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Dual iLives on tour with Clare Maguire

FOH engineer Chris Fillery (left) and monitor engineer Ollie Weeks

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Clare Maguire, recently completed a tour of the UK carrying a dual Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to manage FOH and monitors.

Partly rented from PA company, SRD Group, the system comprised an iLive-80 Control Surface and an iDR0 miniRack at FOH, digitally split from an iDR-48 MixRack and an iLive-R72 Control Surface at monitor position.

"I think it's a great sounding desk with so much headroom. I mix pretty loud and I tried really hard to run the outputs into distortion but I failed," reports FOH engineer, Chris Fillery. "The parametric EQ is great and musical. I also enjoy the choice of compressor types, it's nice to have elements which help you add a bit of character to the mix. The FX are excellent - the reverbs sound really good and the ADT and

Kling & Freitag adds Taiwan distributor

Details: 14 March 2016

Taiwan / Germany - Linfair Engineering has been appointed as the sole distributor for Kling & Freitag in Taiwan. Linfair started by Linfair Chang in 1958, is an international company providing professional audio equipment, design, installation, and maintenance expertise to the Taiwan market.

The products of Kling & Freitag will be represented by Linfair's sales manager Paul Chang who comments, "We are delighted to represent Kling & Freitag in the Taiwanese market. We feel that the superior quality fits well with our range of products and look forward to grow it in Taiwan."

Linfair has already lined up a couple of interesting projects, which will be planned with speakers from the German manufacturer. (Jim Evans)

Studiomaster international sales manager K.M. Malik and SC Sound CEO Lars Bruun Jensen

Studiomaster appoints SC Sound in Sweden

Details: 14 March 2016

UK / Sweden - Studiomaster has announced the appointment of SC Sound A/S as its exclusive distributor in Sweden. The appointment is the latest development in the ongoing expansion of the company's international distributor network, following its acquisition by the Soundking Group.

The Danish owned import and wholesale company was appointed Studiomaster distributor in Denmark in 2009. It's success for the brand in that territory has led to its appointment in Sweden where it also operates. The new agreement was signed by SC Sound CEO Lars Bruun Jensen and Studiomaster International Sales Manager K.M. Malik, at this year's Prolight+Sound exhibition.

Commenting for Studiomaster, Malik stated: "Partnering with SC Sound in Denmark has been a great success for Studiomaster. We have seen tremendous growth in our business in year one and two, and year three is on course for a furt

A group of students get to grips with the intricacies of rigging at The Backstage Academy

Backstage Academy launches live events degree

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The Backstage Academy is launching a new foundation degree in Live Events Production in partnership with the University of Bolton.

The one-year foundation degree, which is the only one of its kind in the UK, focuses on the artistic, creative and practical use of technology for live events.

According to Creative & Cultural Skills, the Sector Skills Council for creative and cultural industries, by 2017 there will be a need for 30,000 skilled backstage and offstage technical theatre staff to support live events. The Backstage Academy is aiming to train students who can help meet this demand.

Students will gain hands-on experience at the Backstage Academy thanks to its base at the LS-Live Studios in South Kirkby, Wakefield. LS-Live is one of the largest purpose-built rehearsal facilities in Europe and has hosted some of the world's biggest music stars, including Lady Gaga,

All the loudspeakers are colour matched to the white interior of the room

d&b fits the bill at Brighton Dome

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The foyer and bar area immediately of the Brighton Dome has become an integral part of the entertainment complex following the installation of a PA system. It's just received its first trial, being used repeatedly for events during the Brighton Festival from 7-29 May.

"We designed the system installation in house," explained production manager Kevin 'Kenny' Taylor. "We have three venues here, the Pavillion Theatre, Corn Exchange, and the Dome concert hall; and effectively we're a d&b audiotechnik house having our own selection of C4s, C7s and some MAX cabinets. For the Foyer the d&b E-Series looked ideal and so it has proved."

Occupying the Concert Hall frontage, the foyer bar is a wide but shallow room, 25m across, 10m deep, with a 12m ceiling height. "The roof is glass, hence the light airy feel," said Taylor, "and has quite a bouncy f

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