FRANKFURT, Germany — Four Audio, a German manufacturer of audio and loudspeaker management systems, incorporated Audinate’s Dante digital media networking technology in Four Audio’s new DBO1, a Dante-enabled breakout box with 8 analog output channels featured at Prolight + Sound (Hall 8, E36). DBO1 lets the user to go from Dante to analog signals in a small 1U box.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — DPA Microphones launched its handheld d:facto vocal mic at Prolight + Sound 2012 (Hall 8, Stand F22). Building off of the DPA cardioid 4011 microphone, the company says the d:facto is well-suited for use in both live performance and studio recording.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — A decade after the launch of the D5 Live, DiGiCo launched its new incarnation, the SD5. The company noted that, while the SD5 fits directly into the D5’s shoes, it leverages advances related to DiGiCo’s Stealth Digital Processing and the company’s ongoing efforts to garner user feedback.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Seven months after first unveiling its CDC8 digital production console, Cadac launched a complete CDC8 series production system at Prolight+Sound 2012. The company also offers a 16 channel variant, with identical processing, channel count and I/O capabilities, and an Ethernet connected 16 fader ‘sidecar’ expander module, enabling expansion of the control surfaces of the CDC8 console, or dedication of I/O channels on the desk to sub mixing, monitor mix or other discrete applications.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Auralex Acoustics, Inc. featured its new SonoFlat Grid panels at Musikmesse 2012 (Hall 5.1, Stand D43).
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Harman’s AKG is launching the new Perception 170 condenser microphone set at Prolight + Sound. Consisting of two factory-matched, small diaphragm condenser mics, with cardioid polar patterns, the P170 Stereo Set extends both the Perception Series and studio sets by the Vienna-based microphone manufacturer.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — To support Radiohead’s first North American tour in four years, Firehouse Productions is providing a full L-Acoustics K1/KARA/KUDO system. The three-legged tour, which kicked off in Miami Feb. 27, wraps up in Toronto June 16 before heading overseas to Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Production Resource Group (PRG), the leading staging equipment supplier for events around the world, staged its Live Entertainment Awards at Festhalle here March 20 with support from a concert system with gear from Harman Professional. The audio setup included Harman’s new JBL VTX line arrays, which served as their European debut.
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OBERHAUSEN, Germany — More than a hundred industry pros from Europe, Scandinavia and the UK attended a demonstration of Turbosound’s Flashline large scale line array over two days on March 13 and 14 at Oberhausen’s König-Pilsener Arena.
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CLEVELAND, OH —When The Life of Galileo opened in the newly revamped, 500-seat Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare, Aviom’s AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System, part of the theater’s Pro64 Audio Network, was waiting in the wings, ready to make its debut during the inaugural season at the new theater of the Cleveland Play House (CPH).
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BURLINGTON, MA — Avid announced that its Mbox and Mbox Mini audio interfaces now come with Pro Tools Express software at no additional charge. These offerings are in addition to the current Pro Tools + Mbox bundles offered for the three Mbox designs.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Allen & Heath unveiled its new ZED mixer at Pro Light + Sound. The U.K.-based manufacturer also featured the new GLD digital mixing system and other recent additions to the ZED and Xone ranges.
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