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Canada - Flow Restaurant and Lounge Bar is centrally located in the more expensive dining and nightlife area of Yorkville Avenue, Toronto. Operated by Tony Longo and partners - proprietors of a chain of superior restaurants in the city - the modern and stylish venue is already attracting many customers who can enjoy a meal on the main floor, or sample wine and food on the lower level, whilst listening to live and DJ music ranging from jazz and blues to R&B.

Chimera Electronics Corporation was responsible for the external lighting specification and installation. The client's wish was to use lighting to enhance the look and style of the building, as well as having a colour-changing system to create a subtle and inviting atmosphere. Tryka's L.E.D. luminaires were selected for the pr

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UK - Electrosonic was responsible for the overall system design, project engineering, installation, programming and commissioning of the AV systems at the Science Museums's new Dana Centre in London. The stylish, purpose-built venue provides a forum where the international research community and the general public can take part in exciting debates about contemporary science, technology and culture.

The Science Museum has a full time staff engaged in the realisation of interactive exhibits, and has enormous experience of the realities of using AV techniques in the public domain. With the Dana Centre, it was quite clear about its objectives, but it did not have the in-house resources to complete the detailed design. Electrosonic was chosen from among the proposed solutions, not only because its proposal appeared cost-effective, but also because it was clear that it had relevant e

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Sudan - The Ministry of Energy and Mines in Sudan has placed an order for a complete conference system, to be supplied by Brähler ICS UK Ltd. The system is to be installed into the Ingaz Conference Hall by local Sudanese company, Federal Information Technology Co. The Ministry's premises is located adjacent to the UN headquarters offices in Khartoum.

Brähler ICS was chosen as the principle supplier for the project. Facilities will include an 85-user Automic microphone system, linked to an Infracom simultaneous interpretation system with infra-red delegate receivers and a full public address system. A flexible and robust system was required, as uses will include conferences, seminars and training sessions in multiple languages.

The Automic microphone system comes with portable delegate and chairman's microphones, both with gooseneck stems and interfaces with the interpretati

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UK - E//T//C UK brought its large format projection magic to the ancient ruins of Caldicot Castle in Monmouthshire recently, for a three-weekend son et lumière production, called Footprints On The Sands of Time, part of the 2004 Chepstow Festival. Projection, lighting, sound, pyrotechnics and over 100 actors combined in a highly memorable show directed by Nick Bamford, and produced by Ned Heywood and Anne Rainsbury.

Three PIGI 6kW projectors with double rotating scrollers were used, located on a specially-built platform at the rear of the seating stands - a throw distance of over 100m. Two PIGIs shone onto a special arched screen to the left, and the other beamed onto the castle keep on the right. The show maximized the dynamic effects of the projectors, which scrolled and rotated constantly in all directions throughout the 90-minute show. E/T/C's Ross Ashton comments: &

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UK / The Netherlands - LGH Rigging Services, specialist in the hire, sales and service of rigging and associated equipment, has signed a two-year contract with Q-Production, the leading producer of dance-events in Holland. The contract, which has been secured by LGH Rigging Services' Dutch operation, is for the hire and supply of Lodestar motors, control and associated rigging equipment for rigging the lighting, sound and video equipment at over 50 annual dance events held all over Holland and supported by well known DJs such as Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk, Mauro Picotto, Sven Vath, Marco V, Dana and many others.

'Q-Production have until now sourced their rigging equipment through their lighting supplier but realized that it would be more beneficial if they were to come direct to a supplier of rigging materials," explained Frank Kreuk, Dutch manager, LGH Rigging Services. "A

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UK - Following the sale of a suite of Yamaha's new generation mixing desks by Marquee Audio to Blitz Sound, the Shepperton-based suppliers helped the service company to organise a training day at the latter's plush demo facility in Elstree.

With a number of high-profile shows and events in prospect, Blitz had systematically purchased a DM1000, PM5000 and PM5D digital desk from their long-term suppliers over the past couple of months - and all were on display, allowing a number of leading independent freelance, corporate and theatre engineers (including the National) to get hands-on training by Marquee and Yamaha support teams.

"This is part of our ongoing inventory upgrade, and Marquee have supported us as they always do," said Blitz Sound regional manager, Chris Jordan. "Today is overview-type training . . . when we need to do intense training we can either do

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Denmark - Martin Architectural's has introduced its new Flat panel speakers, aimed at generating ambient audio in a multitude of commercial applications. Easily mounted in or on walls and ceilings, Flat offer high quality audio reproduction in an innovative, slim speaker construction, which the company says manages to seamlessly integrate sound with interior design. A collection of stock themed designs is available, or custom designs to match your concept. Users can also print or paint directly onto the Flat panel surface itself.

Based on NXT technology, Flat panel speakers are a flexible, plug-and-play sound system with 1-8 channels of audio. Sound is generated by vibrating a plain panel surface resulting in audio radiating in all directions. This room-filling effect makes Flat panel speakers the ideal solution for any public space where even sound distribution is a must.

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UK - Pure Distribution, a division of Stirling Audio, has supplied a number of Sanken COS-11 microphones for use on the current ITV hit series, Bad Lads Army. The brand new reality show takes 30 young men who have gone off the rails and puts them through their paces with a dose of 1950s-style military training to try and get their lives back on track.

Richmond Film Services' founding partner Nigel Woodford provided location sound supervisor James Godard with a total of 20 COS-11 lavalier microphones from its stock of nearly 100, which has been built up over the years with a number of purchases from Pure Distribution. The COS-11 is an omni-directional miniature lavalier microphone that is so small it is almost invisible, yet still provides superb sound, with the frequency response being consciously adjusted to the human voice which makes it ideal for use on this kind of s

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UK - Martin Professional will head to the PLASA Show with an array of exciting, new products including a media server that elevates and expands the creative use of digital lighting, and a flexible wing extension for the popular Maxxyz lighting console. For the club/DJ market there is a new promotional projector and flower effect light, as well as a new portable but powerful smoke machine. Jem Smoke will present an updated version of the industry standard Jem AF-1 fan, as well as an update of the industry's most versatile low fog generator.

The Maxedia Digital Media Composer, which includes integrated DMX control, provides full control of both lighting and video elements, boasting a number of advantages over other digital media servers, including up to a maximum of 20 layers simultaneously, 3D effects with unique real-time manipulation, programming and playback without the use of

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Denmark - Jens Moeller, the MI and concert sound sales representative for Ascon Trading a/s (the Danish distributor for EV, Dynacord, Midas and Klark Teknik), has become the proud owner of his first Midas console. A Midas Verona 400 now occupies pride of place at the heart of his home recording studio in his small apartment in central Copenhagen. Moeller and his musical partner Peter Alfred form the electronic duo 'Transport' and are currently in the process of putting together their first album.

Moeller is reportedly delighted with his purchase, despite the fact that he had to consign most of his furniture to the skip in order to make room for it in his apartment. Home also happens to be on the fourth floor, so he was obliged to call in a few favours from several of his skinnier musical friends to help him lug it up the stairs! "It was a fair amount of effort, but definit

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UK - Barco has announced that its outdoor LED display solutions have been chosen by Arena Leisure to improve the race day experience for customers at its racecourse locations throughout the UK. The chosen Barco display solutions combine a 40sq.m SLite 10 mobile outdoor LED screen together with a secondary 22sq.m SLite 10 outdoor LED display. Arena Leisure Plc is the UK's largest independent racecourse owner in terms of fixtures, hosting over 2,000 races and approximately 23% of all British horseracing fixtures.

Says Ted Taylor, chief operating officer of Arena Leisure's Racecourse Division: "The screens will mean that Folkestone, Lingfield Park and Royal Windsor racecourses will have at least one big screen at every meeting throughout the year. These are state-of-the-art products and mark the dawn of a new era in entertainment and information distribution at our racecourse

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UK - CP Sound has supplied a complete lighting and sound design, specification and installation to the new independent club, 90 Degrees - The Right Angle in Grantham, with the technical work being completed in just four days! CP's Colin Pattenden was approached by the owners after they researched the nightclub trade press to find good options for sound and lighting. Pattenden asked David Linger from Robe UK to supply the lighting, whilst he concentrated on the sound and lighting design.

90 Degrees is located in a cavernous old building above a wine warehouse and consists of several rooms, including a main DJ/dance area, a secondary dancefloor and a seated 'booth' area with rounded, cocoon-like seats. From the outset, the club has been designed to be truly multipurpose. The name '90 Degrees' refers to the owners wanting everyone to have a clear view of the performance area in fro

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UK - Sound Division has been nominated Installer of the Year in the prestigious National BEDA Awards, for its AV installation at London's Lonsdale House. The National BEDA Awards traditionally recognize the best individuals, venues and products in the industry, and this year, for the first time, has created a brand new category to honour installers. Lonsdale House has become a Mecca for connoisseurs of high-class London nightlife. Owner Charles Breedan chose Sound Division as a direct result of the company's work for top London restaurant, Momo.

Sound Division managing director David Graham is very pleased with the nomination. "I feel that it's a great achievement for Sound Division," he stated. "We've made a conscious effort over the last two year to focus our energies on the London contracting market, and we are fortunate to be able to count a number of very pre

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UK - As part of a recent refurbishment of Elly's Bar & Restaurant on the Jersey resort of La Pulente, Channel Islands-based Project Audio has installed 10 of the new QSC Acoustic Design AD-S52 loudspeakers.

Purchased from Shure Distribution UK, the AD-S52s are fed from background hard drive computer by day and live DJ playback sources after dark. Each of the restaurant's four zones is addressed by a single channel of a four-channel QSC CX254 amplifier, which occupies just 2U of rack space. Two AD-S52 enclosures are located in the main restaurant, with a further two in the conservatory, two in the smaller restaurant area and two in the bar. The final pair are installed upstairs and run on an independent system.

Project Audio's Dave Findlay, who was introduced to the AD-S52s at last year's PLASA Show, believes he is the first person to install them in the UK. Commenting on the p

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UK - Theatre sound specialist Orbital reports that seven Yamaha PM1Ds from their rental stock are currently in use on major London West End Musicals, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest production, The Woman In White. This musical adaptation of Wilkie Collins' renowned Victorian novel stars Michael Crawford and Maria Freidman, and opens at The Palace Theatre in October.

Freelance sound designer Mick Potter, who first specified the PM1D for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams has again opted for the console for The Woman in White. His configuration at the FOH position involves one PM1D cascaded to a Yamaha DM2000 giving 160 mix channels. A second PM1D, running in mirror mode, allows Potter to make complex adjustments to the mix without interfering with sound operator Tim Clarke's concentration. While Clarke mixes the show on one surface, Potter and his pro

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UK - Martin Professional's worldwide training program, Acade-media, was officially launched on Tuesday 2 August, in Maidstone, England, where Martin UK's trainer, Chris West, taught participants 'General Service of Intelligent Lights'. West has been conducting training for Martin across the UK for three years, but this session marked the first time a Martin Acade-media course was presented.

Martin's international education manager, Marc Anderson, was there for the occasion, and explains: "The products are quite complex and the customer base is constantly expanding. There is a huge demand for training and we have ambitious plans for meeting that demand. Today's session is the result of nearly two years of preparation." He went on to add: "We've got a half-dozen courses ready to go. And when we have all the pieces in place, our goal is to be able to certify technic

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UK - Sennheiser 's popular annual audio industry event, the Golf Challenge Trophy, took place in July at the Mill Ride Golf Course at Ascot, where 65 customers and staff took to the green. Thankfully the rain held off and the standard of play was as high and competitive as always, with everyone making it to the 19th hole in good time and accounted for - at least at the start of the evening. Congratulations go to this year's golf-meisters: The trophy winner was Praful Patel (ASK Electronics), runner-up was Howard Till (Canegreen) and third place went to Michael Storey (Netcom).

Helped by generously donated prizes and possibly a little alcohol, the evening dinner and charity auction went on late into the night, raising £30,000, which will be divided between Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy for Children and the charity for Breast Cancer. Sennheiser UK would like to say a very sincer

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UK - A new government-led initiative to help the UK's Creative Industries sector brings together key players to discuss how to best meet the opportunities and threats that rapid technological developments is creating for the sector. The Creative Industries Forum, which had its first meeting in July, is jointly chaired by Arts Minister Estelle Morris and Science and Innovation Minister Lord Sainsbury.

The 'Creative Industries' broadly includes those involved in film, music and the performing arts. The forum will address key issues such maximizing opportunities in a digital environment, business models, education and awareness raising, and challenges such as file-sharing and piracy.

To co-incide with the launch of the Creative Industries Forum on Intellectual Property, Creative London is announcing a free IP service to ensure London's creative community actually profits from its innov

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UK - A new architectural lighting show launches in February 2005 in London. 'ARC 05 - the architectural, retail and corporate lighting show', it is the only lighting exhibition in the UK that is specifically targeted at architects, interior designers, lighting designers and specifiers. The show will be held at the Business Design Centre, Islington on 14-15 February and will also be supporting a two-day RIBA approved CPD programme and two-day forum in association with the LIF on LEDs and DALI.

All seminars taking place during the exhibition will be RIBA approved CPD and will all be related to lighting topics for architects. There are a number of lighting-related CPD seminars available, ranging from office and retail lighting to LEDs and daylighting control. A seminar theatre seating approximately 70 people will be built on the exhibition floor and will be promoted by Mondiale Pub

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UK - PCM has supplied the Plaisterers Hall, in the heart of the City of London, with Lodestar motors for a challenging installation.

The Plaisterers organization is one of the oldest livery companies in England, with its first charter granted by King Henry VII in 1501. The largest livery hall in London, it remains a focal point for the plastering trade. The current Hall, the result of a new build in 1972, needed a makeover to bring it into the 21st century in terms of an audio-visual, lighting and audio infrastructure. The idea was to provide hanging points for whatever technical production equipment was required in the Hall, according to the format of the event.

PCM was contacted by the main project consultant Plaisterers Hall Ltd, on the recommendation of David Harding from Winchester-based lighting and sound consultancy, Whitwam. They supplied and located 18 double-braked Lodesta

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USA - Brian Dowd, the well-known general manager and East Coast sales manager for TMB, is to join LED lighting effects manufacturer Color Kinetics on 16 August, overseeing sales in the Mid-Atlantic region. An experienced lighting designer and technician, Dowd oversaw sales, operations and business development at TMB, and the launch of the company's New York office. His 27-year career includes sales, management, and technical experience at entertainment lighting companies Main Light Industries Inc and McManus Enterprises, as well as corporate meeting design and technical direction for DuPont Company. Dowd has also been directly involved in the work of several industry bodies, including the ESTA Technical Standards Program.

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