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Soundcraft on the road with Newton Faulkner

Sam Simon-Norris, technical sales at LMC Audio; Newton Faulkner, and Patrick Hannan, TM & FOH engineer for Newton Faulkner at the Scala, London

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Technical manager at NBF Productions and FOH engineer for Newton Faulkner, Patrick Hannan, has recently invested in a Soundcraft Si Compact 24 digital mixing console, supplied by LMC Audio.

Hannan is using the Si Compact on Faulkner's current tour of the UK and Ireland, and it's already proved a success in terms of set-up speed and efficiency. "Before we had the Si Compact 24, we were hiring a 16-channel digital console on a rolling basis, or turning up to shows to work with whatever the venue had available", explains Hannan. "With the Si Compact 24, our set-up is far more self-contained, giving us much better control, meaning we can get going almost immediately. In addition, the 24 gives us two layers rather than one which means we don't risk 'maxing-out' on o

Over the two days of the event nearly 2,000 visited the show (photo: Laura Braun)

ABTT 2012 Theatre Show record attendance

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - A record attendance was posted for the 34th ABTT Theatre Show on its move to the Old Truman Brewery venue in East London.

Over the two days of the event nearly 2,000 visited the show - up five per cent on 2011 - previously itself a record year. There had been early indications that the ABTT Theatre Show's move to the Old Truman Brewery would encourage visitors this year, and the final statistics indicated the highest attendance ever, say the organizers.

Already buoyed by record pre-registrations (up 6% on the previous record level), the organisers were "delighted" wit

Gianluca Dalessandro, dBTechnologies; Bernhard Pienaar, Viva Afrika and Giovanni Barbieri of dBTechnologies

Viva Afrika to distribute dBTechnologies

Details: 14 March 2016

South Africa - dBTechnologies has announced the appointment of Viva Afrika Sound & Light (Pty) Ltd as the exclusive distributor for all product lines in the territory of sub-Sahara Africa.

Director Bernhard Pienaar comments, "dBTechnologies fit in perfectly with our company vision - to offer high quality loudspeakers at competitive pricing to the South African market. Viva Afrika and its team are looking forward to a long and fruitful relationship with dBTechnologies."

Bernard Pienaar and co-owner Luis Madiera set up the company over 20 years ago in which time it has grown

Sennheiser intensifies anti-piracy initiative

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - As a premium manufacturer of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems, Sennheiser is intensifying its global commitment to fighting product piracy. The clear focus of all measures is the protection of both customer and brand.

"Customers are being deceived in a criminal way with counterfeit products. With the clear intent to defraud low grade products are being sold as 'branded' products," explains Volker Bartels, of the executive management board. "The sound quality of the counterfeit versions falls far short of the strict quality standards of

Audinate links with Attero Tech

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Attero Tech, an AV networking specialist, and Audinatehave announced today that Attero Tech is now an official Audinate Authorized Implementer for Dante technology.

"The adoption of Dante technology has been accelerating rapidly in the market and we have more and more requests from OEMs to integrate Dante into their products" say Mike Sims, director of marketing and sales of Attero Tech. "Adding Dante to our portfolio of networked solutions will enable us to offer our customers a Dante solution today, while providing a seamless migration path to AVB."

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