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UK - As soon as the Starlit Dance Floor Systems landed at Prolight Concepts' HQ, many were instantly shipped out to the company's customers including 'Light The Way', who have already used the system for two events, with many more pencilled in over the coming weeks. One of the installations was for a wedding organised by Kudos Music, a leading Asian Wedding and Events company.

Light The Way, a leading dry hire company, has expanded into wet hire with the purchase of a 20ft x 20ft White Starlit Dance Floor System. The LEDJ portable, Starlit systems have been designed to offer rental companies, installers and users alike the flexibility to create different sized dance floors.

John Edwards of Light The Way comments: "With the immediate success of the dance floor system we will

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South Africa - Professional audio distributor Wild & Marr has acquired the rights to distribute the Avid portfolio of pro-audio products in Southern Africa. The official hand over was completed at an Avid event in Johannesburg last week.

The product portfolio includes the highly popular Pro Tools suite as well as the S6 and S6L integrated digital mixing systems for live performance production and recording.

Joe Copans, MD of Wild & Marr says, "We certainly feel proud to be entrusted with the great brands in the Avid pro-audio stable. We see the two companies as having many synergies, and we're looking forward to investing resources and capacity into growing the Avid footprint in Southern Africa."

Part of those resources is to provide product support for the brand. Ian Holden has been employed as an Avid technical support specialist. Ian has extensive experience with Av

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UK - The 2016 Festival drew to a close after three weeks of action in and around the city, offering over 50,000 performances in over 300 venues showcasing thousands of shows.

Zero 88 lighting control was once again right at the hub of this vibrant experience.

Over 280 technicians were trained during the 2016 Festival Fringe, from around 130 performance spaces all running Zero 88 consoles. Products included the new FLX, Solution, Jester and even the Fat Frogs which have been running Festival Fringe venues since the turn of the millennium.

Eaton provided advice during the early planning stages for several larger venues, and Zero 88 product specialist Paul McEwan and product manager Jon Hole were onsite for the build and throughout the festival period to provide venue training and to support companies with more complex plotting requirements.

While performers returned

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Through The Past Darkly - The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is hoping to replicate the success of its David Bowie exhibition with a major retrospective of Pink Floyd. The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, marking 50 years since the release of the band's first single, will include a laser light show and previously unseen concert footage. The "immersive" show will feature 350 objects and artefacts, including instruments and original artworks. It will run from May to October 2017.

The V&A promised "an immersive, multi-sensory and theatrical journey through Pink Floyd's extraordinary world" which will "chronicle the music, iconic visuals and staging of the band, from the underground psychedelic scene in 1960s London to the present day". The exhibition will also include items from stage performances, as well as instruments, handwritten lyrics, architectural drawings a

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UK - Allen & Heath has launched the Xone:PX5, a new 4+1 channel DJ performance mixer, that combines classic Xone analogue audio quality with comprehensive digital connectivity and next generation performance-focused FX processing.

Equipped with the Xone VCF filter, three-band total kill EQ on all channels, and a new internal Xone:FX engine, the PX5 also features a high spec 20-channel USB soundcard with Xone:Sync and MIDI integration, all packaged within an intuitive surface layout.

The PX5's FX engine features the newly developed Xone:Xcite library of performance-focused FX, coupled with familiar hands-on controls for instant, instinctive operation. A hybrid FX mode combines the internal and external send & return FX for advanced FX processing. Meanwhile, the legendary Xone filter system includes HPF, BPF, LPF, resonance control and frequency sweep, plus the option to rou

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USA - All four ETCP examinations, including the new Portable Power Distribution Technician Certification (PPDT), will be offered at LDI in Las Vegas, NV on the morning of Saturday, 22 October, 2016. Interested applicants must submit their application and fee to the ETCP office no later than 26 September, 2016.

Candidate information, including eligibility requirements and applications, is available on the ETCP website at http://etcp.esta.org/ldi2016.html. Questions can be answered by Meredith Moseley-Bennett, ETCP Certification Manager, at 212-244-1505 or etcp@esta.org.

The new ETCP PPDT certification is focused on the large population of industry workers in the roles of technicians, stagehands, portable power set/strike technicians, as well as facility maintenance personnel for a wide variety of venues. This certification targets the top two-thirds of people working with t

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UK - David Boswell, managing director of TSG, will address the Future of Policing Summit and Exhibition at the Wesley Hotel in London on 13 October.

Boswell joins a number of high-profile speakers at the event, put together by the University of Salford to look at the challenges facing the UK police force in 2016, the impact of cuts since 2010 and reforms to pay schemes and working practises in the wake of the Winsor Review among them.

Conference producer, Julia Main, sought David Boswell's input after reading about TSG's commitment to modern, multi-agency security solutions at event sites. His session will focus on TSG's cost-efficient, specialist services that support the conventional security effort, detailing the company's proven capacity to fulfil a policing role.

Julia Main comments, "I'm very pleased that TSG is taking part. It's built around former police office

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USA - Christmas concerts are a highlight on the calendars of many churches. However, although they're exciting, these events often involve elaborate stage productions and appearances by guest artists, both of which can create new sets of challenges for a church's tech team.

Chauvet Professional is addressing this issue at an upcoming WFX Conference panel session that looks at Christmas concert lighting from two different perspectives: the lighting designer's and the technical director's. Taking place at demo room SWC102 at the Kentucky Exposition Centre from 4:30 to 5:30 pm on Wednesday 21 September, the session will feature lighting designers Andy Rushing and Craig Rutherford, along with Bobby Dennis, technical director of The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, Texas, outside Dallas.

Rushing is the fulltime lighting designer for two Grammy Award winning Christian music

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Australia - Every year for the past seven years, Sydney's streets and skyline have come alight with the beautiful, inspiring, interactive festival that is Vivid Sydney. The lights and installations of Vivid Sydney illuminate some of Sydney's most iconic landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House, Customs House, Maritime Museum and The Star casino.

For Vivid Sydney 2015, The Star temporarily installed 44 Clay Paky Sharpys and 10 Mythos fixtures onto their roof as part of an installation entitled Mission Control. The resulting light display was so stunning and popular, the venue realized there was potential beyond Vivid Sydney.

To celebrate Vivid 2016 a total of 36 Clay Paky Supersharpys were chosen for their enhanced optical design. Famous for its powerful beam, the Supersharpy produces clearly defined mid-air effects even at long distances. The Supersharpy's beam a

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UK - Disclosure, the sibling electronic music duo from Surrey, UK, continue to work hard as they take their Caracal tour around the world. The Disclosure show returned to the UK last month, when the band headlined the Reading and Leeds festivals, before heading off to South America.

Show and lighting designer Will Potts has been with them every step of the way as the tour stopped off at venues and festivals in North and South America, Japan, Australia, Korea, mainland Europe and the UK. PRG XL Video's lighting account manager Roy Hunt and video account manager Paul McCauley take care of the band's event technology needs as they stride around the world, performing sell-out shows and whipping audiences into a Disclosure frenzy.

We caught up with double Knight of Illumination winner Will Potts when Disclosure played three sought-after nights at London's Alexandra Palace at th

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UK - Many House of Worship audio installations are in existing buildings, adding sound reinforcement for the first time or replacing a life expired system. But occasionally the opportunity arises to design an audio system as an integral part of a new-build. RG Jones Sound Engineering recently did this for a brand new mosque in Leicester, choosing a complete Yamaha solution.

Baitul Ikram Mosque is the new home for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community (AMA) in the UK East Midlands. The new mosque needed a distributed audio/visual system for a complex that includes a main prayer hall, multipurpose hall, meeting room, office, cr

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South Africa - Event Lighting is a new rental company based in Johannesburg. It is a joint venture between Peter Rieck of Rieck's Lighting and Henry Jenkins of Eventech, who together have invested in 12 x Robe Pointes, 24 x Robe Spikies, 48 x Longman F4 Up LED Parcans, all supplied by DWR Distribution.

"Rieck's Lighting will operate as normal," explained Peter Rieck. "I am still a consultant, a project manager and have my own clients to look after, while Henry remains the owner of Eventech, a rental company which supplies sound, staging, backline, structures and power." Event Lighting is a new and separate company.

The collaboration came about after Eventech, who do not own any lighting gear, were continually hiring in equipment for events. "We were on the point of buying our own lighting fixtures when Peter and I started chatting," said Henry.

The idea to start a sepa

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UK - As the PLASA show consolidates its position as one of the premier events in the international tradeshow calendar, it is pleased to announce the last of its free-to-attend educational sessions.

Completing this year's educational and informative offering, are Sound Design for Olympic Ceremonies - Lessons Learnt, The art of creating impactful artist performances, Investigating the Intangible - When Lighting & Sound Interact, Apprenticeships - A new approach to employer-led schemes, AV Installation Strategy for Venue Owners and Inventing The Future: The Story of the National Theatre's Lightboard.

Scott Willsallen has been one of the leading audio designers for major international and outdoor events since 2004 and has been involved in the majority of the Olympic Ceremonies since then. In Sound Design for Olympic Ceremonies - Les

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USA - Bandit Lites is continuing to increase its ranks with the hiring of Steve Feathers and promotion of Jeff Vogt at its corporate offices.

Jeff Vogt joined Bandit 14 years ago as the network administrator, and was recently promoted to director of computer resources, making him responsible for the global information technology of all operations of Bandit Lites. "I'm very grateful and honoured for the promotion and the trust Michael Strickland has giving me," said Vogt of his promotion.

"Being with the company for almost 15 years as network admin has given me the knowledge to succeed in my new role with Bandit Lites, and I'm looking forward to the bright future that I can bring the company in my position."

With Jeff Vogt's promotion, Bandit hired Steve Feathers at Bandit's Nashville office as the network administrator, where he maintains servers, security solutions an

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UK - Richard Martin Lighting has announced that Steve Finch will be joining the team as operations supervisor. A familiar face in the industry, Steve joins from his position as project manager at Siyan, a well-established stage lighting hire company and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise.

Commenting on his new role, Steve says, "I'm really looking forward to working with RML, their fantastic team, getting involved with the Studio 24 and all of the new challenges."

Steve will be helping RML to support its continuing development as well as overseeing Studio 24, and assisting operations manager, Steve Wells, who comments, "We're thrilled to have Steve join the team at RML. Aside from having a spectacular name, with over 15 years in the industry, his vast experience and knowledge will be a key asset as RML moves forward."

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UK - Martin Audio has announced BlacklineX, a classic suite of passive loudspeakers representing a reinvention for the modern era of its Blackline series.

The original Blackline Series, launched in 1999, set a new standard for affordable professional loudspeaker systems - becoming synonymous with sound quality and reliability for live music venues, nightclubs and installations worldwide.

Now, with BlacklineX, Martin Audio's R&D team has engineered a whole new range - delivering the signature sound of warmth, nuance and clarity at a price point not previously possible - all in a clean, smart design with no-compromise between the needs of installation and portability. Applications range from portable sound reinforcement and stage monitoring for live bands, DJ's and corporate events, to installations in nightclubs, bars, commercial spaces and Houses of Worship.

Comprising

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Sweden / USA - ETAL Group is launching a high end Class D amplifier with a footprint less than a credit card at AES in Los Angeles (29 September - 1 October Booth 332). The premium Anaview AMS and popular high end ALC Class D power amplifiers will be featured at the event.

The new ETAL Anaview ALA Class D amplifier is based on patented ETAL audio engineering and magnetics and sets new standards of audio performance for products where form factor and power consumption are key constraints. With overall dimensions of just 68mm x 33mm x 18mm, the ETAL Anaview ALA series delivers 2 x 45Wrms into 6?. It can be powered by a single voltage of 12-25V DC making it easy to integrate.

Stefan Ruuth, sales manager at ETAL, said, "In terms of size-performance, the ALA is unmatched, delivering amazingly clean and room-filling sound from a very small module. We see this exceptional module

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UK - Hoffend LivePipe hoists - Engineering Product of the Year at the 2016 ABTT Trade Show - are on the Hall Stage PLASA stand N40 - at Olympia London from 18-20 September.

The innovative approach taken to design and operation has led to a faultless installation in Tennessee, completed by BellaTEX Inc. & Ty Prewitt sent this independent report:

"I have nothing but good things to say about the LivePipe product. It offers significant and unique advantages - & showed us it will work in very difficult situations.

"LivePipe was not only the best solution in this case, but its cost was on par or lower than other options. I believe it's appeal will be broad. It can be exceptionally quick to install. Since it doesn't include hoisting a 150Kg motor, 'quick' actually has some validity.

"The assembly and installation process is significantly simpler than any other products I'

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USA - Rachel Platten exploded onto the mainstream last year after her Fight Song ranked 6th in the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached the UK Top 10 Singles chart. Her label-debut album Wildfire then achieved gold status and to round things off, Stand by You, the second single from the album topped the Adult Pop Songs charts in February this year.

The Wildfire tour, has been utilizing a PRO2 at front of house, and a PRO2C at monitors, both with their own DL251 stage boxes. Illinois-based production company Sound Works Productions, were responsible for the package, and the two sound engineers taking care of it.

Production manager and Front of House engineer Chris Montgomery, has been hooked on Midas since a go on the Heritage console in 2007. "The MIDAS consoles have a sound about them...there's a warmth, and the preamps are super punchy. I haven't experie

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Germany - Taking place every year in Karlsruhe at the end of July since 1985, DAS FEST is one of the largest open-air events in Germany with more than 250,000 visitors.

Over the years, well-known artists such as The BossHoss, Silbermond and Die Fantastischen Vier have performed on the Mount Klotz site. This year, musicians and bands such as Rea Garvey, Moop Mama, Wanda, Max Giesinger, Milky Chance and Fettes Brot helped set the music festival alight.

Karlsruhe-based company Crystal Sound was responsible for the technical equipment on the main stage. The service provider covered all areas of event technology and added GLP's GT-1 and impression X4 L to the main stage inventory this year.

In total, 34 GT-1 and 48 X4 L were used in the set up - deployed as backlights on the main stage and to provide stage colour. Mark Metz, Crystal Sound's project manager, commented. "We w

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USA - Nestled amid the towering peaks of the front range in Estes Park, Colorado and surrounded on three sides by Rocky Mountain National Park, the YMCA of the Rockies is as beautiful a place to have a conference, reunion, or getaway as one can find this side of the Pearly Gates.

And those conferences, reunions, or getaways need not be small by any stretch; the sprawling grounds include 900 lodging rooms and nearly 60 meeting rooms, including the 600-plus-seat Walter G. Reusch Auditorium. Recently, Sight and Sound Technologies (Colorado Springs, Colorado) replaced the auditorium's aging sound reinforcement system with new, crystal-clear, high-impact Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers and subwoofers.

"When I told her I was replacing a sound system at YMCA of the Rockies, my mom got excited because she had gone to camp there when she was young," said Kris Johnson, COO of Sight a

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