees to learn more about MLA Mini's groundbreaking cellular drive technology and experience the versatility and power of the system in person."

The demos will include

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"Furthermore, we would like to take this opportunity to emphasize FaitalPRO's presence in this market with a dedicated sales network backed by a true 'loudspeaker boutique'."

The boutique is a shop created and designed by the Chinese FaitalPRO distributor, Fine Sound Transducers. it is the first of its kind, exclusively dedicated to the sale of professional FaitalPRO loudspeaker products.

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"Audio Acústica is proud to be the face of the SSL Live in Mexico," says F. Javier Posada Morales, director general of Audio Acústica y Electrónica S.A. de C.V. "As the next big thing in live mixing, SSL Live is definitely setting new trends and standards for live audio, which is something the company has been doing for more than 35 years in the music, broadcast and post production markets. By joining forces with this prestigious brand, we are able to distribute and support the live console of the highest quality to our customers in the region."

"Audio Acústica is a great company with depth and personal relati

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Anthony was the founder of AVX Systems before going on to develop one of the first digital networking voice alarm systems(VxLAN) - which later became SigNET - and in 1999 developed the first generation SigTEL fire telephone system. He set up Current Thinking Ltd in 2001, developing new induction loop amplifiers, the VoCALL EVCS solution, and digital voice alarm solutions using high efficiency class D amplifiers that were used for all the audio systems at Dublin airport terminal 2. Anthony later took up a position as Business Development Manager (Voice Solutions) at Cooper Fire & Saf

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The PCM-D100 is compatible with 2.8 MHz /1-bit direct stream digital DSD, a format that records source sounds using digital signals, but in a format that closely resembles analogue waveforms. It is also compatible with recording and playback in 192 kHz/24-bit linear PCM High Resolution Audio. The unit can reproduce ultra-high range, delicate musical components and is capable of recording with excellent audio quality, from low to high ranges. This is achieved by equipping the device

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Formed in 1991 by piccolo trumpet legend Otto Sauter, Ten of the Best features its founder plus nine other players of global renown, including the principal trumpet players of the Royal Stockholm Opera, Vienna State Opera, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague.

Recently the group played several of their Richard Wagner Project concerts in Mexico, where the band's sound designer and front of house engineer Olli Nohl was reunited with an trusted friend - the Yamaha PM5D-RH.

As well as the 10 trumpeters, the ensemble included two guitarists, two vocalists, strings, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion for the shows in Pue

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The Brixton shows were the culmination of a busy year for brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence whose career has leapt from 0-200 in the last 18 months.

Disclosure's production team including tour manager/production manager Toby Iddison and FOH engineer Rob Webster-Reed approached Adlib to put together a touring package after they had crossed paths on numerous festivals throughout the Summer ... and all were impressed with Adlib's attention to detail, dedication to the job and great sense of humour!

Says Adlib's account handler Phil Kielty, "Apart from being a really solid live act, Disclosure and their crew really appreciate each and every person working for them and are p

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D.A.S. Audio of America's new facility is a 25,000sq.ft free standing building and includes an adjacent lot that will enable the company to expand its operations in the future. Purchased in March 2013, the building underwent extensive remodelling so as to accommodate the special requirements of a sound reinforcement equipment manufacturer. Key to the new facility is the inclusion of an acoustically treated training room-enabling the company to provide the best possible instruction to both its sales force as well as both potential an

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But Ho's greatest pleasure is taking Hawaiian music to people, performing it in concerts all over the world. And besides his ukulele, he always travels with his L1 portable sound system from Bose Professional Systems. From ukulele clinics at venues around the country, including Guitar Centre stores, to huge concert settings, Bose L1 systems and T1 ToneMatch components have supported Ho's live performances night after night.

Ho travels with a pair of Bose L1 Model II loudspeaker systems and uses one or both, depending upon the size and the acoustical nature of each venue. F

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Already DPA Microphones enthusiasts for the ability of its mics to reproduce the natural beauty of a Steinway, the music staff at Southwestern Baptist knew it wanted to equip all 17 pianos with three d:vote 4099 Instrument Mics each, for a total of 51 mics. A clear, pristine sound was the school's primary requirement when searching for a mic, and it was obvious that the DPA d:vote was the only choice.

"The Steinway instruments have a very beautiful, very unique sound that other in

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"We had heard through the grapevine that the 1100-LFCs were amazing, but when we first fired up the units for testing we were dumbstruck," says Aart Habraken, rental manager for Bazelmans AVR. "The 1100-LFC maintains linearity regardless of power levels and SPL output. It truly raises the bar for all others to follow. With the EDM [electronic dance music] market now showing keen interest in Meyer Sound, the 1100-LFC couldn't have come at a better moment."

Wiljan Bazelmans, founder and CEO of Bazelmans AVR, adds, "We want the best experience for our customers, not just once but every time. We decided to step up fr

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Walker had been using Sennheiser's 5000 Series systems for around 15 years, so he was keen to try the 9000 series. "I really like the 5000 Series - of the earlier Sennheiser systems I think it's the best suited to voices and I've been very happy with its audio quality," he says. "But the 9000 Series completely surpassed it - it's the best-sounding digital microphone system I've heard, by quite a large margin."

Walker and his team were so impressed that Loh Humm invested in 24 channels of the 9000 Series, which have immediately been

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Soldaat van Oranje, De Musical is by far the biggest theatrical production ever staged in the Netherlands, housed in a converted aircraft hangar at a former military aerodrome in Valkenburg, near the city of Leiden. It tells the story of a group of Dutch students in the Second World War, each of whom follows a different path during the conflict, either as a collaborator or as part of the resistance under Nazi occupation.

The show's produc

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Cirque Du Soleil's Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour was second on the list, followed by singer Pink. The Rolling Stones were the highest placed British act - at number six - raking in $126m (£75m) from 23 shows. They finished behind Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, who were fourth on the list after grossing $147m from 53 shows. Rihanna was at number five in the rankings after she played to more than 1.5m fans during the year, bringing in £137m.

Ticket pricing - A majority of audiences say booking fees for concert and theatre tickets are too expensive and any extra charges should be revealed up

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The compact AG6, equipped with it own volume control, is designed to fit inside the guitar's sound hole. Schertler produced a customized "left-handed" version of the pickup for guitarist Neil Fraser who used it in combination with the new S-MIC-M, a high-quality condenser microphone designed to add more warmth and harmonics to the AG6 sound.

"Jamie (Hickey), our sound engineer is always on the lookout to make us sound better ... so, when he suggested the AG6, I was immediately interested in what it could do for my acoustic guitar" says Fr

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The Dutch company is very much a family concern. Founded by current owner Robin Janssens' grandfather as a woodworking business, under Robin's father it became one of the BeNeLux region's biggest nightclub interior design companies. Working in the audio industry since 1996, Robin became head of Sound & Light Technology in 2001.

The company invested in Nexo GeoS12 PA systems several years ago, purchased from Nexo and Yamaha dealer Iemke Roos. So Robin was happy to return to the Amsterdam-based company to purchased the company's first digital mixing system, comprising two Ya

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The CueCore is a lighting controller for permanent installations manufactured by Dutch company Visual Productions BV. The device is completely solid-state, with no moving parts; it is a secure and low-maintenance installation control solution that has only a minimal power consumption. All operating and programming is done through its dynamic web interface.

In 170 locations of Basic Fit 'feature video walls' are now installed in the group lesson rooms. These walls are made up from a combination of LED lights, speakers, narrowcastin

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The decision was taken to retire the long-serving Soundcraft MH3 40-channel analogue desk in the main room - and after reviewing the complete Vi Series, with intuitive Vistonics II interface, technical manager, Mickey Spillane, and assistant technical manager, Matt Royston-Bishop, opted for the Vi4 for a number of reasons. Principle among these was the fact that the latest 4.7 software update enables bi-directional show file compatibility with Vi6 and increases the Vi4 channel count from 72 to 96 channels to mix. With the same high quality preamps and sonic performance as the larger Vi6, the only difference between the two is the number of inout faders - 24 on the Vi4 and 32 on the Vi6.

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The Novak Djokovic Airbus, named after Serbian tennis champion, was purchased following an agreement between the Government of Serbia and Etihad Airways to reorganise and rebrand the country's largest air traffic company, Jat Airways, into Air Serbia. Three unveilings of the aircraft were organised in the main hangar of Jat Tehnika. The first was for the company's 900 employees, the second for press, and finally the aircraft was unveiled to members of the government and diplomatic core, as well as local businessmen.

Aventeq, which handles all Etihad events in Europe, coordinated all three launches, which consisted of speeches and

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Augusto Gaia, marketing director at Quanta comments, "It gives us great satisfaction here at Quanta to have the opportunity of working with Genelec in the Brazilian market. Genelec is a brand that has always had great admiration and respect. The challenge of adding our value to the Genelec offering is a great motivation and a big responsibility. We believe that the good results of our work will be key to maintaining a long and prosperous relationship."

Miguel Dominguez, area sales manager for Latin

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It has long been an MMF ambition to evaluate academic courses that follow on from their already successful Induction Days and Management Development programmes. Over the past three years the MMF Education Committee led by Jim Thomas had refined two documents; the 'Managers Code of Practice' and 'A Framework for Education and Training'. When deciding on how to implement this framework, it became apparent that JAMES over recent years, had developed the systems required in this area. As an Associate Member working together with JAMES, the MMF can now ensure that JAMES Accredited Music Management courses offer content to the student that is appropriate, engaging and up to date.

Jim Thom