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The Netherlands - Effective 1 June, 2018, Shure will open its own office in Switzerland and take over direct distribution of its products throughout the country with the newly founded Shure Distribution Switzerland GmbH. The company has also announced that, from June this year, it will cease distribution of QSC products in Germany and the UK
The launch of a local team, responsible for all product distribution and customer technical support in the Swiss market, is designed to bring the Shure brand closer to its customers and give them regionally based Shure contacts. Long-standing Swiss distributor, Dr. W.A. Günther AG, will continue to offer customers the benefits of its considerable experience and expertise in microphone and wireless communication technology.
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UK - Cardiff-based events services provider, 11th Hour continues to expand its team. Rising demand for its wide-ranging services has seen the company appoint a number of experienced professionals to key positions, to keep pace with continuing growth.
Simon Baker brings 30 years of sales and hire experience in the technical services sector to his role as 11th Hour’s warehouse manager and new administration assistant, Rachel Burbidge, adds the skills developed during 15 years in the areas of construction, insurance and health.
11th Hour director John Davies comments, “Last year saw us significantly increase the size of our team and our investment in equipment. Events such as the visit of The UEFA Champions League to Cardiff, demonstrated our capacity to provide services on a large scale and for very diverse requirements. It’s essential that we have the expertise, c

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The Netherlands - Specialists in advanced media serving, 7thSense Design, is launching a wide range of new system and hardware features at ISE 2018 this week.
This year, 7thSense will be demonstrating Delta Media Server’s extensive capabilities in addition to media playback and management. Visitors to the 7thSense ISE stand 12-A64 will experience hands-on demonstrations.
John Higgins, product manager at 7thSense explains, “Delta Media Server is renowned for delivering the highest performance, pixel-perfect uncompressed playback. This year at ISE our new features and on-stand demonstrations will highlight its strengths as a flexible, configurable media management and playback engine that handles all pixel and audio processing to guarantee the best display performance, no matter what shape or size surface it might be.”
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The Netherlands - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd will demonstrate how it provides all the products, advice and support needed to install fully integrated lighting & AV systems – at ISE 2018.
Chroma-Q's multi award-winning Inspire house lights and Color Force II wash lights, plus Color One 100X PAR, deliver high quality colour-changing saturates, pastels and a pure white - for a truly immersive, seamlessly integrated lighting experience in auditoria, performance venues, houses of worship and other public spaces. Also featured is the award-winning Space Force LED providing variable white soft-lighting.
Other lighting includes Quasar Science's new RGB-X Rainbow Linear Lamp, which provides full colour-changing and variable white looks in a low profile, self-ballasted LED source suitable for everything from traditional three point subject lighting to gen

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The Netherlands - Adamson Systems Engineering is exhibiting at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2018 this week at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam.
The company is highlighting a pair of new point source additions to its heralded IS-Series of install-focused loudspeaker products in Booth U270, Hall 15, and will be previewing the new models in a series of intimate and informative IS-Series demonstrations at the nearby De Balie theatre.
“The response to our IS-Series throughout Europe has been tremendous, and ISE is the perfect opportunity to preview these new point source models,” says Adamson’s sales director, EMEA, Jasper Ravesteijn. “We want to offer integrators an advance look at these products so they can experience their performance in a real-world environment and work them into their specifications for upcoming projects.”
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UK - New Zealand artist Lorde has just completed a world tour in support of her second album Melodrama. Kicking off in September in Manchester, she played a series of UK dates running into October, before moving on to Europe, ending in New Zealand and Australia in November.
UK-rental company Adlib Audio supplied an L‑Acoustics K2 system for the duration of the UK and European dates, its scalability and light weight making it suitable for the varying venue sizes, as well as their weight loading restrictions.
“We chose K2 because it has similar sonic qualities to L‑Acoustics K1, but in a smaller, lighter enclosure,” says Adlib system engineer Sam Proctor. “A lot of smaller venues have a strict weight allowance and K2 proved invaluable.”
Sam notes that although there are similar sized systems that are the same approximate weight, they do not repro

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USA - Located on the banks of the Black Warrior River, the Tuscaloosa River Market is an open-air farmers’ market and multi-use public facility which hosts weddings, rehearsal dinners, civic gatherings and more. Originally opened in 2012, the market has continued to grow in popularity with multiple events typically scheduled each week throughout the year
Now needing a more high-powered digital display to better inform visitors of the upcoming events, the Tuscaloosa River Market called upon the design team at The ESB Group who created a bright and colourful digital display using FLEXLite NXG LED video from PixelFLEX.
“The market has been open for approximately five years now, and they had been relying a projector and screen system that was really only effective during the twilight hours,” began Patrick Sobers, The ESB Group design engineer. “As a multi-use publi

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Belgium - Not many musicians can claim to have the relentless creative output of Belgian artist Maarten Devoldere. When he's not performing and recording with his award-winning band, Baltazar, Devoldere pushes the musical envelope as the main singer songwriter of his own solo side-project, Warhaus.
To mark the release of Warhaus' second album in October of this year, Devoldere brought in Belgian design masters Arf&Yes to craft a powerful yet minimal stage setup for a supporting European tour. Central to Arf&Yes' visual design were six Chauvet Professional Maverick MK2 Wash fixtures that are used to illuminate the stage’s central focal point, a custom-made embossed wall of pyramids.
Serving as a backdrop to Devoldere and his band, the pyramid brings an aesthetic element to the stage. The vibrant colours and punchy wash effects of the Maverick MK2 fixtures, po

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Italy - Public broadcaster RAI, a long-time user of Lawo products and solutions, has just taken delivery of 37 Lawo V__pro8 8 Channel Video Processing Toolkits.
The new Lawo equipment will be employed in a nationwide technical upgrade and renovation of studios and OB vans located all over Italy. System integrator and Lawo partner ARET Video and Audio Engineering, headquartered in Milan, won the tender after participating in a test procedure which scrutinized prominent brands’ ability to process video in broadcast environments.
Alessandro Asti, ARET’s VP of sales comments: “The unique features and flexibility of V__pro8 – its ability to synchronise, convert, embed / de-embed and apply delay to both audio and video, as well as monitoring eight inputs at once – received the maximum technical marks in the tender. Thanks to the outstanding performance of the V__Pr

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USA - The celebrated home of the champion Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks now features a 190,000 sq.ft addition with power distribution and trussing installed by Upstaging. Opened to the public last fall, the new atrium features the stadium’s box office as well as an expansive team store, dining options, business offices, and the eternally popular Michael Jordan statue, now indoors and artfully lit. Six-circuit power for the addition’s creative lighting includes nearly 3,000ft of white ProMolded 12/14 multicable assemblies.
“For this job, the ProMolded overmold assemblies were perfect for several reasons,” says Upstaging’s Steve Wojda. “First, everything had to be white and ProMolded 12/14 cable assemblies are available in a variety of custom colours. Second, in order to pass municipal codes, the 19-pin connectors must be tamper-proof and the entire assemblies must

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UK - Light artist Philippe Morvan and programmer Émilien Guesnard relied on the power and feature set of Avolites' Titan Mobile console to realise one of the highlight installations of this year's Lumiere London Festival, which took place in January.
Morvan's DOT installation, which was located at St Pancras Square in London's Kings Cross, was the latest in a series of light installations by the French designer, whose work has been seen across the world. Characterised by the synchronisation of light and music, Morvan's designs engage the viewer with geometric, abstract patterns and pulses of movement.
As with all Morvan's creations, DOT's deceptively simple result masked a complex creative process, helped in no small measure by Avolites' Titan Mobile.
"It was a long process," confirms Morvan. "I wanted to create something organic, smooth and

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UK - HD Pro Audio is holding a technology showcase at Daytime TPi for visitors to experience the integration of the Avid VENUE|S6L console with Waves plug-ins.
The VENUE 5.7 software update and WSG-HD Option Card for the Avid VENUE|S6L delivers the most comprehensive integration of Waves SoundGrid plug-ins found in any audio console. From show file compatibility, mapped encoders, multi-touch control, and automatic delay compensation, to auto-failover redundancy and safety features, the Avid and Waves teams didn’t stop working until all of the requirements were achieved. These features are released as part of the VENUE 5.7 software for VENUE|S6L, to greatly expand the creative toolset for all live sound engineers.
The presentation and demonstrations will take place on 26 February 2018 at Daytime TPi, an event held at the Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel & Spa for atte

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Belgium - Luc Peumans of Genk-based international design practice Painting with Light designed the lighting The Little Mermaid as it was staged in Belgium for the first time. Lighting equipment was delivered by Benelux rental company Phlippo Showlights together with audio and rigging.
The RoboSpot system was tech’d by Ilse Witlox, also the lead operator, who is an expert in the somewhat ‘black art’ of follow spotting. Precise follow-spotting was absolutely crucial to a complex and visually rich production like this.
The 11 x BMFL Blades complete with 11 RoboSpot MotionCameras were positioned on a front truss, an advanced truss and on two side trusses.
Six on the front truss were positioned as three on the left and three on the right; the three on the advanced truss (‘behind’ the front truss and above the audience) were in the left, right and cen

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Australia - J&C Joel has announced the appointment of Yeo Creative Solutions as its new dealer in Australia.
J&C Joel have been exporting show textiles and event flooring to Australia since 1990 and this, says the manufacturer, is an exciting development for the business as it strengthens the company’s presence in the region and helps better support the market.
Yeo Creative Solutions specialises in events and entertainment production with the business comprising YeoProjects, YeoSupplies and YeoDesign. They have more than 20 years’ experience in the industry creating photorealistic visualisations, design drawings and turning them into reality managing every step of the process, from commissioning, through to construction and installation.
Yeo Creative Solutions will hold stock of J&C Joel’s primary range of event and production flame retardant fa

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The Netherlands - Astro Spatial Audio has announced the appointment of Graham Murray to the position of global business development manager, effective immediately.
A highly respected figure within the professional audio industry, Murray brings 35 years of industry experience and expertise to his new role, alongside the determination to "raise Astro Spatial Audio's profile on a worldwide level and cultivate the success that this astonishing technology deserves".
With both technical expertise and a deep knowledge of the global audio industry, Murray has attained experience across a broad spectrum of market sectors within the pro audio sphere, from high-end broadcast and post-production to the studio sector and live sound. Most recently he held the position of sales director, EMEA for the Harman Pro brand, Studer, while in the past he has served in leadership positions fo

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Italy - Powersoft has announced the appointment of Giacomo Previ as sales manager at OEM solutions. Giacomo is based at Powersoft’s headquarters in Scandicci, near Florence whilst also travelling around the world to be closer to customers.
Giacomo joins Powersoft from Italian speaker manufacturer Eighteen Sound, where he was in post for almost 15 years, and was already very familiar with Powersoft’s patented IPAL technology following the transducer specialist’s adoption of Powersoft’s amplifier hardware module, IpalMod.
In his most recent role as sales director for Eighteen Sound, he oversaw all sales activities with a particular focus on B2B customers, whilst also developing the yearly sales budget and mid to long term business plan. He also undertook business development activities and produced the innovation roadmap during his four-year tenure. Prior to tha

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USA - The new Ovation SP-300CW offers the efficiency of LED technology in a bright professional-level followspot fixture. Powered by a 260-watt 5500K cool white LED engine, and featuring a 10°-20° zoom, the high-output fixture is designed to provide mid-sized venues with a practical, reliable and cost-effective followspot solution.
“Theatres, churches, and other mid-sized venues will find that the Ovation SP-300CW offers them all the benefits of LED technology in a high-output followspot that produces a crisp cool white beam,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “We also added quite a few user-friendly features to this fixture.”
Among the standout features of the Ovation SP-300CW are its fully closeable iris, which allows more precise lighting control. The new followspot also has on-board linear dimming, as well as smooth manual sliders for zoom, and a foc

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The Netherlands - Amplifier and DSP specialist Linea Research will be exhibiting with distributor ACint. In attendance will be Davey Smalley director of Linea Research, Peter Collins senior sales manager, and Nicola Hales operations manager.
On display will be Linea Research’s range of four and eight channel networked DSP amplifiers, the portable and touring focused M Series and the installation and contractor C Series. Each offer models with power ratings from 400W to 5000W per channel, all with 96kHz DSP and optional Dante networked audio.
New at ISE this year Linea Research is introducing FIR capable versions of its four channel amplifiers allowing users to import loudspeaker manufacturer’s “greybox” FIR settings. “This latest addition has been much requested and will allow our users even more flexibility,” comments Smalley. “With more and more louds

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USA - Nashville-based Elite Multimedia has announced the addition of lighting solutions from Chauvet, Martin and GLP into its rental inventory. With the delivery of Maverick MK PyXis, Rouge R2 Wash, and Epix Strip IP from Chauvet; Atomic 3000 LED from Martin; as well as X4 Bar luminaires from GLP, the new inventory is now available through the Nashville office of the live event and tour provider.
“Anytime we have the opportunity to strengthen the breadth of lighting solutions we can offer our clients, we are very excited to do so,” stated Jason ‘Cannonball’ Jenkins, Elite Multimedia director of operations. “So often today, we have designers who are wanting a multitude of design possibilities from their lighting rigs, and the acquisition of this gear from these three manufacturers now gives them even more creative options.”
The award-winning Chauvet Maveri

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South Africa - DWR Distribution has announced a training course presented by Joshua Cutts and Christopher Bolton of Collective Works. Production Design - The Responsibility of a modern-day designer will be held from 20-22 February from 9am to 5pm.
The three-day course will cover topics such as an Introduction to Design, Hands-on Design Workshop, Console and Layout Planning, Programming for Music, Colour Theory, Networking and Protocols, Media Servers and Show Integration, Pixel Mapping and Timecode Programming. As leaders in their field, Josh and Chris will also share programming tips and tricks.
Hosted at DWR Distribution in Laserpark, Honeydew, the cost is R2 880.00 per delegate and includes light refreshments and lunch.Bookings can be made on line.
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UK - Stylus Productions recently provided Martin Audio’s MLA loudspeaker array as the preferred sound reinforcement for American rock band Good Charlotte on their UK tour.
The service company already owned the control/stage packages for the band and for the PA they turned to Martin Audio partners, RG Jones Sound Engineering and Capital Sound, working closely with Simon Honywill in system development and optimisation. They also supplied infrastructure and production management service for the tour.
MLA rigs went into Glasgow Barrowlands, Southampton Guildhall and Brixton Academy, and the PA appeared in various configurations, and with different optimisations to suit the venue - but included MLA/MLX plus MLA Compact and MLA Minis, with DD12s for fills.
Stylus Productions MD, Sam Thomas, confirmed that the decision to spec MLA was collaborative, but had not bee
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