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Denmark - Martin Professional's new CX-10 colour changer breaks new ground in output, decoration and versatility, according to the manufacturer. Featuring a motorized colour and effect wheel, the CX-10 is, say Martin, based on feedback from customers demanding an innovative total effects solution useful not only for dance floor effects but also total club ambience.

The CX-10's highly-efficient optical system uses with a 250W MSD/2 lamp, which combines with a glass reflector and lens system for extreme output. A 22° standard lens and 15° and 32° optional spread angles, as well as soft or hard-edge beam options, allows for highly versatile projection options.

The wide range of effect possibilities originates from 12 interchangeable colours and a double-sided effect wheel with 2

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Austria - With apologies to REM for paraphrasing their song title, but when your playing to an audience sat beneath half a hectare of glass surely wavelength should be a consideration? It might be more traditional for Sopranos to break glass, but violins have no trouble reaching those critical frequencies, and they were to be amplified. OK, so we exaggerate the potential, but when Karlheinz Stockhausen presents a new piece we know conventions will be broken, so it's as well to check anything else that might break.

The occasion was part of this year's Salzburg Festival, a performance of 'Helicopter String Quartet' by the renowned Stadler Quartet. Each of the four sting players performed from within an airborne Black Hawk helicopter (courtesy of the Austrian Army), while the audience sat in the all-glass Hangar 7, the new home to the Flying Bulls aerobatics team. This was notgoing

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Australia - Genelec has been up to something fishy in Sydney's Darling Harbour - the Finnish active monitoring specialist is providing the sound for the popular Disney/Pixar Finding Nemo exhibition at the Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour. The aquarium is one of the city's tourist hotspots and welcomes more than a million visitors each year.

The installation was carried out by local company, Switched On Living, which specializes in home automation systems. A Genelec system comprising 1030 and 1032 units with a 7070A subwoofer was chosen for its ability to perform equally well at low and high levels in a difficult acoustic environment.

Switched on Living's managing director, David Beauchamp, comments: "There are lots of hard surfaces and the venue is very large, and we knew that Genelec could be relied on to meet the challenge."

(Lee Baldock)

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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 - Enttec has announced the release of its new DMX over Ethernet product, the DMXEthergate MK2, the latest evolution of the original DMXEthergate, which the company launched four years ago. The MK2 incorporates many new features requested by users of the DMXEthergate, including two DMX ports and the ability to work as input or output node (to help preserve the user's investment). In addition, the unit is RDM ready and supports both Enttec and ArtNet protocols. A built-in web page allows for quick configuration using any web browser.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - ShowCAD Artist has recently been installed in the latest superclub to open in the UK. Mercy nightclub in East Anglia, owned by Peris Leisure, is situated in the centre of Norwich and has a capacity of over 2,000. Lighting installer Richard Jarvis of Creative Laser Services, based in Tiptree, Essex, fitted the Artist system to control a wide range of effects lighting, including seven Coemar Ispot 575 moving heads, 10 Martin Mx10 scans, six Martin Wizards and four Atomic strobes.

The ubiquitous colour changing was supplied in the form of eight fixtures, each featuring eight Optopod 30 LED Par 36-tyle lamps, making a total of 64 colour changing heads surrounding the dancefloor. By utilizing all of Artist's built-in effect generators, powerful scenes were quickly put together which would have taken significantly longer with many other desks.

Norwich also saw the first UK inst

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USA - VLPS has announced the return of one of the industry's brightest fixtures to its staff, with the news that Lee Magadini, a 25-year veteran of the lighting industry, will be handling account executive duties from the company's New York office.

Magadini began her career on the West Coast, and after moving to New York in 1985, she continued to work within the ever-evolving lighting industry - including five years as the general manager of VLPS New York office in the mid-90s. "I am very excited about returning to VLPS," Magadini says. "When Rusty Brutsché, chairman and CEO of VLPS, gave me a preview of the company's growth plans and the future products currently in development, I was eager to be involved."

Magadini's experience and reputation has made her a welcome and familiar face within the lighting community, especially in the New York area. Her prim

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USA - Using the same design principles as the already successful ZR 24/7 Hazer from Jem, the Martin Magnum Hazer is a true club hazer giving light shows refraction with ease. The Magnum Hazer incorporates some of the most complex technology behind a simple interface, making it one of the most effective, mid-sized haze solutions available today, say Martin.

With DMX as standard (optional digital remote available soon), the Magnum Hazer comes with an elementary analogue control panel. It also features new technology in the digital calibration of its electronic system - leaving technical adjustments to its on-board software. To ensure an even haze dispersal every time and in any environment, the Magnum Hazer uses a VGA system (variable geometry airflow), adjusting the airflow inclination between 0° and 60°. An Auto-fan mode also adjusts the radial fan's output to achieve a consis

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UK / International - Digital projection specialist Scene Change has appointed seven new international dealers for its acclaimed Hippotizer digital media server range, following the attention the product attracted at this year's PLASA Show. The new dealers are Stonex (Spain), Wide Angle (Lebanon & UAE), Clearlight Shows (Australia), TMB (UK), TMB (US), Technical Supply (Japan) and Halo Lighting (UK).

All will be offering Hippotizer in all of its versions: Hippotizer Lite (media playback and effects with keyboard control), Hippotizer Pro (playback and effects controlled by a touchscreen), Hippotizer DMX Club (DMX controlled playback emulating an automated light) and Hippotizer DMX Stage (full control of media playback and effects using DMX).

Halo Lighting in the UK has added the Hippotizer range to its hire and sales stocks, and will be offering Hippotizer Pro, Hippotizer DMX Cl

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Dubai - Dubai-based superstar-of-the-turntables 'Cowboy' is generating more heat in the run-up to the biggest DJ showdown the Middle East has seen - and he's not even competing. Reigning champion Cowboy, who hails from Lebanon, has agreed to sit on the judging panel at the forthcoming PALME 2004 DJ of the Year Competition in Dubai. The DJ promises tough times for contestants, at this stage likely to number more than 200 from all over the world. It was revealed this week that prizes will be worth $40,000 and organizers are spending $100,000 staging the event..

The DJ contest runs in conjunction with the massive PALME expo, the region's first professional sound, light, audio-visual and systems integration exhibition. It was held for the first time earlier this year and organizers say the coming expo, to be held 17-19 February 2004 at Dubai International Exhibition Centre, will be

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Australia - Intended for the Installation and AV markets the new MM 1 from ARX is a two-way speaker that provides surprising sound quality from its compact package. Under its contoured steel mesh front lies an ARX Pro Series 8" (205 mm) low frequency driver, and a powerful 1"(25mm) mid/high compression driver. This is coupled to a 80' x 60' flat front radial horn flare, providing the MM1 with superb clarity and articulation.

The MM 1's specifications include an impedance of 8 Ohms, a rated frequency response of 60Hz-20kHz +-5 dB, recommended minimum amplifier power of 125W RMS, Sensitivity of 1W at 1m of 92dB and a Maximum SPL at 1m of 123dB. The MM1 features 2 Speakon Connectors as standard, weighs in at only 10kg and has maximum dimensions of 460mm (H) x 280mm (W) x 330mm (D). The units are fitted with captive T nuts to fit Omnimount Series 75 wall brackets and a rec

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Canary Islands - In the city of Puerto del Rosario on the island of Fuerteventura, one of Spain's most 'Latin' rock bands, Café Quijano, was in concert during the island's regional festivities. Once again, rental company Audio Luz, located in the city of Gran Tarajal, was responsible for providing the sound reinforcement and stage monitoring systems.

24 ST-112 mid/high units were flown (12 per side) and 16 ground-stacked ST-218 low frequency units made up the main PA. Six ST-1800 systems (ST-112 and ST-218) were used to provide front-fill for the first few rows. All the systems were powered using QSC amplifiers. Audio Luz says of the ST-1800 systems: " They provide us with high sound pressure levels and absolute reliability. What we like best is that we don't have worry too much because we know they perform well."

Stage monitoring was handled by 14 D.A.S. passive tw

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Germany - Dynacord has extended its family of high quality power amplifiers with the addition of three new members: the CL 1600, CL 1200 and CL 800. The new Compact Linear Precision power amplifier range combines audio performance with a high degree of reliability and operational safety, say Dynacord. As well as providing an improved specification, Dynacord has reduced the weight of the amplifiers, so that the CL 1600, CL 1200 and CL 800 weigh in at 16kg, 15kg and 13.5kg respectively.

The use of an optimized power supply with low-emission toroidal transformers and Class H technology has made it possible to attain a large amount of headroom over and above the rated power, whilst at the same time reducing both the weight and the power loss of the amplifiers, according to the manufacturer. CL series amplifiers are protected against overheating, overloading and short-circuits as wel

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UK - Coca-Cola Great Britain has been flying high in London's Piccadilly Circus for almost 50 years, but the company recently brought its brands to life in a new way with Lighthouse's new LVP1650 LED screen. Measuring 32m wide by 6.6m high at its highest point, the screen comprises 88 standard LVP1650 panels, along with approximately 170 bespoke LVP1650 panels to allow for the curvature of the screen and front access for maintenance.

Coca-Cola used a hand-picked team of British designers and technical experts, who spent over a year working to create one of the biggest and most intelligent signs of its kind and allows The Coca-Cola Company to deliver cutting-edge entertainment to transform the face of the world's most famous billboard. Lighthouse's Simon Taylor explains the strict brief: "There could only be a gap of a 1mm (maximum) between panels ensuring it was completely

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Italy - RCF, A Loud Technologies Inc (formerly Mackie Designs) brand, has announced the launch of the first RCF-branded website for the worldwide commercial and industrial sound market. The first version of the new web site is an Italian language version, and an English language version will come online later this month.

The launch of the new RCF site is the latest step in the company's plan, announced during the PLASA Show in September, to re-focus RCF as Loud Technologies' worldwide commercial and industrial sound brand. As part of this transition, commercial sound products currently branded as Mackie Industrial will be re-badged as RCF.

"RCF has a rich 50-year history in Europe as a premier commercial sound provider -especially in Italy. For this reason, we launched the Italian site first, followed closely by the English version," said Dave Raneses, commercial aud

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Europe - Legendary rockers Deep Purple are using 14 of Robe's new ColorSpot 1200 AT moving head fixtures on their Bananas world tour, currently in Europe.

Lighting designer is UK-based Louis Ball, who lit the band initially from 1984 to 1987, and then continuously since the mid-1990s. Ball's own high profile career started at 18, with the Alex Harvey Band in the late 1970s. Since then he's lit some of the best-known names in rock 'n' roll, including Judas Priest, Ozzie Osborne, Slayer, Anthrax, Wishbone Ash, Climie Fisher and a host of other diverse artists including Wet Wet Wet and French superstar Johnny Halliday.

Ball was first introduced to the Robe ColorSpot 1200s by Robe's German distributor, L.M.P. who supplied the gear to the German rental hire company, T.D.A. Ball was then contacted by Randy Wade of Robe America - the two having worked on many of the same shows and pr

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UK - A new memorial honouring Australia's contribution to both World Wars was unveiled in London on Armistice Day, 11 November, 85 years after the idea originated at the end of World War One. In a ceremony attended by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Australian Prime Minister John Howard and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, crowds gathered at Hyde Park to watch the ceremony which included a live video screen set up in Green Park to deal with the overflow. The memorial honours the 102,000 Australians who died in the two world wars and the million or so who fought. A two-minutes silence was observed at 11am, followed by an RAAF fly past.

Fourth Phase London, working for Unusual Services, was chosen to provide the lighting for the historic event. Due to the nature of the event (staged virtually on a traffic island), a lighting rig would have compromised sightlines, so Fourth Pha

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UK - Age-Sex-Location, Marcus Markou's darkly comic play set in cyberspace, will be staged at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, prior to transferring to the West End. Producers Titus Media recently announced that Age-Sex-Location will be staged at the Riverside Studios from 9-28 February, 2004, prior to transferring to the West End - in a theatre will be confirmed nearer the time.

Age-Sex-Location sees internet and virtual reality come alive on stage in a play that for the first time fully realizes the potential of integrating theatre and technology. The production combines, writer Marcus Markou's, entertaining, ingenious and dramatic script with Sven Ortel's state-of-the-art video projection and lighting design, under the direction of award-winning young director Pip Pickering.

Age-Sex-Location has video projection and lighting design by Sven Or

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USA - The new SP12 stage monitor from Mach is a low profile stage monitor. Utilized in stage applications during the product development process this past summer, the SP12 achieved excellent feedback from professional performers. Featuring high SPL and power handling, the SP12 provides high gain before feedback with minimum EQ requirements. A narrow dispersion patent gives ideal vocal performance and a specially designed enclosure provides for a powerfully clean bass performance.

The SP12 is equipped with dual 12" woofers and features a very flat frequency response. The compression driver features a 2" throat and has an output of no less than 138 dB. The symmetrically designed cabinet is durable and is coated with Mach SafeCoat, a strong scratch resistant, UV stable and weatherproof polyurethane surface. The SP 12 is equally suitable for TV and theatre environments.

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Germany - Steglitzer Kreisel is the tallest office building in the district of Berlin. At a height of 119m, it has incited strong public reaction ever since it was built. The 1970 town plan of Stegliz included a road round the building, which was under construction at the time. Even though this road was never built, the name Kreisel (circle) remained.

The road now runs under this skyscraper, which architect and building constructor Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach originally planned as a shopping centre. Construction began in 1969 and ended in 1980. The building contains more than 700 rooms, including the city council offices, the area's largest hotel, a bank and a number of restaurants and offices. The bus station and a car park take up the underground floors.

Hans-Peter-Stoerl Architects were commissioned to refurbish the area in 2001. Their design included lighting of waterfalls us

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Switzerland / UK - Swiss company VXCO, maker of the DMXCreator PC lighting control system, has announced the appointment of Lightfactor Sales Ltd as its distributor for the UK and Republic of Ireland. VXCO's export manager Oleg Kaufmann says: "Thanks to their versatility and experience in several sectors, Lightfactor are well positioned to distribute our products across the many markets our range is suitable for."

Lightfactor's Mick Hannaford commented: "We believe that in VXCO we have found another bright young company capable of providing new and innovative products into a fast moving market. Their first products have already established them as serious professionals: we are very happy to be their commercial partner in the UK."

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Entec supplied lighting equipment to production company Indigo for the 2003 National TV Awards at the Royal Albert Hall. This is the ninth year running the company has serviced the high profile event, which is presented by Trevor MacDonald and broadcast live on ITV1. Lighting designer/director was Brian Pearce; the set was designed by Richard Plumb and the director was Russell Norman.

James Thomas's Pixelline fixtures were used as ground cyc up-lighters for the main screens at the rear of the set. The screens were made from twin white cyc material, with a silver lattice trussing effect fixed to the front. The idea was that these were lit with plain washes of colour in keeping with the lighting aesthetic of the show, which was understated and non-glitzy.

Pearce, who has used Pixelline in different ways on a variety of shows, commented: "They are a lovely lamp."

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