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NEW PRODUCT
Peavey Electronics recently
released its new XR8000 Series of
powered box-style mixers.
The XR 8300 (2 x 300W @ 4Ω) and
the XR8600 (2 x 600w @ 4Ω) feature
mic preamps with +14dBu of
headroom and a 450Hz mid band
Channel EQ. The latter attempts to
resolve problematic frequencies
to produce clearer vocals without
compromising warmth or depth.
� www.peavey.com
NEW PRODUCT
Sennheiser has released Wireless
G3, the third generation of its
wireless series
that features
a frequency
management
function, to
enable a greater
availability of
compatible
frequencies,
plus a switching
bandwidth of
42MHz. The
system borrows
the Soundcheck
Mode and
equaliser from
the 500 series,
with the former now operable
during the show. Finally, the
frequency response has been
extended down to 25Hz.
� www.sennheiser.co.uk
NEW INSTALLATION
After road-testing Allen & Heath’s
new iLive-T digital mixing system,
Mexico’s Bull Dog Café has decided
to acquire a unit of its own.
The café is one of Mexico City’s top
music venues and has featured
some of the country’s finest
new musical talent. The system
comprised an iDR-32 MixRack
and iLive-T80 Control Surface, and
was responsible for managing
combinations of FOH and monitor
sound for the venue’s busy
schedule of events.
� www.allen-heath.co.uk
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Meyer Unveils New Products
at PALME Dubai
Plus touring news with Paul Weller and Will Ferrell
At the PALME trade show in Dubai this April (26th-28th) frontfill duties. FOH Engineer Andrew ‘Ange’ Jones was
Meyer Sound celebrated its 30th anniversary with the
pleased with the efficiency of the overall system
release of the new D-Mitri Gigabit network-based multi- saying, “There were a few halls where, I’ll be honest, I was
channel digital audio processing and distribution platform. a bit concerned we didn’t have enough PA with us.
D-Mitri features a 96kHz sample rate, up to
But the MILO has surprised us – it really
64-bit floating-point processing, and 24-bit ADA
sounds great, and it goes up quickly.”
conversion in a true-networked environment.
Will Ferrell provided some comic relief
The system forges the way for future Meyer
after George Bush’s departure from the
Sound innovations and digital technology, start-
Whitehouse with his one-man show You’re
ing with the LCS audio show control system and
Welcome America: A Final Night with George
second-generation Constellation system.
W. Bush, hosted at the Cort Theatre on
Out on the road, Meyer Sound has been doing the business Broadway. The production utilised a combination of ten
for Paul Weller’s UK tour with a particularly impressive set Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeakers, flanked by
up at the 18,000-seat O2 Arena. A total of 60 MILO and MILO
120 loudspeakers were used, along with 36 MICA loud-
side hangs of three CQ-1 loudspeakers each.
speakers and four 600-HP subwoofers, while eight M’elodie
Meyer Sound
+1 (510) 486 1166
line array loudspeakers and 18 700-HP subwoofers handled
www.meyersound.com
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DiGiCo
Chris ‘Privet’ Hedge, FOH Engineer for Simply Red, has been
employing DiGiCo’s D5 console to ‘simply perfect’ effect
during the band’s current world tour. Privet has used the
console extensively for the last three years with an eclectic
group of performers, and is particularly impressed with
its ability to cope in challenging environments and its
resistance to the rigours of touring. He states, “No amount
of chucking it on and off airplanes, lorries and forklifts
has caused a blip in its operation.” The console also lends
its own finesse to the live sound, “It has a very natural
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sound and all the artists I’ve used it with are primarily
organic, live acts. I find the console very easy to lay out and
operate intuitively; it’s very much a mixer’s console.” The D5,
alongside the D8, also had an outing at Florida’s Festival of
the Arts in April. The D5 provided FOH input/outputs, while
the D8 handled onstage monitors.
DiGiCo
+44 (0) 1372 845600
www.digico.org