Drummer John Blease has added to his studio equipment list with some choice units from AMS Neve – namely two Neve 1073LB microphone preamplifiers and two 500 series format Neve 88RLB mono microphone preamplifiers.

A professional drummer with more than 20 years’ experience, John started out in ceilidh bands on the west coast of Scotland before moving to London where he was soon in demand for tours and recording sessions. Currently the drummer in Robert Plant’s band the Sensational Space Shifters, he has also worked with artists such as Paolo Nutini, Goldie, Seal, Goldfrapp, Ghostpoet, Pete Tong, Jamie Cullum, Skepta, Ben Folds and the Heritage Orchestra.

Radar Sounds, one of the few remaining studios in the UK to offer true analogue tape recording facilities, has installed a Neve® Genesys G32 console.

Studio owner "Fuzz" Barthram-Keet says: “I already own a pair of Neve® 1073DPA mic pre-amps and I know just how much I love the sound of them, so a Neve console was top of my shopping list. The desk’s fabulous analogue design and Neve preamp circuitry allows us to keep the mix analogue from start to finish without sacrificing modern features such as hands-on DAW control and connectivity.”

Radar Sounds is located on Platts Eyot, a small island in the River Thames (close to Hampton Court). As well as tracking, Fuzz also offers mixing and mastering services and describes the business as a ‘one stop shop’ for musicians, media companies and voice over artists. 

Visual Data Media Services, the leading provider of digital supply chain services to global content owners and distributors, has announced the opening of a cutting-edge digital cinema at its leading facility in West London, UK.

The new cinema is fully 4K and Dolby Atmos capable and comprises a 10-seat theatre built around a NEC 4 projector and fed by a Doremi digital cinema server. A Dolby Atmos CP950 sound processor is linked to 28x JBL speakers and 14x 1KW Crown amplifiers.

Of particular interest is the 4-meter-wide acoustically transparent woven fabric screen. This is designed to Dolby and THX standards, and allows users to hear the cinema audio without the distraction of the perforations that are typically required to allow the sound from speakers mounted behind the screen to travel into the auditorium.

“This is the final time that many of our clients will see their film before it is distributed to the cinema network and it’s important that they have no visual distractions and are also assured that they’re reviewing their content in a high-end and fully calibrated environment,” explains David Margolis, Director of Digital Cinema at Visual Data Media Services.

DTC Broadcast Nano HD transmitters were deployed to spectacular effect for coverage of the 13th L’Olla de Núria, a two-day “skyrunning” event on 8-9 June in the Spanish Pyrenees mountains.

Cobalt Digital will demonstrate its new 9914 Series of distribution amplifiers at the 2019 NAB Show (Booth SL9111) next month in Las Vegas, Nev. Designed to support 4K 12G-SDI sources, the new cards are built for openGear® frames and allow for copper runs long enough to reach most equipment within a rack room or production truck.

NTP Technology reports increasing demand for its range of no-compromise audio products in the music recording, film-sound and broadcast post-production markets. Powering this growth is an accelerating degree of interest in immersive audio formats designed to recreate very high levels of acoustic realism for film theatres and domestic listening rooms.

As part of a BBC-wide strategy to migrate towards IP contribution methods, BBC North has expanded the ability to land IP circuits directly into the MediaCity campus. A number of modular devices from Crystal Vision have been used as part of this expansion in order to interface with existing HD/SDI infrastructure. 

Unity Audio, a forward-thinking engineering company on the leading edge of studio monitor design, will be exhibiting its flagship active studio monitors at the 2017 NAMM exhibition, held in Anaheim, CA from January 19-22 on booth 7613. Used by the worlds most progressive audio engineers, producers and Grammy Award-winning artists, Unity Audios purpose-built monitoring solutions are engineered for superior performance.

NTP Technology will show the latest enhancements to its DAD AX32 ultra-high quality audio converter and Penta 720/721 digital audio routers in Paris at SATIS 2016 (November 15-17) and in Cologne at the 29th Tonmeistertagung (November 17-20).

NTP Technology, a leader in the development and production of audio conversion, routing and signal processing systems, will introduce the latest version of its Visual Matrix Control (VMC) routing software to the Asia Pacific market at BroadcastAsia 2016, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, May 31 to June 3.  The company will co-exhibit on stand 5A1-01 with colleagues from Danmon Group companies ATG Danmon UK and Marquis Broadcast.

NTP Technology will introduce major enhancements to its DAD AX32 ultra-high quality audio converter, router and monitor controller at BVE 2016. Exhibiting on stand L45 with HHB Communications (exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland), NTP will demonstrate the versatility of the AX32 on its own and also how the integration between the AX32 and the Avid S6 control surface provide an extremely flexible platform for audio post-production.

NTP Technology's Sales Director Mikael Vest and HHB Communications' Managing Director Ian Jones at Inter BEE 2015.

 NTP Technology announces a major addition to its global reseller network with the appointment of HHB Communications as exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland.

NTP Technology announces a major expansion to the versatility of its DAD AX32.

NTP Technology announces a major expansion to the capabilities of its DAD AX32 ultra-high quality analog/digital/analog interface plus two additions to the range of optional plug-in cards.  New AX32 Converter System Firmware v.2.0 provides support for MADI and AES3 I/O cards. In addition, new DADman v.5.0 control software will enable direct control of the AX32 using NTP Technology's existing Pro|Mon and new Cue|Mix functionality as well a support allowing control via the Avid Eucon protocol.

NTP Technology, a leader in the development and production of audio routing and signal processing systems, will introduce an expanded version of its Penta 720 audio router and modular interface converter at IBC2015. New features include expanded routing capability (increased from 1,024 x 1,024 to 1,500  x 1,500) plus signal detection, signal level monitoring, peak programme meters and signal level control on all inputs and outputs.