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UK - RG Jones' sales and installations department reports a very busy first half of the year. In order to strengthen its client support, the company has added two new full-time positions. Adam Villiers, who, the company tells us, has been "super-glued to his desk" will fulfill the role of initial point of contact, on hand to take care of clients' immediate needs and provide any information they require.

At the same time, Scott Fraser has joined the company in the role of technical field sales rep. Fraser has had many years of experience in pro audio and he will be mobile, available to visit clients, discuss any requirements, and provide relevant advice.

(Lee Baldock)

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Industry Indicators feature as part of PLASA findings

The third phase of PLASA's Industry Market Research project is now complete, and for those keen to understand what the future holds for this industry, it offers some interesting insights.

The research pulls together key information about the size, growth and dynamics of the four main industry sectors - lighting, pro audio, staging and AV - as well as a detailed analysis of notable trends.

The findings reveal that the 2002 UK market was estimated to be worth just over £1bn at end-user prices. Breaking this down into the various market sectors, lighting accounts for £217m of that, pro audio for presentation or performance purposes equates to £337m, pro audio for architectural or commercial purposes is £53m, staging turns in £45m, but it's professional AV that delivers the lion's share at £440m.

The Research also con

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Ireland - Following an extensive pitch process, design and communications company Imagination has been appointed as the lead design agency to enhance the award winning Guinness Storehouse, based in Dublin. Imagination was originally the lead design agency that helped produce and launch the Guinness Storehouse back in December 2000. Imagination, who won the pitch against stiff competition from a number of design companies, will start work on the second phase of the design work immediately.

The enhancement involves updating existing areas in the Guinness Storehouse as well as designing several new exhibition and hands-on experiences for visitors. Since opening in 2000, Guinness Storehouse has achieved great success, welcoming over 700,000 visitors annually to the Home of Guinness and becoming Ireland's top visitor attraction. Paul Carty, general manager of the Guinness Storehouse,

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Australia - Show Technology, a leading Australian importer and distributor of specialized lighting for entertainment and architectural applications, has announced the launch of its new website www.showtech.com.au.

The new site, developed in-house, delivers up to date information on all of the products that Show Technology distribute through their extensive dealer network. Brand names include market-leaders such as Martin, Clay Paky, MA Lighting, ELC, Studio Due, Geni, Kupo, Pulsar, ADJ and Elektralite. Links to these manufacturers can be found on the Suppliers page. Every item available for purchase, from each of these manufacturers, will be itemized in the Products section of the site. The News section will be updated regularly with features on various projects and productions, as well as company news. The Download section is where you can find useful resources like price lists

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UK - The Lighthouse is the newest waterside bar/restaurant to open in Edinburgh's lively, regenerated Leith docklands area, now a buzzing social hub in the north of the City. Local audio installer SI Sound & Light was asked by the venue's owner, local entrepreneur Robert Orr, to design, specify and install sound throughout. SI's Neil Silver turned to both Arbiter Pro Audio for JBL speakers, and Adlib Audio for their AA enclosures to supply specific equipment to the different areas.

The venue is divided into two totally separate spaces: downstairs is a mezzanine restaurant and different bar areas, and upstairs there's a function room suite available for private hires. Downstairs at the Lighthouse is an open plan design with large windowed frontage onto the street, overlooking the water, with two more secluded rooms with seats and tables at the rear and the restaurant on the mezza

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Ireland - Irelands national broadcaster, Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE) has extended its long relationship with Soundcraft broadcast desks.

Standardizing on the RM105 fully-modular on-air console, it recently purchased its tenth, with the upgrade of the mixing facilities in its North Donegal regional studio. Audio Warehouse, Soundcraft's Southern Ireland distributors, supplied the board as a 20-module frame, with three mic and two Telco input modules - and the remainder stereo. In some of the larger regional studios these desks are interfaced with B400 production desks to allow operation in either compere operated or 'support' mode.

"The decision on desk acquisition is made by a user group, consisting of console users and support engineers," explained Cyril Ryan, head of regional facilities, RTE. "The main reason for selection is functionality and reliability, as t

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USA - Two Renkus-Heinz Reference Point Array (RPA) loudspeaker systems have been chosen by Stony Brook University, NY, located 50 miles from Manhattan and part of the State University system of New York. A new building houses the two main university ballrooms, multi-purpose rooms that will be used for student orientations, performances of both music and spoken plays, concerts, faculty presentations and presentations to university applicants.

Adwar Video, of Plainview, NY, has designed the system and installation has now been completed. Adwar Video founder Mike Adwar comments: "The university needed to be able to provide each with room with its own sound system, both operable independently of each other, but which could also be linked to feed both rooms with the same signal sources."

The two separate rooms seat a total of some 600 people, and the loudspeaker system wa

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Uk / Netherlands - T2, the truss safety product originally developed by Total Fabrications, is now also to be made and sold by the Prolyte Products Group, based in Holland. Speaking of this major collaboration, TFL's managing director Chris Cronin said: "Since T2 was first launched in 2000, we envisaged the T2 system as the new standard of safety for trussing with fall arrest and that it should be available from more than one major truss manufacturer. A separate company, T2 Systems Ltd, was established to manage the various patents, registered designs and trade marks that cover T2 and to license its production to suitable manufacturers in the industry."

"T2 systems are in use across the UK and abroad - including two major London venues. With work underway on an exciting new installation in the South West and a number of other UK-based projects, it is only natural

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UK - Since moving into new premises earlier this summer, ARB has continued to expand. Three new members of staff have joined the team this August. The two new sales executives, taken on to develop ARB's diverse client base, are Stephen Brady, joining from De Boer, with his extensive experience in corporate events, hospitality and production areas; and Barry Clayson, who has two decades of production experience working in the outdoor events industry - including commentating at a range of country fairs and shows.

Cathy Lynn from NSR has also joined ARB as the new hire office manager. She will be responsible for enquiries and quotes and ensuring that hire operations out of ARB's Buckingham headquarters are managed efficiently.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - Mach Speakers will be giving away a pair of M-Flex speakers each day of the PLASA exhibition (except Wednesday). All visitors have to do is fill out a short questionnaire and they will automatically be entered in the draw, to be held at the Mach Speakers/Martin Professional booth daily at 5:00 pm. Designed to fit into a broad array of applications requiring high quality audio reproduction, M-Flex is a flexible line of compact, lightweight moulded loudspeakers.

Mach can be found on stand G89/G80 at PLASA.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - The expansion plans of Chameleon Audio have recently included the appointment of Gearline Marketing, the newly-styled repping company. An agreement has been reached with Gearline to add the Chameleon product range to the company's portfolio, which already includes Clockaudio, JL Cooper, Connectronics and Leema Acoustics.

Chameleon audio sales director, Martin Capp, commented: "Rod Geary and Chris Collings bring a wealth of knowledge to the newly-formed repping company, as well as a portfolio of quality pro audio products that will benefit existing Chameleon customers. This initiative is to increase the Chameleon UK dealer base, while offering dealers the benefit of their collective sales activity."

Geary, director of Gearline Marketing, added: "We are delighted to have concluded a deal with Chameleon Audio, one of the few independent professional amplifier

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USA - Wybron's new CXI MultiPAR hit the road with REM for the 2003 Tour. From Tivoli in Utrecht, Holland to Nyon, Switzerland, R.E.M. rocked the house on the European leg of their 2003 World Tour.

Lighting designer Willie Williams needed durable, reliable equipment to make the trip - and that meant choosing Wybron. Bandit Lites provided eight of Wybron's new CXI MultiPAR colour mixers, mounted on ETC MultiPARs. The fixtures and changers are being used to light a large scannerchrome painted backdrop on the Tour. The silver scrim is the perfect platform for reflecting the vibrant color produced by the MultiPAR combination. Reporting from the tour, Williams commented: "The units work well and so far seem to be holding up on the road."

Powerful music and creative lighting effects left the crowds asking for more, but the band wrapped up the European portion of their 200

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UK - After a very busy and exciting first six months under 'new' management, following the management buy-out in March, Hall Stage is exhibiting at this year's PLASA Show with a whole host of new products and services on display. After picking up a Product Award at the ABTT show in June, Hall Stage has now announced its exclusive UK distribution of the ASM Band Hoists and Genesis Control systems, which have been developed in Germany under the strictest safety guidelines in operation anywhere in Europe.

Phil Wells, Hall Stage director says: "We've been looking to develop a hoist system that met all of the stringent BGV C1 control stipulations and realized ASM . . . units get around every hurdle en route and perform superbly under our required specifications. They're virtually silent, vibration free and very quick, unlike most chain hoists; they don't need cable changes, like

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UK - Italian pro audio manufacturer Outline will be at the PLASA Show with its Butterfly, also known as Outlinearray. The C.D.H. 483 Hi-Pack element (which has two patents pending, both applied for in mid-2002), is a bi-amp three-way cabinet, which uses mechanical interaction rather than DSP to achieve its goal.

It uses two forward facing 8" cone transducers and two further 8" cone drivers. These are acoustically coupled and do not require DSP. The HF section uses a compression driver with a 3" diaphragm, as a line source can only be achieved by using one high frequency driver. Connected to this is a patent-pending Double Parabola developed by Guido Noselli (DPRWG). This radical new HF configuration works as a ribbon driver but with a very high efficiency (110 dB 1w/1m). The C.D.H. 483 Hi-Pack weighs in at just 35kg, including its integral flying system. Outline c

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UK - UK distributor Fuzion plc will be showing production GEO T2815 cabinets for the first time at the PLASA Show in London, starting this Sunday, 7 September. The T2815 gives the NEXO GEO T Series Tangent Array System a fully integrated and coherent downfill capacity, rarely available from high output line array systems.

It uses passive radiators to achieve the same cardioid pattern as the GEO T4805, the other full-range high-output loudspeaker at the heart of the GEO T Series. As a consequence, the horizontal dispersion is consistent throughout the operating band (although in keeping with its nearfield application, the T2815 produces 120° H compared with the T4805's 90° H). The T2815 downfill box has been used in demanding festival and concert situations in France and the UK.

Featuring a 2" exit compression driver (HF) and two 8" long excursion neodymium cone dri

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Denmark - In order to take increased advantage of the recent agreement of co-operation between Seelite and Procon MultiMedia AG, Seelite A/S has hired Mikkel Behrend as AV project manager.

Behrend, who was formerly key account manager at ComTech Holding A/S, will begin at the company in October, and will be responsible for AV solutions for fairs and shows, presentations, events and festivals, areas where the company can now offer single source technical solutions including lighting, sound, AV and stage setting.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - PMC, manufacturer of professional monitor and audiophile speaker systems, have announced the appointment of Boxer Systems Limited, as the company's new UK sales dealer for the broadcast, film and post production sectors.

Based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, with offices in Glasgow and a newly opened Soho showroom in the heart of London's post production community, Boxer Systems specializes in the representation, distribution, and systems integration services of high quality, high performance digital products for the broadcast, film and post-production.

Rapid growth in the Boxer Systems' broadcast and video systems integration business, has led to an increasing requirement to specify suitably high-resolution monitor systems as part of the package. Group marketing and sales director Jon Phillips explains the choice of PMC: "In servicing a large part of the London based p

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UK - German loudspeaker manufacturer d&b audiotechnik has announced the introduction of the D12 Amplifier, a new electronics platform at the very heart of the company's system concept. d&b have long been champions of the 'system' approach, where integration of all the components is fundamental to providing users with flexible, efficient, predictable and reliable tools for their work.

The D12 Amplifier is a two-channel power amplifier specifically designed for use with d&b loudspeakers; digital signal processing is incorporated, as are both analogue and digital signal inputs. Digital elements are specified and constructed to achieve audio performance meeting, or exceeding, that of analogue devices. Loudspeaker specific controller functions for the d&brange are implemented within the DSP, and both channels have independent user definable four band parametric equalizers and signal

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UK - As in the year 2002 VXCO Lighting Systems Switzerland again has an own stand at PLASA in London. The company will present news around the DMXCreator computer lighting controller. The newest interface in the product range, the DMXCreator 512 Basic, will be the highlighted product. This product also is nominated for the PLASA award for product excellence.

The combination of the DMXCreator software and the three DMX512-interfaces results in one of the most powerful PC lighting controller on the market, say VXCO. Running on Wiondows, the DMXCreator software is packed with features usually reserved for large and expensive lighting consoles. Features include 3D Visual Emulator, Effects Generator, Track-effects Editor, 16 multi sequences, MIDI control, Position-Memory, scene crossfade control, DMX512 input recording, physical master. Each DMX controllable device has its own custom

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UK - Now that Blur has played a final encore in a field in the north of England, it is possible to look back on the remarkable first season for Nexo's GEO T Tangent Array System, which, within its first six months of production, has played its part in front of over 700,000 music fans in Europe alone.

This is an impressive debut for a new stadium sound system and a reflection of the confidence of 'early adopters' like SSE Hire (UK), Melpommen (France), DPA SoundCo (Denmark) and Show Company (Singapore) that they have put GEO T directly into high-profile live situations such as the Glastonbury Festival.

In the UK, the season of large summer festivals has been dominated by SSE Hire and the GEO T system. Over two consecutive weekends in August, the SSE team services four music events, the Virgin-sponsored V2003 held in Weston Park (north England) and Chelmsford (south-east England

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USA - Color Kinetics Inc (CKI) has announced two additions to its patent portfolio, which now comprises 19 issued US and international patents, with more than 100 patent filings in process. The new patents cover innovative methods of controlling LED sources for entertainment and aesthetic purposes, say the company.

US patent number 6,577,080 is a utility patent called 'Lighting Entertainment System' that covers many entertainment and educational applications of Color Kinetics' core technology. The patent covers the use of lighting tracks encoded into any media, including video, radio, CD, broadcasting and networks, as well as the decoding from that media to provide illumination control. For example, a home theatre system might integrate LED-based lights to generate customized effects that correspond with movies or music.

US patent number 6,608,453 is a utility patent called 'M

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