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The Netherlands - - ELC Lighting will launch two new products and one significant upgrade at the forthcoming SIB (Rimini, Italy 13-16 March) and ProLight&Sound (Frankfurt, Germany 31 March - 3 April) exhibitions. dmXLAN Node 1 is an ethernet node allowing the conversion to ethernet (ArtNet protocol) of one DMX universe, input or output.

For fixed installations, such as theatres or conference centres, the cabinet will be mounted on the wall, with the display in front and the DMX connector beneath, avoiding connectors and cables getting in the way. The ethernet is connected internally through hardwire connection. In the truss-mount version, an Ethercon connector from Neutrik is placed beside the DMX socket. The cabinet is fitted with a built-in M10 nut on the bottom for a truss

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UK - Lightfactor Sales hosted a series of Product Awareness days last week, aiming to highlight the diversity of the company's product portfolio. The product range on show included quality brands such as SGM (moving lights and lighting consoles), LightProcessor (touring and installation dimmers and compact lighting desks), LDR (theatrical lanterns) and Apogee Sound (touring and installation speaker enclosures), plus other distributed lines such as LED lighting products from Xilver, James Thomas, Osram, Color Kinetics and Pulsar. One of the featured DJ products was the new XP10 MP3 player from EKS Finland, while the latest brand now offered by Lightfactor is the Swiss-made VXCO DMXCreator PC-based range of lighting controllers.

The product awareness days attracted people working in all areas of the professional lighting, sound, production, presentation, leisure and entertainment

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UK - Nestling off the West Coast of Scotland is tiny Easdale Island, home to a thriving community of around 50 people. Recently, the Easdale Island Trust, a charitable organization run by the Island's residents, completed a major refurbishment of their community hall which had been roofless for some time following a storm.

Following a report produced by Mick Andrew, production manager of Mull Theatre, and with the aid of a Community Fund Lottery Grant, work began on the refurbishment, with Edinburgh based lighting equipment specialists, Black Light Ltd, called in to advise on lighting for the hall.

Having seen the proposed re-construction, Black Light's Paul McGreal decided that a mixture of Selecon lights would be 'spot on' for the job. He explains: "We drove the van with the equipment as far as Seil Island, near Oban, from where we could see Easdale Island some 400m aw

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USA - Stanton Magnetics has announced that Pablo La Rosa has joined the company as marketing manager. La Rosa brings more than a decade of marketing experience to Stanton, and will report to Henri Cohen, director of worldwide sales and marketing. "We're very excited about having Pablo here at Stanton," says Cohen. "His unique skill set, which includes five years of MI marketing experience, an MBA degree, and a background as a DJ/producer, is not something you see very often. Pablo will be an integral part of Stanton's new management team."

Pablo La Rosa comes to Stanton after five years at Roland Corporation, where he held the position of marketing writer and editor of the Roland Users Group magazine, one of the largest music industry publications. At Roland, La Rosa also created content for Roland's websites, wrote advertising copy and product literature, an

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UK - For the last 17 years, the Square in Harlow has taught its young musicians the gospel of rock 'n' roll according to ElectroVoice. The Square is funded by Essex County Council's Youth Service to provide musical education for young people between the ages of 13-19, and to host live music events. Three nights a week, up-and-coming local acts play live at the Square, as well as touring acts from further afield. This year, the leading rock school in Essex has bought a new front-of-house system for its 300+ capacity live venue - an Rx system from EV.

Technical team leader Dan Moriarty, who installed the Square's new EV Rx system, purchased from the Wembley PA Centre, says: "We've got Rx 112/75s left and right of the stage, and another pair in a centre cluster, supported by MTL1X subs on either side. The system is run by ElectroVoice DX38 processing. Intelligibility used to

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China - IIR Exhibitions has confirmed the dates for CALM Expo 2004 as 30 May - 2 June 2004. These dates, say IIR, are chosen as this is the only period where all the halls at CIEC (China International Exhibition Center) in Beijing are available, as the event is currently 90% booked.

Visitors to CALM Expo can look forward to a major event for professional sound, lighting, audio-visual and music technology, with special events including new product launches, buyers-sellers meet, educational conference, showcases and a DJ competition to enhance the experience.

For more information on CALM Expo 2004 please contact Adrian Lau, senior project manager, at the e-mail address below, or visit the CALM website.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Allen & Heath will be the exclusive DJ mixer supplier for this year's annual Ultra Music Festival USA in Miami. Xone:V6, Xone:92, Xone:62 and Xone:02 models will be in use on all 11 stages at the event. Now in its sixth year, the 14-hour long, non-stop Ultrafest, is the premier event on the US dance calendar and will once again be held at Miami's 32-acre Bayfront Park during the annual Winter Music Conference, on Saturday 6 March 2004.

Allen & Heath will also be co-sponsoring the VIP Ultrabeach Arena with the Hard Rock Café. The stage will feature top DJs spinning day and night, including Andy Rigby-Jones, the designer of Allen & Heath's Xone products. Rigby-Jones is an established DJ with over 20 years' experience. The VIP Ultrabeach Arena will also serve as a preview of the Ultrabeach Party planned for summer 2004 in Miami. The PA system will be supplied by the UK's ren

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UK - Following the successful launch of its E Series lightweight, switchmode amplifiers at last year's show, MC2 Audio will use the ProLight&Sound 2004 exhibition in Frankfurt for the debut of its long awaited E45 (2000+W/channel into 4 ohms). The first two models, E25 (1250W/channel into 4 ohms) and E15 (750W/channel into 4 ohms) are now in full production, and the company says demand is high, with buoyant sales around the world.

Designed specifically for the touring market, the E Series has all the sonic qualities and reliability of the company's MC and T Series amplifiers, without the physical weight, and will bring the well-renowned MC2 sound quality and reliability to an even wider range of users.

MC2 Audio can be found in Hall 8.0, on stand F26.

(Lee Baldock)

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- The EASE acoustic simulation program, distributed world-wide by Renkus-Heinz, contains a massive amount of detailed technical data for every loudspeaker in its database. This data, which is used by the program to create accurate EASE simulations, has previously only been available to purchasers of the program. Now, the Renkus-Heinz Loudspeaker Data Reader gives everyone access to detailed loudspeaker data on line - even non-owners of the EASE program.

The R-H Loudspeaker Data Reader accesses the EASE database and displays a large number of important speaker parameters graphically in detail. A pop-up window also provides access to necessary information like dimensional data in the form of 2D PDF and 2D/3D AutoCad drawings, architects' and engineers'' specs, PDF data sheets, and high-resolution product photos. The Loudspeaker Data Reader can be accessed at the website below.

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Australia - Exhibitions and Trade Fairs Pty Ltd (ETF) has announced that it has acquired the Entech trade show from the founder of the event and publisher of CX Magazine, Julius Grafton. Ben Ashton, CEO of ETF, said: "We are excited to be bringing on board the premier trade event for the entertainment technology industry. ETF has the capacity to add real value for Entech exhibitors and visitors through our depth of experience in organizing trade shows and the backing of the PBL media group, whose interests include broadcasting, media and entertainment."

Julius Grafton, CEO of Juliusmedia, said: "I am delighted that Entech is now owned by one of the leading trade show organizers in Australia - ETF. I am further excited that Australia's most prominent and successful media company has backed the acquisition. The decision to sell arose following an approach by ETF, wi

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UK - Telex has introduced the new A2, B4 and C6 frequency combinations to expand the performance range of the BTR-800 system, with a range of new combination options. Telex's BTR-800 dual-channel UHF wireless intercom system was specially designed for applications in TV and radio broadcasting, theatres and musicals as well as high-end rental companies.

The updates of the BTR-800 are CE-approved, meaning that their use is authorized in most European countries. The BTR-800 employs a fully UHF-supported synthesizer technology as well as the ClearScan function, which automatically selects the frequency set with the highest transmission and reception quality, and is equally suitable for stage announcements, wireless talk-arounds (where the audio signal of the transmitting wireless user is only received by participants of the same wireless group), TV broadcasting and high-end rental a

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UK - Several thousand fans assembled in London's Trafalgar Square to catch a glimpse of pop stars Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Pink at the premiere of the new Pepsi advertisement - via a giant screen provided by imag specialist Creative Technology. The event marked the launch of the consumer brand's new multi-million TV and cinema campaign, held at the adjacent National Gallery near to the famous London Landmark.

Out of the Blue Production & Management Ltd, the overall event production company, contracted CT to provide the audio-visual and lighting equipment. Having provided the big screen reinforcement in the Square in September for nearly 14,000 fans - who witnessed a free concert lined up by Mayor Ken Livingstone and Visit London - CT returned this time as one of the contractors, providing a full lighting rig in addition to video services.

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UK - Professional audio manufacturer Audient has recently strengthened its Board of Directors by inviting Luke Baldry to join as sales and marketing director. Baldry has an extensive knowledge of the music industry stemming from his work in the early 90s with notable Hendrix sampler band, Beautiful People. Following success with this band, he went on to run his own lucrative studio as a recording engineer/producer, further strengthening his understanding of the industry.

He ventured into the sales side of the business in 2000 working for Apogee Electronics as European sales manager, and joined Expotus in May 2001. He has held the position of director of sales and marketing for the Audient and LA Audio brands since the group's merger in the summer of 2003. Baldry says of his new position: "I am delighted to join the board and am confident that this new position will allow me

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France - The organizers of the SIEL exhibition, which took place in Paris at the beginning of this month, have claimed a 10% increase in attendance over last year's event, with a record 25,893 visitors attending over the four days.

By moving into the brand new Hall 5 at Paris expo, SIEL effectively created two distinct shows this year, with the ground floor hosting the World of Night and Music, and the first floor the World of Live Entertainment and Events, including pro audio and lighting. "Thanks to this increasingly specialized division into sectors, with each world offering trade professionals the supply of products and services appropriate to them, SIEL 2004 managed to arouse the interest of many new SIEL visitors, attending for the first time," say the organizers.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Since its debut on Broadway in the summer of 2002, Hairspray, the lively Tony Award-winning musical, has been packing audiences in at the Neil Simon Theatre. Capitalizing on its success, a duplicate of the smash hit began touring major cities across the US last year, appropriately starting with Baltimore, the setting for the story.

Like the Broadway production, sound design for the tour was provided by Steve Kennedy, well known for his previous work on The Producers, The Lion King, Rent, Aida and Tommy. Upon the recommendation of fellow sound designers John Shivers and Andrew Keister, Kennedy chose to specify 10 L-Acoustics dV-DOSC loudspeakers to deliver intelligible coverage to the often 'acoustically-challenged' balcony seating areas of host venues out on the road. Sound Associates of Yonkers, New York provided the sale of the dV-DOSCs, as well as a

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Germany - Electro-Voice has introduced the new SxA360 compact powered sound reinforcement loudspeaker. Building on the renowned Sx300 passive loudspeaker, the EV SxA360 sets a new standard for powered loudspeakers. The SxA360 design provides the user a simple-to-use system with plenty of power in a very compact package, and at only 36lbs, is the most lightweight powered 12" loudspeaker on the market, claim EV.

The SxA360 is a full-range loudspeaker ideal for most applications requiring high-quality sound. The SxA360 offers a unique combination of high SPL, natural frequency response, and dynamic headroom in an extremely lightweight package. Its linear response provides excellent feedback-free sound without additional equalization. Built-in suspension points and pole mount make it easy to position for your application without expensive accessories.

The high-frequency secti

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UK - Carlsbro re-issue the '50 Top', an all-valve, point to point, hand-wired, British made valve guitar amplifier. Fondly remembered as the workhorse of gigging musicians in the 70s, this simple, single-channel valve head is being re-issued exactly as it was 30 years ago.

Featuring original 1970s specification with military specification hand-wiring, chassis-mounted porcelain valve bases and a heavy gauge welded steel chassis, the amp is supplied in the original black vinyl with yellow panel cosmetics. Following a surge of initial orders, stock will be available in April.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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Austria - Timed to coincide with the 250th birthday of Salzburg's most famous son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the present Kleines Festspielhaus is to be refurbished and modernized, transforming it into the 'House for Mozart'. The task of modernizing the lighting systems has been entrusted to Holzkirchen-based transtechnik Lichtsysteme.

The Kleines Festspielhaus was opened in 1925 but proved to be too small for the city of Mozart. In 1960, therefore, the much larger Großes Festspielhaus was opened. Its 100m wide stage (including side stages) and space for a 2,173-strong audience makes this one of the largest stages in the world.

Alongside traditional lighting control elements, Salzburg decided to upgrade the stage lighting itself, and the venue has become the first European theatre to order the automated Source Four Revolution luminaires from ETC. The regional head of general c

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UK - Quested Monitoring Systems has appointed Sonic8 as its UK distributor. Ian McCarthy approached Stephen Helm, managing director of Sonic8 not long after the acquisition of Quested by himself and co-director Terry Clarke. Following final negotiations, the appointment of Sonic8 was formally announced at Sounds Expo last week.

Sonic8 was set up in March 2003 by Stephen Helm and Greg Cato and is based in Leeds. The company now has a team of highly motivated product specialists covering the UK for sales and customer support. Over the past year, Sonic8 has been appointed as UK distributor by a number of manufacturers, including ART, an American company, which provides solutions for the home recording and studio markets and the innovative Scottish signal processing company, CLM Dynamics. Quested, with its well established reputation for uncompromising sonic accuracy, will fit well

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USA - In the wake of the recent NAMM launch of the new 8-bus Midas Verona, among the very first US recipients were the United Nations building in New York City and the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota. Herbie Hancock played a World Peace benefit concert at the UN, and an emotionally charged series of Children of Uganda productions at the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul also put the Verona through its paces. Children of Uganda is an acclaimed dance troupe of 20 Ugandan children aged 8-18 orphaned by HIV/AIDS. The troupe has toured the US biennially since 1994 with the aim of supporting the 1.7 million Ugandan children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS while maintaining global awareness of the disease and its devastating impact on children.

Children of Uganda FOH engineer and Kampala, Uganda-based Emmy Studios managing director Luswata Emmanuel remarked: "The Midas Ve

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France - Barco hosted its annual European rental partner meeting at the Euro Disney resort in France last week. Barco's annual three-day European rental partner meeting, which brings together the company's rental partners for its annual strategy presentation and new product introductions, was attended by 120 key commercial and technical representatives from 60 rental and staging companies throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

This year's agenda included strategy and product line presentations, as well as hands-on workshops on some of the latest Barco products, including the revolutionary MiPIX LED block, the ViewScape, Barco's Events Controller and Solaris LC40. With Barco's recent acquisition of Sacramento-based Folsom Research, this year's agenda also presented Barco's rental partners with the opportunity to get hands-on demonstrations of the Folsom ImagePRO and Scree

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