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MARTIN AUDIO ANNOUNCES BLACKLINE X218 SUBWOOFER

Martin Audio has made a dynamic start to the New Year with the announcement of the X218 subwoofer, extending yet further the company’s best ever selling portable series, BlacklineX.

BlacklineX, announced back in 2016, was the first new series developed under the management of Dom Harter and was an instant hit, delivering performance and value for a range of applications including portable sound reinforcement and stage monitoring for live bands, DJ’s and corporate events, to installations in nightclubs, bars, commercial spaces and Houses of Worship.

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MARTIN AUDIO ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW PRODUCTS FOR ASIA

Martin Audio has made a dynamic start to the New Year with the announcement of five new products, specifically for Asian markets.

First out of the gates is the new S. Series, comprising three passive two-way systems — the S.10, S.12 and S.15. These combine the Martin Audio signature sound of warmth, clarity and smooth response with the vocal presence required for a fun Karaoke experience and designed specifically for small-medium entertainment installations and family KTV.

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CAPITAL EXTENDS NEW WPS LINE ARRAY INVENTORY FOR TIM MINCHIN TOUR

So successful has been the debut of Martin Audio’s new WPS line array on the Eddie Izzard tour that Capital Sound has immediately taken the opportunity to extend its inventory, after winning the bid for the Tim Minchin tour—since the two UK itineraries overlapped.

WPS is the latest model in the Wavefront Precision series, which features scalable resolution for greater flexibility in amplifier management and optimisation of coverage, consistency and control. WPS comprises 2 x 8” LF drivers, 4 x 4” midrange drivers and 4 x 1” exit HF compression drivers loaded by a moulded HF horn which occupies the full width of the enclosure.

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MLA MAKES WAVES IN CHINA’S LATEST ONE THIRD CLUB

Hangzhou is the capital of the Zhejiang province on China’s eastern seaboard, and considered one of the country’s most prosperous areas. Its diverse nightlife scene has just been further enriched with the opening of a brand new One Third club destination in a former locomotive depot, another of the NOA’s Arc Group’s premium entertainment ventures.

The third in the chain (including one in Beijing) the 2,500 capacity dance venue, specialising in Hard style, has been equipped with Martin Audio’s award-winning MLA Multicellular Loudspeaker Array.

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SPECTACULAR SEASON CLOSER IN HYDE PARK FOR MLA AND CAPITAL SOUND

As is now customary, Hyde Park played host to the final weekend of its long season recently, with Proms in the Park on the Saturday making way for BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park the following day.

This also brought the curtain down on a successful summer at the Park for Capital Sound, and their award-winning MLA PA from Martin Audio, following its ten-day stint at British Summer Time two months earlier.

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XI’AN STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL TASTES SWEETER WITH MARTIN AUDIO W8LC

Marking the start of the summer season in China, the Xi’an Strawberry Festival was one of the first major multi-day festivals of 2019 and featured a Martin Audio PA on the main stage.

The event included multiple stages, many top Chinese acts and unique indie foreign acts over the two days. The festival included Chinese rock legends New Pants, well known R&B singer and producer Fang Datong, creative singer Wang Shi’an, Tizzy T & Man Shuk, the young generation’s leading female rapper Wan Nida, and avant-garde Japanese act Yahyel.

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MLA COMPACT FOR GUANGZHOU’S NEW BBR CLUB

China’s latest bbR nightclub has opened in Guangzhou, serving up a heady mix of Hard style, Trance and Drum & Bass to crowds of up to 3,000, through a Martin Audio MLA Compact loudspeaker array.

Owned by Wang Bing, founder of the Lili Marleen club chain, and following the success of bbR in Shenzhen, the installation was carried out by the technical team atSino Hui Feng Audio, the Martin Audio Chinese distributor.

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WAVEFRONT PRECISION LONGBOW DEBUTS AT 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK IN JAPAN

Celebrating its 20th anniversary year, and extended to five days for the 2019 edition, the mighty Rock In Japan festival also marked the Japanese debut of Martin Audio’s flagship Wavefront Precision Longbow (WPL).

Running on seven stages over two weekends at Hitachi Seaside Park, music lovers from all across Japan congregated at the location. Unlike other large-scale festivals, this specialises in home grown talent and featured some of Japan’s biggest acts.

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MARTIN AUDIO ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN SALES MANAGEMENT

Martin Audio has announced a significant investment in sales account management for both Europe and Asia Pacific as its business continues to grow rapidly.

With immediate effect, Generation AV, based in Singapore, will assume sales strategy, account management and technical support duties for the Asia Pacific territory. In tandem, Andy Duffield will take control of key European territories, joining Richard van Nairn in European sales, both parties reporting to International Sales Director, Brad Watson.

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MARTIN AUDIO OUT IN FORCE AT CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

Unique Sound Systems (USS) has been fielding successive generations of Martin Audio solutions extending back 16 years, and this year they have been right at the cutting edge of technology, deploying everything from the new compact ADORN series through to the popular and powerful XD12 up to the new Wavefront Precision (both WPC and WPM systems).

At this year’s Cheltenham Festival, one of the most famous events in the UK horse racing calendar, upwards of a hundred Martin Audio loudspeakers were on duty throughout the event.

The Jockey Club once again turned to their regular sound and lighting supplier, USS, to fulfil the brief. The company was informed that in addition to the many regular venues and pop-ups on the site, there would be a new venue, the prestigious Gin and Jazz Lounge. The Lounge would need feeds divided between live racing commentary, background music, DJ performing on a pop-up pod and live jazz bands.

This was also one of the first deployments of Martin Audio’s ADORN A55, with four speakers in the Magners Bar and six in the Gin and Jazz venue, where they were accompanied by six Martin Audio XD12 and four SXP118, handling the live inputs.

WE WERE DELIGHTED WITH THE RESULT. ALL SYSTEMS WORKED PERFECTLY AND WE ACHIEVED UNIFORM COVERAGE THROUGHOUT.

Mark Salter, USS

Explaining his investment, Company Director, Mark Salter said, “ADORN is a compact box with exterior options which are easy to wall mount, and since it is available in white, it blends easily into the surroundings. In addition it offers excellent clarity and is ideal for this application.”

In the Best Mate Marquee USS flew WPM boxes in two hangs of six (using 2-box resolution) with two further ground stacked arrays (in 1-box resolution) left and right of the performance stage situated in the centre of the marquee. SXP218’s per side boosted the low frequency and LE1200 monitors were used by bands such as Tommy and the Fuse and The Wickermen. Power was supplied by Martin Audio’s iKON iK81.

USS system engineers utilised the Hard Avoid setting in the proprietary DISPLAY software to reduce the noise spill outside of the marquee, to prevent the sound reaching the adjacent stable block.

The largest fixed venue on site, the multipurpose Centaur venue, required the larger Martin Audio WPC system. This venue was heavily patronised by visitors post-race and on into the evening with entertainment in previous years from artists such as The Dubliners, The Fureys and The Hothouse Flowers.

In this venue USS used six ground-stacked WPC per side of the performance stage in 1-box resolution all driven off the iKON iK42 and boosted by SXP218 subs.

The party atmosphere was maintained in The Final Flight Bar (another post race venue) where USS fielded a pair of Martin Audio Blackline+ H3, with a pair of WS218X subs for up to 300 people enjoying entertainment from artists such as The Chipshop Boys and The Wickermen.

In summary, Salter said that with 260,000 people attending over the four-day festival his team worked hard and utilised their considerable Martin Audio inventory to deliver an exceptional event. “We were delighted with the result. All systems worked perfectly and we achieved uniform coverage throughout.”