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USA - To reflect more on its North American sales activities, A.C. Lighting (Canada) Ltd has changed its name to A.C. Lighting Inc. John Evans, vice-president of sales at A.C. Lighting Inc, commented: "We decided to change the name to reflect the increasing share of our business conducted in the United States, driven in part by our appointment as the exclusive North American distributor for the Jands range of professional lighting equipment - including the much-acclaimed Vista lighting console."

A.C. Lighting Inc. operates from a 19,000sq.ft headquarters in Toronto, with distribution facilities in Buffalo, NY. In addition to being the exclusive North American distributor for the Chroma-Q range of colour changers, gobo rotators and Daylight Par fixtures, SpectraLite injec

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Germany / Malaysia - K.M.E., the German manufacturer of professional audio systems, will exhibit at the PALA exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 15-18 July 2004, marking its first appearance at an Asian trade exhibition.

Products on show will include the 2-I, 6-out digital controller, DAP 26; a switch-mode power amp, the SMA 2000, featuring 2 x 1000W at only 7.5kg; the active CA 6 system with plug-in modules DDM and MM2 and various other active and passive installation systems of the Prestige series, also incorporating a TCP/IP-remote control module.

PT Multi Audio Perkasa in Jakarta already represents K.M.E. on the Indonesian market, where the quality of the products, which are entirely manufactured in Germany, is particularly appreciated, say K.M.E. Systems of the Cluster and Prestige series among others have been installed in various churches and used for the Lotu

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USA - D-Tools, a leading system integration software company, has appointed Randy Green, the former vice-president of Stardraw, to its senior management team. Green will head up a new team within D-Tools aimed specifically at the commercial system integrator market.

"We are very pleased about the addition of Randy Green to our team," said Adam Stone, president of D-Tools. "His knowledge of the commercial system integrator's software needs in the United States is second to none, and we look forward to his spearheading our charge into this market."

Green's appointment coincides with a major expansion of D-Tools' proven Si Software into the commercial market. Amongst the newest features being shown at InfoComm, will be a product data library featuring over 140 commercial manufacturers as well as the company's newest add-on, the Business Manager module, used f

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USA - US manufacturer Light Stream Controls (LSC) has announced that it is re-branding its lighting controllers under the name of its affiliated Elation Professional division. All LSC controllers will now bear the Elation brand name in every market where the products are sold.

The name change was implemented in light of the growing popularity its controllers have enjoyed in Europe, Australia and other areas of the world where the Elation brand is known, according to Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies, the parent company of both LSC and Elation Professional.

LSC controllers are being marketed internationally by the same distributors, to the same customers, as our Elation lighting products, so it makes sense that they should have the same brand identity," commented Davies. "This is especially true because the Elation name has become so

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USA - In mid-July 2003, Mice Creative awarded Total Structures the contract to fabricate the elliptical acoustic canopy which is flown under the new Hollywood Bowl structure in Los Angeles, California. The Bowl dates back to the late 1920s and several attempts have been made over the years to improve the acoustics so that members of the orchestra could hear each other. The last incarnation included the installation of 11 fibreglass spheres of various sizes under the direction of renowned architect, Frank Gehry.

The Design Architects for the new facility was Hodgetts + Fung Design Associates, with Gruen Associates acting as project architect for the main client and owner, Los Angeles County. The project, essentially comprised demolishing the existing Bowl and rebuilding from the ground up - the buildings on either side of the main roof structure to house new dressing rooms and p

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UK - Event company Logistik co-ordinated and produced the Athens 2004 Ball - a high profile charity live event staged at London's Battersea Park Marquee, for Sparks, The British Olympic Association and The Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust.

Over 1,000 people enjoyed the event during an evening of entertainment hosted by Radio 2's Jeremy Vine and Sir Steve Redgrave - an official 'send-off' party to wish the GB Olympic team success at the upcoming Athens Olympics. Leeds and London-based Logistik were called in to oversee the event's creative and technical production including the design, graphics, dressing and venue themeing for the event.

The night culminated in live performances by international artists including Gabrielle, Mike & The Mechanics and Amy Winehouse. It was recorded for broadcast by Radio 2, and a post-event DVD will be produced by Logistik Vision, the company's

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PLASA's mid-June AGM in Wales proved an excellent opportunity for members to learn more about the work of the Association and offer feedback on some of its ongoing initiatives. It also turned out to be one of the best social events of the year for members, and part of the credit for that must go to PLASA insurance providers Allan Chapman & James, who kindly sponsored the pre-dinner drinks.

To find out what else took place during the day, you can read a more detailed report in L&SI. We are now looking at the options for 2005 and will announce details shortly.

Members had an opportunity to ask anything they liked during the open Question & Answer session at the AGM.

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Following a detailed review of its Technical Standards office, and a consultation meeting with members, PLASA has refocused its role and relaunched it as the Technical Resources Office. Key initiatives already in place, or to be introduced shortly, include:

The creation of a PLASA Standardization Programme utilizing PLASA member interaction to develop industry-specific technical standardization (not BSI/European standards), codes of practice and guidance.

Increased availability and accessibility to British Standards, industry codes of practice and guidance documentation.

Databases of testing facilities and other member technical support functions.

An online forum open to all in which the more common problems discussed could be the trigger mechanism for deciding if a subject is a candidate for involvement in the standard or guidance writing process.

Downloadable forms (risk as

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PLASA's mid-June AGM in Wales proved an excellent opportunity for members to learn more about the work of the Association and offer feedback on some of its ongoing initiatives. It also turned out to be one of the best social events of the year for members, and part of the credit for that must go to PLASA insurance providers Allan Chapman & James, who kindly sponsored the pre-dinner drinks.

To find out what else took place during the day, you can read a more detailed report on page 38. We are now looking at the options for 2005 and will announce details shortly.

Members had an opportunity to ask anything they liked during the open Question & Answer session at the AGM. Andrew Bishop, Diane Grant and Matthew Griffiths provided the answers.

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UK - Olmec Advanced Materials, based in Sheffield, has introduced a new product to the lighting design world. Surelight Super Bright wire is an innovative new way of providing illumination for TV, Cinema, and the Theatre industry. Surelight Super Bright is a low voltage; flexible wire, providing a 360° light source available in all the colours of the rainbow including white.

Recent users include Scottish Opera for special effect lighting on its productions of Magic Flute, The Ring Cycle, Aida and Minotaur. Ian Irvine, lighting manager at Scottish Opera said: "Surelight was a phenomenal success, we would never have been able to illuminate the stage, costumes or props in the way intended without Surelight and we keep finding new ways to use it."

London's National Theatre used Surelight for its highly successful production of Philip Pullman's novel His

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UK / Japan - Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co. Ltd. (AKM) a leading supplier of audio ICs for professional and consumer markets, recently introduced a new Class-D two-channel modulator generating 110dB signal-to-noise ratio. The AK4730 marks AKM's first entry into the high-power amplifier world and is aimed at both professional and consumer products.

AKM's AK4730 exceeds Class-AB performance with Class-D efficiency. The input to AK4730 is digital and supports two-channel, 192kHz sampling. The chip combines a two-channel PWM modulator with pre-driver circuitry for external MOSFETs. Unlike other solutions that use two voltage levels for modulation (H-Bridge), AKM's Class D products utilize an advanced multi-reference E-Bridge architecture that achieves higher linearity and SNR performance for audio playback with fidelity closer to the original sound.

With an integrated driver, the AK

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Germany - Major has developed the Source Four as CDM version, in cooperation with ETC. Major's Source Four PAR CDM combines the compact dimensions, versatility and performance of the Source Four PAR with the well-known discharge lamp technology. The result, say the company, is a spotlight with an extremely high lifetime (more than 9,000 hours), but a low energy consumption and a solid colour temperature (3,000 or 4,200°K).

The fixture will be mainly used in retail, exhibition and conference environments. An MCM (metal cold mirror) version boasts heat emission to the back of the fixture of approximately 90%, making the fixture suitable also for more sensitive environments such as art exhibitions, etc. With interchangeable front lenses and different colour filters, the possibilities for use are almost endless, say Major.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - When Club Euphoria's Chris Davidson decided to open a new high-impact dance venue in Hull, the loudspeaker recommended to him by Euphoria colleagues, Del Blewitt, Eddie Short and Dan Donnelly, was Cerwin Vega! "Having frequently experienced the Cerwin sound in clubs throughout the world, they said it was the best they'd ever heard," said Davidson. "As I had worked for them as tour manager their recommendation demanded respect."

And so they suggested Davidson talk to Paul Marston at Black Box London, the largest independent stockist of Cerwin Vega! Intense Series PA systems. He, in turn, alerted them to the imminent arrival in the UK of the new Vision series. Cerwin Vega! is distributed in the UK by Lamba plc but what Davidson hadn't realized is that Lamba also handle the Stanton product range (including Final Scratch).

What he has ended up with is a ra

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UK - 70 members attended PLASA's recent AGM and Association Day, held on Friday 11 June at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. This was a significant event for the Association, coming at a time when PLASA has reset some of its key objectives and launched a number of major new initiatives.

The first part of the day - the AGM - was opened by chairman Diane Grant, who welcomed members before handing over to vice-chairman Andrew Bishop to present the final accounts for 2003. He highlighted the Association's pre-tax profit of £45,249, despite difficult trading conditions, and covered some of the key investments of the preceding 12 months, including those in member services, training, technical resources and market research. He also addressed the issue of the Association's reserves, informing members of the committee's determination to ensure that there would be investment in

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UK - Pearce Hire supplied power distribution and lighting equipment for the 150th Louis Vuitton celebration party this June. The exclusive party took place at the National Trust site, Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, after the '14th Louis Vuitton Classic' car show. During the day, the range of vintage cars were on display to the public, and once the gates had closed, an invited A-list of celebrities and VIP guests gathered to enjoy the car collection, and an elaborate party in a marquee.

A clear-walled marquee located in the beautiful grounds of the Manor housed the party guests for their meal and entertainment, which included Lionel Ritchie. Pearce Hire was contracted to provide the power distribution across the site and outdoor lighting to accentuate the manor gardens. The Pearce Hire team of five technicians arrived on site four days prior to the event to set up: a no-cars

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UK - Selfridges recently held a series of Brazilian carnival events at several of its main department stores around the UK. 'Brasil 40' offered a taste of Latin America in the form of Brazilian music, art, fashion and food.

The sound system for the Manchester branch events was provided by ACE PA Ltd, in conjunction with Manchester City Council. ACE used its Allen & Heath ML3000 VCA console to manage sound reinforcement for all the diverse forms of entertainment on display. Other equipment included a 7kW JBL speaker system, Camco PA and monitoring amps, Yamaha SPX990 and 900 effects units and Klark Teknik DN360 graphic equalizers.

ACE PA's Gary Jones commented that, once again, the ML3000 delivered clear and clean sound with the VCA system making the job easy.

(Barry Howse)

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UK - American hard-core metal rock band Korn played a sell-out gig at the London Apollo using an unprecedented EV X-Line system which utilized a 1:1 ratio of line-array cabinets to subwoofers. The system was designed by Chris Marsh of Major Tom, who described it as "phenomenal!". He added, "Korn is predominantly about strong low-end frequencies, so they used every bit of the energy in the subs, but this was the first time I'd put together a system like this. It was incredibly loud."

With 10 EV Xvls high-output cabinets and 10 X-subs per side, Marsh admitted that he was glad that Korn had their own sound engineer to mix the show. "That kind of level hurts," he said.

Major Tom has also been using X-Line at the Belfast Odyssey Arena, where the annual indoor festival is being headlined by the legendary Bob Dylan. Marsh has set up a very different s

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Canada - Fashion Cares - an annual benefit for the AIDS Committee of Toronto - was held this year at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and featured well-known entertainers including fashion icon Linda Evangelista as host, as well as Patti Labelle, Simone Denny and DJ The Lady Bunny. Alongside these was a new star making its debut on the fashion circuit: the Versa Tile system from Element Labs.

Chris Pegg of Westbury National Show Systems, who served as the show's lighting designer, specified the system. "I'd seen the tiles in London last year and I thought they were the coolest thing in the universe," he says. "The creative director was looking for somethingthat had a mirror-bally type of feel-but that was updated and maybe a little modernized. The design already had a video element, but since the tiles are where lighting meets video, it really all fit together.

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Following a detailed review of its Technical Standards office, and a consultation meeting with members, PLASA has refocused its role and relaunched it as the Technical Resources Office. Key initiatives already in place, or to be introduced shortly, include:

The creation of a PLASA Standardization Programme utilizing PLASA member interaction to develop industry-specific technical standardization (not BSI/European standards), codes of practice and guidance.

Increased availability and accessibility to British Standards, industry codes of practice and guidance documentation.

Databases of testing facilities and other member technical support functions.

An online forum open to all in which the more common problems discussed could be the trigger mechanism for deciding if a subject is a candidate for involvement in the standard or guidance writing process.

Downloadable forms (risk as

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UK - Manufacturer and installer HIQ Sound has refurbished the sound in a Sleaford bar/restaurant, close to its headquarters in Lincoln. Using a combination of products from its own, and the Wharfedale Pro catalogues, the company has injected a new lease of life into the Barge & Bottle.

As system manufacturers, HIQ partners Mark Hudson and Tony Hopkinson are discerning audiophiles, and they did not take the decision to specify Wharfedale's Programme 50Ts and Class AB MP1800 amplifiers lightly.

Said Hudson: "The existing system was awful and so I worked alongside the proprietor (Frank Graves) to redesign the sound. It was singularly pointless building our own loudspeakers for the background areas when the Programme 50s are so well turned-out and sensibly priced. Overall, they are nicely finished and very satisfying. "They provided the perfect solution for delivering th

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USA - Promedia Productions, a leading provider of audio-visual production for corporate clients, has expanded its capabilities by doubling the number of EAW KF730 boxes in its audio inventory, making a grand total of 24 in all. Promedia, based in Orlando, Florida, services a clientele consisting mostly of fortune 500 companies, as well as the occasional 'shin-dig' for a high-profile client. The company offers full staging, lighting, and audio services for over 150 events every year throughout the nation.

Most recently, Promedia used their capable KF730 rig at a star-studded birthday celebration for pop music icon, Lou Pearlman. Pearlman is most notable for launching such acts as Backstreet Boys and N*Sync. For this event, the system consisted of 12 KF730 full-range boxes with eight SB730s providing the low-end. The party featured various performances by many of Pearlman's up-and

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