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Friday, May 28, 2010
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05/28/10 10:01 AM,
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Sennheiser UK has appointed veteran Front of House Engineer Dave Wooster to the role of live sound specialist, a newly formed position that will bring up-to-date field experience to the company’s customers. “My aim is to demonstrate Sennheiser UK’s live sound solutions, provide ongoing support and backup and further develop how this range of products’ fit in the current marketplace,” says Wooster, whose live sound engineering credits include Van Morrison, Gary Moore and, most recently, Leona Lewis. “Sennheiser’s own products…
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
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Soundcraft Studer’s production strategy to converge both brands production in the Potters Bar (United Kingdom) facility passed a significant milestone this week, with UK production now in full swing and the first Studer Vista large-format consoles completed and put through test procedures. Vista, OnAir 3000 and Router production was previously done in the Studer Regensdorf facility near Zurich in Switzerland. Soundcraft Studer President Andy Trott explains, “Over the past few months our staff here and in Switzerland have worked incredibly…
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
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Effective immediately, Acustica Beyma has appointed LMC Audio Systems Ltd as its new exclusive distributor for the U.K. and Ireland. As the first entity to bring Acustica Beyma to the U.K. market in 1988, LMC Audio has been the authority on Beyma loudspeaker products for more than 20 years. Serving a wide-ranging customer base. LMC Audio is dedicated to the sales and after sales support of several premium brands across the pro audio and live entertainment industry. The company has…
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
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Max Lindsay-Johnson has been appointed International Sales and Marketing Manager for Duran Audio, and he will be based at the company’s new R&D and production facility in Zaltbommel (Netherlands). “Its an exciting time for Duran Audio, with everything that has been put in place over the past few years, and I feel it’s a real opportunity to now capitalize on these foundations,” states Linday-Johnson. “Seldom do you get an opportunity to be involved in something so technologically far reaching, with…
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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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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Britain’s Top of the Pops (TOTP) has been a BBC institution since 1964, broadcast weekly until 2006 and occasionally as one-off specials in the following years. The latest TOTP special, broadcast on BBC2 earlier in 2009, featured performances from Franz Ferdinand, Flo-Rida, Oasis, Take That, Tom Jones, James Morrison and more, live from BBC’s Studio 4, as part of this year’s Comic Relief charity fundraising special. Aside from the significance marked by convergence of these great artists, a TOTP revival…
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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Front of House Engineer Kyle Chirnside is utilizing a Midas PRO6 digital console on the current world tour by Fall Out Boy. “I’ve always been a Midas guy,” states Chirnside. “Whenever I had a choice, I would have my XL4. But then I had the chance to test drive the XL8.” That opportunity came with an invitation visit Metallica FOH Engineer Big Mick Hughes during preparations for Fall Out Boy’s autumn 2008 tour of the UK and Europe. “We were…
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Summer weather finally came to the Midwest last weekend, just in time this year’s Lollapalooza at Grant Park in downtown Chicago. But temperatures in the 90s with high humidity did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the all-star line-up or the crowds that packed the park each night. At least two of the headline artists featured at Lollapalooza utilized Shure wireless microphone systems for their live performances. On the rainy opening night, Depeche Mode slogged through the mud circa Woodstock…
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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08/04/09 11:11 AM,
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Clear-Com Communication Systems has announced the appointment of Dan Muchmore as its new Regional Sales Manager for the U.K. and Ireland, driving promotion and sales activities of Clear-Com intercom product lines and further building on the company’s strong relationships with its customers, distributors and system integrators. “I’m delighted to join the Clear-Com team in further developing their business in the UK and Ireland,” says Muchmore. “As Regional Sales Manager, my ultimate goal is to make sure Clear-Com is the first…
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Monday, July 27, 2009
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Nearly 600 drummers got their chance to be in the global spotlight earlier this month, as they raised funds for a leading UK multiple sclerosis charity, setting a new world record into the bargain. And helping to keep them all in time was a Yamaha M7CL console. Part of the National Rock and Pop festival, which also incorporated the Guitarfest and Drumfest trade shows, the “Stick It To MS” world record attempt was hosted by comedian and actor John ‘Jazz…
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