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Allen & Heath celebrates milestone at PLASA 09

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PLASA 2009 marks Allen & Heath’s 40th year designing and manufacturing innovative pro audio products for the live, recording and DJ spheres. The British mixer manufacturer will commemorate the milestone with an exclusive party in a top London landmark, and display a cross section of its current digital, analogue and DJ mixers on the stand. These include the flagship iLive digital systems, … [Read more...]

wysiwyg R24 – Really virtually real

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CAST Software has announced the third and final instalment in the latest wysiwyg trilogy. wysiwyg R24, with release due July 09 and download available around the end of the month, pre-visualisations and renders are “really virtually real”, according to the company. What users will see in Shaded View visualisation is exactly what they can get on the set, in the venue or on the exterior of a … [Read more...]

ASL expands digital intercom line with four new tabletop units

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Netherlands-based ASL, a supplier of advanced digital and analog intercom systems, has announced the addition of four new tabletop-format speaker stations to its expanding Digital Intercom line. The DS 830 Speaker Station, an 8-channel unit mounted in a smartly styled 3U cabinet, will debut at ASL Digital’s stand 11.F58 at IBC and at ASL’s UK distributor Polar Audio’s stand F4 at PLASA09. Three … [Read more...]

Midas PRO6 installed in Casino du Liban

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A Midas PRO6 live audio system has been installed into the Casino du Liban, Lebanon, where it is being used at front of house in the 1,200-capacity venue for a wide range of live music performances, from rock and pop through to jazz, classical, Arabic, dance shows and musicals. The PRO6, the first to be sold in the country, was supplied by Midas’ Lebanese distributor, Eltek. “We consider … [Read more...]

Sennheiser UK joins the Circus with Take That

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Take That’s Circus Live, one of the most successful British Tours of all time, has come to a close with a four-night residency at Wembley Stadium. The reformed boy band sold an incredible 1.2 million tickets and sold out the British Isles’ biggest venues, including Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, Dublin’s Croke Park, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, Glasgow’s Hampden Park and Manchester’s Old Trafford … [Read more...]