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Australia - Coemar DeSisti Australia Pty has announced the availability of the new FX range of LED fixtures designed exclusively for small clubs and DJs. The units bring all the advantages of LED technology - including low maintenance, low heat and low power consumption - to the club effects marketplace. AquaDot, the first in the range, produces the popular ripple water-type effect. The second fixture, ZagDot, produces a darting beam of light that moves constantly across a pyramid of mirrors, and features a built-in microphone for sound to light operation. Finally, MoonDot creates an RGB effect and features a built-in microphone for sound to light beam and pattern movement.

(Lee Baldock)11 March 2004

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UK - Steve Howe, legendary guitarist with YES for 30 years and also founder member of Asia with Steve Hackett of Genesis and Carl Palmer of Emerson Lake and Palmer, has chosen Outline's H.A.R.D. 212 low profile stage monitors for his dates in the UK before embarking on his European and USA tours. The monitors were supplied by Entec Sound & Light.

Outline's H.A.R.D. 212 is the lightest 2 x 12" configuration in its class. Weighing only 26kgs and standing at a less than 13" (33cms) high, it also boasts a revolutionary wave guide utilizing absorption, reflection and diffraction. The H.A.R.D. is fast becoming the on-stage sound reinforcement tool for the world's top musicians. Steve Howe joins Eric Clapton in the ever-increasing list of acclaimed performers.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - UK-based sound rental specialist AudioLease, based in East Anglia, has purchased an Adamson Y-Axis Y10 line array system. The system, supplied by Sennheiser UK, is controlled by XTA DP226 and DP224 digital loudspeaker processors and powered by Lab Gruppen 6400 amplification. It made its début on the UK leg of the Air tour.

The Y-10 is a full-range, medium-format, three-way line array featuring a single, patented Adamson mid/high drive module. The Adamson drive module has a co-axial co-entrance and a co-linear exit comprised of a high frequency sound chamber mounted within a mid frequency sound chamber. The drive module is powered by a proprietary 9" Kevlar mid and a JBL 2451 compression driver. Together, the drive module and trapezoidal cabinet design create a smooth, slightly curved, seamless wave front with no gaps between cabinets, say Adamson. Highly regarded in b

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Belgium - The open-air concert given by Sugar Daddy, Kana, Starflam and others in Charleroi on the 20th September 2003 was one of the highlights of last year's concert season in Belgium. As well as the superb line-up of artists, the great atmosphere and the audience of 40,000, the show also featured the Dynacord Cobra-4 compact line array system, which was making its first appearance on Belgian soil.

Jan Crutelle, system engineer with EVI Audio's Belgian partners Prevost, was advising the rental company Omega Production at the time and remembers: "Many of the Omega technicians simply refused to believe that so few - and such compact - enclosures really could be capable of covering an area of 100 x 80m. They soon learned differently!"

The technical tandem of Omega Production and Prevost opted to fly an approximately 6m high main system (right and left), consisting of

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Czech Republic - L-Acoustics is pleased to announce that T-Servis has recently joined the V-DOSC Network for the Czech Republic. Sales manager Radim Janousek says that T-Servis is today one of the most prominent rental companies in the Czech Republic providing over 1,500 events annually. T-Servis offers a complete range of services, from technical support for lighting and sound, to ground support, stages and roofing.

The T-Servis team was at L-Acoustics premises in January for a three-day training animated by Paul Bauman, technical support director at L-Acoustics. As T-Servis has always focused on technical support for different events, Paul Bauman was impressed by the level of technical expertise of the team.

Following the training, their dV-DOSC system was put to use on various projects, including a tour with Illustatosphere, the well-known Czech group.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Selecon's recent series of one-day technical lighting workshops were well received by industry professionals who attended them. They were hosted by technician and lighting designer Mikey Harkins, who has a wealth of experience using Selecon equipment in theatres and on tours. The workshops provided the opportunity for professional lighting designers and theatre technicians to acquire first-hand practical knowledge of the latest luminaires and accessories in Selecon's extensive product range.

Free to all theatre technicians and lighting designers, around 30 industry professionals attended each of the workshops. In total, six workshops were held in venues across the UK, from RADA in London to the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh, taking in the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, the Contact Theatre, Manchester and the Gilmore Centre at Glasgow University. &

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Spain / Germany - One of Spain's most established audio equipment manufacturers, Vieta, will make it debut as a pro audio manufacturer at the ProLight&Sound show in Frankfurt. In its 50 years, Vieta has achieved significant market share in consumer audio, in-car audio and pro audio distribution in Spain. Now the company is to launch four ranges of its own sound reinforcement products.

Based in Barcelona, the Vieta group of companies has a turnover of €50 million. Group president Francisco Márquez was the founder of Gedelson, a well-known distributor of pro audio products in Spain, including Akai, Hafler and DPA Microphones. In 1997, Gedelson was merged with Vieta, Spain's leading company in the home electronics sector, to create Vieta Audio.

Now, Vieta Pro will debut at Frankfurt with a range of loudspeakers for the professional market. The company says it will launch its pr

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UK - David Faulkes and Graham Gosden of MilTec (UK) Ltd are pleased to announce that Jose Maturana of Beyma has appointed MilTec (UK) Ltd as there new distributor for the UK and Ireland. Beyma's Jose Maturana said: "We are please to have appointed MilTec as our new distribution company, MilTec has a lot of experience with audio products, and come highly recommend by Ecler. We now they will be able to offer an excellent service for sales, spare's back-up and with a range of new products it looks like a bright future for both companies."

(Lee Baldock)

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Italy / Germany - Just three months since the acquisition, RCF Spa has introduced eight new Art Series compact speaker systems, which will b shown at the ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (31 March - 3 April). The new 'ART II ' range is a combination of both active and passive speaker technologies, making it one of the most flexible ranges of speaker systems, equally at home in live/MI applications as well as in audio-visual and fixed installation markets.

Since RCF launched the original ART Line in 1996, the products have seen success in both the MI and fixed installation markets. But, say RCF, after listening to their global customer base it became clear that different cosmetic and hardware facilities were needed to satisfy both market sectors. The company's R&D listened to these comments and have answered the majority of the requests with ART II - the major features bein

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UK - Broadcast and integration specialists, Feltech Electronics, have devised an ingenious rear projection solution in two newly-fitted studios for ITN, based around custom-designed mirror rigs from Paradigm Audio Visual. Feltech has a long association with ITN: project manager Luke Marler-Hausen, installed a big screen display for the ITV Evening News schedules several years ago, while Feltech MD Peter Fell is also a former ITN man.

Thus the station felt comfortable in asking the Hertfordshire-based resource to devise and project manage a rear-projected display wall solution for their newly revamped ITV News main studios at their London HQ. While on site, the company was also tasked with providing a similar infrastructure for the London Tonight studio.

"We realised that the limited space behind the four large displays also had to incorporate walkways for fire exits,&quo

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UK - When the hit musical Jerry Springer: The Opera transferred to the West End, it marked another first for the close working relationship between The Moving Light Company and Vari-Lite (now a division of the Genlyte Thomas Group) - the West End debut of Vari-Lite's new VL3000 range.

In re-designing the show for the Cambridge Theatre, lighting designer Rick Fisher was looking for a moving spotlight that packed a considerable degree of punch and could be used to create a wide range of effects. With its 1200W HMI lamp, 10-60° zoom range, colour mixing and three wheels of rotating and indexing gobos, the VL3000 Spot luminaire proved ideal. Vari-Lite were able to get the 17 units to The Moving Light Company in time for the production; Fisher's design also called for 14 VL2000 Wash fixtures, three VL1000TS luminaires and three VL5 units which The Moving Light Company were ab

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UK - A new morning TV show, OK!TV, made in conjunction with OK magazine and presented by Ronan Keating and Gail Porter, made its debut on ITV 1 on 16 January. Running in place of This Morning for the duration of half-term week, the producers knew that the audience would differ, with children and students tuning in as well as their usual viewers, and so the 'look' of the set had to reflect this difference.

Arts director Anthony Cartlidge explained: "We really wanted to make the viewers realize that although they were tuning in to the same channel and the same time slot, OK!TV is very different from This Morning. We have a 'bar' area where presenters and guests can sit and chat casually, a soft seating area, a performance space and a fashion runway which is built using LiteStructures ChromaDeck."

ChromaDeck combines the strength of LiteDeck

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Denmark - DPA Microphones has launched its first cardioid headband microphone, the DPA 4088. Utilizing the company's renowned miniature microphone technology, the 4088 was developed in response to demand from customers who perceived a gap in the market for a high-quality, discrete cardioid headband microphone.

"Our customers strongly indicated that they were in need of a cardioid headband that would have a comfortable and secure fit and would be able to handle that loud stage sound experienced in some live shows and television," says Craig Parrish, sales and marketing manager at DPA Microphones. "The DPA 4088 opens up new opportunities in the live performance market to us, and we are extremely excited to be working with a product which has been carefully designed to meet the requirements of this market."

The 4088 enjoyed its first two outings on native Dan

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USA - James Thomas Engineering has appointed Blaine Engle as its Pixel-Range sales manager. Mike Garl, president of James Thomas Engineering said: "With the Pixel-Range now really taking off, we needed someone solely dedicated to expanding the sales, distribution and marketing of the product line."

Engle has 17 years experience in the professional entertainment lighting industry, dealing with lighting designers, architects, specifiers and consultants. Blaine joins James Thomas after two years as U.S. and Canadian sales manager at Hubbell Entertainment.

Blaine explained: "James Thomas Engineering has a great reputation for manufacturing quality, affordable products and exceptional customer service. I am very excited to be part of the JTE team, and look forward to working with everyone in servicing the growing entertainment and architectural LED markets. The Pixel

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UK - The Cardioid Subwoofer Array (CSA), d&b's phantom new product offering, is in fact nothing at all. The CSA function has been added to d&b's toolbox negating the need for dedicated cardioid cabinets. Rather, the function has been created within the D12 amplifier, the latest electronics platform at the very heart of the company's system concept, as part of a software update. With some inspired lateral thinking on behalf of d&b's developers, a cardioid performance for the Q and B2 subwoofers has been implemented in the D12's digital domain.

CSA is a method of increasing directivity at low frequencies without the need for very large arrays. The principle is the introduction of a second sound source at a defined distance behind the main source, which will cancel the sound energy radiated by it to the rear. Three, or multiples of three, subwoofers can be stacked with either the

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USA - Digital Projection International (DPI), an Emmy Award-winning manufacturer of high-performance projection systems, announced 17 of its Lightning 28sx projectors were used during the 76th Annual Academy Awards ceremony on 29 February 2004 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA. For seven consecutive years the show producers have relied on the 3-chip DLP projectors by DPI.

Hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and broadcasted in High- Definition on ABC, the 2004 Oscar program featured DPI's Lightning 28sx displays projecting video images onto a variety of projection surfaces throughout the venue. For the first time in the show's history, DPI's projectors also displayed the High-Definition signal for the viewing audience on the 'Best Picture Screen' inside the Kodak Theatre.

The most intriguing projection element was a 24-foot tall trapezoid-shaped screen

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UK - Wigwam Acoustics has made a major investment in Martin Audio Line Array technology, following an intensive search for a compact system to complement its existing hire stock. With the purchase, Wigwam renews an association with the High Wycombe company that began more than 25 years ago. Both Wigwam managing director, Mike Spratt, and hire director, Chris Hill, stressed the significance of having the confidence to "buy British" after successfully auditioning the Martin systems at Manchester MEN and Liverpool Cathedral.

The initial order comprises 24 each of the Compact (W8LC) and Mini (W8LM) Line Array, along with 12 of the complementary WLX subwoofers and associated flying hardware. Powering the system, which will join the European tour of Lord of the Dance - a long-term Wigwam contract - will be a combination of 27 Martin Audio MA2.8s (1500W into 4-ohms st

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UK - XL Video has supplied equipment to Marcy Kahan's stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End. The popular 1980s hit movie starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal made famous by its in-restaurant orgasm scene, repeats the controversy on the stage with gusto!

No less earth moving is the video content for the play, devised and designed by cinematographer Jon Driscoll. XL has worked with Driscoll on a number of other West End projects including Madonna's Up For Grabs the Madness musical Our House, and most recently; Jerry Springer The Opera.

Featuring both front projections using Barco SLM G5's and rear projection using NEC XT5000's. The latter is located behind the set and features wide-angle lenses throwing a single, wide screen image onto a 7 x 3m upstage surface. The 3m deep set frames the rear proje

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UK - TV lighting directors Mark Kenyon and Will Charles are pioneering the use of digital media servers in their TV design work. The pair have recently invested in two High End Systems Catalyst systems from Projected Image Digital, which they have put into use on the BBC's National Lottery Jet Set programme.

The Catalyst stores video clips, graphics and animations on its hard drive, which can then be called up and manipulated as easily as a moving light, via any DMX lighting desk. Fusing the technology and ideologies of lighting and video is creating an exciting and flexible presentation medium: up to this point, lighting and projection have been treated as separate departments in television - now, lighting and video cues can be changed simultaneously and instantly from the lighting desk.

Kenyon, Charles and their Catalyst systems are in action on the current series of the BBC

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UK- Many familiar faces from the lighting industry attended the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden on 10 February, for the opening of an exhibition which celebrates the life and work of the late Michael Northen. Known to many as the first lighting designer of British theatre, Northen lit over 300 productions during a distinguished career that spanned six decades. In addition to being a prolific lighting designer, he was the first LD to gain a printed credit for lighting designer in a programme.

Speakers at the event included Mark Jonathan, well-known lighting designer and manager, who represented members of The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) - an organization Northen founded with Joe Davis and later became chairman and then president of in 1995. Also speaking was Robert Camac - Michael Northen's long-term partner whom he was with from1948 until his death in 2001, and Giles

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UK - Lighting designer Dave Ross recently asked west London-based Entec Lighting to supply him with a small, high-impact lighting rig, for a UK gig by hot New York band, Scissor Sisters. The show, at London's Scala, launched the band's first album and followed up their disco reworking of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb.

Scissor Sisters are tipped for greatness in 2004, and Ross caught their eye with his work for Royksopp and by his impressive dance music CV. Wanting to capitalize on Scissor Sisters' onstage energy, and having to contend with limited stage room, no additional crew and a difficult get-in, he chose 10 James Thomas Pixelline fixtures and a PixelDrive PC-based control system as the core of the rig.

Entec supplied this, plus six Martin MAC 250s, a Wholehog II lighting console and two mirror balls - the latter specified by the band. The system - apart from the mirror

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