Soundcraft by HARMAN Debuts the Vi1000 Digital Mixing Console

Soundcraft by HARMAN is pleased to introduce the Vi1000 Digital Mixing Console. Representing the culmination of the groundbreaking achievements and rich feature sets offered by Soundcraft’s acclaimed Vi Series, the new VI1000 is the most compact member of the Vi-000 family—at just 86cm x 81cm (34” x 32”) in size—yet it retains all the mixing…

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SLEEK SOUNDS STUNNING

Highly user-friendly new EVOLVE 50 portable powered column system from Electro-Voice with remote system control and streaming Lightweight loudspeaker and subwoofer system brings superior Electro-Voice sound quality to the column format: acoustically powerful, aesthetically discreet Clean, compact design – low-profile speaker array with quick cable-free connection securing pole to sub for extremely easy setup and…

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Clair Cohesion for Ariana Grande

The world’s biggest pop sensation, Ariana Grande, bought her Dangerous Woman Tour to Australia this September and JPJ Audio joined her on the road! Ariana Grande may be tiny, but her voice is big enough to drown out a stadium packed with thousands of screaming fans …. with a little help from a Clair Cohesion PA and her…

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Chicago’s Venues. This part of America remains VERY great!

Chicago is an architecturally significant city, with stunning examples built along its historical canals and lake shoreline. The architecture cruise on the canals is a highlight. I checked in to the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel on a warm fall Monday night last month. The Chicago Tribune describes it better than I can: “The building dates…

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Permanent dLive

Allen & Heath has signalled an increased focus on installed sound by deepening the integration of its dLive digital mixing systems into multi-purpose venues. A raft of new releases, control options and expanders adds to the dLive ecosystem to create a distributed, integrated, scalable and accessible solution, handling every aspect of a venue’s audio world…

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Shure Introduces Bluetooth Earphones

Shure has announced the addition of new Wireless Earphone solutions to its popular SE Sound Isolating™ Earphone line, including Wireless SE112 and SE215 Models, and a discrete Bluetooth Accessory Cable developed for owners of current Shure SE Earphones who want to convert to wireless. Designed for music and audio enthusiasts of all kinds, the new…

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SMART SOUND FOR SMART PRODUCTIONS – THE SENNHEISER FOCUSMIC DIGITAL

At IBC, audio specialist Sennheiser previewed the FOCUSMIC Digital, a rugged mini-shotgun microphone for high-quality videography with the iPhone. Designed with a proven Sennheiser capsule and Apogee PureDigital pre-amp and A/D converter, the FOCUSMIC Digital plugs directly into the Lightning port of the iPhone and delivers high-quality, focused audio from the direction of filming. The…

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Eight-Channel Network Amplifiers

QSC has expanded the options for Q-SYS network power amplification with a range of eight channel units. Designed specifically for integration with the Q-SYS Platform, these new amplifiers take advantage of a ‘whole system’ design philosophy where they can be configured and managed just like any other Q-SYS element. Like the four channel CXD4 amps…

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Inside an exploding audio divorce

Business bust-ups are sometimes worse than a divorce, especially when the parties go to court. CX fondly remembers the war between Gary Hackett and Terry Davenport of Staging Connections fame. It was a while back, and quite a stoush. At least it shaped up like that, judging by the 80 page affidavit that found its…

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12 sends of monitors + FOH – one engineer

Todd McKenney and Georgie Parker, two of Australia’s most respected entertainers joined forces to bring their favourite duets to the stage for a tour somewhat obviously called ‘Duets’. Sound engineer was Jimmy Den-Ouden (formerly a writer with CX) who not only ran FOH but also monitors for most of the show dates. Jimmy has been…

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ETC’s Ion gets an upgrade: introducing Ion Xe consoles

For nearly a decade, ETC’s Ion® consoles have brought powerful control to theatres, concert venues, studios and events around the world. Now, with the release of two Ion Xe consoles and two new fader wings, the small but mighty workhorse of the Eos® Family gets an upgrade. Power in a small package With compact footprints…

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