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Midas' latest additions to its PRO Series of digital consoles, the Midas PRO2 and PRO2C live audio systems, take many of the features of the top-end Midas XL8 and make them available at a price point well below the general-purpose mixing console average. Essentially the same console, the PRO2C has eight fewer input faders and the smaller frame (28.74 by 34.65 inches vs. 28.74 by 46.46 inches).

JoeCo Limited's BBR-Dante version of the BlackBox Recorder is the most recent addition to the multi-channel live audio recorder family, the result of a collaboration between JoeCo and Audinate, creators of the Dante digital media networking solution.

For increased traction, Guard Dog Low Profile Cable Protectors are now available with optional Carpet Kit with Velcro brand fasteners and/or anti-slip rubber pads for use on smooth surfaces. With 1, 2, 3, or 5 channels, these interlocking protectors are only 1.25 inches high with a .75-inch channel height. They feature either standard ramps or low angle ADA-compliant ramps.

Outline's Grand Touring Outline (GTO) line expands with the GTO-DF (down-fill) element, designed for the first rows of the audience at events where GTO systems are used. The GTO-DF's aperture (120°) flares downward, and unlike the GTO, which has 10 loudspeakers, the GTO-DF has six: four 8-inch mid-woofers and two 3-inch compression drivers. Users will be able to control the GTO-DF with Outline's new app for Apple iPads, which will also be presented at PLASA.

Sennheiser's K-array KB1 is the first in the new Blueline series of K-array loudspeakers. As with items in the extremely small footprint K-array RedLine series, the KB1 is an ultra-slim, powered line array system featuring a 12-inch sub-woofer and eight 3-inch drivers.

JoeCo Limited is now shipping the new BBR64-MADI version of the BlackBox Recorder. Designed for audio acquisition and capturing live performance, the recorder enables multi-channel audio to be captured directly to a USB2 drive, in Broadcast WAV format, without the need for a computer.

HK Audio is offering contractors and system integrators a free "Configurator" iPad/iPhone/iPod touch App for its Elements line of modular sound reinforcement. The new App helps these audio professionals put together an optimized HK Elements system.

Neumann's KMS 104 D and 105 D digital microphones for live vocal applications serve as digital counterparts to the company's KMS 104 and KMS 105 condenser vocal microphones. Equipped with the core features of the existing models, the KMS 104 D, with its cardioid pattern, and the KMS 105 D, with its super-cardioid pattern, offer additional digital advantages such as an extended dynamic range, more robust operation and integrated peak limiters that prevent clipping.

Beyerdynamic's 25-mic Touring Gear series, featuring the company's Sound Channeling Technology, is now starting to ship. The series encompasses four categories of gear. They include TG 30 (entry level); TG 50 (for vocals, instruments and drums, including headsets and lavalier microphone); TG 70 (a step up from TG 50 mics) and the top-of-the-line TG 90 models, which include the TG V90r ribbon mic and the TG V96c true condenser mic for live vocal applications.