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Building on Martin Audio UK’s series of weekly webinars aimed at helping technicians stay up to date with the latest technology during the COVID-19 pandemic, Martin Audio Japan has taken inspiration from the concept and has started to host its own series. The localised programme is hosted on Facebook and started in early April with Low Frequency System Design which has had over 3,700 views.

“We are doing whatever we can in this situation to assist customers,” said Martin Audio Japan’s Sam Yamashita. “We are aiming to provide them not only with insights into Martin Audio’s product portfolio, but also a variety of other subjects that may help them in forthcoming projects, once the crisis has ended.”

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Offering stunning views over Tokyo, CÉ LA VI is a new luxury dining, bar and club lounge complex spread across the 17th and 18th rooftop floors of the revamped Tokyu Plaza Shibuya Fukuras shopping mall.

The CÉ LA VI marque is already well known as the top floor bar of Singapore’s five-star hotel, Marina Bay Sands, and CÉ LA VI Tokyo has now opened as the first concept-imported restaurant in Japan for such a global brand.

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After 28 years of consistent touring, the Stereophonics’ relentless quest to improve their stage sound and gain closer engagement with their audience continues.

At the request of the band, and specifically Kelly Jones, their sound techs were sent into overdrive, working on a radical approach for the latest arena tour. Long-term FOH sound engineer Dave Roden, using his preferred Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker array, sent his mix to a distributed PA system, running the length of a 60ft thrust from main stage, into the belly of the audience, with a small ‘B’ stage at the end of it.

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Martin Audio has announced the release of two new compact, high performance cardioid subwoofers, the SXCF118 and the SXC115, suitable for both live sound reinforcement and fixed installations.

The SXCF118 is a flyable version of the SXC118 released last year and has been purpose designed to accompany the WPS optimised line array system, while the ground stack SXC115 is set to partner WPM.

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Following on from our previous communication, Martin Audio is continually assessing local and international conditions, taking advice from experts and adjusting policy and strategy as a result.

The industry as a whole is under significant pressure and if there are any initiatives we can help promote and bring attention to, please let us know.

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Barbee Boys are a five-piece Japanese rock band who were particularly popular in 1980’s. The first Japanese group to perform at the famous Nippon Budokan,they disbanded in 1992, much to the disappointmentof their young generation of fans.

This turned to excitement when they suddenly announced a solo ‘comeback’ concert at the Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasiumon January 13—exactly a decade after that Budokan show—sending these same fans into raptures.

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Martin Audio’s award-winning MLA Multicellular Loudspeaker Array played an important role at the Countdown Japan Festival 19/20 at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba.

Countdown Japan is one of the biggest new year countdown music festivals in Japan, held over four days at the end of December (and leading up to the final countdown at midnight on December 31st). This major event features between 40-50 Japanese music acts per day.

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Despite all of the challenges that were thrown at Integrated Systems Europe 2020, it once again managed to be a successful show for Martin Audio. A busy demo room and high-quality meetings were the major success stories, with a “Best of Show Award” for the new ADORN Ceiling loudspeakers an unexpected bonus.

With 2020 marking the final outing for ISE in Amsterdam, it is sure to go down as a show that everyone who was there will remember. The disruption caused by both Storm Ciara and coronavirus meant that there was a very different feeling on the show floor at the RAI. But with full credit given to the show organiser, those who did manage to make it to Amsterdam were determined to make the best of it and do the business they came for.

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Martin Audio’s busy start to the year sees no sign of slowing down with the announcement of a further five new products targeting commercial installation sector with in-ceiling and pendant loudspeakers joining the ADORN series.

The ADORN commercial series of on-wall loudspeakers was first introduced in 2019. This has now been expanded by three in-ceiling loudspeakers and the company’s first ever pendant speaker, available in white or black as standard.

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Singapore-based Generation AV – which represents Martin Audio in the APAC countries – has recruited Tony Sawyer as Senior APAC Applications Manager. A significant addition to the team, he had previously worked with Vue, managing their technical support for Asia Pacific.

Audio veteran David McKinney, who set up Generation AV in June last year, has known Sawyer for 20 years, and sees the appointment as a major boost to the company’s growth. “We started talks a few months ago and decided now was the right time to get him onboard,” stated McKinney.

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