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The main hangs each comprised four Mitus 206LAs
with two 212FSAs
CAMBODIA: Described as ‘the
biggest disco in Cambodia’, the
recently opened Zeus Club in
Phnom Penh has been equipped
with a full sound system from
FBT. The design and installation
of the project was handled by the
manufacturer’s recently appointed
distributor, Power Sound Cambodia.
The project has seen the
installation of 16 FBT Mitus 206LA
active array speakers and eight
Mitus 212FSA yable active subs.
These have been installed as four
hangs of four 206LAs with two
212FSAs providing low end. Further
bass reinforcement comes in the
form of six of the manufacturer’s
Mitus 218SA bass-re ex processed
active subs. Control of the system is
handled by a pair of FBT’s DLM26
digital loudspeaker management
processors.
‘Zeus Club is the rst project
for such a large entertainment
complex for us and our main
challenges were to satisfy our
customer, especially the sound
More than 50 LED fixtures
formed the lighting system
system,’ said Power Sound director
Shikleong Hor. ‘The installation of
FBT speakers into the club has fully
satis ed the management team
and the club owner.’
WORLD: Biamp Systems has
announced the acquisition of
Australian microphone technologies
specialist Dev-Audio Pty Ltd, the
company behind the Microcone and
Microcone Recorder conferencing
products. The purchase has been
described by Biamp president and
CEO, Steve Metzger, as ‘a natural t’.
Founded in 2008 and based on
Australia’s Gold Coast, Dev-Audio
is led by Iain McCowan, who will
Away from the FBT equipment,
Power Sound also supplied a DJ
setup of four Pioneer CDJ-900
Nexus decks with a pair of DJM-900
Nexus mixers. On the lighting side,
it equipped Zeus’s dance oor
area with over 150 lighting xtures
including 80 5R Beam moving
heads, more than 50 LED wash
lights, and 20 RGB lasers. Control
for the lighting system is via an
Avolites Pearl 2010 console.
‘After the opening of the club, we
have not had any complaints for our
sound systems. The FBT speakers
have satis ed our customers
beyond their expectations,’
concluded Mr Hor.
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and facilitating direct recording to
a computer. Other products in the
range include Microcone Voices,
an app for Skype that identi es
conference participants, and
Microcone Remote for iPhone.
‘We are all excited to welcome Iain
to the Biamp team,’ commented
Biamp’s executive vice president
of operations, Matt Czyzewski.
‘His experience in new pro duct
development, speech recognition
1/2 island
The Microcone from Dev Audio
now join Biamp as a DSP engineer.
The company is best known for
Microcone, which won the Best of
Show Award at the 2012 Macworld
exhibition. The technology, along
with its associated software
application, Microcone Recorder,
uses a beam-formed microphone
array to track and enhance voice
quality in group conversations
whilst reducing background noise,
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and enhancement, and microphone
arrays will enable us to develop
more innovative products for the
conferencing market.’
Mr Metzger added: ‘Innovating
communications is part of Biamp’s
stated vision, and the products and
technologies of Dev-Audio align
perfectly with it’.
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