Sound Technology creates Project Team to support audio consultants and installers

BSS Audio introduces major new product: Soundweb London BLU-100

Sound Technology is pleased to announce the formation of their new Project Team to ser-

vice the needs of leading audio consultants and installers.

The newly created three man team is the technical cornerstone of Sound Technology’s professional division servicing the commercial audio sector. Providing pre and post sales support for individual products and, critically, system solutions, key cus-tomers of Sound Technology can now call upon the Project Team in the UK, which combined with additional resources from Harman’s global support network, offers unprecedented back-up for their audio projects.

With experience in audio design assistance and

delivery of world-class venues the team is head-ed by Sound Technology’s chief project engineer Tom Williams. David Bradshaw, formerly Technical Manager at Ministry of Sound in London, and Sam Brandon, returning to Sound Technology Ltd for this role, complete a highly technical and experi-enced team.

“Beyond the supply of products our professional customers are looking for trusted solutions and the confidence to specify our products.” commented David Marshall, Managing Director, Sound Tech-nology Ltd. “The Project Team is a major invest-ment on our part but we believe technical backup and a single point of contact for key clients can provide genuine benefits for our customers, mini-mising risk through accurate pre-sales information

and training, and offering a helping hand should it be required.”

“This team is in place to better support custom-ers and consultants, not to rival them.” emphasises Tom Williams, “ We’re here to help in any way we can with any type or scale of audio project.”

In development is a dedicated online presence for the Project Team, offering a centralised resource of technical information with the ability to interact and share in-the-field experiences.

To discuss any audio project or request demos of any of our new commerical audio products, please call the Project Team on 01462 480000.> www.soundtech.co.uk/commercialaudio

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BSS Audio has added a cost-effec-tive signal processor to its acclaimed Soundweb™ London family of digi-

tal signal processors. The new Soundweb London BLU-100 represents a premium, open-architecture solution in the form of a highly flexible, cost-effec-tive and scalable package.

Using the BLU-100, the cost of Soundweb London systems can be drastically reduced.

The BLU-100 offers a fixed configuration of 12 in-puts and eight outputs, configurable signal pro-

cessing, logic processing and a fault tolerant digi-tal audio bus. The configurable signal processing capability offered by the BLU-100 is roughly twice that of the Soundweb London BLU-80 and BLU-16 devices.

The BLU-100 features a low latency, fault tolerant digital audio bus of 48 channels which uses stan-dard Cat5e cabling giving a distance of 100m be-tween compatible devices. Fibre media convert-ers can be used to increase the distance between devices to over 10km using single mode fibre.

The BLU-100 is configured, controlled and moni-tored from HiQnet™ London Architect and is com-patible with other members of the Soundweb London family including the BLU-800, BLU-320, BLU-160, BLU-120 and BLU-BOB devices. As with other Soundweb London devices, 12 Control In-puts and six Logic Outputs allow the BLU-100 to be integrated with GPIO compatible devices.

The BLU-100 and the other members of the Soundweb London family provide the building blocks of the perfectly tailored system solution.> www.soundtech.co.uk/bss

COMMERCIAL AUDIO NE WS SPRING 2010

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AKG has launched the full modular, highly flexible CS 5 Conference Sys-tem, a complete digital solution for

any audio conference requirement.

With the AKG CS 5, users can easily design high-level conference systems complete with ID card identification. It offers one, three, and five step voting and an interpretation system of up to 63 languages and infrared distribution of up to 7 lan-guages.

The CS 5 is based on an Ethernet connection and works on a closed-circuit audio bus with built-in redundancy ensuring the system will continue to operate in the event of a connection failure be-tween any two components.

The central element in the CS 5 conferencing sys-tem is the CS 5 BU. A single unit is required for a system of any configuration of up to 5000 partici-pant and interpreter units. The CS 5 BU even acts as an interface to all external devices, including mixers, wireless microphones, recording devices,

CD players and more.

The CS 5 system is managed by the CS 5 PC Con-trol Software, which handles the planning, setting up, managing and documenting of a conference. AKG provide this software free of charge.

For more details or for a demonstration call Sound Technology Ltd on 01462 480000 or visit www.akg.com.

AKG’s revolutionary CS 5 Conferencing System

The ground-breaking “Pick of PLASA 2009” HiQnet System Architect Version 2 has been upgraded to add support

of the new Crown PIP-USP4/CN Card and control for the AKG DMS 700 digital wireless system via the HUB 4000 Q.

Version 2 allows System Architect to automate many of the more time-consuming system design tasks based on the application’s greater, embed-ded understanding of how a user constructs a system.

System Architect now takes multiple like-devices within rack and arrays and automatically groups these into master panels. These are then made accessible from icons associated with the relevant racks or arrays directly in the Venue. Additionally, user-defined panels can also be assigned to racks, arrays and areas, putting access to control exactly where it makes sense and where it should be.

System Architect v2.1 is available now.> www.soundtech.co.uk/hiqnet

BSS Audio has added the Sound-web™ London Telephone Hybrid Card to its conferencing portfolio,

complementing the highly regarded Soundweb London AEC Input Card released last year. Togeth-er the two cards represent a highly integrated, premium solution for conferencing applications.

These cards enable Soundweb London devices to interface with a standard POTS (aka PSTN or Analogue PBX) telephone network and feature line and parallel set connections. The Soundweb London Telephone Hybrid Cards also have two

analogue inputs which accept microphone or line level signals and offer phantom power and software controlled analogue gain.

Support for the Telephone Hybrid Card was in-troduced in HiQnet™ London Architect v2.08 and provides a fully featured integrated dialler, speed dial presets and Auto Answer control. All-impor-tant buttons and feedback from the dialler are accessible from external control and third-party control systems, without the requirement of a PC on the network.> www.soundtech.co.uk/bss

System Architect v2.1 update

BSS expands conferencing applications with Telephone Hybrid card

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Newest JBL column speakers for oldest church in Cambridge

AKG expands digital automatic mixer line

AKG has expanded its range of digital automatic microphone mixers with the DMM 4/2/4.

DMM 4/2/4 is designed with a unique and highly effective mixing algorithm that gives it the flexibil-ity to handle nearly any mixing application and will find use in applications from boardrooms to broad-cast studios and houses of worship.

The DMM 4/2/4 has four microphone and two stereo AUX inputs, stereo output, intelligent mix-ing algorithms with a noise sensitive threshold to prevent acciden-tal activation of input channels, and a digital signal proces-sor with a dbx® compressor. The system comes with an expansion connector that enables multiple mixers to be linked together for larger audio setups.

Other new features include a headphone output and a PC interface, with remote control software.> www.soundtech.co.uk/akg

AKG’s ground-breaking DMS 700 digital wireless systems are now avilable in the UK on Band 1 (548.1 MHz - 697.9 MHz) which includes Channel 38. Channel 38 has been identified by OFCOM as the replacement for Channel 69 for PMSE applications. Licences are available for immediate use.

Sound Technology have demo systems of the DMS 700 available. Call 01462 480000 to arrange one.> www.soundtech.co.uk/akg

DMS 700 digital wireless system ready for the future on Channel 38

Take the oldest Saxon building in arguably the UK’s most famous medieval city, and the task of

equipping it sensitively with a 21st century sound reinforcement system may sound like the contract from hell.

Matthew Dilley of About Sound had more than English Heritage and the Diocesan Council to con-tend with when fitting the new JBL CBT (Constant Beamwidth Technology) columns; these form part of a major sound system upgrade using brands from the Harman Pro portfolio.

Dilley’s task was to combine form factor with performance — always aware that feedback suppression would be an issue. “I short-listed several and carried out demos, all the while knowing they would never have been acceptable to the architect on the grounds of being too obtrusive.”

That was before he saw JBL CBT Series. “It seemed just right, combining good looks with quality. A lot of these old columns contain multiple drive units which roll off at 250Hz, whereas the CBT’s are full bandwidth.”

About Sound have dipped further into the Har-man Pro catalogue, specifying a pair of Crown XLS 402 stereo amps to drive each channel of the system individually, a BSS SW3088 Sound-web Lite DSP and wired AKG mics.> www.soundtech.co.uk/jbl

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480000 for a demo

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Sound Technology offers free BSS Soundweb training for our cus-tomers.

We run two courses - Introduction to Sound-web London, and Soundweb London Ad-vanced - every month.

Please visit www.soundtech.co.uk for upcom-ing dates and to register to attend.

The IEEE has ratified and published the first Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) standard, defining forwarding and queuing for time sensitive streams.

Harman are actively developing numerous com-mercial audio products with Ethernet AVB con-nectivity, having already announced a joint branded BSS/Netgear AVB switch.

IEEE publishes first AVB Standard

Soundweb training courses from Sound Technology

Debuted at the 2009 PLASA Show, the new Subcompact additions to the VerTec range are now available. The VT4886 Passive 3-Way line array element and VT4883 cardioid-arrayable subwoofer provide a high output and predictable coverage capabilities in an extremely compact package.

Subcompact VerTec is designed to deliver high-quality reinforcement of music and speech in a wide variety of applications including concert audio and cor-porate A/V environments of all types for both portable users and fixed venue installations.

Given its very compact dimensions, the VT4886 and VT4883 can be suspended in large multi-box arrays or ground-stacked or pole-mounted.> www.soundtech.co.uk/jbl

Ministry of Sound have installed a Soundcraft Si2 digital console in their flagship London club.

The Si2 is used as master mixer for the main room setups, taking feeds from all the booth DJ mixers — as well as bands.

The Si2 complements the exisiting Harman family products already installed in Ministry, including a comprehensive BSS Soundweb London audio network and AKG WMS wireless microphone systems.> www.soundtech.co.uk/soundcraft

Soundcraft Si2 installed in Ministry of Sound

Subcompact VerTec now shipping

About Sound TechnologySound Technology Ltd represents the Harman Professional brands in the UK and Eire. Our portfolio includes AKG, BSS Audio, Crown International, dbx Pro, JBL Pro, Lexicon and Soundcraft. We supply all major commercial audio installers with equipment and system solutions, supported by our Pro Division Project Team.

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480000 for a demo

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