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NEWS FOCUS: Red Square Audio
NEITHER SHAKEN NOR STIRRED,
RED SQUARE AUDIO HELD ITS
UK LAUNCH WITH TANNOY AND
INNOVASON IN THE HOME OF 007.
ANDY WOOD WAS THE MAN WITH
THE GOLDEN PEN...
A QUANTUM OF SONICS
The world famous Pinewood Studios, home And whilst the champagne and canapés
to the James Bond series of ﬁ lms, as well as ﬂ owed, guests were given introductions to the
a myriad of other ﬁ lm and TV productions, company, the InnovaSon Eclipse digital console;
reverberated to a different event at the end of and the Tannoy VQ Live loudspeaker system...
January, with the grand launch of Red Square followed by a live performance by ’80s icon Toyah
Audio. Willcox, who utilised the new product and was
Based in Salisbury, Red Square is a new pro mixed by Nicholson, a regular behind the board
audio distribution company founded by industry for the artist and her band.
luminary and mix engineer Paul Nicholson, who Further distribution deals are due in the
left L-Acoustics last year after 10 years with the coming months, however, Nicholson is keen to
ﬁ rm as UK distributor. build the company staff, with Fran Hunter now on
His ﬁ rst task was to reform Midas ProSound, board as technical support manager.
a company he founded 20 years ago which For InnovaSon, the new deal sees Red Square
incorporates sales, rental and installation services exclusively represent the company in the UK and
alongside consultancy and design. This was Republic of Ireland.
followed in October with the arrival of the sister Introduced by sales & marketing director
ﬁ rm to concentrate on high end audio product Xavier Pion, the new compact Eclipse board
distribution. started shipping in February. Its rich feature set
“What I found really exciting was the incorporates a DSP engine which allows the
opportunity to become highly involved and truly mixing of up to 104 inputs simultaneously on 48
pro-active with just a small number of major mix busses among the 320 I/Os available on the
manufacturers,” explained Nicholson. “For me to console and via audio racks.
be involved in a project, it comes down to four Suitable for both FOH and monitor mixing as
things: great people, great products, competitive well as installation and broadcast applications,
pricing, and targeting the right market.” the board also incorporates an onboard M.A.R.S.
In the last few months, Nicholson has 64-track hard disk recorder. Indeed, at the event,
negotiated deals with French manufacturer this allowed Nicholson to record the show, and
InnovaSon and UK loudspeaker ﬁ rm Tannoy, both then give guests the opportunity to remix it
of which were in attendance for the launch event. immediately afterwards.
Top: Paul Nicholson mixing Toyah Willcox’s
“For me to be involved in a project, it comes down to great people,
band and (middle) the lady herself.
great products, competitive pricing, and targeting the right market...”
Above: Tannoy’s Tim Gray with the company’s
Paul Nicholson director of engineering, Philippe Robineau.
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