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Denmark - Danish rental company Comtech suppled 68 x Robe BMFL Spots to the main Helveti stage at the 2016 Copenhell Festival in Copenhagen.

Comtech has been a lighting, staging, video and rigging supplier to the popular Live Nation event which has grown year on year since its inception in 2010.

Staged in the charismatic old B&W Shipyard (Burmeister & Wain) in Refshale°en, the former industrial heart of the city, the huge piles of rusting steel and other nautical relics are awakened noisily each year by the very best of heavy, hard and death metal music.

The three-day event is enjoyed by an audience of 18-20,000, who this year were treated to industrial strength performances by main stage headliners Black Sabbath, the Scorpions and King Diamond along with many others

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UK - Back in May 2003 Pulsar installed its own LED lighting on the front of its building, confident in its reliability, longevity and durability. 12 Pulsar Chroma Panels were installed on the South-facing front of the factory building and have been running 24/7 ever since. Now Pulsar holds a World Record for the 'Longest Lasting LED Installation'.

The original ChromaPanels have clocked 13 years, 10 months of continuous activity - surpassing 115,000 hours. "This real-world industry first is proof of the LEDs' amazing longevity and of Pulsar's dedication to making the highest quality LED lighting fixtures on the market," the company says.

In the May of 2005 an additional 21 metres of ChromaStrip2 were installed on Pulsar's Fa

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UAE - Support company Showforce has further cemented its reputation as global leader in the provision of experienced personnel to the entertainment industry by securing a three-year contract with Dubai Opera. The contract covers the provision of all the new venue's temporary event staff and crewing requirements including: stage crew, crew managers, forklift operators, senior console operators, lighting technicians, wardrobe assistants and make-up artists and assistants.

Showforce was awarded the contract following a competitive tender process, where it demonstrated its ability to deliver a global solution that encompasses an unrivalled network of specialised staff. Showforce's ethos complements Dubai Opera's multi-format event space - versatile and flexible. As the first venue of its kind in the Middle East, it can be transformed into a theatre, concert hall or flat floor even

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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 - Edinburgh-based creative communications, digital, film and event production agency 20/20 Productions has made the shortlist at two top industry awards - The Drum UK Events Awards and the Institute of Internal Communication Scotland (IoIC) ICon Awards.

Recognising excellence in all aspects of internal communications, the prestigious IoIC Icon Awards shortlist includes nominations for three 20/20 Productions employees in the Best Visual Creator, Best Designer and Rising Talent Award: Best Young Communicator categories.

Editor Chuck Cumming has made the Best Visual Creator shortlist for his filming and video work with clients such as Standard Life Investments, Heineken, Tesco Bank and Akzo Nobel.

The Best Designer category includes senior designer Graham Gilhooley following outstanding work with Heineken, Standard Life and Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Associatio

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UK - Yamaha mixing consoles are a familiar sight in venues and on technical riders throughout the world, but they also play a vital role in teaching successive generations of mixing engineers their craft. One of many UK courses taught on Yamaha consoles is the BSc (Hons) degree in Music Technology at Teesside University.

The course features modules in composing, recording, engineering and producing music for a range of disciplines, for which the university recently invested in a number of new Yamaha MG12s. Another key element is the Live Sound modules, where students enjoy hands-on experience of QL1 and LS9 digital mixers.

"We have been using Yamaha mixers in our music labs for 12 years and the latest investment has been an upgrade to the most recent MG12 model," says technician and assistant course lecturer Jamie Donnelly.

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USA - Elation Professional has reached an agreement with industry professional Chris Miller and Cascade Technical Sales (CTS) to be Elation's new independent sales representative for Northern California and Northern Nevada.

Chris, who has over 12 years of experience working in the AVL production and install industry, owns Cascade Technical Sales, based in Sacramento. He most recently ran his own sound production and installation company and still does broadcast production for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. Chris brings with him valuable experience working for a rep firm, representing lighting and audio companies, and also has years of experience working as a freelance engineer. Chris worked for the renowned music store Skips Music in Sacramento for years as an install manager

Chris will be representing Elation Professional's entire line of lighting and video products and star

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Italy - Proel has released new 3.2 version GLL files for its Axiom AX2065, AX2010, SW36F, and SW215F loudspeaker models for use with the widely used industry-standard EASE Focus 3 sound system modelling software which allows 3D modeling of line arrays, sub arrays, and conventional loudspeakers.

These newly updated files have been completely calculated following a whole new set of accurate measurements in order to obtain a more realistic simulation and better resolution. The zip file can be downloaded from the Axiom website by selecting products > line array systems > AX2010 or the relevant product, and then selecting the Downloads tab of the product page.

Also in this release are five brand new GLL models for the SW1800 (complementary subwoofer for the new AX800A compact line array), as well as the SW36, SW215, and SW218X subwoofers (also usable for the SW218), and the SW1

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USA - Elation Professional enjoyed what might possibly be its most successful LDI show to date with an extremely busy booth and just as busy demo room while the company's new series of IP-rated moving lights, Proteus, won an LDI Best Debuting Product Award.

Recognized for 'advancing IP weather protection in a quality automated fixture,' the Best Debuting Product accolade was presented at an awards ceremony on Saturday, 24 October on the LDI show floor. On hand to receive the award were Elation Professional sales director Eric Loader and ADJ Group president Toby Velazquez. "It was a great show for us, our new products were very well received, and we were thrilled for the recognition that Proteus received at the awards ceremony," Eric Loader stated.

"To win a product award right out of the gate combined with the positive response and feedback we received from customers over

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UK - Showfile Limited, the distributor of digital scenery, video and still images for theatre projection and television chroma-key green screen, has announced the addition of artist and designer Nancy Wood as a major new content contributor.

Nancy's work uses the viscosity of fluid acrylics and inks to attract or repel one another to create ever evolving patterns. The work is filmed in ultra-high resolution as it is made, to create stunningly beautiful morphing, looped video sequences. The finished work can also be used as still images.

Vince Herbert, managing director of Showfile, says, "We are delighted that Nancy has allowed her work to become part of the Showfile portfolio. Her style lends itself perfectly to our marketplace; her images, although abstract, have direct relationships to that of the natural world.

"In addition their movement makes them ideal for backg

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USA - Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, located in Atlanta, Georgia, recently added a new EAW Redline sound reinforcement system to their sanctuary. The church leaders, who are planning a complete sanctuary renovation in the next few years, were looking for an audio solution that would meet their immediate needs and could be re-purposed in the future.

With that goal in mind, they contacted AEE Productions, also located in Atlanta, to assess the situation.

"A high-quality, powerful, portable system like Redline provides powerful sound that doesn't bottom out and provides the vocal clarity needed for a sanctuary," explains Yergan Jones, president of AEE Productions. "Because it is portable and self-powered, it has versatility and the ability to be used in any number of applications the church might have in the future."

Jones ultimately recommended four RL12 loudspeakers

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The Netherlands - Painting with Light has created innovative and highly effective lighting and video content for the current tour by Hans Klok, the world's Fastest Illusionist, who is presenting his grisly House of Horror show.

The spectacle, produced by Stardust Circus International, which combines the drama and theatrical gruesomeness of Gothic horror with quick-witted illusion art, was launched at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where it enjoyed a successful seven-week run before going on the road.

The action includes mind-boggling special effects that help transport audiences into a strange world where nothing is as it seems, as Hans Klok's House of Horror tests and exceeds the limits of the genre of 'illusion.' The epic-scale family horror show offers a cast of freakish and fantastical characters together with the Master of Magic!

Luc

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UK - It was difficult to miss the Audient ASP8024-HE at the opening party in the London-based Institute of Contemporary Music (ICMP) studio facility, this month. One of the first Heritage Edition consoles to leave the Audient factory, it sits at the heart of the new recording studios and provided a majestic backdrop to ICMP director Pete Whittard and facilities manager, Mike Sinnott as they gave their welcome speech.

"I am thrilled that ICMP have forged a partnership with Audient. I have always been a big fan of their gear and absolutely love their new Heritage ASP8024 console. It not only looks and sounds fantastic but represents great value for money so when deciding which console to choose for our control room it was a no brainer," said Sinnott.

The Heritage Edition is billed as "the definitive version of David Dearden's classic design' taking the existing features of A

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Korea - An important venue in Korean worship, Kangnam Joongang Baptist Church in Seoul recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, and marked the occasion with an upgrade to its mixing system, selecting Allen & Heath's dLive and ME digital systems to manage FOH and monitors.

The church's dLive system comprises a S5000 Surface at FOH with a DM48 MixRack installed on stage.

"The S5000's user interface is superb - I can reach every function in just one or two touches, and I can reach a function several different ways. I think it is so nice for an engineer to be able to adjust everything to his own taste. For me, the dual touch screen is essential, and dLive has a super-fast response, and natural touch like a smart phone.

"The 26 user-defined soft keys are amazing, plus the 4 custom rotaries, so there are loads of options. All of these features give the opportunity to experi

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UK - Every summer the Urdang Academy decamps from its headquarters at the Old Finsbury Town Hall near Sadlers Wells to perform their summer show. For the last couple of years, the students have performed at the Hackney Empire, a long-time supporter of theatrical creativity and innovation. As a showcase for the students, the event is a mixture of dance and musical theatre pieces performed by their first and second year students with the choreography, direction and design from industry professionals.

Andrew Ellis has been designing for the Academy for the last decade; this year's lighting included a significant number of Clay Paky fixtures, namely Sharpy Washes and Mythos.

"The brief from the artistic director for this show has always been to bring something new to the design each year. My own goal is to treat it not as a student showcase but as a professional show to West E

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USA - The Roland Sessions have furthered the careers of some of the most influential new bands. The video recorded live sessions have helped drive emerging stars like Twenty One Pilots and The Neighbourhood to new heights.

History is on the verge of repeating itself with the latest Roland Session, which features the indie rock duo Moon performing I Got A Fever, a raw hard-driving love song that is rapidly capturing the attention of critics and fans throughout the US. Doing justice to the group's big sound and gritty beats is a compact, but hard-punching lighting rig featuring Nexus 4x4 panels from Chauvet Professional.

Justin Preston of Three-Phase Productions used five of the COB LED panels mounted on stands and the floor to form a semi-circle around band members: singer/drummer Chelsea Davis and guitarist/keyboardist Dan Silver. "Moon is made up of two people, so

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Mexico - When Isaias G. Asbun, Front of House engineer and director at Pyramid Sound, was in charge of the sound for Grammy-Award nominated Mexican singer Ana Gabriel's tour titled Por Ti, he packed up his new DPA Microphones' d:vote 4099 Rock Touring Kit to capture the band's explosive sound.

"This was my first time using DPA microphones and I was blown away by the quality," says Asbun. "I have always chosen my microphones very carefully, and when I tested the DPA mics I knew I was set. During the sound check, I noticed that I had clear sounding mix with no extra steps needed. I had no problems during the tour thanks to my DPAs. I am hooked on these microphones."

Currently, Asbun has a DPA d:vote 4099 Rock Touring Kit complete with ten d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones and a few d:dicate 2011C Cardioid Microphones. "I invested in DPA mics to get a better sound than what

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Italy - Staged across the Italian city that bears its name, the Ravenna Festival ranks high among Europe's most prestigious events. Adding another edge to its character, the 2016 event relied heavily on the use of RAVENNA IP networking for its audio operation.

The Ravenna Festival hosts performing arts in venues including the Pala de Andr

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UK - There are still places available at this year's Reproduced Sound conference, which is being held at the Holiday Inn, Southampton on 15-17 November.

As ever, there's an extensive programme, which includes an audio workshop and visits to the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research and Southampton Solent University. RS conferences are famed for their friendly atmosphere and there's always a particularly warm welcome reserved for those attending for the first time. Students also benefit from a very generous reduction in the attendance fee.

Bookings should be made via the IOA website www.ioa.org.uk.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - The massive EDM gathering known as Nocturnal Wonderland took place over Labor Day weekend (2-4 September) at the San Manuel Amphitheater and Grounds in San Bernardino, California, its 21st anniversary.

Produced by Insomniac Events, headed by CEO Pasquale Rotella, thousands gathered to celebrate three days of electronic music while dancing the three-day weekend away amidst magical environments created by production design specialists SJ Lighting.

SJ Lighting handled production design on four of the five stages at this year's Nocturnal, creating something extraordinary on each stage with the help of a bevy of Elation lighting gear supplied by Visions Lighting, AG Light & Sound and Felix Lighting.

"The design philosophy is always to create something new, to give visitors a unique experience," said Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting about the design goal for this year's

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UK - Old Barn Audio (OBA) has equipped a sophisticated rooftop bar/restaurant concept - part of Exeter's new £12m Queen St Dining regeneration project - with Martin Audio's new CDD and CDD-WR loudspeaker series.

Situated in the city's Guildhall Shopping Centre, The Terrace is the brainchild of directors Joe Hill and Steve Keogh, who own the successful Artigiano coffee chain. They had been looking to diversify into a high-class all-day and late night operation over three floors, including a rooftop bar at the top.

Knowing they also wanted to present live music and world class DJs as part of the entertainment mix, they sought both a credible brand and a high end audio installer to fulfill these requirements. The client searched the internet and OBA was among the integration companies short-listed.

"We recommended Martin Audio's CDD series," said OBA director, Phil

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Israel - API has recently added Tel Aviv-based dealer AudioLab to its network. The company specializes in pro audio gear and computer systems for studios, production, recording, and sound editing. The dedicated team at AudioLab understands the needs of musicians and producers and offers the highest quality audio gear and solutions to their customers.

AudioLab Owner Oren Alsheich says, "We at AudioLab have made it our goal to bring the best high-end brands to the Israeli pro audio market. We are excited about representing API, a company we have always had tremendous respect for as well as faith in their products."

(Jim Evans)

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