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UK - Temporary power specialist Midas has been appointed premium dealer for generator giant Himoinsa, giving it access to the latest technology, including the Silent Plus range which cuts noise emissions without limiting performance.
The agreement will see Midas sell Himoinsa machines as well as building and developing its own rental fleet.
Dave Noble, Midas’ managing director, says: “The Himoinsa brand is a mark of quality recognised worldwide. We’ve been looking to expand the rental and sales side of the business for a number of years and this relationship gives us the perfect tools to do that.
“Containing noise is a crucial aspect to contracts at a number of events we supply, and in other sectors too, so the Silent Plus range will play fast dividend. Th

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UK - Allen & Heath has released firmware V1.6, code name Fistral, for its dLive mixing system. V1.6 adds Automatic Mic Mixer (AMM) features, Multi-Surface capability, support for a range of new installation hardware, and new DEEP processing models.
dLive’s new AMM can handle up to 64 microphones, with the facility to assign mics to four different AMM configurations when running multiple conference rooms or panel discussions. The system offers two AMM modes: classic gain sharing and a Number of Open Mics (NOM) algorithm.
Multi-Surface capability with gain tracking allows up to four independent dLive Surfaces to control a single MixRack, opening new possibilities for installed and touring systems, including FOH / Monitor splits, sidecar mixing and Surface redundancy. V1.6 also adds support for the recently launched range of dLive hardware for installed sound, incl

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USA - Abundant Living Faith Centre (AFLC) of El Paso, Texas, recently opened the doors at a second site, located on the west side of town. The new building boasts a 2,000-seat sanctuary along with an Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) ADAPTive sound reinforcement system.
The church leaders called upon Michael Garrison Associates (MGA) of Fresno, California, to reprise their role as consultant, designer and systems integrator for the audio, video, lighting and acoustic systems the new satellite location required. MGA has worked closed with ALFC since 2004, when design began for a new facility for the church’s main east side campus. This project, with a 3,600-seat main sanctuary, was completed at the end of 2007.
The church’s project team stated from the start that the new sanctuary’s audio system must support the same “concert level” performance as was achieved for
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USA - The Music City Food + Wine Festival returned to Bicentennial Park for another weekend that celebrated the culinary crafting of world-renowned chefs, mixologists, sommeliers and self-proclaimed foodies.
Bandit Lites joined forces with C3 Presents and Jeff Wendt to create a lighting package that would add to the ambiance, energise the space and bring colour and light to more than 20 tents, a DJ booth, and the Grand Pavilion Taste tent.
With food and spirits from more than 80 purveyors, ticket holders were given the opportunity to indulge in a weekend of artisan flavours and exceptional experiences including an intimate bourbon tasting with Preston Van Winkle of Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, BBQ from Martin Bar-B-Que Pitmaster Pat Martin, a Gospel Brunch along the Music City Walk of Fame Park, panels and chef demos and a Grand Taste Pavilion with tastings, showcase

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Denmark - Lighting designer Johnny Thinggaard Lydiksen used 104 Robe fixtures to craft the light show for Danish hip hop band Suspekt.
The band requested the LD to create “a new live visual experience” for their tour, which kicked off at a stadium at the start of the year.
In addition to the Robes – comprising 48 x Pointes, 48 x Spiiders and 8 BMFL Spots - Johnny decided on a slightly old-school look, adding over 400 PAR cans to the stadium show rig and 24 strobes.
The overriding idea was that all versions of the design – large or small-scale – should share the same aesthetic. For the autumn club tour, the LD uses 10 x Spiiders, 10 x Strobes and 16 x 8-lite audience blinders on wind-up stands. “I wanted to keep it brutally stark. It was the vibe of the music that gave me the idea for the wall of PARs for an extreme contrast in lightsources and basical

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India - Electronic music festival Ultra hit the road under the moniker Road to Ultra played two shows in India in September, one of which included Elation Professional lighting gear supplied by Elation partner Star Dimensions India.
Star Dimensions handled lighting and trussing for the event and turned to 12 Elation Platinum SBX hybrid moving heads and Platinum Beam 5R beam effect moving lights for what Ashish Mehta, director of Star Dimensions, described as an “out of the box” design. “We had the SBX fixtures on both a front bar and back bar truss, creating mesmerizing effects on stage and towards the audience while the Platinum Beam 5Rs were used for nice mid-air gobo effects,” Ashish Mehta explains. “We rigged many 5R Beams across the stage and sound tower extension and their sharp narrow beam created a larger than life look.”
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South Africa - The latest series of Take Me Out Mzanzi – aired on M-Net’s Mzanzi Magic network in South Africa – was recorded over six weeks at Sasani Studios in Johannesburg, featuring a lighting scheme designed by Rob Grobler, with equipment supplied by rental specialist Gearhouse South Africa.
Produced by Rapid Blue, the show has a style book and a specific look that has to be followed, explained Rob, who chose over 130 Robe fixtures to assist him in achieving this task on the lighting side. The methodology by which the various creative departments can arrive at these aesthetic conclusions… is left entirely to the expertise and imagination of the local production teams and professionals.
Beforehand, Rob received research material from Rapid Blue and watched numerous You Tube videos of other editions before drawing up the lighting plot, which featured

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Thailand - A Harman audio solution was installed at the largest shopping mall in Nahkon Ratchasima.
Terminal 21 Korat spans seven floors, each of which featuring replicas of global landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge. In order to provide audio coverage for a wide range of entertainment environments and specialised areas, Terminal 21 Korat hired Mahajak Development to install a complete Harman audio system consisting of JBL Professional speakers, Crown amplifiers and BSS signal processors.
Pongsakorn Kanchanachayphoom, project director, Mahajak Development Co., said: “The owners wanted a state-of-the art audio system that was user friendly, with independent volume control and source selection for different zones in the mall. The integrated Harman audio solutions work together seamlessly, providing maximum coverage and sophisticated contr

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Brazil - LD Terry Cook of Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD) trusted in an MA Lighting system for this year’s Rock in Rio held in Rio de Janeiro.
The system consisted of four grandMA2 full-size and three grandMA2 light, four MA Network Switch, six MA NPU (Network Processing Unit), two MA 8Port Node, four MA 2Port Node and four MA NSP (Network Signal Processor) that were used as 4 Port Nodes. LPL Lighting Productions delivered the system and Lbits Ltda is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting in Brazil.
Paulo Lebrão worked as the FOH/system manager said: “grandMA2 is the most complete system available today. I would say each lighting designer or operator likes to use a console that makes them feel comfortable and that grandMA2 gives us the most helpful tools. All bands visiting the festival and playing on the main stage used grandMA2 on their tours, so it wor

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USA - Multimedia entertainment studio Moment Factory and lighting designer Christopher Bushell are using an Avolites Sapphire Touch and Titan v10.1 app to control the lighting during Arcade Fire’s Infinite Content tour.
The indie heavyweights are performing from a 360° stage in the round and Bushell worked closely with creative director Tarik Mikou from Moment Factory on the production.
"The overall brief was for a visceral lighting and video design that both formed and blended with the show's scenography,” says Bushell. "The arena design features a strong sporting event vibe, with a boxing ring stage in the centre of the room."
Much of the programming for the arena tour is developed from Bushell's preceding design for the band's festival circuit this year. The 'boxing ring stage' - a central, in-the-round performance space, is crowned with a square l

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UK - Nexo’s new additions to its range of NXAMP TDcontrollers are unveiled at the BPM Pro exhibition in Birmingham today (Monday, 23 October).
The NXAMP4x2 MK2 and NXAMP4x1 MK2 amplifier models are the result of close collaboration between R&D engineers from Nexo and its parent company Yamaha.
The new NXAMP4x1 MK2 and NXAMP4x2 MK2 present Nexo’s expertise in DSP control in lighter, sleeker 2U packages with touchscreen control.
Available in 4x 1000 Watts and 4x 2000 Watts, and weighing in at just 16kg and 16.6kg, these ultra-low distortion Class D amplifiers combine 32-bit/96KHz converters and 64-bit signal processing to deliver significant advances in sound quality over the already highly regarded MK1 NXAMPs.
A native dual Ethernet port offers seamless integration with Nexo’s proprietary NeMo system management software. Amplifiers can be remote-co

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UK - PLASA has promoted Christopher Toulmin to the role of commercial director. In this newly created position, Chris will oversee all sales and marketing activities in the organisation, driving the success of its commercial divisions which includes its event portfolio (PLASA Show, PLASA Focus Leeds and PLASA Focus Glasgow) and leading publication Light & Sound international (LSi).
The announcement follows one of the most successful PLASA Shows in recent history, where Chris had a major contribution in his role as director of events. In his new position, he will support the organisation’s strategy to grow both its events and media divisions, whilst exploring new products PLASA can deliver to further support the industry.
Chris’s career in the industry spans more than 35 years, which has taken him from a respected lighting designer, industry innovator thr

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USA – ETC has upgraded the software for its Unison Echo products. New features include the ability to manage tunable white fixtures, adding sequence control to Echo’s DMX controller, and more.
“The latest Echo software expands the functionality of Echo in exciting directions and includes new features that our customers have directly asked for,” said Lowell Olcott, ETC networking and architectural controls product manager.
The upgrade lets users control white-tuning DMX fixtures, choosing the temperature that best suits the space. Echo’s ability to control colour-tuning fixtures has also been expanded, allowing users to mix a chosen temperature of white as well as colours. The EchoAccess mobile application has undergone a graphics upgrade to ensure users can easily customise the look and feel of their system.
DMX functionality has also been expanded. Seq

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UK - A DiGiCo digital mixing system has been specified for The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering.
Following a recommendation from the Bloomsbury Theatre, Autograph Sales & Installations were recently asked to assist with specifying and supplying a major upgrade to the existing analogue audio mixing system for the main auditorium.
Autograph’s Peppe Mallozzi recommended a DiGiCo SD9T for its combination of small footprint, plentiful input capability, bus flexibility, rider acceptance and its ability to host the theatre-specific DiGiCo ’T’ software.
Peppe conducted an introductory training session for the house technical crew at Autograph’s demo facility prior to delivery, followed after delivery by in-depth further tuition at the theatre. The SD9 control surface is accompanied by a single SD-Rack (fitted with DiGiCo’s fibr

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USA - Lighting production company Studio Gear has announced their first purchase of High End Systems SolaFrame 750 fixtures. The newest (and most compact) Sola Series luminaire was launched at the 2017 PLASA trade show in London, and will be unveiled in the USA at the upcoming LDI show in November.
Studio Gear’s Mike Atkins commented: “Our first Sola product was the SolaWash 19, which has been great for us. Over the years we’ve made numerous purchases, and subsequently bought some SolaSpot 1500s for an installation. We were very impressed and on board with the 1500 right away. The biggest need we’ve recently identified was for a smaller white light LED instrument - something that could replace 700 watt fixtures that was small, relatively lightweight and full featured. When I first heard about the SolaFrame 750, it sounded too good to be true! Based on the specs alone

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USA - A Danley Sound Labs sound reinforcement system has been installed in the new Lighthouse Church in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
Solsound designed and installed the system that includes Danley SH (Synergy Horn) loudspeakers, SM speakers, GO2 compact loudspeakers, TH (Tapped Horn) subwoofers, and DNA multichannel amplifiers with onboard DSP and Danley model processing templates.
“The new sanctuary takes up about 12,000sq.ft in the centre of the building and seats about 1,000 people,” explained Solsound founder Art Reiger. “We’ve been working with Lighthouse Church for many years now, doing system upgrades on their old system, training, and productions of special events. They asked for our help with the new facility, which was quite an audio challenge because the space is 120’ x 100’ x 22’ with hard surfaces throughout. Clearly, the all-to-common line array

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Denmark - The Hans Christian Andersen Festival 2017 benefited from a light show powered by a range of award-winning Elation Professional moving lights.
While over the last five years complex projection mappings were popular, this year the festival director wanted a new concept and commissioned the Berlin-based artist collective, phase7 performing arts, with the task.
Under the artistic direction of Sven Sören Beyer, phase7 performing.arts handled concept development and implementation of the new show and used 40 new Proteus Hybrid moving lights from Elation Professional to realise it.
Based on Andersen's narrative Sunshine, freedom and a little flower, a Danish cast brought the show to life on an irregular, six-story Layher scaffold reminiscent of a fairy-tale castle. In addition to the figure of Hans Christian Andersen himself, embodied by Jesper Dupont

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Tajikistan - Russian installation specialist Muztorg.PRO has provided Loft, a night club in Dushanbe, with a light system featuring 16 Rogue R2 Spot, 16 Rogue R2 Wash and 8 ÉPIX Bar Tour fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
“To give the impression of separate areas within the large single venue space, it became quickly apparent that a creative visual solution was required,” commented Roman Kosinov, project manager at Muztorg.PRO. “In addition to a modern sound distribution and partitioning system, the Chauvet fixtures enabled us to create the illusion of separate visually portioned areas within the bar, restaurant and club.”
On the ground floor of the venue, which incorporates a large dancefloor, bar and main stage, a selection of 240W Rogue R2 Spot fixtures - positioned from ceiling truss -- creates a dazzling array of fast-moving and colourful visuals for the

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UK - An Avolites Tiger Touch II console was used to programme and control the lighting design for the Wild Fruit Summer of Love dance tent at the annual LGBTQ equality and diversity festival Brighton Pride.
The Summer of Love' tent hosted headline act DJ David Morales and featured sets from Jocelyn Brown, Angie Brown, Rozalla and Prok & Fitch. Providing the venue with a series of intense lighting looks was lighting designer Paul de Villiers who worked closely with Dean Parker of Wilde Ones Event Services who supplied and managed the event.
"We have worked with Dean and Wilde Ones on Brighton Pride for the past two years," says De Villiers. "The concept this year for the Wild Fruit tent was to 'go wide'. In the past, the tent's performance area was end-on, but this year we went broader and located the stage side-on."
To create the 'wild fruit' d

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Middle East - Dubai’s Spectrum Entertainment Services has joined the Adamson Network with the purchase of a E-Series system.
Spectrum’s new Adamson system is comprised of 24 E15 and 12 E12 three-way, true line source array cabinets, 12 E219 subwoofers, and 24 compact E119 subwoofers.
The new package has already been put to work at several large-scale events, including the 2017 Saudi National Day celebrations at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.
“We’re seeing the demand for high-performance audio systems continue to grow and invested in Adamson’s E-Series due to its high-fidelity sound, phase coherence, even coverage, and clarity,” explains Julien Beyrouthy, general manager of Spectrum Entertainment Services. “We’re following our long-time clients to bigger venues while also supporting larger festivals and major international tours. Adams

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Russia - At the end of August, the city of Astrakhan in southern Russia, hosted an impressive classical music event which gathered an audience of more than 5,000 people. Set inside the old walls of the Astrakhan Kremlin, a stronghold fortress that began construction in the 16th century, the Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet performed an open-air presentation of the opera, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin.
On the night of the performance, the central square of the Kremlin was transformed into the seating area while the beautiful Cathedral of the Assumption and adjacent buildings served as the stage backdrop. A temporary 40 x 20m platform was assembled for the orchestra at centre stage.
All sound equipment used for the performance, including Allen & Heath dLive mixing consoles, a main K-array PA system, Audio-Technica microphones and wireless systems
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