2008 Band Experiments - sponsered by dBTechnologies
First Prize:A dBTechnologies PA consisting of a dB 3014 14 channel mixing board and 2 dB Basic 200 active
Speakers 2100
Event Summary
The 2008 Band Experiments was relaunched in the tradition of the original Band Experiments (running from 2000-2002) which focused on showcasing a wide range of acts from across the local musical spectrum.
A call out was made at the beginning of August for acts of all descriptions - from solo performers to full bands – to submit entries via the mammothguide.co.nz website. Over 45 acts applied and from this group, 16 acts were selected to contest the four heats, for a chance to reach the grand final.
Outside of the prize packages, all the bands involved benefited from exposure to large audiences, which is crucial to developing fan bases. A number of other spinoff effects have already resulted, including networking and collaborations starting between the different acts, as well as bands being billed for O’Week 2009, plus established bands, such as Cornerstone Roots personally selecting Knights of the Dub Table to play support slots for them on their summer tour.
Finalists and Winners
- Dick Dynamite and the Doppelgangers (Winners of Heat One)
- Sora Shima (Winners of Heat Two)
- Radiator (Winners of Heat Three)
- Knights of the Dub Table (Winners of Heat Four)
- The Dusk (Converse Wild Card Winners)
- Overall Winners: Sora Shima
- Runners Up: Radiator
EASE files for Arena and Arena PRO series now available
To download the files for EASE program, please klick on the logos below.For more information about Arena PRO series, please klick here.
For more information about Arena series, please klick here.
You would like to have more information about the EASE software developers? Please visite the website www.auralisation.de
Small Systems PA Hire fly DVA with large Qantas bird
The owners of Small Systems Productions Aust (SSPA) have been in the professional audio visual industry for over 30 years. From its origins as a hire company for professional performers, Small Systems has grown into a diverse business. Their services now include installations, rentals, service and sales to a wide range of professional, commercial and domestic clients.Small Systems PA Hire had their DVA system find a home in a Qantas hanger at Sydney Airport for two monumental events in September. The first one being the home-coming ceremony for the Australian Olympic Team (pictured with Kevin Rudd); and the other being the delivery of Qantas’s first Airbus A380 the largest airliner in the world.
‘I found the system worked perfectly in that environment’, says Chris Clough, Small Systems’ Managing Director. Using sixteen DVA T4 cabinets as well as two S20 subwoofers with the DRL system lifters, Small Systems managed to get the result they were after. According to Chris, ‘The coverage we got from the system was great. The vocals were nice and clear’.
With Channel 7’s Sunrise Show and the Today Show both broadcasting from the hanger, the media splitter was quite complex. Small Systems had to provide 36 separate media feeds to accommodate everyone on top of their standard left and right. ‘Everyone was very happy the whole gig went off with out a hitch’, says Chris.
Small Systems started to build their DVA system earlier this year and have plans of expanding to a full 32 T4 system which will give them 16 elements a side, plus a bunch of S20 subwoofers.
East europe rocks! Successful fairs in Hungary and Ukraine
HUNGARYMore than 34.000 visitors came to the Soundquest show in Budapest, which is one of the most important tradeshows in the Hungarian market, during the three days from 3. - 5. October. Focussed on the professional Audio market, our exclusif distributor Pako reserved half of the booth for the "Professional Sound Made In Italy" and showed DVA and DVX with great results.
PÁKO Kft
H - 1149 Budapest
Nagy Lajos király útja 99/b.
Tel / fax: +36-1-363-5080,
Web: www.pako.hu
UKRAINE
From 11th till 14th September the main ukrainian business exhibition “Music Fair” took place in Kiev Exhibition Centre. All leaders of the Ukraine show business market were attendant. Lightek, the exclusive distributor of dBTechnologies in Ukraine showcases dBTechnologies best elaborations such as Arena Series, Basic Line, DVA, Opera Live Series and model line of microphones. Especially the DVA demonstrations aroused big interest of visitors.
LIGHTEK
13 Gaidara srt. off. 205
65078 Odessa
Ukraine
dB Technologies Sales Office Asia/Pacific: Sharp Dragon Company’s Website now completed!
dBTechnologies Sales Office Asia/Pacific, distributor for mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao, “Guangzhou Sharp Dragon Electronic Technology Ltd.” (SD in China) completed their website construction at the end of September.The Chinese website heralds the introduction of the full range of dBTechnologies in the Chinese language, making all product information available on the internet. Thus providing a detailed introduction to all Chinese speaking customers both within the Asian region and particularly China, allowing a wider audience of customers to become familiar with the dB Technologies brand name, products and news in their own language!
The SD Chinese website will be invaluable with improving the awareness and promotion of dBTechnologies in China and other Chinese speaking sectors. It will also clearly help Sharp Dragon to support and increase its sales network for dBTechnologies in the Chinese market. If you want to know more about the Sharp Dragon website, please connect to the following internet address:
www.sd-audio.com.cn
dBTechnologies restructures sales in the U.K.
Dear valued customer,to keep up with the ever growing demand for dBTechnologies products in the UK, we have decided to restructure our sales activities and handle all sales through our european distribution center in cologne, Germany with immediate effect.
The previously known office "dBTechnologies UK Ltd." is no longer responsible. Through the change, we will be able to offer you improved sales & service support.
Your new contact details will be as follows:
dBTechnologies Deutschland GmbH
Welserstr. 10G
51149 Köln
For sales requests, ordering and service issues, please contact:
Ms. Judith Herbert
sales@dbtechnologies.com
If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us immediately.
We are happy to help at any time!
DVA Line Array Module - 5000 units sold
Since the first release of this very innovative active Line Array module in October 2006 , dBTechnologies has now produced the 5000th DVA T4 unit at the facilities in Bologna/Italy. Considering the short period of just about 19 months, this is a tremendous success and the best selling product for dBTechnologies right after the hotseller Opera-Series . The president of the RCF Group, Arturo Vicari comments: “ We have decided for the right product in a very cluttered market for Line Arrays – compact, lightweight, flexible and affordable, just about everything what is needed in the rental & installation business”.A large chunk of the DVA Line Array Systems have been sold through the dBTechnologies distribution partner “ASTEC” in Spain. The picture was taken during an award ceremony and shows from left to right: Astec’s Sales Manager Pro Audio, Raùl Ablanque , Sales Director Juan-Miguel Ramonde and dBTechnologies head of International Sales, Harald von Falkenstein.
www.digital-vertical-array.com
MIPA-Nomination for dBTechnologies DVA-System
The Musikmesse International Press Award "MIPA", is the Grammy of the musical instruments industry, which is an annual award, given since the year 2000. The winners in more than 40 categories are voted for by more than 100 international magazines. There are only 3 nominations per category.
The nominations in the category >> Pro Audio > PA-System were next to the L-Acoustics KIVA (Winner ) and JBL Vertec, also the dBTechnologies DVA system. We are very proud to announce, that the DVA became 2nd in this important category.
www.digital-vertical-array.com
www1.mipa-award.de
www.digital-vertical-array.com
The new website for the digital vertical array system is now online, with more content and in a new designwww.digital-vertical-array.com
If you click on DVA in the menu "products" , you will be forward automatically.
dB MUSICZONE 2007
DB MUSIC ZONE 2007 took place in Narni (TR). On stage, 18 bands coming from all over Italy for an evening characterized by good music.Special guest of event : VELVET.
For more information regarding this event connect to www.dbmusiczone.it
PROSONIC CONVENTION 2007
Just recently dBTechnologies held the first in house trade fair, the ProSonic2007 at the MMC-Television studios in Cologne, Germany. Many German and a lot of European and International customers joined together, to get to see the latest product developments and listen to the new wooden active speaker series, the ARENA PRO and Fifty Line Plus. During the day a variety of seminars were on offer, including training sessions for the DVA Line Array. In the evening dBTechnologies put on a entertainment show for the guests which was the reward for a hard days work. Below you will find impressions of that day.
RCF and A.E.B. (dBTechnologies) conquer Milano Stock Exchange
Since the end of July 2007, RCF S.p.a. and A.E.B. Industriale (manufacturer of the brand dBTechnologies ) are joined together as a holding under the name of “RCF Group”, at the Milano Stock exchange.Managing Director and main shareholder is Mr. Arturo Vicari, who comments on this big step as follows:
“By going public, the RCF group drives its worldwide growth further and further. The synergy between the high prestige of the brand and the competence and knowledge of our own research and development plus the possibility to grow in the professional audio and the contractor market at the same time, are the main directives of our strategy.”
In 2006 the RCF GROUP had a total turnover value of 48.385 million Euro with an overall growth of 26% compared to 2005. For the fiscal year 2007, a constant growth is expected.
Founded in 1949, RCF is one of the worldwide leaders in the audio industry. A.E.B. which is in the business since 1975, markets its brand dBTechnologies for over 15 years now.
The RCF Group owns registered sales offices in Germany, United Kingdom, France, Benelux and the USA. The sales office in Germany which was founded in the year 2000, currently employs 25 people, who serve next to the own market also United Kingdom, France and the Benelux countries with its own distribution- and logistic centre.
Further more, all European and International sales activities for dBTechnologies are coordinated by a dedicated department within the facility.
"Russebuss" Game Over 2007 equiped with dBTechnologies Fiftyline
After 12 years of school it`s finally time to celebrate, and the Norwegian way is to equip busses with audio systems made by dBTechnologies.This year the bus "Game Over 2007" chose the dBTechnologies Fiftyline setup consisting of 20 FL-18's, 10 FL-15's and 10 FL-10's, which should be suitable to keep the party going and any neighbours awake.
”Weight, sound quality and not at least the high SPL's is why we are using dBTechnologies products" says Thomas Dalby, owner of Sentrum lyd, who did the install. "These audio systems made by dBTechnologies are really being pushed to the limits, so choosing reliable products is essential. Imagine being the centre of the party and suddenly all the woofers go silent! Not an option for neither our customer or us. During the years, dBTechnologies has proved that their products just work.
Next year we definitely offer DVA systems made by dBTechnologies as the next step" says Thomas Dalby.
Readers Poll: And the winner is... dBTechnologies: DVA
The readers of Soundcheck, Germanys most popular magazine for musicians, have voted:
Winner in the category speaker systems:
dBTechnologies - DVA
Claudio Ottani (right), director of dBTechnologies R&D received together with Massimo Minelli the Poll-Award in Frankfurt.
Massimo Minelli is responsable for the desing and development of the innovative Class-T digital power amp in DVA system, setting new standards in sound quality of modern digital power amps.
Arena Series: The new passive loudspeaker range
The passive loudspeaker range ARENA offersfour different high-quality 2-way enclosures and two powerful subwoofers. This series can be used for many different mobile or fixed install applications due to its extensive configurations. All high/mid units use a multipurpose housing made out of multilayer birch wood, offering a pole mount, 12 professional flypoints and a slanted backside for monitor applications.
DVA: The new S10 subwoofer and the T4 white
The bandpass subwoofer DVA S10 is equipped with a single 18" RCF®-Neodymium woofer of the newest generation, driven by a 1000W digital power amp.
T4, a system for small and mid-size venues, which convinces by easy handling, high flexibility and an outstanding price/performance relation. Now available also in white.
The new active stage monitors: M10-2 Plus and M12-4 Plus
The new dBTechnologies stage monitors M10-2 and M12-4 PLUS combine oustanding sound reproduction characteristics with high sound pressure levels in a compact housing. Because of the positioning of the high-quality components one above the other ( in phase ), both monitors are offering a high feedback resistance specially for microphone applications at a very linear set up over the full frequency range, which should make the sound loving musician very happy.
FIFTY LINE PLUS
FIFTY LINE PLUS represents the evolution of the successful active system FIFTY LINE. It comes in a new black design, equipped with ultralightweight neodymium loudspeakers. The new FIFTY LINE offers a PLUS in sound and performance with improved handling.
PROLIGHT & SOUND 2007
Like every year we are exhibiting again at the PROLIGHT&SOUND in Frankfurt/Germany.
Come and visit us between the 28.03.07 and 31.03.07 in Hall 4.1, Booth F11.
We are looking forward to welcome you there!
DVA-Impecable comportmiento del nuevo Line Array
Presentacion del DVA en el Cev de Madrid, el DVA en el Festival de Gurb (Barcelona) et el DVA en el Auditorio del Palcio Euskalduna de Bilbao, con Ingunza Audiovisual. Bor favor lea usted este articulo.
VISITENOS EN LA CONVENCION AFIAL 2007. STAND 69.
SIEL 2007
Join us at the Siel 2007!Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles
February 11–14, Booth 5.2
NAMM SHOW 2007
Join us at the NAMM SHOW 2007!Anaheim CA, January 18–21, Booth 6794, Hall A
Prolight & Sound 2006
Our new booth at the 2006 prolight&sound really impressed our customers. On a floorspace of more than 270 m2 we introduced 15 new products.
we did it again!
For the second time in a row, the FIFTY Line System has been elected for the PA of the year 2005 by the readers of the German magazine Soundcheck.
DVA Line array
prolight & sound
Hall 4.1 booth F11
Opera Live Review, Playmusic
read the first review about the all new Opera LIVE Series here.
FIFTY LINE is Number 1
We are pleased to announce that FIFTY LINE has been elected for the PA of the year 2004 by the readers of the German magazine Soundcheck. Claudio Ottani, chief engineer for dBTechnologies (on the left side), gratefully accepted the award on the first day of Frankfurt Musikmesse. He highly appreciated that his innovative concept of a compact and powerful active PA has found such a positive acknowledgement.
Australia - 50Line introduction
THE HOTTEST SOLD OUT TICKET IN TOWN
The final vote of confidence on how good a Speaker System really is, is by the way the Rental companies placed their orders.
Last Tuesday CMI Launched the dBTechnologies Fifty Line System and within 7 days have fully sold the total container shipment of the Fifty Line Systems arriving this month. All orders placed were from Audio Rental companies in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sunshine Coast, and Tasmania.
Peter Trojkovic, director of CMI stated that this resounding vote of confidence by major rental companies is not only a statement on how good the Fifty Line System really is, but also a reinforcement of the confidence in the dBTechnologies range of products.
CMI have now commenced to solidify orders for the February shipment with those companies that have missed out on having a Fifty Line System for the busy New Year Eve period.
For further information on the dBTechnologies Fifty Line Systems please contact Peter Trojkovic or your CMI representative
RCF
In a surprise move, a group of investors, lead by Arturo Vicari have bought all of the assets of Mackie Designs Italy Spa. The new company was immediately renamed RCF Spa.
