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UK - Earlier this year, XTA Electronics unveiled what it calls "the most advanced and powerful audio management system available" - the DP428. The new digital signal processor provides everything needed for digitally interfacing and managing even the largest system, say the company.

Providing powerful control options, the DP428 offers 4x8 matrix capability, 48dB crossover slopes, and a host of EQ solutions for addressing virtually any audio problem. There are four inputs, each offering gain control, a 28-band graphic EQ, eight filters, and a delay. Eight outputs each have gain control, polarity switching, delay, high/low pass filtering, and up to nine filters. Any input can be routed to any combination of outputs, plus all ins and outs can be phase-adjusted in 2-degree s

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UK - On Tuesday, 29 November 2005 at The IEE, Savoy Place, London, UK the IEE Engineering for a Sustainable Future Professional Network will present the seminar Beyond WEEE: Unsustainable Product Design, and how to avoid it.

The EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive begins to roll out across the member states of the European Union from August 2005. This directive requires the collection and recycling of WEEE, and passes the responsibility for this back onto the producers. Manufacturers and designers of EEE now have a vested interest in sustainable product design, as by employing suitable design techniques, companies have a chance to minimize these costs, maybe even reducing overall product cost.

The event has two threads running through it. The "Practical" thread will seek to explore the state of the art in Sustainable Product Design an

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UK - Showsec reports some impressive landmarks in its ongoing educational programmes this month. Two of the company's senior managers became the first to receive foundation degree qualifications in Crowd Management, the 1000th Showsec employee has achieved their Level 2 NCFE event stewarding qualification, and the 500th member of staff has been SIA accredited - all in addition to the recently qualified IOSH staff.

Leading by example, managing director Mark Harding and southern regional manager Simon Battersby are amongst the first intake of students to successfully graduate from the newly established foundation degree in Crowd and Safety Management at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, with two other managers expected to complete the course within the coming months.

In September 2004, the company embarked on a policy to train all staff to the NCFE Event stewarding l

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UK - Community will show the four latest models in its iBOX series of installation loudspeaker systems, which offers a wide variety of pattern control and array options from same-dimensioned full-range and sub-bass enclosures. The new iBOX iHP3500 series are high performance three-way systems, based on a third enclosure dimension which is slightly larger than the existing 1200 and 1500 series.

The iHP3564 and iHP3594 are large format, full-range systems. The driver complement in both consists of a 15" (380mm) high power LF driver, an 8" (205mm) mid-range driver and a 1.4" (36mm) exit / 2.87" (72.2 mm) edge-wound voice coil compression driver. High order crossovers minimize band overlap and the large format horn flare delivers well controlled dispersion, 60 x 40° for the iHP3564 and 90 x 40° for the iHP3594. The well-controlled off-axis response enhances sys

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Turkey - Midas' Turkish distributor Atempo has sold 25 Siena consoles across the country since it was launched in January this year. The Sienas have mainly been purchased by PA rental and touring companies, with a smaller amount going into multi-purpose venues. "Our market needed a console with 16 auxilaries that provided high quality at a cost-effective price," says Atempo's Mudat Konuralp. "Siena has filled this gap, not only by being a monitor console with an adequate amount of auxiliaries, but also with its supreme quality at an affordable price. This has led the Siena console to become the best seller in Turkey and the most preferred console by audio professionals."

Most of the country's larger touring companies have now purchased at least one Siena console, and Atempo has been receiving very good feedback from all of these companies as they had a very g

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UK - At 11am on Monday 12 September, there will be a showdown at the PLASA Show at Earls Court, London. James Bond 007 (alias Pierce Brosnan, alias Douglas James) will confront one of the world's top DJs - John '00' Fleming. If Fleming's fingerprints match those on the box, James Bond will hand over a rather special gadget - one that would make Q proud. "The 00DJ is the toughest, cleverest, coolest piece of DJ kit this millennium," say Computer DJ.

Computer DJ will be exhibiting at PLASA on stand C56

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - White Light has been the equipment supplier of choice for two opera festivals this summer - or, in the case of one of the festivals, for the second half of each evening, since the theatrical lighting only really took over as the long summer evenings finally faded to dusk!

In Hampshire, Nothington Grange provides the home to Grange Park Opera, performed in a 540-seat horseshoe auditorium built within the listed out-house of the Grange. Lighting designer Chris Davey returned for his fourth season as resident LD, this year designing Maria Stuarda, Don Giovanni and South Pacific. As he notes: "each season the designs get bigger, pushing the stage and its possibilities to the limit. The operas rotate performances so virtually every day there is a complete set and lighting turnaround; my task was to light each piece on its own terms yet provide a design and rig

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UK - Pearce Hire has been supplying lighting and power services to the Cambridge Folk Festival for 18 years this year. In 2005 artists included Mercury Award nominees KT Tunstall and Seth Lakeman as well as long established favourites The Proclaimers and Idlewild.

The festival has stayed on its original site at the Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, since it's inception by Ken Woollard in 1964. Whilst the organizers have striven to maintain the relaxed atmosphere for festival goers, behind the scenes of the festival site has changed beyond all recognition.

Pearce Hire supplied all the power requirements for the festival, which has increased immensely over the years, catering for this unusual site where most of the electricity comes from a mains substation, which was upgraded from a 300A to 500A in 1995 to cope with the growing demands in all areas.

This year Pearce Hire supplied a

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UK - Logic System Pro Audio, the UK's largest loudspeaker manufacturer in Gainsborough, will be exhibiting at this year's PLASA show on stand number K44 and will be previewing the first products in the new and highly innovative ML Series.

Designed as a truly multifunctional range of loudspeaker enclosures the ML Series has applications in many areas including Live Sound, Theatre, AV, Leisure and Sports Venues etc. Incorporating an intuitive flying system the ML Series lends itself to becoming popular with rental companies and installers alike. With a full range of options for flying available from one system, the ML Series is set to become another winner in the Logic System range. Models available will be ML15, ML12, ML8, ML802, and ML702. All models will have rotatable horn flares and will be available with different dispersion characteristics dependant on application. Pictured

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UK - DJ Magazine is again running its annual T-Scan Technology Awards alongside the PLASA Show this year, and is inviting readers to download a .pdf form for voting purposes (www.djmag.com/djtech007.php). Following the success of last year's format, they are offering another split reader/judge vote this year, with two sets of 10 different categories.

Alongside a public vote for gear that a bedroom or mobile DJ might use most, the magazine's panel of industry professionals, musicians and DJs will decide what club install equipment ranks highest. The public will vote on: 1. Dual CD Player; 2. MP3 Controller; 3. Entry-level Mixer; 4. Effects Mixer; 5. Lighting Product; 6. DJ Effects; 7. Sampler/Workstation; 8. Studio Software; 9. Best DJ/Producer Schooll; 10. Retailer Of The Year.

The judges will vote on: 1. Innovative New Product; 2. Turntable; 3. New Single CD Player; 4. DJ Car

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UK - Midas and Klark Teknik recently co-hosted its first training seminar in July in Riga, Latvia, for 60 sound designers, engineers and technicians from theatres, rental companies and TV stations eager to get to grips with the latest products from both brands.

Under the banner of Managing Performing Arts Across Europe, the seminar was held by local distributor GaCo in conjunction with The New Theatre Institute of Latvia. Midas and Klark Teknik's brand development manager Richard Ferriday gave a presentation focusing on the brands' latest products developments including the Siena STS package (which allows the solo'd outputs from Siena to be shown on the KT Helix digital EQ system) the Verona console, the KT DN370 graphic equalizer and wireless remote control of the Helix system, via a tablet PC. All products were available for hands-on demonstrations.

GaCo was only rece

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Russia - Nearly 100 Robe Show Lighting fixture of various types have been installed in the Crystal Casino in Moscow as part of a massive technology upgrade. Crystal's owners emphasize a high quality guest 'experience' and presenting a visually stimulating environment is key to this.

Crystal, one of the largest gambling establishments in Eastern Europe with three restaurants, several bars, a nightclub and dancefloor, needed a boost to its lighting system. The new installation was designed by Sasha "Eagle" Vasilyev - the club's chief LD - and Slava Savin, LD and desk programmer/operator, and undertaken by Moscow-based Light Sound. Contractor (LSC), one of Russia's leading installers.

Nightly onstage entertainment includes a variety of singers and bands. The club also has its own permanent cabaret/musical show once or twice a week, and the dancefloor is in use five days

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UK - Artistic Licence will be launching Rail-Patch at PLASA this year.

The product is a simple connection device for DIN Rail installations. It is available with either male or female five pin XLR connectors and is used to provide cable entry into the installation equipment without the need to make up special cables.

The product has an XLR mounted on one edge and a three pin screw terminal on the other. Custom variants can also be produced. The product line is available throughout the world via a growing number of progressive dealers, a list of which is available from Artistic Licences web site, where visitors can also order on-line and download technical data and user guides.

Jump-Start can be seen at PLASA 2005 on Stand G12.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - This year's Audio Industry Regatta (AIR) will take place on the weekend of 24-25th September 2005 in Portsmouth. The aim of AIR is to raise money and awareness for The Elizabeth Foundation - a voluntary organisation offering support nationwide for deaf children from 0-5 years and their parents.

So far, 13 major audio companies have signed up to sponsor a boat and there is still a chance that your company could do the same. You don't need to have any experience, just a keen crew of six or seven people. SunSail will supply everything, including the boat, expert instruction, the skipper and all the kit you'll need. The evening fundraiser at Tiger Tiger begins with the now famous 'Pop Quiz', followed by dinner in the restaurant with wonderful views over the harbour. Even for those nor participating in the sailing, there is an option to sponsor a table for the Saturday evening e

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UK - Computer DJ is showing the '00DJ' - designed for the mobile DJ and endorsed by John '00' Fleming. This, say the company, is the only dedicated mobile device which has touch screen technology, huge storage capacity and illuminated keyboard, all housed within a tough but stylish silver briefcase.

Also on show, are Q-Play digital music systems - designed with total security using biometric fingerprint scanners allowing user access only. These units can be installed into shops, pubs, and clubs or anywhere music is played. Computer DJ is also launching the Q-Play information/Music Kiosk. Product brochures are available in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Computer DJ can be found on stand C56.

(Lee Baldock)

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Italy / UK - Clay Paky will show a number of new products at this year's PLASA Show, including the Alpha Spot HPE 1200, the Alpha Spot 700, the Alpha Wash TH and the CP Color 400 SH.

Alpha Spot HPE 1200 is the flagship luminaire of the company's Alpha range and boasts a high performance optical unit and features a 1200W discharge lamp. With a large, newly designed effects section, colour mixing CMY and linear zoom from 10°- 40°, Alpha Spot HPE 1200 is the most silent luminaire in the range, say the company. Other features include linear CTO, seven-color wheel, a graphic system with 20 gobos plus animation disc, two rotating gobo wheels - each with six bi-directional, indexable and easily interchangeable decorative glass and dichroic gobos, selectable 'Gobo shake' function and morphing effect.

The Alpha Spot 700 is a 700 W effects projector featuring linear zoom from 15° - 4

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USA - Harrah's Lake Tahoe Casino and Hotel, part of Harrah's Entertainment Inc - the largest gaming company in the world - has outfitted its South Shore Room with a new speaker system and new Lake Contour digital loudspeaker processors. Accommodating up to 1,000 people, the room has hosted some of the biggest names in entertainment throughout its 50-year history, and concerts by Steve Winwood, Wayne Newton, Tony Orlando, Rick Springfield, and the Wallflowers are on the entertainment schedule for this summer.

Wayne Carlson, Harrah's sound supervisor for 17 years, is using two all-digital Lake Contour processors to control the entire main Meyer Sound speaker system, which he put together with the help of Glenn Hatch of Audio West, a system design and supply company. The Lake Contours are integrated with a wireless access point for remote control from a wireless tablet using Lake C

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UK - Harman Pro UK has supplied a quantity of sound equipment for the Architectural Association's Can Buildings Curate exhibition. The show opened at the AA Gallery in Bedford Square, London in May and is now touring. in September it travels to New York's Storefront, and then on to Leipzig's Centre of Contemporary Art.

Can Buildings Curate is a completely flexible exhibition curated by Shumon Basar, Joshua Bolchover and Parag Sharma. It contains an average of fifteen exhibits including four sound pieces. This element of the show emphasises the importance of design techniques including audio. One of the original works at the AA Gallery was David Cunningham's Exterior, an exterior context-based installation in the front basement of the building, utilising JBL Control Series enclosures.

Harman communications manager Su Planta comments, "It has been reall

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China - The City of Tianjin recently commissioned Beijing-based Teon Scenik to produce a light and laser display in the city's Galaxy Park as a permanent tourist attraction. LED was chosen as the lighting technology and TIR systems was commissioned as the provider, while Hong Kong-based Ptarmigan Consulting was appointed to design, install and commission the control system.

Ptarmigan contracted Artistic Licence to provide a Colour-Tramp control system along with a range of DMX512 and Art-Net distribution products. Simon Fraser of Ptarmigan comments: "I selected Colour-Tramp because of its graphics based LED control interface and its ease of programming and automated operation. The main control room is remote from the tower, so the use of Art-Net ethernet significantly reduced the length of expensive DMX512 cabling. The Art-Net ethernet was converted back to DMX512 locally a

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World - Avril Lavigne is continuing her Bonez Tour across Europe and the USA and FOH engineer John Kerns, has been making the most of the DiGiCo D5 Live to give the mix lavigne's trademark edgy raw feel.

Kerns, who has only been with the band for a few weeks, has taken over from Jim Yakabuski who has retired from touring. "I had a week with Jim before I took over and did a few shows with him. This is my first tour actually taking a D5 and using it on a daily basis, but it is extremely flexible and it sounds great," he said. "Once you have it laid out and configured the way you want it everything becomes incredibly flexible."

As well as mixing the show, Kerns also records every performance directly out of the desk and into a Pro Tools HD system. "We utilise the MADI outputs from the desk to track directly into a Pro Tools session, which the band members

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UK - Award-winning LD Michael Lingard is using PixelPAR 90 fixtures on the current long-running Ministry of Mayhem series, produced by Foundation Productions, recorded at Maidstone Studios in Kent and broadcast live on ITV1 on Saturday mornings.

The original set design was by Patrick Docherty who suggested using high brushed metal walls. Lingard then came up with the idea of lit panels to break up the walls; their basic visual aim was to make it bright, colourful and exciting with a high tech feel.

Pixels were not originally on the job, but the steely greyness of the set was proving a bit stark, so some textural treatment was needed to brighten it up and Lingard says he also wanted to be able to change the look and feel of the space for different sections of the show. "The PixelPAR 90s bring a new dimension to the space," he says. "They have really brough

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