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USA - Nearly six months into operating under its new structure, Harman Professional Solutions has announced its participation in Miami Music Week 2016. This partnership demonstrates the division's commitment to its customers in the nightclub market, along with appointing Bradley Drummond as nightlife solutions manager in October 2015. Providing solution expertise in key markets is designed to help customers, like nightclub operators, advance their businesses by providing unique experiences and improvements in quality, procurement, design support, installation, programming, commissioning and customer service.

"Nightclubs used to be about one thing only - music," said Drummond. "But today, nightclubs are driven to provide audiences with unique and memorable experiences. Every nigh

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USA - High End Systems has announced Hog Factor 2016. Following the response to the first edition and the extremely exciting live finals held at LDI 2015, this year's competition kicks off right now. The competition is open to all college and university students in the USA and all information, rules and most importantly the programming package can be obtained by going to www.highend.com/hogfactor.

Just as in 2015, all students are able to take part by downloading Hog 4 PC and the special Light Converse show file by registering at the link above and there is no charge to take part.

Following Phase 1 of the competition (closes on June 30th 2016) three teams will be whisked away to the Live Finals. These will be held on Friday, 21 October at 5pm on the High End Systems booth at LDI in Las Vegas, where they will compete to win a $20,000 scholarship and Hog 4 for their Universi

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UK - Ever since the first use of a PA system beneath its domed roof, London's Royal Albert Hall has been a famously difficult gig for mixing engineers, due to its circular construction, which results in a highly reverberant space. Thanks to L-Acoustics, however, Amaluna is maintaining a grand tradition of great-sounding Cirque du Soleil shows at the venue.

Running from mid-January to early March, Amaluna marks Cirque du Soleil's 20th anniversary of Albert Hall productions. A re-telling of Shakespeare's The Tempest, female performers make up the majority of the cast and the entire accompanying band. The set is as lavish as one would expect from Cirque du Soleil, with stylised trees hanging from a central truss which, as well as supporting airborne acrobatics, also accommodates the main L-Acoustics hangs.

The production's head of sound, Fran

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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USA - Elation Professional has introduced the TVL CYC RGBW, a theatre-style cyclorama wall wash luminaire that delivers a smooth and even field of seamlessly blended colours onto cycloramas, backcloths, scenery or any surface.

Designed for TV, film, theatre and broadcast applications, the TVL CYC RGBW features a powerful 150W RGBW LED engine for floods of uniform light in virtually any colour while linear variable white colour temperature presets (7200K - 3200K) make it a convenient white light luminaire.

Light output is measured at 884 LUX @ 6.6' yet the luminaire consumes only 170W of max power. Featuring smooth colour mixing and 16-bit dimming, the TVL CYC RGBW's Chip on Board (COB) LEDs provide not only a greater output than surface mounted LEDs, they provide a more even light distribution with better colour homogenization.

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Denmark - Martin by Harman has announced the RUSH MH 6 Wash CT, a true white wash light designed to meet the needs of customers in the house of worship and performing arts markets. White light is often needed to illuminate performers in these sectors and the RUSH MH 6 Wash CT blends both warm and cold white LEDs for complete colour temperature control in a cost-effective fixture, says the company.

Compact yet powerful, the RUSH MH 6 Wash CT features a fully pre-mixed white colour system from 12W x 10W cold white/ warm white LEDs with a spectacular 10°-60° zoom. It also offers full electronic dimming, strobe effects and temperature-controlled fan cooling for quiet operation. Pre-mixed whites range from 2700K to 7800K.

"Since launching the RUSH MH 6 at LDI 2015, we've received a number of requests to create a pre-mixed white version," said Mark Buss, product manager,

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Germany - Wisycom will introduce its newest true diversity IEM receiver, the MPR50-IEM, at Audio Technica's booth at Prolight+Sound 2016 (Hall 4, Level 1, Booth C24). This new addition to Wisycom's extensive product line was specifically designed for professional in-ear monitoring applications.

The MPR50-IEM is based on Wisycom's MPR30-IEM, and contains a user-friendly interface that incorporates the popular features that Wisycom's clients have grown to demand. It also features a new ENS compander that now caters to music and live shows, significantly increasing the quality of audio transmission when complex data, such as full songs and instruments, is transferred. Vocal transmission, the main function of the previous system, is also much improved with the MPR50-IEM.

This new IEM receiver possesses exceptional channel switching capabilities, allowing the user to switch fro

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Germany - The FEGIME Group, the European-wide collaboration of 230 electrical wholesalers, has added the Aurora Group, global manufacturer of energy saving LED lighting solutions, as a preferred supplier of lighting products in Europe.

The announcement, made at Light + Building Frankfurt, will see Aurora Group products being made available to thousands of electrical contractors across Europe via FEGIME's 1,150 sales points and presence in 27 countries. FEGIME currently has a 10% share of the European electrical market.

David Garratt, managing director of FEGIME, says, "Currently, the lighting business is in a state of constant change. Consequently, it is important for FEGIME to have a wider range of partners to better exploit the opportunities arising. We regard Aurora as a highly innovative, motivated, flexible and distribution-oriented partner. We are happy to welcome th

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USA - When Jennifer Lopez decided to return to her musical performance roots with a residency at Planet Hollywood's AXIS Theatre in Las Vegas, she and her team left no stone unturned in their efforts to create an outstanding show.

A key piece of the puzzle was finding the right combination of microphone and wireless system for the artist - one that would handle the hostile RF environment of a major production. They found the Shure Axient wireless with the new KSM8 Dualdyne premium dynamic capsule to be ideal.

According to Shure artist relations senior specialist Nelson Arregu

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Canada - With two NHL size hockey ice pads, spacious lockers and a well-supplied pro shop, the Garnet B. Rickard Complex in Bowmanville, Ontario is an ideal sports venue. Although the modern brick building also houses a conference room for events, its event space does lack the defining architectural elements that are often necessary to add warmth to a gathering and make it more inviting.

The absence of such finishing touches can present a challenge for anyone lighting an event at the facility. However, Matthew Beauchamp of Mobile Productions met this challenge in stunning fashion at Ontario's Fire and Ice Gala recently by using Well Series uplighting fixtures from Chauvet Professional to create a more inviting atmosphere in a lacklustre space.

"This is what I would call a blank canvas," said Beauchamp. "Although the room is comfortable, there aren't a lot of architectural

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Russia - Lighting rental house, Global Show Trade (GST) has set up a massive showroom at its HQ in Moscow, enabling many manufacturers, including PR Lighting, to demonstrate their products.

Initially, GST began with a standard showroom for lighting equipment, but this developed into a full production area for some of the best practitioners in the city.

The initiative of lighting specialist, Alexey Zhuravlev, the move has been welcomed by one of the company's key lighting designers, Roman Vakulyuk.

He explained, "We are inviting all lighting designers, 3D designers, lighting engineers and programmers - in fact anyone that has an important role to play in designing a light show.

"When visualising a new stage concept it is very useful to be able to connect up lighting fixtures and try something different and incredible. And of course when customers visit the showroom

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UK - Lighting designer Phil Supple (of Light Refreshment) has again turned to SGM's P-5 IP65-rated wash light to create a mesmerising lighting 'trail' at the Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow for East Renfrewshire Council's Electric Glen Festival.

As the event's creative director, for three years his inspired design concept created the same wow factor as it had two years previously with a similarly memorable night time trail illumination of the Palm House at Kew Gardens - again using P-5s at the famous London World Heritage site.

Meanwhile, the self-guided illuminated trail at Rouken Glen followed the woodland paths to the holy grail - the waterfall, which was brought to life over the two weeks by 24 of the low-profile, carefully concealed P-5s. With this cavalcade of colour as a backdrop, many visitors took the opportunity of a selfie.

The fixtures were supplied to main tec

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South Africa - Lightship Productions, owned and run by the enterprising Ni-Lou Breytenbach, is the latest South African lighting production, design and delivery specialist to invest in MA Lighting control with the purchase of an MA onPC command wing, delivered by SA distributors, DWR Distribution CC.

Lightship Productions works across all industry sectors including corporate and live events, TV productions and theatre shows, the latter hailing back to Breytenbach's industry roots. His varied workload includes designing and programming his own shows, providing operating and FOH co-ordination, support services for others and working as a lighting systems engineer.

"With business expanding, the time was right to invest in a powerful industry standard control surface," he explained. "With MA being an obvious choice - it's what most top level shows are using." As a systems tech

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South Africa - Shattered Glass AV & Staging, a respected South African rental audio visual company active in the corporate realm, has invested in 12 Robe Robin DL4X Spot, eight Robin Pointes and a new Le Maitre MVS Hazer.

"We are terribly excited," said Richard Horwell of Shattered Glass. "It was time to upgrade, but we didn't want something that would be discontinued in two years' time, but rather equipment that would have a long shelf life."

Richard came across the DL4 Range at the Robe stand at Mediatech 2015, Africa's largest advanced technology trade expo. The Robin DL4X Spots were purchased from local Robe supplier DWR Distribution and delivered a couple of weeks ago. The units have gone straight onto shows and are being enjoyed by the crew. "The Pointes have all the usual selling pointes," added Richard. "They are multi-functional and that makes them very appealing.

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UK - Allen & Heath's dLive digital mixing system is currently being employed by front of house engineer Steve Pattison on Wet Wet Wet's UK headline tour, which recently included a date at London's O2 arena.

Supplied by SSE Hire for the tour, the flagship dLive S7000 control surface is partnered with Allen & Heath's DM64 MixRack to handle an on-stage line-up that comprises the Scottish four-piece's traditional backline, multiple vocals and horn section. As a longstanding fan of Allen & Heath's iLive system, Pattison's decision to rely on dLive for the tour was an easy one to make...

"It really feels like dLive is a step on from the iLive system that I've enjoyed using with various artists over the years," says Pattison (whose CV includes a five-year stint with Amy Winehouse, Ellie Goulding, Texas, Glasvegas and Royksopp). "It's very fast to use, despite the amount of contro

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Norway Oslo Opera House frequently hosts events that need sound reinforcement - and it needs a loudspeaker system that's up to the task. To deliver the best possible listening experience for discerning audiences, the venue has installed a flexible solution from d&b audiotechnik.

With regard to acoustic excellence, buildings don't come much more impressive than the Oslo Opera House, home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. The acoustics at this stunning, waterside building are so good that no amplification at all is required for opera performances. Here, the design is literally all about sound, from the interior spaces and the shapes of the walls and stage, to the materials used for construction.

Although the acoustics at the opera house are world class, there are plenty of occasions when a loudspeaker system is needed. Often, recorded music is used in ballet produc

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Germany - Elation will have on hand at Stand E85 in Hall 4 an impressive line-up of innovations for entertainment lighting, a line-up that includes three all-new product series (ZCL Series, DTW Series and Fuze Series), as well as a few surprise launches.

Also debuting at Prolight+Sound will be the Platinum Seven, a new seven-colour LED wash luminaire along with a cyclorama wash luminaire, the TVL CYC RGBW, a floodlight for TV, film, theatre and broadcast applications.

Elation's increasingly popular X-Series of hybrid fixtures will be well-represented in the form of the award-winning Platinum FLX and mid-sized Platinum HFX moving heads. The powerful LED-based Satura Profile CMY colour mixing moving head with framing and zoom will also be on show. Visitors to PL+S will also have the chance to get a close look at the compact Emotion moving head digital light with its next gen

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Spain - Amate Audio "challenges the market-leaders in compact line-arrays" with a radical new compact curvature array cabinet. The Xcellence X12CLA is an ultra-compact, self-powered, DSP controllable constant directivity array cabinet, offering "astounding levels of performance; and one that can also be deployed as a horizontal point source cluster element".

Amate Audio's first constant curvature array design, the Xcellence X12CLA was specified to fulfil a requirement for a smaller, lighter and more affordable array cabinet, below the twin 8" X208 line-array in the Xcellence series portfolio. A new waveguide was designed to achieve the required 15? constant vertical directivity, partnering a single 12" LF driver. It soon became apparent during the development programme, that the performance of the new waveguide far exceeded the initial design expectations.

Vice president a

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Germany - Austrian engineering company, AV Stumpfl will bring their live event, production and rental and staging innovations to Frankfurt.

An 8K by 4K version of Wings Engine Raw will be demonstrated at the centre of the AV Stumpfl stand. Now shipping, the high-performance super media server delivers four streams of full 4K uncompressed content at 60hz - equivalent to 16K by 2K picture resolution - plus a rich array of media overlays, text generation and show control.

It is aimed at media-based installations requiring high-resolution content such as themed attractions, cinematic presentation, theatres, live events, or even planetariums.

Wings Engine Raw will be shown alongside the AV Stumpfl media server line up comprising Lite, Pro, Stage and Raw - designed to suit any budget and project size.

AV Stumpfl will use their Frankfurt trade show presence to launch the

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Germany - Fohhn Audio AG will present its latest developments in digital technology, system integration and mobile sound reinforcement, as well as new design options for its loudspeakers at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt (Hall 3.1, Stand F81).

This year's main development focus for the company is on achieving compatibility with all audio networks - and the associated increase in flexibility that this brings.

On show in Frankfurt will be the current models in Fohhn's award-winning Linea Focus series, which are now equipped with an Optocore interface. A corresponding Dante connectivity option is currently in planning.

In future, all active Fohhn loudspeakers, amplifiers and controllers will be equipped with digital, transformer-balanced AES/EBU inputs, making them compatible with any digital audio network. Within this context, Fohhn introduces the first models belonging to

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UAE - The Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), appointed live communication specialist People as the event management agency for the vast 2016 Qasr Al Hosn festival, which took place February 3 to 13, 2016 in Abu Dhabi. Manchester UK based dbn Lighting was commissioned by People, to provide lighting design and on-site lighting direction service.

The festival narrates the ongoing conservation of Abu Dhabi's most historic fort, and through a series of highly interactive elements, hosted a celebratory programme to reinstate the Qasr Al Hosn site as the cultural heart of Abu Dhabi.

Qasr Al Hosn, which has stood as the symbolic birthplace of the Emirate and home to Abu Dhabi's ruling Al Nahyan family, is undergoing a comprehensive process of preservation, restoration and rehabilitation.

Based around the historic Qasr Al Hosn Fort, the Qasr Al Hosn Festival

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