Germany - Duran Audio shall be launching the new version of its iOS Control App, Version 2.0, at Prolight and Sound 2013 this week.

The Control App has been designed primarily for users of Duran Audio's Sound Reinforcement range of loudspeakers: AXYS Flex, Scope, Source, Target and Beam Shaping Subwoofers. The app connects to the loudspeakers using a wi-fi to RS485 convertors and the new version supports multiple controllers.

In a live environment the Control App offers engineers and sound designers an easy to use and intuitive interface to access the wide variety of features available thanks to the loudspeakers on board DSP. Users can gain full access to the on board 8 band parametric EQ, Delay and Volume settings. In addition to this they can also switch between crossover sett

Germany - Xilica Audio Design has a passion for digital audio. That's what they do. While DSP flexibility is important, the focus of their passion is superb audio performance first and foremost. If you care about audio performance and DSP flexibility - in that order - this is the brand you need to know, claims the company.

Recently upgraded for 2013, The Neutrino A Series of digital audio processors have been designed and built based on the audio performance reputation of Xilica's 40-Bit Floating Point DSP Engine. Neutrino brings a new level of audio performance, ease of use and value

Country Music Awards - Miranda Lambert was the big winner at this year's Academy of Country Music awards, taking home three honours including female vocalist of the year. She also won song of the year for Over You, written with her husband Blake Shelton, who also hosted the show. Lambert said, "Thank you for accepting me as a songwriter and not just as a singer, that means the world to me." Shelton's co-host Luke Bryan was the surprise winner of the prestigious entertainer of the year award.

Taylor Swift was up for five awards but went home empty-handed. She performed with K

UK - Lighting designer Rick Fisher has chosen ETC's Selador Desire LED fixtures to help light David Hare'sThe Judas Kiss at the Duke of York's Theatre. Set in 1895, Hare's play tells the dramatic true story of the betrayal, imprisonment and downfall of famed playwright Oscar Wilde.

"For the kind of work I'm doing - a subtle piece with the lighting concentrating on moods, emotional states and times of day - I wanted lighting which doesn't draw attention to itself," says Fisher. "The Desire fixtures give a very nice, natural looking light, which was a pleasant surp

UK - The Public and Commercial Services Union has around 270,000 members and is the largest Civil Service trade union in the UK. Situated in an old building near Clapham Junction station, the headquarters of the PCS was in need of a number of interior refurbishments, including the installation of a modern conferencing system to service the needs of its National Executive Committee. The project saw the first UK installation of beyerdynamic's Quinta wireless conference system.

RG Jones Sound Engineering were commissioned alongside POLARaudio to supply a modern conferencing system to rep

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