International News

FRANKFURT, Germany – Cadac showed its S-Digital theater and live production console system in final production form at Prolight + Sound, promising that it will be Cadac's most significant product development since the launch of the J-type in 1992.

POKHRAN, India – Soundcraft's Si3 digital desk was used by Dhawan Electricals Pvt Ltd for a recent show of force by the Indian Air Force attended by the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, other dignitaries, and the chiefs of all the armed forces.

AACHEN, Germany – A high-power, weatherized and digitally-networked Renkus-Heinz PA system has been installed for west German soccer club Alemannia Aachen at its New Tivoli stadium.

FRANKFURT, Germany – The 2010 Frankfurt Pro Light + Sound show marked the launch of Adamson's Eklipsa series of horizontal arrays and the expansion of the company's M-Series family of floor monitors.

FRANKFURT, Germany – L-Acoustics' product introductions at Prolight + Sound 2010 in Frankfurt included its new KARA modular line source system, the SB18 high-power compact subwoofer, and the LA-AES3, an AES/EBU input card that serves as an optional extensions for LA4 and LA8 amplified controllers. L-Acoustics also announced at the show that it has joined the Crestron Integrated Partner Program (I2P).

AMSTERDAM – The Melkweg music and arts center has purchased a Soundcraft Vi4 from Dutch distributors Audio XL. The technology company's live sound manager, Jeroen van Keeken, said head technician Richard Balk chose the console for the venue's 700-capacity Oude Zaal (Old Room) following extensive evaluation.

LAS VEGAS – It's not unknown for the word "grueling" to be used with regard to tours, but The Killers concluding a year of live dates by playing shows on three separate continents in just five days. No fewer than six DiGiCo consoles were required.

FRANKFURT, Germany – DiGiCo launched its SD9 console at ProLight + Sound, an integrated system that includes the mixing surface, a D-Rack digital stage interface and CAT5E digital multicore. The SD9 can also simultaneously record 56 channels direct to multitrack software or DAW and is priced to meet the budget of touring bands, schools, conference centers, smaller theatres, houses of worship and more.

FRANKFURT, Germany – Soundcraft is introducing its new V3.0 software for its Si Series consoles, offering increased DSP channels, I/O patching and improved layering of the control surface faders. The new Vi1, also appearing at ProLight+ Sound in Frankfurt, is pictured here.

FRANKFURT, Germany – At ProLight+ Sound/Musikmesse, Westone Music Products announced a new removable cable option with the Westone UM2 and UM3X releasing in May 2010. The new development will give users the quick option of replacing cables as necessary.