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UK - Audiologic has announced that it is to conclude its arrangement with audio solutions brand AUDAC (whose portfolio includes Caymon and Procab accessories) with effect 1 October 2016.

A statement says, "As Audiologic seeks to consolidate an already burgeoning portfolio, both parties have reached a mutually held view that the time is right to pursue an alternative course. The companies agree that Audiologic's partnership with AUDAC has been a fruitful one and both move on strengthened by the experience. Audiologic remains fully confident in its ability to satisfy every aspect of its customers' requirements, drawing from the widest possible range of technologies and offering solutions to meet every scale and budget."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Robe's new Spikie fixtures - small, super-fast LED WashBeams - made their UK debut on a lighting rig designed by Paul Griffiths of Firebird Events for a UK sales conference staged in the Champagne Suite at the Novotel West London.

Twenty-four Spikies were installed by Firebird, the three-day event's technical solutions provider in the suite which served as the main plenary area.

The lighting brief for the dress jewellery and accessories company was to keep it up-beat with plenty of razzamatazz and drama, accents and big moments to match the tone and style of the presentation. This included lots of audience interaction as this season's new products were introduced to the enthusiastic and highly motivated sales force. A series of awards were also handed out to the last year's highest achievers and top sellers.

The stage was built at one end of the room which is a ch

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USA - Several years ago, J.R. Clancy inspected the rigging at the Miller Outdoor Theatre in Houston, Texas, and found it was near the end of its useful life after 48 years. The Miller's older rigging equipment was having difficulty handling some heavy sets, but the J.R. Clancy components had lasted nearly half a century thanks to their quality and regular maintenance.

The Miller is a unique venue - a free, outdoor, full-proscenium theatre; the original facility was built in 1923. Rebuilt in 1968, the Miller now includes a 64ft x 41ft stage, 54 line sets, orchestra lift and a 100-ton air conditioning system to cool the performance area. Seating is provided for approximately 1,700 patrons, with a sloping lawn that accommodates roughly 4,500 more.

To assist with the renovation, J.R. Clancy turned to Beck Studios, a long-standing J.R. Clancy dealer. "It's a great partnership,"

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

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!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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UK - Star Events turns 40 today, 26 August 2016, with its commitment to invention, safety and best practice the key to all the candles on the birthday cake.

Founded by Roger Barrett and Maddy Sheals as touring sound specialist Star Hire, the company's first contract, in 1976, was with singer/songwriter Carol Grimes. Star went on to provide for the likes of Split Enz, the Rock Against Racism tour of 1979 and Miles Davis in a similar capacity.

Star Hire stages made their debut at Notting Hill Carnival 1983, Barrett, and Sheals who retired in 2014, determined they could make a better, safer job of it than the platforms then available to them as a PA supplier.

Later the same decade, Star formalised its interest in improving standards, writing a technical safety guide for the National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA). Star Mobile platforms were patented in 1989 and the Ver

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Europe - Working with the Ayrton MagicDot-R luminaires proved to be a rewarding and pleasurable 'Weekend' experience for Litecom's designer, Mikkel Samuelsen, at the recent Weekend (WKND) Festival.

This exciting northern hemisphere event took place in Sweden, Finland and Estonia on the same weekend, at the start of August, with MagicDot-R debuting at the Swedish Festival in Stockholm. Topline acts in the line-up included Fatboy Slim, Ti

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UK - Penn Elcom's l LED rack light - the RADM-23 Raclite - has proved so popular that the flightcase, loudspeaker and 19-inch rack manufacturer has launched an RGB version so that clients can vary the colour of their rack lighting.

This innovative new rack system product was specifically designed for 19-inch racks of all types and in all scenarios, and can be fitted to the front or back of the rack where it provides a flexible, elegant and practical solution for illuminating equipment in dark environments.

"Penn is all about customer service, and the original cool-white LED Raclite was an instant success. People love the product, so much so that we started receiving requests for coloured versions. Listening to the market - that's exactly what we did - and the result is the multi-coloured RADM-23C Raclite," explains Penn's Rob Platt.

The discreet 1U RADM-23C features 15

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Europe - Milos has just released a second video as part of its special three-month promotion on lifts from Mobiltechlifts, where you receive a free transportation wheel kit with every lift purchased until 30 September.

In this video, Area Four Industries R&D director Marc Hendriks dives into the technical design, testing and certification of Mobiltechlifts products.

This video is part of the on-going three-month promotion series from Milos that focuses on a selected range of products. During these promotions, Milos provides its customers with valuable information and extra value with each purchase of the featured Milos product.

The link to the video is here: https://youtu.be/iPAi5Lu2nd8

(Jim Evans)

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UK - FBT UK is running a competition for visitors to this year's BPM Pro exhibition with the prize of a free trip to FBT's HQ in beautiful Recanati, Italy.

During the trip the winner will visit FBT's factory for a complete tour and there may very well be excellent food and wine involved too, FBT says.

To enter, visitors need to pre-register at www.fbtaudio.co.uk/win and then leave their business card in the competition box on the FBT UK stand at the show.

A live draw will take place on Facebook after the show to determine the winner.

(Jim Evans)

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Indonesia - API has recently added Jakarta-based Audio Station to their list of dealers. Established in 2012 with a mission to provide reliable services and innovative products to customers, the dedicated team at Audio Station is now able to offer the sound of API to Indonesia's audio professionals.

"Audio Station make an excellent addition to the growing API family," said API president Larry Droppa. "We share the same philosophy regarding the customer - to provide the highest level of quality and service that we can to enhance the creative talent in today's recording artists."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Walk down North Jefferson Street in the historic district of Indiana's 'Lime City' and it's easy to become lost in time. Huntington earned its nickname because at one time it was a centreof limestone production, and the stately homes on Jefferson Street, many of which date back to the 1840s, bear witness to the city's solid traditions.

Not far from this historic district is another time-honoured part of Huntington's culture, College Park Church. Founded in 1897, the church's roots in the community run deep, but like the city of Huntington, which hosts a high-tech university and an acclaimed robotic auto parts plant, College Park Church has stepped into the future while continuing to honour its past. This spirit was at the heart of a recent remodelling project at the church that was done by CSD Group of Fort Wayne Indiana, using LED fixtures from Chauvet as key components

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USA - Bandit Lites' massive touring inventory continues to grow with the addition of Martin's VDO Sceptron 10.

The linear LED video fixture provides easy setup, configuration and allows lighting designers a wide variety of looks for both indoor and outdoor looks.

Lighting designer Sooner Routhier specified the Sceptron for Shinedown's Carnival of Madness Tour, with the fixtures integrated within the set pieces to provide video content for the multiplatinum rock band.

The ease to which the Sceptrons could be daisy-chained together provided lighting director Carter Fulghum the ability to adapt the rig to fit the various venues while on tour.

"When we put them on our set carts, we made them angled, and gradually they would get longer and longer," said Bandit Lites lighting technician Elizabeth Weller who provided support on the tour. "They're also sturdy. We never had

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Europe - Belgian electro rock band, Soulwax, has embarked on a summer tour of Europe with Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing systems and a ME personal monitoring system to manage FOH, monitors and recording.

Soulwax's band members wanted to create a "20th Century" sound by incorporating several vintage Trident Fleximix consoles on stage for pre mixing. FOH engineer, Hugo Scholten, needed a system that could manage up to 128 input channels to blend the vintage stems with any of the individual mic/line channels for the final FOH mix. Virtual soundcheck capability and the option to add Waves plug-ins, were also required at FOH, as well as a digital mic preamp split between Monitors and FOH, and a separate integrated system providing hands-on personal monitoring for the artists.

Supplied by Ampco Flashlight Rental, which is providing all of the stage, monitor and FOH productio

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Europe - To promote the sports model MX-5, Mazda created Mazda Drives: The Sound of Tomorrow campaign, the highlight of which is a special DJ concert by DJ Vicious, six-time Tomorrowland DJ, with flair as the Mazda MX-5 made music on a

The Sound of Tomorrow is being advertised through the image of a car making music both in the literal and the figurative sense. The set is a huge vinyl record and the Mazda MX-5 will create music by driving on it. The car's precise and sharp steering enables it to act as a replacement pick up needle.

The idea was brought forward by advertising agency, These Days, and the production company, MoJuice, took care of the tech setup, the production of the clip and the recommended use of BlackTrax realtime motion tracking system.

The tracking was the missing component between all the parts. BlackTrax was the right solution as not

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UK - Rental company Fineline supplied lighting, video and rigging equipment plus crew to Duran Duran Live at Eden with BBC Music Day, staged at the Eden Project in Cornwall. The special concert was the finale of the BBC's 2016 Music Day - a nationwide celebration designed to unite different generations and communities through music.

Fineline was working with TAO Productions with whom they also regularly collaborate as a technical solutions provider for the annual Eden Sessions concerts. The concert was broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, aired a few nights later on the BBC 2 TV channel and available via The Red Button interactive channel.

Lighting for the band was designed by Vince Foster. He submitted a plot and a spec to Fineline who built the Eden production lighting rig based on this, with some fixture swaps related to their stock on consultation with Vince, explains Fineli

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USA - Dove Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Christian band Building 429 has enjoyed considerable success as recording artists. Their 2013 recording Listen to the Sound holds the record for the longest unbroken run at the top of the Billboard Christian Charts.

It is at live concerts, though, where the quartet really shines, as their anthem-like choruses, heartfelt melodies and raw, honest devotion create a powerful connection to fans. On their 2016 tour, the band forged an even stronger fan bond with a new lightshow that includes 18 Chauvet Professional Nexus Aw 7x7 LED panels supplied by Theatrical Media Services.

Well-known lighting designer John Hansen of EnHansen Design created the new lightshow for the band's 2016 tour after they retained him earlier this year. "This is my first year designing and programming for Building 429. After working on several differen

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USA - Wanting to get back to a bigger lighting look for country music star Luke Bryan's current Kill the Lights tour, lighting designer Justin Kitchenman of FadeUp Design Group created a spectacular upstage wall of lighting effects using 100 Elation Professional ACL 360i narrow-beam LED fixtures.

"We chose the ACL 360i after a shootout with other similar fixtures," Kitchenman explained. "We felt the beam was a bit more defined, performance was comparable, and the price of the fixture allowed us to get the amount of fixtures we desired without blowing up our lighting budget."

In Kitchenman's design, the ACL 360i fixtures are mounted to the back of a video wall that is comprised of (10) 1m wide by 5m high columns. Each column is on an automated system that tracks side to side with full rotation capabilities and has 10 ACL 360is mounted to the back of it.

Kitchenman, who

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UK - Opened in 1997, Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan Playhouse in London where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed.

For the first time, the venue has installed a theatrical lighting rig for the summer season - with GLP's multiple award-winning impression X4 Bars playing a crucial role. Previously, performances have used only natural daylight, similar to the original productions, during daytime shows, and a wash of tungsten floodlighting in the evenings.

Designed by Malcolm Rippeth, who has also masterminded the lighting for two of the shows in the opening season, the new inventory has been supplied by White Light, and installed as part of Emma Rice's first season as artistic director.

"The trickiest part of the rig was finding a good overhead backlight, as these units are most prominently in the audience's sightlines,

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UK - The National Theatre's (NT) River Stage Weekends festival has returned to London's Southbank, with chief lighting designer Huw Llewellyn choosing an Avolites Tiger Touch II and Fader Wing running the latest Titan v10 to deliver versatile, power-packed control across the month-long programme of weekend takeovers.

A free festival, River Stage plays host to a diverse range of artists and acts from family friendly workshops to energetic riverside raves. Throughout August, the festival has seen numerous National Theatre partners from across the country tread the boards of the outdoor stage, painted red to mirror the NT's Temporary Theatre (previously affectionately known as the Shed).

"We chose an Avolites console for River Stage because it's what we know and love - it's so versatile whilst being quick and easy to programme," says Llewellyn. "We're operating and programmin

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Namibia - The first Robe Spikies to be purchased on the African continent have gone to Windhoek, Namibia based rental company Mikel-Jes which purchased eight units from Robe's distributor DWR in Johannesburg.

The events market in Namibia is currently buoyant, and Robe - thanks to the hard work of DWR and the leading Namibian rental companies' willingness to invest in premium products - is well established as a moving light brand amongst the top production companies in the country which is most definitely 'emerging'.

Michael Vermeulen founder and co-owner of Mikel-Jes already has around 80 Robe fixtures in hire stock and has been a steady investor in the brand - along with other quality names in the entertainment technology world - since founding the company in 2008.

When he saw the Spikie in action at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt this year ... he knew it was a suitable

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Australia - UK-based automation specialist and manufacturer Kinesys has appointed The Rigging Shop (TRS) as the exclusive distributor for its products in Australia and New Zealand.

Based in New South Wales, the sales dedicated TRS operation is part of Pollard Productions, popular and well-respected rigging professionals working in all areas of live shows and events, TV productions and concert touring, which has been established for 35 years. Pollard is also a long term customer of Kinesys.

The announcement follows a recent visit to Australia by KInesys MD Dave Weatherhead, who comments, "TRS share our core values, standards of excellence and attention to detail. They have the right attitude and bring a huge amount of knowledge and enthusiasm to the equation and through the Pollard Productions connection, the TRS team is also really experienced with our product ranges. We a

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