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Clay Paky has introduced a number of new products. The main news from the Italian manufacturer is the completion of its range of ‘Silent Version’ (SV) projectors, with the introduction of the Stage profile Plus SV - and the ‘basic’ version of this fixture, the Stage Profile 1200 SV.

Both units offer the very clever framing system - presented under the tag-line ‘A thousand frames of emotion’ - which allows triangles and quadrilaterals of all types and sizes to be formed, morphed and rotated through 90°. What the ‘Plus’ model offers in addition to this are features such as the FMI (Framed Moving Images) effect, the two combinable wheels of rotating gobos (4 + 4), linear variation frost, the effects disc with three prisms and light frost and

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ESIP International Event Management launched its new corporate identity and announced its involvement in the new ‘Worldport’ festival taking place in Cardiff this summer. The company unveiled its new identity to clients and colleagues this April. Speaking on board Thames sailing barge the s.b. May, the company’s co-founder, John Ellson, explained that the new identity had been created to emphasize the collective skills and years of experience of the key people within ESIP.

ESIP have been something of a well-kept secret, having supplied event management and technical production services to the music and corporate events sectors. Recent projects in these areas include the Showtime in the Stadium concert at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, shown on BBC TV last December; the 100th anniversary of Philip Morris International in Buenos Aries with a charity event; the Rochester I

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In a move designed to integrate the Lighting Technology Projects business closer to the parent Lighting Technology Group, the LTP team have literally moved a step nearer to their colleagues at the company’s head office. Recently involved with a number of high profile installations, including the award winning Gateshead Millennium Bridge and Hull’s much publicized The Deep, the Projects staff have taken the opportunity to relocate to the main Group offices at 2 Tudor Estate, Abbey Road, Park Royal, London.

Leading the Projects business, Terry Reeves, LTP general manager, commented: "We trade as an independent business able to offer a specialist installation service. By moving to 2 Tudor Estate we can build upon the relationships of our Group colleagues and take on a wider range of projects."

(Lee Baldock)

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Essex-based DPL Lighting was called in by the Tussauds Group to architecturally light the amazing new Colossus rollercoaster ride at Thorpe Park, Surrey, for its launch. Thorpe is one of the UK’s most popular theme parks and Colossus is a major new ride, which rises up over 30 metres, and hurtles at up to 65 kph for nearly a kilometre, spinning riders through gravity-defying 360 degree loops and plummeting them earthward - into an ancient lost city.

This type of lighting is exactly the sort of challenge relished by DPL’s Darren Parker - who lit Colossus’s heavy metal steelwork and impressive stanchion frame with eight Studio Due City Color luminaires. The launch reception itself was held inside a large Dome building nearby in the Thorpe Park grounds. DPL added a bit of effervescence to the already animated atmosphere in the Dome with a Golden Scan moving light spinnin

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Soundcraft’s worldwide headquarters in the UK has promoted Ian Staddon to the position of product development director, a newly-created role at the head of a team of experienced product managers. Staddon assumes responsibility for Soundcraft’s strategic product development activities, including market research, new product definitions and specifications, project management and new product introductions.

Staddon, who has been with Soundcraft for more than 10 years, has worked in purchasing, project management, production and sales, where his most recent role had been regional sales manager for Asia and South America. Prior to joining Soundcraft, he started his pro audio career at Bandive over 16 years ago, where he moved up to production manager for the last SECK range of mixers.

"This job calls for someone with knowledge of product and market application, as well as

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Richard Martin Lighting is once again the first lighting company to receive delivery of the latest addition to Pulsar’s ChromaRange - the ChromaPanel. The first batch of 48 ChromaPanels expands RML’s current range of LED technology. The new ChromaPanel is a 590mm square panel that utilises 132 LEDs to produce a vivid panel of colour. The LEDs have the ability to cross-fade colours, thus creating over 16 million possibilities. Due to their low power consumption the ChromaPanel generates very little heat and is therefore the ideal 'set-building toy,' say RML.

RML is a specialist rental supplier of intelligent lighting and control systems to the film and television industry. The company’s clients have included Top of the Pops, The Spice Girls, SMTV Live, BBC Studios, Comic Relief and The Brit Awards. The latest purchase follows the purchase of Pulsar’s ChromaBank

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Pensacola Christian College has recently completed a top-level facility at its Florida location. Designed and installed by All Pro Sound, a design/build contractor located in Pensacola, the facility comprises a comprehensive array of sound reinforcement, recording and broadcast systems, which were installed in the College's Crowne Centre over an 11-month period, and include over 160 Turbosound loudspeakers.

Conceived as a multi-purpose state-of-the-art facility, the Crowne Centre is the College's newest development and contains a large, 6,035-seat auditorium, with a flexible below-balcony area that can be divided into three separate 600-seat seminar areas. The auditorium's 33-metre two-storey stage includes a rotatable section, and has a frontal area that can be configured in four different formats. The Centre also houses two 200-seat wedding chapels, hospitality areas and classrooms,

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Simon Sinclair, who for the past five years has been heading up the TC sales operation in the USA, is joining Tannoy as sales director. He replaces Derek West who is leaving the company after 10 years. West’s decision to leave coincides with the TC Group's commitment to Tannoy, which requires all senior management personnel to be based within easy reach of company headquarters in Scotland. "After 10 years, the commute between Oxford and Glasgow has begun to lose its appeal," says West. "I've been thinking seriously about a change in career path, so, as I wasn't keen on re-location, it seemed the right time to make the change. However, after such a long association, I shall be sad to leave my colleagues at Tannoy, but I know the success we've enjoyed will continue in Simon's capable hands."

(Ruth Rossington)

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Orbital Sound combined forces with The Royal National Theatre to deliver its second annual advanced training course for students wishing to pursue a career in theatre sound. Building on the success of the first course initiated jointly last year by Orbital’s Simon Whitehorn and The National’s Rob Barnard, the second edition expanded on its successful formula to be co-produced and staged at The National Theatre and at Orbital’s Brixton-based facility.

This year the creative and conceptual workshops were staged at ‘the National’, whilst in-depth technical sessions were held at Orbital’s headquarters in mid April. The importance of sound in theatre continues to grow at a rapid rate thanks to advances in technology and the changing expectations of audiences, producers and directors. As audio technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, both Orbital an

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Westlife kicked off their ‘World of Our Own’ global tour in Europe with a spectacular lighting rig supplied by Bandit Lites and video expertise from XL Video. By the end of the European leg of the tour in June alone, Westlife will have played to nearly a million people, and the tour is destined to be one of the most successful and high profile of the year.

The lighting design was a collaboration between the show's technical director Phay MacMahon and LD Barry Halpin. MacMahon also designed the stunning in-the-round stage and set (both on the ground and in the air). With in-the-round being the most challenging of live performance perspectives, MacMahon and Halpin have created a breathtaking show full of drama and surprise. Bandit Lites - who also supplied Westlife's first tour last year - mustered over 120 moving lights - including 45 Martin MAC 2000s, 40 MAC 600s, 20 MAC 50

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UK Distributor HW International has announced that the final two models in the Shure Easyflex Range are now in stock. The Easyflex family of high-quality cardioid and omnidirectional condenser microphones is designed for budget-minded installations.

The new Easyflex Boundary microphones, suitable for low profile applications, complete the family of eight miniature microphones, including both gooseneck and overhead versions. Both new boundary models are offering a choice of cardiod (EZB/C) or omni-directional (EZB/O) condenser cartridges. All with a charcoal grey finish, with attached 12’ cable, in-line preamplifier and recessed mounting holes for quick installation. The Shure EZB/C retails at £120.00 ex VAT with the EZB/O retailing at £110.00 ex VAT.

Whilst the Shure Easyflex Gooseneck (EZG) versions, make an ideal miking solution for podium and lecterns, are available in eit

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Crown International announces that IQ for Windows software version 5.1 is now currently available for free download. The new application is an upgrade from version 5.0 released last fall and offers two key improvements over its predecessor. First and foremost, IQ for Windows v5.1 fully supports Crown’s six new CTs Series amplifiers, including the four-channel CTs 4200 and eight-channel CTs 8200, all of which debuted at the NSCA Expo in Denver.

Secondly, and very importantly, the new software now implements a drag-and-drop methodology for the creation of custom user control panels. For example, by simply clicking on a desired control, such as a fader, on the standard control panel and dragging it onto the control surface, v5.1 automatically links the component into the signal chain. To group faders together, all one needs to do is take another fader from a different control panel

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A key part of Newcastle’s city centre redevelopment project has involved the lighting of the Grade 1 listed Theatre Royal. With specific objectives to achieve, artist and designer Simon Watkinson drew on the resources of Lighting Technology’s Newcastle office to guide the project through the design, mock up, planning approval and installation phases.

The initial brief involved recreating the rich colours of the theatre’s ‘house curtains’ and projecting these vibrant shades onto the facade of the building. In addition it was felt that the Theatre’s magnificent columns should be bought to the forefront of the lighting design. Subsequently, the colour-changing effect was created courtesy of 12 of Color Kinetics’ C200W luminaires, which illuminate the upper canopy area, balcony and lower frontage. Additional fittings light the pediment above the pi

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The new Wharfedale Pro LA-15/LA-15SB portable installation loudspeakers have been designed to meet the most critical sound reinforcement requirements in venues as diverse as classical music and theatres, discotheques and places of worship.

The Wharfedale Pro LA -15 series is a 15in, two-way, full-range loudspeaker. Its high-efficiency, constant-directivity, reconfigurable design is especially suited to high-quality applications where its power response and overall performance provide excellent results, even in challenging acoustic spaces. The LA-15 series feature a dynamic high frequency driver protection circuit which gives progressive-dynamic limiting for both short-term peaks and long term overload conditions. The sophisticated limiting function works progressively, giving smooth sonic performance even when driven beyond the design limits of the system.

Where significant extensi

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BSS Audio has released new firmware for the Omnidrive Compact Plus (FDS-366) loudspeaker management system. The new firmware, V1.10, features a new menu system with more functions on a single screen, which makes navigation and setup much faster and easier. BSS has also enhanced the functionality of the Alignment Assistant facility, where loudspeaker drivers may be automatically aligned using an integral pink noise source and alignment algorithm. Current FDS-366 owners may update their firmware for free via a software loader obtained online from the website below:

(Lee Baldock)

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Ian Kirby has announced that the newly-incorporated Coemar UK will be based in Ashford, Kent. And when the company opened for business on April 29th, UK customers found a massive price reduction on all Coemar stock awaiting them. This will equate to approximately a 30% price decrease across the board.

Price points of Coemar product have traditionally been high in the UK. "But efficient streamlining of production under the new ownership and new UK distribution has meant lower prices from the factory and to the consumer," explains Kirby. Coemar UK’s new 6,000sq.ft office, warehouse and demonstration facility will incorporate a full inventory of stock and spares - as well as a new product range, which has been launched over the last nine months.

The company can be contacted at: Unit 4, KPC Business Centre, Canterbury Road, Ashford,Kent, TN24 0BP, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1233 63

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Home to the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for the past four years, Benaroya Hall recently installed ten Soundweb 9088ii digital signal processors as part of a discrete new vocal reinforcement system for its 2,500-seat S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. CCI Systems of Olympia, working closely with the Harman Professional Projects Group (HPPG), provided the system’s design and installation.

Two of the BSS Audio processors are utilized to provide DSP, EQ and delay for a new central cluster of custom JBL loudspeaker enclosures powered by existing Crown Macro-Tech MA5002VZ amplifiers. A third 9088ii does likewise for speakers addressing the stage lip and orchestra/monitor sections. The remaining seven processors are similarly called upon to provide individual delays, EQ and signal processing for 56 JBL HTI6 speaker boxes, all driven by a rack of Crown CP660 six-channel power amplifiers

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Further to the announcement last week of a new distribution agreement for Greece, ARX Systems, the Australian based manufacturer of professional audio products announce the appointment of Istanbul based Park Audio & Lighting Systems as the company’s exclusive distributor to the Turkish market. ARX’s managing director Colin Park told PLASA Media: "ARX is delighted to have Oktay Karasoglu and his team at Park Audio & Lighting Systems on board as our new exclusive distributor for Turkey. With the new Installation products ARX is releasing this year, Oktay will be well placed to further develop ARX's presence in this very competitive market."

Park Audio & Lighting Systems can be contacted at the e-mail address below:

(Lee Baldock)

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Following four successful year's service with AC Lighting, José Joao has been promoted to the position of senior account manager in the Export Sales department. Being fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and with 17 years’ experience in the entertainment lighting industry, Joao strengthens AC Lighting's export drive into the Latino market.

Trying to stay customer focused when exporting to over 90 countries can be very difficult, however, AC Lighting have found Joao's experience and attention to detail to be a valuable asset. The significant growth achieved in his territories is a testament to his success. Export sales manager Cally Bacchus commented: "We are very pleased to have José on the team. He has been central to the significant growth that AC Lighting have enjoyed and we wish him every success in his new role."

(Lee Baldock)

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Wybron is known for coming up with products that extend the use of theatre luminaires and the LightWand Moving Mirror is no exception. The only moving mirror with 360° continuous rotation, as well as a tilt range of 60 degrees, the LightWand gives standard theatre luminaires all the capabilities of automated lights at a fraction of the cost. Used in conjunction with Wybron’s Coloram colour changers it creates a full moving light, with colour changing capabilities.

The LightWand is fully digital for smooth, precise movement of mirror, with no fan noise and can be daisy-chained to other moving mirrors and products from Wybron’s Coloram family. Using 2 or 4 DMX channels for 8 or 16 bit resolution, the LightWand runs off any Forerunner Power Supply.

(Ruth Rossington)

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Arbiter has supplied Lisburn-based audio supplier DL Electronics with a wide assortment of AKG microphones as part of a complete audio refit at St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry. DL Electronics’ David Dalzell is a long term advocate and supplier of AKG, specifically of their Discreet Acoustics range which he’s supplied previously on numerous successful church installations in Ireland.

For the St Eugene's refit, AKG was therefore a logical choice for David, who worked on the project with acoustic consultant Peter Lloyd of Hollywood, NI-based Lloyd Associates and Liam O'Hagan of Derry-based electrical consultants, Delap & Waller. Dalzell chose six GN155SET mics - the latest addition to the Discreet Acoustics range - coupled with CK31 cardioid capsules for the installation. These are utilized at the Bishop's chair, the Priest's chair, the baptismal font, one either side of the f

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