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SOUNDBITES
The Capitol Theatre in the Polish city of Wroclaw has reopened after a multi-million zloti restoration, which includes an extensive Yamaha audio system. Installed by
electroacoustic specialists M. Ostrowski, the main auditorium feature two Yamaha CL3 digital consoles at FOH, a CL5 at the monitor position and six R-series I/O units. “The technical staff know Yamaha equipment very well and they trust its stability and reliability,” says application engineer for Yamaha Music Europe, Pawel Zachanowicz.
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A QSC sound system based on K and KW active loudspeakers has been installed in Le 1700, one of the best après-ski restaurants at Lebanese ski resort Faqra. Six K10 speakers, two K12s, six KW122s and five KW181 subs were installed at Le 1700 over the course of two days. The installation was made possible by Beirut-based QSC distributor Techno Sound. “The guys at Le 1700 have been very pleased with their choice,” says Pierre Fahed of Techno Sound.
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German system integrator Showem, working exclusively with Nexo loudspeakers, has installed a GEO system into the Plaza area of West Park shopping centre, Ingolstadt. Using NexoSoft acoustic simulation software for system design, SHOWEM designed a permanently-installed L/R system of three Nexo S1210 and one S1230 compact two- way cabs per side. The hangs are suspended 5m above the floor at an 11º angle from the horizontal, controlled with a NX242 Digital TDcontroller and powered by a Camco Vortex 200 and a Vortex 6 amp. “The angle was tricky so we used Nexo’s software,” says Showem CEO Christian Eck, “Most other speakers wouldn’t have stood a chance.”
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installation WORLD
Online training on offer from Audinate
New courses explaining principles of digital audio and Dante are now available as Audinate continues to raise its profile, reports Erica Basnicki
AUDINATE IS offering a series of specialised networking courses online that can be used for RU credits toward a CTS certification. Presently, two courses are now available: The Principles of Digital Audio and Introduction to IP Networking for AV Systems.
The Principles of Digital
Audio covers the encoding and representation of audio in digital formats, how audio is communicated and manipulated in the digital domain and introduces the features and benefits of digital audio networking. The second new course,
Introduction to IP Networking for AV Systems provides a high level informative discussion on the adoption of IP networking and then
AUSTRIA AKG spaces out By Erica Basnicki
IN SPACE, no one can hear you scream. At mission control, clear communication is of the utmost gravity. As such, when the odyssey of World Space Week took flight in early October, 20 sets of AKG K171 MKII headphones and HSC271 headsets were deployed to help coordinate more than 1,000 events in 80 countries across the world.
World Space Week Mission
Control Center was located in the Austrian Space Forum’s mission control room, where the headsets were used for the flight controller consoles, in addition to teleconferences in classrooms worldwide on every continent with the exception of Antarctica. “Like in any space mission, real or simulated, communication is everything. Loss of communication is one
of the worst things to happen on a mission, whether it’s a space walk or during a critical experiment,” stated Dr. Gernot Groemer, president, Austrian Space Forum. “The AKG headsets were not only high quality from a manufacturing point of view, but also provided a high degree of ergonomics and crystal clear audio quality for those wearing the sets for hours at a time.” Throughout 2013, the
Austrian Space Forum was on a mission to find a new organisation-wide headset. The flight directors decided on AKG headsets permanently.
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introduces the OSI model and how data travels through network layers and hardware. It concludes with a more focused look at how Dante implements networking standards in the context of transporting media. “As digital audio
Building Dante I/O boards at Audinate HQ
networking becomes even more important in today’s large and small scale installations, anyone who doesn’t have an understanding of IT networks and how they work could be losing out on important projects,” said Landon Gentry, manager of global support services at Audinate. “We believe that these courses will help de-mystify digital audio networking and introduce people on
Landon Gentry: “These courses will help de-mystify networking”
how straightforward IT networks really are.” In related news, Audinate has had a successful November, starting with recognition by the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2013 programme as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Australia. The programme ranks the 50 fastest growing public or private technology companies, based on percentage revenue growth over two years from 2011 to 2013. Prior to this, Glensound announced it has chosen to incorporate the Dante networking solution into its next generation of broadcast products at BVE North in Manchester. Glensound’s next generation of Dante compatible products are expected to be launched at NAB 2014.
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AKG: keeping everyone in… contact [ Erica, you’re fired–Ed]
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