Lawo’s new second-generation mc²36 audio production console, an incredibly powerful yet compact mixer, is now even more capable with the announcement of a new dual-fader operating bay that allows 48 faders in the same space as a 32-fader board. This makes the new mc²36 even more of an all-rounder for theater, houses of worship, corporate, live and broadcast audio applications – wherever ultra-high audio performance in close quarters is demanded. With DSP more than doubled from its predecessor, the new mc²36 with built-in A__UHD Core functionality offers 256 processing channels, available at both 48 and 96 kHz, and natively supports…
Author: James Robertson
Surrey-based systems integrator proAV has completed an impressive 333 courses at the Shure Audio Institute (SAI) in Waltham Abbey, earning over 150 certifications across 60 members of staff – and resulting in their technicians being collectively recognised as the most certified team working for any company in Western Europe. Staff from across the company including Sales, Design, Technical Management, Commissioning and Service departments, have all taken part in the courses, establishing strength and knowledge across the business. Discussing the achievement, Richard Brookes, Managing Director, said; “proAV takes certification extremely seriously, as it is fundamental to our business as a leading…
Mozyr Ivan Melezh Drama Theatre in Belarus celebrated its reopening on last summer after a major renovation. The building was originally built between the late 20s and early 30s of the last century, though it was seriously damaged in a fire in 2013, destroying most of the cultural monument. During the past few years the building has gone through reconstruction, and the company Cinemanext Bel LLC designed, supplied, installed and commissioned all the stage lighting and sound system of the large and small halls, and provided training to the newly hired staff. “As part of the technical tender for the…
Studio Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio, video, and fiber-optic solutions, introduces two Dante Leader Clocks for supporting the timing needs of Dante-compliant devices: the updated Model 5401A Dante Leader Clock and the new Model 5402 Dante Leader Clocks with GNSS Synchronization. Both products deliver precise timing signals for use in Dante audio-over-IP applications. The synchronization needs of Dante devices connected to a local area network (LAN) can be seamlessly supported using the PTPv1 (IEEE® 1588-2002) protocol. For Dante’s implementation of AES67 and ST2110, both the Model 5401A and Model 5402 provide support for the PTPv2 (1588-2008) protocol. “With Dante ubiquitous…
PMC has strengthened its corporate structure so that it is better placed to deal with ongoing expansion. For the first time in its 30 year history PMC now has a formal board structure, with owner and founder Peter Thomas acting as chairman and former Group Finance Director Jeff Willcocks confirmed as CEO. Also on the board – and reflecting the fact that PMC remains a family owned business – are Thomas’s son Oliver Thomas, who is now Commercial Director, and Tom Loader, son of PMC’s co-founder Adrian Loader, who is Operations Director. “PMC is expanding fast and it is not…
Highly regarded nationwide for its varied and superlative worship music, New Life Church in Colorado Springs has brought its audio technology up to the same level of excellence with installation of a new Meyer Sound LYON line array reinforcement system in the main worship space, known as The Living Room. After his first two Sundays mixing on the new system, Technical Director Evan Duran was enthusiastic about the improvement. “The difference is incredible, it almost leaves you speechless,” he said. “Over the years, we had learned to work within the limitations of our old system and squeeze good performance out…
Integrated Systems Events have cancelled the planned ISE events for Munich and Amsterdam. In a statement today, Mike Blackman, Managing Director Integrated Systems Events said: “We have today made the decision to cancel the ISE events planned for Munich and Amsterdam. Whilst we have had good support from both exhibitors and visitors who wanted to get together at a local event, new government regulations regarding COVID-19 in both Germany and the Netherlands have meant that we are unable to guarantee being able to proceed with these two events. “Preparations for Barcelona and London are well underway as the governments ease…
L-Acoustics has revamped the workflow of spatial audio content creation with the creation of a new L-ISA Studio software suite and upgraded L-ISA engine. Built with sound designers and mixing engineers in mind, L-ISA Studio is designed for countless creative, immersive audio experiences. Immediately available for download, it takes the power and versatility of the concert-proven L‑ISA technology and puts it into the hands of sound creators, allowing them to formulate multidimensional audio wherever and whenever they are ready to create. “L-ISA Studio grants all sound creators the ability to conceive, create, iterate and experience their work in 3D audio,”…
Martin Audio has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation for its Wavefront Precision optimised line arrays. Martin Audio is one of 205 organisations in the UK to be recognised with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Employing over 60 people, Martin Audio is celebrating its 50th year in designing and manufacturing world class professional loudspeaker systems. The Wavefront Precision family of optimised line arrays was the first passive systems to be able to set the independent coverage goals for three key parameters: Audience Area – where sound distribution should be even with respect to volume and frequency…
From humble beginnings in a school gymnasium, Southside Church has served the city of Chilliwack, BC, for 28 years. A rapid and sustained period of growth has seen the church outgrow several temporary homes since 2008, culminating in the building of a brand new, purpose-built facility with two auditoriums and several multipurpose spaces. With the key criteria for a new mixing system being flexibility, scalability and ease of use, Southside Church enlisted system integrators Sapphire Sound to design a system that would meet the church’s requirements. In the main auditorium, a dLive DM48 MixRack, fitted with a Dante card, is…
