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Outlinehas created a new website dedicated to iMode; the company’s web-based loudspeaker control platform. The system is designed to be used with an iPad but is also compatible with desktop systems, the iPhone and iPod touch. The new website was created to ensure that users fully understand the technology, providing an easy-to- read overview. Outline’s Michele Noselli commented, “We hope that the site’s design, based on this layout, reflects the simplicity at the base of the iMode concept.”
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Red TXprovided the technical facilities to capture the audio at this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize. Red TX brought its Red II music recording truck, designed to cater for 3D and surround sound productions. Mercury Prize executive producer Dan Ford said, “Red TX was [chosen] because the company has a strong reputation for delivering great live sound.”
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UNITED KINGDOM MLA first at Ally Pally dance night By Mark Haldon
RENTAL HOUSE Capital Sound recently fielded its Martin Audio MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array for the first time at Alexandria Palace for the Above and Beyond Group Therapy 050 live radio broadcast dance event. The venue is notorious for its challenging acoustics and well-known for producing violent reflections, summed up succinctly by Martin Audio R&D director Jason Baird, who stated, “Just think of a marble and glass shoebox, 40m wide, 16m high and 85m deep.” Dance music outfit Above and Beyond, alongside event management company Loudsound’s Dan Craig agreed the MLA was the best option for the venue, having worked
Fans revel in the MLA’s Ally Pally debut
successfully during the Field Day and Deadmau5 shows at Hackney’s Victoria Park. Capital Sound technical manager Ian Colville worked to design the system, with
support from Baird. Colville said, “This time we felt it was time to put our faith in MLA.” For the show the L/R system
was rigged with 11 MLA elements per side, with two W8Cs
each side for outfills and eight W8LM as front fills. Having the 14 x MLX subs arranged in a broadside cardioid array allowed system tech Toby Donovan to enter delay times and change dispersion control, using the software to electronically curve the sound into an arc. The belief of the Capital Sound crew was confirmed by Donovan, who said, “Such was the coherency and lack of distortion, that everyone I spoke to couldn’t believe we were only running at 98dB.” Capital Sound’s project manager Martin Connolly also reflected positively on the outcome, saying, “Everyone agreed…that we had made absolutely the right choice of PA.”
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