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UK - During the refurbishment of Wembley Arena, a temporary large-scale Pavilion has been constructed. Completed in February, the venue has already hosted act including Westlife, Anastacia and Blue with further performances of Queen in May and Elton John in June.

The substantial temporary pavilion seats 10,000 and measure some 165m x 70m. LSI Projects supplied and installed an ADB Memopack dimming system that controls the house lighting. This can be controlled by a provided ADB console or alternatively the dimmers can be linked to the show lighting control system. To comply with Brent Council licensing requirements the Memopack dimmers are run in memory mode maintaining a constant low level of light throughout the pavilion. When DMX signals - on a highest takes precedence basis -

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France / Switzerland - Digigram, the creator of innovative digital audio network solutions, has announced the appointment of Decibel S.A., of Vevey, as its new Swiss distributor. Digigram says that Decibel will guarantee sales, consulting, and support for Digigram's networked audio devices including EtherSound products, Hitplayer, NCX, and audio management software, in the Installed sound and Sound reinforcement markets. The company adds that J & C Intersonic remains the Swiss Digigram distributor for sound cards.

Decibel director Jean-Pascal Ruch is thrilled to include Digigram products in his portfolio: "Especially Digigram's EtherSound line is unique in the market place. We already had the opportunity to use it at the Convention Center Montreux, and business benefits and customer satisfaction were simply amazing. Digital audio distribution is here to stay and we believe

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Australia - Only the second time it has taken place outside Edinburgh in its 55-year history, a landmark production of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo was recently staged in Sydney's Aussie Stadium with a cast of over 1,200 performers. Playing to an audience of more than 160,000 people over five days, sound reinforcement for the spectacular show featured the TiMax audio imaging system, specified by Tattoo sound consultant John Del'Nero.

In contrast to the Edinburgh event, where for several years John Del'Nero has used TiMax to subtly move amplified content alongside the natural acoustic output from the bands, the sheer scale of the Aussie Stadium required a different approach. Fully amplified moving audio images were created to track the various marching bands as they traversed the length and breadth of the massive stadium in front of a life-size replica of the famous Edinburgh C

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UK / Germany - Tannoy will show a number of new products at the Frankfurt ProLight&Sound exhibition next month, throughout its diverse commercial loudspeaker and studio monitor ranges. Commercial installation products can be found in Hall 8.0 stand C22 whilst their studio range will be exhibited in Hall 5.1 stand B43 / 53.

One of the major highlights will be a preview of an active version of Tannoy's V Series range of installation loudspeakers. The new V Net Series incorporates a networkable embedded amplifier system providing a complete installation solution by combining high performance signal processing, amplification, networked control and telemetry. Installers will be able to use customized PC interfaced software to configure a number of V series cabinets connected on an RS485 cable network.

Also showing will be Tannoy's high power loudspeaker solution for live or fixed

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UK - VisualDMX has introduced Matrix Mania!, an integral part of VisualDMX software control, which the company says allows for the control of any scale or size matrix setup from dance floors to LED panels with an ease that is rarely found elsewhere, even in dedicated matrix controllers.

Matrix Mania! allows the user to creatively, quickly and accurately render and change the appearance of your matrix through its versatile pre-programmed patterns or by the simple addition of scrolling or static text, pictures (bitmap images) or even animated images. VisualDMX says that one of the most powerful characteristics of the Matrix Mania! is that the patterns are automatically adapted to the dimensions of the matrix.

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Italy - Coemar has announced the launch of a new phase in its development, with a rethink of its position on international markets. Following a period when group strategy had effectively moved its decision-making elsewhere, the owners have now relocated the centre of all operations - including management, engineering, sales, marketing and communications - to Italy and the results have quickly become apparent, the company says.

The announcement says: "Today's approach to the market is certainly much more customer-oriented (particularly with regard to the distributors, who are still firmly behind the company) and is based on two solid pillars: an undeniably sound financial position and the renewed enthusiasm of those at Coemar whose professional skills have been rewarded."

Coemar says that new backing from an international investment fund has provided a guarantee for

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Denmark - Martin Professional has introduced the new Mania DC3, the third decoration fixture in the Martin Mania series. The 250W unit offers replaceable oil wheels to produce psychedelic decoration effects ideal for a wide variety of decorative lighting purposes. A variable focus allows users to blur the edges of the projected image while a variable speed control keeps pace with the music. Furthermore, the DC3 includes high quality projection optics and a precise manual focus adjustment for extremely sharp and detailed projections, say Martin.

For further decorative possibilities, gobos can be placed in the DC3 to frame the oil wheel image, thus creating a variety of shapes and providing even more depth to the projection. Designed for wherever people want to have fun, the Mania DC3 is ideal for shows, clubs, or parties and will be appreciated by DJs and live performers alike.

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Northern Ireland - Light & Sound FX of Coleraine, Northern Ireland, kicked off the usual busy start to the year by attending and promoting KV2 Audio at the Christian Resources Exhibition at the Kings Hall, Belfast. Having successfully completed several denomination church refits as well as two complete rebuilds last year, expectations were high of the exhibition.

Darren Gardiner, owner of L&SFX reported a clutch of new leads and at least two more new build projects as well as numerous new contacts. Light & Sound FX has been the sole Northern Ireland agent and supplier of KV2 Audio since its introduction to the market place two years ago. The company has fulfilled a diverse range of applications so far, including night clubs, civic centres and sports halls, as well as ongoing projects to include a city centre Cathedral, one new build Presbyterian church, a Town Hall refit and cit

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UK - One of the UK's leading loudspeaker system manufacturers, Logic System Pro Audio, has completed a move into a new 10,000sq.ft, purpose-built manufacturing facility in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. The move was prompted by recent orders placed by UK customers and several large orders from the company's new overseas distributors.

Sue Ellis, operations director, commented: "Large orders from the likes of Electro-Systems in Singapore meant that we were working 24-hour shifts before Christmas and it became obvious that we needed to move into new premises such that we can meet customer's expectations more readily in the future."

The new facility incorporates all manufacturing processes, from CAD drawing through to new CNC manufacturing, R&D facility and office space for administration. Managing director Chris Scott commented: "All our cabinet manufacturing is in-

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USA - Loud Technologies announced today the appointment of Colin Evan Quek to the position of South East Asia sales director. Quek brings to Loud an extensive background in the MI and professional audio industries.

Schooled at the SAE Institute of Technology, Quek has managed operations, sales, and marketing, for Roadie Communications, NVM multimedia, Casio MI, Celviano Music, and Trektech, representing brands such as Behringer, Sonex, Blue Mics, Chauvet and Layered Sound Technology.

As Loud's new South East Asia sales director, Quek will be the primary contact for all Loud Technologies-related sales business in Singapore. This includes expanding the South East Asia distribution network, as well as managing all regional marketing efforts, and facilitating greater communication with Loud Technologies' worldwide headquarters, in Woodinville, Wash., USA.

"Colin will be an

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UK - Equipped with Sennheiser mics and in-ear monitoring (IEM) throughout, Keane finished a full UK tour in late 2004, before flying on to concerts in San Francisco, Vancouver, Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya throughout December. The band then completed 17 US dates during January and February this year, and a European tour followed in March.

FOH engineer Iain Slater and monitor engineer, Alistair Artingstall, are both enthusiastic about the performance of the Sennheiser products. Iain commented on the mic setup: "We are using e935s on main and backing vocals, for Tom and Tim, and they are working out very well. They're extremely smooth with a nice presence at the top end and they also have good feedback rejection. e604s are used on the toms and they do an excellent job as well as being discreet and durable. We've got e614s, which are good sturdy condensers, on overheads and hats a

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UK - Paul Weller commenced life on the road as a solo artist in 1991; 14 years later Canegreen are still supplying the PA system to his current tour. Weller's most recent album, Studio 150, contains 12 cover versions performed with his own unique twist. In his current live show these numbers joined a set that spanned his career back to his early days in the Jam. The relationship between Canegreen and Paul Weller also goes back to those early years, when Canegreen used to store The Paul Weller's own PA and supplement equipment when needed.

10 years ago Canegreen supplied Paul Weller one of the first Meyer MSL4 PA's in the UK. On the current tour (rescheduled due to Paul having a throat infection in 2004) Canegreen are still supplying state of the art equipment, as MD Yan Stile explained: "We have a very strong relationship with Paul and his management team, so we are especi

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Ireland / UK - Duran Audio UK Ltd has supplied T.G Baker (Sound) Ltd with 12 AXYS Intellivox 808s and two AXYS Intellivox 2c-XLs that form part of the PA/VA system at Croke Park, Dublin - the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association or GAA. In 1993 a grand plan to completely reconstruct Croke Park was unveiled - the biggest single venture ever undertaken by an Irish sporting organization.

Now a world-class stadium, Croke Park is the largest stadium in Ireland and the fourth largest in Europe. The AXYS Intellivox products were specified by Symonds to fulfil the PA/VA needs of Phase four of the redevelopment. Work began at the Northern (hill 16) end of the ground in October 2003. The ambition of the Association was to provide an ultra-modern terrace with the highest standard of facilities for spectators. The fully redeveloped hill will be in use for the 2005 championships with a c

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USA - Yamaha Corporation of America has strengthened its offerings in total systems solutions with the introduction of the Installation Series, the first complete line of sound reinforcement speaker products from the Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Division. With availability from June 2005, a total of 19 models with integrated enclosures, hardware, components and crossover networks have been engineered to meet the requirements of the medium-to-large scale touring and installation markets, say the company.

The Yamaha Installation Series is the result of a collaboration with Audio Composite Engineering (ACE) and its highly respected acoustic engineer Michael Adams, retained by Yamaha to realize the product concepts of Yamaha's legendary speaker engineer, Akira Nakamura. Adams is currently vice president at ACE, and has more than three decades of experience as a speaker designer

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UK - Vertigo Rigging, the UK Service Point for the award-winning InMotion 3D/CyberHoist motion control system, has announced the introduction of two-day training courses on the system at its south-east London headquarters. Applicants' names will go into a prize draw on 31 May and first three lucky winners will get their training free - their courses will be fully sponsored by Vertigo.

As a special introductory offer, Vertigo is offering these sponsored course places - free to the trainee - for the first three applicants whose names come out of the hat. Applications must be made by 27 April and the minimum qualification is four years' full-time professional production industry experience. Applicants should confirm their interest by email to Vertigo Rigging director Becky Loughran (e-mail address below), attaching a brief CV.

The revolutionary system, developed by Holland's XL

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USA - The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra is no stranger to performing with sound reinforcement. They tour at least twice a year, winter and summer, as well as a touring Florida and the south-east every other February. The orchestra can perform in a range of venues as well as at outdoor events, and can also be seen on national television each 4 July in a broadcast from Boston's Hatch Concert Shell - an event attended by over 400,000 concertgoers.

Conducted by Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops mounts a Holiday Tour during the first two weeks of December and last year their in-house team was supported by Scorpio Sound of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. For the second leg of the tour, performing shows from Norfolk in Virginia to Bridgeport, Connecticut they had the chance to use a DiGiCo D5 Live digital mixing console as their front of house desk.

Steve Colby has been FOH engine

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USA - US-based laser entertainment technology company Laserwurx, is launching its new LXColor Full Color digital laser projector this month. Laserwurx is the only manufacturer to achieve the stringent CDRH approval for moving yoke lasers in the US, and the latest product follows on from the popular LX1 green only product introduced 2003 at LDI. The new generation LXColor or LXC projectors, promise to deliver the most comprehensive features ever offered in any laser projection system, the company says.

The LXC projectors are offered in a variety of output powers as well as single colour configurations. The flagship model, the LXC 3000, offers 1.5W of white plus an additional 1.5W of green. All LXC projectors retain the highest beam quality possible with specs of <.7mr full angle divergence and 3mm diameter, say Laserwurx.

The LXC projectors incorporate the most advanced imagi

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Denmark - Martin Professional is offering an inexpensive multi-user license package for its Martin ShowDesigner (MSD) lighting simulation software package designed especially for educational institutions. Now, schools, universities or any educational institution can take advantage of one of the lighting industry's leading tools for lighting and set design.

The package includes a standard dongle with 10 licenses with additional licenses available up to a maximum of 20. As part of Martin's continuing commitment to the education of emerging lighting professionals, Martin has subsidized the cost of the MSD site license, making it affordable for the vast majority of educational institutions. In addition, Martin also offers an MSD training program in accordance with the Martin Acade-media training program.

MSD is a unique and user-friendly lighting and set design software package f

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UK - The first two Midas Siena consoles off the production line have headed north to brand new live music complex The Sage Gateshead. Opened in December 2004, the £70 million Norman Foster-designed home for music and musical discovery is a fitting first for the highly flexible console which is equally at home on monitors or at FOH.

The Sienas were specified by The Sage Gateshead's head of technical operations, Chris Durant, who was so confident in the new console that he placed the order before it went into production. Midas and Klark Teknik brand development manager Richard Ferriday, together with Sean Hames from Midas dealer LMC Audio which supplied the consoles, paid a visit to Durant last May armed with a confidentiality agreement and the first full-scale layout drawing of Siena. Once Durant and senior technician Dan Adams were assured that the new console would fulfill the

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UK - The Royal Lifeboat College, overlooking the sea at Poole, Dorset, was recently opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Electrical systems for the college were handled by Faber Maunsell, who specified Futronix PFX systems to control all lighting in the auditorium, restaurant and bar. The auditorium can be partitioned into two completely separate rooms, with different lighting controls and 20 scene settings available for each area. Auditorium lighting is mainly LV downlights, with two rows of fluorescent fittings adjacent to the corridor area, all controlled by two PFX1210 panels located in the service area and triggered from SP4 switch panels in each zone and in the corridor.

Adjacent to the auditorium a circular glass structure resembling a lighthouse lantern houses a restaurant on the ground floor and a bar directly above, both affording superb views of the seascape. The restaur

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Canada / Belgium - Montreal-based MDG Fog Generators, the manufacturer of high quality fog generators, has announced its appointment as the exclusive Canadian distributor for ArKaos products. Makers of the well-known video jockeying software ArKaos VJ, the Belgian company develops technology which integrates and synchronizes video, music, and live visual performances. The company is known as a leading provider of real-time, DMX-compatible, visual processing technologies that trigger and manipulate still and video graphics for live performances ranging from concerts, fashion shows, corporate events and major civic celebrations.

MDG company president Martin Michaud comments: "MDG Fog Generators are the natural complement to enhance the visual effects created by ArKaos. Our mission is the same: develop products that give free reign to the creators of live performances, allowi

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