Shure has announced the introduction of a Limited Edition Super 55 microphone incorporating a visually-arresting new red and black colour scheme. Shure Distribution UK has already received and sold half of its allotted share of 100 units.

Audio Precision’s new UK office is located in Cambridgeshire and will seek to drive sales for products including the APx525 audio analyser with ultra-high bandwidth option and digital serial I/O.

Viewing proceedings from under an umbrella by the Wadworth 6X bar, Jim Evans reports on Fairport Convention’s annual Oxfordshire jamboree. The famous folk band have held a festival in and around this Oxfordshire village for over 30 years.

The CV of engineer/producer Jerry Boys could double as a timeline of the British studio recording industry, writes David Davies. After formative stints with Abbey Road and Olympic, he became part of the close-knit team at Chelsea studio Sound Techniques.

Mitch Carey (pictured), aged 43, died unexpectedly in the early hours of Wednesday 18 August 2010 from suspected blood poisoning. At time of writing, his cause of death is still unconfirmed.

Spin Semiconductor and Exelys were among the companies founded by Keith Barr in the latter part of a career that was characterised by a flair for innovation and an eye for new target markets.

Having initially said that its use of Auto-Tune would be restricted to the auditions process, a spokesperson for The X Factor has confirmed that there will be no use of pitch correction at all in future.

"We designed the OnAir 3000 for the medium to upper segment of the broadcast market and we have enjoyed tremendous success thanks to the product's tremendous ease of use and versatility," said Soundcraft Studer's Keith Watson.

"Manufacturers and customers choose MADI because it offers an easy and cost-effective means of transmitting high channel count audio point-to-point between devices from different manufacturers," says Avid's Tony Cariddi.

Theatres in England, Wales and Scotland were visited by the First Night Riders contingent during their action-packed eight-day tour, which raised funds for The Theatrical Guild.

“SSL’s Matrix is the first console we’ve found that’s suitable as the centrepiece of the studio and that could handle all of the line level sources,” said Balloon Records MD Thomas Jelinek.

The Guangzhou Opera House was designed by London-based architect Zaha Hadid to represent two boulder-like structures of different sizes, with a theatre located in each.