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NEWS

Bathing Miss South Africa in colour SOUTH AFRICA: LED took centre stage at the recent Miss South Africa beauty pageant with over 1,000 LED panels controlled by two Hippotizer Boreal media servers providing the backdrop.

The event saw Dream Sets providing the technical and set elements supported by MGG, the venue’s in-house service technical provider. Meanwhile, for the fourth consecutive year, Joshua Cutts served as the lighting designer.

However, the event moved to a new venue for 2018, taking place at the Sun Arena venue at Times Square, which Mr Cutts illuminated for those in attendance, as well as those watching on television, with a roster of Robe fixtures.

The video design called on screen strips that were positioned at different angles on the stage, while graphic content ran across all the LED panels simultaneously.

Johan Botha and Tim Parker worked in unison setting up the

Having used Hippotizer’s Video Mapper, the system was then connected to MA Net so that Mr Cutts could run the A/V on the grandMA2 lighting consoles.

‘It worked like a dream,’ said Mr Botha. ‘What I love about Hippotizer is that while it takes time to set up, in the end it does not matter how complex or versatile a show may be – everything is just simplified. We could run the system without a worry.’

The lighting rig drew on Robe BMFL Blades to provide key lighting across the stage

The video design called on screen strips which were positioned at different angles on the stage Hippotizers and LED screens, of which at least 700 were Absen pieces consisting of V4 (4.8mm outdoor) and DV2 (2.9mm indoor) interlocking panels. ‘We used two 4K outputs with one Boreal running the 4.8mm and the other

Boreal controlling both the 2.9mm and centre LED screen,’ said Mr Botha. ‘Thanks to the Hippotizer it was so much easier to map the content. Yes, we had to cut up all the content and remap it but it was easy. When we switched on

the LED screens for the first time, the accuracy of the Hippotizer was phenomenal.’

The lighting rig drew on 18 Robe BMFL Blades rigged on FOH trusses to provide key lighting across the main and thrust stages. In addition, BMFL Spots were supplied for breakup and other effects, while 18 BMFL WashBeams, rigged on four V-shaped trusses above the stage, were used for dramatic beams and texturing the stage.

Meanwhile, 28 Spiider LED wash beams bathed the stage in colour and 24 MegaPointes, located on a truss running along the back of the stage above the LED columns, delivered impact lighting.

‘The beams are so powerful they sliced straight through the ambient light coming off the screens,’ said

Mr Cutts of the MegaPointes. ‘I could create fantastic in-air effects utilising the gobo wheels and prisms.’

Further lighting was courtesy of ColorStrobes on the truss above the screen as audience blinders, 24 Pointes, 18 LEDWash 800s, 48 LEDBeam 100s, 16 ColorWash 2500E ATs and 152 LED PARs with 12 beam lights for the audience.

Contestants made their way down the ramp by following 24 LED battens. A pair of Robert Juliat follow spots, which are part of the Sun Arena stock, were used for the show.

The lighting rig was controlled via two MA Lighting grandMA2 light consoles and an ultralight that served as a technical desk backstage. Video content displayed on the LEDs was stored on three Green Hippo servers.

The Absen panels arrived in the country prior to the event, and the team at DWR, the manufacturer’s local distributor, worked through the night to test the panels and cables while DWR’s Bruce Riley ensured colour calibration of all the screens used for the production as a whole.

‘The 2.9mm panels have a very high pitch and are delicate which meant we had to handle them with care,’ explained Mr Parker. ‘The pitch is a lot smaller than other LED screens, but the quality on stage is unparalleled. It was hard work setting up for three days but then you stand back, take a look and think in amazement, our hard work has paid off.’ www.dreamsets.co.za www.dwrdistribution.co.za www.mgg.co.za www.robe.cz

Jünger files for insolvency

WORLD: Jünger Audio has filed for insolvency and plans to use the process to reorganise the business. Stefan Ludwig from Schultze & Braun has been

appointed as the provisional insolvency administrator.

‘We are working to make the business model of Jünger Audio more future-oriented,’ stated

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managing director, Martin Schlockwerder. ‘In the future, along with our hardware, we also want to focus more on softwarebased solutions for audio technology in order to account for the major changes in the market.

Ultimately, we were lacking the liquidity to bring the new concept to fruition.’

With the internal reorganisation efforts underway, the manufacturer is now looking to attract an investor that can equip it with the financial resources needed to support its reorientation. ‘With fresh

funds, we can present our worldrenowned development work in the form of innovative products, offering them as platformindependent software in the relevant future markets,’ said Mr Schlockwerder.

Jünger reportedly launched the mergers and acquisitions process before the start of the provisional insolvency proceedings in order to target specific investors. ‘We are able to build on the extensive preliminary work that has already been done,’ said provisional insolvency administrator, Stefan Ludwig. ‘That’s very good,

because we can continue the discussions with potential investors without losing too much time. Our goal is to successfully complete the search in a timely manner.’

The provisional administrator insists it will be business as usual at Jünger, stating that ‘all of the current orders will be fulfilled as promised’. At the time of the announcement, the 30 staff members’ jobs were safe thanks to the insolvency payment. www.junger-audio.com

NEWS

Lawo on the Pulse in Sharjah Dolby Cinema to make Kuwait debut

Lawo’s Ruby control surface and VisTool interface at Pulse 95 UAE: Pulse 95 Radio has recently started broadcasting across the UAE as the first English-language radio station in Sharjah. A mix of the latest news and business developments from around the emirate, as well as talk shows, exclusive interviews and music, are broadcast on Pulse 95 via

FM radio and the Sharjah Media Corporation (SMC) web and mobile apps. Mixing, routing and control for the station is handled by solutions from Lawo.

The radio station is equipped with a pair of Lawo systems comprising Ruby control surfaces, Power Core mixing engines and

VisTool user interfaces. These tools serve as an extension of an existing Nova17 Mk.II router that was already in use by SMC. ‘The launch of Pulse 95 is an exciting venture into a new market for Sharjah Media Corporation,’ explained Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, chairman of the Sharjah Media Council. ‘We have seen a real need to fill the gap in English language output, particularly when so many of the emirate’s residents use English in their day-to-day lives and increasingly conduct business in English. We have ensured that every aspect of the content is consistent and the introduction of the acoustic music element follows that perfectly, being complementary rather than intrusive.’ www.lawo.com

KUWAIT: Dolby Cinema is set to come to Kuwait following a 3-screen agreement between Dolby Laboratories and the Kuwait National Cinema Company (KNCC). The first screen is expected to open at the 360 Mall in Kuwait City under the Cinescape brand.

‘We are really pleased to be able to continue to drive momentum in our strategy to expand the Dolby Cinema footprint in the Middle East,’ said Doug Darrow, senior vice president, cinema business group at Dolby Laboratories.

‘We’re delighted to be working with such a progressive leader in the region. Customers in Kuwait will now be able to experience the ultimate

presentation for all genres of film.’

The screens in Kuwait will each be equipped with a Dolby Vision laser projection system and Dolby Atmos immersive audio solutions.

‘We are committed to bringing our Cinescape customers the ver y best in movie enter tainment and are really looking for ward to offering Dolby Cinema,’ concluded Khaled Al Marzouq, business development manager at KNCC. ‘We are really proud to be the first location in Kuwait to be offering film lovers this state-ofthe-ar t experience.’ www.cinescape.kw www.dolby.com

Bolero joins the cast of La Perle UAE: Regular readers of Pro AVL MEA may remember the cover feature from our November–December 2017 issue looking into the technical setup at the Franco Dragone spectacle, La Perle. The show captivates audiences at Al Habtoor City, while behind the scenes, a new wireless communications system has recently been employed in the form of Riedel’s Bolero.

‘In any of Dragone’s resident shows around the world, clear and concise communication is a necessity with automation and rigging crew flying artists at high speeds and the coordination required from the show caller for vital cuing,’ explained Sebastian Hammond, head of sound on La Perle. ‘Communication is so

The acrobatic nature of La Perle makes the comms system even more crucial important and the safety of the artists and the crew depends on it.’

With such high stakes, a decision was made to replace the existing comms system, which

suffered audio quality and dropout issues and caused a major safety concern. After exploring the options on the market, Mr Hammond and his team were

able to compare rival systems, ultimately choosing the Riedel solution.

‘These theatres are no easy task for any wireless communication system as we require 30 beltpacks between crew spanning across seven storeys, from the basement to the catwalk and grid levels. On top of this there is also a lot of concrete and steel infrastructure in the way.’

‘The team and I were truly amazed at how Bolero performed in this environment, providing coverage that we didn’t think would ever be possible. In most cases, a single antenna was able to penetrate and cover all performance and technical spaces. The quality of the product

is apparent straight away; you can see and feel the beltpacks are very rugged and also rated to IP65, which is ideal for us as we are a water show and the chance of water exposure is a possibility.’

The Bolero system installed comprises four antennas, 30 beltpacks and an Artist 64 frame.

‘I cannot speak highly enough of the outstanding support that we have received from Riedel Communications, which has not only been our experience here in Dubai but also with other large-scale resident and touring productions around the world where we have had the chance to use their systems,’ Mr Hammond said. www.riedel.net

QSC to expand EMEA headquarters EMEA: QSC has announced plans to shift its EMEA headquarters to a new, bigger location in Sinsheim, Germany. The new office will house the company’s Systems business development, sales, technical support, operations and marketing for the EMEA region, as well as a dedicated training centre for all Q-Sys training courses.

Construction is scheduled for completion in December 2019.

The new headquarters will boast nearly 700m2 of space across two floors, providing clients with first-hand experience of Q-Sys,

a new showroom and training centre in London,’ said Markus Winkler, senior vice president, QSC Systems. ‘Part of our Systems growth strategy is expanding our reach and focusing on the end user experience, along with providing our channel partners additional support and best-in-class training.

This kicks off the next phase of this growth in an effort to strengthen customer relationships and provide even deeper levels of support.’

A rendering of the new QSC MEA office in Sinsteim QSC’s networked amplifiers and the complete portfolio of QSC

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loudspeakers. ‘Over the last six months, we have made major

investments in expanding our reach throughout EMEA, including

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NEWS SOUNDBITES ISE HEADS TO BARCELONA IN 2021 WORLD: After months of speculation, ISE organiser Integrated Systems Events has announced plans for the show to move to Barcelona for the 2021 edition. The Gran Via, part of the Fira de Barcelona exhibition complex, will become ISE’s new permanent home. However, both the ISE 2019 and 2020 editions will continue to take place at the RAI Amsterdam.

‘The RAI and Amsterdam have provided a fantastic location, been great partners and contributed to the success of the show,’ stated Mike Blackman, managing director at Integrated Systems Events. ‘But demand from exhibitors and the continued increase in the number of attendees, showed us that limited floor space was in danger of putting a brake on the show’s development. In spite of all our best efforts, this was not an issue we felt could be solved by staying at the RAI Amsterdam.’

The Fira de Barcelona complex has two exhibition venues totalling over 400,000m2 of floor space and 14 halls. ISE 2018 attracted 80,923 attendees, of which 22,000 were visiting the show for the first time, while 1,296 exhibitors filled 53,000m2 of floor space in 15 halls.

‘We conducted extensive exhibitor and attendee research and visited many major exhibition centres in Europe before making this important decision,’ continued Mr Blackman. ‘By announcing our move to one of Europe’s largest and most prestigious convention complexes, we can now continue to focus on creating a unique experience for everyone and confidently plan for long-term development.’

‘Our thinking in coming to this decision has been to deliver value for our members, attendees and exhibitors at ISE,’ commented David Labuskes, Avixa CEO. ‘We can better achieve these objectives in a venue that can evolve with us.’ www.iseurope.org

RoomMatch all Bose for Fogo de Chao UAE: DIFC-based Brazilian steakhouse, Fogo de Chao, has been installed with an all-Bose sound system. The project, which was handled by local integrator Specialized & Interactive Systems LLC (SIS), features a wide variety of the manufacturer’s speakers, amplifiers and processors.

‘We have the full range in here,’ said Kassim Salim from Bose Professional. ‘We have the Panaray, RoomMatch Utility and FreeSpace speakers along with ESP and the amplifiers (PowerMatch and FreeSpace).’

The restaurant is divided into separate indoor and outdoor fine dining, Shisha lounge and bar areas which encircle the central outdoor courtyard. Further external spaces

Bose RoomMatch RMU105 speakers provide foreground audio

take advantage of the restaurant’s impressive views over the city.

‘It is a very straightforward design,’ explained Mr Salim. ‘We chose RoomMatch Utility RMU105 loudspeakers for their high-quality background/foreground audio but also for their compact size as they were to be fitted to every other pillar inside the restaurant. Accompanying every two RMU105s was one MB12 subwoofer which was important to enable the restaurant to achieve excellent sound quality when they’re hosting parties.’

While this accounts for the internal portion of the restaurant, the central courtyard is served

by the Panaray 402s, and the outdoor terrace is catered to by the FreeSpace 360P. Finally, an external Shisha area is once again covered with the FreeSpace DS100SE speakers.

While the design of the solution was relatively simple, the key for Mr Salim was supporting an important customer. ‘We are working closely with SIS for various projects, so it was more for us to support them in the design and provide them with a workable solution meeting the client’s requirement. Delivery was very critical.’ pro.bose.com

Gearhouse launches Showcom for event comms SOUTH AFRICA: Gearhouse has added another string to its bow with Showcom becoming the 10th company in the group. Headed by Nickolas Chapman, Showcom will supply professional communications solutions and services for live events, specialising in the rental of portable wired and wireless intercom systems, as well as 2-way radios. Based in Johannesburg, the company’s services will be available throughout the country.

‘Having been a production manager on various projects around the world and working alongside Gearhouse over the last year, I had seen from the get-go that event communication here is treated very much like food,’ explained Mr Chapman. ‘It’s not a problem until there isn’t any, and then it’s discarded just as quickly as an empty wrapper once

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dealt with. The level of comms equipment in the country is generally poor and extremely highrisk. You can’t run a show if you can’t cue it and you can’t cue it if nobody can hear you.’

The subsidiary intends to offer a range of the latest wireless, wired or 2-way radio intercom systems, and will also provide customised and tailor-made comms solutions to suit a particular event. This will include anything from a small theatre show with simple behind-the-scenes comms to a complex wireless communication requirement for a multi-site sporting event, exhibition or music festival.

‘Showcom is indeed special as it’s the first comms-only company in South Africa,’ furthered Mr Chapman. ‘Of course, there will be a fair bit of re-education required of us to teach crew/ teams about the importance of

Nickolas Chapman is heading the new Gearhouse division in Johannesburg comms and the extent to which they can be used to improve communication. Similarly, we

need to demonstrate to clients the degree to which seamless communication can contribute to the success of their shows.’

Meanwhile for Gearhouse, the addition of Showcom rounds out the group’s live event service offerings. ‘Each company in the Gearhouse Group services live events in one way or another as a standalone service, but together we are able to provide a very wide range of disciplines,’ concluded Mr Chapman. ‘Showcom, as part of the Gearhouse Group, will of course also service the group jobs as required to enhance the experience of the shows we deliver. It’s a service that will add value to all of the group’s projects and a discipline that all shows require.’ www.gearhouse.co.za www.showcom.co.za

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SuperSport sports a new look SF forms connecting rooms at Club Marvy

TURKEY: SF Ses ve Isik Sistemleri AS was recently engaged to install a new A/V setup as part of renovations at the Club Marvy hotel in İzmir. The project saw the integration of audio and video systems in 10 meeting rooms that can be hired for conferences and other corporate events.

The SF team, led by Turgay Durak, initially met with the hotel’s investors and put together a project proposal based on the specific needs put forth. Following this, the project design and installation ensued over a 45-day period.

Each of the meeting rooms has been equipped with JBL’s

The space was given a refresh prior to the recent Russia World Cup SOUTH AFRICA: The SuperSport television network typically refreshes its studio setup every four years, introducing a new look to audiences each time the Fifa World Cup begins. Ahead of the 2018 tournament, Michael Gill of MGD designed a new look for SuperSport’s Studio 6, which was brought to life by Gearhouse brand Sets Drapes Screens (SDS). DWR Distribution supplied a Prolyte grid, from which the lighting and set were hung, as well as lighting fixtures, a cabling infrastructure and a wireless MA Lighting dot2 remote system.

‘Moving away from curves and rounded edges, the new corporatelooking set has strong, angular lines with at least 10 different zones or presentation areas,’ explained Jacques Barnard, vision control and lighting supervisor at SuperSport.

While renovations were underway, a temporary studio was created by SuperSport’s broadcast operations manager, Ryan Toerien.

‘We ran a fibre line from the control room to the building and basically created a “remote production”. It worked beautifully,’ noted Mr Barnard. ‘Ryan had the foresight to utilise the space during the project, and our viewers have become so accustomed to the look that we are considering using it after the World Cup.’ A 3-month deadline was given to the project to ensure the new studio setup would be ready in time for when the match pitting Russia versus Saudi Arabia kicked off the World Cup. ‘When we began the process, we found that our existing rigging was not up to standard,’ Mr Barnard recalled. ‘We needed a grid that would be secure and certified.

We almost started behind schedule and we realised that we needed to bring on board the services of

Control 28-1 speakers and Control 65P/T pendant speakers, as well as Sony and Christie projection systems. AKG wireless microphones were also supplied, as was a Soundcraft SI Impact mixing console and a BSS Blu-160 DSP. The rooms are set up so that each one can be used either individually or together as a larger, connected space. HDMI signals are distributed via Cat-6 cabling from 35 different sources to the desired rooms. Each room also features a wireless display transfer unit. www.sf.com.tr

Lighting is controlled via a wireless MA Lighting dot2 remote system DWR. Much of the set is suspended from the rig and we had to be 100% sure that everything was according to engineering specifications.’

Johsua Cutts was commissioned as lighting designer to design a grid and redistribute the studio’s existing fixtures. ‘From a trussing perspective, I had to cover as much of the area as possible with limited resources,’ Mr Cutts explained. ‘I had to make sure that the layout of the grid allowed for future growth and changes to the studio. I worked closely with DWR’s Kevin Stannett, Keith Pugin and Andi Rodgers. I am very pleased with the result as the grid is more stable than it has ever been.’

‘DWR Distribution supplied the absolute foundation from which everything hangs, fixtures and set included,’ said Duncan Riley of DWR. ‘This system is a massive upgrade to what was in the studio previously. The trussing infrastructure has to support the weight of certain set elements, one of the main reasons it had to be checked by an engineer.’

The installation includes 214m of Prolyte trussing, comprising H30V, X30D, H40V, 10 Box corners and five custom wall plates. ‘We added a new cable structure, which included four DMX tie lines to the

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Studio 6 control room, as well as DMX outlets on the grid and at floor level,’ said Mr Stannett. Five LSC MDR 10-way DMX splitters and a wireless system that enables the MA Lighting dot2 console to be controlled from a mobile device were also set up.

SuperSport’s lighting rig underwent a tungsten-to-LED upgrade only a year ago. The rig comprises QuartzColor Fresnels, Philips Strand SoftLight 300S TV panels, Robe Robin DL4S profiles, Robin Spikies and Philips Strand Relay Rack panels. In addition, DWR supplied a further five QuartzColor X5 LED Fresnels, six Philips Strand 300S Softlights with barndoors and 20 Longman Excelsior 184 RGBW LED bars.

Additional dimming is facilitated by a pair of Philips Strand Relay Racks, two DWR Fat Albert Distros and an LSC Gen VI in the ‘Arena’ studio.

‘The production team loves all the options made available to them,’ concluded Mr Barnard. ‘I suspect this design is going to lead the way.

It’s very new and something we haven’t seen before.’ www.dwrdistribution.co.za www.gearhouse.co.za www.michaelgilldesigns.com

A seminar at PL+S ME 2017

PL+S ME reveals initial speaker line-up UAE: Following the success of the educational programme at the 2017 edition of Prolight + Sound Middle East (PL+S ME), show organiser, Messe Frankfurt Middle East, has unveiled the first confirmed speakers for this year’s outing. The announcement also confirms the return of the Events Technology and Entertainment Development Forum.

The list of confirmed speakers for the event includes Tim Routledge, Koert Vermeulen,

Rinus Baker, Andre Beekmans and Stefan Wieland. The free-toattend 2-day forum will focus on discussing trends and strategies such as developing world-class events, iconic attractions and A/V technology-driven venues and installations.

The conference will take place at Dubai’s World Trade Centre on September 23 and 24 the first two days of PL+S ME. www.prolightsoundme.com

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Prolites gets creative at Caprice LEBANON: Re-opening its doors for the summer on Seaside Road in Beirut, Caprice LTD is an outdoor themed nightclub that hosts four different themed nights in the same space throughout the week.

Looking to upgrade the audio, video and lighting equipment to cater for this four-in-onestyle themed setup, the venue management approached Prolites for help.

The party starts on Wednesday night with #URBN, where guests are treated to an urban vibes theme accompanied by hip hop and RnB. Thursday night features the newest addition to the weekly programme, #Sahra, a 1-man show by Carlos comprising Arabic beats. Friday is Caprice’s most popular themed night, #Bazaar Night, and guests are treated to a mix of every style and genre, from French to English to Arabic music.

Finishing off the week on Saturday

For video, Prolites deployed over 120m² of outdoor LED screens, with 10 installed within three Eurotruss Hexagon façades as the stage backdrop to match the mapping for the designs planned for each night. The ceiling truss structure was also upgraded by setting up three Hexagon Eurotruss ceiling shapes of different sizes, from which hangs a kinetic structure suspending RGB

is #GlitznHits, where chart-topping hits are joined by ‘colourful, fun and sparkly’ decorations.

To meet the client’s requirement for a homogeneous and highquality sound for the outdoor venue, yet adaptable to the different types of music each night, Prolites proposed a system from Italian brand K-array

Atempo maps Sakarya Hall

comprising 22 KX12 compact coaxial 12-inch line array elements.

These feature a 100° by 30° horn with an adjustable orientation and receive their power from four KMT 218 dual 18-inch and six KMT21 single 21-inch subs.

Caprice LTD was redesigned to accommodate new themed nights

bulbs controlled by Madrix and all working together thanks to the installation of over 80 hoists.

In addition to new audio and video equipment, more than 150 Cyclops Lighting moving heads were installed and are controlled by an Avolites Pearl Expert lighting console.

‘Meeting the deadline and matching an installation that suited the four themes in one setup design was challenging, but Prolites managed to overcome these challenges with great dedication to this project,’ explained a spokesperson from Prolites. ‘Once again, Caprice presented to its crowd a new and unpredictable clubbing experience that gives them all a good reason to come back every night.’ www.prolites.com

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Atempo’s video mapping solution at the Bilkent Hotel and Conference Centre TURKEY: Atempo has delivered a 360° video mapping solution to the Bilkent Hotel and Conference Centre’s Sakarya Hall. The company turned to solutions from Vivitek and Dataton to meet the needs of the project.

The hall itself, which can be divided into three sections, measures 40m x 23m and has a 5m ceiling height. It is mainly used for events such as weddings, seminars and congresses.

To cover this space, Atempo installed 18 Vivitek DU-7090Z laser projectors that offer a brightness of 6,000 ANSI lumens and WUXGA native resolution. One of the main reasons behind this selection was the 20,000 hour operational lifespan of the laser phosphor illumination source. This running time should mean the hotel can avoid frequent service requirements and visual quality losses that could be seen with

other lamp types.

The content is managed via three Dataton Watchmax media servers, each with six video output ports. The servers have also been fitted with capture cards with HD/ SDI, DVI and CV input ports to accommodate external sources such as camcorders and PCs. The major challenge for the project came from Sakarya Hall’s existing decoration. It features a number of chandeliers at various locations and these caused a problem with finding unobstructed views to create the 360° projection. To overcome this, Atempo designed a system locating the projectors at different heights and distances with appropriate zoom and wide zoom lenses, while also custom-making hanging bars for the different heights required.

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Kara brings jazz into the Opera House SOUTH AFRICA: The South African State Theatre’s Opera House has expanded into hosting music of different genres and has become a popular spot for Pretoria’s jazz enthusiasts. As a result, the venue sought a new audio system to complement the variety of sounds now found within, installing an L‑Acoustics Kara system.

The design and installation of the new sound setup was performed

by Richard Smith with technical assistance from L‑Acoustics’ application engineer, Julien Laval.

‘The original brief came via a tender that had a general specification from the theatre,’ explained Mr Smith. ‘All the major manufacturers pitched for it and we were lucky enough to be awarded the contract. A reputable brand was specified in the tender document and there just isn’t a brand that is more reputable and rider‑friendly than L‑Acoustics.

We’ve used Kara in a lot of theatres and churches of similar sizes, so we knew it would work and give a great result.’

The setup is formed from 24 Kara cabinets with eight SB18i subwoofers as left and right hangs, while five Arcs II make

up the centre cluster. LA8 and LA4X amplified controllers run the system.

‘We added a centre cluster for when the theatre is being used for musical theatre and we chose Arcs II for this based partly on the spec, but also on the size

and power of the cabinets, which are optimised to deliver very high SPL levels, great low‑frequency performance and are consistent in tonal balance across the entire theatre,’ Mr Smith said. ‘But the Karas can be used on their own for concerts if the guest engineer prefers. I worked with Julien Laval on the design of the system and we decided to go with an end‑fire sub configuration on the ground.

By doing this and having the flown subs behind the system in cardioid configuration, we were able to keep the bass off the stage. The X‑Series bring the image down so the people in the front don’t have sound coming from way above their heads.’

The first act to perform in the opera house following the installation was Africa’s largest community choir, Capital Singers, with an orchestra that includes a 12‑piece string section, a 4‑piece

brass section, a grand piano, a full rhythm section and a complete orchestra percussion section in addition to the 650 members of the choir, who are supported by several professional singers.

‘There were three sold‑out shows and it was an absolute pleasure using the newly installed L‑Acoustics system,’ confirmed Capital Singers’ FOH engineer, Stephen Kruger. ‘Having a good system in the venue with 52 open microphones – including 16 hanging mics for the choir – made my life so easy. I mix shows in the State Theatre three to five times a year. For the first time in the history of this production, and my 18 years as FOH engineer, I could focus on mixing and getting the show to sound great instead of fighting bad frequencies and dead spots in the venue.’ www.l-acoustics.com

CCG Events invests in Absen D2V QATAR: CCG Events has purchased 100m2 of Absen D2V LED screen panels. The event management and production company made the investment in an effort to better serve market requirements for videowalls.

‘Most events nowadays require the use of some sort of screens, especially when it comes to corporate events, which represent almost 80% of

the volume in the Qatari market,’ said Michel Khairallah, director of the light department at CCG Events. ‘That said, it goes without saying that investing in a high‑tech, reliable LED display like the D2V from Absen is the right move.’

The panels were first put to use for French National Day celebrations that took place at the Ritz‑Carlton hotel in Doha.

‘Our company is well‑known for the quality of the products we invest in and the efficiency of delivery in every project we commit to,’ concluded Mr Khairallah. ‘Having the videowalls under our umbrella will make our position in the market even stronger.’ www.absen.com www.ccg-events.com

Amac dampens The Dome

An Electro-Voice EVA vertical line array was installed to tackle The Dome’s acoustics LEBANON: An Electro‑Voice line array is powering the audio inside The Dome at the Middle East Airline Training and Conference Center in Beirut. The appropriately named Dome provided systems integrator Amac Company with a significant acoustic challenge as it features a long reverberation time.

‘The building’s shape was a real challenge and we needed a solution that could deliver audio equally all through the space,’ explained Amac

technical manager, Georges Tabet.

‘A local point‑source design was an option but, through EASE modelling, it became apparent that two arrays, flown from the ceiling, provided the best method of coping with the spherical architecture.’

Mr Tablet opted for the manufacturer’s EVA expandable vertical line array for the project having used it successfully at a number of previous conference centre projects. In addition to

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the system’s Hydra plane wave generators and Constant Directivity waveguides, integrated rigging hardware and a choice of finish options aided its suitability for The Dome. Each array comprises four EVA‑2082S and six EVA‑2082S modules, augmented in the low end by two matching EVA‑1151D 15‑inch subwoofers. Two EV Xw12A 12‑inch floor monitors provide foldback for presenters and performers, while the entire system is powered by eight EV Q1212 amplifiers.

‘Everyone is delighted with the new system,’ stated Mr Tabet. ‘We were asked to deliver good intelligibility to the entire audience, which can be as many as 400 people seated or 500 standing. From training pilots to performances by solo musicians and small bands, the EV system has delivered on every expectation.’ www.amacsarl.com www.electrovoice.com

The new Sound Creations offices in Rwanda

Sound Creations Rwanda opens for business RWANDA: Sound Creations has expanded its business with the launch of Sound Creations Rwanda. A subsidiary of the Kenyan pro audio specialist, Sound Creations, the new, Kigali‑ based business was established as the company gained the distribution rights for Yamaha in Rwanda.

Sound Creations Rwanda will also cater for Burundi, Congo and other neighbouring countries. The subsidiary has opened with a showroom, located at the Smart Inn Hotel, Muhima in Kigali.

The first aim of the Sound Creations Rwanda team is to address the issue of counterfeit products that plague the local

market. Its first move in reaching this goal was to invite Keisuke Suzuki, general manager, sales and marketing for Yamaha Music Gulf, to Kigali to train the nine members of staff employed by Sound Creations Rwanda on various Yamaha products. In addition, the team members are receiving ongoing training on the other brands represented in the Sound Creations catalogue, such as dBTechnologies, Røde Microphones and Shure.

‘It’s an exciting, new journey,’ said Nipul Shah, managing director of Sound Creations.

‘From this, we can only look forward to greater things.’ www.soundcreationsltd.com

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Megatech Arabia equips Aramco SAUDI ARABIA: Megatech Arabia was recently invited to design and install a new conferencing system in the main boardroom at the offices of Aramco in Riyadh. The SI installed a wide range of solutions from Cyviz, Barco, Arthur Holm, Sennheiser, Bose, Biamp and Lightware.

the system to give privacy.’

A total of 19 Arthur Holm screens were installed, that retract into the table when not in use. Each position around the table also includes a Sennheiser MEB 104 cardioid boundary layer microphone to ensure clear communication.

Modanso invests in Elation SOUTH AFRICA: Johannesburgbased technical supplier, Modanso Entertainment, has invested in 42 new Elation Professional lighting fixtures to meet increasing demand. The equipment, which included 24 Dartz 360 beam/ spot LED moving heads, as well as 12 Platinum HFX hybrid and six Platinum 1200 Wash LED moving heads, was supplied by local distributor, Production Warehouse.

‘Elation was the best investment for Modanso Entertainment in terms of moving the company forward and the need to meet international rider requirements at an affordable rate to the client,’ said Patrick Paledi, owner of Modanso Entertainment. ‘The efficient, power ful and easy-to-use Elation lighting was always our choice for stage lighting but was

The Modanso Entertainment and Production Warehouse teams never available in South Africa until two years ago. We couldn’t be happier with our investment in Elation and the after-sales support from Production Warehouse.’

‘The Platinum 1200s are just beasts,’ added the company’s

head of lighting, Lucky Lewele.

‘The Dartz are crazy – their infinite pan and tilt is handy for effects and the unit is very light in weight yet power ful.’ www.elationlighting.com www.modanso.co.za

Arthur Holm screens and Sennheiser MEB 104 boundary mics were installed at every position ‘It was a direct invitation for us since we’ve worked on high-end meeting rooms for Aramco’s CEO in the past, when he was the minister of health,’ explained Banan Masri, managing partner at Megatech Arabia. ‘We used a complete rear projection system by Cyviz, Barco ClickShare, Arthur Holm screens, Sennheiser microphones, a Bose audio system, Biamp DSP and Lightware HDMI switching. We even connected a smart glass solution to

‘The room is expected to be used 24/7,’ noted Mr Masri. ‘Therefore, they asked for the best of everything to be installed there and that’s why we went with a Cyviz projection system. It’s a highly sophisticated solution yet has the easiest user interface on the market. We were happy to deliver the project within the tight timeframe given by the client.’ www.megatecharabia.com

Al Zumorod upgrades to HDL30A

Al Zumorod Sound & Light’s Nikul Dut with VV & Sons’ Joseph Ninel Rebero UAE: Dubai-based Al Zumorod Sound & Light has invested in a new HDL30A line array system from Italian manufacturer RCF. Al Zumorod’s main business is catering for small-and mediumscale live music, school, cultural and worship events. Having already used the manufacturer’s

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HDL20A systems, the company was seeking an audio upgrade to support the upcoming season’s work. The initial shipment has already been delivered by distributor VV & Sons, with the rest expected by the end of August.

The total acquisition includes 12 HDL30A elements, four SUB 9006AS subwoofers, an RDNet controller and four ART 732a M4 stage monitors.

‘Nikul Dut has been using the HDL20A since we launched the product in the UAE in 2013. He was happy with the performance of the system, the very easy set up and handling, and that not much cabling is required,’ said VV & Sons pro AV division product manager, Joseph Ninel Rebero.

‘The new HDL30A will make his job much easier as it has RDNet onboard. Through a single Cat-5 cable, he can control and monitor the system from his laptop.’ www.rcf.it www.vvsons.com

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NEWS SOUNDBITES FIRE SAFETY THROUGH A/V NIGERIA: Mouka Limited has turned to a video-based solution to boost the fire safety at its three factories. The mattress and foam-based sleep solution manufacturer opted for Bosch’s Aviotec system because of the reduction in detection time it offers.

Bosch has equipped Mouka’s foam factories with a videobased fire detection solution Due to the highly flammable nature of the foam and polyurethane materials used in its products, Mouka was looking for a solution that detects fire and smoke in less than 30s.

Common point-type detectors rely on smoke particles to rise, which can take several minutes, whereas the Bosch system is a VdS-certified solution for visual fire monitoring, detecting smoke and flames at the source.

Software inside each device analyses the video images for visual patterns associated with fires, such as specific motion and shape characteristics, or colour changes. When connected to IP-based video management solutions, the video images provide additional information for alarm verification or localisation of the fire.

The company was seeking a solution due to the nature of the foam it uses To meet the manufacturer’s needs at its factories in Lagos, Benin and Kaduna, Bosch provided 34 Aviotec devices, alarm sounders, strobes and a third-party sprinkler system, all connected to a Bosch addressable Fire Panel 1200 Series. The result, according to Bosch, has improved the safety of hundreds of employees at the factories and shortened alarm response times, while also serving to assist investigators as studying the video images of a fire allows for root cause analysis. www.boschbuildingtechnologies.com

SLS overcomes the climate at the Gov Games UAE: HQ Worldwide Shows (HQWS) was the event organiser for the recent Gov Games, a tournament to promote teamwork and unity among government staff, and selected SLS Productions as the event’s video and lighting supplier. The event took the form of multiple obstacle course challenges across a 450m x 200m space on Kite Beach.

‘For the video side of things, we hung a 10m x 7m 8.9mm mesh LED screen over the running track on Kite Beach, next to where the event was happening, so that all walking by could see what was happening live on the course and could get behind their favourite team,’ recalled Pierre Van Zyl, production

SLS Productions was the video and lighting supplier for the Gov Games

Underwater LEDs were set up at the obstacles featuring pools

manager at SLS. ‘We used the 8.9mm LED screen because it was hanging in the air and, being on the beach, we expected some strong winds. The 8.9mm mesh allowed the wind to stream through it easily, ensuring the screen did not blow over and break. Above the VIP/TSG area, we wrapped four 10m x 4m LED screens, using 4.8mm panels, so that everyone was able to see from any angle they were situated in high resolution. The screens displayed live footage as well as the scores per team.’

The mesh screens were also chosen to ensure the safety of the crowds walking beneath them. As for the lighting setup, HQWS supplied a lighting design that saw SLS provide 364 PAR

cans, 38 Claypaky Alpha Spot 1200s, 38 Alpha Wash 1200s, 22 Mythos and 44 GTD Beams.

These fixtures were located on eleven 12m-high scaffold towers to provide general lighting as well as to create visual effects. In addition, each obstacle along the course was equipped with its own lighting setup, including Claypaky Alpha Beam 300s, 150 Q-Shine 18W LEDs, CityColor fixtures and even a range of underwater LEDs set up at the obstacles featuring pools.

Additional luminaires, such as 36 Mythos, 21 Halos, eight K10s and other special effects and lasers, were brought in for the grand finale.

The lighting was controlled from a control booth via a grandMA2 Full Size, a grandMA2 onPC command wing, three MA NPUs and four MA NSPs. The grandMA2 Full Size was also used to trigger effects when contestants cleared obstacles automatically. CO2 was fired amid an array of lighting effects via MIDI as competitors hit a big, red button upon clearing an obstacle.

Aside from the environmental conditions, the SLS team faced no major challenges in regards to setting up or programming the equipment. ‘I am very pleased,’ concluded Mr Van Zyl. ‘Being out in the extreme heat, humidity and sandstorms, our gear did very well with hardly any repercussions.’ www.slspro.net

Stage Audio Works makes theatrical debut SOUTH AFRICA: The Guild Theatre in East London has been equipped with a new sound reinforcement solution from d&b audiotechnik.

The deal was supplied and installed by Stage Audio Works and marks its first project in the theatrical fixed install market.

Stage Audio Works became involved in the project thanks to one of its sales partners. ‘The theatre had been considering many options for a number of years,’ said Stage Audio Works’ Nathan Ihlenfeldt. ‘Recently they received funding from the national lottery

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The main solution comprises L/R clusters of one d&b V7P and a single 18A-Sub council and Event Hire Network (our sales partner) was contracted as they wanted to work with an Eastern Cape-based company.’

The solution deployed at the theatre comprises left and right clusters of one d&b V7P and a single 18A-Sub with a further V10P in the centre and four 5S for front-fills. In addition to this, a pair of 18S-Subs are on the floor and eight Max2 monitors are on stage.

The system is powered by two of the manufacturer’s 30D amplifiers.

It was the size of the venue that dictated the type of solution.

‘Guild Theatre is quite small, therefore a line array would’ve been unnecessary and expensive,’ explained Mr Ihlenfeldt. ‘The V-series point sources were ideal as they offer very high output and excellent directivity behaviour from a single cabinet.’ However, this was not the only reason for its selection. ‘Their previous PA worked for almost 30 years,’ revealed Mr Ihlenfeldt. ‘d&b was chosen not only for sound quality but also longevity.’

The end result is a theatrical first that Stage Audio Works is proud of. ‘This was our first step into the theatre fixed installation market and we’re very pleased,’ reflected Mr Ihlenfeldt. ‘The system sounds amazing and the coverage is very consistent.’ www.stageaudioworks.com

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URF upgrades with Avid

All nine studios at URF have been installed with Avid S3 and Pro Tools dock controllers SOUTH AFRICA: Urban Rhythm Factory (URF), based in Ferndale, Johannesburg and part of Urban Brew Studios, has recently completed a state-of the-art upgrade with Avid equipment installed throughout, to expand its offering to a larger market. Now proudly boasting itself as having ‘one of the most sophisticated postproduction environments in South Africa’, URF looked to local distributor Wild & Marr to make the project a reality.

‘Wild & Marr was the obvious choice for URF when considering the importance of this upgrade,’ commented Theunis du Toit, music manager – head of Urban Rhythm Factory. ‘Their considerable expertise was invaluable in designing a holistic turnkey solution.’

The studios focus on audio postproduction (final mix, sound design, voiceovers, foley), in addition to custom music production and music publishing.

All of its nine studios now boast Avid Pro Tools HD software and hardware (HD Native, HDX, Omni HD and MTRX) in addition to Avid S3 and Pro Tools dock controllers.

The system has been designed so that each control room has its own primary booth/live room as well as the capability to cross patch signals from the adjacent booth into the same control room, solving situations when there is a need to track/record two sources simultaneously whilst still needing separate control over each source.

‘Urban Rhythm Factory is the first post facility to feature the new Pro Tools MTRX,’ said Ian Holden, head of Avid technical support and sales for Wild & Marr. ‘The MTRX is Avid’s newest I/O release that features a modular design capable of hosting a number of newer technologies such as MADI and Dante, as well as the ability to record up to 384kHz DSD. It also includes Pro | Mon 2 giving you complete control over monitoring, talkback, summing and fold-down control whether you’re mixing mono or a 64-channel Atmos mix.’ www.avid.com www.urbanbrew.co.za

LDA gains UAE approval UAE: Spanish manufacturer LDA Audio Tech has received official certification from the United Arab Emirates to sell its public address and voice alarm technology in the country, making it the first Spanish company of its kind to do so to date.

The manufacturer has worked extensively with its partner, Exenture Global, to achieve the certification, which supervises products and technologies to meet safety standards, and was aided by the fact that its products are already EN 54-compliant. However, an ‘intense and successful’ R&D effort was launched to ensure

systems were adjusted to comply with all the UAE government’s requirements.

The authorised products by UAE Civil Defence cover the entire Neo range, including the Neo 8060 main unit and the Neo Extension series, as well as the MPS-8Z paging station, the VAP-1 voice alarm panel and several speakers: the CH-42TN, DS-60TN, PCM-20TN, PCM-220TN and PCM10TN. Added to these credentials, the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate approved the selling of LDA’s products in Kuwait back in March. www.lda-audiotech.com

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Gearhouse’s female techs take charge of #WomenWalkTogether SOUTH AFRICA: Celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela and in support of the Elders’ #WalkTogetherCampaign, the first ever global showcase for women in the event production industry saw interconnected events laid on in South Africa, India, the UK, Guinea and Brazil. Supported by the Gearhouse Group’s Splitbeam arm, the Johannesburg #WomenWalkTogether event required lighting and audio equipment to bolster the Barney Simon Theatre’s existing setup at the Market Theatre Complex, as well as supplying an LED screen and A/V equipment to the market nearby. The equipment was all operated by women from the Gearhouse Academy and SARA (South Africa Roadies Association).

‘Gearhouse has a long-standing connection with Rachel Haughey from Four Corners of the World, having worked with her on the Kick Off Concert for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. She approached general manager Charl Smit and Gearhouse Group came on board as sponsors to assist with the initiative,’ explained Splitbeam’s

The UAE’s Civil Defence has authorised LDA’s Neo range

to be invited,’ said Duncan Riley of DWR Distribution. ‘In South Africa, we have many talented women working in entertainment, and we were honoured that our very own Marlene Riley was invited to join the panel discussion at the event.’

‘The experience was very enlightening, being able to see a women’s point of view of what the industry holds for the future and what we can do better for other women coming into the industry,’ said Ms Riley.

LEDVision, another arm of the Gearhouse Group, provided a 16:9, 3.2m-wide LED screen for live streaming and the VT feed coming from the other venues, as

well as the live action on stage from cameras.

‘We had to negotiate lots of stairs, carrying everything pieceby-piece and by some fairly small women. They handled it very well,’ commented Ms Surgeson.

‘Working in a space that none of the students had ever seen before was a learning curve for our youngest team members, but it was perfect for understanding the differences between theatre work and concerts or conferences.’ www.dwrdistribution.co.za www.facebook.com/sarodies www.splitbeam.co.za www.womenwalktogether.org

Splitbeam’s Helen Surgeson Helen Surgeson, who project managed the event. ‘We had six of our first- and second-year female students from the Gearhouse Kentse Mpahlwa Academy, who worked together with professional camera operators and SARA trainees. They were all keen learners.’

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off stage, as well as organising backstage performers. While Gearhouse students operated the in-house equipment in the venue, Splitbeam also provided the plasma screens that had a live link from the venue, as well as Pioneer 900 Nexus CDJ and DJM DJ equipment in the foyer.

DWR Distribution was also called upon to provide the lighting and PA in the foyer. ‘We were blown away

The #WomenWalkTogether event in South Africa was operated by students from the Gearhouse Kentse Mpahlwa Academy and SARA

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Your Favorite Enemies Automatic camera record with Radial switching at BRICS

MOROCCO: Canadian band, Your Favorite Enemies, relied heavily on equipment from Radial as they set up their own studio in Tangier.

The temporary relocation saw the band complete a soundtrack project and start work on a new album.

If you’re only bringing vintage equipment, you’re really stressing yourself out for nothing because you won’t find any repair shop for a vintage pre or mic there.

‘I favour Radial; it’s like bringing in army grade audio equipment – you can drop it and it will ask for more,’

The unconventional new Your Favorite Enemies’ recording space in Tangier ‘Alex [Foster] came to Tangier to write for two months,’ explained guitarist Jeff Beaulieu. ‘He developed such a profound bond with the city and also with the people here; more than he could ever imagine. He really wanted us [the rest of the band] to come and discover that spirit for how it would speak to each of us on a personal level. For us it represented a new, amazing and freeing chapter.’

The band established their studio on the second floor of a house located near the sea separating Tangier from Spain.

Having established their own studio in their native Canada, the band was not intimidated when it came to navigating the challenges of equipment selection, shipping and maintenance. ‘Since we’d built our own arsenal and are our own engineers and producers, we decided for a blend of old and new,’ said Mr Beaulieu. ‘In Tangier, there’s no safety net for repairing material.

he continued. ‘One of the most important pieces of the puzzle for us since we were going somewhere we didn’t know about the quality of the electricity, was the security that, no matter what we would be facing, we’d have ways to isolate signals and the Radial ISO Twin Isolator gave us that peace of mind.

It really eliminates any ground loop possibilities and we wouldn’t face any downtime associated with troubleshooting. It keeps the signal clean and really precise.’

In addition to this, the band also used the manufacturer’s Key-Largo pedal for its keyboards as well as a host of other Radial gear. ‘We use a ProD8 for any acoustic guitars and direct input for future reamping.

We have the Reamp X-Amp for that purpose as well as the ProRMP. Those devices keep the signal intact and there’s absolutely no chance of buzz or loss of signal.’

SOUTH AFRICA: This year, the heads of state for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa converged in Johannesburg for the 10th annual BRICS Summit.

DLC Events was contracted by Johannesburg-based A/V rental supplier Conference Systems to deliver an automated camera control system for the event.

The main requirement was for five PTZ cameras in each of the two meeting rooms at the Sandton Convention Centre to allow the A/V team to obtain clear shots of the heads of state from the five BRICS countries as they made their statements across a round table. Meeting this requirement, DLC Events deployed a total of 10 Sony SRG360-SHE PTZ cameras, powered by POE+ and controlled via software, which received commands from a Shure conference control unit that managed the 30 Shure DC6190 microphones and six language interpretation systems supplied by Conference Systems.

The software automatically cut to each delegate as they spoke

MOZAMBIQUE: Pro audio rental company and systems integrator Chitara Sound was recently hired to supply and install a conference discussion system at the Mozambique National Assembly in Maputo. This led to the installation of a Bosch DCN delegate discussion

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into their microphone whilst still giving the operator a chance to adjust the framing and focus as required. It allowed for two presets per seat, providing a primar y view and secondar y, back-up view should a camera be in use at the time a microphone was activated. The system automatically selected the preset to use based on which camera had to pan/tilt the least to get into position.

‘Having had our eye on a number of options for camera control software, I’m immensely pleased that we chose this one due to the simple user inter face, flexibility of hardware compatibility and the impressive final results,’ said Mark Breakspear, project manager at DLC Events. www.conferencesystems.co.za www.dlcevents.com

Chitara facilitates discussion at Mozambique National Assembly

Airstar balloons return to the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix

QATAR: Airstar lighting balloons were once again called into action for this year’s MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix. As they did in 2016 and 2017, the Airstar balloons lit the way for riders and engineers in the paddocks of Doha’s Losail International Circuit, as well as the public areas.

Ahead of the race, the Airstar Middle East team deployed 50 Pixocom balloons. Each measures

DLC Events provided automatic camera control for the recent BRICS Summit

particularly along the race track, is that they are glare-free.

‘The Grand Prix of Qatar is the only MotoGP race that is held under floodlights,’ explained Juan Baquero, CEO of the Losail Circuit Sports Club. ‘We wanted to give a nice and pleasant atmosphere and that is exactly what Airstar balloons offer.’ www.airstar.world

and interpretation system.

Chitara Sound acquired the Bosch system via South African distributor Prosound. Pepe Khumalo, senior technical sales person at Prosound’s Johannesburg office, offered advice and technical support to ensure the DCN solution

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The Harman Experience The broadcast suite for radio and TV

Harman Professional Solutions is trying to highlight the myriad ways its technology is used with its new EMEA headquarters and Experience Centre. James Ling takes a tour FOR A MANUFACTURER SUCH AS Harman, it is hard to convey the sheer number of markets where its technology is deployed. Leaving aside the fact that its professional division only accounts for a tiny fraction of the Samsung-owned company, the number of brands that fall under the Harman umbrella means that it can offer a solution for just about every kind of application.

It is this message that Harman is trying to convey with its new EMEA Experience Centre located just outside London. As you walk into the 2,400m2 facility, it is the consumer technology that first grabs you with JBL wireless speakers and AKG headphones filling the lobby window.

However, as you head around the corner into the ground-floor demo area, it is the professional technology that comes to the fore.

It would have been very easy for the manufacturer to have just used this space as a traditional showroom with shelves of products for each of the 11 brands that fall into its professional division. But this approach could have easily been overwhelming for visitors. Instead, Harman has chosen to follow the systems-based philosophy for the design of its experience centre.

‘We wanted this space to capture the true essence of the products and the solutions that we offer. It was also important to have a collaborated space that customers, distributors and end users can use,’ explains Harman Professional’s EMEA marketing director, Helen Badger, as she takes us on a tour of the facility.

Walking into the demo area, visitors are immediately greeted by a series of pods. Each serves as

A JBL cinema system on display

Live event scenarios can be played out

products to showcase the complete solutions across our vertical markets.’

The technology was also replicated in the upstairs office space and meeting rooms which utilise the networked A/V technology. This is the new base for Harman Professional’s staff in the UK and, as such, it offers a large, open-plan office space in addition to well-equipped meeting rooms and huddle spaces all served by various Harman solutions, including a dedicated training facility.

a different scenario of where the manufacturer’s technology can be deployed. There are the obvious options, such as boardroom, architectural lighting, home studio, a collaborated classroom environment, and live sound and lighting applications, but also a few that should make visitors pause for thought. The shop layout, for example, combines technology from Martin Professional, AMX and JBL to highlight how the manufacturer’s products assist with retail analytics and the relationship between Samsung and its Nexshop software, while the hotel room shows how smart technology from the JBL systems can be deployed in a connected environment for end users.

Equally, it is not just the pods around the demo room floor that highlight how the manufacturer’s equipment can be deployed. A cinema lobby is used to demonstrate the digital signage options, while a broadcast studio environment for both radio and TV has been created to highlight the Studer range of mixing consoles. Finally,

Having opened in April 2018, the Experience Centre has already started to have a positive impact among the Harman distribution community. ‘It has been hugely popular and we are constantly booked,’ smiles Ms Badger.

‘Harman’s vision was to create an experience centre where our distributors can bring both customers and end users to engage with and also use the space for performances, so it is a platform for people to use.’

Having taken the tour, it is easy to see why the space is proving to

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Conferencing and boardroom applications a small event space serves as the perfect location to show off the manufacturer’s equipment for both the live event and cinema markets.

‘We wanted it to be a space where people instantly relate to the products and have an immersive experience as they engage in the multiple spaces, whether it is seeing, hearing or interacting with the actual product in the experience centre environment,’ furthers Ms Badger. ‘We are living in an age where we need to be modular and interchange rapidly, so it is a space that allows us to adapt the

be so popular. It highlights the breadth of technology that the manufacturer creates without being overwhelming. It is equally hands-on, with consoles ready to mix on, headphones hanging on the wall to test, portable PAs set up and ready for per formances, and video screens playing out content side-by-side to see if visitors can pick which is compressed using Harman patented technology (Pro AVL MEA couldn’t).

The end result is a different kind of experience that presents the company as it would like to be seen. This is not about the different brands that sit under the Harman umbrella, it is a combination of everything that highlights how the different technologies can combine to deliver an end user experience as close as possible to the solutions that are being used by Harman’s customers around the world.

‘Our USP is we can offer more of a solution than any other manufacturer,’ elaborates Mark Coombes, regional sales director EMEA at Harman Professional.

‘There are not many companies that can talk about products all the way from microphones through to speakers and every component in between as well as lighting the outside of the space and the control system. That gives us quite a bit of power, so with it we’ve got to make sure that we get our business in the right place for the next five years.’

The EMEA Experience Centre will certainly engage more end users. www.harman.com

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EDUCATION IABM to run Future Trends Theatre

DWR shows students the light SOUTH AFRICA: Having already hosted training sessions for grandMA and dot2 users in August, DWR distribution has announced fur ther training oppor tunities in September for Vector works. These annual workshops are available to both beginner and advanced users and will be presented by approved trainer Francois van der Mer we at the DWR offices in Johannesburg.

Basic Training will be held on 17 September and will cover the fundamentals of Vector works, layouts, palettes, basic tools, classes and layers.

Intermediate Training follows on 18 and 19 September with a focus on preferences, basic spotlight, basic render works and intermediate tools.

Advanced training continues on to 20 and 21 September and covers working planes,

advanced modelling and advanced render works.

Students wishing to attend are asked to register in advance on the distributor’s website.

The recent MA Lighting workshops conducted by DWR

were led by the distributor’s Jannie de Jager and explored the advanced features of the grandMA2 system and an introduction to the manufacturer’s dot2 range.

Topics included advanced techniques for the grandMA, such as building macros, timecode programming, advanced effects, XYZ programming, moving data between shows and building custom fixtures. The dot2 sessions covered setup, patching, views, groups, presets, effects and chases.

Having completed the training, those who attended are now able to programme and operate a grandMA2 for mid- and large-scale productions and are familiar with the core dot2 feature set. www.dwrdistribution.co.za

WORLD: The Future Trends Theatre in IBC 2018’s Future Zone will be curated by the IABM. The educational section of the Future Zone is designed to give attendees an understanding of how new technologies can enable current business plans, rather than being dismissed as ideas waiting to find practical use cases.

‘IBC is excited to be working closely with the IABM on the Future Trends Theatre within the IBC Future Zone,’ said IBC CEO, Mike Crimp. ‘IABM’s extensive business intelligence and content skills will ensure that our attendees are able to learn more on all the hot topics. Technologies such as AI, AR/VR, machine learning and blockchain are all impacting our industry. IBC and the IABM will help you identify the opportunities and threats through a daily schedule of informative sessions. It’s all on the show floor and it’s all free to attend.’

‘Drawing on the breadth of knowledge of our membership, our in-house technology experts and our close relationship with

the demand side of the industry and other trade bodies, the IABM is perfectly placed to deliver a business-enhancing experience for visitors to the IABM Future Trends Theatre at IBC, preparing them for what’s coming in both technology and business models,’ added Peter White, IABM CEO. ‘We already have considerable experience in this field, having run the theatres within the IP Showcases at NAB, IBC and other events for the last couple of years, helping to prepare the industry for what has now become very much the present. Moving on to the Future Trends Theatre is a natural next step for us as we continue in our mission to help drive the future success of the broadcast and media industries.’ show.ibc.org www.theiabm.org/future-trends-theatre

ProAudio hosts Lake training SOUTH AFRICA: ProAudio recently hosted three separate training sessions focused on the Lake LM44. The training was led by Music Tribe’s Alexander Lane and also touched on PLM, IPD and

other amplifiers from Lab.gruppen.

The first session was held specifically for MGG Productions, which has recently invested in four LM44 units. The second session was presented to Gearhouse

employees as a refresher for some of its staff and freelancers as well as a demonstration of some of the advanced features, such as console swapping for large festival setups. The final

Delta Sound opens its doors

UAE: Delta Sound recently invited its clients to explore behind the scenes at its DIP warehouse with an Open House day. The event provided the rental company with the opportunity to host some hands-on training and highlight some new products.

The event itself came as a result of a request from one of Delta’s customers, Jack Morton, to have a product day. ‘Being a production company they wanted some of their

staff that perhaps didn’t get out on site or were in the procurement side to come up to us and understand a bit more about what we do as a company and the kind of services that we offer,’ explained Delta Sound Dubai MD, Andy Jackson. ‘We decided to turn it much more into a practical session.

There were two short presentations and then four workshops. We did a comms workshop, we did some basic mixing which was

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more fun, we did some immersive audio and we did one on designing speakers into corporate settings for exhibitions or conferences.’

‘We had one-on-one DiGiCo training so that if they were a firsttime user they could get to know the product,’ said Mr Jackson. ‘If they were someone that had used them regularly they could go to the next step up. The comms session was more focused on the health and safety of using communications in a public space and how it all ties in to the evacuation systems.

And we kept our immersive audio sofa area to try and give people an indication of what we can do.’

While the Jack Morton session had around 20 participants, a further 50 took part in the Open House and, following the success of this event, Delta Sound is now planning to host more similar sessions in the near future. www.deltasound.ae

event was open to all of the distributor’s clients and aimed at meeting the more general need for training on the product.

‘This was hands-on, in-depth and very practical,’ said ProAudio’s

Gareth Roberts. ‘In total, we had around 30 trainees and all were impressed and enjoyed the sessions.’ www.proaudio.co.za

Dante Level 3 training goes online WORLD: Audinate has made its Advanced Dante Networking Level 3 Certification training available online. The certification was launched last year and, until now, only in-person training was available.

The online version of the training was developed to accommodate growing demand and to answer numerous requests. Level 3 Certification is aimed at Dante users that wish to gain more insight in setting up and managing larger Danteenabled networking systems. The online version of the certification has been developed to allow

participants to complete it over the course of multiple short modules.

Users are already able to partake in Level 1 and 2 training online. ‘We are thrilled with the popularity of the Dante certification programme, with over 25,000 people having enrolled in one of the courses to date,’ said Joshua Rush, senior vice president of marketing for Audinate. ‘We are pleased to introduce our Level 3 Certification course online to give the requisite networking knowledge for more advanced A/V networks.’ www.audinate.com/cert-info

NEWS: EDUCATION

AVE goes back to basics with PreSonus KENYA: Audio Visual Engineering (AVE) recently hosted a PreSonus training workshop in conjunction with the Audiovisual Technicians Association of Kenya on live sound mixing. Taking place at AVE’s Lunga Road training centre, the workshop introduced the basic concepts of live sound mixing on analogue consoles.

‘This event was for people who are not familiar with mixers but have either been allocated a position in their company that has a simple analogue mixer, or are start-up guys in a church that wanted to understand the basics of how analogue mixers work,’ said AVE technical director, Omar Abdalla.

The session focused heavily on the new analogue PreSonus Studiolive AR series mixers. Each

student completed the session on a PreSonus ARi16 analogue desk, while training was also given on a PreSonus Studiolive 3 24-channel digital mixer.

‘People may underestimate these mixers and consider them just like any other analogue model but, for a person who does not have the budget for a digital model, the PreSonus AR series mixers can do a lot,’ furthered Mr Abdalla. ‘For example, you just need an SD Card to record out directly and it also has Bluetooth and a host of other features that are per fect for start-up churches and mosques.’

NMK announces Academy dates UAE: Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises (NMK) has confirmed dates for its dedicated Avid and Williams

Sound training days under the NMK Academy 8.0 banner, having also hosted a similar training day for Mackie in July.

The distributor has been running its Dubai-based Academy for a number of years

as a way of presenting the latest product information and training to its customers in the UAE. Typically, it will dedicate an entire event to one of its brands, and this format remains for the 2018 iteration.

The Avid date has been confirmed as 17 September, with Williams Sound following on 18 and 19 September. The distributor is also planning to host events for Shure, Mersive Technologies and Dante, although no dates have yet been confirmed. www.nmkelectronics.com

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Anne Valentino visits South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: Anne Valentino, ETC’s (Electronic Theatre Controls) renowned senior controls product manager, recently journeyed to South Africa, visiting the Ar tscape Theatre in Cape Town

experience in lighting and enter tainment technology, having worked for the likes of PRG as VP of marketing, VariLite as director of marketing and Strand Lighting as dimming and control product manager, in

1/2 PAGE Island ETC’s senior controls product manager, Anne Valentino and Johannesburg’s Market Theatre to deliver a pair of presentations. The events were hosted by ETC’s South African distributor, ApexPro, and saw Ms Valentino discuss lighting control philosophies and the ideas behind what makes a good lighting console with the South African programmers and lighting designers in attendance. Ms Valentino has more than 30 years of

addition to ETC where she has previously ser ved as director of R&D. Throughout her career, she has been responsible for some of the most renowned lighting controllers to enter the market, including the early Strand consoles, the Vari-Lite Vir tuoso and the ETC Eos family. www.apexpro.co.za www.etcconnect.com

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DISTRIBUTION Boujikian Bros takes on SSL Live LEBANON: Solid State Logic (SSL) has named Boujikian Bros as the new distributor for its Live range of consoles in Lebanon. The British manufacturer joins the likes of Clair Brothers, DTS, FBT, Le Maitre and Prolyte in the distributor’s portfolio.

The deal comes as a direct result of the distributor approaching the manufacturer at ISE 2018.

‘Seeing as Boujikian Bros has started investing in top-of-theline pro audio brands, we knew that it was necessary to add the household name SSL to the local market here,’ said Boujikian Bros general manager, Gary Boujikian.

‘Solid State Logic is one of the best audio console brands and

SSL’s Paul Lindsay introduces the Boujikian Bros team to the Live range highest in sound quality, and it was highly recommended by many

audio engineers for live consoles.

As well as this, they have studio

Next-proaudio appoints first South African distributor

SOUTH AFRICA: Sound Harmonics will now handle the exclusive distribution of Next-proaudio in South Africa, having been named the Portuguese manufacturer’s first distributor in the country.

The Sound Harmonics sales and distribution arm includes various pro audio, lighting, communications, rigging and trussing brands, such as Cadac, Earthworks Audio, Ayrton and Eurolite. Until recently, it also managed L-Acoustics distribution in South Africa. Sound Harmonics also has a design and installation team that provides solutions directly to schools, hotels, nightclubs, casinos, shops, houses of worship, theatres, multi-purpose venues and arenas.

‘This is a truly exciting progression that will ensure professional support to Nextproaudio customers in this market,’ said Next-proaudio’s sales manager, Sergio Pinto.

Sound Harmonics has already started marketing in the region and has even attracted a new dealer in the form of DLB Sound

and Lighting. DLB will serve as the representative in the Cape region.

‘We are very excited to be partnering with such a passionate group of people, and even more excited to bring this robust and exceptionally sounding brand to South Africa,’ commented Joseph Mandy, Sound Harmonics’ director. www.d-l-b.co.za www.next-proaudio.com www.soundharmonics.co.za

Denon Pro and Rane Commercial move to Audiosure SOUTH AFRICA: InMusic has named Audiosure as the new exclusive South African distributor for its commercial install brands, Denon Professional and Rane Commercial. The distributor already represents some of InMusic’s other brands, including Akai Professional and Alesis.

‘The key to resounding marketplace success in a hotly competitive business is to have precisely the right partners in each marketplace,’ said Paul Jenkins from InMusic. ‘We are extremely confident that Audiosure is the right partner to represent our commercial install

divisions in South Africa.’

‘We are delighted to be joining InMusic’s commercial install family,’ added Alison Taman, general manager for Audiosure.

‘At Audiosure, we can feel the energy and passion within InMusic to deliver products that meet and exceed the needs of this demanding market segment.

The product mix within InMusic’s pro-install portfolio delivers an exciting range of recording,

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playback and multimedia signal source management solutions, from brands trusted by the most demanding professional installers and systems integrators around the world.

Working within this vertical presents a fantastic opportunity to maximise sales opportunities and promote growth within the South African market segment for these industry-recognised brands.’ www.audiosure.co.za www.denonpro.com www.inmusicbrands.com www.rane.com

solutions with pure audio quality, getting analogue quality on a digital system.’

‘We needed a distributor for Live who had good contacts in the local live market and who could proactively drive sales,’ added Paul Lindsay, vice president of sales, MEA, South Asia and Australasia at Solid State Logic.

‘Their ability to similarly address the retail market will provide additional prospects for SSL’s Studio Tools products.’

With the agreement in place, the new distributor is already trying to raise the profile of the brand in the market. ‘We’ve noticed that the people in Lebanon appreciate high-quality sound more than any

category, so we’ve already started providing seminars and workshops to better introduce the brand and to better inform the market of what’s available,’ explained Mr Boujikian.

This approach has been met with approval by the manufacturer.

‘So far, in our short relationship, Boujikian Bros has exceeded our expectations,’ said Mr Lindsay.

‘We are expecting Boujikian Bros to close some significant deals and are supporting them in their activities to establish themselves as an effective partner for SSL Live and Studio products.’ www.boujikian.com www.solidstatelogic.com

Elit further expands portfolio

Unsal Cakir, Elit sales director, Music & Lights international sales and marketing manager, Jeroen Carette and Elit MD, Emre Defne TURKEY: Elit Light/Sound Technologies has become the new Turkish partner for Clair Brothers.

The US brand joins the likes of DPA Microphones and Alcons Audio in the Istanbul-based distributor’s portfolio and the distributor believes that the flexibility provided by the manufacturer will be a real strength for the brand in Turkey.

‘With Clair Brothers, you can have customised products with the colours and also the waveguides, and they have tailor-made solutions for arenas and concert halls,’ said Elit’s Emre Defne. ‘Because of this waveguide technology, they can custom make solutions for just one project and one speaker. You can also have different kinds of colours and different kinds of front grilles.’

Aside from this, Mr Defne feels that the capabilities of the products will also prove popular with Elit’s customers. ‘Their products are very powerful,’ he stated. ‘When you compare with other manufacturers all around the world, they have at least 2dB or 3dB more in the same range of products. When you have Clair, you are sure that you have

very high pressure levels with very high-quality sound.’

In addition to Clair Brothers, the distributor has also recently added Protruss trussing, Tribe speakers and Dad lighting to its portfolio, three brands from Italian manufacturer Music & Lights.

‘Tribe is a fantastic line full of innovative and reliable products and we are really excited to get our hands on it,’ stated Mr Defne.

‘The robust nature and clarity of the Dad range has really surprised us and we expect to see (or hear as the case may be) great things from it.’

‘They are a great bunch of guys – I’ve known them for a very long time now and their expertise is a great fit for us,’ added Music & Lights international sales and marketing manager, Jeroen Carette. ‘They really do fit the bill of “premium distributor” and we are really looking forward to this adventure together.’ www.clairbrothers.com www.elit-tr.com www.musiclights.it

NEWS: DISTRIBUTION

NMK grows Avid and Audinate networks UAE: Avid has named NMK Electronics as the new distributor of its Pro Audio division in the Middle East, covering Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE and Yemen, while Audinate has also

appointed the distributor as the official dealer of its Dante Domain Manager (DDM) and Dante Avio products in the region. The existing relationship between NMK and Audinate has seen a focus on educating the distributor’s customer base, such as with the Level 3 Dante certification course in 2017. With this new agreement the distributor will offer further certifications and hands-on training for Avio and DDM. Meanwhile, Avid Pro Tools

hardware and software solutions joined the Live Sound family already distributed by NMK. ‘Since NMK’s early beginnings, we have always been spearheading the latest technologies and

solutions in the region,’ said Dino Drimakis, business development manager at NMK. ‘Several of our manufacturers have been early

adopters of Dante and have been steering towards networked audio.

It was essential that we needed to get on board with the technology protocol that works and brings real value to our clients and their end users.

‘Furthermore, we’ve already seen impressive global demand for Avid audio solutions, so we’re sure that local musicians and mixers will see the Pro Tools family of solutions as essential to help them meet the demands of their work.’

NMK plans to grow Avid’s business in the region by educating the market through workshops, seminars and handson sessions for clients and the public, and plans to work with educational institutions across the region to nurture and support future A/V professionals. www.avid.com www.audinate.com www.nmkelectronics.com

Neo Sun brings Williams Sound to Algeria

ALGERIA: Neo Sun has been appointed as the new distributor for Williams Sound in Algeria.

Neo Sun, which has a head office in Bouzareah and showrooms in El-moradia, Oran and Boumerdes, plans to introduce the manufacturer’s products to the region at an upcoming demo day to be held in September for government, broadcasting and production companies.

Williams Sound joins a portfolio

of more than 20 brands, officially or exclusively distributed and integrated by Neo Sun, including Harman brands, NEC Cinema, Barco Cinema, MA Lighting, Chief, Da-Lite, Markbass and DvMark.

‘We are excited to introduce Williams Sound technology in Algeria,’ commented Neo Sun owner, Salim Derradji. ‘Williams Sound has great solutions and technology and will form our top spec for conference and translating solutions for public tenders. We already have three major projects we’re competing for with WS products, and we are sure that the WS team will provide their full support and assistance to Neo Sun and this small market.’ www.artistcenters.com www.facebook.com/neosunalgerie www.williamssound.com

Vislink to manage Cogent sales outside China WORLD: xG Technology has announced that its Vislink brand has entered a strategic partnership with Cogent Technologies, a subsidiary of Century Sage Scientific Holdings (CSS Group). The agreement will provide Vislink with the exclusive rights to promote and sell

Cogent’s products and solutions to all regions outside of China.

‘We are excited to enter into this strategic partnership with Cogent,’ said John Payne, president and COO of IMT Vislink. ‘We are very confident that this agreement will be mutually beneficial to both companies. CSS Group has built a

reputation as the leading provider of media solutions in China, with a focus on high-end systems for

content production, broadcast and transmission, event broadcast services, and broadcasting equipment development and sales.

We look forward to serving as the exclusive distributor of Cogent’s products in international markets outside of China.’

Cogent’s primarily focus is on the

research, development and sales of transmission products such as bonded cellular solutions, wireless microwave transmission and 4G portable transmission products. www.css-group.net www.vislink.com www.xgtechnology.com

Harman EMEA explains its distribution strategy

EMEA: Harman Professional Solutions is looking to increase its focus on their business in the Middle East and Africa over the next four to five years and has been making changes to the way it approaches the market to facilitate this. The area that this has had the biggest effect is in its distribution strategy.

‘We have a distribution framework in place for MEA, and Harman partnering with the right distributors is key to delivering a great experience, for both our customers and end users,’ stated Mark Coombes regional sales director EMEA at Harman Professional Solutions. ‘The decision to change from a direct model to a distributor framework means that our customers have stock easily available in their local market as well as improved service levels,

including training and repairs.

Harman can focus on what we are good at, developing products and we can continue to build and scale our business.

‘We understand the need to partner with the right companies and because of the multiple solutions and verticals that we serve, there is a need for multiple partnerships.

A distributor who is focused on audio would not necessarily be the right partner for lighting or control, or even in some cases a particular channel. To support our customers we need our distributor to be focused on customer service and support. I am also focused on supporting them to make sure they get the best from Harman.’

Mr Coombes is encouraging more partners in the region to join the manufacturer’s distribution community. ‘It is important when you are working in the Middle East that you have the right partners in place, exclusivity might make it easier for us, but may not be right for our customer, which is our top priority,’ he explained.

‘Our plan is to partner with a specialised distributor to service the customers in their channel in each country,’ Mr Coombes continued.

‘For example, I might have an audio distributor in Saudi Arabia, and a completely different lighting distributor in the region, this would be the same strategy for a control distributor.’

As an example of this in action, Mr Coombes points to South Africa.

‘We presented to our distributor Wild & Marr, who are the audio

partners in the region, the JBL Soundbar for the hotel market, which is an innovated solution in the hospitality vertical market. They explained that they don’t really deal with hotels, so we have found a distributor who specialises in the hotel sector. This approach has worked.’

Mr Coombes went on to conclude: ‘Harman is invested in supporting the Middle East and Africa region.

We will have multiple partners in countries, but they are all focused on delivering a customer experience that is concentrated in their channel of expertise. Harman has also invested in a dedicated sales support team and marketing specialist for the region to support our distributors and help this strategy grow.’ www.harman.com

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APPOINTMENTS A pair of promotions Appointments reinforce Exterity’s Middle East growth at Shure

Ahmad Bsat – Regional sales manager ME MIDDLE EAST: Exterity promoted Eleuterio Fernandes to the role of vice president of sales, EMEA earlier this year. This has subsequently led to the promotion of Walid Tabet to regional sales team leader and the hiring of Ahmad Bsat as regional sales manager.

‘A big reason for Exterity’s success in the Middle East is the team we have on the ground,’ said Colin Farquhar, Exterity CEO. ‘Our regional office boasts an experienced, loyal team of employees, and we have recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of our first employee in the region,

Asad Haque. Today, our team of sales and technical staff works across the whole region, but also Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent, to help our network of technology, systems integration and consultancy partners to distribute and install our end-to-end solutions. We are immensely proud to promote Walid to regional sales team leader, and the experience and knowledge that Ahmad brings to our team will ensure that we continue to offer the highest level of local support for our video streaming, hospitality IP video and digital signage systems as we grow.’

Walid Tabet – regional sales team leader

Mr Bsat joins the team with eight years of experience in sales and a technical knowledge of video streaming, hospitality IPTV and digital signage systems. He has expertise in regional sales spanning multiple regions, channel and territory management and development, specifically in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Mr Tabet will be responsible for the Middle Eastern markets across all ver ticals in his new position.

Mr Fernandes added: ‘The Middle East is an incredibly tech-savvy market that has been transformed by the rapid adoption of IP networks, and we have always been committed to helping our par tners and customers in the region provide the best solutions for their clients. We are proud to have seen our solutions transform hotels, airpor ts, universities and corporate offices into technology hubs, and we welcome Ahmad to the team, for his deep knowledge of IP video and digital signage and understanding of the growing market.’ www.exterity.com

WORLD: Shure has promoted two of its executives into new roles. Brian Woodland has been named vice president of business development, while Pat Knoll has been promoted to associate vice president of global facilities.

Pat Knoll

Brian Woodland Mr Woodland joined the manufacturer in 2002 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in strategic planning and in global business development. He was responsible for several of the company’s acquisitions and manages Shure’s partnerships in joint business ventures.

Ms Knoll, meanwhile, joined Shure in 2005 and leads an international team responsible for all acquisition, leasing, construction, maintenance, disposition and activities

associated with company offices, manufacturing plants, warehouses and other facilities worldwide.

Additionally, she has led other major undertakings, including the design and construction of the SN Shure Theater and the Great Hall history exhibit in Shure’s corporate headquarters.

‘I want to express my congratulations to Brian and Pat on these well-deserved promotions,’ said Chris Schyvinck, Shure president and CEO. ‘Brian’s expertise in developing strategic relationships with outside companies is invaluable to Shure, and Pat has been instrumental in helping guide major facilities projects in support of our growing global business. We are fortunate to have these two leaders on the executive team, as they both will continue to be an integral part of our company’s long-term success.’ www.shure.com

Bill Collis, chairman Thomas Vestergaard in disguise joins TW Audio WORLD: Bill Collis has been named chairman of the board at disguise. He brings an extensive background in the film and video industries to the role and previously served as CEO and president of The Foundry for 10 years, growing it from a Londonbased visual effects software company to a global media postproduction tools and product design technology developer.

‘After experiencing a remarkable period of growth and acceptance of our products worldwide, we’re looking forward to having Bill help us take disguise to the next level, and we’re really excited about what we’re going to build together,’ commented Fernando Kufer, CEO of disguise.

‘I’m thrilled to be joining Fernando and the rest of the disguise team,’ said Mr Collis. ‘disguise is the clear market leader for creative software and media servers in the

Bill Collis concert touring and live events space, and it is fast expanding into the film and broadcast markets.

This has fuelled phenomenal growth over the last year, and I hope to help the team continue on the trajectory over the coming years.’ www.disguise.one

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WORLD: Thomas Vestergaard has been appointed senior education and training specialist at TW Audio as part of the German manufacturer’s customer service, industry education and partner training initiatives and ongoing global expansion. He brings more than two decades of experience to his new role, having worked as a sound engineer, technical sales manager and senior application engineer for international brands such as Adamson Systems Engineering.

‘TW Audio continues to grow and I am proud to say that we are attracting the best and the brightest to come and join us,’ commented Marco Deinl, the manufacturer’s general manager.

‘Thomas is an extremely well-liked and very respected member of the industry, and we are certain that he will quickly become a valued

Thomas Vestergaard and important member of our team.

‘The two things that matter most at TW Audio are achieving the very best audio quality in our loudspeakers and making sure that our customers get the bestpossible service. Thomas will help us to continue realising both of those goals.’

Across the Atlantic, Mick Whelan has been assigned the role of business development director for TW Audio Americas Inc. Responsibilities include gathering market intelligence and identifying key business opportunities. ‘Mick not only has a good technical background, but brings also a wealth of industry experience,’ commented Bernhard Wüstner, managing director of TW Audio.

‘His expertise makes him an ideal candidate to identify new business opportunities and implement new processes and strategies.’

‘I have observed TW Audio as an organisation that considers each and every aspect of the user’s interface with its products and services – how could I not work with leadership that cares that much?’ Mr Whelan said. www.twaudio.de

NEWS: APPOINTMENTS

Ametek Ted White returns ESP to Focusrite Pro expands EMEA team EMEA: Ametek Electronic Systems Protection (ESP) has hired Jonathan Millbank to head up marketing and sales of the ESP and SurgeX brands for EMEA. In this role, he will be the dedicated overseas resource responsible for the continued development of the SurgeX brand internationally and responsible for the introduction of the ESP brand to the international market.

Jonathan Millbank ‘Due to SurgeX’ continued international growth, our team needed a dedicated resource to drive the business and we’re pleased to welcome Jonathan to the team,’ said Dave D’Agostino, director of sales ESP/SurgeX for Ametek ESP. ‘Jonathan will be

WORLD: Ted White has returned to Focusrite Pro as global marketing manager. He last worked for the manufacturer between 2012 and 2016 as a senior technical sales and product specialist for the RedNet range.

In his new role, Mr White will help grow the Focusrite Pro division, which was formed in 2017.

‘We welcome Ted back to the Focusrite team,’ said Rich Nevens, Focusrite Pro’s VP of global sales. ‘Considering Ted’s deep domain expertise with Focusrite and the RedNet product line, as well as his industry experience with other manufacturers, he will be in a great position to represent

the brand both internally and externally – communicating clearly the Focusrite brand and maintaining strong relations with key media partners, associated manufacturers and influential clients.’

In addition to his past experience at Focusrite, Mr White has spent time working for Harman International and Solid State Logic among other reputable pro audio brands, giving him a strong B2B marketing background. pro.focusrite.com

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The SQ-7

Allen & Heath’s SQ range reaches the lucky number The SQ-7 features the same FPGA engine as its SQ-5 and SQ-6 predecessors THE SQ-7 from Allen & Heath takes the same XCVI 96kHz FPGA engine found in its predecessors, the SQ-5 and SQ-6, while offering extended control and I/O with 33 faders, 32 onboard preamps, 16 custom soft keys and eight user-definable soft rotary controls. The new 48-channel console is fully compatible with a variety of remote I/O expanders, including the portable DX168 96kHz stageboxes.

Inputs and mixes can be individually assigned to the SQ-7’s 192 fader strips across six layers, while soft keys and rotary controls allow for workflow customisation. The scope for system integration and expansion, as well as FOH/monitor splits and recording, is further increased with the addition of Dante, Waves and SLink audio networking cards. Optional DEEP processing plug-ins, meanwhile, provide access to compressor and preamp emulations that can be embedded directly within all input and mix channels without adding system latency.

The SQ-7’s SQ-Drive functionality is designed to simplify the act of capturing high-resolution 96kHz stereo and multitrack recordings directly to a USB drive. The console can also be

connected to a PC or Mac via a USB to serve as a plug-and-play, Core Audio or ASIO compliant 32x32 audio inter face

with MIDI and DAW control capabilities.

A pair of independent, assignable automatic mic mixers can be combined as a single, 48-channel automatic mic mixer. The SQ-7 is also supported by an array of remote I/O expanders, audio networking cards and ME personal mixers, as well as mixing and personal monitoring apps.

Speaking of apps, the Audiotonix brand has also launched the SQ4You app for Android and iOS. Up to eight phones or tablets can be connected at the same time, offering level controls over four groups, a master level and mute.

Each group provides more in-depth control, such as individual channel metering, send levels and stereo pan.

The SQ4You app for Android and iOS

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AJA HDR Image Analyzer/IPR-10G-HDMI Alcons Audio VR5 Allen & Heath SQ-7/SQ4You Amadeus C Series Antelope Audio Verge/Edge mics ArKaos An-Ki Audinate Dante firmware 4.1 for Ultimo UXT Audio Precision APx500 update/APx v4.6 Audio-Technica ATW-T6002x/ATH-M60x Audix Allen & Heath ProFactory mic presets Avid S6L-48D/S6L-24C/S6L-16C/E6L-112/Stage 32 Avolites Titan V11 Biamp SageVue/Tesira EX-UBT Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Bose CSP-1248/CSP-428/ESP-1240/ESP-880 Boyoho Smart One Cadac CDC I/O 4016/CDC MC Optical-4 and Optical-1 Chauvet Strike P38/BTAir Christie DHD635-GS/DWU635-GS/FHD493-XE Clair Brothers 10Spot Claypaky Zac-Eye Clear-Com 800 Series/FreeSpeak II IP Transceiver Crest Audio Versarray Pro/Tactus.Control Crestron AirMedia 2.0/MPC3-201-B/XiO Cloud Danley Sound Labs OS-12CX DiGiCo DMI-AMM/S-Series V2.2/32-bit DAC DirectOut EARS/globcon for ExBox.MD disguise OmniCal/Solo/HDMI 2.0 VFC card EAW UX Series/RSX212L/RSX18F/Resolution 2.5 Elation Seven Batten Series/Seven PAR IP Series Electro-Voice EVC series EM Acoustics EMS-41 ETC ColorSource Pearl/Irideon WLZ/Element 2 Fane Pro Audio Nüwa/SA series/SV-6 FBT Shadow series updates/Vaie 7500 series Focusrite RedNet X2P/Red 16Line Genelec 7050C High End Systems SolaFrame Theatre/SolaFrame 750 Hitachi CU-HD1300F-S1/SK-UHD4000 HK Audio Contour X Ikegami HDK-73/UHK-430 JBL VTX A8 and B18 Kramer Network 2.0/Maestro V1.5/VS-88UT/VS-622DT Lavoce MAN062.00/WAF123.02/SAF214.50 Lawo smartDASH/smartSCOPE/vm_dmv64-4 Lectrosonics PDR V2.0 Litepanels Gemini upgrade LSC Lighting Unity/DIN-Rail Magewell Ultra Stream HDMI Martin Audio TH Series/V.Series Meyer Sound UP-4slim/Precision Toolset additions Middle Atlantic L7 Series/FlexView IFPs NewTek LiveGraphics/Viz Mosart NUGEN Audio SigMod Outline Superfly/Newton v0.76/Dashboard v1.6 Panasonic AW-HE38 Peavey MDM32/nTouch 380HD/Elements C update Picturall (Analog Way) Software V2.4.0 Powersoft M-Force 301P01/M-Force 01 and 02 PR Lighting Aqua 480 and 350 BWS QSC Premium Business Music Solutions/MP-M Series RCF HD 15-A/HD 35-A/HDP 45-A/E Max series Robe Tarrantula Røde SoundField by Røde NT-SF1 Roe Visual Europe Diamond 2.6 (DM2.6)/Vanish 18 Roland V-60HD version 1.1 Ross Video OGX/Carbonite Mosaic Sennheiser Essential series/ew 500-p system Shure MXCW and MXC/Designer 3.1 Signum Audio Bute Loudness Suite Solid State Logic L100/Remote Tile V4.7/Native v6 Sony BRC-X1000/BRC-H800/Vision Exchange V1.1 Soundcraft Notepad 1.09/Ui24R 2.0 SoundTube OS-440/LA830i Sovico PLA-65/PLA115S/S-series/D-series/DNL-15P Studer Vista 5 Black Edition Symetrix Visionary Solutions combines Dante with Composer DSP TASCAM BO-series/202mkVII Tasker Fluo series Telestream Lightspeed Live Stream/Vantage v7.1 TSL FlashBoard/TallyMan Virtual Panel V1.3 TVU Networks TVU Producer Pro Universal Audio Neve Preamp plug-in/UAD-2 Live Rack Vaddio DocCAM 20 HDBT/OneLINK Codec Kits Vue Audiotechnik hm-115 Waves Bass Slapper/Brauer Motion/PRS SuperModels Williams AV Pointmaker Presenter Work Pro LS-Wing/LS-Nodes/WNS-8P WyreStorm EX-SW-0301-H2/EX-SW-0401-H2-PRO Yamaha CXS-XLF series/CZR series/SWR2311P-10G

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New flagship point source from HK HK AUDIO’S newest line of flagship point source speakers is seeking to push the performance boundaries of compact cabinets by employing high-performance woofers claiming to offer an ‘impressive’ bass response. The Contour X series includes the 8-inch CX 8, 12-inch CX 12 and 15-inch CX 15, offering 1,200W, 2,000W and 2,4000W of peak power handling, respectively. The CX 8 also promises a frequency response from 76Hz to 19kHz,

which extends at the low end down to 79Hz for the CX 15.

The cabinets have been engineered for life on the road and, as such, include a hard-wearing PU exterior finish and a solid birch multiplex construction. Additional features include rotatable horns, four NL4 speakON ports with Pin Assignment switches, two different monitor angles, and various rigging and mounting options. Ready-to-go tuning is

described as another ‘no-muss, no-fuss’ time-saving feature.

The German manufacturer has also debuted the first component in its new Cosmo line array system – a family intended to provide measurably higher SPL in the HF range while requiring fewer components to cover FOH requirements for most users. For an in-depth look at the Cosmo’s R&D procedure, turn to page 88. www.hkaudio.com

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Full Full power, power, compact compact size size ELECTRO-VOICE HAS debuted ELECTRO-VOICE HAS debuted a new 5-member family of a new 5-member family of loudspeakers for installation in loudspeakers for installation in small- and medium-sized venues. small- and medium-sized venues.

The EVC series includes three The EVC series includes three (8-inch, 12-inch and 15-inch) (8-inch, 12-inch and 15-inch) 2-way trapezoidal models that 2-way trapezoidal models that can be used in a wide variety can be used in a wide variety of applications where wide of applications where wide bandwidth, vertical and horizontal bandwidth, vertical and horizontal directivity control and high directivity control and high efficiency are required in a small efficiency are required in a small enclosure package. Two coverage enclosure package. Two coverage patterns are available for each patterns are available for each size, while their waveguides are size, while their waveguides are rotatable. rotatable.

The 12-inch speaker also has a The 12-inch speaker also has a Variable Intensity (EVC-1122/VI) Variable Intensity (EVC-1122/VI)

model that includes a 12-inch, model that includes a 12-inch, 2-way design with a unique 2-way design with a unique compound waveguide. The compound waveguide. The manufacturer describes manufacturer describes this as being able to this as being able to ‘evenly cover a defined ‘evenly cover a defined rectangular audience area rectangular audience area with almost no variation in with almost no variation in sound quality and minimal sound quality and minimal change in level’. An 18-inch change in level’. An 18-inch subwoofer completes the line-up subwoofer completes the line-up for use with any of the full-range for use with any of the full-range systems. systems.

While all five cabinets are While all five cabinets are covered with EV’s ‘super-durable’ covered with EV’s ‘super-durable’ EV Coat in either black or white, EV Coat in either black or white, weather-resistant PI versions are weather-resistant PI versions are also available that have stainless also available that have stainless

steel grilles, hydrophobic cloth steel grilles, hydrophobic cloth and a dual gland nut cover for and a dual gland nut cover for the input panel. Installation is the input panel. Installation is via the multiple M10 suspension via the multiple M10 suspension points or attachment points for an points or attachment points for an optional U-bracket or OmniMountoptional U-bracket or OmniMountstyle pan/tilt wall mount. style pan/tilt wall mount.

Far Far from from the the end end of of D-Line D-Line for for RCF RCF INSPIRED DIRECTLY by INSPIRED DIRECTLY by the pedigree of its portable the pedigree of its portable and TT+ touring products, and TT+ touring products, RCF has created three new RCF has created three new speaker systems as part of speaker systems as part of the manufacturer’s D-Line HD the manufacturer’s D-Line HD composite series. Both the composite series. Both the HD 15-A and HD 35-A models HD 15-A and HD 35-A models incorporate 15-inch LF woofers incorporate 15-inch LF woofers with HF compression drivers with HF compression drivers together with Class-D amplifiers together with Class-D amplifiers delivering 700W and 1,000W delivering 700W and 1,000W RMS power, respectively.

RMS power, respectively.

Combining a 15-inch neodymium Combining a 15-inch neodymium woofer with a 4-inch voice coil woofer with a 4-inch voice coil neodymium compression driver, neodymium compression driver, the HDP 45-A point source the HDP 45-A point source speaker is capable of producing speaker is capable of producing an SPL of 133dB. Further an SPL of 133dB. Further equipped with the same 1,100W equipped with the same 1,100W RMS amplifier that is integrated RMS amplifier that is integrated within the TT 25-A, the HDP 45-A within the TT 25-A, the HDP 45-A can also be connected to the can also be connected to the

HD 15-A HD 15-A RDNet network management.

RDNet network management.

DSP parameters for all three DSP parameters for all three models include crossover, models include crossover, equalisation, FiRPHASE equalisation, FiRPHASE processing, soft limiting and processing, soft limiting and speaker protection. speaker protection.

In addition, the Italian In addition, the Italian manufacturer has also manufacturer has also unveiled the E Max series of unveiled the E Max series of 2-way speakers for delivering 2-way speakers for delivering foreground audio in nearfield foreground audio in nearfield or short-throw applications. or short-throw applications.

Equipped with a 10-inch woofer Equipped with a 10-inch woofer and 1-inch compression driver, and 1-inch compression driver, the E Max 3110 is a 300W-rated the E Max 3110 is a 300W-rated speaker capable of delivering speaker capable of delivering 128dB maximum SPL within a 128dB maximum SPL within a 60Hz to 20kHz frequency range.

60Hz to 20kHz frequency range.

The 12-inch E Max 3112 speaker The 12-inch E Max 3112 speaker can deliver a maximum SPL of can deliver a maximum SPL of 129dB over a frequency range of 129dB over a frequency range of 55Hz to 20kHz with a total power 55Hz to 20kHz with a total power handling of 350W. Both models handling of 350W. Both models are equipped with 90° x 70° are equipped with 90° x 70° rotatable horns and are housed rotatable horns and are housed in birch plywood cabinets coated in birch plywood cabinets coated with black textured epoxy. with black textured epoxy. www.rcf.it www.rcf.it

Nüwa Nüwa extends extends its its appeal appeal beyond beyond KTV KTV AVAILABLE IN 10-, 12- and AVAILABLE IN 10-, 12- and 15-inch versions, Fane Pro 15-inch versions, Fane Pro Audio’s Nüwa series of 2-way, Audio’s Nüwa series of 2-way, passive loudspeakers has been passive loudspeakers has been designed and optimised for vocal designed and optimised for vocal reproduction in KTV and live reproduction in KTV and live music venues. Constructed from music venues. Constructed from 15mm void-free birch plywood, 15mm void-free birch plywood, the Nüwa-10 incorporates a 10the Nüwa-10 incorporates a 10inch woofer and a 1-inch titanium inch woofer and a 1-inch titanium diaphragm HF compression driver diaphragm HF compression driver mounted to an elliptic 80° x 60° mounted to an elliptic 80° x 60° low-resonance fibre glass horn. low-resonance fibre glass horn.

The 300W RMS-rated speaker is The 300W RMS-rated speaker is assembled with tongue-and-groove assembled with tongue-and-groove joints and finished in a proprietary joints and finished in a proprietary StoneTex scratch-resistant black StoneTex scratch-resistant black

paint. Flexibility has been enhanced paint. Flexibility has been enhanced with the addition of two Neutrik with the addition of two Neutrik speakON NL4 connectors, mounting speakON NL4 connectors, mounting points with internal metal brackets points with internal metal brackets and a 35mm pole mount adapter. and a 35mm pole mount adapter.

While the Nüwa-10 can output up While the Nüwa-10 can output up to 120dB continuous SPL, the to 120dB continuous SPL, the 12- (300W) and 15-inch (600W) 12- (300W) and 15-inch (600W) versions can produce 122dB and versions can produce 122dB and 126dB SPL, respectively.

126dB SPL, respectively.

Celebrating its 60th anniversary Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the UK developer has this year, the UK developer has also launched the SA series of also launched the SA series of loudspeaker systems. Comprising loudspeaker systems. Comprising 10- and 12-inch passive 2-way 10- and 12-inch passive 2-way models, the SA series has also models, the SA series has also been optimised for vocal sound been optimised for vocal sound

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The Nüwa series The Nüwa series reinforcement in smaller venues. reinforcement in smaller venues.

Featuring customised Fane 10Featuring customised Fane 10and 12-inch woofers with a 1-inch and 12-inch woofers with a 1-inch polymer diaphragm compression polymer diaphragm compression driver mounted to an elliptic driver mounted to an elliptic 80° x 60° low-resonance horn, 80° x 60° low-resonance horn,

For 70V/100V operation, the For 70V/100V operation, the input panel has an internal input panel has an internal landing pad for mounting the landing pad for mounting the manufacturer’s TK150 audio manufacturer’s TK150 audio transformer which, when transformer which, when installed, engages EV’s Automatic installed, engages EV’s Automatic Saturation Compensation (ASC) Saturation Compensation (ASC)

and aims to preserve lowand aims to preserve lowfrequency performance while frequency performance while presenting a stable load to the presenting a stable load to the amplifier. amplifier. www.electrovoice.com www.electrovoice.com

Mini Mini and and versatile versatile ALCONS AUDIO’S VR5 is described ALCONS AUDIO’S VR5 is described by the manufacturer as a 2-way mini by the manufacturer as a 2-way mini versatile loudspeaker designed for versatile loudspeaker designed for nearfield applications requiring wide nearfield applications requiring wide horizontal and vertical coverage. horizontal and vertical coverage.

It is also the first pro audio It is also the first pro audio system to feature Alcons’ patentsystem to feature Alcons’ patentpending waveguide technology. pending waveguide technology.

The ‘revolvable’ waveguide is what The ‘revolvable’ waveguide is what allows for 90° horizontal and 60° allows for 90° horizontal and 60° vertical dispersion. vertical dispersion.

The Dutch manufacturer has built The Dutch manufacturer has built the VR5 for both portable and the VR5 for both portable and permanent applications, claiming permanent applications, claiming that the compact cabinet ‘brings that the compact cabinet ‘brings the typical clear, dynamic and the typical clear, dynamic and ultra-low distortion Alcons signature ultra-low distortion Alcons signature sound of the larger systems’. Inside sound of the larger systems’. Inside the cabinet, which is of asymmetric the cabinet, which is of asymmetric multi-angle design, is an RBN202 multi-angle design, is an RBN202 pro-ribbon driver for HF and a pro-ribbon driver for HF and a 5-inch mid-bass driver to offer LF 5-inch mid-bass driver to offer LF reinforcement. The HF section has reinforcement. The HF section has a peak power input of 400W for a a peak power input of 400W for a

the SA series speakers provide the SA series speakers provide effective vocal projection across effective vocal projection across their 50Hz to 18kHz bandwidths. their 50Hz to 18kHz bandwidths.

Like the Nüwa series, both Like the Nüwa series, both cabinets are finished in StoneTex cabinets are finished in StoneTex scratch-resistant black paint and scratch-resistant black paint and are equipped with twin Neutrik are equipped with twin Neutrik speakON NL4 connectors, speakON NL4 connectors,

1:16 dynamic range. The pro-ribbon 1:16 dynamic range. The pro-ribbon transducer technology, meanwhile, transducer technology, meanwhile, provides the VR5 with a fully linear provides the VR5 with a fully linear response at any SPL, which is response at any SPL, which is said to deliver a 1:1 input/output said to deliver a 1:1 input/output performance. performance.

In addition to its asymmetric, In addition to its asymmetric, angular build, the VR5 also angular build, the VR5 also promises to keep a low profile with promises to keep a low profile with ACO colour options and features ACO colour options and features five M10 mounting points to enable five M10 mounting points to enable swivel bracket, shoulder eye bolt or swivel bracket, shoulder eye bolt or mic-stand deployment. mic-stand deployment. www.alconsaudio.com www.alconsaudio.com

mounting points with internal metal mounting points with internal metal brackets and 35mm pole mount brackets and 35mm pole mount adapters. adapters.

Suitable for both portable and Suitable for both portable and fixed installation applications, fixed installation applications, the SV-6 is a passive 6-inch the SV-6 is a passive 6-inch loudspeaker. Weighing 7.1kg and loudspeaker. Weighing 7.1kg and measuring 320mm x 210mm x measuring 320mm x 210mm x 230mm, the compact 150W-rated 230mm, the compact 150W-rated 2-way speaker operates within a 2-way speaker operates within a 70Hz to 19kHz frequency range 70Hz to 19kHz frequency range and is capable of producing and is capable of producing 91dB continuous SPL output. The 91dB continuous SPL output. The smallest model to be added to the smallest model to be added to the SV family, the SV-6 incorporates SV family, the SV-6 incorporates a 6.5-inch diameter neodymium a 6.5-inch diameter neodymium transducer and a 1-inch titanium transducer and a 1-inch titanium diaphragm compression driver diaphragm compression driver coupled to an 80° x 60° lowcoupled to an 80° x 60° lowresonance horn. resonance horn. www.faneproaudio.com www.faneproaudio.com

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3 and 4 of the building, Vichai set off to build a network receive video over the IP network and a Panasonic PT-EW650 with Biamp TesiraForté AVB AI digital audio servers at its LCD projector, with two also offering an interactive fingerheart, with one placed in either of the two control rooms on touch Epson EB-1450Ui projector. In addition to dedicated Levels 3 and 4, where most activity takes place. ‘We have projection screens integrated in the walls, motorised window two networks in use,’ explains Sompong Keskaew, SLOTTING sales blinds as projection screens. software is also BETWEEN via SystemVue stage monitoring systems. acoustic system withdouble rackmount executive of Vichai Trading, ‘one exclusively for audiothe over IP, In each room, audio isincluded. dispersedThe viamonitor ceiling-mounted Tannoy hm-112 and is enclosed The hm-115 incorporates a V4 Systems Engine reportedly while for video over IP and all control data including lighting, AMSconfigured 5ICTs and/or CMSin503ICT BMs,birch whileplyone of the hm-212 in both low-profile hardwood neodymium HF compression provides specially we’re sharing the venue’s LAN.’ screens is framed 30 column arrays with output and physical and isVLS finished in a 12-layer Dura-lowdriver with a 4-inch voice coil DSP and ‘massive power output by Tannoy support size, the hm-115 is Coat coating. VSX 12.2 subwoofers. and a Truextent beryllium for a quick setend up and zerofrom two ceiling-mounted Apart from the Full central server, each room offers practically the latest addition to Vue’s diaphragm for high-frequency performance compromises’.

Level 2 all other of feedingwww.vueaudio.com content into its system in a BYOD hm-Class series of high-definition ouput. The integrated electronetwork monitoring andways control The SEAC experience begins with a café-style space named (bring your own device) fashion. Audio-Technica AT724RXMK2 The Hub. Ideal for meet-and-greet and social events for up infrared microphone systems are on hand too, chosen to to 30, The Hub is connected to the control room on the floor avoid interference with a nearby radio station. ‘Aside from The Hub provides café-style space for meet and greets, above, and equipped for brainstorming and presentations, larger gatherings where it’s required, around half of the socialising or brainstorming sessions with three 40- to 50-inch Samsung LED displays and two Tannoy AMS 5ICT loudspeakers suspended from the ceiling and powered by created a QSC CX302 amplifier.

An for ultra-short-throw YAMAHA HAS two new microphones that reportedly (50° the CZR15; 90° x 60° for Epson can serve as an interactive whiteboard seriesEB-1450Ui of loudspeakers designed deliver full-duplex conversation the CZR12 and CZR10) to offer and is used theand building. flexibility for horizontal or vertical for both livethroughout performance without sound dropouts, even ‘We use traditional whiteboards as well, but normally installed environments. when multiple people are mounting.

In passive mode, the people get bored at some point,’ says CZR15 Mr Cordes.

‘I like the The CXS-XLF series can extend speaking at once. The YVC-200 and CZR12 have a power idea you can use your finger, the screen in half, downthat to 29Hz. Comprising the split rating can connect to a PC, smartphone of 800W, with a peak SPL of share content wirelessly. many people it’s and “the128dB, next respectively.

CXS18-XLF (18-inch) andFor CXS15or tablet, while the rechargeable 129dB level”, and that’s what we want.’

XLF (15-inch) units (which have battery provides up to 10 hours of The CZR10 has a power rating of respective peak SPLs of 133dB operation.

700W, with a peak SPL of 126dB. SWR2311P-10G and 131dB), Finally, the manufacturer has Launched alongside the new Level 3 multiple CXS-XLF subwoofers can be used in added two audio interface cards VXL1-16P (see the July/August Passing reception counter, stairs or aissue lift provide access cardioidamode for enhanced for the Rivage PM digital mixing for further details), the be made on the VXL1-16P via neighbouring devices. Featuring torear Level 3, rejection dubbed the & Leadership. bass andCenter front for Innovation system: the HY144-D-SRC and the SWR2311P-10G is an L2 switch LLDP, which passes system eight PoE-compliant LAN ports Aprojection, demonstration areathe hosts exhibits representing provided processor HY128-MD. The former supports that allowsSEAC’s Dante settings to management data between and two combo LAN/SFP ports, current via two Panasonic projectors, has theprogramme necessary themes dedicated 144 inputs and 144 outputs the SWR2311P-10G can supply Seminar room setup with projection; sound absorptive materialofuseful glass panels as drawing It boards while small café connects with The Market, a space for DSP a settings.

They both include via Dante audio networking. a maximum 30W for PoEpinned for notes and break times and catering. areas are equipped with a 35mm pole socket and Both an M20 provides onboard sample rate all ports simultaneously. An displays electronic signagea and presenters prefer using conversion microphones,’ Mr Cordes. threadedforsocket to support full- video content, while for states when devices optional RK-SWR rackmount ceiling-mounted typically two, can sample be combined by range cabinet. Tannoy AMS 5ICTs and CMS 503ICT BMs running at different accessory canAdjacent be usedseminar to installrooms, provide audio.

Thefeatures Market incorporates seven Techno removing dividing walls, a to maximum three-in-one The CZR series three ratesand need be interconnected. the SWR2311P-10G in athe 19-inch Booths, small meeting cubicles with a wall-mounted dubbed can host gatherings with 2-way models: the CZR15 (15-inch The latter is a larger 128-in/128-out rack, while thespace WK-SWR wall Event Center Samsung 43-inch display, and four SoundTube FP6030-II up tocan fivebeprojectors simultaneously. cone), CZR12 (12-inch cone) card that supports the MADI mount accessory used to available loudspeakers poweredcone).

by SA202-RDT mini amplifiers. As with 3 is also home to SEAC’s offices.

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It can be used to mount the unit Level on a wall, ceiling everywhere else in the facility, video content can be sent to sets of displays and loudspeakers, staff can into the models incorporate transducers convert the output of atap Rivage or other sur face. individual screens and audio routed to the zones where it’s and receive sendsystem A/V feeds as well. with die-cast aluminium frames PM10 to MADI, for Turning to thenetwork conference sector, and needed.

The nerve centre of Levels 2 and 3 to is an a control room and a 3-inch voice coil, combined transmission OB truck or to Yamaha has debuted its YVCFive ameeting roomsmagnet for fourtotoadd 10 people, equipped with a installed with PreSonusconnect SLCS18AI SLRM16AImixing EU with neodymium to aand MADI-based 200 portable USB + Bluetooth 43-inch Samsung can be used individually, though flanked

by Tannoy Reveal 502 monitors and video punch to the bassdisplay, frequencies. console. speakerphonemixers for mobile workers. folding walls allow some to be combined. connected to racks holding the Biamp TesiraForté They also feature a rotatable The device fitsdisplays in the palm of Seven rooms on Level are dedicated to seminars. Each of Mobile video cart with 65-inch display on motorised, AVB AI features and Tesira EX-IN/EX-OUT next to network switches. constant directivity horn3 design the user’s hand and www.yamahaproaudio.com CXS18-XLF height-adjustable mount these rooms is equipped with AMX NMX-DEC-N1222 units to All loudspeakers across Level 3 receive signals from QSC

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Horizontal and vertical coverage DESIGNED TO complement the DESIGNED TO complement the styling of its CDD and BlacklineX styling of its CDD and BlacklineX Series, Martin Audio has released Series, Martin Audio has released its TH Series comprising two its TH Series comprising two high-performance, all-horn, 3-way high-performance, all-horn, 3-way systems. THH is configured in a systems. THH is configured in a horizontal format while THV is its horizontal format while THV is its vertical counterpart. The driver vertical counterpart. The driver complement in both systems has complement in both systems has been engineered for ‘exemplary’ been engineered for ‘exemplary’ performance in all bands. The performance in all bands. The Hybrid LF section comprises a hornHybrid LF section comprises a hornloaded 15-inch/4-inch voice coil loaded 15-inch/4-inch voice coil driver that is reflex loaded to extend driver that is reflex loaded to extend the LF output to below the natural the LF output to below the natural horn cut-off point. The LF driver horn cut-off point. The LF driver features a water-resistant cone and features a water-resistant cone and triple roll surround for increased triple roll surround for increased excursion. excursion.

The mid-horn has a phase-ball The mid-horn has a phase-ball loading device that maintains the loading device that maintains the constant directivity characteristics constant directivity characteristics of the horn at the upper end of of the horn at the upper end of its range. It is driven by a 10-inch its range. It is driven by a 10-inch midrange driver with an aluminium midrange driver with an aluminium demodulating ring. The 70° x 40° demodulating ring. The 70° x 40° HF section features a neodymium HF section features a neodymium 1-inch exit compression driver with 1-inch exit compression driver with a Kapton diaphragm. The internal a Kapton diaphragm. The internal mid/high passive crossover allows mid/high passive crossover allows these 3-way systems to be driven in these 3-way systems to be driven in a biamp configuration. The Martin a biamp configuration. The Martin

TH Series TH Series Audio iK42 is the recommended Audio iK42 is the recommended amplifier partner, while the amplifier partner, while the DX range of controllers is also DX range of controllers is also compatible. compatible.

Elsewhere, the manufacturer Elsewhere, the manufacturer has announced the arrival of its has announced the arrival of its

Danley goes wide outdoors DANLEY SOUND Labs has DANLEY SOUND Labs has expanded its outdoor range with expanded its outdoor range with a wide coverage option. The a wide coverage option. The OS-12CX offers a 90° coverage OS-12CX offers a 90° coverage pattern and is aimed at smallpattern and is aimed at smalland mid-sized sports venues, and mid-sized sports venues, water parks and cruise ships, water parks and cruise ships, as well as for larger distributed as well as for larger distributed outdoor installations or as a fill outdoor installations or as a fill for end-fired systems. for end-fired systems.

The speaker itself offers a The speaker itself offers a frequency response that is frequency response that is reportedly ±3dB from 69Hz reportedly ±3dB from 69Hz to 21.7kHz using a single to 21.7kHz using a single 12-inch coaxial driver. It is 12-inch coaxial driver. It is rated at 400W continuous rated at 400W continuous and 1,600W peak, and is and 1,600W peak, and is capable of delivering 121dB capable of delivering 121dB SPL continuous and 127dB SPL SPL continuous and 127dB SPL peak. As with its weatherised peak. As with its weatherised siblings, the OS-12CX uses siblings, the OS-12CX uses the manufacturer’s Synergy the manufacturer’s Synergy crossover design, Sentinel crossover design, Sentinel limiter protection circuitry limiter protection circuitry and stainless steel mounting and stainless steel mounting hardware. It measures 760mm hardware. It measures 760mm (H) x 260mm (W) x 280mm (D) (H) x 260mm (W) x 280mm (D) and weighs 18kg. and weighs 18kg.

V.Series, designed specifically for V.Series, designed specifically for the KTV market and bars in Asia. the KTV market and bars in Asia.

The passive 2-way V.10, V.12 and The passive 2-way V.10, V.12 and V.15 are full-range loudspeakers V.15 are full-range loudspeakers for small- and medium-sized for small- and medium-sized entertainment installations. Each entertainment installations. Each

enclosure features a userenclosure features a userrotatable horn for vertical rotatable horn for vertical or horizontal orientation, and or horizontal orientation, and multiple M8 threaded inserts for multiple M8 threaded inserts for ease of installation. The trapezoid ease of installation. The trapezoid enclosures are braced internally enclosures are braced internally to reduce panel resonance and to reduce panel resonance and improve sonic performance, and improve sonic performance, and are finished in a textured black are finished in a textured black paint, with drivers protected by a paint, with drivers protected by a perforated steel grille. perforated steel grille. www.martin-audio.com www.martin-audio.com

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FBT heads for the exit THE ALL-WEATHER characteristics THE ALL-WEATHER characteristics of FBT’s Shadow series have of FBT’s Shadow series have been further engineered for use been further engineered for use in emergency and evacuation in emergency and evacuation applications. The cabinets now applications. The cabinets now offer full EN54-24 certification offer full EN54-24 certification as well as a new roto-moulded as well as a new roto-moulded enclosure in polypropylene with 5VB enclosure in polypropylene with 5VB flame resistance classification. flame resistance classification.

Originally launched to provide Originally launched to provide IP55-rated water and particle IP55-rated water and particle resistance in both point source and resistance in both point source and line array formats, the upgraded line array formats, the upgraded range can now be customised range can now be customised for weather-resistant sound for weather-resistant sound reinforcement and voice alarm/ reinforcement and voice alarm/ evacuation functions. Equipped with evacuation functions. Equipped with ceramic terminal blocks, thermal ceramic terminal blocks, thermal fuses and flame-retardant cabling fuses and flame-retardant cabling adhering to EN50200 standards, adhering to EN50200 standards, the Shadow enclosures have been the Shadow enclosures have been designed to operate during a fire. designed to operate during a fire.

Upgraded models include the Upgraded models include the 5-inch Shadow 105T that provides 5-inch Shadow 105T that provides

100° x 70° dispersion and operates 100° x 70° dispersion and operates within a frequency response of within a frequency response of 100Hz to 18kHz. Displaying 90° 100Hz to 18kHz. Displaying 90° conical dispersion characteristics, conical dispersion characteristics, the 8-inch 108CT model operates the 8-inch 108CT model operates within a 94Hz to 20kHz frequency within a 94Hz to 20kHz frequency response. The multipurpose coax response. The multipurpose coax 112CT model comes with a 1-inch 112CT model comes with a 1-inch compression driver paired to compression driver paired to an HF horn offering 80° conical an HF horn offering 80° conical coverage within a 68Hz to 20kHz coverage within a 68Hz to 20kHz range. Designed for medium- and range. Designed for medium- and long-throw applications, the 112HC long-throw applications, the 112HC is another 12-inch coaxial horn is another 12-inch coaxial horn operating between 98Hz to 19kHz operating between 98Hz to 19kHz and providing 80° x 50° dispersion. and providing 80° x 50° dispersion.

An arrayable version is available An arrayable version is available in the form of the Shadow 142L in the form of the Shadow 142L that operates within a much tighter that operates within a much tighter 80° x 15° coverage. With the 80° x 15° coverage. With the exception of the 112HC and 142L exception of the 112HC and 142L models, all of the enclosures are models, all of the enclosures are equipped with a standard 100V equipped with a standard 100V line transformer. line transformer.

Shadow 108CT Shadow 108CT The Vaie 7500 is a range of wallThe Vaie 7500 is a range of wallmountable, mission critical voice mountable, mission critical voice evacuation systems for up to six evacuation systems for up to six zones. Comprising three models zones. Comprising three models ensuring compliance with EN 54ensuring compliance with EN 5416:2008/EN 54-4 standards, up 16:2008/EN 54-4 standards, up to six systems can be connected to six systems can be connected via a double redundant link to via a double redundant link to serve a maximum of 36 zones, serve a maximum of 36 zones, each with its own audio. Each each with its own audio. Each zone is driven by an individual zone is driven by an individual amplifier with a maximum limit amplifier with a maximum limit of 250W per single zone and an of 250W per single zone and an overall rated output of 500W freely overall rated output of 500W freely distributable among the zones. distributable among the zones.

Amadeus performs for Chaillot

AMADEUS HAS named its AMADEUS HAS named its C Series speaker systems as a C Series speaker systems as a tribute to the Théâtre National de tribute to the Théâtre National de Chaillot. The new high-definition Chaillot. The new high-definition series of point source speaker series of point source speaker systems was initially designed and systems was initially designed and

manufactured for the prestigious manufactured for the prestigious Paris-based theatre and launches Paris-based theatre and launches with two models: the C12, with two models: the C12, based on a 2-way point source based on a 2-way point source transducer featuring a 12-inch transducer featuring a 12-inch woofer and a 1.75-inch driver; woofer and a 1.75-inch driver;

and the C15, built around a 3-way and the C15, built around a 3-way point source transducer featuring point source transducer featuring a 15-inch woofer. a 15-inch woofer.

Both models feature a Both models feature a diffraction horn optimised for a diffraction horn optimised for a vertical dispersion of 60° and vertical dispersion of 60° and a horizontal dispersion of 90°. a horizontal dispersion of 90°.

These dispersions can also be These dispersions can also be inverted by rotating the system inverted by rotating the system 90°. The C15 also includes a 90°. The C15 also includes a pair of neodymium diaphragm pair of neodymium diaphragm compression HF drivers, which compression HF drivers, which are coaxially mounted with are coaxially mounted with a single acoustical output a single acoustical output and coupled to an individual and coupled to an individual waveguide. waveguide. www.amadeusaudio.fr www.amadeusaudio.fr

Hybrid theory CLAIR BROTHERS has combined CLAIR BROTHERS has combined its Curved Array Technology its Curved Array Technology together with its One Series together with its One Series coaxial horn technology to create coaxial horn technology to create the 10Spot hybrid loudspeaker. the 10Spot hybrid loudspeaker.

The US manufacturer describes The US manufacturer describes the result as ‘a unique form the result as ‘a unique form factor loudspeaker that occupies factor loudspeaker that occupies little visual space while covering little visual space while covering listening areas more coherently listening areas more coherently than your average conventional than your average conventional point sources’. point sources’.

The speaker’s coaxial horn The speaker’s coaxial horn arrangement reportedly provides arrangement reportedly provides constant curvature in the vertical constant curvature in the vertical plane with progressive divergence plane with progressive divergence in the horizontal plane, resulting in the horizontal plane, resulting in a directivity pattern of 90° at in a directivity pattern of 90° at the top and 135° at the bottom, the top and 135° at the bottom,

10Spot on display at PL+S 10Spot on display at PL+S across a 45° vertical coverage across a 45° vertical coverage angle. The 10-inch woofer as angle. The 10-inch woofer as well as the compression driver well as the compression driver both load into a combination both load into a combination of two overlaid horns. This of two overlaid horns. This reportedly solves the problem reportedly solves the problem of horn shadowing. The high-mid of horn shadowing. The high-mid frequencies of the 10-inch woofer frequencies of the 10-inch woofer join with the high-frequency horn join with the high-frequency horn as it extends towards the mouth. as it extends towards the mouth.

Low-frequency ports flank the Low-frequency ports flank the

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horn on both sides. 10Spot has horn on both sides. 10Spot has a frequency response of 90Hz to a frequency response of 90Hz to 20kHz and four integral mounting 20kHz and four integral mounting points. The manufacturer believes points. The manufacturer believes its form factor and dispersion its form factor and dispersion characteristics make the speaker characteristics make the speaker particularly well-suited for particularly well-suited for installation near ceiling-to-wall installation near ceiling-to-wall intersections. intersections. www.clairbrothers.com www.clairbrothers.com

The Vaie 7502 can divide 500W The Vaie 7502 can divide 500W between two zones, while the Vaie between two zones, while the Vaie 7504 will split 500W between up 7504 will split 500W between up to four zones and the Vaie 7506 to four zones and the Vaie 7506 will split 500W across a maximum will split 500W across a maximum of six zones. Up to seven of six zones. Up to seven controlled inputs for connection to controlled inputs for connection to a centralised fire-fighting system a centralised fire-fighting system can recall up to eight pre-recorded can recall up to eight pre-recorded messages (two emergency messages (two emergency messages for alert and evacuation messages for alert and evacuation and six that can be classified and six that can be classified as emergency, evacuation or as emergency, evacuation or broadcast). A single music broadcast). A single music input is also available, together input is also available, together

with three configurable relays with three configurable relays and an auxiliary configurable and an auxiliary configurable input. A handheld fireman’s input. A handheld fireman’s microphone is integrated into microphone is integrated into the design, although each Vaie the design, although each Vaie system can be set as the main system can be set as the main broadcasting microphone station broadcasting microphone station to which up to 16 microphone to which up to 16 microphone stations can be connected in stations can be connected in total. Front-panel control is total. Front-panel control is enhanced with a backlit 4.3-inch enhanced with a backlit 4.3-inch touchscreen. Programmable for touchscreen. Programmable for different authorisation levels, different authorisation levels, the touchscreen can be used for the touchscreen can be used for setting alerts and evacuation setting alerts and evacuation zones in addition to volume levels zones in addition to volume levels and system configuration settings. and system configuration settings.

A protected local button with A protected local button with dedicated LED puts the system dedicated LED puts the system into an emergency state, while a into an emergency state, while a dedicated button resets an active dedicated button resets an active alarm signal. alarm signal. www.fbt.it www.fbt.it

Meyer Sound slims down THE UP-4SLIM ‘ultra-compact’ THE UP-4SLIM ‘ultra-compact’ installation loudspeaker installation loudspeaker from Meyer Sound is the from Meyer Sound is the first cabinet made entirely first cabinet made entirely of aluminium to house the of aluminium to house the manufacturer’s IntelligentDC manufacturer’s IntelligentDC technology, developed to technology, developed to combine the sonic advantages combine the sonic advantages of self-powered loudspeakers of self-powered loudspeakers and the ease of installation and the ease of installation of low-voltage systems. It of low-voltage systems. It measures 404mm (H) x measures 404mm (H) x 109mm (W) x 145mm (D) 109mm (W) x 145mm (D) and weighs 5.9kg, with install and weighs 5.9kg, with install options including U-bracket, options including U-bracket, mounting yoke or pole mount. mounting yoke or pole mount.

A 3-way system comprising A 3-way system comprising a pair of 4-inch cone drivers, a pair of 4-inch cone drivers, a 1-inch metal dome tweeter, a 1-inch metal dome tweeter, a 3-channel amplifier and a 3-channel amplifier and dedicated signal processing, dedicated signal processing, UP-4slim has an operating UP-4slim has an operating frequency range from 65Hz to frequency range from 65Hz to 18kHz and has a peak acoustic 18kHz and has a peak acoustic SPL output of 110dB. The two SPL output of 110dB. The two cone drivers work at lower cone drivers work at lower frequencies, one rolling off in frequencies, one rolling off in the midrange to prevent combthe midrange to prevent combfiltering effects, while the highfiltering effects, while the highfrequency driver is mounted frequency driver is mounted on a conical waveguide for on a conical waveguide for a consistently wide 100° a consistently wide 100° dispersion pattern. The dispersion pattern. The 3-channel amplifier produces 3-channel amplifier produces 500W of output power.

500W of output power.

‘When sur face mounted, its ‘When sur face mounted, its understated appearance blends understated appearance blends discreetly with any room décor discreetly with any room décor and, where soffit mounting is and, where soffit mounting is preferred, it will slide into tight preferred, it will slide into tight spaces,’ noted Pablo Espinosa, spaces,’ noted Pablo Espinosa, Meyer Sound’s vice president Meyer Sound’s vice president of R&D. of R&D.

UP-4slim UP-4slim In other news, Meyer Sound In other news, Meyer Sound has added to its Precision has added to its Precision Toolset, which accompanies the Toolset, which accompanies the Leo line array family. The new Leo line array family. The new toolset enhances amplitude and toolset enhances amplitude and phase compatibility within the phase compatibility within the family and beam-steering arrays. family and beam-steering arrays.

The EQ Starting Points feature The EQ Starting Points feature allows the different models of allows the different models of speakers to power up with the speakers to power up with the same target frequency response same target frequency response curve, while Delay Integration curve, while Delay Integration performs the same function performs the same function in the phase domain, meaning in the phase domain, meaning users can bypass the task of users can bypass the task of phase response optimisation. phase response optimisation. www.meyersound.com www.meyersound.com

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Best choice for your business. Be it a congress, a summit or an important meeting: the new G4 300 Series uses the power of an increased switching bandwidth of up to 88 MHz. New frequency ranges allow to operate multi-channel setups with dozens of channels while securing reliable operation. Let your word make a difference with evolution wireless G4. www.sennheiser.com/g4

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Nion breaks into the Dante network THE INTRODUCTION of the THE INTRODUCTION of the MDM32 Dante network audio MDM32 Dante network audio module now allows MediaMatrix module now allows MediaMatrix Nion devices to interface with Nion devices to interface with the Dante network. Serving as the Dante network. Serving as a replacement for the Dante a replacement for the Dante DLM module, the CM format of DLM module, the CM format of the MDM32 also allows legacy the MDM32 also allows legacy CobraNet systems to be updated CobraNet systems to be updated to Dante systems. Previously to Dante systems. Previously existing CM1 and CM2 modules existing CM1 and CM2 modules in MediaMatrix Nion and in MediaMatrix Nion and CAB4n frames can CAB4n frames can now be replaced now be replaced with MDM32 with MDM32 Dante network Dante network modules. Compatible modules. Compatible with all MediaMatrix with all MediaMatrix Nion DSP devices as well Nion DSP devices as well as CAB4 configurable audio I/O as CAB4 configurable audio I/O bridges, the MDM32 supports bridges, the MDM32 supports 32x32 digital audio inputs and 32x32 digital audio inputs and outputs, while delivering ultra-low outputs, while delivering ultra-low latency Dante audio streaming latency Dante audio streaming over a Gigabit Ethernet network over a Gigabit Ethernet network with redundancy. with redundancy.

Staying with MediaMatrix, the Staying with MediaMatrix, the manufacturer has unveiled its manufacturer has unveiled its nTouch 380HD touchscreen nTouch 380HD touchscreen controller. Providing a 15.6controller. Providing a 15.6inch display, the 380HD can be inch display, the 380HD can be

mounted in a variety of locations, mounted in a variety of locations, while the GUI can reportedly while the GUI can reportedly support any control and systemsupport any control and systemwide monitoring requirement. wide monitoring requirement.

The controller is described as The controller is described as ‘an ideal solution where real-time ‘an ideal solution where real-time

MDM32 MDM32 equipment status monitoring and equipment status monitoring and control is required in medium, control is required in medium, large and enterprise systems’. large and enterprise systems’.

Peavey has also announced Peavey has also announced that the rating for its Elements that the rating for its Elements C Series weatherproof C Series weatherproof loudspeakers has been loudspeakers has been

upgraded from IP45 to upgraded from IP45 to IP56. The first digit refers to IP56. The first digit refers to protection against contact and protection against contact and ingress of small par ticles and ingress of small par ticles and foreign bodies. IP45 guarantees foreign bodies. IP45 guarantees protection against contact with protection against contact with live or moving par ts inside the live or moving par ts inside the enclosure by tools, wires or enclosure by tools, wires or other objects with a thickness other objects with a thickness greater than 1mm. An IP56 greater than 1mm. An IP56 rating signifies complete rating signifies complete protection against protection against contact with contact with live or moving live or moving par ts including par ts including protection against protection against harmful deposits harmful deposits of dust. The second of dust. The second digit refers to protection digit refers to protection against water. An IP45 rating against water. An IP45 rating guarantees that water projected guarantees that water projected by a nozzle against the by a nozzle against the enclosure from any direction enclosure from any direction shall not have a harmful shall not have a harmful effect, whereas IP56 takes effect, whereas IP56 takes things a step fur ther to include things a step fur ther to include protection against water from protection against water from heavy seas or projected from heavy seas or projected from jets. jets. www.peaveycommercialaudio.com www.peaveycommercialaudio.com

EMS series welcomes smallest sibling

EMS-41 EMS-41 THE EMS series from EM THE EMS series from EM Acoustics has undergone an Acoustics has undergone an expansion with a new ‘ultraexpansion with a new ‘ultracompact’ model. The EMS-41 is compact’ model. The EMS-41 is intended for nearfield monitoring intended for nearfield monitoring and background music use where and background music use where a small speaker is required and a small speaker is required and promises ‘intelligible’ audio promises ‘intelligible’ audio distribution over wide areas. distribution over wide areas.

The cabinet is of a passive, The cabinet is of a passive, coaxial design and boasts coaxial design and boasts a 4-inch LF transducer and a 4-inch LF transducer and coaxially mounted 0.85-inch HF coaxially mounted 0.85-inch HF

compression driver. The enclosure compression driver. The enclosure is an infinite baffle design with is an infinite baffle design with the manufacturer saying it has the manufacturer saying it has been designed to provide a much been designed to provide a much smoother LF roll-off and extended smoother LF roll-off and extended bass response than would be bass response than would be expected from an enclosure of this expected from an enclosure of this size. size.

The enclosure itself is The enclosure itself is constructed from 12mm and constructed from 12mm and 18mm multi-laminate Birch 18mm multi-laminate Birch plywood with curved, trapezoidal plywood with curved, trapezoidal sides. Three M8 threaded fixings sides. Three M8 threaded fixings are incorporated (one top, one are incorporated (one top, one bottom and one on the rear) for bottom and one on the rear) for attachment of rigging hardware attachment of rigging hardware and safeties. The EMS-41 includes and safeties. The EMS-41 includes a pair of Neutrik speakON NL4 a pair of Neutrik speakON NL4 connectors for input and enclosure connectors for input and enclosure link, as well as a pair of colourlink, as well as a pair of colourcoded push terminals for bare wire coded push terminals for bare wire connections. connections.

A perforated steel grille protects A perforated steel grille protects the drive units from damage the drive units from damage and can be removed for service and can be removed for service purposes. The enclosure is purposes. The enclosure is finished in black or white textured finished in black or white textured paint as standard, with RAL colourpaint as standard, with RAL colourmatching options also available. matching options also available. www.emacoustics.co.uk www.emacoustics.co.uk

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SoundTube gets smart outdoors UTAH-BASED SOUNDTUBE has UTAH-BASED SOUNDTUBE has released its OS-440 outdoor released its OS-440 outdoor smart amplifier. Featuring IP55 smart amplifier. Featuring IP55 certification, the weatherproof certification, the weatherproof amplifier comes with onboard amplifier comes with onboard Bluetooth functionality and Bluetooth functionality and Wi-Fi direct mode, allowing it to Wi-Fi direct mode, allowing it to wirelessly connect to an existing wirelessly connect to an existing network and function as a Google network and function as a Google Chromecast device in addition Chromecast device in addition to interfacing with DLNA servers to interfacing with DLNA servers to provide multi-zone control. to provide multi-zone control.

A source can be hard wired for A source can be hard wired for analogue and digital outputs, analogue and digital outputs, allowing it to interface with any allowing it to interface with any existing source or system. The OSexisting source or system. The OS440 boasts multi-zone control in 440 boasts multi-zone control in addition to audio control by pairing addition to audio control by pairing with an Amazon Alexa-enabled with an Amazon Alexa-enabled device. device.

Designed to create intelligible Designed to create intelligible audio in indoor applications, the audio in indoor applications, the LA830i column speaker features LA830i column speaker features eight 3-inch polypropylene eight 3-inch polypropylene

subwoofers and eight 1-inch subwoofers and eight 1-inch aluminum dome tweeters. aluminum dome tweeters.

Housed in an MDF enclosure Housed in an MDF enclosure with a plywood rear panel and with a plywood rear panel and a powder-coated steel grille, a powder-coated steel grille, the LA830i can be connected the LA830i can be connected from the Neutrik speakON input from the Neutrik speakON input jack. The LA830i offers longjack. The LA830i offers longthrow capabilities with a 120° throw capabilities with a 120° horizontal and 45° vertical horizontal and 45° vertical dispersion pattern. In addition, dispersion pattern. In addition, the column can be paired with a the column can be paired with a

EAW bolsters its systems credentials ADDING TO its existing UX range ADDING TO its existing UX range of DSP processors, EAW has of DSP processors, EAW has created a complete amplification created a complete amplification and processing solution aimed and processing solution aimed at installation and production at installation and production applications that utilise EAW applications that utilise EAW loudspeakers. The UX Series loudspeakers. The UX Series integrates the manufacturer’s integrates the manufacturer’s greybox technology and Resolution greybox technology and Resolution software and provides tools such as software and provides tools such as DynO and Focusing. The 4-channel DynO and Focusing. The 4-channel UXA4406 and UXA4410 amplifiers UXA4406 and UXA4410 amplifiers are joined by the 8-channel are joined by the 8-channel UXA4810 variant. Incorporating UXA4810 variant. Incorporating 48kHz DSP, the 4-channel models 48kHz DSP, the 4-channel models are capable of delivering up to are capable of delivering up to

The UX48, UXA4810 and UXA4410 The UX48, UXA4810 and UXA4410 2,500W, while the UXA4810 2,500W, while the UXA4810 provides 1,250W per channel. provides 1,250W per channel.

Each channel can be configured to Each channel can be configured to deliver its maximum power into 2Ω, deliver its maximum power into 2Ω, 4Ω or 8Ω nominal loads as well 4Ω or 8Ω nominal loads as well

as 25V, 70V and 100V constant as 25V, 70V and 100V constant voltage lines. Incorporating the voltage lines. Incorporating the latest analogue-to-digital converters latest analogue-to-digital converters and DSP technologies, the final and DSP technologies, the final component of the UX Series is the component of the UX Series is the

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120W transformer and 6-position 120W transformer and 6-position tap switches for 25.5V, 70.7V tap switches for 25.5V, 70.7V and 100V operation or coupled and 100V operation or coupled with the SW10p subwoofer for a with the SW10p subwoofer for a line array sub combo providing line array sub combo providing UX48 for processing four inputs and UX48 for processing four inputs and eight outputs that can be configured eight outputs that can be configured from a front panel user interface. from a front panel user interface.

Meanwhile, the US manufacturer Meanwhile, the US manufacturer has added the RSX212L line array has added the RSX212L line array module and RSX18F subwoofer module and RSX18F subwoofer to its Radius Series. Designed to its Radius Series. Designed for touring and permanent install for touring and permanent install applications, both products applications, both products incorporate EAW’s DynO and incorporate EAW’s DynO and Focusing technologies. The 2-way Focusing technologies. The 2-way RSX212L includes two 12-inch lowRSX212L includes two 12-inch lowfrequency drivers and two 1.7-inch frequency drivers and two 1.7-inch voice coil compression drivers. voice coil compression drivers.

The module also features 3-point The module also features 3-point rigging, a new flybar, caster pallet rigging, a new flybar, caster pallet and a cover designed for quick and a cover designed for quick deployment and pack down. The deployment and pack down. The RSX18F is a single 18-inch, flyable, RSX18F is a single 18-inch, flyable,

low-frequency response. A wall low-frequency response. A wall bracket, spike and female pole bracket, spike and female pole mount insert come as standard. mount insert come as standard. soundtube.mseaudio.com soundtube.mseaudio.com

low-frequency module that provides low-frequency module that provides automatic cardioid functionality, automatic cardioid functionality, in stacks of two or greater, via in stacks of two or greater, via EAW’s OptiLogic technology. The EAW’s OptiLogic technology. The subwoofer provides low-end support subwoofer provides low-end support for all full-range products in the for all full-range products in the Radius Series and can be flown Radius Series and can be flown with the companion RSX208L line with the companion RSX208L line array module via a new accessory array module via a new accessory adapter. adapter.

Finally, the company has updated Finally, the company has updated its Resolution 2 and EAWmosaic its Resolution 2 and EAWmosaic software. Users of Resolution 2.5 software. Users of Resolution 2.5 can now import external graphical can now import external graphical images as plan and section views images as plan and section views to aid the building of Resolution to aid the building of Resolution models from architectural drawings. models from architectural drawings. www.eaw.com www.eaw.com

…. and always up to date in theatre and live events!

With development of digital audio equipment moving at an ever faster pace, it has never been more important to keep up-to-date. Stage Tec has always paid close attention to the sustainability and value retention of its mixers. To this day every AURUS audio mixing console continues to benefit from practical up to the minute innovations.

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The recent software release for AURUS platinum and AURUS, for example: The new 3.1 multi-channel mode extends options for sound reinforcement – especially in theatres. A bypass function for each aux VCA facilitates rehearsals and workflow.

These and all the other functions packed into this new software release ensure that AURUS platinum and AURUS remain at the cutting edge.

Innovative. Sustainable. Stage Tec!

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Crest unveils its system credentials

Versarray Pro hang Versarray Pro hang

HAVING DISTINGUISHED itself HAVING DISTINGUISHED itself as an innovator of mixing as an innovator of mixing console and amplification console and amplification technology, Crest Audio has technology, Crest Audio has extended its reach into extended its reach into loudspeaker manufacture loudspeaker manufacture with the development of a with the development of a new powered line array. new powered line array.

Comprising the Versarray Comprising the Versarray Pro VR112 line array Pro VR112 line array element and the VR-Pro element and the VR-Pro 215 sub, Versarray Pro is 215 sub, Versarray Pro is designed for mid-sized line array designed for mid-sized line array applications. While the highapplications. While the highfrequency section of the VR112 frequency section of the VR112 is equipped with Mark III ribbon is equipped with Mark III ribbon drivers matched to a Clear Form drivers matched to a Clear Form Waveguide, the low end is served Waveguide, the low end is served

by a Black Widow neodymium by a Black Widow neodymium 12-inch woofer with dual 4-inch 12-inch woofer with dual 4-inch voice coils. The addition of a Ram voice coils. The addition of a Ram Air Cooling (RAC) design enhances Air Cooling (RAC) design enhances efficiency and power handling. efficiency and power handling.

Also benefitting from its RAC Also benefitting from its RAC design, the VR-Pro 215 subwoofer design, the VR-Pro 215 subwoofer incorporates dual 15-inch Black incorporates dual 15-inch Black Widow woofers for LF extension Widow woofers for LF extension down to 35Hz (±10dB) with a peak down to 35Hz (±10dB) with a peak SPL of 135dB. SPL of 135dB. While adjustable rigging comes While adjustable rigging comes in the form of an integrated rear in the form of an integrated rear 3-pin system, the incorporation of 3-pin system, the incorporation of FlyQWIK hardware ensures that FlyQWIK hardware ensures that the system can be quickly and the system can be quickly and accurately deployed. In addition, accurately deployed. In addition, Auto-Hang DSP technology provides Auto-Hang DSP technology provides

1-push button control for simple 1-push button control for simple adjustment according to the adjustment according to the number of cabinets in the array number of cabinets in the array and speaker positioning. As an and speaker positioning. As an active system with onboard DSP active system with onboard DSP processing including FIR filtering, processing including FIR filtering, parameters can either be accessed parameters can either be accessed from the rear panel or remotely from the rear panel or remotely via the dedicated Window-based via the dedicated Window-based software utility. Furthermore, software utility. Furthermore, connection via a single Cat-5 or connection via a single Cat-5 or Cat-6 cable provides Dante audio Cat-6 cable provides Dante audio network control. network control.

Following on from the launch Following on from the launch of the Tactus digital mixing of the Tactus digital mixing system, Crest has now developed system, Crest has now developed Tactus.Control as a physical Tactus.Control as a physical mixing interface. Developed in mixing interface. Developed in

conjunction with Waves, the conjunction with Waves, the Tactus system comprises the Tactus system comprises the Tactus.FOH audio processing Tactus.FOH audio processing core, the Tactus.Stage 32-in/16core, the Tactus.Stage 32-in/16out remote stage box and a out remote stage box and a Tactus.Control tactile motorised Tactus.Control tactile motorised fader board serving as a physical fader board serving as a physical extension of the Waves eMotion extension of the Waves eMotion LV1 touchscreen mixer. Equipped LV1 touchscreen mixer. Equipped with 16 motorised input faders, with 16 motorised input faders, two masters and other control two masters and other control options, up to two control options, up to two control surfaces can be connected via surfaces can be connected via USB to a Windows PC or Mac USB to a Windows PC or Mac running the Waves eMotion LV1 running the Waves eMotion LV1 mixer application. mixer application. www.peaveycommercialaudio.com www.peaveycommercialaudio.com

JBL brings VTX to smaller audiences SMALLER VENUES and events SMALLER VENUES and events will be able to make use of JBL will be able to make use of JBL Professional’s VTX series line array Professional’s VTX series line array as a result of two new additions as a result of two new additions to the portfolio: the new VTX A8 to the portfolio: the new VTX A8 dual 8-inch line array loudspeaker dual 8-inch line array loudspeaker and companion B18 single 18-inch and companion B18 single 18-inch subwoofer. subwoofer.

The VTX A8 combines JBL The VTX A8 combines JBL transducers that have been transducers that have been engineered to integrate more engineered to integrate more drivers into a smaller and lighter drivers into a smaller and lighter box with the manufacturer’s box with the manufacturer’s latest generation of highlatest generation of highfrequency waveguides to provide frequency waveguides to provide ‘performance, efficiency’ and 110° ‘performance, efficiency’ and 110° of horizontal coverage. of horizontal coverage.

Its 8-inch neodymium LF woofer Its 8-inch neodymium LF woofer is based around JBL’s fourthis based around JBL’s fourthgeneration Differential Drive generation Differential Drive

technology and features a dualtechnology and features a dualvoice coil/dual-gap configuration voice coil/dual-gap configuration that is said to maximise excursion, that is said to maximise excursion, power handling and sensitivity. The power handling and sensitivity. The midrange drivers are integrated midrange drivers are integrated into JBL’s Radiation Boundary into JBL’s Radiation Boundary Integrator, while the cabinet also Integrator, while the cabinet also features two instances of the features two instances of the 2423K 2-inch compression driver 2423K 2-inch compression driver found in the larger VTX A12. The found in the larger VTX A12. The speaker’s 3-way design utilises a speaker’s 3-way design utilises a passive network to drive both the passive network to drive both the mid- and high-frequency sections mid- and high-frequency sections with a single amplifier channel, with a single amplifier channel, simplifying configuration, lowering simplifying configuration, lowering the total weight and, therefore, the total weight and, therefore, overall costs. overall costs.

The new V8 cabinet also shares The new V8 cabinet also shares the same rigging system as the same rigging system as the larger A12 sibling. Eight the larger A12 sibling. Eight

The JBL VTX A8 The JBL VTX A8 accessory options expand the VTX accessory options expand the VTX A8’s mounting, integration and A8’s mounting, integration and installation capabilities, such as a installation capabilities, such as a base plate that mounts the A8 on base plate that mounts the A8 on top of the new ground-stacked B18 top of the new ground-stacked B18 subwoofer, and a truss clamp and subwoofer, and a truss clamp and

mini frame that enable the A8 to be mini frame that enable the A8 to be mounted. mounted.

The companion sub, meanwhile, The companion sub, meanwhile, integrates the manufacturer’s integrates the manufacturer’s new 2288 single 18-inch woofer new 2288 single 18-inch woofer which promises ‘improved linearity which promises ‘improved linearity

and a wider dynamic range’. Also and a wider dynamic range’. Also making use of the fourth-generation making use of the fourth-generation Differential Drive technology, Differential Drive technology, it promises LF extension down it promises LF extension down to 35Hz. In addition, the B18 to 35Hz. In addition, the B18 incorporates JBL’s SlipStream incorporates JBL’s SlipStream double-flared exponential LF port double-flared exponential LF port design that reportedly improves design that reportedly improves airflow and reduces audible airflow and reduces audible turbulence, even at maximum turbulence, even at maximum excursion. excursion.

Both the VTX B18 and VTX A8 Both the VTX B18 and VTX A8 adopt the familiar VTX A Series adopt the familiar VTX A Series full-face powder- and zing-coated full-face powder- and zing-coated grille design that boasts an IP55 grille design that boasts an IP55 high ingress protection rating. The high ingress protection rating. The grilles can be finished in a variety of grilles can be finished in a variety of colours to suit fixed installations. colours to suit fixed installations. www.jblpro.com www.jblpro.com

Bright summer forecasts follow the Sovico Spring FOLLOWING THE Sovico Spring FOLLOWING THE Sovico Spring event in May 2018, South Korean event in May 2018, South Korean pro and commercial manufacturer, pro and commercial manufacturer, Sovico, is shipping several new Sovico, is shipping several new products under its SAC catalogue products under its SAC catalogue range alongside its commercial range alongside its commercial audio brand, Matrix. audio brand, Matrix.

Targeted at production and Targeted at production and touring companies for live events, touring companies for live events, the PLA-65 is a multipurpose 6.5the PLA-65 is a multipurpose 6.5inch line array system promoting inch line array system promoting ease of use and flexibility. The ease of use and flexibility. The lightweight cabinet incorporates lightweight cabinet incorporates dual 6.5-inch B&C woofers dual 6.5-inch B&C woofers together with an optimised together with an optimised waveguide and HF compression waveguide and HF compression driver. Operating within a driver. Operating within a frequency response of 70Hz to frequency response of 70Hz to 18kHz (±3dB), the PLA-65 can 18kHz (±3dB), the PLA-65 can provide horizontal coverage of up provide horizontal coverage of up to 150°. Designed to extend the to 150°. Designed to extend the lower frequencies down to 38Hz, lower frequencies down to 38Hz, the PLA115S is a dual 15-inch the PLA115S is a dual 15-inch subwoofer sharing the same width subwoofer sharing the same width for suspension on the same array for suspension on the same array as the PLA-65. as the PLA-65.

Equally at home in fixed Equally at home in fixed installations or live productions, installations or live productions, the D-series of amplifiers is a the D-series of amplifiers is a series of three 2U-height models series of three 2U-height models between 4.5kg and 5.25kg. The between 4.5kg and 5.25kg. The

high-frequency section utilises high-frequency section utilises a 1-inch HF compression driver a 1-inch HF compression driver coupled to a Constant Matching coupled to a Constant Matching Design wave guide and 90° x 60° Design wave guide and 90° x 60° (HxV) rotatable horn. Equipped (HxV) rotatable horn. Equipped

S24.0 S24.0

The latest D- and S-series on the catwalk for their fashion shoot The latest D- and S-series on the catwalk for their fashion shoot The S-series of Class-D digital voltage, mute, peak and signal/clip The S-series of Class-D digital voltage, mute, peak and signal/clip amplifiers offers rental companies protections. The S24.0 6-channel amplifiers offers rental companies protections. The S24.0 6-channel and systems integrators real-time model is capable of providing up and systems integrators real-time model is capable of providing up monitoring via the proprietary to 2,500W to two channels and a monitoring via the proprietary to 2,500W to two channels and a Network Monitoring System further 800W to the remaining four Network Monitoring System further 800W to the remaining four software program. In addition to channels over 4Ω. The S8.4 and software program. In addition to channels over 4Ω. The S8.4 and 64-bit DSP functionality, all three S2.5 models can offer 500W of 64-bit DSP functionality, all three S2.5 models can offer 500W of 2U-height, EU-compliant amplifiers power to eight and 2,500W to two 2U-height, EU-compliant amplifiers power to eight and 2,500W to two are equipped with temperature, channels, respectively. are equipped with temperature, channels, respectively.

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D2.0 and D2.1 2-channel models D2.0 and D2.1 2-channel models are capable of providing 300W are capable of providing 300W and 490W per channel over 4Ω. and 490W per channel over 4Ω.

Loaded with protections such as Loaded with protections such as over current and voltage, PFC also over current and voltage, PFC also comes as standard. comes as standard.

The DNL portable loudspeaker The DNL portable loudspeaker series has also been extended series has also been extended with the addition of a new 15-inch with the addition of a new 15-inch powered cabinet. Operating within powered cabinet. Operating within a 45Hz to 20kHz frequency range a 45Hz to 20kHz frequency range (±3dB), the DNL-15P integrates (±3dB), the DNL-15P integrates a 15-inch B&C woofer, while the a 15-inch B&C woofer, while the

with M8 suspension points with M8 suspension points and a 35mm pole mount, the and a 35mm pole mount, the 15mm birch plywood, weather15mm birch plywood, weatherresistant enclosure is finished in resistant enclosure is finished in a waterborne, black half-matt coat a waterborne, black half-matt coat and comes with a 1.5mm metal and comes with a 1.5mm metal grille backed with black acoustic grille backed with black acoustic foam. The 30.5kg speaker is foam. The 30.5kg speaker is further equipped with a 1,400W further equipped with a 1,400W Class-D Pascal amplifier together Class-D Pascal amplifier together with XLR inputs and outputs. with XLR inputs and outputs. www.sovico.co.kr www.sovico.co.kr

Perfect Balance XY-Series Speakers A versatile speaker system designed to deliver incredible sound quality and durability. Perfect for near-field monitoring, yet delivers high quality sound to every corner of the room.

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New life for Genelec’s 7050 GENELEC’S 7050B GENELEC’S 7050B compact subwoofer has compact subwoofer has been given a refresh been given a refresh and re-enters the market and re-enters the market as the 7050C. The new as the 7050C. The new version has extended the version has extended the low-frequency response low-frequency response while reportedly achieving while reportedly achieving higher SPLs and lower higher SPLs and lower distortion than its distortion than its predecessor. predecessor.

Notable for its size-toNotable for its size-toSPL ratio, the 7050B’s SPL ratio, the 7050B’s replacement has been replacement has been designed to push these designed to push these attributes further with an attributes further with an extra 3dB SPL capability extra 3dB SPL capability and a switched-mode power and a switched-mode power supply. supply.

The system provides five input The system provides five input and output channels with 85Hz and output channels with 85Hz LP/HP filters, plus a discrete LP/HP filters, plus a discrete 120Hz LFE signal input with 120Hz LFE signal input with

The Genelec 7050C subwoofer The Genelec 7050C subwoofer selectable +10dB boost, while selectable +10dB boost, while the cabinet measures 410mm the cabinet measures 410mm (H) x 350mm (W) x 319mm (D).

(H) x 350mm (W) x 319mm (D).

Inside the cabinet Inside the cabinet is a single 8-inch, is a single 8-inch, magnetically shielded, magnetically shielded, low-frequency driver low-frequency driver housed inside a Genelec housed inside a Genelec LSE spiral enclosure, LSE spiral enclosure, which the manufacturer which the manufacturer claims will deliver an claims will deliver an ‘impressively clean’ LF ‘impressively clean’ LF response down to 24Hz. response down to 24Hz. The 7050C can be The 7050C can be calibrated to suit its calibrated to suit its acoustic environment acoustic environment via a set of rear panel via a set of rear panel DIP switches. Adjustable DIP switches. Adjustable settings include phase settings include phase and LF roll-off, the and LF roll-off, the activation of the +10dB LFE activation of the +10dB LFE level and the sensitivity of the level and the sensitivity of the Intelligent Signal Sensing (ISS) Intelligent Signal Sensing (ISS) power-saving mode. power-saving mode. www.genelec.com www.genelec.com

Outline’s Superfly takes off FOLLOWING IN the footsteps of FOLLOWING IN the footsteps of its Butterfly design, Outline has its Butterfly design, Outline has released its Superfly compact released its Superfly compact line source enclosure. Weighing line source enclosure. Weighing less than 38kg, Superfly can be less than 38kg, Superfly can be paired with any of the company’s paired with any of the company’s subwoofer designs. With a subwoofer designs. With a frequency response of 50Hz to frequency response of 50Hz to 20kHz, Superfly is a fully active, 20kHz, Superfly is a fully active, quad-amplified system that uses quad-amplified system that uses the company’s DSP-equipped X8 the company’s DSP-equipped X8 amplifiers. The 10-inch drivers amplifiers. The 10-inch drivers in the LF section are powered in the LF section are powered individually, which is said to individually, which is said to enhance LF performance compared enhance LF performance compared to Butterfly. to Butterfly.

According to the manufacturer, According to the manufacturer, the 90° dispersion in the horizontal the 90° dispersion in the horizontal plane will reduce or eliminate the plane will reduce or eliminate the need for additional fill cabinets. need for additional fill cabinets.

Equally, however, Superfly can also Equally, however, Superfly can also be used as a side-fill system for be used as a side-fill system for off-stage audience coverage. off-stage audience coverage.

In other news, Outline has In other news, Outline has announced the availability of announced the availability of Newton firmware version Newton firmware version 0.76 and Dashboard version 0.76 and Dashboard version 1.6. The updates provide 1.6. The updates provide input and output channel IIR input and output channel IIR filters (two layers), output filters (two layers), output channel all pass filters (one channel all pass filters (one dedicated layer), phase dedicated layer), phase trace on IIR and all pass trace on IIR and all pass filters, Newton output group filters, Newton output group capabilities, temporary link capabilities, temporary link capabilities, copy/paste Newton capabilities, copy/paste Newton units, flat groups and flat DSP units, flat groups and flat DSP processing. processing. www.outline.it www.outline.it

MAN062.00 MAN062.00

Lavoce goes high and low NEW LOW-FREQUENCY NEW LOW-FREQUENCY transducers and high-frequency transducers and high-frequency compression drivers are available compression drivers are available from Italian manufacturer, Lavoce. from Italian manufacturer, Lavoce.

At the lower end of the At the lower end of the spectrum are the MAN062.00, spectrum are the MAN062.00, WAF123.02 and SAF214.50.

WAF123.02 and SAF214.50.

The MAN062.00 is a highThe MAN062.00 is a highpower neodymium magnet power neodymium magnet 6.5-inch midrange driver with a 6.5-inch midrange driver with a high-temperature 2-inch CCAW high-temperature 2-inch CCAW voice coil and has a 250W voice coil and has a 250W AES power rating and 95dB AES power rating and 95dB sensitivity. It is intended for use sensitivity. It is intended for use in premium 3-way applications in premium 3-way applications or horn loading in complex line or horn loading in complex line arrays, and has reportedly been arrays, and has reportedly been optimised with FEM to produce a optimised with FEM to produce a smooth frequency response and smooth frequency response and perform in the most demanding perform in the most demanding applications. applications.

The WAF123.02 is a ferrite The WAF123.02 is a ferrite magnet 12-inch transducer magnet 12-inch transducer designed for high middesigned for high midband output in 2- or 3-way band output in 2- or 3-way applications. It uses a high applications. It uses a high temperature 3-inch CCAW temperature 3-inch CCAW sandwich voice coil to achieve sandwich voice coil to achieve a 500W AES power rating a 500W AES power rating and 99dB sensitivity. The and 99dB sensitivity. The manufacturer has also added manufacturer has also added an aluminium demodulating an aluminium demodulating ring to reduce inductance and ring to reduce inductance and lower distortion in the critical lower distortion in the critical mid-band. mid-band.

The SAF214.50, meanwhile, The SAF214.50, meanwhile, is a new high-power 21-inch is a new high-power 21-inch subwoofer that uses a 4.5-inch subwoofer that uses a 4.5-inch CCAW sandwich voice coil, a CCAW sandwich voice coil, a ferrite motor structure with ferrite motor structure with optimised cooling, and includes optimised cooling, and includes an aluminium demodulating ring. an aluminium demodulating ring.

Offering super high excursion, a Offering super high excursion, a power rating of 1,700W AES and power rating of 1,700W AES and 98dB sensitivity, the SAF214.50 98dB sensitivity, the SAF214.50 has been elegantly designed has been elegantly designed to be suitable for a variety of to be suitable for a variety of subwoofer applications. subwoofer applications.

At the other end of the At the other end of the spectrum are two new HF spectrum are two new HF compression drivers, one compression drivers, one ferrite and one neodymium. The ferrite and one neodymium. The DN07.10LM is small neodymium DN07.10LM is small neodymium magnet compression driver magnet compression driver with a 0.75-inch exit and 1-inch with a 0.75-inch exit and 1-inch CCAW voice coil. It boasts a CCAW voice coil. It boasts a 10W AES power rating, 109dB 10W AES power rating, 109dB sensitivity and a 1-piece sensitivity and a 1-piece polyester diaphragm and polyester diaphragm and surround. Its FEM-optimised surround. Its FEM-optimised motor, phase plug and motor, phase plug and diaphragm are said to deliver diaphragm are said to deliver a smooth frequency response a smooth frequency response to 18kHz and, together with to 18kHz and, together with its weight and compact size, is its weight and compact size, is ideal for smaller systems or line ideal for smaller systems or line arrays where multiple units are arrays where multiple units are required. required. www.lavocespeakers.com www.lavocespeakers.com

Clear-Com braves the elements DESIGNED TO combat DESIGNED TO combat environmental elements such environmental elements such as water and dust, Clear-Com’s as water and dust, Clear-Com’s 800 Series Encore Analogue 800 Series Encore Analogue Partyline beltpacks are IP53-rated Partyline beltpacks are IP53-rated and developed specifically for and developed specifically for industrial and marine settings. industrial and marine settings.

All products in the series – the All products in the series – the RS-801-IM (single channel), RSRS-801-IM (single channel), RS802-IM (dual channel), MS-802-IM 802-IM (dual channel), MS-802-IM (2-channel main station), RM-802(2-channel main station), RM-802IM (2-channel remote station) IM (2-channel remote station) and KB-802GM-IM (2-channel and KB-802GM-IM (2-channel speaker station) – are marine speaker station) – are marine certified as they are DVN-GL certified as they are DVN-GL compliant, certified asbestos-free compliant, certified asbestos-free and conform with Navigational and conform with Navigational Compass Safety regulations. The Compass Safety regulations. The beltpacks are also compatible beltpacks are also compatible with the 700 Series Encore with the 700 Series Encore Partyline.

Partyline.

Staying on the subject of Staying on the subject of beltpacks, the FreeSpeak II IP beltpacks, the FreeSpeak II IP Transceiver features AES67 Transceiver features AES67 compatibility, low-latency signal compatibility, low-latency signal distribution and high-performance distribution and high-performance audio routing with high audio audio routing with high audio bandwidth. As a result, FreeSpeak II bandwidth. As a result, FreeSpeak II wireless beltpacks can now be wireless beltpacks can now be addressed across a user’s LAN, addressed across a user’s LAN, while existing FreeSpeak II while existing FreeSpeak II beltpacks can be upgraded to beltpacks can be upgraded to work with the IP Transceiver work with the IP Transceiver through a firmware update. through a firmware update.

Meanwhile, the manufacturer has Meanwhile, the manufacturer has also released COMduit, a fibrealso released COMduit, a fibrebased solution for audio and video based solution for audio and video transport between booth, field, transport between booth, field, production truck and any other production truck and any other remote location. The solution is remote location. The solution is based around BroaMan’s MUX-22 based around BroaMan’s MUX-22 signal multiplexer, Clear-Com’s signal multiplexer, Clear-Com’s

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The RS-801-IM and RS-802-IM The RS-801-IM and RS-802-IM ProGrid audio and video transport ProGrid audio and video transport products and Clear-Com’s LQ for products and Clear-Com’s LQ for intercom over IP. intercom over IP. Also new from Clear-Com is Also new from Clear-Com is E-IPA, an audio and intercom E-IPA, an audio and intercom

over IP connection card for the over IP connection card for the Eclipse HX digital matrix intercom Eclipse HX digital matrix intercom family. AES67 compliant and family. AES67 compliant and SMPTE2110-30 ready, the SMPTE2110-30 ready, the E-IPA card provides 64 streams E-IPA card provides 64 streams

of low-latency and high audio of low-latency and high audio bandwidth connections for bandwidth connections for linking existing and new IP-based linking existing and new IP-based Clear-Com products as well as Clear-Com products as well as for interoperating with AES67for interoperating with AES67compatible products. The card can compatible products. The card can also deliver up to 256 IP ports in also deliver up to 256 IP ports in the Eclipse HX-Median and Omega the Eclipse HX-Median and Omega systems. systems.

Finally, Agent-IC 2.2 is the latest Finally, Agent-IC 2.2 is the latest version of the app that expands version of the app that expands intercom access via mobile intercom access via mobile devices such as the Apple Watch. devices such as the Apple Watch.

The app enables smartphones The app enables smartphones and tablets to connect to Clearand tablets to connect to ClearCom’s Eclipse-HX matrix system or Com’s Eclipse-HX matrix system or to the LQ Series IP interfaces that to the LQ Series IP interfaces that connect to any Partyline system, connect to any Partyline system, either locally or remotely. either locally or remotely. www.clearcom.com www.clearcom.com

Powersoft deploys new M-Force IT HAS been five years since IT HAS been five years since Powersoft debuted M-Force.

Powersoft debuted M-Force.

Now, the Italian manufacturer Now, the Italian manufacturer has unveiled a follow-up in the has unveiled a follow-up in the form of the M-Force 301P01, an form of the M-Force 301P01, an updated version of the transducer updated version of the transducer that includes additional features that includes additional features designed to simplify the workload designed to simplify the workload of OEM partners. of OEM partners.

Described as the ‘all-in-one Described as the ‘all-in-one solution for low-frequency solution for low-frequency applications’, the M-Force applications’, the M-Force 301P01 has reportedly 301P01 has reportedly been engineered to simplify been engineered to simplify implementation and comes in implementation and comes in a factory-assembled package. a factory-assembled package.

Its motor is built to mirror ‘the Its motor is built to mirror ‘the

finest of tolerances’ with a finest of tolerances’ with a purpose-built diaphragm, as well purpose-built diaphragm, as well as a newly designed coupling as a newly designed coupling and a lightweight chassis, built to and a lightweight chassis, built to improve thermal dissipation. The improve thermal dissipation. The new version of Powersoft’s linear new version of Powersoft’s linear motor transducer is also equipped motor transducer is also equipped with high voltage and high with high voltage and high current connectors and a variety current connectors and a variety of internal electromechanical of internal electromechanical improvements. improvements.

Powersoft also states that the Powersoft also states that the M-Force 301P01, with dimensions M-Force 301P01, with dimensions of 294mm x 764mm x 294mm of 294mm x 764mm x 294mm and a weight of 34.5kg, also and a weight of 34.5kg, also features an improved magnetic features an improved magnetic spring action. spring action.

Also joining the M-Force Also joining the M-Force roster are the M-Force 01 long roster are the M-Force 01 long throw linear motor for infra sub throw linear motor for infra sub applications and the M-Force 02 applications and the M-Force 02 short throw linear motor for high short throw linear motor for high acceleration applications. M-Force acceleration applications. M-Force 01 is intended for direct radiation 01 is intended for direct radiation and bandpass applications, and bandpass applications, while the 02 model is aimed at while the 02 model is aimed at bandpass applications and loaded bandpass applications and loaded horn configurations. horn configurations.

M-Force 301P01 M-Force 301P01

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QSC’s Premium Business Music Solutions QSC HAS released a whole new QSC HAS released a whole new catalogue titled Premium Business catalogue titled Premium Business Music Solutions. This includes the Music Solutions. This includes the MP-M Series music and paging MP-M Series music and paging mixers designed for processing mixers designed for processing and routing audio across and routing audio across multi-zone retail and hospitality multi-zone retail and hospitality spaces, while also possessing spaces, while also possessing live mixing abilities for business live mixing abilities for business applications requiring live speech applications requiring live speech reinforcement, such as in fitness reinforcement, such as in fitness clubs, hotel meeting rooms or clubs, hotel meeting rooms or banquet halls. banquet halls.

‘We combined the customer’s ‘We combined the customer’s need for ease of use and need for ease of use and aesthetic design with the proven aesthetic design with the proven reliability and performance of reliability and performance of QSC sound mixing, processing QSC sound mixing, processing and reinforcement technology and reinforcement technology to expand our business music to expand our business music offering in order to serve all offering in order to serve all

foreground and background foreground and background commercial installations from one commercial installations from one complete, streamlined portfolio,’ complete, streamlined portfolio,’ explained David Fuller, senior explained David Fuller, senior director of product development director of product development at QSC. at QSC. The MP-M Series is built on the The MP-M Series is built on the same platform as the TouchMix same platform as the TouchMix Series and comprises the MP-M40 Series and comprises the MP-M40 and MP-M80, which offer four mic/ and MP-M80, which offer four mic/ line inputs, four phono line inputs line inputs, four phono line inputs and four zone outputs, and eight and four zone outputs, and eight of each respectively. Each unit is a of each respectively. Each unit is a 1U chassis filled with DSP, priority 1U chassis filled with DSP, priority ducking, scheduling and automatic ducking, scheduling and automatic mixing functionalities, as well mixing functionalities, as well as QSC’s Intrinsic Correction as QSC’s Intrinsic Correction loudspeaker tuning ability. loudspeaker tuning ability.

MP-M systems can be designed MP-M systems can be designed and configured using the MP and configured using the MP Install app for iOS and Android Install app for iOS and Android

mobile devices and PCs of the mobile devices and PCs of the Windows and macOS variety. In Windows and macOS variety. In addition, MP-MFC wall controllers addition, MP-MFC wall controllers allow the wired selection of allow the wired selection of multi-zone sources and scenes multi-zone sources and scenes along with volume control. Up along with volume control. Up to eight MP-MFC controllers can to eight MP-MFC controllers can be connected to a single MP-M be connected to a single MP-M Series mixer using standard Series mixer using standard Cat-5 cabling. Wireless control, Cat-5 cabling. Wireless control, meanwhile, is offered by the MP meanwhile, is offered by the MP Manage iOS and Android app.

Manage iOS and Android app.

The range is rounded out by The range is rounded out by the MP-A Series Zone amplifiers the MP-A Series Zone amplifiers comprising the MP-A20V (200W comprising the MP-A20V (200W x 2-channel), the MP-A40V x 2-channel), the MP-A40V (200W x 4-channel) and the MP(200W x 4-channel) and the MPA80V (200W x 8-channel); the A80V (200W x 8-channel); the AcousticDesign Series of Sub/ AcousticDesign Series of Sub/ Sat loudspeakers comprising the Sat loudspeakers comprising the surface-mount AD-S.Sub and surface-mount AD-S.Sub and AD-S.Sat, the AD-C.Sub and AD-S.Sat, the AD-C.Sub and AD-C Sat ceiling speakers; and the AD-C Sat ceiling speakers; and the pendant-mount AD-P.Sub and pendant-mount AD-P.Sub and AD-P.Sat enclosures.

AD-P.Sat enclosures. www.qsc.com www.qsc.com

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PRODUCTS PRODUCTS

AirMedia 2.0 is go CRESTRON HAS launched CRESTRON HAS launched AirMedia 2.0 within its new AirMedia 2.0 within its new AirMedia wireless presentation AirMedia wireless presentation systems, the AM-300 and AMsystems, the AM-300 and AM200. The manufacturer describes 200. The manufacturer describes AirMedia 2.0 as ‘the fastest, AirMedia 2.0 as ‘the fastest, easiest, most manageable and easiest, most manageable and secure wireless presentation secure wireless presentation technology’. technology’.

The AM-300 and AM-200 are The AM-300 and AM-200 are designed to mount discreetly designed to mount discreetly behind wall-mount displays, behind wall-mount displays, facilitating wired and wireless facilitating wired and wireless presentations without the need presentations without the need for furniture, dongles or a new for furniture, dongles or a new Wi-Fi network. In addition to Wi-Fi network. In addition to

AirMedia 2.0 wireless presentation AirMedia 2.0 wireless presentation capability, the AM-200 possesses capability, the AM-200 possesses HDMI inputs and outputs, while HDMI inputs and outputs, while the AM-300 adds to this with a DM the AM-300 adds to this with a DM input for connecting to an in-room input for connecting to an in-room DM transmitter.

DM transmitter.

‘It’s the only enterprise-grade ‘It’s the only enterprise-grade wireless presentation solution wireless presentation solution that offers network security, that offers network security, cloud-based deployment and cloud-based deployment and management, and iOS mirroring management, and iOS mirroring without Bonjour,’ stated Fred without Bonjour,’ stated Fred Bargetzi, Crestron CTO. Bargetzi, Crestron CTO. For controlling presentations, For controlling presentations, Crestron has released the 3-Series Crestron has released the 3-Series Media Presentation Controller 201 Media Presentation Controller 201

(MPC3-201-B), a wall-mounted, (MPC3-201-B), a wall-mounted, PoE powered member of the PoE powered member of the 3-Series Control System family and 3-Series Control System family and control panel. Its modern design control panel. Its modern design and customisable, backlit buttons and customisable, backlit buttons

are intended to offer ease of use are intended to offer ease of use when controlling A/V solutions when controlling A/V solutions and performing other functions. It and performing other functions. It is fully programmable, supporting is fully programmable, supporting web- and cloud-based configuration web- and cloud-based configuration

and management. The MPC3-201-B and management. The MPC3-201-B also integrates with Crestron Fusion also integrates with Crestron Fusion to form a complete managed to form a complete managed enterprise solution. enterprise solution.

Finally, Crestron has unveiled XiO Finally, Crestron has unveiled XiO Cloud, a cloud-based solution for Cloud, a cloud-based solution for the simultaneous configuration and the simultaneous configuration and deployment of an unlimited number deployment of an unlimited number of Crestron products, significantly of Crestron products, significantly reducing installation time. It reducing installation time. It allows for the monitoring and allows for the monitoring and management of all devices and management of all devices and provides the ability to proactively provides the ability to proactively resolve incidents remotely. resolve incidents remotely. www.crestron.com www.crestron.com

Symetrix finds a solution with Visionary

Name Change for Williams AV heralds new era

VISIONARY SOLUTIONS is VISIONARY SOLUTIONS is combining its Dante-enabled combining its Dante-enabled IP video encoder and decoder IP video encoder and decoder products with Symetrix’ Composer products with Symetrix’ Composer DSP programming and control DSP programming and control software to enable PacketAV Duet software to enable PacketAV Duet and E/D4100 video encoders and E/D4100 video encoders and decoders to appear as and decoders to appear as native units in Composer 7.1. native units in Composer 7.1.

PacketAV Matrix products’ 4K PacketAV Matrix products’ 4K UHD video can be streamed UHD video can be streamed over IP together with a Danteover IP together with a Danteenabled Symetrix DSP system enabled Symetrix DSP system to provide a complete audio, to provide a complete audio, video and control solution, while video and control solution, while bypassing the constraints of bypassing the constraints of traditional switch matrix systems. traditional switch matrix systems.

Symetrix Composer 7.1 takes Symetrix Composer 7.1 takes full command of the PacketAV full command of the PacketAV Matrix products with drag-andMatrix products with drag-anddrop configuration, network drop configuration, network discovery, video routing and video discovery, video routing and video wall control. Live video previews wall control. Live video previews for confidence monitoring of for confidence monitoring of both encoders and decoders both encoders and decoders are supported, which can be are supported, which can be placed on custom user interfaces placed on custom user interfaces deployed to Windows- or webdeployed to Windows- or webbased devices. based devices.

Composer also manages the Composer also manages the Dante audio interfaces on Duet Dante audio interfaces on Duet products including discovery, products including discovery, device naming, channel device naming, channel naming and audio routing. naming and audio routing.

Using Visionary’s PacketAV Using Visionary’s PacketAV Duet encoders and decoders, Duet encoders and decoders,

DESIGNED TO enhance any DESIGNED TO enhance any presenter in a classroom setting presenter in a classroom setting or meeting space environment, or meeting space environment, Williams AV has launched Williams AV has launched the Pointmaker Presenter. the Pointmaker Presenter.

Integrating Airplay, Miracast Integrating Airplay, Miracast and Chromecast, a presenter and Chromecast, a presenter can connect a personal device can connect a personal device for controlling, advancing, for controlling, advancing, highlighting, annotating and highlighting, annotating and whiteboarding in real time. Based whiteboarding in real time. Based

The range can be extended up The range can be extended up to 30m with the addition of an to 30m with the addition of an optional Bluetooth extender. optional Bluetooth extender.

In other news, the manufacturer In other news, the manufacturer has unveiled its Digi-Wave has unveiled its Digi-Wave Intercom Bridge for use in event Intercom Bridge for use in event production where full-duplex production where full-duplex communication is required communication is required between non-mobile and mobile between non-mobile and mobile crew members in the same crew members in the same venue. The wireless add-on venue. The wireless add-on

Pointmaker Audio Presenter Pointmaker Audio Presenter on a 64-bit quad-core ARM on a 64-bit quad-core ARM processing platform, Pointmaker processing platform, Pointmaker Presenter streams broadcastPresenter streams broadcastquality video to a display with 4K quality video to a display with 4K output resolution. The Presenter output resolution. The Presenter Toolbar is a mobile presenter Toolbar is a mobile presenter interface that works on any interface that works on any personal device. personal device.

Pointmaker Audio Presenter Pointmaker Audio Presenter offers all the features of offers all the features of Pointmaker Presenter but further Pointmaker Presenter but further adds wired and wireless audio adds wired and wireless audio to the system. An integrated to the system. An integrated amplifier and audio mixer allows amplifier and audio mixer allows Audio Presenter to integrate Audio Presenter to integrate microphones, loudspeakers and microphones, loudspeakers and other pro audio components for other pro audio components for connection to wireless personal connection to wireless personal devices or anything Bluetooth devices or anything Bluetooth to the room’s audio system. to the room’s audio system.

bundle is an expansion of bundle is an expansion of an existing Clear-Com 2-wire an existing Clear-Com 2-wire intercom base system and intercom base system and has been upgraded to include has been upgraded to include Williams AV’s wireless Digi-Wave Williams AV’s wireless Digi-Wave DLT 300 transceivers.

DLT 300 transceivers.

For assistive listening and For assistive listening and language interpretation in language interpretation in commercial spaces, Williams AV commercial spaces, Williams AV has also rolled out its SoundPlus has also rolled out its SoundPlus IR T2 infrared transmitter.

IR T2 infrared transmitter.

Reportedly offering 50% greater Reportedly offering 50% greater coverage than the current coverage than the current WIR TX75, the IR T2 joins the WIR TX75, the IR T2 joins the company’s IR T1 and is said to company’s IR T1 and is said to provide additional coverage and provide additional coverage and wider pattern, plus there is no wider pattern, plus there is no need for a slave. need for a slave.

PacketAV Matrix products has been PacketAV Matrix been software incorporated into products Symetrix’has Composer incorporated into Symetrix’ Composer software audio from an HDMI source audio from an HDMI source may be stripped off and routed may be stripped off and routed through the DSP for processing, through the DSP for processing, mixed with other sources and mixed with other sources and distributed to other audio distributed to other audio systems in a facility. A design systems in a facility. A design can be completed offline, without can be completed offline, without hardware. Once the hardware hardware. Once the hardware is installed, Composer locates is installed, Composer locates all the network hardware before all the network hardware before updating and reconciling network updating and reconciling network names, IP addresses and names, IP addresses and channel configurations and then channel configurations and then configuring initial A/V routing. configuring initial A/V routing.

Designed to serve huddle Designed to serve huddle rooms, large conferencing rooms, large conferencing applications, courtrooms applications, courtrooms and distance learning halls, and distance learning halls, Symetrix has unveiled the latest Symetrix has unveiled the latest generation of its Radius Series. generation of its Radius Series.

Radius NX adds an acoustic Radius NX adds an acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) module echo cancellation (AEC) module and VoIP or analogue telco card and VoIP or analogue telco card via the 64x64 Dante network via the 64x64 Dante network

Oh Boyoho, here’s a Smart One BOYOHO HAS released an intelligent BOYOHO HAS released an intelligent information management control information management control centre that runs on the LAVMNET centre that runs on the LAVMNET platform and is named Smart One. platform and is named Smart One. Smart One is capable of controlling, Smart One is capable of controlling, editing and managing audio, video editing and managing audio, video and lighting, as well as other and lighting, as well as other stage mechanisms via a network stage mechanisms via a network connection. Users can upload connection. Users can upload

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audio bus and its configurable audio bus and its configurable 4-port Gigabit Ethernet switch.

4-port Gigabit Ethernet switch.

The AEC module is adaptable The AEC module is adaptable and scalable, for which single and scalable, for which single and dual-core versions feature and dual-core versions feature software-configurable channel software-configurable channel counts, tail lengths and number counts, tail lengths and number of references with up to 16 of references with up to 16 channels of AEC per unit. DSP channels of AEC per unit. DSP is fully virtualised for integration is fully virtualised for integration with Dante microphones and with Dante microphones and other network audio sources. other network audio sources.

The Symetrix T5 is the first in a The Symetrix T5 is the first in a new line of touchpanel controllers new line of touchpanel controllers that can be programmed using that can be programmed using Composer software. Incorporating Composer software. Incorporating a customised GUI layout, the a customised GUI layout, the 5-inch in-wall touchpanel comes 5-inch in-wall touchpanel comes with a capacitive-touch, fullwith a capacitive-touch, fullcolour, high-resolution LCD colour, high-resolution LCD screen. screen. www.symetrix.co www.symetrix.co www.vsicam.com www.vsicam.com

commands to the web, enabling commands to the web, enabling 1-touch commands for a variety of 1-touch commands for a variety of equipment. equipment.

www.williamssound.com www.williamssound.com

Described as being suitable for Described as being suitable for use in small- and medium-sized use in small- and medium-sized applications such applications such as in conference as in conference rooms, multifunctional rooms, multifunctional rooms, ballrooms and rooms, ballrooms and auditoriums, Smart One auditoriums, Smart One is also able to monitor the is also able to monitor the status of equipment. It also status of equipment. It also features an alarm system, features an alarm system, customisation, surveillance customisation, surveillance and remote reset functionality. and remote reset functionality. www.boyoho.com www.boyoho.com

the new flagship FOR LIVE SOUND AMPLIFICATION

TGX 4-CHANNEL AMPLIFIERS Along with unprecedented power density, TGX offers Dynacord’s signature superior audio quality, advanced reliability and power efficiency. With up to 20,000 watts of total power output, TGX amplifiers release any loudspeaker’s potential with unparalleled performance and unrivalled quality.

The industry’s most advanced tour-grade 96 kHz DSP with FIR Drive technology Integrated networking with proven Dante Audio and OCA (AES70) Sophisticated protection algorithms for flawless and reliable operation Pre-configured system rack designed for professionals by professionals New system software with intuitive workflow guidance to save time and effort

Learn more: www.dynacord.com/tgx

PRODUCTS PRODUCTS

WyreStorm huddles together

The MXCW and MXC systems The MXCW and MXC systems

Shure starts a discussion MICROFLEX COMPLETE MICROFLEX COMPLETE Wireless (MXCW) is the latest Wireless (MXCW) is the latest addition to Shure’s integrated addition to Shure’s integrated systems portfolio. MXCW systems portfolio. MXCW reportedly provides a speedy set reportedly provides a speedy set up in flexible meeting spaces or up in flexible meeting spaces or at off-site events in hotels and at off-site events in hotels and conference centres, and is said conference centres, and is said to ensure ‘reliable per formance to ensure ‘reliable per formance in even the most hostile RF in even the most hostile RF environments’. Smart lithiumenvironments’. Smart lithiumion rechargeable batteries ion rechargeable batteries provide up to 11 hours of use, provide up to 11 hours of use, while AES audio encryption while AES audio encryption keeps meeting content private. keeps meeting content private.

For organisations requiring For organisations requiring advanced meeting tools such as advanced meeting tools such as participant identification, agenda participant identification, agenda management, electronic voting management, electronic voting and language interpretation, and language interpretation, Shure has also unveiled its Shure has also unveiled its Microflex Complete Wired (MXC), Microflex Complete Wired (MXC), which combines microphone, which combines microphone, loudspeaker and controls in one loudspeaker and controls in one system. system.

In other news, Shure has In other news, Shure has announced the latest version announced the latest version of its Designer software of its Designer software

application. Designer 3.1 will application. Designer 3.1 will allow users to ‘import floor allow users to ‘import floor plans and design audio coverage plans and design audio coverage and routing while also having and routing while also having the capability to create and the capability to create and reuse room templates across reuse room templates across multiple locations’. The update multiple locations’. The update increases support of the increases support of the company’s products, including company’s products, including the Microflex Advance MXA910 the Microflex Advance MXA910 ceiling array, MXA310 table ceiling array, MXA310 table array microphones, the IntelliMix array microphones, the IntelliMix P300 audio conferencing P300 audio conferencing processor and the ANIUSBprocessor and the ANIUSBMatrix USB audio network Matrix USB audio network inter face. Users can manage inter face. Users can manage device presets at a location device presets at a location level, while device passwords level, while device passwords and Shure Network Audio and Shure Network Audio Encryption can be enabled for Encryption can be enabled for an entire location at a time. an entire location at a time.

For more information, visit For more information, visit www.proavl-asia.com/videos/#/ www.proavl-asia.com/videos/#/ ondemand/id/k0G121oNxr ondemand/id/k0G121oNxr where Shure’s Chris Lyons gives where Shure’s Chris Lyons gives more detail. more detail. www.shure.com www.shure.com

DESIGNED FOR small meeting DESIGNED FOR small meeting room and huddle space room and huddle space applications, WyreStorm’s applications, WyreStorm’s EX-SW-0301-H2 features a EX-SW-0301-H2 features a transmitter for mounting on transmitter for mounting on or under the table and a receiver or under the table and a receiver for installing behind a display or for installing behind a display or above a projector where it can above a projector where it can also activate projector screens. also activate projector screens.

The transmitter and receiver are The transmitter and receiver are connected via HDBaseT. The connected via HDBaseT. The receiver features CEC, RS-232 and receiver features CEC, RS-232 and IR and has its own HDMI input for IR and has its own HDMI input for companies to maximise use of companies to maximise use of their digital signage and TV content their digital signage and TV content displays when no presentations displays when no presentations are taking place. are taking place.

The EX-SW-0401-H2-PRO builds The EX-SW-0401-H2-PRO builds on the design of the EX-SWon the design of the EX-SW0301-H2 by adding a USB-C 0301-H2 by adding a USB-C input and USB support to allow input and USB support to allow the connection of multiple USB the connection of multiple USB devices. The EX-SW-0401-H2-PRO devices. The EX-SW-0401-H2-PRO

EX-SW-0301-H2 EX-SW-0301-H2 has been manufactured for spaces has been manufactured for spaces that need more than presentation that need more than presentation functionality but not a complete functionality but not a complete video conferencing system. video conferencing system.

Connecting a USB camera, mic Connecting a USB camera, mic and speaker to the transmitter and speaker to the transmitter or receiver transforms the EXor receiver transforms the EXSW-0401-H2-PRO from a huddle SW-0401-H2-PRO from a huddle room to a complete collaboration room to a complete collaboration solution. solution.

Meanwhile, the manufacturer Meanwhile, the manufacturer has also unveiled a wall plate has also unveiled a wall plate and a touchscreen. The NHDand a touchscreen. The NHD400-TX-WP is a 2-Gang wall 400-TX-WP is a 2-Gang wall

S6L-48D S6L-48D

Avid boosts S6L A TRIO of new control surfaces, A TRIO of new control surfaces, a new engine and two new I/O a new engine and two new I/O racks have been added to Avid’s racks have been added to Avid’s Venue S6L family of live sound Venue S6L family of live sound systems. Together, these new systems. Together, these new components form a unified components form a unified platform, drawing on the modular platform, drawing on the modular abilities of the S6L. abilities of the S6L. The three new control surfaces The three new control surfaces bring the total available for the bring the total available for the

S6L to five. The new arrivals S6L to five. The new arrivals are the S6L-48D, S6L-24C and are the S6L-48D, S6L-24C and S6L-16C, which are 48-, 24- and S6L-16C, which are 48-, 24- and 16-fader versions, respectively.

16-fader versions, respectively.

These can be paired with one of These can be paired with one of the three engines for the platform, the three engines for the platform, including the new E6L-112, and including the new E6L-112, and connected to any combination of connected to any combination of S6L’s four I/O rack options, such S6L’s four I/O rack options, such as the latest entries: the Stage 32 as the latest entries: the Stage 32

plate that provides connectivity plate that provides connectivity for WyreStorm NetworkHD 400 for WyreStorm NetworkHD 400 Series installations in meeting Series installations in meeting and huddle room applications. and huddle room applications.

The TS-280 is the company’s first The TS-280 is the company’s first ever touchscreen and is available ever touchscreen and is available as an EU model or a US 2-Gang as an EU model or a US 2-Gang model. It leverages RS-232 ports model. It leverages RS-232 ports on presentation switchers and is on presentation switchers and is also compatible with all models in also compatible with all models in WyreStorm’s presentation switcher WyreStorm’s presentation switcher line. line. www.wyrestorm.com www.wyrestorm.com

and Local 16. The S6L-48D and Local 16. The S6L-48D features 160 assignable features 160 assignable knobs, an integrated master knobs, an integrated master touchscreen and 5-channel touch touchscreen and 5-channel touch modules, while the S6L-24C modules, while the S6L-24C possesses 32 assignable knobs possesses 32 assignable knobs and the master touchscreen. and the master touchscreen.

The S6L-16C has 32 assignable The S6L-16C has 32 assignable knobs. knobs.

The E6L-112 features 112 input The E6L-112 features 112 input processing channels, 48 mix processing channels, 48 mix busses and LCR. The Stage 32 busses and LCR. The Stage 32 meets stage and remote I/O meets stage and remote I/O needs, offering support for up to needs, offering support for up to 32 inputs and outputs with the 32 inputs and outputs with the ability to select from a variety ability to select from a variety of analogue I/O, digital I/O and of analogue I/O, digital I/O and Dante card options. Local 16, Dante card options. Local 16, meanwhile, expands the local meanwhile, expands the local I/O capabilities of the S6L by I/O capabilities of the S6L by providing eight analogue inputs, providing eight analogue inputs, eight analogue outputs and eight eight analogue outputs and eight AES digital inputs and outputs.

AES digital inputs and outputs. www.avid.com www.avid.com

NA2-IO-DLINE

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The NA2-IO-DLINE is an end-of-network device.

It is a breakout box which allows two channels of TM audio to be integrated into a DANTE network.

TM Simultaneously, NA2-IO-DLINE converts a DANTE stream into analog audio signals. Hence, it is possible to use this tiny box to feed analog audio TM signals into the DANTE network while at the same TM time receiving a mix from another DANTE source.

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PRODUCTS PRODUCTS FEATURES: LIVE

New VHD2.18J Subwoofer L100 L100

SSL squeezes in tight spaces THE L100 is the newest member of the Staying with Remote Tile, V4.7 software THE L100 is the newest member of the Staying with Remote Tile, V4.7 software SSL Live console range. Designed for includes an upgrade to SSL’s Super Query SSL Live console range. Designed for includes an upgrade to SSL’s Super Query restricted spaces, sub-mix positions or workflow, enhanced TaCo features, a restricted spaces, sub-mix positions or workflow, enhanced TaCo features, a corporate production, the L100 provides a new Transfer Function Analyser Tool and corporate production, the L100 provides a new Transfer Function Analyser Tool and compact 12+2 fader configuration frame Auto Pan effect, and support for external compact 12+2 fader configuration frame Auto Pan effect, and support for external as well as the same high headroom, low touchscreen control. as well as the same high headroom, low touchscreen control. latency SSL Tempest Audio Engine as the Users can now have direct touchscreen latency SSL Tempest Audio Engine as the Users can now have direct touchscreen other SSL Live consoles. Users who require control of their overview and automation other SSL Live consoles. Users who require control of their overview and automation more faders can expand the L100 with the screens without having to switch focus on more faders can expand the L100 with the screens without having to switch focus on addition of SSL’s Remote Tile. the console’s internal touchscreen. addition of SSL’s Remote Tile. the console’s internal touchscreen.

Other features include a 17-inch multiLastly, SSL has released Native v6 which Other features include a 17-inch multiLastly, SSL has released Native v6 which gesture touchscreen that provides access will replace the company’s Duende Native gesture touchscreen that provides access will replace the company’s Duende Native to all of the consoles’ functions and an plug-in collection. to all of the consoles’ functions and an plug-in collection. integrated tablet device that combines Improvements include higher-resolution integrated tablet device that combines Improvements include higher-resolution with SSL’s TaCo tablet control application inter faces, improved preset management, with SSL’s TaCo tablet control application inter faces, improved preset management, Shure MX-153toheadworn mics were control used at the event functionality offer an additional expanded purchase options and functionality to offer an additional control expanded purchase options and interface for channel or effects rack framework changes. interface channel or effects rack framework best feedback waschanges. from attendees who LED Beams,for the same number of Robin processing. The Master Tile also provides The complete SSL Native v6 bundle processing.

The Master Tile also provides Theseen complete SSL Native LED panels utilisedv6 in bundle Mini Pointes as well as a dozen Robin 100 had never mute group, solo/talkback, assignable includes Channelstrip, Vocalstrip, mute group,The solo/talkback, assignable that manner,’ includesshe Channelstrip, Vocalstrip, notes. ‘The client was LED Beams. solution was completed keys and automation controls. The L100 Drumstrip, Bus Compressor, X-Phase, keys24and controls.

Drumstrip, Busnext-level Compressor, X-Phase, we produced innovation with LEDautomation PAR cans with added The L100 ecstatic includes 96 fully processed paths and can X-EQ, X-Comp, X-ValveComp and includes 96anfully processed pathsall and cannot commonly X-EQ, X-Comp, and effects from MDG Haze machine, seen inX-ValveComp the South African be configured with up to 64 input channels, X-Saturator, and is available in AAX, be configured with to 64 input channels, X-Saturator, is largest available in AAX, controlled from an MAupLighting Dot2 desk A/V space.

For oneand of the speaker VST3/VST 2 and AU formats.

36 aux sends, 12 stem groups, 12 VCAs VST3/VST 2 and AU formats.

36 aux with fadersends, wing. 12 stem groups, 12 VCAs bureaus in the world, having a technical and four masters. An additional 4x32-input/ and masters.

An additional ‘Thefour design for the event took two 4x32-input/ weeks partner they can rely on to surpass 12-output matrix is also available. www.solidstatelogic.com matrixMs is Shekleton. also available. to12-output finalise,’ recalls ‘The expectations and deliver the goods on the www.solidstatelogic.com client trusts our creative process and day is invaluable.’ asked us to create something unique. A/V While impressing numerous potential technology plays a crucial role in making major clients has to be the main success of this project for the rental company, Ms an event look unique, how the gear is Shekleton also believes there have been utilised and paired up with the content other advantages. ‘This event showcased created makes all the difference. We the Multi-Media experience to people who decided to create the content to highlight the design, showcasing a variety of colours may not have been exposed to it before.

STUDER HAS designed its Vista 5 Black EQ plug-ins and full core redundancy with up STUDER designed its Vista Black We think EQ plug-ins and full core redundancy with up the differences between us and as well asHAS deploying the screens in a5more Edition to deliver more flexibility and the to 1,000 MEQs (mono-equivalent channels).

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VistaWe 5 expect Black Edition reportedly Africa are to win more Reflectingfeatures on the event itself,mixing Ms sur faces to a more cost-conscious market. Based supports any of Studer’s Infinity Core to a more is cost-conscious market. supports any of it.’

Studer’s Infinity Core Shekleton clearly very happy with Based business as a result on the Vista 5 M3 mixing console and products, including the Infinity Core 300, on Vista 5 work.

M3 mixing console products, including the Infinity Core 300, thethe company’s ‘The event was and incorporating the company’s Infinity Core 600 and 1000, as well as the Infinity Core incorporating the company’s Infinity 600 and 1000, as well as the Infinity Core fantastic, a resounding success.

The Core www.multi-media.co.za

Housing two 18” high performance transducers the VHD2.18J is a direct radiating bass-reflex subwoofer. The VHD2.18J’s optimised, high efficiency, bass-reflex design produces considerably more output than other similar double 18” enclosures and features intuitive integrated flyware that allows for fast rigging of multiple cabinets.

Johannes Krämer works with many of the worlds leading artists, promoters and events. When he visited KV2 Audio he was looking for something special in a sub. After discussions with Chief Engineer, George Krampera the VHD2.18J was born.

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George Krampera Chief Engineer, KV2 Audio processor, the larger Vista 5 Black Edition Commercial off-the-Shelf solution (COTS). processor, the larger Vista 5 Black Edition Commercial off-the-Shelf solution (COTS). offers a scalable mixing system and full COTS reportedly allows customers to run offers a scalable mixing system and full COTS reportedly allows customers to run processing redundancy. It is available in Studer’s real-time audio processing on its processing redundancy. It is available in Studer’s real-time audio processing on its 22, 32 and 44 fader sizes, and supports own server hardware by adding a standard 22, 32 and 44 fader sizes, and supports own server hardware by adding a standard an optional TFT meter bridge. The consoles PCIe Infinity CoreLink card. an optional TFT meter bridge. The consoles PCIe Infinity CoreLink card. feature Studer’s Vistronics inter face and feature Studer’s Vistronics inter face and FaderGlow technology, as wellaudiotechnik as dynamic Q Series A d&b system provided the main PA www.studer.ch FaderGlow technology, as well as dynamic www.studer.ch

Johannes Krämer Sound Engineer, Richie Hawtin

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COSMO The COSMO Mixed Array provides an asymmetrical throw pattern. Very wide in front of the stage, it is narrower at medium distances and focused at long distances. The C 6*, C 8 and C 10* units fit right on top of one another without additional adapter frames. and CC 10 10 units units will will ship ship in in 2019.

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C8 C6

COSMO / CONTOUR X /

ONE LIVE SOUND SYSTEM FOR ALL APPLICA T

C 10 60˚ C 8 80˚ C 6 100˚

Horizontally asymmetrical throw pattern

Long reach deep into the venue

The three COSMO top units are modular.

Simply combine them to configure a horizontally asymmetrical array. Adapting a coverage pattern to suit the location‘s layout is as easy as that.

A narrow beam travels further—the tighter the throw pattern, the greater the COSMO top units‘ efficiency and max SPL. This gets the sonic energy where it needs to go, deep into the venue, compensating the air absorption at high frequencies for long throw applications.

CONTOUR X The CONTOUR X models‘ multifunctional housings are versatile indeed.

FOH speakers, stage monitors and unobtrusive yet powerful front-fills they can do it all. They deliver high sound pressure levels paired with low distortions. The BEM-optimized horns ensure very uniform off-axis response.

A rugged PU finish and steel front grilles treated with an anticorrosive coating keep them well-protected on the road.

C SUB

This series features CX 8, CX 12 and CX 15 models.

TIONS D C SUB C SUB series models are highly efficient bass units fine-tuned to deliver the best performance with COSMO and CONTOUR X series top units. Built to handle a lot of power, their unusually expansive dynamic headroom ranges down to the lowest frequencies. With four Speakon NL4 connectors–two in back, two up front– with pin selector switches they are very easy to connect in cardioid and other setups.

This series features C SUB 118 and C SUB 218 models.

C 10

C6

C8

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Expansion on the cards TASCAM HAS launched three TASCAM HAS launched three BO-series I/O expansion boxes for BO-series I/O expansion boxes for its ML-32D and ML-16D analogue/ its ML-32D and ML-16D analogue/ Dante converters and other D-SubDante converters and other D-Subequipped devices. The BO-32DE equipped devices. The BO-32DE 32-channel D-Sub breakout box 32-channel D-Sub breakout box provides 16 input and 16 output provides 16 input and 16 output channels. Four rear panel DB25 channels. Four rear panel DB25 connectors provide analogue connectors provide analogue network input for microphone and network input for microphone and line-level audio signals. line-level audio signals.

For applications requiring XLR For applications requiring XLR connectivity, the BO-16DX/IN connectivity, the BO-16DX/IN offers 16 channels of analogue offers 16 channels of analogue audio input on front panel female audio input on front panel female XLR connectors. Two of its rear XLR connectors. Two of its rear panel DB25 connectors send eight panel DB25 connectors send eight channels of audio to an ML-series channels of audio to an ML-series converter. The BO-16DX/OUT, converter. The BO-16DX/OUT, meanwhile, receives 16 channels of meanwhile, receives 16 channels of

The BO-series The BO-series audio from an ML-series converter audio from an ML-series converter via a pair of rear panel DB25 via a pair of rear panel DB25 connectors and sends analogue connectors and sends analogue audio output on 16 front panel male audio output on 16 front panel male XLR connectors.

XLR connectors.

In other news, TASCAM claims In other news, TASCAM claims that the most noticeable feature of that the most noticeable feature of its 202mkVII dual cassette deck its 202mkVII dual cassette deck

is a rear panel USB output that is a rear panel USB output that enables recording and archiving enables recording and archiving cassettes to digital media. Other cassettes to digital media. Other features include a front panel, features include a front panel, ¼-inch, high-impedance (200kΩ) ¼-inch, high-impedance (200kΩ) microphone input with dedicated microphone input with dedicated level control, which allows users to level control, which allows users to mix live input with Tape 1 audio and mix live input with Tape 1 audio and

record, in real time, to Tape 2 record, in real time, to Tape 2 for karaoke and voiceover for karaoke and voiceover applications. The mic input can applications. The mic input can also accept line level signals, while also accept line level signals, while the rear panel provides stereo the rear panel provides stereo analogue line level input and output analogue line level input and output on unbalanced RCA connectors. on unbalanced RCA connectors.

The deck can simultaneously record The deck can simultaneously record

Bose is in the zone

New Bose ControlSpace commercial sound processors (left) and engineered sound processors (right) New Bose ControlSpace commercial sound processors (left) and engineered sound processors (right) DESIGNED FOR commercial DESIGNED FOR commercial applications such as restaurants applications such as restaurants and retail outlets, Bose and retail outlets, Bose Professional has added two Professional has added two ControlSpace CSP audio processors ControlSpace CSP audio processors together with three new digital wall together with three new digital wall controllers. controllers.

The CSP-1248 and CSP-428 The CSP-1248 and CSP-428 incorporate balanced inputs and incorporate balanced inputs and outputs, RCA inputs, eight GPIs, one outputs, RCA inputs, eight GPIs, one GPO, a mute contact, RS-232 serial, GPO, a mute contact, RS-232 serial, Ethernet network for configuration Ethernet network for configuration or wall control and Bose AmpLink or wall control and Bose AmpLink out for digital audio connectivity to out for digital audio connectivity to supported power amplifiers. The supported power amplifiers. The two processors feature a workflow two processors feature a workflow using an integrated webserver with using an integrated webserver with browser-based control software for browser-based control software for

access to the CSP configuration access to the CSP configuration page. The real-time interface page. The real-time interface features live metering and assists features live metering and assists in the workflow of commercial in the workflow of commercial projects, while providing tasks projects, while providing tasks such as setting sources, paging such as setting sources, paging thresholds, adjusting EQs and thresholds, adjusting EQs and tuning limiters. The CSP models tuning limiters. The CSP models offer AutoVolume compensation offer AutoVolume compensation that continuously adapts zone that continuously adapts zone output level based on the ambient output level based on the ambient noise of that room to maintain noise of that room to maintain consistent program material. consistent program material.

SmartBass dynamic equalisation SmartBass dynamic equalisation enhances the low-frequency output enhances the low-frequency output of smaller loudspeakers. Optiof smaller loudspeakers. Optivoice paging provides a smooth voice paging provides a smooth transition between the music and transition between the music and

Cadac takes to the stage CADAC HAS created a new series CADAC HAS created a new series of CDC stage boxes. The first of CDC stage boxes. The first member of this series is the CDC member of this series is the CDC I/O 4016. The stage box comes I/O 4016. The stage box comes with both analogue and digital with both analogue and digital I/Os, and the option of optical I/Os, and the option of optical connectivity to the console. The connectivity to the console. The 4U device is configured with 4U device is configured with 32 analogue inputs and eight 32 analogue inputs and eight analogue outputs, plus eight analogue outputs, plus eight AES3 inputs and eight AES3 AES3 inputs and eight AES3 outputs. It features an LCD outputs. It features an LCD display with three surrounding display with three surrounding buttons and encoders to adjust buttons and encoders to adjust incoming levels, mic gain and incoming levels, mic gain and phantom power settings. There phantom power settings. There is also an integrated headphone is also an integrated headphone amp. The dual MegaComms amp. The dual MegaComms

ports on the front panel are ports on the front panel are complemented by redundant complemented by redundant duplex optical LC ports for duplex optical LC ports for connection runs of up to 2km. connection runs of up to 2km.

Staying with MegaComms, the Staying with MegaComms, the manufacturer has added a pair manufacturer has added a pair of optical bridge units to the of optical bridge units to the family. The rackmount CDC MC family. The rackmount CDC MC Optical-4 provides four optical Optical-4 provides four optical ports and four MegaComms pairs, ports and four MegaComms pairs, while the CDC MC Optical-1 is a while the CDC MC Optical-1 is a free-standing unit equipped with free-standing unit equipped with a single optical port and a single a single optical port and a single pair of MegaComms connectors. pair of MegaComms connectors.

NetComms is programmable NetComms is programmable PC control software for the CDC PC control software for the CDC MC Router that allows the user MC Router that allows the user to create, save and edit custom to create, save and edit custom

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page signals, while Opti-source level page signals, while Opti-source level management monitors the input management monitors the input level of up to four sources. level of up to four sources.

The family of ControlSpace ESP The family of ControlSpace ESP fixed I/O engineered processors fixed I/O engineered processors has been extended with the addition has been extended with the addition of the ESP-1240 and ESP-880 of the ESP-1240 and ESP-880 models to include options for models to include options for Dante audio networking and Bose Dante audio networking and Bose AmpLink connectivity. The ESPAmpLink connectivity. The ESP1240A, 1240AD, 880A and 880AD 1240A, 1240AD, 880A and 880AD variations inherit a fresh visual variations inherit a fresh visual appearance while maintaining key appearance while maintaining key features from their predecessors. features from their predecessors.

The ESP-1240A and ESP-880A The ESP-1240A and ESP-880A include 12x4 and 8x8 analogue include 12x4 and 8x8 analogue I/Os with integrated Bose AmpLink I/Os with integrated Bose AmpLink output for digital connections output for digital connections

over Cat-5. The ESP-1240AD and over Cat-5. The ESP-1240AD and ESP-880AD versions integrate ESP-880AD versions integrate both AmpLink and 32x32 Dante both AmpLink and 32x32 Dante connectivity. All four ESP models connectivity. All four ESP models utilise ControlSpace Designer utilise ControlSpace Designer software for configuration, control software for configuration, control and monitoring. and monitoring.

To complement the ControlSpace To complement the ControlSpace CSP and ESP processors, three CSP and ESP processors, three CC-1D, CC-2D and CC-3D digital CC-1D, CC-2D and CC-3D digital wall controllers provide further user wall controllers provide further user flexibility. Finished in white, the flexibility. Finished in white, the three controllers feature a single three controllers feature a single rotary encoder and circular LED rotary encoder and circular LED ring for which the CC-2D and CC-3D ring for which the CC-2D and CC-3D allow the rotary encoder to be allow the rotary encoder to be pushed for A/B or A/B/C/D source pushed for A/B or A/B/C/D source selection with LED source indicators selection with LED source indicators on the panel. The CSP and ESP on the panel. The CSP and ESP processors are further supported processors are further supported

by ControlSpace Remote, for which

by ControlSpace Remote, for which customised control panels can customised control panels can be built and installed for wireless be built and installed for wireless control from mobile phones, tablets control from mobile phones, tablets or laptops. or laptops.

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Tasker’s multicoloured cables TASKER’S FLUO series of TASKER’S FLUO series of audio cables are manufactured audio cables are manufactured with a PVC sheath and are with a PVC sheath and are available in five colours: available in five colours: red, green, blue, yellow and red, green, blue, yellow and transparent bronze. transparent bronze.

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Finally, the new version of the Finally, the new version of the CDC iPad App is CDC five and V.5 CDC iPad App is CDC five and V.5 CDC OS compatible. The graphical CDC OS compatible. The graphical interface has been improved, as interface has been improved, as has the speed of operation. has the speed of operation.

The series consists of the The series consists of the T33 and the T32 cables. The T33 and the T32 cables. The T33 is a guitar and instrument T33 is a guitar and instrument cable while the T32 is a cable while the T32 is a balanced microphone cable. balanced microphone cable.

Both are manufactured with Both are manufactured with OFC red copper conductors and OFC red copper conductors and incorporate a carbon screen incorporate a carbon screen shield. shield.

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CDC I/O 4016 CDC I/O 4016 maps within its GUI. Its grid-based maps within its GUI. Its grid-based patch system, using a ‘tabbed’ patch system, using a ‘tabbed’ system for each unit, allows the system for each unit, allows the user to patch either individually or user to patch either individually or in blocks of four, eight, 16 or 32; in blocks of four, eight, 16 or 32; or patch all connections from unit or patch all connections from unit to unit with a single click. to unit with a single click.

to create two tapes with the same to create two tapes with the same source. This enables the creation source. This enables the creation of a master tape and a copy for of a master tape and a copy for distribution. The 202mkVII features distribution. The 202mkVII features two playback modes: normal two playback modes: normal playback, which routes sound to playback, which routes sound to line outputs and a headphone line outputs and a headphone output; and special playback, where output; and special playback, where users can monitor the sound from users can monitor the sound from one tape using headphones while one tape using headphones while the other tape plays through the the other tape plays through the line outputs. line outputs.

Finally, the manufacturer has Finally, the manufacturer has announced a version 2.0 firmware announced a version 2.0 firmware update for its DR series of update for its DR series of portable recorders. Improvements portable recorders. Improvements include the addition of real-time include the addition of real-time level meters during recording, an level meters during recording, an additional level setting in dual additional level setting in dual record mode and the inclusion of record mode and the inclusion of MP3 as a recording format.

MP3 as a recording format.

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All the features of J8 plus: 8-Channel Digital Mixer with multiple FX Bluetooth Audio Hi-Z Input for Musical Instruments Auxiliary Output

The RCF EVOX App allows you to navigate between pages and fully control the JMIX8 mixer’s parameters.

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disguise streamlines large-scale projector deployment CLAIMING THE ability to CLAIMING THE ability to ‘dramatically improve projection ‘dramatically improve projection quality and setup time, even quality and setup time, even for the most complex shows’, for the most complex shows’, disguise has released the disguise has released the OmniCal camera-based projector OmniCal camera-based projector calibration engine. Using a calibration engine. Using a network of iPod Touch or wired network of iPod Touch or wired Ethernet vision cameras, Ethernet vision cameras, OmniCal captures a point OmniCal captures a point cloud of the stage to calibrate cloud of the stage to calibrate projectors to sub-pixel accuracy. projectors to sub-pixel accuracy.

The result is a solution allowing The result is a solution allowing users to calibrate large numbers users to calibrate large numbers of projectors in less time and of projectors in less time and with much more confidence, with much more confidence, promises the manufacturer. promises the manufacturer.

The VFC card The VFC card

The interface inside OmniCal The interface inside OmniCal The solution will be available as The solution will be available as part of disguise’s upcoming r15 part of disguise’s upcoming r15 software release. software release.

The company has also added The company has also added a new entry-level media server a new entry-level media server to its portfolio. Solo can be used to its portfolio. Solo can be used as a standalone as a standalone server or in server or in conjunction with conjunction with an understudy for an understudy for smaller shows. smaller shows.

The 2U server The 2U server has options has options for HMDI and SDI for HMDI and SDI capture, ‘pro audio’ and 10GB capture, ‘pro audio’ and 10GB Ethernet ports, two 4K outputs, Ethernet ports, two 4K outputs,

fixed storage, 2TB SSD and fixed storage, 2TB SSD and redundant backup capabilities. redundant backup capabilities. disguise has also been disguise has also been showcasing the latest in its showcasing the latest in its Video Format Conversion Video Format Conversion technology: the HDMI 2.0 VFC technology: the HDMI 2.0 VFC card. Accessories to the pro and card. Accessories to the pro and gx range, the VFC card allows gx range, the VFC card allows users to change the video output users to change the video output signal on the server. The new signal on the server. The new card enables users to run 4K card enables users to run 4K resolutions at 60fps and now resolutions at 60fps and now joins the DisplayPort, Quad-DVI joins the DisplayPort, Quad-DVI and Quad-SDI options. and Quad-SDI options. www.disguise.one www.disguise.one

Tesira and Devio updates BIAMP HAS launched several BIAMP HAS launched several updates for its Tesira and Devio updates for its Tesira and Devio product families. product families.

First up is Biamp SageVue, First up is Biamp SageVue, a web-based monitoring and a web-based monitoring and management platform for its management platform for its Tesira and Devio platforms Tesira and Devio platforms that enables the review of a that enables the review of a system’s status and provides system’s status and provides the ability to perform certain the ability to perform certain administrative tasks. ‘With the administrative tasks. ‘With the addition of SageVue, users addition of SageVue, users gain the essential information gain the essential information and tools for their connected and tools for their connected Tesira and Devio devices right from Tesira and Devio devices right from their web browser,’ explained Chris their web browser,’ explained Chris Fitzsimmons, product manager for Fitzsimmons, product manager for video products at Biamp. video products at Biamp.

The browser-based interface The browser-based interface is equipped with a full-featured is equipped with a full-featured RESTful API, allowing users to RESTful API, allowing users to directly integrate with third-party directly integrate with third-party monitoring applications or to monitoring applications or to create custom dashboards by create custom dashboards by pulling in data. User access and pulling in data. User access and setup are simplified by interfacing setup are simplified by interfacing SageVue with an LDAP (Lightweight SageVue with an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Directory Access Protocol) infrastructure. infrastructure.

When SageVue is used with a When SageVue is used with a Tesira device, functions associated Tesira device, functions associated with the device maintenance table with the device maintenance table and the configuration functions and the configuration functions of VoIP-enabled devices can be of VoIP-enabled devices can be accessed, while, for Devio devices, accessed, while, for Devio devices,

A handheld addition to the 6000 Series AUDIO-TECHNICA HAS added the AUDIO-TECHNICA HAS added the ATW-T6002x handheld transmitter ATW-T6002x handheld transmitter to its 6000 Series high-density to its 6000 Series high-density wireless system. It allows users to wireless system. It allows users to run up to 31 channels within 4MHz run up to 31 channels within 4MHz of bandwidth. of bandwidth.

The ATW-T6002x transmitter The ATW-T6002x transmitter is said to offer ‘extremely low is said to offer ‘extremely low handling noise’ while featuring a handling noise’ while featuring a body of metal construction, an body of metal construction, an OLED screen for high visibility, softOLED screen for high visibility, softtouch controls and switchable RF touch controls and switchable RF power. Its thread mount enables power. Its thread mount enables

the use of six interchangeable the use of six interchangeable Audio-Technica microphone Audio-Technica microphone capsules, as well as other capsules, as well as other compatible capsules. compatible capsules.

In other news, the ATH-M60x In other news, the ATH-M60x on-ear professional monitor on-ear professional monitor headphones are the latest addition headphones are the latest addition to Audio-Technica’s M-Series. to Audio-Technica’s M-Series.

They are designed for studio, They are designed for studio, broadcast and mobile applications broadcast and mobile applications and feature the same 45mm and feature the same 45mm large-aperture drivers found in the large-aperture drivers found in the ATH-M50x to deliver an extended ATH-M50x to deliver an extended

frequency range with accurate frequency range with accurate bass response. With a low-profile, bass response. With a low-profile, closed-back, on-ear design as closed-back, on-ear design as well as memory foam earpads well as memory foam earpads and headband, the ATH-M60x and headband, the ATH-M60x comes with three interchangeable comes with three interchangeable cables: 1.2m to 3m coiled, 3m cables: 1.2m to 3m coiled, 3m straight and 1.2m straight. They straight and 1.2m straight. They each include a 3.5mm mini-plug, each include a 3.5mm mini-plug, a 6.3mm screw-on adapter and a a 6.3mm screw-on adapter and a protective carry case. protective carry case.

Keeping with the headphone Keeping with the headphone theme, Audio-Technica has theme, Audio-Technica has

Tesira EX-UBT Tesira EX-UBT SageVue provides integrated SageVue provides integrated access to the existing Devio access to the existing Devio device webpage. Remote firmware device webpage. Remote firmware updates are also supported. updates are also supported.

In another update, the Tesira In another update, the Tesira Platform has grown with the Platform has grown with the addition of the Tesira EX-UBT, an addition of the Tesira EX-UBT, an AVB USB expander. The Tesira AVB USB expander. The Tesira EX-UBT is designed to provide a EX-UBT is designed to provide a reliable digital audio interface reliable digital audio interface for installations requiring USB for installations requiring USB connections not located in a rack connections not located in a rack or near to other equipment, as or near to other equipment, as well as systems requiring multiple well as systems requiring multiple USB audio inputs or those utilising USB audio inputs or those utilising Tesira Server or Server-IO as the Tesira Server or Server-IO as the DSP by adding an onboard USB DSP by adding an onboard USB connection. connection. www.biamp.com www.biamp.com

released a trio of new sets for released a trio of new sets for news and sports broadcasting: news and sports broadcasting: the BPHS2 stereo and BPHS2S the BPHS2 stereo and BPHS2S single-ear headsets with dynamic single-ear headsets with dynamic microphones, and the BPHS2C microphones, and the BPHS2C stereo headset with low-profile stereo headset with low-profile condenser mic designed to be less condenser mic designed to be less visible on the air. The BPHS2 is visible on the air. The BPHS2 is based on the aforementioned ATHbased on the aforementioned ATHM60x and uses the same 45mm M60x and uses the same 45mm large-aperture drivers. large-aperture drivers.

ATH-M60x ATH-M60x

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RedNet X2P expands I/O for Dante systems FOCUSRITE’S NEW RedNet X2P FOCUSRITE’S NEW RedNet X2P is a compact 2x2 Dante audio is a compact 2x2 Dante audio interface that can serve as a highinterface that can serve as a highperformance remote I/O solution performance remote I/O solution to Focusrite’s Red interface or any to Focusrite’s Red interface or any Dante over IP system, with power, Dante over IP system, with power, audio and remote control all sent audio and remote control all sent down a single Cat-5 cable. Boasting down a single Cat-5 cable. Boasting two Red Evolution mic pres, stereo two Red Evolution mic pres, stereo line out and stereo headphone line out and stereo headphone amplifier, the RedNet X2P uses amplifier, the RedNet X2P uses what the manufacturer calls ‘more what the manufacturer calls ‘more me’ control, allowing talent to mix me’ control, allowing talent to mix the level of the local mic pre inputs the level of the local mic pre inputs at zero latency with the cue mix at zero latency with the cue mix

RedNet X2P RedNet X2P

feed to the unit via the network feed to the unit via the network inputs assigned to feed either inputs assigned to feed either local line outputs or a headphone local line outputs or a headphone amp. The preamps include Air amp. The preamps include Air Mode, which emulates the sound Mode, which emulates the sound

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of the manufacturer’s classic of the manufacturer’s classic transformer-based mic preamps. transformer-based mic preamps.

A/D conversation for the RedNet A/D conversation for the RedNet is with over 118dB dynamic range. is with over 118dB dynamic range.

The interface can be mounted to The interface can be mounted to

a mic to keep it out of the way if a mic to keep it out of the way if desired. desired.

In addition to the Dante interface, In addition to the Dante interface, the British manufacturer has been the British manufacturer has been showcasing its Red 16Line audio showcasing its Red 16Line audio interface that boasts 64-in/64-out interface that boasts 64-in/64-out Pro Tools HD and dual Thunderbolt 3 Pro Tools HD and dual Thunderbolt 3 ports, together with Dante and ports, together with Dante and analogue connectivity. Features analogue connectivity. Features include ultra-low latency AD/DA include ultra-low latency AD/DA for 16 line level I/Os, two Red for 16 line level I/Os, two Red Evolution mic preamps, up Evolution mic preamps, up to 121dB dynamic range and to 121dB dynamic range and expansion over Ethernet for expansion over Ethernet for networked audio. networked audio.

The 16 line inputs are on a D-sub The 16 line inputs are on a D-sub connector, coupled with 16 line connector, coupled with 16 line outputs and two main monitor outputs and two main monitor outputs, while the outputs can be outputs, while the outputs can be ganged for surround monitoring ganged for surround monitoring applications. The two digitally applications. The two digitally controlled Red Evolution mic controlled Red Evolution mic preamps provide up to 63dB of preamps provide up to 63dB of gain along with stereo linking, gain along with stereo linking, individually switchable phantom individually switchable phantom power, high-pass filter, phase power, high-pass filter, phase reverse and Air mode. The unit also reverse and Air mode. The unit also houses a dual-port Dante card. houses a dual-port Dante card. pro.focusrite.com pro.focusrite.com

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Røde to the SoundField Sennheiser bridges a gap THE NT-SF1 broadcast-grade, THE NT-SF1 broadcast-grade, 360° surround sound capture 360° surround sound capture microphone is the first member microphone is the first member of the SoundField by Røde of the SoundField by Røde family. Developed at the Røde family. Developed at the Røde Microphones campus in Sydney, Microphones campus in Sydney, it features four of the Australian it features four of the Australian manufacturer’s ½-inch TF45C manufacturer’s ½-inch TF45C capsules in a tetrahedral array capsules in a tetrahedral array to produce the same number of to produce the same number of A-format recordings that can be A-format recordings that can be transformed and manipulated in transformed and manipulated in B-format using the SoundField B-format using the SoundField

by Røde plug-in. Both SoundField

by Røde plug-in. Both SoundField and Røde are part of the and Røde are part of the Freedman Electronics Group.

Freedman Electronics Group.

‘When the Freedman Group ‘When the Freedman Group acquired SoundField, the aim acquired SoundField, the aim was to continue producing the was to continue producing the premier 360° audio capture,’ premier 360° audio capture,’ commented Freedman Group commented Freedman Group CEO, Damien Wilson. ‘But, as is CEO, Damien Wilson. ‘But, as is the Røde way, we have brought the Røde way, we have brought our manufacturing and design our manufacturing and design expertise to bear on this new expertise to bear on this new family of microphones. The family of microphones. The SoundField by Røde NT-SF1 is SoundField by Røde NT-SF1 is aimed at creators for whom aimed at creators for whom the ultra-high-end SoundField the ultra-high-end SoundField products are out of reach.’ products are out of reach.’

‘It gives budding VR creators, ‘It gives budding VR creators, immersive filmmakers and immersive filmmakers and

videogame world builders an videogame world builders an accessible and high-quality way accessible and high-quality way to dive into 360°-with-height to dive into 360°-with-height audio capture,’ added Røde audio capture,’ added Røde product development director product development director and former director of new and former director of new products at SoundField, Pieter products at SoundField, Pieter Schillebeeckx.

Schillebeeckx. www.rode.com www.rode.com www.soundfield.com www.soundfield.com

SENNHEISER HAS dubbed its SENNHEISER HAS dubbed its new range of headset and lavalier new range of headset and lavalier microphones as Essential. The microphones as Essential. The series is designed to bridge the series is designed to bridge the gap between the manufacturer’s gap between the manufacturer’s high-end solutions and the high-end solutions and the microphones that come with its microphones that come with its evolution wireless series. The evolution wireless series. The Essential microphones all connect Essential microphones all connect to bodypack transmitters with to bodypack transmitters with either a 3-pin or 3.5mm jack. either a 3-pin or 3.5mm jack.

‘As its name suggests, the ‘As its name suggests, the Essential range brings the Essential range brings the accepted core acoustics of the accepted core acoustics of the HSP 2 and MKE 2 to a new HSP 2 and MKE 2 to a new audience at an attractive price,’ audience at an attractive price,’ said Jannik Schentek, product said Jannik Schentek, product manager at Sennheiser. manager at Sennheiser.

The HSP Essential Omni is The HSP Essential Omni is the first ‘essential’. It features the first ‘essential’. It features an omnidirectional capsule and an omnidirectional capsule and an adjustable stainless-steel an adjustable stainless-steel headband. It is available in black headband. It is available in black or beige, with the choice between or beige, with the choice between a 3.5mm jack connector for use a 3.5mm jack connector for use with Sennheiser’s XS Wireless with Sennheiser’s XS Wireless and evolution wireless, or a 3-pin and evolution wireless, or a 3-pin connector for the company’s connector for the company’s wireless series, from the 2000 to wireless series, from the 2000 to

HSP Essential Omni HSP Essential Omni Digital 9000. It also includes a Digital 9000. It also includes a 1.3m cable and a pop windshield.

1.3m cable and a pop windshield.

The other ‘essential’ is the MKE The other ‘essential’ is the MKE Essential Omni. Also available in Essential Omni. Also available in black and beige, and available black and beige, and available with a 3-pin or 3.5mm jack with a 3-pin or 3.5mm jack connector, this omnidirectional connector, this omnidirectional lavalier microphone is boxed lavalier microphone is boxed with a crocodile clip and a pop with a crocodile clip and a pop windshield. However, it can also windshield. However, it can also be used with the MKE 2 range of be used with the MKE 2 range of mounting accessories. The 1.6m mounting accessories. The 1.6m cable is intended to accommodate cable is intended to accommodate different wearing styles, such as different wearing styles, such as concealing the microphone along concealing the microphone along the user’s hairline or for use as a the user’s hairline or for use as a lapel microphone. lapel microphone.

Sennheiser has also expanded Sennheiser has also expanded its evolution wireless series with its evolution wireless series with

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the ew 500-p, which is designed the ew 500-p, which is designed primarily for ENG and film work. primarily for ENG and film work.

The system is formed of the ew The system is formed of the ew 512-p G4 Pro Portable lavalier 512-p G4 Pro Portable lavalier mic set, complete with camera mic set, complete with camera receiver, bodypack transmitter, receiver, bodypack transmitter, MKE 2 lavalier mic and MKE 2 lavalier mic and accessories; the ew 500 Boom G4 accessories; the ew 500 Boom G4 Pro Portable boom set, including Pro Portable boom set, including camera receiver, phantom camera receiver, phantom powered plug-on transmitter and powered plug-on transmitter and other accessories; and the ew other accessories; and the ew 500 Film G4 Combo Set, which 500 Film G4 Combo Set, which comes with both bodypack and comes with both bodypack and plug-on transmitters, MKE 2 plug-on transmitters, MKE 2 lavalier mic and camera receiver, lavalier mic and camera receiver, among other accessories. among other accessories. www.sennheiser.com www.sennheiser.com

PRODUCTS PRODUCTS Audix’ SCX25A Audix’ SCX25A

Audix presets added to Qu AUDIX AND Allen & Heath have collaborated AUDIX AND Allen & Heath have collaborated to add a range of presets for the mic to add a range of presets for the mic manufacturer’s products to the Qu series of manufacturer’s products to the Qu series of mixing consoles. mixing consoles.

The new ProFactory mic presets cover a The new ProFactory mic presets cover a range of Audix models, including the SCX25A range of Audix models, including the SCX25A condenser vocal microphone, the D2, D4, D6 condenser vocal microphone, the D2, D4, D6 and i5 dynamic instrument microphones and and i5 dynamic instrument microphones and the OM series of dynamic vocal microphones. the OM series of dynamic vocal microphones.

Engineers from both companies worked Engineers from both companies worked

closely to ensure closely to ensure that the settings were that the settings were optimised for each mic optimised for each mic paired with Qu’s AnalogiQ Preamps. paired with Qu’s AnalogiQ Preamps.

The presets are available as a free The presets are available as a free download from the Qu series product pages download from the Qu series product pages on the A&H website. on the A&H website.

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DiGiCo adds auto mic mixing to S-Series

The DMI-AMM automatic mic mixing card The DMI-AMM automatic mic mixing card AUTOMATIC MICROPHONE mixing AUTOMATIC MICROPHONE mixing capability has come to DiGiCo’s S-Series capability has come to DiGiCo’s S-Series consoles with the release of the new DMIconsoles with the release of the new DMIAMM card, which allows up to 48 channels AMM card, which allows up to 48 channels of automatic mic mixing on any S-Series of automatic mic mixing on any S-Series console. Insertable on any input channel, console. Insertable on any input channel, local or rack I/O, the DMI-AMM assists with local or rack I/O, the DMI-AMM assists with multiple spoken voices and is ‘seamlessly’ multiple spoken voices and is ‘seamlessly’ incorporated into the console’s user incorporated into the console’s user interface for a continuous workflow. The interface for a continuous workflow. The system works by automatically managing system works by automatically managing multiple live microphones in unpredictable multiple live microphones in unpredictable dialogue situations. When one person dialogue situations. When one person speaks, that microphone’s gain level fades speaks, that microphone’s gain level fades up instantly, while the other microphone’s up instantly, while the other microphone’s

implemented by the DMI-AMM, known implemented by the DMI-AMM, known as AMM-A and AMM-B, with channels as AMM-A and AMM-B, with channels assigned to either A or B, or neither. assigned to either A or B, or neither.

This means that two separate events This means that two separate events can run simultaneously on the same can run simultaneously on the same console without one interfering with console without one interfering with the other. the other.

The S-Series consoles themselves The S-Series consoles themselves have also been given an update to have also been given an update to accommodate the AMM functionality. accommodate the AMM functionality.

V2.2 software gives users access to V2.2 software gives users access to Rack Receive only mode, which prevents Rack Receive only mode, which prevents the I/O rack’s input socket gain from the I/O rack’s input socket gain from changing on the surface if it is adjusted changing on the surface if it is adjusted locally; Snapshot fader crossfades, which locally; Snapshot fader crossfades, which for all Input, Matrix and CG faders, fader for all Input, Matrix and CG faders, fader crossfade times can be applied per channel crossfade times can be applied per channel and per Snapshot; Control Group Spill, and per Snapshot; Control Group Spill, where up to 10 pre-defined members of a where up to 10 pre-defined members of a Control Group can be spilled to any console Control Group can be spilled to any console section using a single button function; section using a single button function; and OSC Control of Snapshots, so that and OSC Control of Snapshots, so that OSC messages can be transmitted from OSC messages can be transmitted from the console when a Snapshot is fired, or a the console when a Snapshot is fired, or a Snapshot can be fired when an incoming Snapshot can be fired when an incoming OSC message is received.

OSC message is received.

Finally, following the launch of the DiGiCo Finally, following the launch of the DiGiCo 32-bit John Stadius mic preamp, the British 32-bit John Stadius mic preamp, the British manufacturer has accompanied it with a manufacturer has accompanied it with a new ‘Stadius’ DA converter, a 32-bit DAC new ‘Stadius’ DA converter, a 32-bit DAC that promises dedicated analogue, ultrathat promises dedicated analogue, ultra-

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FEATURES: DiGiCo’s 32-bit DAC DiGiCo’s 32-bit DAC gains are reduced. When the speaker gains are reduced. When the speaker pauses, all microphone levels will adjust to pauses, all microphone levels will adjust to medium gain to collectively match the level medium gain to collectively match the level of one microphone at full gain. The resulting of one microphone at full gain. The resulting effect is as if all speakers are sharing one effect is as if all speakers are sharing one microphone. microphone.

There are two independent AMMs There are two independent AMMs

low noise linear power supplies, 104µs low noise linear power supplies, 104µs conversion time, a –100dBA noise floor, conversion time, a –100dBA noise floor, a dynamic range of 122dBA, a 20kHz to a dynamic range of 122dBA, a 20kHz to 44.5kHz ±0.15dB frequency response and 44.5kHz ±0.15dB frequency response and a fully shielded analogue stage. a fully shielded analogue stage. www.digico.biz www.digico.biz

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Antelope on the Verge and the Edge ANTELOPE AUDIO has created ANTELOPE AUDIO has created Verge as an aesthetic alternative Verge as an aesthetic alternative to the Edge small-diaphragm to the Edge small-diaphragm condenser microphone suited to condenser microphone suited to recording for both nuanced accuracy recording for both nuanced accuracy and high SPLs. Verge is a modelling and high SPLs. Verge is a modelling microphone designed to excel when microphone designed to excel when capturing the sounds of brass, capturing the sounds of brass, drums and cymbals as well as drums and cymbals as well as piano, strings and acoustic guitar. piano, strings and acoustic guitar.

As a modelling mic, Verge also As a modelling mic, Verge also comes equipped with several comes equipped with several emulations, such as the Perth 55 emulations, such as the Perth 55 small-diaphragm, true-condenser small-diaphragm, true-condenser cardioid mic with an omnidirectional cardioid mic with an omnidirectional capsule, which is suited to capsule, which is suited to recording acoustic instruments, recording acoustic instruments, overheads and live performances; overheads and live performances; the Freiburg 6 cardioid mic for the Freiburg 6 cardioid mic for capturing vocals and musical capturing vocals and musical instruments; the Aalborg 4006; and instruments; the Aalborg 4006; and the Hamburg 40. the Hamburg 40.

As for the Edge, new mic As for the Edge, new mic emulations have been made emulations have been made available, including the Berlin available, including the Berlin

Universal Audio plugs in UNIVERSAL AUDIO has released UNIVERSAL AUDIO has released its Neve Preamp plug-in, said to its Neve Preamp plug-in, said to give users the ‘clarity, grit and give users the ‘clarity, grit and complex Class-A saturation’ of complex Class-A saturation’ of the Neve mic preamp in a 2-knob the Neve mic preamp in a 2-knob plug-in. It combines the sonic plug-in. It combines the sonic attributes and features of both attributes and features of both the 1073 and 1290 designs, and the 1073 and 1290 designs, and has been produced to replicate has been produced to replicate the sound and behaviour of the the sound and behaviour of the original preamp. UAD-2 hardware original preamp. UAD-2 hardware owners can use the plug-in for owners can use the plug-in for mixing and tone shaping. Its lower mixing and tone shaping. Its lower DSP usage means that users can DSP usage means that users can place the plug-in across multiple place the plug-in across multiple channels. channels.

In other news, the manufacturer In other news, the manufacturer has unveiled its UAD-2 Live has unveiled its UAD-2 Live

M103, Berlin 57, Vienna 12, M103, Berlin 57, Vienna 12, Vienna 414, Sacramento 121R, Vienna 414, Sacramento 121R, Oxford 4038 and Berlin 49T. Oxford 4038 and Berlin 49T. The same firmware update also The same firmware update also provides five new preamps: the provides five new preamps: the VPA76, Gyraf Gyratec G9, BAE VPA76, Gyraf Gyratec G9, BAE 1073, RD-47 and BA-31.

1073, RD-47 and BA-31.

Finally, Antelope’s Windows Finally, Antelope’s Windows Thunderbolt driver is now available Thunderbolt driver is now available as part of the manufacturer’s Open as part of the manufacturer’s Open Beta programme.

Beta programme.

The driver makes Antelope’s The driver makes Antelope’s Thunderbolt interfaces fully Thunderbolt interfaces fully compatible with Windows devices compatible with Windows devices and is available to download and is available to download for Discrete 4, Discrete 8, Zen for Discrete 4, Discrete 8, Zen Tour, Orion Studio, Orion Studio Tour, Orion Studio, Orion Studio Rev2017, Orion32+ and Goliath Rev2017, Orion32+ and Goliath HD. It will also be released for HD. It will also be released for ZenStudio+ and Goliath.

ZenStudio+ and Goliath.

WAVES HAS added a raft of WAVES HAS added a raft of plug-ins to its inventory. First plug-ins to its inventory. First is the Bass Slapper, designed is the Bass Slapper, designed to recreate, on a keyboard, the to recreate, on a keyboard, the nuances of slap bass, one of nuances of slap bass, one of the most popular styles of bass the most popular styles of bass playing. The plug-in incudes an playing. The plug-in incudes an extensive library of special bass extensive library of special bass guitar sounds, including slides, guitar sounds, including slides, mutes and harmonic strums. mutes and harmonic strums.

It also provides position and It also provides position and articulation controls to help articulation controls to help users determine where to play users determine where to play on the fretboard, which strings on the fretboard, which strings to thumb or pop, and when to to thumb or pop, and when to play legato or staccato. play legato or staccato.

speakers in an acoustically speakers in an acoustically treated room, the plug-in also treated room, the plug-in also includes the Nx Ambisonics includes the Nx Ambisonics component, which lets users component, which lets users monitor ambisonic B-format monitor ambisonic B-format audio for 360° and VR projects audio for 360° and VR projects on regular stereo headphones. on regular stereo headphones.

V10 is a new version of Waves V10 is a new version of Waves plug-ins. Users updating to plug-ins. Users updating to V10 will benefit from futureV10 will benefit from futureproofing their sessions, ensure proofing their sessions, ensure continued compatibility, enjoy continued compatibility, enjoy plug-in updates and technical plug-in updates and technical support, and receive new plug-ins support, and receive new plug-ins when added to Waves premium when added to Waves premium bundles. bundles.

www.antelopeaudio.com www.antelopeaudio.com

The Neve Preamp GUI The Neve Preamp GUI Rack, a 16-channel MADI Rack, a 16-channel MADI effects processor for live sound effects processor for live sound engineers who want to mix using engineers who want to mix using real-time UAD processing and real-time UAD processing and UAD plug-ins straight out of the UAD plug-ins straight out of the box. Up to four UAD-2s can be box. Up to four UAD-2s can be combined for up to 64 channels combined for up to 64 channels of MADI signal processing. The of MADI signal processing. The 1U rackmount processor comes 1U rackmount processor comes

with a suite of UAD plug-ins, with a suite of UAD plug-ins, including 1176 and Teletronix including 1176 and Teletronix LA-2A compressors, and Pultec LA-2A compressors, and Pultec EQs. The Antares auto-tune, realEQs. The Antares auto-tune, realtime plug-in, fail-safe features and time plug-in, fail-safe features and MIDI snapshot recall capabilities MIDI snapshot recall capabilities are also included. are also included. www.uaudio.com www.uaudio.com

Ultimo UXT gains AES67 compatibility

AUDINATE HAS released Dante AUDINATE HAS released Dante firmware 4.1 for the Ultimo firmware 4.1 for the Ultimo UXT range of audio networking UXT range of audio networking chipsets. The update provides chipsets. The update provides the chipsets with the ability to the chipsets with the ability to send audio streams to non-Dante send audio streams to non-Dante products that use the AES67 products that use the AES67 standard. standard.

Plugging in the music

The Ultimo UXT chipsets are The Ultimo UXT chipsets are designed to offer Dante audio designed to offer Dante audio networking capabilities to 2- and networking capabilities to 2- and 4-channel count products. They 4-channel count products. They are currently implemented across are currently implemented across a wide range of A/V products, a wide range of A/V products, such as powered speakers, such as powered speakers, microphones, wall plates, microphones, wall plates,

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amplifiers, personal monitoring amplifiers, personal monitoring systems, recording interfaces, systems, recording interfaces, intercoms and break-out interfaces. intercoms and break-out interfaces.

‘In the broadcast industry we ‘In the broadcast industry we want to make sure that our OEM want to make sure that our OEM partners and their customers are partners and their customers are able to enjoy the benefits of the able to enjoy the benefits of the complete Dante solution while complete Dante solution while also maintaining compliance also maintaining compliance with industry standards for with industry standards for interoperability,’ explained interoperability,’ explained Audinate’s Joshua Rush.

Audinate’s Joshua Rush.

Audinate has also announced Audinate has also announced support for SMPTE 2110 across support for SMPTE 2110 across the entire Dante platform by the the entire Dante platform by the end of 2018. The SMPTE 2110 end of 2018. The SMPTE 2110 feature will be made available feature will be made available via the Dante Domain Manager via the Dante Domain Manager software platform and firmware software platform and firmware updates for Dante IP Core, Dante updates for Dante IP Core, Dante HC, Dante Brooklyn II and Dante HC, Dante Brooklyn II and Dante Ultimo.

Ultimo. www.audinate.com www.audinate.com

Bass Slapper Bass Slapper Brauer Motion is a circular Brauer Motion is a circular stereo auto-panner designed stereo auto-panner designed with Coldplay’s Michael Brauer with Coldplay’s Michael Brauer and gives users the ability to and gives users the ability to create a ‘world of movement create a ‘world of movement inside their mixes’. inside their mixes’.

The plug-in is said to work The plug-in is said to work particularly well on rhythmic particularly well on rhythmic tracks such as percussion and tracks such as percussion and acoustic guitar; on swelling pads acoustic guitar; on swelling pads and organs; or whenever a mixer and organs; or whenever a mixer wants to pull the listener in wants to pull the listener in with a subtle or drastic panning with a subtle or drastic panning movement. movement.

PRS SuperModels has been PRS SuperModels has been created in collaboration with Paul created in collaboration with Paul Reed Smith. Designed to model Reed Smith. Designed to model three high-end PRS guitar amps three high-end PRS guitar amps (PRS Archon, PRS Dallas and (PRS Archon, PRS Dallas and PRS Blue Sierra/V9), the plug-in PRS Blue Sierra/V9), the plug-in allows users to choose from allows users to choose from eight different speaker cabinet eight different speaker cabinet IRs and provides the option of IRs and provides the option of adding up to two third-party IRs adding up to two third-party IRs simultaneously. simultaneously.

Nx Virtual Mix Room-overNx Virtual Mix Room-overHeadphones plug-in is a virtual Headphones plug-in is a virtual monitoring plug-in powered by the monitoring plug-in powered by the company’s Nx technology. Said to company’s Nx technology. Said to deliver the same 3-dimensional deliver the same 3-dimensional depth and panoramic stereo depth and panoramic stereo image that would be heard from image that would be heard from

Last, but not least, is the Last, but not least, is the Tract Loudspeaker Correction, Tract Loudspeaker Correction, a corrective EQ and system a corrective EQ and system time alignment tool for live time alignment tool for live PA systems and studio PA systems and studio environments. With Rational environments. With Rational Acoustics’ Smaart v8 or Smaart Acoustics’ Smaart v8 or Smaart Di v2 audio analysis software Di v2 audio analysis software running, the Tract plug-in allows running, the Tract plug-in allows users to view frequency and users to view frequency and phase response in real time, phase response in real time, take and merge snapshots take and merge snapshots of a system’s transfer of a system’s transfer measurements or calculate a measurements or calculate a corrective FIR EQ curve. corrective FIR EQ curve.

In other news, the Waves In other news, the Waves MultiRack plug-in host is now MultiRack plug-in host is now available with an updated available with an updated configuration for integration with configuration for integration with DiGiCo SD-Series consoles.

DiGiCo SD-Series consoles.

Users can run the MultiRack Users can run the MultiRack plug-in host software on a plug-in host software on a computer connected to the computer connected to the DiGiCo console. Integrated DiGiCo console. Integrated remote control of Waves remote control of Waves MultiRack and SoundGridMultiRack and SoundGridcompatible plug-ins is also now compatible plug-ins is also now supported on DiGiCo’s SD12 supported on DiGiCo’s SD12 Console, using DiGiCo’s DMI Console, using DiGiCo’s DMI Waves I/O card.

Waves I/O card. www.waves.com www.waves.com

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Major update for DirectOut’s ExBox.MD Dante A MAJOR firmware release for A MAJOR firmware release for DirectOut’s ExBox.MD Dante DirectOut’s ExBox.MD Dante inter face has expanded its inter face has expanded its capabilities while also being capabilities while also being integrated in the new ‘globcon’ integrated in the new ‘globcon’ global control software. The global control software. The highlight of the upgrade is the highlight of the upgrade is the EARS (Enhanced Automatic EARS (Enhanced Automatic Redundancy Switching) Redundancy Switching) technology, which was designed technology, which was designed by the German manufacturer by the German manufacturer to improve reliability of digital to improve reliability of digital multichannel audio systems. multichannel audio systems.

It offers different modes of It offers different modes of operation and methods of operation and methods of triggering automatic input triggering automatic input

switching. The upgrade also adds switching. The upgrade also adds a channel-based routing matrix a channel-based routing matrix to allow access to all inputs and to allow access to all inputs and outputs, and offers the option outputs, and offers the option to present new output streams to present new output streams to the Dante and MADI domains. to the Dante and MADI domains.

Meanwhile, the ExBox.MD now Meanwhile, the ExBox.MD now has extended options to configure has extended options to configure the unit’s MADI outputs, including the unit’s MADI outputs, including for 48/96kHz operation and for 48/96kHz operation and 64/57/56 channel settings, 64/57/56 channel settings, with all modes supported and with all modes supported and detected automatically on inputs. detected automatically on inputs.

The company’s unified control The company’s unified control software, globcon, was designed software, globcon, was designed to provide coherent control of to provide coherent control of

multiple pieces of equipment multiple pieces of equipment from different brands as if they from different brands as if they were one. Starting with the were one. Starting with the

Updates abound at Soundcraft

Notepad-8FX Notepad-8FX SOUNDCRAFT NOTEPAD mixers SOUNDCRAFT NOTEPAD mixers have received their first major have received their first major firmware update. Suitable for firmware update. Suitable for Notepad-5, -8FX and -12FX Notepad-5, -8FX and -12FX desktop mixing solutions, one desktop mixing solutions, one of the new additions to Notepad of the new additions to Notepad 1.09 is the Ducker feature, 1.09 is the Ducker feature, a broadcast-style side chain a broadcast-style side chain compressor that enables content compressor that enables content

creators to select up to four mic creators to select up to four mic preamp channels as threshold preamp channels as threshold triggers to ‘duck’ the USB triggers to ‘duck’ the USB audio return when they are audio return when they are speaking. Also included speaking. Also included is a firmware updater is a firmware updater and a control panel and a control panel that allows users that allows users to select which to select which inputs feed the inputs feed the USB bus while USB bus while connected to computer connected to computer workstation software. workstation software.

The Soundcraft Ui24R 2.0 The Soundcraft Ui24R 2.0 firmware update is also now firmware update is also now available. Added to the system available. Added to the system are a Speech AutoMix function, are a Speech AutoMix function, which automatically reduces the which automatically reduces the noise floor in panel-discussion noise floor in panel-discussion or theatre settings by prioritising or theatre settings by prioritising the current speaker; the Multithe current speaker; the MultiDucker feature, which has Ducker feature, which has been designed for radio and TV been designed for radio and TV broadcast workflows and allows broadcast workflows and allows the automatic ducking of userthe automatic ducking of userspecified sources; and language specified sources; and language

localisation, which provides the localisation, which provides the option of setting the browseroption of setting the browserbased user interface to Chinese. based user interface to Chinese.

Finally, software release Finally, software release version 6.4 has been announced version 6.4 has been announced for all Soundcraft Vi -000 for all Soundcraft Vi -000 and -00 series consoles. The and -00 series consoles. The update benefits users of the update benefits users of the Vi1000 mixing console and Vi1000 mixing console and the company’s Vi family of the company’s Vi family of products. The Vi-mixers now products. The Vi-mixers now support Sennheiser Digital support Sennheiser Digital 6000 wireless microphones in 6000 wireless microphones in the VM2 microphone monitoring the VM2 microphone monitoring system. Users can see battery, system. Users can see battery, RF, audio level and Sennheiser’s RF, audio level and Sennheiser’s Link Quality Indicator for Link Quality Indicator for attached wireless microphones, attached wireless microphones, in real time, directly within the in real time, directly within the channel strip display. Other channel strip display. Other wireless systems already wireless systems already supported include AKG DMS and supported include AKG DMS and WMS systems, and Shure ULXD, WMS systems, and Shure ULXD, QLXD and Axient.

QLXD and Axient. www.soundcraft.com www.soundcraft.com

support of the DirectOut product support of the DirectOut product portfolio, more devices from a portfolio, more devices from a variety of other manufacturers variety of other manufacturers

The SigMod modules The SigMod modules path); Phase (for inverting either path); Phase (for inverting either side); Trim (for applying dB offset); side); Trim (for applying dB offset); DC Offset (for detecting and DC Offset (for detecting and offsetting accordingly); Tap (for offsetting accordingly); Tap (for parallel processing); Crossover parallel processing); Crossover (for splitting frequencies to apply (for splitting frequencies to apply

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band-limited effects); and Mute/ band-limited effects); and Mute/ Solo (for muting or soloing a Solo (for muting or soloing a specific channel). specific channel).

Useful examples listed by the Useful examples listed by the manufacturer include adding manufacturer include adding mid/side functionality to classic mid/side functionality to classic

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Lectrosonics updates PDR LECTROSONICS HAS announced LECTROSONICS HAS announced firmware update V2.0 for its firmware update V2.0 for its PDR (Portable Digital Recorder).

PDR (Portable Digital Recorder).

The new version offers iXML The new version offers iXML Header Support, which allows for Header Support, which allows for recordings to contain industryrecordings to contain industrystandard iXML data standard iXML data in the file headers, in the file headers, while Filesystem while Filesystem Protection adds Protection adds provisions to provisions to protect recorded protect recorded data on the micro data on the micro SD card when SD card when users mount users mount the card onto a the card onto a computer. The computer. The menu structure menu structure has also been has also been updated with some items moved to updated with some items moved to submenus, including ‘Timecode’, submenus, including ‘Timecode’, ‘SD Card’ and ‘Settings’.

‘SD Card’ and ‘Settings’.

Timecode can be copied from Timecode can be copied from the internal real-time clock, while the internal real-time clock, while users can enter scene and take users can enter scene and take

NUGEN offers complex combinations A NEW production tool from A NEW production tool from NUGEN Audio has been launched NUGEN Audio has been launched that allows users to combine that allows users to combine simple processes into complex simple processes into complex combinations to correct, tweak or combinations to correct, tweak or convert an audio signal. SigMod convert an audio signal. SigMod includes 11 single-process includes 11 single-process modules that can be inserted, modules that can be inserted, swapped or moved around. swapped or moved around.

The modules include Mid/Side The modules include Mid/Side (for converting stereo plug-ins to (for converting stereo plug-ins to mid/side operation); Protect (for mid/side operation); Protect (for safeguarding digital equipment safeguarding digital equipment via virtual protection ‘circuitry’); via virtual protection ‘circuitry’); Mono (for switching the signal Mono (for switching the signal path to mono to check for phase path to mono to check for phase cancellation and image issues); cancellation and image issues); Switch (for switching over the left Switch (for switching over the left and right – or mid/side – signals); and right – or mid/side – signals); Delay (for delaying the signal Delay (for delaying the signal

will reportedly be added will reportedly be added progressively. progressively.

Each globcon node enables Each globcon node enables access to its local connected access to its local connected hardware. As a result, multiple hardware. As a result, multiple users running globcon on users running globcon on different computers can share different computers can share the control of all the hardware via the control of all the hardware via the network. The software offers the network. The software offers device-independent snapshots, device-independent snapshots, facilitates and synchronises facilitates and synchronises real-time changes and ensures real-time changes and ensures monitoring of numerous hardware monitoring of numerous hardware with one single control. with one single control.

compressor and EQ emulations, compressor and EQ emulations, or getting creative with mid/side or getting creative with mid/side delays, distortion and many other delays, distortion and many other effects by inserting the Mid/Side effects by inserting the Mid/Side encoder/decoder either side of encoder/decoder either side of any left/right plug-in instance. any left/right plug-in instance.

Additionally, a new extension Additionally, a new extension has been introduced for Halo has been introduced for Halo Downmix 3D, NUGEN’s solution Downmix 3D, NUGEN’s solution for downmixing of feature-film for downmixing of feature-film and 5.1 mixes to stereo. The and 5.1 mixes to stereo. The new 3D Immersive Extension is new 3D Immersive Extension is an optional extension that adds an optional extension that adds capability for downmixing 7.1.2 capability for downmixing 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos bed tracks to 7.1, Dolby Atmos bed tracks to 7.1, 5.1 and stereo. Along with the 3D 5.1 and stereo. Along with the 3D Immersive Extension, all versions Immersive Extension, all versions of Halo Downmix have reportedly of Halo Downmix have reportedly been updated to introduce been updated to introduce greater control over the centre greater control over the centre

numbers manually. The take numbers manually. The take number automatically increments number automatically increments each time the record button is each time the record button is pressed. File browsing and playback pressed. File browsing and playback can be organised by file or by can be organised by file or by scene and take. Additionally, the scene and take. Additionally, the PDR understands PDR understands recordings made recordings made in SMWB series in SMWB series transmitter/ transmitter/ recorders and recorders and can list their can list their format, length format, length and timestamp and timestamp information, among information, among others. Recording others. Recording segment size has segment size has been increased been increased from approximately from approximately 200MB to 4GB, and the two original 200MB to 4GB, and the two original file-naming templates (‘Clock file-naming templates (‘Clock Time’ and ‘Sequence’) have been Time’ and ‘Sequence’) have been enhanced. enhanced. www.lectrosonics.com www.lectrosonics.com

channel energy placement when channel energy placement when downmixing to channel counts downmixing to channel counts above stereo. This new centre above stereo. This new centre channel control enables handling channel control enables handling of the amount of centre channel of the amount of centre channel spread into the left and right spread into the left and right channels in the downmix. channels in the downmix.

Finally, to celebrate the launch of Finally, to celebrate the launch of its new website, NUGEN Audio has its new website, NUGEN Audio has released six music production and released six music production and postproduction bundles – postproduction bundles – Focus, Modern Mastering, NUGEN Focus, Modern Mastering, NUGEN Producer, Loudness Toolkit, Producer, Loudness Toolkit, NUGEN Post and Surround NUGEN Post and Surround Suite. Each include a different Suite. Each include a different assortment of NUGEN plug-ins assortment of NUGEN plug-ins to accomplish various production to accomplish various production tasks. tasks. www.nugenaudio.com www.nugenaudio.com

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TSL increases its tally TO ADDRESS the need for visual TO ADDRESS the need for visual delivery of critical workflow delivery of critical workflow information across an entire information across an entire facility, TSL has introduced facility, TSL has introduced FlashBoard, which links into FlashBoard, which links into the TallyMan system as a direct the TallyMan system as a direct system interface. Integrated into system interface. Integrated into the IP network, users can design the IP network, users can design FlashBoard screen displays FlashBoard screen displays using the Virtual Panel’s creator using the Virtual Panel’s creator software package. The system software package. The system provides information at point of provides information at point of use, for display on monitor walls use, for display on monitor walls or distributed wirelessly to tablets. or distributed wirelessly to tablets.

FlashBoard also replaces separate FlashBoard also replaces separate clocks, cue lamps, production clocks, cue lamps, production

timers and printed paper within a timers and printed paper within a unified system. unified system.

TSL has also updated its TallyMan TSL has also updated its TallyMan Virtual Panel to V.1.3 to include Virtual Panel to V.1.3 to include enhanced source selection enhanced source selection architecture for the Virtual Panel architecture for the Virtual Panel to reportedly enable a simplified to reportedly enable a simplified preset design and management. preset design and management.

Operators can create categories Operators can create categories and favourite pages and access and favourite pages and access them from anywhere on the user them from anywhere on the user interface at the touch of a button. interface at the touch of a button.

New controls include enhanced New controls include enhanced selection for pop-up categories and selection for pop-up categories and a multi-take tool for building and a multi-take tool for building and

TallyMan Virtual Panel TallyMan Virtual Panel executing salvos live. Improved executing salvos live. Improved sliders, rotary encoders and X-Y sliders, rotary encoders and X-Y control allow operators to steer control allow operators to steer robotic cameras, adjust gain on robotic cameras, adjust gain on audio devices and tweak levels on audio devices and tweak levels on

colour correctors. colour correctors.

Finally, TSL has released a Finally, TSL has released a firmware update (V.1.9.2.0) for firmware update (V.1.9.2.0) for its TallyMan control system, its TallyMan control system, which will provide support for which will provide support for

Ember+ data delivery protocol Ember+ data delivery protocol and enable engineers to integrate and enable engineers to integrate all Ember+ capable third-party all Ember+ capable third-party devices to their automated devices to their automated workflows. The new failover feature workflows. The new failover feature means that operators can create means that operators can create presets across all devices that presets across all devices that automatically trigger in the case of automatically trigger in the case of failover or scheduled down time. failover or scheduled down time.

TallyMan will then automatically TallyMan will then automatically recall all established presets recall all established presets without requiring any action from without requiring any action from operators. operators. www.tslproducts.com www.tslproducts.com

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FOLLOWING IN the footsteps FOLLOWING IN the footsteps of its Bute Loudness Analyser, of its Bute Loudness Analyser, Signum Audio has released Signum Audio has released the Bute Loudness Suite. Bute the Bute Loudness Suite. Bute is named after the Scottish is named after the Scottish island that is divided into island that is divided into highlands and lowlands, and is highlands and lowlands, and is an integrated loudness solution an integrated loudness solution designed with postproduction designed with postproduction and broadcasting in mind. and broadcasting in mind.

The analyser includes a The analyser includes a custom warning system, a custom warning system, a history overview that can history overview that can show areas of the mix that show areas of the mix that require attention, DAW Sync require attention, DAW Sync for automatic re-metering and for automatic re-metering and a variety of metering ballistics. a variety of metering ballistics.

It also reloads metering data It also reloads metering data from previous sessions and can from previous sessions and can handle over 10 hours of data. handle over 10 hours of data.

Bute’s AudioSuite Normaliser Bute’s AudioSuite Normaliser allows users to comply to a allows users to comply to a large number of loudness large number of loudness standards with a single click of standards with a single click of a button. The Bute Loudness a button. The Bute Loudness Suite is available in VST/AU/ Suite is available in VST/AU/ AAX (including AudioSuite) AAX (including AudioSuite) formats for Windows and formats for Windows and Mac OS X. Mac OS X.

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Lawo gets smart

ABC-MRT measurement selection ABC-MRT measurement selection

Precise speech intelligibility AUDIO PRECISION has added AUDIO PRECISION has added a new speech intelligibility a new speech intelligibility measurement option for its measurement option for its APx500 audio test software.

APx500 audio test software.

Based on the ABC-MRT Based on the ABC-MRT (Articulation-Band Correlation (Articulation-Band Correlation Modified Rhyme Test) speech Modified Rhyme Test) speech processing algorithm, the option processing algorithm, the option allows developers to measure allows developers to measure the speech intelligibility of the speech intelligibility of their designs using the Audio their designs using the Audio Precision tool they use for Precision tool they use for electro-acoustic testing. electro-acoustic testing.

The ABC-MRT software The ABC-MRT software option requires APx500 audio option requires APx500 audio measurement software release measurement software release v4.5.2 or later and is compatible v4.5.2 or later and is compatible with all analysers in the APx500 with all analysers in the APx500 Series. Audio Precision describes Series. Audio Precision describes the measurement of speech the measurement of speech intelligibility as being particularly intelligibility as being particularly important for communication important for communication systems, products and systems, products and components, especially those components, especially those related to public safety. related to public safety.

In other news, Audio Precision In other news, Audio Precision has released version 4.6 of has released version 4.6 of its APx audio measurement its APx audio measurement software, bringing with it the software, bringing with it the ability to perform measurements ability to perform measurements using the log-swept sine chirp in using the log-swept sine chirp in an open-loop configuration. an open-loop configuration.

‘Open-loop chirp measurement ‘Open-loop chirp measurement capability is very important capability is very important to developers of acoustic to developers of acoustic and electronic devices alike, and electronic devices alike, especially engineers focused especially engineers focused on smart device design, on smart device design, manufacture and evaluation,’ manufacture and evaluation,’ explained Dave Schmoldt, Audio explained Dave Schmoldt, Audio Precision chief executive officer.

Precision chief executive officer.

‘Combining open-loop, time‘Combining open-loop, timeselective (or quasi-anechoic) selective (or quasi-anechoic) acoustic measurements with acoustic measurements with the performance, versatility, the performance, versatility, reliability and ease-of-use of the reliability and ease-of-use of the APx platform makes for a very APx platform makes for a very powerful audio test solution.’ powerful audio test solution.’ www.ap.com www.ap.com

BRIDGING THE gap between IT BRIDGING THE gap between IT and video engineering, Lawo’s and video engineering, Lawo’s smartDASH System Monitoring smartDASH System Monitoring and Realtime Telemetry software and Realtime Telemetry software suite has been designed to suite has been designed to provide full network and media provide full network and media visibility across an all-IP, all-SDI visibility across an all-IP, all-SDI or hybrid WAN/LAN broadcast or hybrid WAN/LAN broadcast infrastructure. smartDash infrastructure. smartDash addresses both sides of the addresses both sides of the operation by providing a view operation by providing a view of what a network is doing and of what a network is doing and how the media streams flowing how the media streams flowing through it are behaving. through it are behaving.

Based on a Unix OS, the Based on a Unix OS, the software uses a database to software uses a database to document and search any aspect document and search any aspect of the network’s operation – from of the network’s operation – from a simple cable ID number to a simple cable ID number to the path of a multicast across the path of a multicast across a transnational multi-hop WAN. a transnational multi-hop WAN. The system automatically The system automatically interrogates live and dormant interrogates live and dormant path connections to create path connections to create presentation layers of a COTSpresentation layers of a COTShybrid infrastructure. hybrid infrastructure.

Staying with the smart theme, Staying with the smart theme, the German manufacturer has the German manufacturer has also unveiled its smartScope also unveiled its smartScope deep packet inspection and deep packet inspection and network analyser, a medianetwork analyser, a mediaagnostic, high-density 24/7 agnostic, high-density 24/7 analysis platform for IP flows analysis platform for IP flows in live production and delivery in live production and delivery networks. Designed to address networks. Designed to address the issues of packet loss, jitter, the issues of packet loss, jitter, encoding errors and transport encoding errors and transport violations, smartScope alerts violations, smartScope alerts the operation tiers of servicethe operation tiers of serviceand packet transport-related and packet transport-related impairments in ST2110/ST2022/ impairments in ST2110/ST2022/ ASPEN production flows, linear ASPEN production flows, linear

smartDash smartDash MPEG services and OTT/ABRMPEG services and OTT/ABRdefined streams. defined streams.

In other news, Lawo’s vm_dmv64-4 In other news, Lawo’s vm_dmv64-4 provides unlimited inputs and provides unlimited inputs and heads, as well as full support heads, as well as full support of IP and SDI sources in 4K/ of IP and SDI sources in 4K/ UHD, 3G, HD and SD. It supports UHD, 3G, HD and SD. It supports embedded and discrete audio embedded and discrete audio and works with pixel perfect and works with pixel perfect mosaics with ultra-low latency. mosaics with ultra-low latency.

The vm_dmv64-4 has an input The vm_dmv64-4 has an input stage capable of receiving up to stage capable of receiving up to 24 sources of any combination of 24 sources of any combination of 4K/3G/HD/SD which is limited 4K/3G/HD/SD which is limited only by the physical (up to 18 SDI only by the physical (up to 18 SDI inputs) or network (2x 40GbE) inputs) or network (2x 40GbE) I/O. It also features an output I/O. It also features an output stage capable of creating up to stage capable of creating up to four 3G mosaics (or two UHD four 3G mosaics (or two UHD mosaics) with up to 64 sources/ mosaics) with up to 64 sources/ PIPs each (128 each in UHD).

PIPs each (128 each in UHD).

Finally, the company has Finally, the company has released the third generation of released the third generation of its mc256 with full native support its mc256 with full native support for SMPTE 2110, AES67/ for SMPTE 2110, AES67/ Ravenna and Dante. Capabilities Ravenna and Dante. Capabilities such as IP-Share gain such as IP-Share gain compensation and DSCA Dynamic compensation and DSCA Dynamic Surface to Core Allocation have Surface to Core Allocation have also been added. New colour also been added. New colour TFTs reportedly provide ‘clearer TFTs reportedly provide ‘clearer colour-coding of channel strips colour-coding of channel strips for enhanced visibility and faster for enhanced visibility and faster access in low light conditions’. access in low light conditions’.

The extended free control The extended free control section gives direct access to section gives direct access to four parameters in addition to four parameters in addition to gain control to balance between gain control to balance between de-centralised and centralised de-centralised and centralised control workflows. control workflows. www.lawo.com www.lawo.com

Kramer gets creative with latest ranges KRAMER ELECTRONICS’ Network KRAMER ELECTRONICS’ Network 2.0 management platform has 2.0 management platform has been developed for the IT and been developed for the IT and A/V sector to configure and A/V sector to configure and manage the entire Kramer product manage the entire Kramer product range, Dante devices and other range, Dante devices and other third-party devices. Some of the third-party devices. Some of the features for Network 2.0 include features for Network 2.0 include reduced configuration time due to reduced configuration time due to the automated device detection the automated device detection and firmware management in the and firmware management in the consolidated device history log. It consolidated device history log. It also generates email alerts and/or also generates email alerts and/or SNMP traps, while the platform SNMP traps, while the platform also supports LDAP centralised also supports LDAP centralised user management as additional user management as additional security. security.

Kramer Network provides the Kramer Network provides the switching of A/V sources to switching of A/V sources to destinations for both physical destinations for both physical and virtual matrices, or any and virtual matrices, or any combination of both. The platform, combination of both. The platform, which is available as a softwarewhich is available as a softwareonly solution or as a package, only solution or as a package, also enables Kramer Maestro also enables Kramer Maestro which adds room automation which adds room automation functionalities to any managed functionalities to any managed

Kramer device.

Kramer device.

The latest Kramer Maestro V1.5 The latest Kramer Maestro V1.5 software customises, configures software customises, configures and automates meeting room and automates meeting room environments without requiring environments without requiring any programming, and reportedly any programming, and reportedly requires minimal end user requires minimal end user intervention to get meetings intervention to get meetings up and running. The other new up and running. The other new features include scheduling, features include scheduling, input/output connectivity and input/output connectivity and routing, while it can also per form routing, while it can also per form an array of tasks due to its an array of tasks due to its database of device drivers, such database of device drivers, such as controlling A/V devices or room as controlling A/V devices or room elements, from switchers to air elements, from switchers to air conditioners. conditioners.

Kramer’s latest additions to Kramer’s latest additions to its integrated A/V presentation its integrated A/V presentation systems are VS-88UT and systems are VS-88UT and VS-622DT that combine multiple VS-622DT that combine multiple functionalities into a single functionalities into a single presentation system. They presentation system. They both feature matrix switching, both feature matrix switching, HDBaseT 2.0 range extension HDBaseT 2.0 range extension and room control. Installation and and room control. Installation and maintenance has been simplified maintenance has been simplified

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Kramer Network 2.0 Kramer Network 2.0 as additional extenders are no as additional extenders are no longer needed. VS-622DT has longer needed. VS-622DT has Kramer Maestro and is described Kramer Maestro and is described as being suitable for small- and as being suitable for small- and mid-sized meeting spaces. mid-sized meeting spaces.

VS-88UT has been developed for VS-88UT has been developed for executive boardrooms, hotels, executive boardrooms, hotels, multipurpose divisible spaces, multipurpose divisible spaces, video conferencing applications, video conferencing applications, visitor centres and showrooms. visitor centres and showrooms.

Elsewhere, Kramer’s secondElsewhere, Kramer’s secondgeneration extension technology, generation extension technology, DGKat 2.0, is featured in the DGKat 2.0, is featured in the PT-871/872 transmitter and PT-871/872 transmitter and receiver pair, and has been receiver pair, and has been developed with installation developed with installation simplicity in mind. They support simplicity in mind. They support 4K HDR, HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 4K HDR, HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2 signals and 2-way powering 2.2 signals and 2-way powering over twisted pair. This latest over twisted pair. This latest

solution delivers video signals solution delivers video signals up to 40m over copper cables at up to 40m over copper cables at up to 4K@60Hz (4:4:4) 24bpp up to 4K@60Hz (4:4:4) 24bpp video resolution. Requiring only video resolution. Requiring only a single cable for both the signal a single cable for both the signal and the power, the devices’ low and the power, the devices’ low temperature is said to withstand temperature is said to withstand extreme weather conditions. The extreme weather conditions. The PT-871/872 also has Kramer PT-871/872 also has Kramer Intelligent EDID Processing.

Intelligent EDID Processing.

Meanwhile, Kramer has also Meanwhile, Kramer has also been busy with additions to its been busy with additions to its scaling technology in the shape scaling technology in the shape of the VP-428H2, an HDBaseT of the VP-428H2, an HDBaseT 4K transmitter/scaler with HDMI, 4K transmitter/scaler with HDMI, DP and VGA inputs and supports DP and VGA inputs and supports HDBaseT tunnelling of Ethernet, HDBaseT tunnelling of Ethernet, bidirectional RS-232 and IR bidirectional RS-232 and IR signals. It receives the selected signals. It receives the selected A/V signal, upscales, downscales A/V signal, upscales, downscales or bypasses the video, according or bypasses the video, according to the settings selected by the to the settings selected by the user, and converts it for sending user, and converts it for sending via HDBaseT, together with the via HDBaseT, together with the tunnelled data and PoE. tunnelled data and PoE. www.kramerav.com www.kramerav.com

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A revolution in live graphics FOR THOSE looking to add lower FOR THOSE looking to add lower thirds and other visuals to their thirds and other visuals to their live video feeds, NewTek states live video feeds, NewTek states that it has delivered a ‘new that it has delivered a ‘new approach to the creation of realapproach to the creation of realtime motion graphics that does time motion graphics that does not require a proprietary hardware not require a proprietary hardware graphics engine’ with the release graphics engine’ with the release of LiveGraphics. The solution of LiveGraphics. The solution makes content produced in Adobe makes content produced in Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe After Photoshop CC and Adobe After Effects CC available for live output Effects CC available for live output from NewTek’s TriCaster TC1 and from NewTek’s TriCaster TC1 and IP Series systems with adjustable IP Series systems with adjustable text and images that can, if text and images that can, if desired, be driven by live data and desired, be driven by live data and web content. web content.

The LiveGraphics Creator plug-in The LiveGraphics Creator plug-in is used within Adobe After Effects is used within Adobe After Effects and allows users to create realand allows users to create real-

TVU Producer goes pro TVU PRODUCER Pro is TVU PRODUCER Pro is the latest addition to TVU the latest addition to TVU Networks’ family of remote Networks’ family of remote production solutions designed production solutions designed to facilitate professional, multito facilitate professional, multicamera live video production. camera live video production.

It is a cloud-based video It is a cloud-based video production suite that enables production suite that enables multi-camera production to multi-camera production to be conducted from a web be conducted from a web browser-based interface. browser-based interface.

Featuring a multichannel IP Featuring a multichannel IP video switcher and titling as video switcher and titling as well as graphics capabilities, well as graphics capabilities, TVU Producer Pro has the TVU Producer Pro has the ability to simultaneously ability to simultaneously output content directly to output content directly to Facebook Live, YouTube Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Periscope Producer, Live, Periscope Producer, CDN platforms and SDI via a CDN platforms and SDI via a TVU transceiver. It supports TVU transceiver. It supports multi-user operation, allowing multi-user operation, allowing for collaborative workflows, for collaborative workflows, and its WYSIWYG interface and its WYSIWYG interface is designed for users of is designed for users of all abilities to manipulate all abilities to manipulate graphics and text overlays graphics and text overlays during production. iOS, during production. iOS, Android or macOS devices Android or macOS devices can be added as live video can be added as live video sources when equipped with sources when equipped with the TVU Anywhere app. The the TVU Anywhere app. The solution is compatible with solution is compatible with all TVU transmitters, IP video all TVU transmitters, IP video sources and standard IP video sources and standard IP video streams. streams.

time graphics with complex layer time graphics with complex layer presets and text effects that can presets and text effects that can be applied across multiple layers be applied across multiple layers simultaneously with offsets. A simultaneously with offsets. A layered Photoshop file can be layered Photoshop file can be imported into LiveGraphics Creator imported into LiveGraphics Creator and a composition is then created and a composition is then created automatically. After animating and automatically. After animating and previewing the content in After previewing the content in After Effects, it can be exported to a Effects, it can be exported to a TriCaster TC1 or IP Series media TriCaster TC1 or IP Series media buffer with 10 real-time graphics buffer with 10 real-time graphics channels and preset states for channels and preset states for layer compositions and data layer compositions and data elements. elements.

From the chosen NewTek From the chosen NewTek production system, text and image production system, text and image fields can be updated manually fields can be updated manually or connected to data sources, or connected to data sources,

such as databases, watch such as databases, watch folders, web pages, scoreboard folders, web pages, scoreboard controllers, macros and LivePanel controllers, macros and LivePanel web-based scoring, via the native web-based scoring, via the native

Datalink functionality. In addition, Datalink functionality. In addition, LiveGraphics comes with more LiveGraphics comes with more than 100 customisable templates than 100 customisable templates that are ready-to-use right away. that are ready-to-use right away.

In other NewTek news, Vizrt’s In other NewTek news, Vizrt’s studio automation solution, Viz studio automation solution, Viz Mosart, has now been integrated Mosart, has now been integrated with the TriCaster TC1 and NewTek with the TriCaster TC1 and NewTek IP Series systems. This partnership IP Series systems. This partnership aims to streamline workflows and aims to streamline workflows and facilitate ease-of-use, consistency facilitate ease-of-use, consistency and quality to productions. and quality to productions. www.newtek.com www.newtek.com www.vizrt.com www.vizrt.com

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Open hardware for broadcast

ROSS VIDEO is claiming ‘the ROSS VIDEO is claiming ‘the broadcast world’s first and only broadcast world’s first and only open hardware platform’ with open hardware platform’ with the launch of OGX, the fourth the launch of OGX, the fourth generation of its openGear generation of its openGear platform. Designed for use in platform. Designed for use in baseband, hybrid and IP facilities, baseband, hybrid and IP facilities, OGX features independent rear OGX features independent rear modules that provide connection modules that provide connection options to a variety of interfaces options to a variety of interfaces such as BNC, twisted-pair audio such as BNC, twisted-pair audio and fibre while supporting analogue and fibre while supporting analogue to UHD and IP conversion. Different to UHD and IP conversion. Different I/O configurations are available, I/O configurations are available, including high-density split rear including high-density split rear modules for up to 20 independent modules for up to 20 independent openGear cards. openGear cards.

On the front, OGX has an On the front, OGX has an integrated LCD display showing integrated LCD display showing

the frame name and IP address the frame name and IP address and reporting any alarms. A and reporting any alarms. A programmable RGB LED bar allows programmable RGB LED bar allows users to customise the look of the users to customise the look of the system. system.

For power, OGX accommodates a For power, OGX accommodates a pair of front-loaded, hot-swappable pair of front-loaded, hot-swappable power supplies with independent power supplies with independent cooling fans, status LEDs and frontcooling fans, status LEDs and frontmounted power switches. A 600W mounted power switches. A 600W supply can fully power a loaded supply can fully power a loaded frame, while the optional second frame, while the optional second supply offers redundancy. supply offers redundancy.

As for control, several interfaces As for control, several interfaces are found on every OGX frame. are found on every OGX frame.

Ethernet connections establish Ethernet connections establish DashBoard control of openGear DashBoard control of openGear cards, while DashBoard itself cards, while DashBoard itself facilitates setup, real-time control facilitates setup, real-time control and monitoring, and provides the and monitoring, and provides the

AJA analyses HDR AJA VIDEO Systems describes AJA VIDEO Systems describes its HDR Image Analyzer as a its HDR Image Analyzer as a ‘waveform, histogram, vectorscope ‘waveform, histogram, vectorscope and nit level HDR monitoring and nit level HDR monitoring solution’. It is built to simplify the solution’. It is built to simplify the process of monitoring and analysing process of monitoring and analysing 4K/UHD, 2K, HD, HDR and WCG 4K/UHD, 2K, HD, HDR and WCG content in production, post, quality content in production, post, quality control and mastering. Additionally, control and mastering. Additionally, the HDR Image Analyzer signifies the HDR Image Analyzer signifies the second technology collaboration the second technology collaboration between AJA and Colorfront, as between AJA and Colorfront, as the latter’s Colorfront HDR Image the latter’s Colorfront HDR Image Analyzer is licensed for use with the Analyzer is licensed for use with the former’s new solution. former’s new solution.

The HDR Image Analyzer combines The HDR Image Analyzer combines the Colorfront tools with AJA’s video the Colorfront tools with AJA’s video and audio I/O inside a 1U chassis. and audio I/O inside a 1U chassis.

HDR formats supported include HDR formats supported include PQ (Perceptual Quantizer), Hybrid PQ (Perceptual Quantizer), Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) and Rec.2020 Log Gamma (HLG) and Rec.2020 for 4K/Ultra HD workflows. The for 4K/Ultra HD workflows. The device also includes a UHD UI for device also includes a UHD UI for

AJA’s HDR Image Analyzer AJA’s HDR Image Analyzer native-resolution picture display and native-resolution picture display and a feature list including out of gamut a feature list including out of gamut and out of brightness detection, and out of brightness detection, SDR support and support for SDR support and support for colour spaces from Arri, Canon, colour spaces from Arri, Canon, Panasonic, Red and Sony.

Panasonic, Red and Sony.

AJA has also launched the IPRAJA has also launched the IPR10G-HDMI Mini-Converter, which 10G-HDMI Mini-Converter, which converts SMPTE ST 2110 IP converts SMPTE ST 2110 IP video/audio to HDMI. This allows video/audio to HDMI. This allows SMPTE ST 2110 video/audio SMPTE ST 2110 video/audio content to be displayed on an content to be displayed on an HDMI monitor. The manufacturer HDMI monitor. The manufacturer is supporting the standard by is supporting the standard by introducing SMPTE ST 2110 introducing SMPTE ST 2110 support for its Kona IP PCIe support for its Kona IP PCIe

tools for creating a customised tools for creating a customised workflow using CustomPanels. workflow using CustomPanels.

An optional Advanced Networking An optional Advanced Networking controller enables DataSafe to controller enables DataSafe to automatically back up card settings automatically back up card settings and restore them when a module and restore them when a module is swapped. SNMP support is also is swapped. SNMP support is also an option for managing third-party an option for managing third-party control solutions. control solutions.

Meanwhile, building on the Meanwhile, building on the Carbonite Black Plus engine Carbonite Black Plus engine designed to output a canvas size designed to output a canvas size of more than 20 million pixels of more than 20 million pixels with single-frame latency, Ross with single-frame latency, Ross Video has released the Carbonite Video has released the Carbonite Mosaic video image processor for Mosaic video image processor for use with large displays. Aimed at use with large displays. Aimed at entertainment or sports venues, entertainment or sports venues, Carbonite Mosaic delivers scaled Carbonite Mosaic delivers scaled video with five layers for video and video with five layers for video and graphics. graphics.

Carbonite Mosaic supports up Carbonite Mosaic supports up to 10 individual canvases with its to 10 individual canvases with its 36 inputs and 25 outputs, I/O 36 inputs and 25 outputs, I/O processing functionality, internal processing functionality, internal media playback and four built-in media playback and four built-in multiviewers for monitoring. It is multiviewers for monitoring. It is also HLG HDR ready. also HLG HDR ready.

Roland updates V-60HD VERSION 1.1 firmware and VERSION 1.1 firmware and software updates have been software updates have been released for Roland Professional released for Roland Professional A/V’s V-60HD HD video switcher.

A/V’s V-60HD HD video switcher.

other programmable interfaces. other programmable interfaces.

The RCS software for Mac and The RCS software for Mac and PC, which is available as a free PC, which is available as a free download, facilitates remote download, facilitates remote

V-60HD V-60HD This provides support for the This provides support for the manufacturer’s RCS remote manufacturer’s RCS remote control software and adds Auto control software and adds Auto Scan automated video switching Scan automated video switching functionality as well as Panel functionality as well as Panel Information commands to the Information commands to the RS-232 control for use with RS-232 control for use with connected touch panels and any connected touch panels and any

control of the V-60HD via a LAN control of the V-60HD via a LAN network. Roland’s Smart Tally network. Roland’s Smart Tally function also delivers a wireless function also delivers a wireless tally capability to smart devices tally capability to smart devices on the LAN via a setup screen on the LAN via a setup screen accessed with an IP browser. accessed with an IP browser. proav.roland.com proav.roland.com

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Picturall’s Octo media server Picturall’s Octo media server

Picturall the way up to uncompressed 8K capture and playback cards via a capture and playback cards via a free desktop software update to free desktop software update to v14.2. v14.2.

Other updates from AJA include Other updates from AJA include v2.1 firmware for the Helo recording v2.1 firmware for the Helo recording and streaming device, which brings and streaming device, which brings closed caption streaming from an closed caption streaming from an SDI input, HLS streaming for direct SDI input, HLS streaming for direct interoperability with an iPad and interoperability with an iPad and support for Chinese, Japanese and support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean in the system’s web UI. Ki Korean in the system’s web UI. Ki Pro Ultra and Ki Pro Ultra Plus have Pro Ultra and Ki Pro Ultra Plus have a v3.0 firmware update with Avid a v3.0 firmware update with Avid DNxHR support.

DNxHR support. www.aja.com www.aja.com

PICTURALL HAS released a PICTURALL HAS released a software update for its Duo, software update for its Duo, Quadro, Octo and Broadcast Quadro, Octo and Broadcast media servers. Software release media servers. Software release version 2.4.0 sees the addition version 2.4.0 sees the addition of support for dual DisplayPort of support for dual DisplayPort 1.2 and uncompressed 8K 1.2 and uncompressed 8K playback options. playback options.

‘The input cards were first ‘The input cards were first unveiled last year, but the unveiled last year, but the software was still in beta software was still in beta format,’ explained Picturall CEO, format,’ explained Picturall CEO, Samuli Valo. ‘The new release Samuli Valo. ‘The new release provides full support for the provides full support for the latest input cards to offer full latest input cards to offer full

end-to-end 4K compatibility end-to-end 4K compatibility as well as uncompressed 8K as well as uncompressed 8K playback.’ playback.’

In addition, the update provides In addition, the update provides support for upcoming Analog Way support for upcoming Analog Way server models. There are also server models. There are also a number of improvements in a number of improvements in display configuration and custom display configuration and custom display mode handling, as well display mode handling, as well as improved diagnostic tools. as improved diagnostic tools.

The software installer can be The software installer can be downloaded from the support downloaded from the support section of the Picturall website. section of the Picturall website. www.picturall.com www.picturall.com

Christie expands the GS Series THE 1DLP DHD635-GS and THE 1DLP DHD635-GS and DWU635-GS laser phosphor DWU635-GS laser phosphor projectors are the newest projectors are the newest additions to Christie’s GS additions to Christie’s GS Series. They are designed to Series. They are designed to be lightweight and compact, be lightweight and compact, facilitating ease of transport facilitating ease of transport between venues. between venues.

Both models feature embedded Both models feature embedded warping and blending technology, warping and blending technology,

dynamic contrast and a 360° dynamic contrast and a 360° orientation as well as portrait and orientation as well as portrait and landscape modes. landscape modes.

The DHD635-GS and DWU635-GS The DHD635-GS and DWU635-GS also include laser diodes offering also include laser diodes offering up to 6,750 ISO lumens of light up to 6,750 ISO lumens of light output for a reported 20,000 output for a reported 20,000 hours of operation. They are hours of operation. They are equipped with Christie’s RealBlack equipped with Christie’s RealBlack technology, which is designed to technology, which is designed to

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deliver a 4,000,000:1 deliver a 4,000,000:1 full on/off contrast ratio full on/off contrast ratio in a ‘whisper-quiet (36dBA) in a ‘whisper-quiet (36dBA) solution’. In addition, the new solution’. In addition, the new projectors are compatible with all projectors are compatible with all GS Series lenses and are said to GS Series lenses and are said to be capable of 24/7 operation. be capable of 24/7 operation.

Christie has also expanded its Christie has also expanded its Extreme Series with the launch Extreme Series with the launch of the FHD493-XE 49-inch LCD of the FHD493-XE 49-inch LCD

Christie’s DWU635-GS Christie’s DWU635-GS ‘extremely narrow’ bezel display. It ‘extremely narrow’ bezel display. It features a 1.8mm combined bezel features a 1.8mm combined bezel

width and panel matching width and panel matching functionality, and is compatible functionality, and is compatible with Christie’s Phoenix EP with Christie’s Phoenix EP network distributed processor. network distributed processor.

The manufacturer states that it is The manufacturer states that it is ‘ideal’ for videowall applications ‘ideal’ for videowall applications and has been developed for 24/7 and has been developed for 24/7 operation. operation. www.christiedigital.com www.christiedigital.com

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A pocketful of Blackmagic BLACKMAGIC DESIGN’S Pocket BLACKMAGIC DESIGN’S Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is a handheld Cinema Camera 4K is a handheld digital camera that features a full digital camera that features a full 4/3 HDR sensor, dual native ISO 4/3 HDR sensor, dual native ISO with up to 25,600 ISO and 13 with up to 25,600 ISO and 13 stops of dynamic range. It removes stops of dynamic range. It removes the need for external recorders the need for external recorders with a USB-C expansion port, with a USB-C expansion port, allowing users to record to built-in allowing users to record to built-in SD/UHS-II and CFast recorders or SD/UHS-II and CFast recorders or to external disks. to external disks.

The 4/3 HDR sensor offers a The 4/3 HDR sensor offers a native 4096x2160 resolution. native 4096x2160 resolution.

Its size is said to match MFT Its size is said to match MFT lenses, meaning the crop factor lenses, meaning the crop factor

is significantly reduced, providing is significantly reduced, providing a wider field of view. An MFT lens a wider field of view. An MFT lens mount is included on the Pocket mount is included on the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, as is a 5-inch Cinema Camera 4K, as is a 5-inch touchscreen monitor, 10-bit ProRes touchscreen monitor, 10-bit ProRes and 12-bit RAW recording, 3D and 12-bit RAW recording, 3D LUTs, four built-in microphones, a LUTs, four built-in microphones, a mini XLR audio input with phantom mini XLR audio input with phantom power, Bluetooth wireless camera power, Bluetooth wireless camera control and HDMI on-set monitoring control and HDMI on-set monitoring output. output.

The camera is made from carbon The camera is made from carbon fibre polycarbonate composite to fibre polycarbonate composite to keep it strong, yet light. Users keep it strong, yet light. Users hold on to a multifunctional grip hold on to a multifunctional grip

Sony’s updated Vision SONY HAS released a pair of new SONY HAS released a pair of new PTZ cameras, the BRC-X1000 PTZ cameras, the BRC-X1000 and BRC-H800, which are 4K and BRC-H800, which are 4K and HD models, respectively. and HD models, respectively.

They are available in a black or They are available in a black or white finish, the latter targeting white finish, the latter targeting environments such as houses of environments such as houses of worship, government buildings and worship, government buildings and medical facilities. The BRC-X1000 medical facilities. The BRC-X1000

BRC-X1000 BRC-X1000

also holds the distinction of being also holds the distinction of being Sony’s first 4K remote camera.

Sony’s first 4K remote camera.

Although remote PTZs, Sony Although remote PTZs, Sony argues that the BRC-X1000 and argues that the BRC-X1000 and BRC-H800 are also able to replace BRC-H800 are also able to replace traditional broadcast cameras traditional broadcast cameras used in fixed locations, such as used in fixed locations, such as in a television news studio. Both in a television news studio. Both include a 1.0-type Exmor R CMOS include a 1.0-type Exmor R CMOS sensor and are built for ‘nearsensor and are built for ‘nearsilent’ PTZ operation with a 12x silent’ PTZ operation with a 12x optical zoom. optical zoom.

Away from the studio, Vision Away from the studio, Vision Exchange, Sony’s interactive Exchange, Sony’s interactive collaboration solution, has collaboration solution, has received an update. Version 1.1 received an update. Version 1.1 facilitates the integration of facilitates the integration of Skype for Business, which the Skype for Business, which the manufacturer says will benefit manufacturer says will benefit applications such as distance applications such as distance learning and provide functionality learning and provide functionality including Personal Note Taker. The including Personal Note Taker. The Version 1.1 update is compatible Version 1.1 update is compatible with the PEQ-C100, PEQ-C130 and with the PEQ-C100, PEQ-C130 and the PES-C10 Pod PC software. the PES-C10 Pod PC software. pro.sony.com pro.sony.com

that features buttons and that features buttons and dials that provide access to dials that provide access to functions such as recording functions such as recording start/stop, still photo capture, start/stop, still photo capture, ISO, shutter, aperture, white ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance and power. balance and power.

The camera can record 4K The camera can record 4K images at up to 60fps and images at up to 60fps and windowed HD at up to 120fps. windowed HD at up to 120fps.

It also includes Blackmagic’s It also includes Blackmagic’s fourth-generation colour science fourth-generation colour science technology that lets users shoot technology that lets users shoot HDR images in a variety of modes.

HDR images in a variety of modes.

The manufacturer has also The manufacturer has also released DaVinci Resolve 15, an released DaVinci Resolve 15, an

The Blackmagic Pocket The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Cinema Camera 4K update designed to completely update designed to completely integrate visual effects and integrate visual effects and motion graphics. This, Blackmagic motion graphics. This, Blackmagic states, makes it ‘the world’s first states, makes it ‘the world’s first solution to combine professional solution to combine professional offline and online editing, colour offline and online editing, colour correction, audio postproduction, correction, audio postproduction,

multi-user collaboration and multi-user collaboration and visual effects together in one visual effects together in one software tool’. software tool’.

In addition, DaVinci Resolve In addition, DaVinci Resolve 15 adds a new Fusion page 15 adds a new Fusion page with more than 250 tools for with more than 250 tools for compositing, paint, particles compositing, paint, particles and animated titles among other and animated titles among other functions. It also includes an functions. It also includes an update to Fairlight audio, as well update to Fairlight audio, as well as more than 100 other feature as more than 100 other feature additions and improvements that additions and improvements that users have requested. users have requested. www.blackmagicdesign.com www.blackmagicdesign.com

Ikegami takes image capture to the docks IKEGAMI ELECTRONICS has IKEGAMI ELECTRONICS has created a ‘dockable’, multicreated a ‘dockable’, multirole camera in the form of the role camera in the form of the HDK-73 3-CMOS for full-HD HDR HDK-73 3-CMOS for full-HD HDR production. It can be acquired production. It can be acquired as a complete system with CCU, as a complete system with CCU, connecting fibre, viewfinder and connecting fibre, viewfinder and remote control. The ‘dockable’ remote control. The ‘dockable’ structure of the HDK-73 allows structure of the HDK-73 allows for studio configuration with fibre for studio configuration with fibre base stations and self-contained base stations and self-contained operation with a camera adapter operation with a camera adapter for wireless or onsite recording for wireless or onsite recording applications. applications.

The HDK-73’s ⅔-inch, 2.6 The HDK-73’s ⅔-inch, 2.6 megapixel CMOS sensors megapixel CMOS sensors capture images with a dynamic capture images with a dynamic range of more than 600% at range of more than 600% at full HD 1920x1080 resolution. full HD 1920x1080 resolution.

The images feature a high The images feature a high sensitivity – F13 at 50Hz – and sensitivity – F13 at 50Hz – and a high signal-to-noise ratio. The a high signal-to-noise ratio. The sensors support 1080i/59.94 sensors support 1080i/59.94

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and 1080i/50 natively, in addition and 1080i/50 natively, in addition to 720p/59.94 and 720p/50 to 720p/59.94 and 720p/50 scan formats. Other features of scan formats. Other features of the system include full digital the system include full digital signal processing capabilities, signal processing capabilities, advanced digital detail correction, advanced digital detail correction, with independent horizontal and with independent horizontal and vertical correction of RGB signals vertical correction of RGB signals and optional anti-moiré filtering and optional anti-moiré filtering functionality. functionality.

For those seeking ultra-high For those seeking ultra-high resolutions, Ikegami has resolutions, Ikegami has

launched the UHK-430, a launched the UHK-430, a UHD camera employing three UHD camera employing three 3840x2160 native ⅔-inch 3840x2160 native ⅔-inch CMOS sensors that provide full CMOS sensors that provide full resolution plus the depth of field resolution plus the depth of field needed for outdoor production. needed for outdoor production.

While facilitating UHD production, While facilitating UHD production, the UHK-430 is also designed the UHK-430 is also designed to interface with current HD to interface with current HD systems. systems. www.ikegami.com www.ikegami.com

Panasonic connects with NDI THE LATEST addition to Panasonic’s THE LATEST addition to Panasonic’s PTZ camera line-up, the AW-HE38, PTZ camera line-up, the AW-HE38, is built to provide a low-cost option is built to provide a low-cost option for those seeking a full HD remote for those seeking a full HD remote camera. It is also compatible with camera. It is also compatible with NewTek’s NDI|HX driver.

NewTek’s NDI|HX driver.

With integrated pan-tilt With integrated pan-tilt functionality, the AW-HE38 features functionality, the AW-HE38 features the same specifications as the the same specifications as the

AW-HE40H and adds a 22x zoom. It AW-HE40H and adds a 22x zoom. It incorporates a new 1/2.3-type MOS incorporates a new 1/2.3-type MOS sensor and digital processors, and sensor and digital processors, and is available as an HDMI output-only is available as an HDMI output-only version. version.

Panasonic has also released Panasonic has also released a firmware update to enable its a firmware update to enable its existing PTZ cameras (the AWexisting PTZ cameras (the AWHE40, AW-HE130 and AW-UE70) HE40, AW-HE130 and AW-UE70)

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Cisco, Polycom or Vaddio cameras Cisco, Polycom or Vaddio cameras to codec rooms. The OneLINK to codec rooms. The OneLINK Codec Kits provide an HDBaseT Codec Kits provide an HDBaseT interface that extends video, interface that extends video, power, control and network up to power, control and network up to 100m over a single Cat-6 cable.

100m over a single Cat-6 cable.

This means Cisco and Polycom This means Cisco and Polycom systems can now go into larger systems can now go into larger

Vaddio blends in DOCCAM 20 HDBT from Vaddio is DOCCAM 20 HDBT from Vaddio is an in-ceiling document camera that an in-ceiling document camera that is high definition with 20x optical is high definition with 20x optical zoom, 1080p/60fps resolution zoom, 1080p/60fps resolution and a 59.5° horizontal field of and a 59.5° horizontal field of view. Equipped with the OneLINK view. Equipped with the OneLINK HDBaseT port, the DocCAM HDBaseT port, the DocCAM connects to OneLINK extension connects to OneLINK extension

systems or other HDBaseTsystems or other HDBaseTcompatible devices to reduce compatible devices to reduce cabling and extend video, power cabling and extend video, power and control up to 100m. and control up to 100m.

Meanwhile, Vaddio’s OneLINK Meanwhile, Vaddio’s OneLINK Codec Kits have been designed Codec Kits have been designed to give more camera flexibility by to give more camera flexibility by providing the ability to connect providing the ability to connect

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integrate with the hundreds of other integrate with the hundreds of other NDI-capable products, enabling NDI-capable products, enabling NDI-based video production NDI-based video production workflows without any additional workflows without any additional configuration,’ said Panasonic’s configuration,’ said Panasonic’s Nela Pertl.

Nela Pertl.

to support NDI|HX. Integration with to support NDI|HX. Integration with the NDI (Network Device Interface) the NDI (Network Device Interface) allows users to connect Panasonic allows users to connect Panasonic cameras directly to an NDI network. cameras directly to an NDI network.

‘With automatic detection by the ‘With automatic detection by the NewTek TriCaster and NewTek’s NewTek TriCaster and NewTek’s IP Series of professional video IP Series of professional video switchers, Panasonic’s remote switchers, Panasonic’s remote camera line-up can now seamlessly camera line-up can now seamlessly

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rooms. They also provide additional rooms. They also provide additional flexibility when connecting over flexibility when connecting over USB 3.0 to cloud conferencing USB 3.0 to cloud conferencing software such as Google software such as Google Hangouts, Skype for Business, Hangouts, Skype for Business, WebEx and Zoom.

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Hitachi smooths the transition HITACHI KOKUSAI is making HITACHI KOKUSAI is making the move to UHD with the CUthe move to UHD with the CUHD1300F-S1, an HDTV camera HD1300F-S1, an HDTV camera control unit with 4K, 12G-SDI control unit with 4K, 12G-SDI output that transforms 1080p to output that transforms 1080p to Ultra HD with support for High Ultra HD with support for High Dynamic Range (HDR). Building Dynamic Range (HDR). Building on the feature set of the original on the feature set of the original CU-HD1300F, the CU-HD1300F-S1 CU-HD1300F, the CU-HD1300F-S1 combines SMPTE fibre transport combines SMPTE fibre transport and multi-format HDTV support and multi-format HDTV support

with intercom, teleprompter with intercom, teleprompter return and additional signal return and additional signal connectivity in a 2U unit. The CUconnectivity in a 2U unit. The CUHD1300F-S1 can output natively HD1300F-S1 can output natively acquired 1080p video as 4K/UHD acquired 1080p video as 4K/UHD over single-link 12Gbps SDI or over single-link 12Gbps SDI or quad-link 3G-SDI connectivity. quad-link 3G-SDI connectivity.

The 4K output functionality of the The 4K output functionality of the CU-HD1300F-S1 is compatible with CU-HD1300F-S1 is compatible with all fibre-equipped, 1080p Hitachi all fibre-equipped, 1080p Hitachi Z-series and SK-series cameras, Z-series and SK-series cameras,

The CU-HD1300FT-S1 CCU The CU-HD1300FT-S1 CCU

and supports HDR when used and supports HDR when used with HDR-enabled camera models with HDR-enabled camera models including the Z-HD5500 and SKincluding the Z-HD5500 and SKHD1300. The new CCU can also HD1300. The new CCU can also be used with interlaced Hitachi be used with interlaced Hitachi camera models for HDTV output. camera models for HDTV output.

The CU-HD1300FT-S1 offers The CU-HD1300FT-S1 offers all of the capabilities of its all of the capabilities of its fibre-only sibling, plus Hitachi fibre-only sibling, plus Hitachi Kokusai’s fourth-generation Kokusai’s fourth-generation digital triax system for longdigital triax system for longdistance triax transport of HDTV distance triax transport of HDTV signals. The dual-cable model signals. The dual-cable model offers similar 4K output offers similar 4K output capabilities when used with fibrecapabilities when used with fibreconnected cameras. connected cameras.

Hitachi is aiding the transition Hitachi is aiding the transition to HDR with an optional firmware to HDR with an optional firmware

Hitachi’s SK-UHD4000 Hitachi’s SK-UHD4000 upgrade for its SK-UHD4000 4K upgrade for its SK-UHD4000 4K Ultra HD camera system.

Ultra HD camera system.

The new firmware option The new firmware option allows separate video shading allows separate video shading adjustments for HDR and SDR adjustments for HDR and SDR outputs, enabling users to select outputs, enabling users to select from multiple HDR profiles from multiple HDR profiles alongside SDR simultaneously alongside SDR simultaneously

with the same camera. New with the same camera. New optional 12Gbps SDI output optional 12Gbps SDI output capabilities for the accompanying capabilities for the accompanying CU-HD4000 CCU have also been CU-HD4000 CCU have also been added to its existing quad-link SDI added to its existing quad-link SDI inter face. inter face. www.hitachi-kokusai.co.jp www.hitachi-kokusai.co.jp

Strike with flexibility CHAUVET LIGHTING has CHAUVET LIGHTING has designed the new Strike P38 to designed the new Strike P38 to add flexibility to its Strike series add flexibility to its Strike series of multi-formatted blinder/strobe of multi-formatted blinder/strobe fixtures. It can reportedly be fixtures. It can reportedly be used in more applications and used in more applications and configurations than the Strike 1 configurations than the Strike 1 and Strike 4 fixtures due to its and Strike 4 fixtures due to its smaller form factor. smaller form factor.

An IP65-rated single pod LED An IP65-rated single pod LED fixture, the Strike P38 delivers fixture, the Strike P38 delivers 90W of warm white light, 90W of warm white light, measures 303mm x 261mm x measures 303mm x 261mm x 184mm and weighs 3.8kg. It 184mm and weighs 3.8kg. It offers 16-bit dimming control offers 16-bit dimming control and includes an adjustable Pulse and includes an adjustable Pulse Width Modulation to ensure it is Width Modulation to ensure it is flicker-free when on camera. The flicker-free when on camera. The fixture delivers a strobe rate of fixture delivers a strobe rate of 0Hz to 29Hz and has four dim 0Hz to 29Hz and has four dim modes. Although it is designed modes. Although it is designed primarily as a blinder, the Strike primarily as a blinder, the Strike P38 is also ‘cool enough’ to serve P38 is also ‘cool enough’ to serve as a wash. It can be controlled via as a wash. It can be controlled via DMX or RDM protocols.

DMX or RDM protocols.

Speaking of control, Chauvet Speaking of control, Chauvet has also introduced BTAir, an app has also introduced BTAir, an app

Strike P38 Strike P38 that utilises Bluetooth wireless that utilises Bluetooth wireless technology and allows users to technology and allows users to control lighting fixtures from a control lighting fixtures from a smartphone or tablet. The app smartphone or tablet. The app is available on Android and iOS is available on Android and iOS devices and is compatible with devices and is compatible with the Bluetooth-enabled fixtures the Bluetooth-enabled fixtures from the Chauvet DJ range – the from the Chauvet DJ range – the SlimPAR T12 BT, SlimPAR Q12 SlimPAR T12 BT, SlimPAR Q12

BT and Colorband T3 BT. Via the BT and Colorband T3 BT. Via the app, users can create, store and app, users can create, store and recall scenes, and control colour recall scenes, and control colour fades and chases. fades and chases.

The SlimPAR T12 BT features The SlimPAR T12 BT features 12 RGB LEDs and is designed as 12 RGB LEDs and is designed as a compact unit to fit inside sticks a compact unit to fit inside sticks of truss. In addition to its built-in of truss. In addition to its built-in Bluetooth capabilities, an IRC-6 Bluetooth capabilities, an IRC-6 remote control can also be remote control can also be used, as can DMX, automated used, as can DMX, automated and sound-activated programs. and sound-activated programs.

The larger SlimPAR Q12 BT The larger SlimPAR Q12 BT offers the same methods of offers the same methods of control, while also including 12 control, while also including 12 RGB LEDs. RGB LEDs. Meanwhile, the Colorband Meanwhile, the Colorband T3 BT is a linear wash light. It T3 BT is a linear wash light. It also possesses 12 RGB LEDs also possesses 12 RGB LEDs and includes three control and includes three control methods on top of its Bluetooth methods on top of its Bluetooth functionality: access to builtfunctionality: access to builtin automated programs via an in automated programs via an optional IRC-6 remote, Master/ optional IRC-6 remote, Master/ Slave or DMX. Slave or DMX. www.chauvetlighting.com www.chauvetlighting.com

Zac-Eye, a light with AI CLAYPAKY HAS developed a CLAYPAKY HAS developed a device that allows follow spot device that allows follow spot fixtures ‘to see like a human fixtures ‘to see like a human eye’ and automatically follow a eye’ and automatically follow a subject. It is called Zac-Eye and is subject. It is called Zac-Eye and is described as ‘the first standalone described as ‘the first standalone follow spot to use artificial follow spot to use artificial intelligence’. intelligence’.

Zac-Eye connects to any of the Zac-Eye connects to any of the manufacturer’s moving lights manufacturer’s moving lights via Ethernet and its optical 3D via Ethernet and its optical 3D

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Claypaky has designed it to be Claypaky has designed it to be easy to set up and use, and states easy to set up and use, and states that it is ‘completely reliable and that it is ‘completely reliable and affordable’. affordable’. www.claypaky.it www.claypaky.it

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ArKaos’ MediaMaster software can now be monitored ArKaos’ MediaMaster in the An-Ki solution software can now be monitored in the An-Ki solution

Remote show with An-Ki INTENDED FOR scheduling and INTENDED FOR scheduling and monitoring the manufacturer’s monitoring the manufacturer’s MediaMaster software, MediaMaster software, ArKaos has released the An-Ki ArKaos has released the An-Ki remote control and digital remote control and digital management solution. Working management solution. Working over the internet, An-Ki allows over the internet, An-Ki allows digital content appearing as digital content appearing as projections or on any LED projections or on any LED mappable sur faces or devices mappable sur faces or devices to be updated, synced or to be updated, synced or tweaked in ‘just a couple of tweaked in ‘just a couple of clicks’. clicks’.

An-Ki also allows different An-Ki also allows different surfaces or displays to be surfaces or displays to be synchronised so they show the synchronised so they show the

same material at the same time. same material at the same time.

The An-Ki player will synchronise The An-Ki player will synchronise video sources running on two or video sources running on two or more MediaMaster computers more MediaMaster computers or media servers anywhere or media servers anywhere in the world, with frame in the world, with frame synchronisation based on the synchronisation based on the internet’s Network Time Protocol internet’s Network Time Protocol (NTP). Meanwhile, the An-Ki (NTP). Meanwhile, the An-Ki enabled layer of MediaMaster enabled layer of MediaMaster now gives content managers now gives content managers remote access to devices and remote access to devices and displays from anywhere in the displays from anywhere in the world. world. www.arkaos.net www.arkaos.net

ELATION LIGHTING has built upon ELATION LIGHTING has built upon the success of its SixBar Series the success of its SixBar Series with the creation of the Seven with the creation of the Seven Batten Series of LED colourBatten Series of LED colourchanging battens. These use changing battens. These use 7-colour (RGBAW + Lime + UV) 7-colour (RGBAW + Lime + UV) multi-chip LED technology to deliver multi-chip LED technology to deliver a more flexible wash solution than a more flexible wash solution than the series’ predecessor. the series’ predecessor.

Available in 0.3m, 1.2m and Available in 0.3m, 1.2m and 1.8m lengths, each Seven Batten 1.8m lengths, each Seven Batten produces almost 80% more lumens produces almost 80% more lumens than its SixBar counterpart. They than its SixBar counterpart. They can stand alone or be flown from can stand alone or be flown from trussing and are recommended trussing and are recommended for production applications and for production applications and installations as a wash light, uplight, installations as a wash light, uplight, wall/cyc wash, accent lighting or as wall/cyc wash, accent lighting or as a direct view pixel strip. a direct view pixel strip.

Also new is the line of Seven PAR Also new is the line of Seven PAR IP colour-changing fixtures. The IP colour-changing fixtures. The

The Seven Batten family The Seven Batten family Seven PAR 7IP and Seven PAR Seven PAR 7IP and Seven PAR 19IP house seven and 19 LEDs, 19IP house seven and 19 LEDs, respectively, and spread light at respectively, and spread light at a 25° angle while, like the Seven a 25° angle while, like the Seven Battens, producing nearly 80% Battens, producing nearly 80% more lumens than comparably more lumens than comparably sized SixBar fixtures. The Seven sized SixBar fixtures. The Seven PAR IP units are IP65-rated and can PAR IP units are IP65-rated and can be used as a wash light, uplight, be used as a wash light, uplight, wall wash or truss warmer. wall wash or truss warmer.

Finally, the Smarty Hybrid is a Finally, the Smarty Hybrid is a CMY colour-mixing spot/beam/ CMY colour-mixing spot/beam/ wash hybrid moving head. The wash hybrid moving head. The manufacturer says that this fixture manufacturer says that this fixture

has ‘stage smarts’ thanks to has ‘stage smarts’ thanks to its Flex lamp technology. This is its Flex lamp technology. This is because Elation worked with Philips because Elation worked with Philips to build on the latter’s Platinum to build on the latter’s Platinum lamp technology to create the lamp technology to create the new, longer-life Platinum Flex 200 new, longer-life Platinum Flex 200 lamp that forms the foundation of lamp that forms the foundation of the Smarty Hybrid. The result is a the Smarty Hybrid. The result is a discharge lamp/ballast package discharge lamp/ballast package that provides a high output from a that provides a high output from a compact fixture that reportedly has compact fixture that reportedly has a lamp life of 6,000 hours. a lamp life of 6,000 hours. www.elationlighting.com www.elationlighting.com

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A Pearl of light THE COLORSOURCE Pearl has THE COLORSOURCE Pearl has joined ETC’s ColorSource family joined ETC’s ColorSource family of lighting fixtures, providing of lighting fixtures, providing flicker-free white light with a flicker-free white light with a smooth dimming curve. It is a smooth dimming curve. It is a variable white light LED array for variable white light LED array for use with the ColorSource Spot, use with the ColorSource Spot, Linear and PAR fixtures, utilising Linear and PAR fixtures, utilising a combination of two different a combination of two different white LEDs, which allow the white LEDs, which allow the colour temperature to be set colour temperature to be set anywhere between 2,700K and anywhere between 2,700K and 6,500K. 6,500K. Alongside the Pearl, ETC has Alongside the Pearl, ETC has added the WLZ (Wash Light added the WLZ (Wash Light Zoom) fixture to its Irideon line of Zoom) fixture to its Irideon line of architectural fixtures, designed architectural fixtures, designed to blend into any space. The WLZ to blend into any space. The WLZ is available in a variety of colour is available in a variety of colour

temperatures, from 3,000K to temperatures, from 3,000K to 5,000K, and three mounting 5,000K, and three mounting variations: track mount, portable variations: track mount, portable and canopy. It also has a built-in and canopy. It also has a built-in rotating zoom adjustment at the rotating zoom adjustment at the rear of its housing that enables rear of its housing that enables beam angle adjustment within a beam angle adjustment within a range of 9° to 78°. range of 9° to 78°.

The manufacturer’s entry-level The manufacturer’s entry-level Eos family is also celebrating Eos family is also celebrating a new addition in the form of a new addition in the form of Element 2. This new Element is Element 2. This new Element is more in line with the other Eos more in line with the other Eos consoles than its predecessor, consoles than its predecessor, Element, featuring the same Element, featuring the same hardkey layout as its Eos hardkey layout as its Eos siblings. siblings.

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Aqua comes into full effect EXPANDING ON its Aqua EXPANDING ON its Aqua Series, PR Lighting’s Aqua 480 Series, PR Lighting’s Aqua 480 BWS includes various effects BWS includes various effects that can be used for outdoor that can be used for outdoor productions as well as permanent productions as well as permanent or temporary applications. The or temporary applications. The luminaire has a 480W lamp with luminaire has a 480W lamp with an optical system and is an IP65an optical system and is an IP65rated beam, wash and spot hybrid rated beam, wash and spot hybrid moving head. It has a gobo wheel moving head. It has a gobo wheel with 10 fixed gobos as well as a with 10 fixed gobos as well as a rotating gobo wheel with seven rotating gobo wheel with seven interchangeable gobos. This, in interchangeable gobos. This, in turn, offers users a selection of turn, offers users a selection of gobos from which to choose and gobos from which to choose and something the manufacturer says something the manufacturer says also gives users the option to also gives users the option to create in-air and surface designs. create in-air and surface designs.

Aqua 480 BWS also has a 3-piece Aqua 480 BWS also has a 3-piece bidirectional prism, colour wheel, bidirectional prism, colour wheel,

PR Lighting’s Aqua 480 BWS PR Lighting’s Aqua 480 BWS CMY linear colour mixing system CMY linear colour mixing system with macros and independent CTO with macros and independent CTO channel. channel.

Meanwhile, Aqua 350 BWS is Meanwhile, Aqua 350 BWS is an IP65-rated beam, wash and an IP65-rated beam, wash and spot fixture with a 350W lamp. spot fixture with a 350W lamp.

Reportedly offering 1,500 hours Reportedly offering 1,500 hours of operation, the light incorporates of operation, the light incorporates three prisms (a standard, a 2x6three prisms (a standard, a 2x6facet circular prism and a linear facet circular prism and a linear prism), bidirectional rotation with prism), bidirectional rotation with variable speeds and a motorised variable speeds and a motorised linear focus and zoom. The light linear focus and zoom. The light angle in beam mode is 0° to 2.5°; angle in beam mode is 0° to 2.5°; in spot mode it’s 2.5° to 42°; and in spot mode it’s 2.5° to 42°; and in wash mode it’s 5° to 50°. It in wash mode it’s 5° to 50°. It has a DMX512 wireless receiver has a DMX512 wireless receiver and an optional DMX512 wireless and an optional DMX512 wireless transmitter. transmitter.

Arc LED 1360 Strobe is an Arc LED 1360 Strobe is an IP67-rated graphic strobe, blinder IP67-rated graphic strobe, blinder and flood that is available in and flood that is available in white (6,500K) and warm white white (6,500K) and warm white

(3,000K). Weighing 9kg, 360 (3,000K). Weighing 9kg, 360 Osram 1W LEDs reportedly Osram 1W LEDs reportedly provide 50,000 hours of provide 50,000 hours of operating time and a power operating time and a power consumption of 350W at 220V. consumption of 350W at 220V. Housed in high-intensity, die-cast Housed in high-intensity, die-cast aluminium, the fixture provides aluminium, the fixture provides four channels in standard mode four channels in standard mode and 12 channels in extended and 12 channels in extended mode. mode.

Finally, the manufacturer has Finally, the manufacturer has added Polaris, an IP67-rated added Polaris, an IP67-rated LED wash luminaire designed LED wash luminaire designed for indoor and outdoor use. for indoor and outdoor use.

Equipped with seven 15W Equipped with seven 15W RGBW 4-in-1 SMT LED lamps, RGBW 4-in-1 SMT LED lamps, Polaris can withstand inclement Polaris can withstand inclement weather and features a 3,200K weather and features a 3,200K to 10,000K colour temperature, to 10,000K colour temperature, meaning that ‘countless’ colour meaning that ‘countless’ colour

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ROE VISUAL’S Diamond 2.6 ROE VISUAL’S Diamond 2.6 (DM2.6) series LED panel is (DM2.6) series LED panel is designed as a lightweight, small designed as a lightweight, small pixel pitch visual solution. pixel pitch visual solution.

Built for indoor use, the Built for indoor use, the DM2.6’s weight is kept to a DM2.6’s weight is kept to a minimum at 4.6kg per panel minimum at 4.6kg per panel due to its frame of carbon and due to its frame of carbon and magnesium. It magnesium. It is constructed is constructed with black LEDs with black LEDs to provide a to provide a high-contrast high-contrast image and it is image and it is designed with a designed with a magnet assembly magnet assembly to offer flexibility when to offer flexibility when setting up, as concave setting up, as concave and convex curving are and convex curving are made possible. made possible.

The manufacturer The manufacturer has also released has also released Vanish 18. As its Vanish 18. As its name suggests, it name suggests, it is a ‘transparent’ is a ‘transparent’

CZECH LIGHTING manufacturer, CZECH LIGHTING manufacturer, Robe, has built on its Spiider Robe, has built on its Spiider technology to create its most technology to create its most powerful LED beam/wash/effects powerful LED beam/wash/effects fixture yet. Named the Tarrantula, fixture yet. Named the Tarrantula, the multi-function light features the multi-function light features 36 30W and one 60W LED chips, 36 30W and one 60W LED chips, providing 20,000 lumens of providing 20,000 lumens of output. output.

Away from the power, the Away from the power, the luminaire also offers a range of luminaire also offers a range of standout features such as an standout features such as an adjustable beam angle from a adjustable beam angle from a 4° spot to a 50° wash and an 4° spot to a 50° wash and an integrated 18-bit LED dimming integrated 18-bit LED dimming system. In terms of effects, it system. In terms of effects, it offers an LEDWash 800-inspired offers an LEDWash 800-inspired Beam Shaper accessory which Beam Shaper accessory which creates a traditional oval beam creates a traditional oval beam

LED display panel and can be LED display panel and can be used for both indoor and outdoor used for both indoor and outdoor applications. It joins the Vanish applications. It joins the Vanish 25 as part of the Vanish series 25 as part of the Vanish series and is designed to offer a and is designed to offer a ‘smaller pixel pitch’. ‘smaller pixel pitch’. www.roevisual.com www.roevisual.com

effects can be created due to the effects can be created due to the luminaire’s ability to control each luminaire’s ability to control each independent LED. It is a silent independent LED. It is a silent fixture with a 4° to 40° beam fixture with a 4° to 40° beam angle, making it ideal for HOW angle, making it ideal for HOW and theatre applications. and theatre applications. www.pr-lighting.com www.pr-lighting.com

that can be indexed for coverage that can be indexed for coverage of the stage or performance of the stage or performance area. Central to the Tarrantula area. Central to the Tarrantula is the manufacturer’s ‘Flower is the manufacturer’s ‘Flower Effect’. Driven by the 60W RGBW Effect’. Driven by the 60W RGBW multichip, this creates sharp, multichip, this creates sharp, speed-controlled spikes of light speed-controlled spikes of light that can be rotated in either that can be rotated in either direction. direction.

In addition to this, videoIn addition to this, videodriven effects can be achieved driven effects can be achieved by mapping the Tarrantula’s by mapping the Tarrantula’s individual pixels via a DMX individual pixels via a DMX console or a media server, and console or a media server, and using the onboard sACN with using the onboard sACN with internal HTP merging via DMX or internal HTP merging via DMX or Kling-Net protocols.

Kling-Net protocols. www.robe.cz www.robe.cz

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Litepanels update fully affects Gemini LITEPANELS’ LATEST firmware LITEPANELS’ LATEST firmware update for its LED soft panel update for its LED soft panel Gemini includes new lighting Gemini includes new lighting effects, including TV, emergency effects, including TV, emergency lights, lightning, fire, hue burst, lights, lightning, fire, hue burst, paparazzi, fireworks, party lights, paparazzi, fireworks, party lights, pulsing, square and strobe. pulsing, square and strobe.

All effects are customisable, All effects are customisable, giving users the ability to control giving users the ability to control rate, colour and depth. Effects rate, colour and depth. Effects can be saved to presets for easy can be saved to presets for easy recall which, in turn, can be recall which, in turn, can be saved to a USB drive for porting saved to a USB drive for porting to other lights – described by to other lights – described by the manufacturer as being ideal the manufacturer as being ideal

Tarrantula builds on Tarrantula builds on Spiider technology Spiider technology

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for rental for rental customers customers who need a who need a streamlined setup streamlined setup for their rented for their rented lights. In addition, lights. In addition, the firmware itself the firmware itself can be updated can be updated from a USB drive, from a USB drive, a process that a process that reportedly reportedly takes about takes about 20s.

20s. www.litepanels.com www.litepanels.com

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DESCRIBED AS ‘the industry’s DESCRIBED AS ‘the industry’s first automated LED luminaire first automated LED luminaire to deliver completely silent to deliver completely silent operation’, High End Systems operation’, High End Systems has aimed at situations where has aimed at situations where fixture noise is simply not fixture noise is simply not acceptable with its SolaFrame acceptable with its SolaFrame Theatre. To achieve this feat, Theatre. To achieve this feat, the light has been engineered the light has been engineered with no fans. It also features a with no fans. It also features a high-CRI LED engine, delivers high-CRI LED engine, delivers 15,000 field lumens and includes 15,000 field lumens and includes the manufacturer’s full-frame the manufacturer’s full-frame shuttering system. shuttering system.

Staying in the Sola family, Staying in the Sola family, SolaFrame 750 has been SolaFrame 750 has been created for smaller- to mediumcreated for smaller- to mediumsized venues. The fixture offers sized venues. The fixture offers 11,300 field lumens, 6° to 50° 11,300 field lumens, 6° to 50° zoom, a rotating gobo wheel plus zoom, a rotating gobo wheel plus fully continuous animation. The fully continuous animation. The manufacturer describes it as manufacturer describes it as offering ‘the widest array of effects offering ‘the widest array of effects currently available in a fixture of currently available in a fixture of its size’. its size’.

The SolaFrame family The SolaFrame family A final pair of additions to the A final pair of additions to the Sola family of LED automated Sola family of LED automated lighting fixtures are the SolaWash lighting fixtures are the SolaWash 2000 and SolaSpot 1000. The 2000 and SolaSpot 1000. The flagship SolaWash 2000 luminaire flagship SolaWash 2000 luminaire uses a 600W Ultra-Brite LED uses a 600W Ultra-Brite LED source, offers multiple colour and source, offers multiple colour and effects systems and provides effects systems and provides a versatile zoom range. The a versatile zoom range. The

SolaSpot 1000, meanwhile, has a SolaSpot 1000, meanwhile, has a 440W Ultra-Brite LED engine and 440W Ultra-Brite LED engine and specially designed optics. It also specially designed optics. It also offers a rotating animation wheel, offers a rotating animation wheel, fixed gobo and colour wheels, fixed gobo and colour wheels, CMY/CTO system, iris, frost, prism CMY/CTO system, iris, frost, prism and zoom. and zoom. www.highend.com www.highend.com

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Avolites launches Titan v11 TITAN V11 is Avolites’ latest TITAN V11 is Avolites’ latest version of its lighting control version of its lighting control software suitable for all its current software suitable for all its current consoles. The upgrade builds upon consoles. The upgrade builds upon and extends the existing Titan and extends the existing Titan feature set and includes the option feature set and includes the option to specify the number of times that to specify the number of times that effects run – this includes Shapes, effects run – this includes Shapes, Pixel Map effects and Key Frame Pixel Map effects and Key Frame Shapes. The update turns the Key Shapes. The update turns the Key Frame Shapes engine into a oneFrame Shapes engine into a oneshot, timeline-style cue creator. shot, timeline-style cue creator.

Two new cue list key profiles, Two new cue list key profiles, ‘Flash and Go’ and ‘Timed Flash ‘Flash and Go’ and ‘Timed Flash and Go’, have been added to and Go’, have been added to allow more expressive options allow more expressive options for control over cue lists for live for control over cue lists for live applications, especially where the applications, especially where the list is to be triggered from a single list is to be triggered from a single executor button. executor button.

Titan’s Attribute Editor has also Titan’s Attribute Editor has also received a significant upgrade, received a significant upgrade, adding gel colours and HSI/RGB/ adding gel colours and HSI/RGB/ CMY mixing options to the colour CMY mixing options to the colour picker, which combines up to picker, which combines up to seven colour channels, as well seven colour channels, as well

WORK PRO Audio’s LightShark WORK PRO Audio’s LightShark range of lighting consoles has range of lighting consoles has gained additional functionality gained additional functionality thanks to the LS-Wing console thanks to the LS-Wing console expander unit and four LS-Nodes expander unit and four LS-Nodes that aim to offer an affordable that aim to offer an affordable hardware expansion solution for hardware expansion solution for LightShark, providing extra DMX LightShark, providing extra DMX and Ethernet connectivity without and Ethernet connectivity without the user interface and physical the user interface and physical controls of the LS-1 and LS-Wing controls of the LS-1 and LS-Wing units. units.

Although the LS-Wing is narrower Although the LS-Wing is narrower than the LS-1, it is designed to than the LS-1, it is designed to still hold a 12.9-inch iPad Pro still hold a 12.9-inch iPad Pro

The Key Frame Shapes engine The Key Frame Shapes engine as gobo images which transfer as gobo images which transfer directly to palette Quick Sketch directly to palette Quick Sketch labels. Two new curves have been labels. Two new curves have been added to Fan that allow users added to Fan that allow users to create positions for a large to create positions for a large number of fixtures and enhanced number of fixtures and enhanced spatial selection directions. The spatial selection directions. The new Cross-fade HTP option allows new Cross-fade HTP option allows

number of freely configurable number of freely configurable DMX universes it delivers to a DMX universes it delivers to a connected DMX-capable lighting connected DMX-capable lighting system, whether it’s LightShark system, whether it’s LightShark or an alternative system. All LSor an alternative system. All LSNodes feature 2-port Ethernet Nodes feature 2-port Ethernet connectivity and support the connectivity and support the Art-Net and sACN protocols. The Art-Net and sACN protocols. The LS-Node1 and LS-Node2 models LS-Node1 and LS-Node2 models also offer a DMX input universe, also offer a DMX input universe, facilitating the merging of DMX facilitating the merging of DMX sources. The three smallest LSsources. The three smallest LSNode units come in the same ¼U Node units come in the same ¼U form factor as the manufacturer’s form factor as the manufacturer’s LS-Core and are powered through LS-Core and are powered through

dimmer channels to behave like dimmer channels to behave like LTP channels on a per-playback LTP channels on a per-playback basis. The manufacturer states basis. The manufacturer states that the new updates continue to that the new updates continue to ‘add finesse to live environment ‘add finesse to live environment lighting control’. lighting control’. www.avolites.com www.avolites.com

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LSC unites racks for better control THE UNITY 48- and 96-channel THE UNITY 48- and 96-channel installation racks from LSC installation racks from LSC Lighting Systems have been Lighting Systems have been described by the manufacturer described by the manufacturer as being able to control any load as being able to control any load from traditional tungsten lamps, from traditional tungsten lamps, through to LEDs, neon and through to LEDs, neon and fluorescent fixtures. fluorescent fixtures.

The Unity dimming/power cabinet The Unity dimming/power cabinet system allows users to set any system allows users to set any channel to become a TruPower channel to become a TruPower relay, said to be ideal for powering relay, said to be ideal for powering moving lights and A/V equipment. moving lights and A/V equipment.

Available in two sizes, for four or Available in two sizes, for four or eight modules (48 or 96 channels) eight modules (48 or 96 channels) the UIR (Unity installation rack) the UIR (Unity installation rack) cabinet provides mains power cabinet provides mains power distribution, output circuit distribution, output circuit termination panels, DMX/Ethernet termination panels, DMX/Ethernet

The Unity 48- and 96-channel The Unity 48and 96-channel installation racks installation racks

connections and cooling for the connections and cooling for the Unity system. With dedicated Unity system. With dedicated modules, each cabinet can be modules, each cabinet can be loaded with any of the following loaded with any of the following 12-channel modules enabling the 12-channel modules enabling the venue to customise its system as venue to customise its system as required: UDM (Dimming/TruPower required: UDM (Dimming/TruPower Relay bypass module), ULM (LED Relay bypass module), ULM (LED dimming/TruPower Relay bypass dimming/TruPower Relay bypass module) and USM (Switching Relay module) and USM (Switching Relay module). module).

Meanwhile, in the data Meanwhile, in the data distribution range for installation distribution range for installation markets, the 4-way DIN-Rail with markets, the 4-way DIN-Rail with RDM as standard is the latest RDM as standard is the latest version of LSC’s MDR DMX version of LSC’s MDR DMX Splitter.

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Middle Atlantic grows and adjusts MIDDLE ATLANTIC developed MIDDLE ATLANTIC developed its new L7 Series of adjustableits new L7 Series of adjustableheight lecterns to comply with height lecterns to comply with the Americans with Disabilities the Americans with Disabilities Act, meaning it can be used by Act, meaning it can be used by speakers of all heights with its speakers of all heights with its range of adjustment options. With range of adjustment options. With a curved design, it is built with a a curved design, it is built with a combination of brushed aluminum combination of brushed aluminum and wood grain. The L7 Series has and wood grain. The L7 Series has a welded steel frame with modular a welded steel frame with modular rackmount and storage options, rackmount and storage options, as well as additional small device as well as additional small device storage below the worksurface storage below the worksurface on the manufacturer’s Lever Lock on the manufacturer’s Lever Lock mounting system. Integrated mounting system. Integrated power, cabling and thermal power, cabling and thermal

management are included with management are included with AVIP plates for educational AVIP plates for educational applications. The L7 offers a 1.5m applications. The L7 offers a 1.5m x 78cm workspace with a wireless x 78cm workspace with a wireless charging pad, USB and AC outlets, charging pad, USB and AC outlets, and storage for markers and and storage for markers and microphones. microphones.

Middle Atlantic has also Middle Atlantic has also expanded its FlexView Series expanded its FlexView Series with the introduction of FlexView with the introduction of FlexView IFP display carts that integrate IFP display carts that integrate device mounting and built-in device mounting and built-in power distribution within a ‘sleek power distribution within a ‘sleek and sturdy’ design. The new and sturdy’ design. The new solutions offer both fixed and solutions offer both fixed and height-adjustable options, and are height-adjustable options, and are available in a range of colours. available in a range of colours.

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on its sur faceon its sur facemounting area. It connects to the mounting area. It connects to the LS-1 via Ethernet, enabling users LS-1 via Ethernet, enabling users to expand the physical controls to expand the physical controls available for LightShark systems. available for LightShark systems.

The LS-Wing offers 20 backlit and The LS-Wing offers 20 backlit and 10 playback buttons, as well as 10 playback buttons, as well as two extra DMX control universes two extra DMX control universes and an additional three Ethernet and an additional three Ethernet ports. A pair of USB connectors ports. A pair of USB connectors allows users to charge their allows users to charge their tablets or smartphones when tablets or smartphones when used to control the LightShark used to control the LightShark system. system.

The four LS-Nodes are named The four LS-Nodes are named LS-Node1, LS-Node2, LS-Node4 LS-Node1, LS-Node2, LS-Node4 and LS-Node8. Each gains the and LS-Node8. Each gains the number in its title from the number in its title from the

a USB-C connector. They can be a USB-C connector. They can be rack-mounted using optional LSrack-mounted using optional LS19AR rack ears. Meanwhile, the 19AR rack ears. Meanwhile, the 8-universe LS-Node8 is a 1U, 198-universe LS-Node8 is a 1U, 19inch unit featuring an LCD display inch unit featuring an LCD display for configuration and has a Neutrik for configuration and has a Neutrik True1 power connector.

True1 power connector.

The Equipson Group-owned brand The Equipson Group-owned brand has also released the WNS-8P, an has also released the WNS-8P, an 8-port Ethernet switch designed for 8-port Ethernet switch designed for the live and installed A/V markets. the live and installed A/V markets.

It is contained in a 19-inch rack, It is contained in a 19-inch rack, offers Power over Ethernet (PoE) offers Power over Ethernet (PoE) via each of its standard Ethernet via each of its standard Ethernet connectors, is compatible with connectors, is compatible with RJ-45 and etherCON connectors, RJ-45 and etherCON connectors, and can be configured using a weband can be configured using a webbased interface. based interface. www.workproaudio.com www.workproaudio.com

The manufacturer has also The manufacturer has also increased its DC Power increased its DC Power Distribution Series with new Distribution Series with new 200W and 300W models that 200W and 300W models that reportedly deliver the same reportedly deliver the same features as the 45W DC compact features as the 45W DC compact and 125W DC 1U systems. They and 125W DC 1U systems. They provide high current capacity to provide high current capacity to up to 24 devices, maximising the up to 24 devices, maximising the voltage at either 5V, 12V or 24V, voltage at either 5V, 12V or 24V, or splitting between 12V and 24V. or splitting between 12V and 24V. The multi-mount design allows The multi-mount design allows it to be installed in a 1U space it to be installed in a 1U space or beside a rack with zero-U or beside a rack with zero-U mounting. mounting.

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42nd UNESCO World Heritage conference

Showtech Productions Bahrain lent its expertise in managing high-profile events to the UNESCO World Heritage conference that took place in Manama, writes Simon Luckhurst THERE ARE CONFERENCES AND THEN THERE ARE conferences … and they don’t get much bigger and more important than those laid on by the United Nations. So, when Bahrain was selected to host the 42nd UNESCO World Heritage conference, selecting a partner capable of managing the complex production of audio, video, lighting and translation equipment, in addition to live broadcast streams, was vital. For the UNESCO conference in Manama, this key task fell to Showtech Productions Bahrain.

Boasting a large inventory of L-Acoustics and Adamson loudspeakers propelled Showtech Bahrain towards the top of the list of companies able to cater to such an event.

However, the company’s head of audio for the conference, Scott Mason, is also no stranger to mission-critical events, having managed the audio for the Bahrain GP closing concert, as well as the three days of festivities to celebrate Bahrain National Day. It was based on the strength of other national events that Showtech Bahrain has handled, as well as the fact that the company is the preferred supplier for the government, that made it the ideal partner for this event.

The UNESCO conference is a 12-day programme that, in addition to discussing and expanding the protection of World Heritage sites, also aims to spearhead a narrative on key global topics. Those topics this year were climate change and water, which was particularly fitting as delegates were led around Manama’s own World Heritage site while temperatures exceeded 45°C. With such vital issues up for discussion, more than 3,000 delegates were in attendance at the Ritz Bahrain.

The audio aspect was microscopically managed by Mr Mason and his team. ‘Intelligibility and volume control would be the key,’ explains the head of audio. ‘It was vital that every word spoken was audible and intelligible. For the room discussions, live broadcast streams, translators and recordings, every word had to be recorded and taken back to Paris for review and accurate documentation.’

Audio capture for such a large number of delegates meant that over 300 Bosch push talk microphones were required to ensure that all delegates could be effectively picked up without having to move around. These were supported by more than 1,200 Bosch headphones and receivers handed to delegates, while eight Bosch infrared radiators distributed the necessary RF and two CCUs provided system management.

Seven Bosch translation and 12 interpretation booths were also supplied across the conference.

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Head of audio for the conference, Scott Mason The microphone systems were split into four groups for greater control: left, right, centre and stage. Handheld wireless mics were also positioned around the room for backup, but were fortunately never required. ‘Getting a good input level into the mics from delegates who rarely use microphones and are not professional speakers was the first major challenge, and was achieved with specific tuning of the PA system and correct gain structure across the range of equipment,’ Mr Mason notes. ‘We also needed to make sure that the room volume does not interfere with the recordings and live streams, as well as performing 12 days of riding mic gains. However, it was a pleasure to engineer an event that was so clinical, technically interesting and positive.’

The signals from the Bosch microphones were fed into a Yamaha CL5 mixer, where separate audio streams were created for translation sends into five languages as well as a live broadcast stream, recording sends, press camera sends, remote location sends and finally the main PA outputs.

For audio reinforcement inside the main conference room,

Showtech deployed an L-Acoustics sound reinforcement system comprising four hangs of four Kara cabinets with a pair of SB18 subwoofers.

‘The intelligibility, size, coverage and control of the Kara is ideal for this kind of requirement, and it has enough warmth for the occasional video playback without needing floor subs,’ explains Mr Mason. Outboard processing was handled by XTA, with Mr Mason selecting them because ‘the limiters are the warmest and most transparent in the business, and they are so reliable’. A further sound system was also deployed in the press and meeting room built around K-array tops and a Midas Pro2C digital mixer.

While Showtech Bahrain’s experience in running events of this scale and managing the audio requirements for such a large number of people is par for the course, programme changes can happen at a moment’s notice, keeping the team constantly on their toes.

‘We had to keep track of side meetings that would spring up without warning,’ says Mr Mason. ‘Requiring instant

FEATURES: LIVE production, it was vital to have small and efficient portable audio and video systems that could go anywhere at any time and perform.’ For this purpose, the crew relied on Nexo PS speaker systems and Christie projectors. Separate audio systems for the breakout rooms also featured Shure ULX wireless microphones and backup systems.

In addition to handling the audio requirements, a host of video equipment was deployed, including five high-resolution LED screens, video switchers, cameras and dozens of LED TVs. Main control and monitoring for the video screens was conducted from the control room hosting Analog Way’s Ascender 48-4KPL and Vertige controller, with content fed from a Dataton Watchout Quad Server. An additional computer on stage enabled delegate control of video content.

Finally, the stage and house lighting requirements also saw Showtech deploy 16 ETC SourceFours, 20 1K Fresnels, six 2K Fresnels and 24 PAR 56s, with Avolites dimmers and a Road Hog 4 DMX controller. ‘The stage lighting was perfectly balanced between room and camera requirements, and video

The Showtech Bahrain production team had to be hi-res and seamless,’ mentions Mr Mason.

All of this audio, video and lighting equipment was set up just five days prior to the event, with the team of 18 working around contract carpenters, carpet layers and electricians.

By all accounts, the event was a major success, with the UNESCO committee commending Showtech Bahrain on a faultless production. ‘The most successful international conference in our history, and the production was a credit to the Bahrain ministry department that held the event,’ concludes the head of audio. ‘As a perfectionist, there is always something I would change – in this case, longer gooseneck mics on the tables. But the old saying applies, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” – especially when the feedback from the client and government is so positive.’

A total of 300 Bosch conferencing units and 1,200 receivers were supplied for the delegates

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The structural plans for the dome

Creating the Superdome

The ground-up build for Barasti Beach Bar’s BudXSuperdome provided a welcome piece of summer business for some of Dubai’s rental companies. Damian Calderbank reports THE UAE SUMMER CAN BE A VERY QUIET TIME FOR LOCAL rental companies. However, international sporting events can provide a welcome relief as temporary event spaces need to be equipped with the latest technology to keep fans entertained. Dubai’s Barasti Beach Bar has a long-held reputation for these kinds of structures which it was trying to build upon for its BudXSuperdome, created for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As with any temporary venue, the starting point is always the structure itself. For this, Barasti turned to Al Laith. ‘The most important thing for us and the venue was the sight lines for viewing the main screen, to make sure that the entire audience had the full World Cup experience here in Dubai,’ recalls Michael Clark, manager of the events division at Al Laith. ‘We started by designing a tiered platform to go around the shape of the dome itself, and found that we would need four areas either side of the dome. We had quite an inspirational idea to make the platform footprints in the shape of half of one the hexagonal panels used to make up the sphere that is a football, and this worked really well to accommodate the circular shape of the dome.’

With the overall design decided, the Al Laith team decided to expand on the football theme to give it a more authentic feel. ‘We tiered the platforms to emulate the feeling of being on the terraces in a European-type football stadium,’ explains Mr Clark. ‘We then built serving bars at the back of each of them as VIP areas. The main floor area was constructed from a steel deck, which we then ply cladded and painted with an oil-based paint with the addition of sand for a hard-wearing, non-slip surface.’

With the structure complete, the next stage was to equip it with technology that would enhance the experience for the fans and help to build the atmosphere. For this, Barasti called

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Barasti’s Superdome and outdoor viewing area in eclipse Staging Services for the audio, video and lighting alongside its sister companies, Laser FX and Stage FX, for some added extras.

With the main purpose of the Superdome being to show live matches, the video element was the most important factor.

The eclipse team installed a pair of ROE 9mm LED screens to show the matches, a 12m x 4.8m screen inside the dome and a smaller 3.6m x 2.4m screen serving the beach area.

‘We used a Green Hippo Taiga V4 as our media server for any playback and advertisement,’ adds Alex Menor, head of video at eclipse Staging Services. ‘We also used our Analog Way Saphyr Switcher to switch from the live game broadcast to any media advertisement or playback. A fibre line was used to connect the signal coming from the dome screen display to the relay screen outside on the beach. We secured a patch to the Barasti upstage LED 6mm screen to display the same signal using a fibre line.’

According to Mr Menor, the visual side of the project was relatively straightforward. ‘With proper planning and previous experience putting up the screen, the team had an easy time setting up the dome screen in one day, and the programming and the set up of the relay screen for the beach area on the following day.’

With the visuals ready, the next element to get right was the audio system. For this, eclipse turned to its inventory of d&b audiotechnik speakers. L-R hangs of three T10 cabinets in line mode on cluster brackets formed the main system, while two positions of two Y-Subs and a Y10P as well as a further two positions of a single Y-Sub and one Y10P formed the delays. Power for the system is from four of the manufacturer’s D20 amplifiers.

‘The Barasti dome was kitted out with a subtle PA system where the dome structure provided obvious acoustical challenges of echo and reflections,’ explains John Parkhouse,

A d&b audiotechnik sound system was deployed at the venue

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The dome took its inspiration from a football

head of audio at eclipse Staging Services. ‘The d&b T-Series and Y-Series speakers, while small, are well up to the task of providing a very clean install. Their refined directivity, which d&b is famous for, is a real benefit in less than ideal acoustical conditions.’

Away from the speakers, the control for the system was via a DiGiCo S21 console with a D-Rack. Playback was via an Apple Mac Mini and audio interface for background music and stings, while a DJ setup with L-Acoustics 108P self-powered coaxial speakers as DJ monitors completed the audio setup.

‘Our senior techs, Tim Cook and Ronald Eugenio, preplanned and designed the system in such a way as to minimise reflections as much as possible with careful positioning, aiming and alignment,’ notes Mr Parkhouse.

‘The system was also zoned so that for the smaller, lessattended times, we could switch off components to provide more background ambience and less SPL. However, when the dome filled for the big matches, we could step it up with the whole system to keep up with crowd noise, maintain the atmosphere and achieve good, clear speech intelligibility for the all-important commentary.’

While these elements formed the essential components, Barasti required more to help its Superdome stand out from the competition. It is this area where the extra features from eclipse and its sister companies were added to enhance the atmosphere.

For the special effects, the teams from Stage FX and Laser FX initially supplied lasers and CO2 jets for goal celebrations.

These were added to with further confetti blasters and streamer shots for the final match of the World Cup. ‘Stage FX and Laser FX were on hand to enhance the drama of the 169 total goals scored with multiple special effects,’ recalls Arran Hopkins, Laser FX and Stage FX general manager.

‘With the Superdome’s floor space at a premium, the CO2 jets’ cylinder storage had to be outdoors; therefore, we had to carefully regulate the delivery of the jets over the month of the World Cup to avoid high temperatures.’

Marrying into this effects system, while also providing an element of control, was the final layer of the Superdome’s technical setup: the lighting solution. For this, eclipse supplied 10 Martin Mac Vipers, the same number of Claypaky Stormys, 20 SGM P-5s, 40 LED PAR cans and 12 4-Lite Molefays to light the interior of the structure. Outside, meanwhile, 16 Claypaky Supersharpy moving head lights covered the beach area.

‘Fortunately, we had the benefit of many minds to pool expertise and come forth with practical solutions, so we figured out how to do it and, in doing so, arrived at great ideas and learned from the experience. As a result, the whole show ran according to plan.’

Reflecting on the project as a whole, the eclipse team is clearly proud of the result. ‘With the kick-off of the summer season of football, we are proud to support our long-standing client, providing the ultimate A/V setup needed to celebrate

Al Laith was responsible for the structure

Screens covered both the indoor and outdoor areas

The eclipse Group companies supplied the technology in the dome Control for the lighting system was via an MA Lighting grandMA2 console with different cues pre-programmed for regular match scenarios. ‘We did three cues to be used throughout the football matches,’ recalls Junder Luzon, senior lighting technician at eclipse Staging Services. ‘The first cue was for a penalty and involved video and lighting, the second cue was for a foul and again used the video and lighting.

Finally, the third cue was for when a goal was scored and this brought in the video and lighting, as well as the laser and CO2 equipment from Stage FX and Laser FX.’ While the cues made the live mix easier for the lighting operator, it did also provide the biggest challenge for the project. ‘The setup was done smoothly, though I encountered a bit of difficulty because this was my first time connecting the laser show to the grandMA2,’ explained Mr Luzon.

the FIFA World Cup at the Barasti Superdome,’ says Martin Lubach, general manager at eclipse Staging Services. ‘Our A/V equipment enabled fans to watch and hear all the football action at Barasti Beach and get the best-possible interactive experience with an enormous screen and special effects. We provided all the technical support to transform the venue for the perfect football experience.’

As the streamers and confetti fluttered to the ground both in Moscow and Dubai following Hugo Lloris lifting the trophy for France on 15 July, the sun set on Barasti’s BudXSuperdome.

The temporary structure served its purpose well, as it enhanced the experience of football fans from all over the world who celebrated the World Cup in style in Dubai.

However, it also provided a welcome opportunity for the likes of Al Laith and eclipse to win some long-term business outside of the traditional season. www.allaith.com www.eclipsestagingservices.ae www.laserfx.ae www.stagefx.ae

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Delivering justice

A large-scale A/V system has been deployed at Kuwait’s Jahra and Farwaniya Courts complex to ensure that justice can be served. James Ling finds out more

The A/V equipment has been installed by Intelligent Services

Albiral monitors have been installed into desks around the courtrooms

The video screens are fully retractable

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THE CLOSE TIES BETWEEN THE A/V AND ENTERTAINMENT industries often mean that large-scale projects cover the lighter, more relaxing side of life. However, there is a more serious use case for audiovisual technology, perfectly exemplified by the work Intelligent Services Co has completed at the Jahra and Farwaniya Courts complex in Kuwait.

The complex itself has been created on the grandest scale.

The two high-rise court buildings each house 80 courtrooms as well as administrative and government offices, 23 conference rooms, cafés and public spaces. The project is intended to reflect the strength and transparency of the Kuwaiti justice system and, as such, the A/V equipment deployed throughout needed to meet the highest standards.

Intelligent Services became involved in the project thanks to its reputation in the market. ‘The courts complex was looking for a contractor who could perform all of the work, coordination, systems integration, engineering design and testing,’ recalls Ahmed Al-Sayyad, A/V division manager at Intelligent Services. ‘We also needed to provide all of the products required in order to ensure a fully operative system and the proper installation of the equipment.’

While there was a consultant initially involved in the project, the final designs were done by Mr Al-Sayyad and the Intelligent Services team with a switch being made from analogue to digital technology. ‘We had to change the design specified in the tender documents because of the incompatibility of digital inputs and the analogue system being specified,’ says Mr Al-Sayyad. ‘Analogue has become history and digital is the future for any system. Our aim is always to implement a system that shall be suitable for the next 15 years so clients won’t have to quickly upgrade.’

The system design can be broken down into repeated solutions for similar areas across the complex. Overall, 10 different styles of room have been created for the complex, including four different types of court room, two alternative seminar room options, two kinds of conference room, an auditorium and a deliberation room. ‘Each room has a different design,’ says Mr Al-Sayyad. ‘The different rooms are for different applications, so each one required a design that

Audio-Technica ES915SH18 microphones have been deployed for lawyers and judges would match its purpose.’ Although each space has its own unique design, the equipment remains relatively consistent throughout. For example, much of the video signal chain in each type of room is from Extron, while Middle Atlantic racks, MC2 amplifiers, Audio-Technica mics, XTA processors, Qomo smart boards, Shure DIS conferencing systems and Liberty audio cabling feature heavily throughout the complex.

While each element was vital in its own right, the courtrooms themselves form the most important aspect of the complex.

As such, it is these spaces that feature the widest range of technology. As would be expected for this kind of application, it was the audio signal chain that was the main priority.

‘The highest possible speech intelligibility was of course important and the goal,’ says John Dodson, who worked closely with Intelligent Services on the project, supplying equipment from Audio-Technica, Community Professional, Liberty, Middle Atlantic, MC2, MTSi and XTA. ‘That was achieved by using the excellent Audio-Technica ES915 gooseneck mics with hypercardioid capsules fitted. The highquality signal was maintained all the way through the audio chain from the DSP to Media Technology Systems amplifiers to the Community Professional loudspeakers.’

‘Like in all court rooms, clarity and intelligibility of the spoken word is a mission critical aspect,’ adds Matthias Exner, director

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‘With Audio-Technica’s Engineered Sound microphones, we deliver best voice capture right from the source of the signal chain. At well over 1,500 microphones, these impressive court complexes are amongst the largest installs currently.’

In total, 816 of the Audio-Technica ES915SH18 microphones have been deployed for lawyers and judges in the different courtrooms, while a further 34 of the manufacturer’s ES933WCs have been installed as prisoner mics. At the other end of the signal chain, a total of 530 Community Professional C4 ceiling speakers powered by 80 Media Technology Systems AV 758 amplifiers serve as the output for the different courtrooms.

Sitting between these in the signal chains for the various styles of courtroom are the Biamp Systems audio mixer DSPs. ‘Court rooms, no matter their regional location, require a high level of accuracy and clarity in all their proceedings,’ states Dave Nazir, regional manager, Middle East and Africa for Biamp. ‘Audio and video quality is vital and technology is a critical part of helping legal professionals to do their jobs accurately and effectively. Courtrooms are often some of the most complex and demanding installations due to the variety and quality of input sources, as well as the acoustics and the need for universal intelligibility, which is why they need a robust networked media system to process and distribute audio and video.

‘The Biamp TesiraForté platform was chosen for this project as it delivered the audio quality, had the complex routing capabilities and superior echo cancellation, all of which met the client’s budget,’ he continues. ‘The solution comprised of TesiraForté AVB AI and TesiraForté AVB CI, both of which are 12 input, eight output DSPs with input expanders used in the larger spaces to meet the microphone channel count.’

The addition of the Biamp DSP also ensured that an alternative concept for the system design was put forward in an attempt to minimise the chance of feedback. ‘We had advised the original design was compromised as a non-

Samsung ED55D 55-inch LCD displays with swivelmounting brackets serve as an output subjective approach to loudspeaker zoning had been proposed and a mix-minus approach to the sound reinforcement would result in a superior user experience,’ explains Mr Nazir. ‘The mock-up and subsequent approvals for the project validated our stance and, with minimal changes or project impact, a far superior final solution was delivered to the end user.’

While speech intelligibility has been a cornerstone of the project, it is not the only area where A/V equipment is being used in court proceedings. On the visual side, in addition to the extensive Extron distribution system, LifeSize Room 220 video conferencing and Epson ELPDC05 document cameras serve as sources, while Samsung ED55D 55-inch LCD displays with swivel-mounting brackets and Albiral 15-inch retractable displays provide the outputs.

The Albiral monitors have been installed into desks around the courtrooms and, when activated, use a patented single motor to raise and tilt the screens. They are remotely controllable and diagnosable through an ERT interface, which also provides reporting on the status of the monitors by e-mail. AHnet software is used for control and management.

This offers feedback from each device, allowing on-site or

remotely located staff to get information about the status of the screens. This space optimisation and communication project has been developed in Kuwait by Intelligent Services and the result is an ideal solution for judges and attorneys.

‘We were very impressed with Albiral’s leadership skills to manage challenging tasks in design and daily complex operations in the implementation phase,’ notes Mr Al-Sayyad.

‘Albiral continues to be the thriving engine that moves this project ahead and we at Intelligent Services feel this was a key point to make this project a very successful one.’

It was the visual side of the project that also provided the largest challenge. ‘The video signal needed to be sent over long distances and synchronised to a large number of displays,’ recalls Mr Al-Sayyad. ‘This was overcome by using HDBaseT technology.’

The end result is a huge system with a wealth of equipment from a variety of brands. While this could have caused challenges, the A/V division manager insists that this was not the case. ‘Using professional A/V manufacturers’ products made the combination very easy,’ he explains. ‘However, programming was required on the control level.’

Reflecting on the project as a whole, Mr Al-Sayyad describes the end result as ‘excellent’. ‘The client is satisfied and the consultant is impressed with our ability to find solutions in both the design and installation phases,’ he observes.

‘Completed with the compliance of the Ministry of Justice, this project faced very tight deadlines and the assistance of everyone involved to the implementation team was invaluable.’

The technology deployment at the Jahra and Farwaniya Courts complex may not have the same eye-catching appeal as some of the entertainment-based situations it can be applied in. But the way it is being used highlights just how important A/V equipment can be in some of the most serious real-world situations. www.intelligentservices.net

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Spending smartly

Desmus founder, George Andreou

Creating a high-quality theatre while making careful choices about where to spend the equipment budget was the challenge for Desmus at the Bosphorus Culture and Arts Center. James Ling takes a seat SPECIFYING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR A PROJECT ISN’T always about how much it costs. Through careful planning and knowing where to spend the equipment budget, the end result can still be a high-quality space. A case in point for this is Sariyer municipality’s Bosphorus Culture and Arts Center in Istanbul. This 636-seat venue provided Desmus with the opportunity to design a multi-functional theatre in a small

ETC and Robe fixtures combine for a simple stage lighting system

space that could meet a variety of needs while also challenging it to spend the equipment funds wisely.

‘This place belongs to the municipality, so one day they may be hosting a concert and the next it could be a conference and then a theatrical show. We had to make it multi-functional,’ says Desmus founder, George Andreou. ‘It is a small place, but it is a clever design so you can do many things. The infrastructure is very adjustable in order to meet any technical issues. You can deliver whatever you want from wherever it is needed.’

This philosophy is clear throughout the project. Above the stage, 15 lighting bars provide the hanging location for a plethora of equipment such as lights, curtains and an Adeoscreen projection screen. While on the stage itself there are six floor boxes that allow equipment to be connected to the venue’s Dante networked A/V system from various locations.

These floor boxes are key to the flexibility of the venue, but they also presented a design challenge. ‘All of the boxes that we use in the venue come into the stageboxes in the control room and from there you can give any access to any box you

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want in the auditorium,’ explains Mr Andreou. ‘Normally we do this close to the stage but, because of the architectural design and the minimum space of the stage, we had to move it.’

This was not the only area where the limited space meant that creative solutions were required. For example, there is no catwalk above the stage to give access to equipment on the lighting bars. Instead of this, a pair of balconies at stage left and right are used by the theatre’s technicians. Equally, the restricted space meant that the theatre’s subwoofers and frontfills all needed to be built into the front of the stage.

While the size of the space was a limiting factor, other aspects that could have been challenging proved to be opportunities to select the right technology for the job. An example of this came with the automation system. ‘Normally we would do all of the

Acoustics has been a major part of the project automation with Cue but, because of the budget, we have just kept the automation system for the lighting and we do the rest of the control with dimmers,’ offers Mr Andreou. ‘You always have to find solutions to make the job easier.’

This kind of thought process is clear to see throughout the installation. With elements such as the lighting and sound systems, the Desmus team ensured that these would allow the theatre to expand in the future.

‘The lighting system is simple, there are no moving heads,’ says Mr Andreou. ‘For lighting from the balcony, we used ETC Source Fours for white spotlights and above the stage we used Robe Robin 600 LEDWash lights. If they want to use any extra lights for other events, they can hire whatever they want. The infrastructure for everything is still here so they don’t have to use extra cables. The light mixer is an ETC Ion, but the infrastructure is ready to host any other desk. Touring productions can use whatever they want, everything is ready for the biggest desk that they would be able to use.

‘We put in an Idea line array system and a Yamaha CL1 mixer so that the hall can host concerts,’ he continues. ‘Because of the width of the room, we had to put some extra speakers in as side-fills. We have also put in the infrastructure for delay speakers above and below the balcony so the client can add them whenever they want.’

Walking around the theatre, it is clear that the budget has been carefully managed to ensure it is spent in the right areas. For example, the venue boasts a Shure simultaneous translation system alongside the manufacturer’s conferencing and wireless mic solutions, and the backbone of the visual system is from Kramer.

But perhaps the best example of this comes with the auditorium’s changeable acoustics. ‘There are acoustic panels on the walls that can be moved if you want to reflect or diffuse the sound and the rear wall is covered with acoustic fabrics,’ explains Mr Andreou. ‘The ceiling also has acoustic panels so sound does not get lost. The seats are from Figueras and are acoustic seats. They are a new design of seat and this was the first installation of them in the world.’

The end result is a room that more than meets its initial brief as a venue that can host a multitude of events. While it currently meets the needs of the municipality, there is the ability to scale up the systems as these needs expand and budgets become available. As far as system design goes, it proves that you don’t necessarily need to spend a lot to get the best result. All you need to do is spend smartly. www.desmus.com.tr

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Simon Luckhurst discovers the challenges UMG faced when it moved its recording facility into an office environment managing director of Universal Music South Africa, and met him on site before the move. The requirement was for a new space consisting of two control rooms, one live room and a vocal booth. I had been given a fixed area to work with and needed to come up with a design that incorporated this setup.’

The new space in Rosebank, Johannesburg features a large open-plan office, of which 140m2 had been reserved for the new studio. Studio One functions as the main control room, while Studio Two is currently home to resident UMG producer, Alexis Faku. Tasked with providing the design, as well as managing and overseeing the entire project, Mr van der Westhuizen was fortunate that one typical aspect of any installation, the equipment, was not the focus of this build, as UMG SA planned to repurpose much of its existing gear from the previous location.

‘The equipment that is installed comes from their old studio,’ he explains. ‘The only major addition to the setup from my

Taking pride of place in the main control room is an SSL AWS 924 desk and PMC IB1S-A MKIII monitors AFTER ALMOST TWO DECADES OF PERPETUAL DECLINE, the global music business is back on the up. But while the more traditional business model still continues to struggle worldwide, the pop music scene in Africa has been enjoying somewhat of a renaissance, largely fuelled by the likes of YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud. This all happened early on, without the marketing might of major music labels. But now those homegrown, independent ar tists who had built a following through grassroots means are looking to expor t their music to the rest of the world.

Looking to capitalise on this resurgence, Universal Music Group (UMG) South Africa recently decided to move its Johannesburg-based recording facility up the road and into its offices. The benefit for South African musicians is a larger and more modern recording space for artists. But for Jacob van der Westhuizen of Benjamin Pro Audio, the task of constructing a complete studio and live sound recording space surrounded by a fully staffed office environment did not come without its challenges.

‘I was involved from the ground up,’ recalls the Benjamin Pro Audio CEO. ‘I was recommended to Sipho Dlamini, the

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Absorbtion panels in the live room can be adjusted to alter the acoustics

FEATURES: RECORDING The entire build was ultimately completed in just three months. This comprised neighbouring recording and control rooms, and, in order to maximise space, Benjamin Pro Audio opted for an interconnected design via a sophisticated cable routing system. This allows an engineer to control the sound from any of the recording rooms in the studio.

‘The benefit of this is that you have a multifunctional space,’ shares the CEO. ‘In other studios that I have designed where we have limited space and the need for multiple studios, instead of sacrificing control room space for more “live room” space, I have designed the studios so that if there is a large session and the band needs to track together, the vocalist can be placed in Control Room 2, you can have an amp in the

spec were IB1S-A MKIII monitors from PMC for the main control room. I suggested these since I am the distributor for PMC in South Africa and I knew that they needed larger speakers than what they previously had in their old studios. The IB1Ss are a perfect complement to the main control room.’

Taking pride of place in the main control room is a Solid State Logic AWS 924 24-channel digital console, adorned with ATC SM25A Pros and the aforementioned IB1S-A MKIIIs for monitoring, while located in racks behind the mix position is outboard equipment including two DBX 160 compressors and a Tube-Tech multiband compressor, as well as emulation collections from Universal Audio, such as the UA1176 Classic Limiter and UA610 Tube Preamp and EQ Collections.

Processing for these is offloaded to a dedicated UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt OCTO Core. Tracking and production, however, is purely DAW-based and UMG SA has adopted all of the main industry standard solutions to better cater to more clients.

These include Pro Tools HD, Logic Pro X and Ableton Live.

Microphones used for capture in the live and vocal rooms include ADK TC251s, Advanced Audio CM47s and CM67s, a pair of sE Electronics T2s, a pair of AKG C451s, four Shure SM57s, an SMB57 and Shure SM7b, a Neumann TLM103, a DBX D1 and a beyerdynamic TGV50D. But the equipment was always going to be the easy bit.

Turning a working environment into a sound studio was slightly more tricky. ‘Their offices are an open-plan setup around the studio; some of them are right up against the studio outer shell,’ says Mr van der Westhuizen. This open-plan layout also meant that he had no existing ceiling structure to work with, instead having to first build an outer structure of approximately 14m x 10m before the first isolation layers could be installed.

All of the floors were then floated on new isolated slabs before work began on the inner shells.

Outboard gear alongside Universal Audio’s Octo Core processor

Pro Tools HD, Ableton and Logic Pro X systems are available to engineers ‘The isolation requirements due to it being in the office meant we had to build a giant box to put the studios inside,’ explains Mr van der Westhuizen. ‘The structural roof was way too high to be able to use for support so we also needed to devise a system capable of carrying our outer shell structure.

This weighs 45kg/m2 so, across the 140m2 area, that’s 6.3 tonnes just for the outer roof shell. It was really a challenge to guarantee that kind of structural support in an open space, but this was necessary to ensure that all lowfrequency transmission is contained, so that everyone in the office can work in peace and the studio can also go ahead unhindered. To add to the challenge, the space didn’t have a goods elevator so the material needed to be carried up three flights of stairs.’

The recording rooms feature soundproofed walls for isolation, while, on the inside walls, padded segments on hinges allow engineers to tweak the acoustics of the room.

small live room, drums can be in the main live room and bass DI’d in the control room. It takes a bit more planning as you won’t be able to use the other rooms during that time, but it is much more effective than having wasted live room space/ISO booths that hardly get used.’

Despite these challenges, the project went off without a hitch and Mr van der Westhuizen reports that not a single change was made to the specification throughout the three months he worked on the project.

‘I am very happy with the results. I think it is one of the finest studios in SA and potentially one of the best in Africa,’ he answers proudly. ‘Since the studios have opened, they are very busy and the client is very happy! I don’t think they have had one client come in that wasn’t blown away. It is also a huge improvement from an acoustics perspective to their old studio so the work they are putting out is on a new level.’

While UMG SA’s new flagship recording studio might not boast the huge channel count analogue consoles and match the grandeur of those studios in the major record labels’ heyday, South African artists looking to make the jump up to a major publishing house now have a high-quality and highly functional recording space at their hands. The rest is down to the label. www.benjaminproaudio.co.za

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Documenting black rhinoceros migration

Wildlife cameramen Alexander Braczkowski and Steve Winter recently documented the transportation of six black rhinoceroses from South Africa to Chad. James Cooke reports the gear needs to be reliable and easy to run with.

‘The whole mission was one of the biggest tests for this gear,’ the filmmaker and big cat biologist continues.

‘Temperatures were reaching upwards of 45°C and the gear is not tested for that level of heat. It pushed the equipment to its very limit.’

The black rhinoceroses were relocated as part of an Africa-wide mission to restore wildlife.

This particular species has not roamed Chad for almost 50 years. As well as filming for National Geographic, footage was also captured for African Parks, a conservation NGO that has managed Zakouma National Park since 2010 on behalf of the Chadian Government.

Mr Braczkowski and Mr Winter used Red Epic-w 8K digital cinematography cameras, equipped with Canon 3q lenses, and a DJI Phantom 3 4K drone. Røde Microphones’ VideoMic on-camera mics picked up the audio from atop the Red Epic-w units, along with the Australian

IN ANY BROADCAST SITUATION, THE EQUIPMENT NEEDS to be reliable. For live television, technical issues can result in an embarrassed producer and chuckles from the audience at home or, worse, dead air. Even when a programme is recorded in a studio for broadcast at a later date, having to reshoot due to a glitch in the kit costs time and money. Yet, it is arguably out in the field, on location, that technology is counted on the most. For documentary makers, there is often only one shot to capture a once-in-a-lifetime event, while potentially harsh environmental conditions can push the kit to its limits.

When Alexander Braczkowski and Steve Winter were recently asked to capture footage, documenting the transportation of six black rhinoceroses from South Africa to Zakouma National Park in Chad for National Geographic, the equipment that accompanied them was certainly put to the test.

‘We’ve been rolling with the same gear on Nat Geo shows for a while now,’ says Mr Braczkowski, speaking to Pro AVL MEA while sat just a metre away from a tiger in Uganda. ‘These missions can last for a couple of weeks, or even months, so

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extra work to do a handheld application. But, I can’t tell you how helpful the Core Minis were in reducing the payload of our camera system while we were filming from the Jeep or jumping out to capture on the fly.

A Core SWX Hypercore9 Mini battery powering a Red camera ‘The Litra lighting cubes are extremely power ful in short bursts,’ says Mr Braczkowski. ‘They are small and easy to travel with and are great for lighting a shot for about half an hour.’

In addition to the lighting cubes, Mr Braczkowski notes that he was impressed by how the cameras held up in the heat and the batteries he and Mr Winter used with them. Core SWX Hypercore9 Mini batteries powered the Red cameras.

‘The batteries are incredibly small, which provides us with an added practicality that is necessary for handheld filming styles,’ explains Mr Braczkowski. ‘The problem with using Red cameras in the field is that it usually requires a lot of

‘We used Core products because of the ease of use and safety during our flight, as we are able to legally fly with them as part of our carry-on luggage,’ he adds. ‘We needed to get to the field to set up and start shooting very quickly, so we took a chance on these batteries. Knowing that I could run those batteries for upwards of 70 minutes each, without major fluctuations, was incredibly important. Furthermore, I knew that the battery wasn’t going to fail on me in the extremely hot weather.’

Neither the batteries, nor the cameras or any of the other equipment, failed the team during the making of the documentary. ‘None of the gear is tested for these kinds of temperatures,’ concludes Mr Braczkowski. ‘I was very impressed with the cameras and the batteries.’

The results of the shoot will be available for all to see via National Geographic soon. www.alexanderbraczkowski.com www.nationalgeographic.org

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A letter from America

Give us the names and we’ll give you the money – Dan Daley contemplates the creation of a centralised credit system for live professionals WHO ENGINEERED BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S Born in the USA LP and where was it recorded? That would be Jon Landau and Chuck Plotkin, at the Hit Factory and Power Station studios, in New York. It’s right there on the back of the album or on any number of online sources. Now, who were the FOH mixer and system tech when that album became one of the biggest-grossing tours of the 1980s? Yeah, I thought so.

When you flip over an LP jacket or look inside a CD jewel case, you’re likely to find the names of those involved in the technical aspects of the music’s production. From producers to recording, mixing, mastering and even, in some cases, assistant engineers and tea makers, the list of credits has been reasonably consistent in its presence and its comprehensiveness over the last four decades. Even when physical media began to disappear and albums unravelled into single-song downloads, beginning about a dozen years ago, online resources helped fill the gaps.

The purpose of this kind of information goes well beyond the personal satisfaction of recognition that comes with a job well done; for instance, the Recording Academy relies on that information to determine who gets nominated for Grammy Awards. Those credits act as calling cards and résumés for an entire cohort of audio professionals that lead to the next gig and the next. It’s how careers are built.

Missing in live sound Live sound professionals don’t have that same informational infrastructure, and it’s one of the ironies of music’s digital era: there is tons of information out there, but finding it and connecting it in a meaningful way is often nearly impossible. That’s especially galling today, when live music revenues have eclipsed those of recordings.

Thus, it’s clear that the names of those who are working in its engine rooms warrant recognition.

The problem is, how do you do it? Back when live albums were a substantial part of the sales mix for the music industry – think Frampton Comes Alive, Live at Leeds and Runnin’ on Empty – credits for live sound professionals were closely connected with the album itself. Ironically, while live albums are few and far between these days, more live recordings are being made than ever, thanks to the ubiquity and simplicity of multitrack recording systems that can be bolted onto the FOH console and distributed with the press of a space bar. There are third-party websites, such as Discogs, that catalogue recording credits, and wikis with that sort of information abound. However, their accuracy is often questionable, and they’re barely a step above crowd-sourced. Unlike the recording industry, the touring business doesn’t have a trade organisation that could lobby for the creation of the kind of database that the Recording Academy encourages.

The good news is that there are some new platforms coming online that make it easier

to attach credits as metadata to files and streamed performances. For instance, Veva Sound, which develops standards for how sound recordings are archived, released its Studio Collect plug-in earlier this year, designed to gather production credits during recording sessions that become part of the session file as it moves from studio to studio.

It could be easily adapted to live recordings.

There are many good reasons for devising a way to know who did what on a tour and the content that is derived from those shows. It won’t be easy – the increasingly fragmented nature of music production’s workflow lends itself more to scattering information than aggregating it – but the potential rewards for creating some kind of centralised, accurate information repository for music’s production community are enormous, ranging from rightful recognition to justifiable compensation. We’re soaring through the greatest era live music has ever experienced. We ought to be able to find out who flew the plane.

For the World Cup, the Spartak stadium was completely rebuilt and, alas, Penalty Kick has gone. It’s now a typical cathedral of A/V reinforcement, and uses Samsung SSP screens and Tripleplay’s single-platform Digital Signage and IPTV package to fill almost every space with video, meaning spectators don’t have to miss a single videoassisted bad refereeing decision, even in the queue for a caviar pie. The Luzhniki Stadium, used for the 1980 Olympics but also rebuilt since, ups the sports arena ‘ante’ by moving to Optocore fibre-optic nodes and BroaMan interfaces that integrate literally everything from ambient mics to OB output via VA and even multi-lingual commentary.

As well as stadium heaven, Moscow is now a city of skyscrapers, none more iconic than Mercury City Tower. If that sounds like somewhere straight out of the Gerry Anderson puppet series of the 1960s like

Thunderbirds or Fireball XL5, you are over 50 years old and really should have grown out of these comparisons by now. Nevertheless, on the 40th floor is Mercury Space Moscow, a suitably high-profile and hi-tech nightclub where Captain Scarlet has his own pewter tankard behind the bar.

Most impressively of all, the audio system here is the first such application – DJs, paparazzi and poison-tipped cocktail sticks – for L-ISA, the new ‘hyperreal’ and immersive proposition from the house of Dr Heil, better known as L-Acoustics. Apparently, the owner of Mercury Space Moscow visited the L-ISA HQ in London and immediately ordered the full package, using Kiva II, X12 and X8 boxes and KS28 subs, just like that. This is the new Russia and, if the West is that keen to revive the Cold War and start deporting unmasked spies to Moscow again, it’s fine by me. I have contacts in the Russian Navy.

A letter from Europe

As the FIFA World Cup comes to an end, Phil Ward looks to Russia and the first installation of an L-ISA system in the country WHILE THE WORLD GOGGLED AT THE FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, there is much talk in the West of a new Cold War. If things were supposed to be cooling down as football fever raged, one way or another such a bulging net of balls must be the tip of the iceberg of change in Putin’s allegedly hardening Russia.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Moscow, a city unrecognisable from the one I first saw as a student in 1981. In fact, it’s pretty much unrecognisable from the last time I saw it in 2002. On that occasion, I managed to avoid being trapped in the Dubrovka Theatre with 850 hostages by 48 hours, as Chechen militants stormed the building and turned a routine night out for ordinary Muscovites into a face-off with the Russian military. I watched that show with my hosts from Russian pro audio distributor, ISPA Engineering, flew home the next day

and then watched the unfolding horror on my own TV set, my seat in the venue probably still warm yet now occupied by an innocent punter.

A far more pleasant recollection surrounds an evening in a bar called Penalty Kick, so called because it used to occupy a corner of the old Spartak Moscow football stadium.

Not to be sidetracked too far from the issues at hand, you will appreciate that to be welcomed with open arms by a group of off-duty Russian sailors taking time out from their heavily armed battlecruiser was a big moment, glasnost or no glasnost. In a different context, these guys might have been pointing an RBU-1000 Smerch-3 rocket launcher at Liverpool. Their eagerness to toast my local team (not them, the ones in blue) with vodka may have owed more to onshore dipsomania than sporting generosity, but hey, I was moved.

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Making contact

Attaching the contact mic to a piece of perspex in the long jump sand pit

Installing contact mics in the ice

Dennis Baxter details some of the unconventional microphone practices he has used to capture sports and other applications MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A PIEZO-ELECTRIC, contact-type microphone began early when I begged my father to buy me an electric guitar. Being the crafty conser vative that he was and is, my father had bought me an acoustic guitar in 1968. Imagine my shock when I saw this under the Christmas tree and blur ted out, ‘You can’t play rock ‘n’ roll on an acoustic guitar!’ Thus began my quest for isolating and amplifying sound.

Many years ago, in a professional sound studio, a German Tonmeister taught me that good sound was all about microphone placement. Three decades later, I can honestly say that it still holds true in many situations.

However, outside of a recording studio, there is no accounting for location anomalies such as excessive venue noise levels from PA systems, mechanical racket from generators and HVAC. Frankly, when you factor in poor acoustics found in most indoor venues, the resulting sound field is an acoustic soup. You might think that outdoor venues would be better for sound but, with drones and helicopters, it can be just as soupy. I often wonder how a sound mixer can even achieve satisfactor y results.

Live audio capture for enter tainment and spor t continues to be difficult because traditional sound capture for spor t is usually accomplished from less than desirable distances. This process is as much about what sounds you are tr ying to reject as the sounds you are tr ying to directly capture. And that is why there is such a reliance on traditional shotgun microphones.

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However, with traditional microphones, unwanted background noise is cumulative so that each open microphone adds additional background noise along with the desired sound. Each additional open microphone dilutes the detail of your sound quality because a part of the background noise is a build-up of off-axis sound that generally lacks any full-frequency fidelity.

Unfortunately, with traditional transducers, this situation is impossible to avoid. Microphones are not precise in their detection and do not just stop picking up sound once they have captured what you are trying to catch. Of course, this situation is further complicated by sound reflecting from surfaces back into the microphone, even though much of this reflected sound may be off-axis.

Here is some fuzzy maths that makes sense to me. When you open one microphone, you pick up the desired sound plus an audible amount of undesired sound – let’s say 2dB of extra noise for example – which is barely noticeable but the concept and effect is cumulative. When you open two, three or four additional microphones, each adding an additional 2dB of background noise, then you have a build-up of 6dB to 8dB of background noise, which is distinctly higher.

Non-acoustic transducers The contact mic can be used in a variety of sports applications

A good solution for eliminating background acoustic noise is non-acoustic transducers – they are not just for acoustic instruments. In the early 1990s, innovative sound practitioners took a page from amplifying the acoustic

BUSINESS: TECHNOLOGY guitar and found an interest in contact microphones.

During the folk music boom, sound engineers had a difficult time amplifying the acoustic guitar until a transducer was applied directly to the resonating sur face of the instrument.

The contact microphone is not sensitive to air vibrations and generally detects the structure-borne sound. The type of transducer/microphone does not add any acoustic noise – only the direct signal off the resonant surface. Given the fact that most solid surfaces resonate complex sound waves, this technique has a lot of possibilities.

The contact microphone works well with sounds that have a variety of pressure intensities – like running on a wooden rampway, the percussion of a basketball on the backboard or the sound of ice skates slicing through the ice I discovered the Audio-Technica contact microphone in 1994 and my first success with this type of transducer was with a wooden velodrome track. I could hear the rhythmic percussion of the cyclists as they circled the track. I concede that this sound may not have been a true capture of the sport but these new sounds created a very interesting sound design and effect. At the Sydney Games in 2000, I expanded the use of contact microphones to include basketball, gymnastics and track jumping.

Gymnastics is a sport that has up to five events taking place simultaneously during the qualification rounds. This is complicated by the fact that the women’s floor exercise uses high levels of music which bleeds into everything. I

Successful use of a contact microphone depends on a resonant surface put contact microphones on the balancing beam, pommel horse and vault runway as well as under the podium for the floor exercise and heard detailed sounds of the sport without music.

Another perfect application of the contact microphone is table tennis. During the elimination rounds, there are four tables which makes separating the sounds of the ball on the table a challenge. Two contact microphones are mounted in the middle of each player’s side and allow the mixing operator distinct and separate sound from each of the four tables. Since coverage is generally isolated to one table at a time, the sound is in-sync with the pictures and there are no spurious sounds from adjacent tables.

Successful use of a contact microphone depends on a resonant surface such as the wooden velodrome track or backboard where the basketball hoop is mounted. With both the long jump and triple jump, the landing pit is sand and requires a resonant surface. I found that by attaching the

contact microphone to a piece of perspex, a single piece could run and detect the entire length of the landing pit.

This sound added a completely new dimension to the sport – plus this sound could also be directed to the LFE. In Beijing in 2014, I installed several contact microphones in the ice at the figure skating venue, but quickly found out that with too many microphones buried in the ice, there was simply too much sound from the skates. My friend, Chen Chen from China Central Television (CCTV), further refined this approach by using four microphones buried in the ice, one in each corner. I applied the same concept of four contact microphones at the figure skating event in South Korea and received emails from around the world about the sound quality of the event.

The contact microphone works well with sounds that have a variety of pressure intensities – like running on a wooden rampway, the percussion of a basketball on the backboard or the sound of ice skates slicing through the ice. Along with its non-acoustic characteristics, the contact microphone gives distinct, in-sync sound with each sound source, making it very useful for separating a lot of sounds.

As a creative tool, the contact microphone offers some interesting additional possibilities. For example, when used on skateboard ramps, it captures a sound that is longer in duration than is possible with an acoustically captured sound. The stretched sound that a contact microphone can capture is an interesting sound design concept that can be effectively used in simulating motion and speed by dynamically panning the sound in the vertical or horizontal plane.

Unconventional practices using microphones can generate new awareness and appreciation for the sound capture.

Sometimes it just takes applied practices from one setting and migrating those practices to another. A good example is the contact microphone, which was designed to amplify acoustic instruments, finding its way into sports arenas and broadcast around the world.

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BUSINESS: TECHNOLOGY

Building a miniature mic

DPA Microphones’ factory in Asnæs Finn Mortensen, production line manager at DPA Microphones

The intricate, highly skilled processes required to hand-build miniature microphone capsules to a consistent standard is something the DPA production team prides itself on, as James Ling discovers TOURING DPA MICROPHONES’ FACTORY IN DENMARK provides a lesson in just how intricate some of the production processes for professional audio equipment can be. At the production facility in Asnæs, the workers create most of the components that make up the inside of the capsule. While not all of the metalwork or plastic moulding is done on site, DPA engineers have precisely developed each design and chosen each supplier. Final assembly of the mics is done at DPA’s facility; all of the various component parts for all of the microphones are assembled by hand into finished products.

‘Almost everything is done by hand; we don’t have many robots,’ explains Finn Mortensen, production line manager at DPA Microphones. ‘At least 90% is made underneath a microscope so there is a lot of control in everything that the team does. They are highly skilled when it comes to making our microphones and it takes a long time to educate them to get a good output and the stable results we like to have. They are very specialised in what they do.’

While this is clear at every stage of the production process, the place where this painstaking work is best emphasised is on the production line for the manufacturer’s 5mm miniature microphone capsules.

‘The whole process is done inside our cleanroom,’ says Mr Mortensen. ‘All of the microphones start with very thin mylar. We glue it onto rings to get it tight. The gold plating machines use an electro-chemical process to gold plate the mylar for the diaphragm. We measure the tension before we put gold on it and we measure the tension after.

‘We have three major things going on in a microphone,’ he continues. ‘We need to have the right tension of the diaphragm, we need to have the right charge on the back plate and we need to have the right spacing between the diaphragm and the back plate. We have an algorithm for

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this, so if one of these parameters changes, we can adjust the others as well.’

This initial process creates 100 diaphragms per ring.

However, around half of these will not be up to standard.

‘We discharge close to 50% of all the rings we make because they have to be within the right tension span,’ says Mr Mortensen. ‘We take all of those discharged diaphragms and recycle the materials.’

Much of the manufacturing work is done under microscopes

Rows of miniature microphones before their final assembly

‘We will never change the focus that we have in terms of making the best products that we can’ Having created the diaphragms, the next stage is the microphone back plate. ‘Again we have sheets of 100 to match the diaphragms,’ notes Mr Mortensen. ‘They are made from a thin steel sheet, are magnetic and have a gold coating. We emboss the back plate so it forms something similar to a pyramid shape. This ensures the correct distance between the back plate and the diaphragm. Since a piece of sheet metal will not hold any charge at all, we coat it in electret so we can bombard it with electrons and get the right charge.

‘We measure the height on the embossing and then the electret layer on top,’ continues the production line manager. ‘From top to bottom, we’re talking about 50μm so you can imagine the movement of the diaphragm in front of the back plate is extremely small.’

With the two major components created, the next stage is to combine them. ‘The diaphragm is connected

BUSINESS: TECHNOLOGY with a very small amount of adhesive on the edge. We have to be extremely precise during this process,’ says Mr Mortensen. ‘So far, we haven’t found any robotic processes that can do this. After that, we cut the microphone elements out. This is another point where we also scrap elements that don’t live up to the very narrow tolerance window we accept.’

Acceptance or failure is determined following a manual testing procedure. ‘Every single one is cut and inspected visually to see if there are any cracks or dents. If, for example, the electret is too high, it will stick up,’ he

With the 5mm capsules now complete, the process moves outside the cleanroom and back into the main lab. ‘Up until this point, we only make two different microphone types – a directional mic and an omnidirectional one. The next step is sorting them out into the different models,’ notes Mr Mortensen. ‘We test for sensitivity and for frequency response. We have various parameters we can adjust to suit the specific needs for the mic types. Every single mic

The capsules are tested at multiple stages during the manufacturing process

microphones that reproduce the true sound of the source,’ says Kalle Hvidt Nielsen, CEO at DPA Microphones. ‘That is why it is necessary to have a large number of testing steps along the way in the manufacturing process – it is part of our core ideology and I can’t see that ever leaving DPA. ‘We will never change the focus that we have in terms of making the best products that we can,’ he continues.

‘We will always try to innovate with processes, materials and technologies for making things small and still very accurate. The tolerances when you make such small things are often difficult to deliver but, when you master those

Gold plated diaphragm

explains. ‘Our people sit and go through every single one of them and the discarded ones are then recycled for gold and metal.’

With the diaphragm and back plate connected, the next stage is to add the housing for the capsule. ‘We have a basic housing that has been engraved,’ says Mr Mortensen.

‘Every single element is placed inside this housing. A robot puts in some adhesive and the element is put in with suction and then we glue around it.’

Visually inspecting the 5mm capsules is tested and sorted. Knowing what to do with the individual mic takes a lot of skill from our workers.’

The steps described here are only a few in a long, manually demanding manufacturing process that is filled with regular tests to ensure quality standards are met; an ethos that the manufacturer has adhered to since it first opened its doors. ‘We really want to manufacture

technologies, you can also make better, larger diaphragm microphones.’

The process for creating a miniature microphone capsule at DPA is exceptionally demanding, with testing processes at just about every step of the way. Having walked the production line, it is easy to see the pride the manufacturer’s staff takes in creating the best endproduct that they can. www.dpamicrophones.com

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BUSINESS: R&D

Cross-section of the Cosmo horn and waveguide

HK Audio’s Nils Stamer and Stefan Fischer launch Cosmo

The big bang

HK Audio aims to simplify the lives of working technicians with the launch of Cosmo, a family of integrative speaker arrays that bypass hardware adapters by integrating fully compatible mechanical parts ‘THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – I HAVE THE WORLD’S most enjoyable job,’ confirms R&D director and HK Audio cofounder, Lothar Stamer. Having started the company almost 40 years ago with his brother Hans in the south-west German town of St Wendel, the brand continues to be regarded as a pioneer among contemporaries and peers with forwardthinking designs such as Lucas, Elements and Cohedra. ‘As the owner of a PA rental company, I learned to appreciate teamwork in the early 1980s and this helped me enormously when creating PA systems.’ Having entered unwillingly into his chosen career, the former end user continues to explore ways of making the lives of working technicians a lot less complicated. Hence the creation of Cosmo.

Cosmo’s characteristics in the vertical plane

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Back in end user mode, Mr Stamer delivers his observation of the loudspeaker universe prior to Cosmo.

‘Most line array systems come in different sizes, for which the typical enclosure is a 2-way system loaded with a pair of 6.5-inch, 8-inch or 10-inch speakers selected to suit the size of the venue and the type of audio signals to be rendered. Large-scale touring rigs usually consist of 3-way systems comprising 12-inch or 15-inch speakers. Therefore, mid-size and larger rental companies usually invest in two or three systems

BUSINESS: R&D of different sizes that will allow them to compete for a variety of jobs.

‘The current trend is to combine different-sized systems in one array. The lower end of any array has to cover the nearfield by dispersing sound over a shorter distance so that is where the smaller units with lower sound pressure levels go. Special adapter harnesses are needed to connect components from different lines of speakers. Rental companies have to use what they have on hand and it remains a cumbersome way of setting up an acoustically inferior system.’

Following this analysis in 2016, HK Audio started working on three new line arrays. Comprising a pair of 6.5-inch speakers and designed for short to medium ranges, the smallest system focuses on natural sounding speech. ‘The medium-sized dual 8-inch system covers the middle ground best, striking the right balance for universal deployment, while the large dual 10-inch version offers increased sound pressure levels and range,’ continues Mr Stamer. ‘But before we started developing any of this, we sat down at our first team meeting to talk about directivity, coverage, minimised distortion and time-saving rigging hardware. Then a new idea took shape and I believe it’s ground-breaking.’

Mr Stamer credits the genesis of Cosmo to the head of strategic portfolio management, Stefan Fischer, an ever present in the family company. ‘Most of our speakers are used by medium-sized rental companies which require a range of scalable loudspeaker systems including processing, amplification and accessories,’ Mr Fischer explains. ‘There is actually a gap between the various families of arrays and this is what creates acoustic problems, so we set about designing Cosmo to bridge those gaps.’

‘When we sat down to design Cosmo, we were in the unique position of starting from scratch, allowing us to factor all of these considerations into the mix,’ Mr Stamer continues.

‘Rather than developing yet another conventional line array system, that is why we came up with a family of three unconventional systems that can be coupled acoustically and mechanically in a way that achieves the best results possible.’

From here, Mr Stamer and his team set down the specifications for a new type of ‘integrative’ array that would bypass hardware adapters by integrating fully compatible mechanical parts. In addition, it was agreed that the coverage patterns and accessories of the three systems would have to complement one another. ‘We sought to minimise the component count yet cover practically all FOH system needs for most rental jobs, from corporate press conferences to open-air rock concerts. It would have to be a family of systems that grows as you go, adapting step by step to bigger gigs to provide an unprecedented level of investment protection.’

Central to Cosmo’s unique design is the proprietary Multicell Transformer (MCT) technology that puts two principles into action. Mr Stamer’s inspiration for this came from a US navy technique that was based on the same physical principles as the MCT but specifically developed for long-distance sonographic location. ‘Of course, it’s easier for us to create these designs today as we can use powerful simulation tools and have 3D printers in our laboratories. This wasn’t possible 15 years ago when we were launching Cohedra. We set out to shape the front of the wave precisely in a cabinet offering little space. The actual concept originated in the Cohedra

Debuted in 2002 with the German manufacturer’s Cohedra system, compressed-mode rigging determines the angle and comes with a stop that limits travel without carrying any extra weight. The integration of the latest 3-point compressed mode not only simplifies the rigging up of Cosmo enclosures, but it also requires a smaller footprint for setting up in confined spaces. During assembly, the cabinets are taken from their dollies and attached in a straight line until required. Once all the Cosmo units have been interconnected, a switch allows the user to compress the entire array to create the distinctive curve. In addition, Cosmo’s angle adjustment hardware carries no weights, so the flown system’s curvature can be easily adjusted by loosening the tension strap and repositioning the ball locking pins to the desired angle before recompressing the array again. By relaxing the tension, successive Cosmo modules can be lowered onto dolly boards before rolling them away.

Mr Stamer claims that less manpower is required for assembling the array. ‘Every top unit shares the same 60cm x 45cm footprint so the individual components are easily connected, without the need for hardware adapters, and has worked well for 15 years since its release. You can lower the total harmonic distortion (THD) by minimising the reflections and resonances that are being emitted within the horn itself.’

The MCT that Mr Stamer has designed divides the wavefront along vertical lines into 13 separate horn channels of varying lengths that have been calculated precisely to generate different delay times. This straightens the wavefront’s vertical curvature and directs the sound to create a tight vertical pattern. Secondly, the narrow individual channels allow only high-frequency resonances to emerge, most of which are beyond the audible range. The difference between this technology and conventional horns, or waveguides, is that it generates far less audible distortion and, as a result, increases effective sound pressure headroom by a few decibels.

The unveiling of the Cosmo C 8 top unit at this year’s Prolight + Sound Frankfurt exhibition marked the first component in the trilogy of integrative line array cabinets to be introduced to the market. Judging by the reaction to the launch, the Cosmo C 8 is certainly gaining admirers as a standalone cabinet. However, the sum is definitely greater than the parts and it won’t be until 2019, as the Cosmo C 6 and C 10 commence production, that Cosmo users will truly benefit from this unique design. With horizontal directivities of 100°, 80° and 60°, the Cosmo family of flexible speakers will provide the bandwidth needed to cover the most diverse live scenarios.

The Cosmo C 8 top unit provides 80° horizontal directivity, making it the central building block for a set of mix-and-match systems designed to provide blanket coverage for the entire audience area. ‘One of the great advantages of line arrays over conventional point source systems is that they are so much more efficient at distributing sonic energy across the coverage area,’ comments Mr Stamer. ‘Line arrays are all about covering distance, with the range determined by the array’s length, curvature and power distribution. However, conventional line arrays offer little or no control over the throw pattern’s horizontal directivity. Combining the three models helps to spread the sonic energy evenly from the first to the last row.’

By combining the three Cosmo models, the throw patterns become asymmetrical, whereby the components at the top of the array should have a narrow pattern as they direct sound over greater distances. ‘The pattern ought to fan out, growing wider towards the bottom in order to provide plenty of horizontal coverage, even in front of the stage,’ furthers Mr Stamer. ‘Conventional line array systems’ horizontal connectivity is constant at around 90° or 100° to ensure the throw pattern is wide enough over the first few metres. The problem here is that the pattern gets very wide at medium distances, so a lot of the sonic energy bounces off the walls. At outdoor concerts, much of it goes to waste when it is directed beyond the flanks of the audience area. By combining the three Cosmo mid-high units, you can build an asymmetrical array to match the geometry of the venue.’

Cosmo’s characteristics in the horizontal plane and fit right on top of one another. As such, there is no heavy lifting, twisting and turning to be done for setup.

The array’s curvature can be adjusted in advance on the dolly, so rigging and flying a Cosmo line array is as easy as it gets. Most line arrays on the market are rigged in fixed mode, whereby the angle adjustment hardware has to carry the weight of the array. The crew has to work a lot harder to rig up and adjust the angle between a flown array’s components. However, Cosmo can also use this mode, which can make sense with smaller setups using three or four cabinets.’

Before signing off the project, Mr Stamer gave a lot of thought to storage and transportation. ‘A loudspeaker system has to be both space-saving and easy to handle considering that it spends most of its life on the road and in storage. To keep things as straightforward as possible, I was inspired by the simplicity of children’s building blocks.

This is why Cosmo, a family of few components, is a perfect fit for a Euro pallet’s grid dimensions – handling and storage are simplified, load-ins are sped up and truck space is maximised.’

Cosmo differentiates itself by providing an option to configure mixed integrative arrays. Ultimately, a production company will consider many factors before investing in a new audio platform, and those criteria will always strike a balance between cost and performance. With its pedigree and track record, HK Audio excels. Shining brightly, Cosmo stands out from the other stars and, like Cohedra, looks set to blaze for many years to come. www.hkaudio.com

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BUSINESS: R&D

Beyond a joke(r)

When Amate Audio launched the Nítid series at the end of last year, it made some big claims about performance. Simon Luckhurst recently spoke to the man in charge to find out what’s been changing under the surface

R&D director, Joan Amate WHEN SPANISH MANUFACTURER AMATE AUDIO LAUNCHED its flagship line array system back in 2009, it wasn’t long before the Joker series also arrived on the scene. It adopted a lot of the same groundbreaking technology but was instead destined for the portable live sound market. Fast-forward almost a decade and the Joker has a new and even more beautiful successor in the form of Nítid – dutifully able to bridge the gap between the small-scale events easily handled by Joker cabinets and the full-on, large-scale touring events already taken care of

by Xcellence. And there’s something for everyone, with the Nítid series encompassing a line array system, 8-, 10- and 12-inch point source cabinets, a stage monitor, and single and double 18-inch subwoofers.

Many would imagine it was the line array enclosure that brought the series to life. Strangely, though, it was actually the humble stage monitor, recalls R&D director, Joan Amate. ‘The series is meant to be an evolution and a replacement for our Joker series, which has been on the market for almost six years now,’ he explains. ‘We call Nítid a mid-range series; however, it’s quite a sophisticated product, especially in terms of the smart technology inside. It’s certainly not simple based on its performance and features – it’s smaller than the Xcellence

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Amate N208-N18W stacked

speakers and is intended for smaller applications. We’ve put a lot of thought into making what I would call a minimal but functional design.’

One of Amate’s best-selling products in the early 2000s was the SM12D, an active 500W stage monitor in a 2-way wedge format. Since the SM12D was discontinued, the company’s sales department has continually been registering strong interest for a monitor-shaped cabinet with point source features. ‘Since that model, we have been working mainly with coaxial loudspeakers for monitors, but there was still a portion of the market that claimed that the traditional horn – a woofer plus compression driver plus horn – was the better approach. So we designed the N12SM and decided that this should become the first model in the Nítid series. Following this, we introduced the column series (N26, N36 and N46), the line array (N208) and also the point source speakers (N10, N12 and N15).’

Not wishing to simply create yet more unnecessary cabinets for an oversaturated market, the sales and R&D teams at Amate conducted an intensive design stage, concluding with an acknowledgment that the resultant speaker system would have longevity in the market for the next seven to 10 years.

‘We wanted to create a more powerful, ultra-compact amplified cabinet, and we had in mind several improvements from an R&D perspective, as well as two main design concepts.’

These primary design goals were for the cabinets to be more compact and more ‘stylish’ than Joker models while also offering increased SPL. Surely every engineer’s dream on paper, but how do you make this a reality?

‘It’s a combination of several factors,’ explains Mr Amate.

‘Of course, we’re taking advantage of new transducers that our driver suppliers manufacture, which are improving day by day. Also, in terms of amplification, if you have a driver that can hold more power, you can also apply more amplification.

The final ingredient is fine-tuning the DSP so that the overall performance is great, even though the cabinet has shrunk. We have also made the internal design of the enclosure different, so that the bass reflex ports have new, different shapes to

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We’d made the decision from the outset that these cabinets varied. You want to go in there and just make a phone call or would not have remote control, and that having a back panel you want to go in there and make a video call or you want to go where you can change the basic settings and presets was in there and do nothing but put your slides up on the screen. sufficient for the size and scale of events they will be used on.’

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The future of audio networking With several new developments from the sector’s key players, it’s time to revisit the state of audio networking

THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING. IT’S BEEN a few years since Audinate first pitted itself as a viable future alternative to the Audio Video Bridging (AVB) standard that was being worked on at the time by the Avnu Alliance.

Of course, not many would refute that, in the years since, Dante has been overwhelmingly adopted and has become the de facto standard for simple audio networking.

Regardless of the protocol, audio over IP is a tool already in widespread use, to the benefit of both event staff and audiences. Video over IP isn’t quite as developed.

However, it’s now 2018 and the vast majority of customers certainly don’t treat audio as a separate entity to video.

For entertainment purposes they are one and the same. And while there are technical benefits in certain situations for integrators to break the audio feeds out from the video, why should this have to be the case?

The video sector has some catching up to do. The relatively low bandwidth needed to effectively transmit audio signals over IP is a major reason why that specific method is already in such widespread use. Video, with significantly higher bandwidth, is much more demanding, and the hardware necessary to support this is not yet readily available at a cost-effective price. However, various different protocols have been released over the past few years to support video over IP. ‘We know and understand that customers want to manage their video streams on the network alongside their audio, with simplicity being the main benefit,’ says Joshua Rush, SVP of marketing and product development at Audinate. ‘In many installations, audio and video are inherently linked and customers want to manage them together.’

Thankfully, there are some smart minds working on the problem, and this year’s InfoComm exhibition in Las Vegas saw a new integrated A/V networking landscape beginning to emerge. The Avnu Alliance has been quietly working for several years on the next phase of AVB implementation, culminating with a presentation by industry heavyweights d&b, L-Acoustics, Meyer Sound, Avid, Biamp and Audioscience at the show. This next-stage protocol has been named Milan and, while audio networking was very much the focus of the InfoComm presentation, the AVB standard doesn’t make this distinction.

At the same time, Audinate muddied the waters by announcing a partnership with the SDVoE Alliance (Software Defined Video over Ethernet) for an integrated A/V control platform. Essentially, one is an openstandards approach to complete control and

Clockwise: Jeff Rocha, L-Acoustics; Joshua Rush, Audinate; and Henning Kaltheuner, d&b

networking, while the other is proprietary. What does this mean for the future of networking?

‘The SDVoE Alliance is one of the leading industry groups helping to deliver a standardised way for the transportation and management of video streams over IP. It is a lot like Dante in that it has over 40 member companies that focus on adoption and interoperability,’ explains Mr Rush.

‘The SDVoE system delivers a 4K60 video solution with near zero latency over a 10G infrastructure.’

The two organisations chose to showcase an integrated control experience through Dante Controller, routing SDVoE video streams and Dante audio streams through the same interface at InfoComm. This was accomplished by updating Dante Controller to read the SDVoE API and displaying those video channels in the software.

‘While this new version of Dante Controller does not have a timeframe for public launch, it is a first step towards providing an integrated control experience for both audio and video over IP,’ explains the Audinate product manager. ‘We are currently discussing ways the two technologies can be more tightly integrated to provide an even better experience for both OEMs building products, and integrators and customers using the products together.’

The Milan protocol being developed by members of the Avnu Alliance is a little more technical. d&b audiotechnik’s head

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of market research, Henning Kaltheuner, explained it in simple terms to Pro AVL MEA: ‘Milan is about creating a solution application layer on top of AVB technology,’ he says. ‘The target of this is that all these manufacturers have realised they want to use openstandards solutions for A/V networking and want to be able to build open-solutions network ports into their products, in order to guarantee the best longevity and best compatibility of their systems.

‘Milan, on the one hand, is a set of standards that is available publicly,’ Mr Kaltheuner continues. ‘On the other hand, it’s also the idea that manufacturers form a community and collaboratively work together on networking. We believe that networking products in the future should be a commodity and something that we share, just as we share XLR connectors for analogue signals. That’s our hope for the future of networking – that we should work together on creating the best solutions for the industry.’

‘A network should be a commodity that simply works,’ continues L-Acoustics’ Jeff Rocha, director of product management.

‘Our customers should know that they can plug things together and they’ll work, so they don’t have to focus on being IT professionals and can instead focus on audio.’

But neither solutions are ready to market yet and, in the case of Milan, this has been

traditionally one of the biggest obstacles to AVB adoption. To ensure interoperability, the Alliance certifies that each product has properly implemented its guidelines. In the past, this has not been a quick process.

‘A lot of the hard work with Milan is done,’ shares Mr Rocha.

‘There are really four different standards that have to be developed before we have a fully functioning protocol – to define things for stream formats, media clocking, redundancy and software control. The first two (defining stream formats and media clocking) are already done and public. The third, the redundancy spec, will be released very shortly, and our control spec is near completion. The thing that then remains is to further refine the certification process through Avnu.

There’s a lot of energy and effort being spent on that to make sure we follow up on the technology announcement.’

This is not a hurdle the propriety method has to overcome. Audinate has been very proactive with its certification in the past, with hundreds of manufacturers’ products having been certified in the last few years alone. For Audinate, the partnership with the SDVoE Alliance is part of something bigger.

‘We think the SDVoE partnership is the first of several important partnerships in the video over IP space,’ states Mr Rush.

‘While the SDVoE Alliance is clearly the market leader in the 10G space, there are a number of applications for 1G solutions in the installed market. Ultimately, we would like to integrate Dante with several video over IP solutions so we can offer that same unified control and management experience, regardless of the market or application.

‘We are also looking to expand the software and services that sit on top of the Dante platform. Dante Domain Manager is a great example of this. By continuing to invest in these products that enhance the Dante platform, it makes Dante much more than just a networking protocol – it’s a complete, end-to-end solution for A/V networking.’

So while the future of audio networking is not quite upon us, the industry has both open and propriety solutions poised for release. These manufacturers are going to be facing a whirlwind of questions at the next few tradeshows. www.audinate.com www.avnu.org/milan www.sdvoe.org

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