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Italy - After an extensive series of road tests carried out during the summer, the new Proel Axiom vertical array speaker system has officially debuted at a prestigious live event - Elton John live @ MTV Supersonic. Recorded on 29 September at the East End Space 90 TV studios in front of an audience of 800 journalists, record company executives and showbiz associates, Elton John performed his new Peachtree Road album live with his band.

The PA system installed for this event was composed of: 12 Proel AX3210P vertical array speaker systems; four subwoofers Proel EDGE121SP of 21" each for the extended bass frequencies. The arrays and subwoofers were powered by 12 Proel PSW2600 power amplifiers and controlled by a Proel DSO26 digital processor. The front-stage sound fill was g

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UK - The Board of Directors of James Thomas Engineering Ltd has issued a statement announcing that Mervyn Thomas is no longer an employee of the company, following a management restructuring which has also seen the appointment of John Hickinbotham as coordinator. Hickinbotham, known to many as Jig, has worked for the company for many years and will join the team responsible for customer liaison.

Pixel Range sales continue to be handled by Andy Walters and Ashley Lewis, and truss and lighting sales by Chris Waller and Tina Hall. John Hickinbotham should be contacted at the e-mail address given below with communications that would have previously channelled through Mervyn Thomas, say the company.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Cadac is celebrating 20 years of dedicated design for live sound applications during 2004, with its extended product portfolio including the all-new M16 Remote Mic Amp - making its US debut at AES. The M16 integrates 16 of Cadac's classic mic pre-amps into a 19" rack unit, providing three active splits per channel plus a MADI interface. Also on show will be the production D16 Digital Mix Matrix - Cadac's answer to the concept of a console in a 19" rack - providing a high quality 16 x 16 variable gain audio matrix with 96kHz 24-bit sampling and SHARC DSP processing. The D16 uses proprietary Cadac mix, EQ and dynamics algorithms to deliver quality that matches the company's hallmark analogue sound.

Designed to address live, broadcast and recording market requirements, the M16 integrates directly with Cadac's new D16 Digital Matrix, and up to 16 M16 units can be co

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USA - First came the Concept:1 and Concept:2, two DMX combination scanner/laser effects from American DJ. Now the company has taken this "concept" a step further and added the Concept:Color, a DMX colour changer with the same design theme as its cousins.

The new Concept:Color is the ideal fixture for DJs, clubs and bands, Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies: "The popularity of the Concept:1 and Concept:2 convinced us to add a colour changer to the line, so that users could run an ensemble of matching effects."

The Concept:Color offers 15 colours plus white, along with two prism-like quadras that split the light beam into four colours. As an added bonus, a removable Frost Filter lets DJs create a dreamy "wash" effect when desired. The Concept:Color includes two DMX channels that can be conveniently hooked up to the s

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UK - Redditch-based sales, installation and service company Enlightenment has recently supplied 16 Robe moving lights to the Coliseum Theatre, Oldham, a busy 580-capacity producing house with a hectic and varied show schedule.

The eight Robe Spot 575XT and eight Robe Wash 575XT moving lights are part of a three-phase upgrade to the theatre's production lighting system undertaken by Enlightenment that has also included the supply of a console and dimmers.

Robe fixtures were initially suggested to the Coliseum's chief LX Phil Davies by Enlightenment's Paul Swansborough. They did a shoot out between Robe and assorted other brands, and Davies made his decision after careful deliberation. Beforehand, he'd spent a considerable time convincing the theatre's artistic director of the merits of automated lighting, and that they would greatly enhance productions generally and be a highly

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Italy - The City and the Eyes was the theme of the 2004 edition of Nights of Light held, as usual, in the area of Piazza Dante Alighieri in Bergamo and organized by the Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Clay Paky and other Bergamo companies.

This year's project was created through the use of light in harmony with other artistic languages: music, theatre and dance. As in the past, the choice of event took account of both the artistic potential and audience participation, reinforcing the meaning and significance the Nights of Lights festival has assumed over the last few years.

The event opened on 2 September with a spectacle of hip-hop and break dance. Started as a social and artistic movement of the ethnic minorities in the United States, hip-hop is now a genre widely studied and practised in Italy.

The evening of 3 September was devoted to a spectacl

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UK - Sound Leisure has purchased new premises in Leeds which will provide twice the floor space of its current factory in Ings Road. The 80,000sq.ft. facility will allow the company to combine all of its manufacturing departments under one roof for the first time, including the wood and cabinet shops and the engineering works. However, Sound Leisure Electronics - the software and electronics arm of Sound Leisure, will remain in its existing site in Nottingham.

The move to the new factory should be completed by the end of November this year. "Since Sound Leisure embraced the possibilities offered by digital technology over the last five years, manufacturing volume has increased hugely," said joint MD Chris Black. "We have been looking for suitable new premises for some time and were lucky to find this facility in Sandleas Way, despite the competition for this type

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USA - More than 200 of LOUD Technologies' worldwide sales team descended on the company's headquarters in Woodinville, Wash. for a weekend of product training culminating with a celebration in honour of Mackie's 15th anniversary. And while rep and dealer training is certainly not uncommon, the folks in Woodinville went above and beyond create something truly different for the first ever Loud-a-Palooza. "In keeping with the 'festival of learning' theme for the event, we set out to make Loud-a-Palooza an experience unlike the typical training seminars that our attendees are accustomed to attending," commented Loud Technologies director of marketing communications Adrian Bell.

Evoking a highly stylized theme best described as 'academia meets vaudeville' the Loud marketing team converted the massive Woodinville warehouse into a full-service, hands-on training facility that

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Russia - With a faith based on experience of other RTS products, the All-Russian State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK) has just invested in a two-frame Advanced Digital Audio Matrix from RTS.

When the Russian government decided to create a state electronic mass media holding that would include both broadcasting organizations and enterprises distributing state television and radio programmes the All-Russian State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK) has controlled the television channels "Rossija" (RTR), and "Kultura", "Radio Rossii", 92 regional television and radio companies and 99 TV and radio studios - making the Moscow-based media giant one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world.

To satisfy the complex communications and intercom requirements of an organization with live and post production studios scattered the length an

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USA - Following the successful installation of its Laboratory Series LS4LA system front-of-house at The Good Hurt club on Venice Boulevard, UK-based Production Services reports that it has been "inundated with enquiries" from club owners in LA, several of which have already translated into confirmed orders. The system at the Good Hurt Club included AMT monitors and SP Series power amplifiers, controlled by an LS23 digital speaker management system

The Cat Club on Sunset Boulevard, owned by Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, has ordered LS4LA FOH with AMT monitors and SP Series power amps controlled by LS23 and EQ62s. Meanwhile, another club - 14 Below, in Santa Monica - has also ordered LS4LA FOH with AMT monitors, SP Series amplifiers and LS23 controller. Paladino's on Reseda Boulevard in North LA has, like The Good Hurt, ordered an LS4LA FOH, AMT monitors, SP Seri

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UK - XL Video is supplying all projection and playback equipment to the new Andrew Lloyd Webber production, Woman in White, at the Palace Theatre in London's West End. XL's Malcolm Mellows worked closely with projection designers Sven Ortel and Dick Straker of Mesmer to realize the ambitious technical requirements needed for video designer Bill Dudley's ideas to come alive onstage. There's been plenty of positive comments, including the projection being described as "impressive" and opening up "new possibilities in the marriage of theatre and cinema" by Michael Billington in The Guardian.

All the show's settings, locations and backdrops are projected onto a 30m wide by 5m high cylindrical projection surface. At certain points, the side sections of the screen track around the stage to form a surface across the front. A section of the screen also splits

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Spain - D.A.S. Audio has been back on the road with international seminars and workshops aimed at providing audio professionals with knowledge about the company and it's products. The events took place in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Bangalore (India): representing D.A.S. were Juan Luis García, area manager for Asia, and D.A.S. sound engineer Joan La Roda.

The seminar in Colombo was held on the 23 September at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Over 400 people attended the event, which was organized by the D.A.S. distributor for Sri Lanka, Swedish Trading Audiovisual. Juan Luis García opened the event with a company profile and Joan La Roda gave a product presentation covering the New Dynamics, Mi, PF and Reference series products. The event was closed with a lively question and answer session covering the products and audio in general.

García and La Roda

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USA - The latest production of Queen musical We Will Rock You, and the show's North American debut has recently opened in Las Vegas at the Paris hotel's 1,450-seat Le Theatre Des Arts, with an L-Acoustics' front-of-house loudspeaker rig. The new system, furnished by Masque Sound of East Rutherford, New Jersey, features twin left and right hangs of 10 V-Dosc cabinets with two dV-Dosc elements for front-fill: 10 additional dV-Dosc are hung as a centre array to complete the LCR FOH system, while four compact coaxial MTD108a systems are employed to provide supplementary coverage to the far edges of the audience seating area.

Sound design for the show is by Bobby Aitken and associate sound designers David Patridge and Richard Sharratt. Aitken and Patridge have spent the past five years working together on eight separate productions of Mamma Mia!, the musical based on t

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UK - Skan PA Hire supplied a Digico D5 Live for Sound Techniques Group 40th anniversary corporate party hosted at Carrow Road, home of Norwich City football club. Sound Techniques staff enjoyed a three-course banquet and their view of the pitch was enhanced by music from early Sound Technologies' studio recordings courtesy of a row of white C25 speakers.

The set-up featured acts on two independent stages in a fairly narrow room. Skan's Steve Jones looked after the patch and Chris Amblin dealt with mics. By using the Digico D5 Live and Turbosound pairing, they kept the sound system very contained and discrete, whilst still achieving an even response in the room.

The second system consisted of a mixture of Turbosound speakers; flown TQs supported by 21" subs and TFM 450s for monitors controlled by XTA DP226 processing. Ant Carr operated the Digico D5 Live at front of house

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UK - Currently one of the most talked-about shows in the West End, Festen has enjoyed good reviews from the critics since transferring to the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, after its successful sell-out run at the Almeida earlier in the year. This stage adaptation of the 1998 Dogma film, directed by Rufus Norris, succeeds superbly in portraying an immensely powerful script with a minimal set designed by Ian MacNeil. Using merely a dining table and double bed, MacNeil has created two symbolic environments that are automated to flow effortlessly between the two as the story unfolds and intensifies.

Stage Technologies' Maxis control system and BigTow winches enabled Tom King (the show's automation operator) to achieve the desired effects needed for this sensitive show without detracting from the intimacy of the performance. After two years as a technical operator King is using

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Ireland - Bosch Security Systems' DCN Digital Congress Network system has been chosen by the Irish government to provide high quality international and portable conferencing facilities at various regional venues throughout the country during Ireland's Presidency of the EU. The new portable DCN Concentus system provides multi-lingual translation facilities using the Integrus infrared audio language distribution system for secure interference-free audio distribution in any language at the touch of a button.

Another Bosch DCN system is already used every day in the main Irish Parliament in Dublin, in addition to many other EU parliaments, including Brussels and the new Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh. The Dublin system was provided and installed by SKS, one of Bosch's main partners in Ireland, the new system provides a complete portable solution based on the well known t

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USA - Veteran Rock legends R.E.M began the U.S. leg of their 2004 world tour this week with an EAW KF760 Line Array system supplied by Seattle-based Carlson Audio Systems, who have been contracted to provide the house sound system for all 30 shows of the tour.

In preparation for the R.E.M. tour, Carlson assembled a complete KF760 Line Array system consisting of 24 KF760 long/medium throw modules, eight KF761 near field modules and 16 EAW SB1000 subwoofers. Four KF750 and four KF755 full range boxes provide additional support along with six EAW JFX260s.

"We're long-time EAW fans, and have been ever since we purchased our first KF850 rig back in '93," commented Mark Carlson, founder of Carlson Audio. "We first took the KF760 Line Array out with Pearl Jam last year and were really impressed with its sonic quality and coverage."

Carlson continued: "Since

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Australia - The opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games are always breathtakingly spectacular events that involve months of planning and detailed production work, and the Summer Olympics in Athens this year was no exception. Spearheading the massive production effort for both ceremonies was Australian company Norwest Productions (who also supplied production services for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney) in association with local Athens-based firm, Enttech S.A. on behalf of Jack Morton Public Events.

Norwest's sound reinforcement system of choice was based on EAW's KF860 Virtual Line Array system supplemented by McCauley MLA3s for the upper decks. The main EAW system comprised a total of 64 EAW KF860 and KF861 Virtual Line Array systems and 36 EAW BH760 subs, which were ground-stacked in 32 arrays around the circumference of the bowl. Each cluster consi

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UK - TXD loudspeaker systems are now installed throughout The Warehouse, a student-only club and bar/restaurant complex on Bristol's waterfront, reports Turbosound, the British-based manufacturer of live performance and installed-sound loudspeaker systems. An increasingly common sight in clubs and bars around the world, Turbosound TXD systems has developed a strong reputation for sound quality and value, with system design company M32 Audio & Lighting, installing some twenty TXD loudspeakers at The Warehouse. M32's installation also includes Turbosound Impact 50 loudspeakers, deployed in the venue's bar and VIP areas.

The internal structure of The Warehouse is focused around a main ground-level dance floor and bar area, with multiple mezzanine levels above and the El Puerto restaurant. Apart from the sub-bass enclosures, all the loudspeakers have been ceiling-flown, with the maj

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UK - White Light Sales supplies many of its exclusive product lines to Stage Electrics for Mary Poppins. White Light Sales has recently supplied a large quantity of lighting equipment to Bristol-based rental company Stage Electrics for use on the new Cameron Mackintosh/Disney stage production of Mary Poppins.

Howard Harrison's lighting design for this new musical, which opened at the Bristol Hippodrome Theatre on the 28 September and will transfer to the Prince Edward Theatre in London on the 6 of December, called for a number of items for which White Light are the exclusive UK distributor.

Included in the shopping list: fifty LDDE DMX-controlled four-colour fluorescent cyc battens, used to light the many painted cloths in Bob Crowley's scenic design. 100 Rainbow 6" Pro and 20 Rainbow 8" Pro colour scrollers, specified for their ability to provide indiv

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USA - Color Kinetics has appointed David Emma as vice-president of OEM and Licensing, overseeing the development of new opportunities and the growth of existing partnerships worldwide. Emma has more than 16 years of experience in the identification, establishment and growth of strategic OEM and licensing relationships within the semiconductor industry, among other technology markets.

"Color Kinetics is a recognized industry leader, and I'm pleased to join its talented management team," said Emma. "I look forward to helping the company drive adoption of intelligent solid-state lighting through new and expanded OEM and licensing initiatives, both within and beyond the core lighting industry."

"We're extremely pleased to welcome David, whose strong background and expertise in identifying new market opportunities for sophisticated technologies will serve

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