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L-Acousticshas developed a K Systems Engineer (KSE) Accreditation Programme recognising a technician’s advanced level of understanding in
implementing L-Acoustics systems. Applicants that pass the reviewing process and qualify for the status of KSE will receive an official welcome letter accepting them into the programme, an official identity card issued by L-Acoustics, a KSE jacket and publication in the online KSE directory.
www.l-acoustics.com
Mega Audiohas been named as the distributor for Ampegand Mackie brands in Germany. “This agreement will support expanding Ampeg and Mackie sales and ensure that our level of customer service keeps pace with our growth in Germany,” said Tony Williams, Mega Audio director of sales, EMEA. “Dealers will benefit from this partnership with local stock availability, as well as excellent in-market sales, technical support and stronger marketing and brand awareness.”
www.ampeg.com www.mackie.com www.megaaudio.de
VUE Audiotechnikhas announced that DGC Worldwide, the professional audio business development consultancy owned by Doug Green, has been retained to build and manage a new distribution network for VUE Audiotechnik throughout the EMEA territories. Green brings more than 25 years of professional audio experience to VUE, having held key positions at Harman Pro, TC Group, TOA US, and DMX Music.
www.dgcw.biz www.vueaudio.com
UK loudspeaker manufacturer EM Acousticslaunched its new website in April. In addition to all of the existing product information, the new site features increased technical detail including 2D and 3D CAD drawings, and data for EASE, and EASE Focus 2 line array prediction software for the new HALO Compact system. A complete news section is also included.
www.emacoustics.co.uk Adlib’s new Midas deal
In an exclusive chat withPSNEurope, Adlib announces a new partnership with console maker Midas, plus a slew of gear to the inventory, writes Erica Basnicki
LIVERPOOL-BASED Adlib Solutions has been appointed UK distributor of Midas consoles. Adlib’s audio manager and director Dave Jones confirmed with PSNEurope that as a result of the agreement, the company has initially purchased a stock of PRO1, PRO2 and PRO6 consoles.
“Becoming a Midas dealer
is obviously great news for Adlib, it opens up opportunities for our rental, sales and installations departments. Previously we’ve only ever owned Midas analogue (consoles), so we hadn’t actually got on board with digital until earlier this year. Really, it’s something we should’ve done a long time ago,” said Jones. Mick Brophy, Midas Klark
Teknik UK customer support manager, added: “We are delighted to welcome Adlib to the MKT family. They have spotted a great opportunity in investing in Midas products at
EUROPE A firm(ware) handshake between Shure and Yamaha By Erica Basnicki
A COLLABORATION between Shure and Yamaha will provide users with more advanced, integrated control capabilities between CL series consoles and ULX wireless systems. With CL series firmware
version 1.6 and ULX-D firmware version 1.3 releases coming in June 2013, it will be possible to control discovery and patching for Shure ULXD4D and ULXD4Q receivers directly from CL console touchpanel displays, without the need for the Dante
Discover and patch Shure’s ULXD4D directly from a Yamaha CL console
Controller PC software that is currently required. Yamaha launched its CL
range at Prolight + Sound 2012, and the success of the consoles has contributed significantly to Yamaha Commercial Audio’s best year in the last five, the company revealed to PSNEurope
last month. Yamaha has been a supporter of Dante technology for over four years. Shure launched the ULX-D
range at NAMM 2012, becoming a Dante licensee in July. Kazunori Kobayashi, general
manager of the Yamaha Pro Audio division, said: “Our
collaboration with Shure has resulted in Dante network communication between ULX-D digital wireless system components and CL series consoles that will give our users a significantly enhanced working environment with direct, efficient control.” Sandy LaMantia, president and CEO of Shure, added: “Both of our companies share a strong commitment to providing our customers with high-quality products. Our collaboration with Yamaha’s CL series consoles is a perfect example of this.”n
www.shure.co.uk www.yamahaproaudio.com
this time of rapidly increasing popularity and greater accessibility. We’re looking forward to developing a close and constructive relationship with the Adlib team.” The new partnership was part of a bigger audio upgrade for
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Adlib also added a couple of DiGiCo SDTen desks to the armoury
(L-R): Rob Hughes (technical support manager, MKT), Dave Kay (director, Adlib), Dave Jones (audio manager and director, Adlib) ,Richard Ferriday (brand development manager, MKT) and Mick Brophy (UK customer support manager, MKT)
Adlib, which also included adding two DiGiCo SD10 consoles. “Looking at our rental
inventory, I suppose we have previously been considered as a Soundcraft or Digidesign house, so one of my goals for this year was to get Midas and
DiGiCo digital consoles into our hire stock. This gives the client more options to choose from,” Jones said. “Having a large stock of L-Acoustics speaker systems, plus Coda and JBL it was the consoles that needed a bit of a revamp. Getting, in my opinion, two of the biggest names in digital consoles confirms our commitment to our clients’ needs. I’m really happy with how it’s progressed so far.” In addition to the new digital consoles, Adlib has increased its stock of L-Acoustics KARA and LA8 amplifiers, which were required for Lana Del Rey’s current European tour. Jones added that the company is “about to double its stock” of Coda ViRAY boxes, bringing its total audio investment to a six-figure sum. Through the relationship with Coda, Adlib has also become the exclusive UK distributor of ViRAY. In addition to Lana Del Rey, Adlib currently has tours out with American alternative band Eels, BRIT Award winner Ellie Goulding and British new wave giants OMD. Throughout the summer Adlib will also be involved with ska stalwarts The Specials, Elvis Costello and Santana. n
www.adlibsolutions.co.uk www.midasconsoles.com
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