UK - Since its inception KV2 Audio says it has fought against the increasing acceptance of poor quality audio technology being used for convenience over results and has always built its products around the best technology, rather than simply following the latest technology.

The Super Live Audio name derives from KV2 Audio's opinion that live music is "the ultimate source and features three distinct disciplines, Super Digital, Super Analogue and Super Acoustic... The three disciplines are the culmination of KV2 Audio's innovations and technologies".

Where digital processing is required, KV2 Audio listened to the industry standard 48kHz and 96kHz delay lines and found that they badly distorted the sound, offering reduced intelligibility, especially over distance. Refusin

UK / Germany - UK audio brand Studiomaster has reported success on all fronts at this year's Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, as new products and proprietary technologies debuted on its stand generated a record increase in trade visitors and potential distribution opportunities in more than 40 new territories and market sectors. The company also announced the strengthening of its sales operation with the appointment of a global sales manager.

Major attractions included the company's first digital mixer, the DIGILIVE 24. A proprietary development, complete with moving faders and

Australia - Alan Jackson is currently completing his first headline tour of Australia, with many of his arena shows selling out rapidly.

Lighting designer John Lucksinger used Chameleon Touring Systems for lighting supply including 16 Vari*Lite VLX LED wash lights hung in the air randomly over the stage.

Lucksinger admits that in the US he uses a different type of LED fixture, however when Chameleon offered him the Vari*Lite VLX's he was excited to try them.

"I found them to be very clean, and their colours are just beautiful plus they're very quick and have a really nice zoo

UK - Mercury AV has supplied an Allen & Heath iLive-T digital mixing system to manage FOH and monitor sound at Cambridge Community Church.

Rich Harris from Cambridge Community Church considered two other competitive products but following a demo at Mercury AV, decided to purchase iLive.

The iLive system comprises an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface for monitors together with an iDR-16 Mixrack and a second iLive-T112 Surface at FOH. The two MixRacks are connected via MADI, which provides a 64-channel bi-directional audio link between monitors and FOH. An iDR-32 MixRack h

France - British band, Archive, whose musical genres span everything from trip hop to progressive rock, have enjoyed massive success in continental Europe for the best part of nearly two decades. The band recently embarked on a completely sold-out mini European tour accompanied, for the most part, by a philharmonic orchestra.

FoH engineer Spike Jones used an Innovason Eclipse in tandem with another console, as well as a full complement of Neumann digital microphones for the orchestra, all controlled via Eclipse. The tour included a date at the art deco Parisien venue, Le Grand Rex - t

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