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UK - Entec Sound & Light supplied a full lighting and sound production package for "East Meets West" 2004. The event was a variety show extravaganza staged at the Carling Apollo Hammersmith, and performed by students from Imperial College Indian Society.

The show featured dance and music - from rap to classical Indian - plus various fusions and theatrical performance. Lighting designer Andrew Keighley, an Entec regular, lit the event for the second year running, and with no stage set apart from some basic props, the visual impact was all down to the application of lights.

He chose a series of simplistic, bold and colourful looks that were ideal for mixing and matching for quick and effective improvisational techniques. There was no time for a full rehearsal or run thou

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UK - The new Roll Storage Cart from British Harlequin is designed to ease the problems of safe storage and easy handling of rolls of vinyl flooring for dance and performance spaces. With Harlequin's popular dance flooring widely used for temporary applications, where the floor is rolled out to provide a suitable performance surface, then stored away or transported to a new venue, the new Roll Storage Cart will both speed up the process and provide a compact and safe storage facility.

The newly designed cart holds up to 10 rolls of Harlequin Studio flooring each 1.5m long and carts have already supplied to The Oslo National College of Arts and to Tanztendenz, a choreographic centre in Munich. Elsewhere, three larger Storage Carts, each suitable for storing 2m long Harlequin Cascade rolls, have been delivered to the Centre National de la Danse in Pantin, Paris.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - L&SI recently received a statement from The Roadcrew Providential Syndicate which held its first meeting on Saturday 3 January at the Point 101 Club. The meeting resolved to set up a permanent organization, as part of the GMB trade union, to achieve representation for those involved in the production of live entertainment and other events. The RPS has invited any individuals who work in the following areas to join them, regardless of employment status: backline crew, local crew, bus drivers, truck drivers, tour managers, merchandise staff, catering crew, sound crew, lighting crew, AV crew, riggers, set builders, barrier crew, wardrobe, close tour security and other crew who are part of the industry.

Because of the nature of these particular jobs, individuals are often excluded from access to High Street financial services. By joining the Roadcrew Providential Syndicate, mem

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UK / Germany - Baldwin Boxall Communications will be displaying its latest Voice Alarm (VA) products at Firex South, Sandown Park, and also at ProLight & Sound, Frankfurt. Products on display will include the new BV050Q Quad 50W VA amplifier, which completes Baldwin Boxall's Class D range. Other amplifiers in the D Class range include the 440W, the 220W and the dual 120W modules, along with a Switch Mode Power supply. Also on show will be the Quad 50W amplifier, offering considerable saving in rackspace and suitable for use where low wattage zones are required.

The amplifiers are greater than 80% efficient (compared to typical 'AB Class' amplifiers of 60%), drawing less current and, therefore, reducing unwanted heat. One of the additional benefits of the new Class D amplifiers is that smaller batteries are required for standby power. The Switch Mode Power Supply offers greater e

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UK - When the English and Wales Court Service made plans to add sound reinforcement to nineteen of the courtrooms at Snaresbrook Crown Court in the London suburb of Essex, they called upon Digital Multimedia Recording Ltd (DMR), who had been providing them with digital audio recording systems for other courthouses in the region. DMR, in turn, approached Birmingham-based LMC Audio to work with them on the installation.

Originally a Victorian orphanage, the building was later converted into fourteen courtrooms, with a modern annex adding another six. "Consequently, the acoustics in the rooms are awful," relates Simon Neller, the Court Service's project manager. "There's always been a major problem for jurors in hearing soft-spoken witnesses." He noted that, in many cases, asking vulnerable witnesses to speak louder or repeat sometimes distressing testimony tend

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UK - Liverpool-based Adlib Audio has supplied 26 of their AA installation series speakers to Kick Sales, for the new Supper Club at Blundell Street. The opening of the new room is phase two of the venue's development. The first room opened two years ago, also with a sound system designed and supplied by Kick Sales. The venue is one of the social hubs of Liverpool's lively regenerated former docklands.

Blundell Street's owners were so pleased with the first sound system that they asked Kick Sales to provide audio, projection and lighting for the Supper Club room. The brief given to Kick's Peter Jeffrey was to make the system as unobtrusive and aesthetically pleasing as possible.

The Supper club is a restaurant with live music, so it needed to have plenty of power. Jeffrey decided that the logical audio route was a distributed sound system. It is a large room with bare walls an

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UK - Network Audio, one of the UK's leading sound hire companies, signalled its commitment to growing its presence in the exhibition and events market with the launch of 'Network AV' in January 2004. Network Audio's no compromise approach to equipment specification and technical expertise has won favour with many blue chip companies and major artists alike. Previous clients have included British Airways, Carl Cox, Fat Boy Slim, Ford, Rolex, The Saudi Royal Family, Virgin Group, Vodaphone and the BBC.

Network AV provides specialist audio visual services for exhibition features, conferences and other major public events. Unique to the company's offer is its breadth of in-house expertise. Focusing on critical sound, light, video and effects production, the company provides a range of services to enhance any event feature.

Within its portfolio, Network AV offers both live and s

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UK / USA - Le Mark Group and Pro Tapes/Permacel - the world's largest manufacturers of tapes for the arts and entertainment industry, have announced an alliance which sees Le Mark Group become a Master Distributor in the UK for the Pro Tapes/Permacel range of high quality self-adhesive tapes. Pro Tapes/Permacel is the leading manufacturer of vinyl-coated tapes including Permacel 665, the world's first gaffer tape.

Le Mark has a wide range of award-winning 'tape-based' products and saw the benefits of offering the Pro Tapes/Permacel range through its own dealer network. Le Mark MD Stuart Gibbons stated: "The alliance between our two great companies is a natural and logical progression. Le Mark needed to meet customer demand for specialty products, in particular gaffer tapes with more colour options. The Pro-Gaffer range is available in 17 standard colours and four fluorescen

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France - Nexo S.A. has announced the appointment of Anthony McLean as its new marketing director, to be based in Paris, France. McLean, who is well known to the audio industry on both sides of the pond, has more than 30 years' experience as a media producer and sound engineer. With a BA in Communications (Hope College, MI) and graduate studies in journalism, McLean's career as a print journalist began in college and continued from 1984 until 1991 as Arts Critic for the Evansville (IN) Courier (Scripps-Howard) newspaper. For 12 years, beginning in 1991, McLean served as editor-in-chief of Live Sound! International magazine. His new role will take him from Kansas to Paris, where he will be responsible for the international marketing operations of one of the world's leading loudspeaker manufacturers. By basing himself in France, he will bring American market knowledge to the heart of

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UK - LCA - Lights, Camera, Action Ltd - has launched its web-shop and product guide, starting with the full range of Filmgear Lighting. New and existing customers can now access detailed information on each of the lights in the FilmGear range and buy online.

Over the coming months, the web-shop will include the full range of products represented by LCA, including Manfrotto, Avenger, Rosco, Mole Richardson, Power To Light ballasts, textiles, replacement bulbs, consumables, spare parts, accessories and second-hand lighting and cameras.

Nick Shapley, managing director said: "Today, with Internet becoming more and more part of everyone's lives, we felt we needed to cater for those living in the age of technology, by offering them the convenience to shop online. We have decided to roll out the webs-shop in stages as LCA has a portfolio of over 5,000 products so it is a mammoth

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UK - Rock band Feeder completed its 2003 tour of Europe, Japan and the US on home ground, with their final date at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, supporting the Stereophonics. Throughout the tour, Reading-based Skan PA Hire supplied a substantial sound system, including an array of XTA signal processing equipment.

Skan's PA technician, Scott Essen, was there every step of the way: "Feeder's FOH engineer, David Hills - a.k.a Magnus - had tried out the G2s and C2s at Glastonbury and thought they were great, so he spec'd them for the tour. We were using the G2 on drums as a standard gate, which Magnus found suited his style very well, and C2 for compression on general samples and keyboards. We used DP224 and DP226s for system control of the PA and monitors via AudioCore. The 226s are great - they sound good, and are easy to use. We used GQ600s on monitors as they are excep

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UK - There are numerous ways that inverted (reversed) polarity can occur causing significant deterioration of sound during a performance - and the more complex the set-up, the greater the risk that problems will arise. While the entire sound isn't lost, overall it does deteriorate. Galaxy Audio's Cricket Polarity/Continuity Test Set (CPTS) comprises a Send Pulse Generator and Receive Pulse Detector for checking the continuity and polarity of audio components spanning mixers, amps, effects and wireless mics, to speakers, patchbays and cables of up to 2,000ft in length.

A useful problem-solving aid for sound engineers, theatres and concert halls, install and PA rental companies, DJs and bands who handle their own sound, these battery-powered palm-sized units come in a moulded vinyl carrying case.

(Lee Baldock)

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Australia - ARX has added the new M Sub subwoofer to its MicroMedia Series of passive loudspeakers. The M Sub features a single ARX 15" (380mm) sub bass driver in a compact, efficient reflex ported cabinet design. With a frequency response of 45Hz-100 Hz, the M Sub is an ideal match for the ARX MicroMedia MM-1, Ambience and Climate loudspeaker ranges, say ARX, with its targetted applications including AV installations and special effects for museums, attractions and entertainment venues.

The M Sub features an impedance of 8 ohms allowing two or more M Subs to be efficiently powered from most professional power amplifiers for applications requiring maximum sub bass output. Specifications include long term power handling of 300W, a minimum suggested amplifier power of 200W @ 8 ohms, sensitivity of 98dB (1W, 1m) and a maximum SPL of 127 dB.

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UK - CIE-Group has said a fond farewell to managing director John O'Boyle, who retired on Friday 30 January, after 29 years with the company. CIE-Group, which includes commercial audio brand CIE-Audio, has built a formidable portfolio over the years under O'Boyle's direction, with exclusive UK representation for brands including Inter-M, Amina, Chiayo, Euromet, Armstrong i-ceilings, Switchcraft and Chauvet Lighting - to name but a few. O'Boyle comments: "My time with CIE-Group has been a great and varied experience, having visited over 20 countries in the course of business, met many interesting people and enjoyed some unforgettable experiences with rarely a dull moment in between. In retirement, I will be focussing on the really important things in life - golf, sunshine holidays and sleeping late(er)!"O'Boyle's responsibilities within CIE-Group will be taken over by the

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UK / Germany - At the Frankfurt MusikMesse (31 March - 3 April), Audient will display its full range of products including Aztec live performance console, the acclaimed ASP8024 recording console, ASP231 graphic equalizer and the most recent addition to the portfolio, the ASP008, which was shown for the first time at PLASA 2003.

The ASP008 is a compact, 1U rack-mount unit, featuring eight high quality variable impedance mic preamplifiers, developed from the renowned mic-pre design used in the ASP8024 recording console and the Aztec. All channels include XLR input, 48V phantom power, switchable input impedance, 25 - 250Hz hi-pass filter, phase reverse, as well as line input selection. Channels one and two also feature a -20dB attenuator and a high impedance instrument/DI input, on a jack on the front panel. LEDs provide indication of signal present and overload. A digital output o

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UK - Provoice, a division of Protec Fire Detection, based in Nelson, Lancashire, carried out the networked Voice Alarm installation at Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre. Already Britain's busiest shopping area, the visitor figures confirm Bullring's status as a European visitor attraction. The installation required the provision of voice alarm, public address, automatic messages, and background music facilities throughout the public areas of the centre.

Mission Pro DML panel loudspeakers were used by Provoice with their proprietary Loop Drive technique secure network. There are four VA racks on the system - a Master and three slave units. These are connected via a secure network loop, which carries three audio paths and a data path. In the unlikely event of a network failure, each of the four racks is capable of working stand alone for emergency pre-recorded messages and liv

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UK / India - Audio Design Services of Stockport has been selected to provide sophisticated sound equipment for the world's most advanced school, which has been functioning since December 2003. The school, which attracts more than 5,000 pupils from around the world, is not in the USA, or one of the more fashionable European cities, but is situated in the picturesque foothills of the Aravalli Hills, south of Delhi in India. More surprisingly, the school belongs to an individual - A K Goenka, a well-known businessman.

The campus is spread over 60 acres of land, and includes a five-hole trainer golf course, set in 17 acres with night play facilities. The school, which has a total of 10 buildings over a covered area of 800,000sq.ft, has two all-season indoor swimming pools that cater to all water sports including water polo, and horse riding is a special attraction. From a technology

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Italy - Italian pro audio manufacturer Outline has introduced the Micra Powered - a new, compact, self-powered loudspeaker enclosure whose features are based on the Micra Plus, an enclosure with a strong reputation for its use in TV studios and on some of Italy's top tours (including Claudio Baglioni).

The Micra Powered has a built-in (250W continuous power) digital amplifier and is fitted with two sophisticated 5" woofers and twin neodymium magnetic circuit, say Outline. A 1" compression driver handles the top end. The power available allows two additional passive (slave) units to be safely connected to the powered enclosure. Micra Powered has a universal input with adjustable sensitivity, and is able to handle various types of signals and levels, including mic or line signals. It is fitted with a limiter able to operate efficiently without causing distortion in the e

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UK - LCA - Lights, Camera, Action Ltd - has appointed Cheryl Jack to its sales team. Cheryl, who has a degree in TV stage and floor management, has taken the position of client contact at the Greenford office after an established career in the industry, most recently at Rosco in London. She comments: "After being away from the industry for a few years, I was delighted to be offered this role and am excited about the opportunity to work with a very informed and dedicated group of people. I'm also looking forward to widening my knowledge of the lighting industry."

Nick Shapley, managing director stated: "We are very pleased to welcome Cheryl to our team and with her knowledge of Rosco products believe she will be a true asset to the team."

(Lee Baldock)

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UK / USA - Scary US rocker Wednesday 13 (Murderdolls, Frankenstein Drag Queens) will be using Carlsbro amps on his Graveyard-a-Go-Go tour of the UK in March. While visiting the Carlsbro stand at the NAMM show in Los Angeles recently, Wednesday 13 was so impressed with the Carlsbro Sound that he will be using two NuTone stacks and 1 Bass Reactor stack on his UK tour, which kicks off at the Birmingham Academy on 13 March.

Carlsbro also reports that its amps are currently on tour with Swedish 'thrashed-up Synth Punk' band Surferosa, who are using Carlsbro's NuTone stack and a Bass Reactor stack on their UK tour, which began at London's Club Fandango on 3 February.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - The Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has recently purchased nine Vari*Lite VL1000 Tungsten Profiles. The units will hang inside the Elizabethan-style space as a permanent addition to the lighting rig.

Lighting supervisor Wayne Dowdeswell, who chose the VL1000 units commented: "They offer a broad appeal for us, not only as versatile specials but for more delicate moving effects. It is vital that any fixtures we hang are totally silent, as the audience sits within just a few feet of the rig in our theatre space."

The VL1000TS luminaires have already been used in a number of productions by the RSC but these are the first units they have purchased. Wayne continued: "They offer astounding value at present which was a key factor in our decision."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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