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South Korea - South Korean based LIVE-LAB has recently learnt and used to great effect the CueCore1 and CueCore2 products. Lotte World theme park is one of the largest in South Korea. LIVE-LAB specified and installed the CueCores for solid-state architectural lighting control within the theme park and also for a special themed event for Halloween in October.
The CueCores were used to control the lighting fixtures within the Halloween House. When visitors walked in they could select a button that would activate a strobe and “kill” a zombie.
After these first successful installs in the theme park, LIVE-LAB has gone on to use the Visual Productions products in a couple of other installations. In Samcheok (a province of South Korea) a CueCore was used to control the lig

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UK - VER supported award winning grime artist Skepta with a one off, sold out show at London’s Alexandra Palace.
Delivering an intense homecoming performance in front of a receptive crowd, the North London artist was joined onstage by an array of collaborators including Kano and Wretch 32 for a blazing hot, career spanning retrospective including tracks from the Mercury Prize winning fourth album, Konnichiwa.
Streamed live to a worldwide audience via Apple Music, the show rocked the 10,000 capacity venue with trademark social comment and intelligent beats resonating against a towering backdrop of dazzling imagery and vibrant colour.
Supporting the show via their full service London operation, VER supplied a large 23m x 7m (5888 x 1792 pixel) upstage LED wall, created using over 600 LED tiles to deliver stunning 6K video, flanked by twin sets of LED video

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Norway - Sousan Azimrayat, commercial director and Peter Stewart, technical director from ASL - Application Solutions (Safety and Security) Ltd, joined the Prime Minister of Norway, local dignitaries and media at official opening event for Holmestrand train station in Norway.
Arriving by train at Holmestrand station guests were greeted by the local Mayor of Holmestrand and Knut Edmund Knutsen, project manager for Jernbaneverket (Bane NOR), the Norwegian government agency for railway services.
Holmestrand train station is a new station engineered into the mountainside of the Holmestrand municipality along a tunnel 12km in length. The celebratory events in December marked the completion of more than six years of constructions works, numerous transport interruptions and regular noise pollution to the residents of this otherwise rural town in Norway.
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USA - Coming off a year of touring with EDM artists like The Chainsmokers, Cash Cash and Tritonal, designer Aaron Kovelman was accustomed to creating big slashing looks with lots of intense beams, crazy truss angles and ample helpings of eye bleeding audience lighting.
Taking on an anniversary concert for his hometown friends and jam band legends The Bridge, however, required him to wear a different more subtle lighting design hat. He donned it very well too, creating some pure live band looks with help from Chauvet Professional Rogue fixtures.
“Coming off a lot of electronic dance music shows I was very excited to light up a full band of musicians,” said Kovelman. “I wanted to go for as clean of a setup as possible, with straight lines of fixtures – something very simple, but also super sophisticated, yet still with its share of crazy looks.”
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UK - Shermann Sound Systems continues to go from strength to strength, recently supporting many shows within and around their home city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Shermann is a prestigious brand renowned for over 30 years, especially within the UK, for their professional enclosures, and it was recently acquired by Sono Vie Ltd.
This Scottish pro audio company offers PA equipment for rental and touring used in several performances.
"Audiences appreciate hearing the difference,” says Alan Beattie, the owner. "Customers once again are choosing Shermann Audio products for their outstanding vocal clarity as enjoyed by audiences at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.”
The festival featured 16 performances and in excess of 18,000 visitors, with artists and performers including Dylan Moran, Julian Clary, Ohmid Djalili, Adam Hill, Paul Merton etc.
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USA - The new Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land is everything you’d expect of a performing arts centre in Texas: big, bright and bold. The $84m venue, which officially opened in the Houston metro area this month with a strong line-up of events including Jerry Seinfeld, Don Henley, Dave Matthews, Reba McEntire and the touring production of Dirty Dancing, comprises 20,000sq.ft that combines the programmes of concert hall, civic centre and theatrical centre in a single shape-adjusting venue.
But the new Smart Financial Centre Performing Arts Centre at Sugar Land also has Texas-sized sound thanks to an L-Acoustics K2 line array system installed by LD Systems and designed by consultant Scott Bray of Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, Inc. (WJHW). “This is a premier performance venue for the entire region, so they wanted the absolute best sound possible, and

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UAE - Nearly 200 Robe fixtures were used by award-winning lighting and show designer Terry Miranda of Lighthouse Productions to light a special production of musical Fakhrak Ya Watan (The Pride of a Nation) for the 2016 Ras al-Khaimah National Day Celebrations on the eve of the United Arab Emirates 2016 National Day event. Ras al-Khaimah (RAK) is one of the seven Emirates making up the UAE.
The spectacular, performed by a cast of over 800 singers, dancers, actors and poets of all ages, was attended by His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council member of the UAE & Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, plus a host of dignitaries and VVIPs as well as 10,000 members of the public.
The show, which included eye-catching projections mapped across a 92m wide set and performance / presentation area, celebrated UAE’s achievements over the last 45 years and pres

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Malta - The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC), the youth version of the international televised music competition, took place at the end of 2016, with lighting designer Anton Borg Olivier designing a fully networked Avolites control and dimming system to power broadcast-ready stage and green room lighting.
Hosted by Malta in the capital city of Valetta, JESC '16 reported a total live average audience of 3.9m viewers across 14 markets; the biggest audience for four years. With viewing figures this size, Anton relied on Avolites' advanced Timecode functionality to ensure creative director Ismael Portelli's multi-layered show went off without a hitch.
"Avolites Titan version 10 software makes running a timecoded show very easy," he explains. "Since all songs are given a different start time, all I had to do was choose the page of required playback faders and the desk

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UK - One of London’s landmark theatres has installed a new Soundcraft Vi3000 digital mixing console as the first phase in a planned sound system upgrade.
The Grade II-listed Hackney Empire is one of the few surviving Frank Matcham designed music halls, built around the turn of the 20th century, and according to technical manager, Othman Read, with the new desk the venue has made its first excursion into digital en route to replacing the entire technical infrastructure.
The Empire had previously maintained the same control set-up since the theatre reopened following major refurbishment in 2004 - and that included a 48-channel Soundcraft MH4 analogue desk.
“This had been an absolute pleasure to own, a brilliant workhorse,” Read confirmed. “But it only had 48 channels and looking at modern day production requirements, you need to provide at least 90 channels

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South Korea - Amadeus has announced the install of a massive speaker system, featuring the newly-released PMX 12 D self-powered active speakers, within a new multi-disciplinary institution, the Arts & Creative Technology Centre (ACT), in Gwangju, South Korea.
ACT Centre puts Gwangju at the forefront of global art, design, and culture dialogue. Launching with a major festival and exhibition in November 2015, ACT Centre commenced a dynamic year-round programme of activities that brought together leading Asian and international talents to share, collaborate, and inspire.
Located on the site of the former provincial government building in Gwangju, ACC hosts several institutions and facilities that include the ACT Centre, the Research Institute for Asian Culture, Library & Archive, Centre for Children, multiple theatres, and exhibition halls, and the May 18 Memoria

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UK - RCF UK has announced the first of two showcase events, specifically focused on its burgeoning D-Line HDL series. This will take place in Hall One at Sage Gateshead on 14 March, between 12 noon-6.00pm, hosted by Nitelites. Set demos will take place at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm.
The launch of the HDL10-A reinforced the huge success earlier of the original HDL20-A active composite enclosure - since when the series has gone from strength to strength.
Now RCF is offering the first opportunity for European pro audio professionals to listen to the much smaller process-controlled HDL6-A and at the same time attend the first UK demo of the large-format HDL50-A, complete with control package.
These will line up alongside the HDL10-A and HDL20-A - both permanently installed at Gateshead Sage - as well as NX and TT product.
Dean Davoile, head of RCF UK comments: “This is

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USA - Introduced at the 2016 LDI trade show, High End Systems’ new QUAD automated luminaire turned heads with its optical quality, output and unique performance qualities. The company is very pleased to announce that the first Quad shipments have shipped from the HES warehouse in January.
A ‘Richard Belliveau Concept’ and part of HES’ FX Series along with Uno, Shapeshifter, and Hex, the Quad features four RGBW LEDs with independent X & Y module control (X= -15/+15 degrees, Y= -2/+15 degrees) and four high efficiency TIR lenses, individual 3.5 degree to 40 degree zoom and a high powered indigo backlight system.
With its 540 degree Pan x 265 degree Tilt, the QUAD offers unprecedented movement capabilities, resulting in a fixture capable of producing stunning new visuals as well as classic ACL animated searchlight patterns. Other features include modular cons

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USA -b Elation Professional has introduced a pair of new soft lights for broadcast, TV and film lighting, the TVL Softlight DW and TVL Panel DW. Both luminaires house cool white and warm white LEDs with linear colour temperature control for a wide choice of variable shade projections from warm white tungsten to cool white daylight.
Uniform flat-field output combines with conveniences like dimmer and color temperature rotary control dials for simple projections of variable white light. White colour reproduction is of the highest quality with a CRI at or over 95 for more accurate colour reproduction. They include useful design features like smooth 16-bit dimming, variable dimming curve effects and electronic strobe, and each fixture includes 8-leaf adjustable and removable barn doors for accurate projections with no light spill.
The TVL Softlight DW is a dynamic white, s

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Europe - Paragon projection has become Europe’s first company to commit to the new 4K, 27,000 lumens laser projector.
The ultra-bright, 3-Chip DLP SOLID SHINE laser projector (PT-RQ32K), has quad pixel drive technology and creates breathtakingly detailed 4K+ images.
Two units have been added to Paragon’s rental stock with the expectation that these will find use in large events and conferences.
Mark Davies, technical sales manager at Paragon projection, said, “We see this as a unique projection product. To combine such high brightness and high resolution in a compact body is a game changer for the projector rental industry.”
Gareth Day, group manager for Panasonic Visual Systems in the UK, said, “Panasonic is excited by the opportunity presented by 4K projection and we are delighted that a key rental partner like Paragon has quickly committed t

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UK - Audio-Technica Ltd – Allen & Heath UK distributor – has welcomed the audio sales division of AC Entertainment Technologies Limited (AC-ET) to its network of Allen & Heath dLive specialist resellers. The company, with sales offices in High Wycombe and Leeds, operates across the live/touring, installation, AV and rental markets, from simple supply to system design and specification.
A long-standing Allen & Heath supplier, AC-ET’s audio sales division adds the well-received dLive range of consoles and MixRacks from both the S Class and new C Class series to its line-up. As a specialist dLive reseller, it is able to offer comprehensive advice, training and support to customers looking to invest in the digital mixing system.
Steve Eaton, AC-ET audio sales division’s senior audio sales executive said, “we are extremely pleased to add the dLive rang

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Europe - Spectralissime is a 60, 120 or 240 bands spectrum analyzer application for Windows. Based on optimized band pass filter bank, it performs a high end frequency analysis with the same precision on the full range (20Hz – 20 KHz), 10 to 100 times per second. Based on original VB-Audio frequency analyzer engine developed in 2001 as Plug-in, Spectralissime takes advantage of 15 years of experience in audio digital measure, to become simpler but with new essential functions.
Spectralissime can use any audio device as audio source (WDM; KS, MME, ASIO) and can manage up to 64 I/O on ASIO device (patch function allows selecting channel). Two Channels can be selected and called A & B. This first Spectralissime version performs a single channel view, but the analysis can then done on A, B, A+B or A-B. Spectralissime can also get signal from a VBAN Stream and then can be

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The Netherlands - A total of 13 Media Networking Alliance (MNA) member companies are exhibiting at ISE 2017, promoting product that supports AES67. The AV industry alliance of manufacturers and end-users, promoting awareness and adoption of the high-performance AES67 AoIP interoperability open standard, is supporting its members at ISE and sponsoring a program of technical presentations during the show.
Several member companies are running live AES67 demonstrations on their booths during the show. The ALC NetworX / RAVENNA booth #7-V210 will feature the MNA RAVENNA “demo rack” which will include the new RAVENNA Audio Network Manager tool developed by Digigram and Merging Technologies. Currently in beta format, it provides scalability, security and control of large networks. The RAVENNA demo rack features products from Lawo, Ward-Beck, ARG, Riedel, Merging, DirectOut and Di

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Germany - Qvest Media, trading house and systems architect for professional media applications, has extended its audio business by adding Waves hardware solutions to its portfolio. As of now, Qvest Media serves as Waves official fulfilment centre in Europe.
"With this step we improve the availability of our hardware product line to the European market," states Mick Olesh, executive vice president of Waves, Inc. "Having our hardware product line shipped and custom cleared in Europe is a crucial step towards our strategic plans to expand the product family in these markets."
Waves hardware will be available ready to ship for all countries from the Eurozone out of the Qvest Media headquarters located in Cologne, Germany.
"We are happy to have this amazing product line in our growing audio portfolio, and are looking forward to working closely with local retailers, r

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UK - Everything you wanted to know about AES67 but were afraid to ask was the title of the event hosted by RAVENNA and Genelec at Genelec’s London demo facility in Scrub’s new premises in Fitzrovia, London.
The Genelec Experience Centre showcases a comprehensive range of Genelec’s loudspeaker technologies, including their 8430 IP SAM studio monitors, making it a suitable environment to show off interoperability via AES67.
The evening kicked off with an introduction from RH Consulting’s Roland Hemming who provided an overview of audio networking in general, adoption levels across the industry and some examples of the types of projects, often very high profile, that rely increasingly on audio networking for reasons of quality, practicality, and cost-effectiveness.
He then handed over to ALC NetworX’s RAVENNA evangelist, Andreas Hildebrand who expla

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UK - The Earth Hall at the Natural History Museum was selected as the venue for the exclusive book launch of Rutland Hall Publishing’s Timeless Treasures, an illustrated hardback showcasing regal Indian weddings.
The Museum welcomed over 300 guests who spent the evening exploring the regal culture of Indian marriages, characterised by abundant gift-giving and lavish displays of jewellery and textiles.
The Earth Hall provided an inspirational backdrop for the canapé and drinks reception, welcome speeches and glittering showcase of new high-end fashion collections from Sabyasachi and Cartier. Guests were invited to purchase signed copies of the new release and offered the rare opportunity to privately view the Earth’s Treasury collections throughout the course of the evening.
Maia by The AC’s project manager Charlie Womack oversaw the venue’s event

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UK - Blackout has appointed the event industry’s first Trailblazer Live Event Rigging apprentices, with a double appointment, January 2017.
The drapes and rigging specialists welcome Roisin McClearn and Bridie Lane to its team. The Trailblazer Live Event Rigging Apprenticeship, part of the governments’ Trailblazer scheme encouraging three million new apprentices by 2020, was launched by the National Rigging Advisory Group (NRAG) in September to provide formal training to new recruits, supporting them beyond the National Rigging Certificate Level 2, and to plug the gap in trainee numbers to fill increasing demand throughout the rigging industry.
Blackout selected Rosie and Bridie from over 70 eager applicants, to become the first individuals in the UK to embark on this groundbreaking events industry training. Following an online application process, the pair proceed
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