Turbosound has appointed specialist export office PAXT to develop distribution in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Based in Cambridge UK, PAXT is a long established sales and marketing solution for the world‘s leading professional audio brands. more

USA – 17 October, 2007 – Now into its second year, Virgin‘s V-Fest in the city of Toronto attracted 35,000 fans. Braving long waits at the ferry didn’t deter the crowds who were rewarded with V‘s ubiquitous top class line-up including The Killers, Bjork, The Smashing Pumpkins and Arctic Monkeys, and Lighthouse Technologies’ LED screens formed an integral part of the action. more

Although a quartet of classically-trained cellists playing heavy metal seems a most unlikely phenomenon to take the musical world by storm, since 1993 Finnish band Apocalyptica has been gaining an ever-growing fan base by doing precisely that.
With a new album ‘Worlds Collide‘ just released, the band has now set off on a major, two year world tour, with a DiGiCo D5 console at front of house and a D1 at monitors
The band‘s FoH engineer Michael Bauer has been a DiGiCo user since 2003 when, with no real training, he did his first show on a DiGiCo console with the Leningrad Cowboys. more

XTA ELECTRONICS LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

Following hot on the heels of the launch of its new AudioCore control software at PLASA, UK digital signal processor manufacturer XTA Electronics has launched an all new version of its website. more

Owners Kristi Anderson and Bryce McKamey conceived Seattle‘s See Sound Lounge, nestling in the heart of trendy Belltown, over dinner in New York City one day in 2001. For a venue that came about from an evening‘s conversation, it has turned into something rather special that indulges a few of Anderson and McKamey‘s personal passions. Not least of which is what McKamey declares to be ‘studio quality audio‘ based around a Turbosound QLight™ loudspeaker system. more

Mid-September has seen a brand new nightclub opening on London‘s Fulham Road, providing those who like to relax in opulent surroundings with another exclusive location to see and be seen in.

Located on the site of the historic Cafe des Artistes, a favourite haunt of the likes of the Rolling Stones and David Bowie in the 1960s and 70s, the Valmont Club is a 300-capacity venue whose focus is on providing an inclusive atmosphere (no VIP rooms here) and serving a menu of 60 different cocktails to a high quality audio soundtrack, comprising a mixture of background music, DJ sets and live performances. more

2007 saw the tenth anniversary of the annual BlauerSee DJ festival taking place near Ratingen, Germany, with Turbosound once again bringing the sounds of some of Europe‘s top DJs to large and enthusiastic crowds.
Headlined, as always, by Sven Väth, the theme for this year‘s festival was unsurprisingly ‘Zehn‘ (Ten). And it was 10/10 for the sound, as the event‘s regular sound companies, North Rhine/Westphalia-based BLL and CE-Veranstaltungstechnik, used the latter‘s brand new NuQ and Aspect® TA-890 cabinets at the festival for the first time. more

Located on trendy Flinders Street in Townsville, Queensland, Consortium is a nightclub that has taken two years of meticulous planning to come to fruition. But, with crystal chandeliers, French-style lounges, laced curtains, plasma screens, aluminium bars and a full on Turbosound loudspeaker system, it has certainly been worth the wait. more

New York, 9 October 2007 — Having been used to great effect earlier this year on the National Football League‘s (NFL) Superbowl trophy, Lighthouse Technologies‘ ultra fine resolution R4 4mm LED screen is being used for broadcasting Sunday Night Football on NBC at 8pm every Sunday this fall. more

Bonython Hall, the great hall of Australia‘s University of Adelaide, was built in 1936 thanks to a donation from local dignitary, politician and journalist, Sir Langdon Bonython. Sitting like a cathedral at the centre of the University, Bonython Hall is a grand Gothic statement, whose stone towers and arches, church-like windows and exquisite interior panelling made it a worthy candidate for listed status – and a potential headache for audio installation companies. more