We thought long and hard before creating our own newsletter, on the basis that we all get inundated with too many emails. In fact, it's a direct response to the many requests we get for news about Orbital's wide-ranging activities.

On the corporate front, we've just achieved ISO 9001 certification, making Orbital one of the very few companies in our industry to attain this internationally recognised mark of quality. It reflects the quality management systems in place throughout our organisation.

We have also added some important new brands to our sales line-up, including our exclusive distributorship for Da-Cappo's outstanding range of micro microphones. And as a new UK dealer for Roland RSS, we have expanded our portfolio for digital mixing and digital multicore solutions - augmenting our leading dealership status for Yamaha and Digidesign.

We invite you to dip into the bits that interest you - across theatre news, updates on our training programmes, the latest product information and much more. Enjoy!

Chris Headlam, MD

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Of particular interest are the V-Mixer M-400 and new M-380 digital consoles, the S-1608 and S-0808 Digital Snake multicores and the exciting M48 Personal Monitor System.

We welcome the Roland RSS products to our range, and see them as great problem solvers for a host of mixing, monitoring and interconnection duties.