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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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08/18/09 02:56 PM,

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Pop music superstar Gloria Estefan swept into the U.K. in late July, headlining at the Summer Pops Music Festival at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, on a concert tour that is intended to be her last, also covering Latin and South America plus European festival dates. Clair Brothers Audio is supplying the tour with both a Midas XL8 live performance system and Klark Teknik DN9696 hard disc recorder. By the time the tour arrived in Liverpool, FOH engineer Mark Dowdle had clocked…
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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07/28/09 09:09 AM,

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Patriot Place, with the help of Warwick, Rhode Island-based Ambient Sound, recently specified a new Electro-Voice sound system for “Rock the Plaza” events at the 1.3 million square-foot shopping, dining, and event destination adjacent to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, home of the NFL’s New England Patriots. The new system has provided a significant upgrade to the popular “Rock the Plaza” outdoor concert series, a weekly showcase for local musicians that runs from April to October each year. Prior to…
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
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07/23/09 08:15 AM,
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Midas and Klark Teknik have appointed a new distribution company, Quad Professional, to serve Singapore and Malaysia, in a bid to provide superior, dedicated sales and support across the region. “The Singapore market is strategically very important in the Asian concert sound business and it is vital that our distribution channel has the right people in place to service and support our customers there,” says Midas and Klark Teknik Sales and Marketing Director David Cooper. “The team which have set…
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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Communications company drpgroup has purchased the first Midas PRO6 digital console to be sold into the British corporate events market. Established almost 30 years ago, drpgroup has grown into one of Europe’s largest and most experienced fully integrated communication and presentation organizations. Until four years ago, all equipment was dry-hired, but the company has undertaken a concerted investment program, building up a state-of-the-art inventory to which the PRO6 is the latest addition. drpgroup took the decision to purchase the PRO6…
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Monday, July 06, 2009
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Midas and Klark Teknik have brought U.K. product distributorship in house, with Rob Hughes, previously employed by Shuttlesound to handle the brands, joining Midas and Klark Teknik to continue his role as U.K. sales consultant. “With the U.K. being one of the most influential markets in concert touring, it warrants direct access to the factory,” says Hughes. “With this move, U.K. customers will have the direct support of not only me, but also Karl Brant and his service team, technical…
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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Effective 1 July 2009, the newly formed Midas Consoles North America has been appointed as the exclusive distribution channel for Midas and Klark Teknik in the U.S. and Canada. Based north of Los Angeles (in Agoura Hills, CA), Midas Consoles North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of JAM Industries, is a new, brand focused, distribution company dedicated to the sales and after sales support of Midas and Klark Teknik products in the world’s largest single market. “This is a huge…
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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U.K. rental company SSE has supplied a Midas PRO6 live audio system for Maximo Park’s sell-out U.K. academy tour, with a Klark Teknik DN9696 was used to record all shows, including support bands, which were also mixed on the PRO6. FOH engineer Huw Richards had used an XL8 for orchestral concerts in the past, but this was his first time on a PRO6. “What I love about this board more than anything is the feel of it: it’s like Midas…
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Monday, June 08, 2009
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Audinate has announced that Bosch Communications Systems has entered into a company-wide license agreement to implement Dante audio networking solution into their products. The agreement allows all Bosch brands including Electro-Voice (EV), Dynacord, Telex, Midas, Klark Teknik and Bosch to incorporate Dante. “Dante will become the foundation of our Common Audio Protocol (CAP) communications solution across the Bosch Communication Systems companies,” said Bill Scott, Vice President of Engineering and Technology, Bosch Communications Systems. “We selected Dante because of its ease-of-use,…
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
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With three other successful clubs in Chicago’s Wrigleyville and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, the owners of the new John Barleycorn in Schaumburg, a suburb of Chicago, wanted to take it up several notches and offer their patrons the very best of everything. Local installer Sound & Lighting Designs was provided with a generous budget to equip the large 20,000 square-foot, two-story new build with the latest in audio, video, stage and club lighting, as well as surveillance. When it came to…
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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Bangalore-based Acoustic Control has installed India’s first Midas XL8 Live Performance System at software giant Infosys’ new auditorium at its sprawling, state-of-the-art campus. Infosys has more than 50 offices, 103,000 employees, and development centers in India, China, Australia, Czech Republic, Poland, UK, Canada, and Japan. The Midas XL8 helps equip the company’s new auditorium to host a wide variety of acts and events. The Infosys XL8 comprises a control surface, five DL451I/O boxes, three DL451 I/O boxes at front of…
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