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UK - Inc Bar, the popular brand new club in Greenwich, has been fitted out with an array of equipment supplied by leading UK distributor Autograph Sales. Leicester-based Pro Audio Solutions was approached to complete the installation, and turned to Autograph Sales because of its reputation for supplying high quality products and service to the installation market.

The bar was designed by flamboyant interior designer and local resident Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, famous for his hosting of TV's makeover show, Changing Rooms. Pro Audio Solutions installed Meyer Sound's MM4 miniature loudspeakers, which are highly compact at just 10cm³, ideal for the setting of the Inc Bar, where sound reinforcement needed to be powerful and clear yet unobtrusive. 10 MM4s were used alongside two

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USA - Symetrix's SymNet Audio Matrix family of network linkable audio matrix DSP processors is continually finding its way into new and unique applications. Recently, Johnson Knowles, resident technical guru at the Dallas-based Russ Berger Design Group (RBDG), integrated SymNet into an all-digital recording studio setup to operate as the 5.1 monitor system controller.

Last year, RBDG designed a brand new studio facility featuring an SSL C200 fully digital mixing console for Bicoastal Music in Ossining, New York, which has just opened for business. Searching for a sonically pure piece of audio equipment with which to control the proprietary RBDG-designed 5.1 monitor speaker system at Bicoastal, Knowles turned to SymNet. "We've previously used SymNet in several home theatres and home theatre showrooms," he says. "And now we've designed the first control room monitor

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UK - The Legion Public House and Social Club in Shoreditch recently commissioned a high-specification sound system from design and installation company, Marquee Audio. The 300-capacity venue is operated by Quadcrest Ltd - which includes the team instrumental in the success of the Social bars in London and Nottingham. They thus needed the flexibility to present a varied DJ programme by night, along with music from background CD (and the Social's trademark jukebox) by day.

One of the directors of the operating company, Brian Davis, had previously used Marquee Audio to fit out a bar in London's Smithfield Market. Thus when he secured the site of the former printing works in Old Street, which had been empty for two years, he had no hesitation in renewing the acquaintance, citing: "quality sound, reliable back up and competitive pricing" as the principle reasons. "I ne

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UK - Sennheiser UK has announced the sale of Lab.Gruppen FP-6400 power amplifiers to Concert Sound of Luton. The amplifiers will be used to power Concert Sounds' JBL VerTec system for the forthcoming Eric Clapton tour.

The major tour starts in April and will follow the release of the new Me And Mr. Johnson album in which Eric Clapton pays a unique tribute to seminal blues innovator Robert Johnson. Taking in Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield the tour culminates with a remarkable six-night residency at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Commenting on the purchase, Tim Boyle of Concert Sound said: "We have had a very long-term association with Eric Clapton and, again for this tour, chose Lab.Gruppen because of the outstanding sonic performance and excellent reliability. We needed a substantial 48 Lab.gruppen FP-6400s to power the rig a

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USA - Brad Schiller has returned to High End Systems in a new role as director of control systems development. Schiller left the company a year and a half ago to pursue freelance lighting programming. He says: "This new opportunity will allow me to share my knowledge and experience directly with developers. By guiding the development process for all control products, including the Wholehog line, I hope to bring a more user-led approach to systems development. High End's focus on digital lighting, and the return of Richard Belliveau, demonstrates the company's commitment to advancing the technology of automated lighting control. A great new team of control product developers has been created and I look forward to working with the team."

Robbie Bruce, director of software development, says: "Brad will be a great complement to our new team. He has a wealth of knowle

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Australia - Sydney Harbour provides the perfect natural amphitheatre and one of the safest locations to stage the largest annual fireworks display in the world. The fireworks and lighting show regularly attract over one million people in, on and around the Harbour. This year's show featured a new twist when, for the first time, lighting designer Martin Kinnane and programmer Sean 'Motley' Hackett could actually see what they were creating from across the Harbour at the Sydney Opera House. In the past, programming always had to occur with the equipment on the Bridge, but this year, Strand's Australian distributor, Bytecraft Entertainment, had a better idea.

Using Strand's ShowNet nodes and WiFi wireless Ethernet they were able to connect the lighting console with all of the equipment on the bridge wirelessly across the Harbour. Strand's powerful and flexible TCP/IP Network create

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USA - American DJ has introduced the Dynamic Light Pak, an all-in-one 'lightshow in a box'. Ideal for mobile DJs, small musical acts and home party hosts, the Dynamic Light Pak brings together four compact American DJ fixtures: the Trilogy lighting effect, the Double Twist lighting effect, the S45 Strobe and the F700 Fogger. The package is easy to use and assemble and requires no expertise in lighting - just plug and play.

Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of companies said: "The Dynamic Light Pak is an incredibly fun way to liven up DJ shows, band gigs and house parties, it provides virtually everything you need to add brilliant visual effects to your act."

One of the units included in the Dynamic Light Pak is the Trilogy, a popular American DJ lighting product that projects moving triangle shapes onto a wide area of the floor or ceiling. A sou

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USA - Element Labs' Versa Tile continues to receive broad acclaim by receiving the Best of Category and Roeder awards this week at the Lightfair architectural lighting trade show in Las Vegas, USA. These awards follow similar awards at the PLASA and LDI shows last year.

Lighting designer Jim Benya presented the award at a special ceremony. He commented, "The New Product Showcase Committee has chosen to recognize one product which exemplifies the dedication, commitment to excellence, use of colour, and outrageous sense of fun representative of the late award-winning lighting designer, Mr. Craig A. Roeder."

Versa Tile is a glowing LED light tile controlled by video. The tiles, placed together in arrays of any size or shape, create different moods and effects. The system is extremely versatile and is suitable for use on applications ranging from architectural installati

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USA - LD Howard Werner, a partner in the US-based Lightswitch lighting design consortium, is participating in the annual Kips Bay Designer Showhouse in Manhattan. The renowned springtime event invites name designers from around the US to create individual rooms within a chosen residence. The showcase kicks off with a gala event and is then open to the public, with the funds used to support the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club. Founded in 1915, Kips Bay promotes juvenile development and prevents juvenile delinquency by helping young people recognize and achieve their potential. This year's project is on Park Avenue and 64th Street and will be open from 4-31 May.

Werner is working with interior designer Theo Kalomirakisto create a deluxe screening room in the five story townhouse. The screening room is an eight-seat movie theatre designed by TK Theaters of New York City. It uses simpl

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USA - Mike Wood, former chief technology officer at High End Systems Inc, has founded a consulting company, Mike Wood Consulting LLC, based in Austin, Texas. The company's main focus is to work with clients on new technology implementation and R&D strategy, new product definition and evaluation, and intellectual property (IP) specifically as it applies to the entertainment technology industry.

Wood, an industry veteran, has led technology development and has been responsible for the technology strategy, R&D, standards and IP in many different companies. His career spans more than 25 years with firms varying in size from 10 to 25,000 employees and for the past 20 of those years he has been at the senior or executive management level. During his career he has worked for both start-up and established companies and has been a member of executive teams responsible for acquisitions a

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UK - In just two short years since the Legend 3000 started shipping in March 2002, the landmark 500th console has rolled off the production line and graced the Midas stand at ProLight & Sound 2004. Immediately after the show it was on its way, destined for Palestine where it is to be installed into The Ramallah Cultural Centre on the West Bank.

While Palestine is bound to raise eyebrows as a destination as it remains one of the world's most politically unstable areas, this sale is typical of the new markets that Legend has enabled Midas to penetrate. The perfect multifunctional console, the Legend 3000 is the world's only console that can mix monitors from front-of-house without compromise; perfect for live music clubs, conference centres or theatres. In addition to performing both functions simultaneously, Legend also handles dedicated FoH or monitor applications equally well;

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Sweden - Wireless Solution AB is Swedish based company with huge knowledge and experience in the wireless industry. The company's R&D Department is staffed by a radio engineer and a real-time programmer from a worldwide manufacturer of mobile phones and GSM base station.

Swelite W-DMX is based on the technology and thinking of GSM, with the same security of transmission including Frequency Hopping (FHSS) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) once developed by the US Army for safe and encrypted communication during wartime. With 999 different FHSS patterns and TDMA it's more or less impossible to get interference from other equipment on the 2,4 GHz band. To make it even safer the company has included encryption on the signal from sender to receiver so that each receiver only listens to its master sender and ignores all other signals.

The system is used for both point to poi

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Italy / Sweden - With the valuable collaboration of B I Dalenbäck of CATT of Gothenburg, Sweden, the R&D department of Italian manufacturer Outline has designed and tested a software interface for the powerful CATT-Acoustic acoustic modelling program,with which it is possible to design, configure and simulate the performance of Outline's Butterfly series vertical line arrays in any configuration.

Outline has designed this plug-in for the CATT-Acoustic DLL Directivity Interface (DDI) which, called up by the program when required, offers designers accurate modelling capabilities for complex systems, based on every conceivable VLA configuration of elements from the Butterfly range, including a combination of Hi-Pack and Low-Pack units.

Results achieved by the DLL, based on proprietary modelling techniques for the simulation of linear rather than single-point sources, have been c

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UK - Creative sound and installation specialists CP Sound has completed a comprehensive audio and AV refit at Bootsy Brogan's bar and restaurant venue in Fulham, West London. The themed Irish-style venue is owned by Glendola Leisure, for which CP Sound has completed several other projects. Bootsy's Fulham has proved such a popular and busy site that the original sound system was unable to serve the space as it now functions.

CP Sound's Colin Pattenden first troubleshot the venue. He sampled it at several times of the day, including extensively during peak capacity, and then came up with the new sound design for the background music system which features a wide variety of musical styles and genres!

He decided to add new JBL Control 28 speakers across four zones, plus additional bass bins under the seating. The Control 28's were chosen for acoustics, size, reliability and cost-e

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UK/Germany - PA/VA manufacturer Millbank announced the appointment of Atlantic Audio as German distributor for their expansive product portfolio at Pro Light + Sound 2004 in Frankfurt.

Millbank has been a driving force in public address and voice alarm systems since its inception in 1967 and over the years has become synonymous with innovation and quality with thousands of installations across the globe.

Benefiting recently from its acquisition by Ampekko Ltd, Millbank continues to set a precedent for ground breaking solutions, which are all compliant with UK and European Cenelec, standards, namely BS5839 pt8 and EN60849. Complementing Atlantic Audio's portfolio of leading edge pro audio products that includes Renkus-Heinz and XTA, Millbank offers products for both centralized and digital networked systems.

From London's Underground networks through to Harrods, Chase Manhatt

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UK - Sennheiser UK announced the launch of the Sennheiser TourGuide EK 1035 Receiver at the Museums & Heritage Show, which runs from the 12 - 13 May at Earls Court. The EK 1035 is a body-pack receiver, designed to ensure flexible and reliable UHF transmission.

Featuring 10 receiving channels, this compact receiver is ideal for multi-channel set-ups and can be used with any transmitter from the extensive evolution wireless series including the new evolution G2 products, recently launched by Sennheiser.

Accessories for the EK 1035 includes the L1035 charger, with the facility to daisy-chain up to four chargers, and the NT 1035-UK plug-in mains unit, which accommodates up to four L 1035 Chargers. Sennheiser will also be showing a wide range of Infrared, TourGuide, GuidePort and SDC (Sennheiser Digital Conference) products at the Show.

Simon Jones, business area manager for Inst

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UK - Already in operational service providing both primary and chin window displays, SEOS' DPM ultra high contrast monitor replacement option will be demonstrated on single window collimator optics, on stand 218 at ITEC.

A realistic alternative to CRT, the Digital Projection Monitor represents a new approach to resolving the issue of replacing 26" monitor displays and provides sequential contrast in excess of 40,000:1.

The DPM comprises a direct projection engine and lens, and a specially developed curved screen. The projection engine is a unique, high-performance fixed matrix LCoS projector based on SEOS' patented pixel management and 'black video' technology.

The technology used in the DPM enables it to display dusk and night scenes (including lightpoints) with correct dynamic range. It is compatible with the use of unmodified in-service night vision enhancement devic

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USA - Apogee Sound International has selected Metalfx Inc as its lead manufacturing and assembly partner for its full range of professional loudspeaker and electronics products. With the next ISO audit in May at the Metalfx facilities, the production of Apogee loudspeakers will be included in the Metalfx ISO 9001 certification. Located north of San Francisco in Willits, California, the company has over 150 employees and two world-class production facilities covering over 220,000 sqft. It's customers include companies such as Agilent, Ciena and Hewlett Packard. "We're excited to add Apogee to our distinguished client list," said Gordon Short, president of Metalfx, "and proud to partner with a company respected for quality that is second to none".

Prior to moving production from Apogee's Petaluma facility to Metalfx' facility in Willits, engineers from both com

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Germany - Blue Man Group is incorporating High End Systems' DL1 Digital Light fixtures and Catalyst v3 Media Servers into its new theatrical production in Berlin. Eight DL1s and 4 Catalyst v3 Media Servers are gearing up to enhance their permanent show opening 9 May in the Potsdamer Platz theatre. The show - promising new material along with classic Blue Man moments - is set for an indefinite run. Flashlight in the Netherlands is providing the HES gear.

Production and Lighting Designer Marc Brickman couldn't comment on details of the show design, as he is still in the early phases of creation with Blue Man founders Chris Wink, Phil Stanton and Matt Goldman, along with Associate Designer Marc Janowitz and Artistic/Video Director Caryl Glaab. However, he was excited about using the new digital lighting technology.

Brickman has been a creative consultant to the Blue Man Group for

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