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USA - Chauvet releases the Q-Series, a range of competitively priced yet advanced intelligent fixtures designed primarily for clubs and professional DJs.

"The Q-Series brings together cutting-edge features and the value, innovation and performance you have come to expect from Chauvet," said Chauvet product development manager Barry Abrams.

Featuring a consistent design and library of gobos and colors, Q-Series allows users to mix and match units across the line and still maintain a consistent look using a variety of fixtures and effects.

The initial product launch encompasses four moving yoke spot fixtures, one moving yoke wash fixture and four scanners. All nine feature a dimmer/shutter/strobe channel, speed control of pan and tilt, bi-directional color scroll, rese

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USA - Never was the old adage about two heads being better than one more true than on New Year's Eve, when Mike Pappas, chief engineer of KUVO-FM in Denver, put two Neumann KU 100 "Fritz" binaural microphones into action during National Public Radio's 26th annual Toast to the Nation. The 12-hour coast-to-coast live music special, hosted from the legendary Tipitina's Uptown nightclub in New Orleans, was broadcast in 5.1 surround sound for the second straight year.

"We needed to record a brass line, the classic New Orleans funeral procession," explains Pappas. "I wanted to be able to do that in Conventional stereo and 5.1 surround, so the easy solution was to use a Neumann KU 100." Also known as "Fritz", the KU 100 is a model human head with microphone elements located inside its replica ears that produces highly realistic binaural st

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Italy - The popular HBO/BBC co-production, Rome, will shortly be going into production on its second series, which is scheduled to air in 2007. Having proved the advantages of his Metric Halo Mobile I/O-based hard disc recording system during the debut season's yearlong filming, Italian production mixer, Maurizio Argentieri will once again be using the setup to capture location sound for the show's second season.

Argentieri is a six-year veteran of location sound recording whose credits include: The Passion of the Christ, The Island and A Good Woman. He says of the Metric Halo Mobile I/O 2882+DSP digital interface: "I still haven't found an interface that sounds as good as this. Plus, when I bought it, it was the only interface that could be powered by the computer. For someone who works the way I do, this is very important."

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Belgium - Martin's Maxedia Digital Media Composer was used on one of Belgium's biggest televised musical events of 2005, the TMF Awards. Held at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, the show's visual elements included a combination of lighting and video effects designed by independent Belgian LD Michiel Milbou.

Besides controlling 73 PixelLine LED fixtures, the Maxedia was used to pixel map 24 automated lights located inside set-cubes on stage. Through DMX merge-channels a seamless crossfade was done from the ArtNet input of the Maxedia to the video pixel mapping of the Maxedia output. A total of 11 DMX universes were pixel mapped on the Maxedia during the four-hour live broadcast event.

"The Maxedia gave me the opportunity to integrate the whole set in one 'picture', says Milbou. "I used a large high resolution LED wall and custom built Mipix elements, and together with the

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Chile - The Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, in Santiago, Chile recently hosted Pearl Jam's first visit to the country in their incredible 15-year career. The 2-night Pearl Jam extravaganza, featuring Mudhoney as the opening act, took place on 22 and 23 November, each night attracting over 18,000 people.

In high demand by international tours, Cristian Olavarria Ltd, a sound rental company with 25 years of experience in sound reinforcement, took charge of the production. General Manager Cristian Olavarria, together with their Chief-Engineer, Jaime Zeballos, chose to use their Adamson Y-Axis system. This system has become the most popular rig in their inventory, which also includes EAW, Meyer, and others. To achieve the optimal configuration for this open-air stadium, Jaime used the Adamson Shooter software, which he finds "a breeze to do sound design with".

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Germany - When it came to specifying a sound system for the new Bowling Arena Spich, near Cologne, the choice was to prove to rather more difficult than first anticipated by the architects. The first thing that made this venue different was its size and the very nature of what it was designed for. The Bowling (which opened in December) centre boasts no less that 24 lanes, which when full (every night) creates a tremendous ground noise. Add to this that fact that venue changes its focus later on in the evening to become what's called a 'Disco Bowling Entertainment Centre' and you have the dream/nightmare acoustic situation.

Their initial response to this was to plump for a 'branded' sound system. But the problem there was that the system lacked speech clarity and directivity due to the lack of HF horns in the system. It was it this point that they turned to RCF and offered them t

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Sweden - Slingco has installed a CABLEnet tensioned wire grid system into the main auditorium at Helsingborg Theatre in Sweden - giving safe and flexible access to the overstage/above auditorium roof space. It's the first tensioned wire grid in Sweden.

Helsingborg was also the first town in Sweden to open a municipal theatre in 1921. Originally housed in a theatre built in 1877, its current building opened in 1976. Helsingborg Theatre is one of the leading producing and receiving houses in the country.

Rochdale-based Slingco - developers of CABLEnet, the leading product in its genre - was visited by architects Peder Lindbom and Torsten Nobling of Stockholm-based AIX Architects at the PLASA Show in 2004. The pair were leading a major refurbishment programme for the theatre, and were very interested in utilising the CABLEnet technology.

Discussions started in early 2005. Sling

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Japan - Originally completed in 1966, Fuji International Speedway in Shizuoka, Japan has hosted numerous national and international racing events, including F1 races. Fuji Speedway is regarded as the circuit most responsible for the development of Japan's modern motor sports. The speedway was temporarily shut down in September 2003 for a major upgrade and recently opened in 2005 as a certified grade 1 course capable of hosting F1 Grand Prix races.

As part of the renovation, Community R-Series loudspeakers were chosen for the main sound system in this state-of-the-art facility. Community R.5's and R2's mounted overhead provide nearfield, medium throw and long throw coverage in the main grandstand area. The sound system for the main grandstand area consists of 76 R.5-94TX's, 38 R2-474X's and 38 R2-694X's.

Community R-Series is the only all-weather product on the market that can

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New from Color Kinetics was iColor Flex SL, a multi-purpose, LED-based strand of light that can generate video-based effects and accommodate expansive installations without the constraints of fixture size, shape, or space. Also new was ColorBlaze, for large-area scenery and wash lighting for theatres, TV studios, concerts, events, casinos and exhibits.

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Interactive Technologies showed the CueServer, a Web-enabled show playback processor. The product's console-like controls appear in your web browser - cue lists, stage views, playback faders, and event triggers. Another product, DMX-To-Go, provides wireless DMX links that are cost-effective, easy-to-use, small, and self-powered, the company says.

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Sound designers will want to check out Notion, from Notion Music, which allows them to enter, edit, and manipulate data-rich notation from their workstation or MIDI instrument. For the first time, the company says, you can compose directly to the orchestra without file conversions, patches, sequencers, or separate sample batches.

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Tomcat went "a little bit country" with the announcement of its new Nashville office, due to open in 2006, headed up by Max Wilson. Combined with the company's depot at United Staging in Connecticut, the Nashville office will enable the company to get closer to its customers, says president Mitch Clark.

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Designed by Horizon Control, and seen on the Genlyte/Vari-Lite booth, the Marquee ILD lighting control console software V3.0 adds an effects editor. Besides allowing you to build your own effects onto any lighting attribute, the effects-editor feature includes pre-defined effects, such as ballyhoo, can-can, circle, rainbow, intensity wave, etc. Independent attribute timing gives programmers the ability to add unlimited cue dynamics on every attribute of every fixture in every cue.

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Sweden - Sweden's Lab.gruppen, distributed in the UK through Sennheiser, announced today a strategic expansion in its sales and marketing team to aid global reach and strengthen marketing support. Claus Behrens joins as European sales manager and Tim Chapman has been appointed as head of marketing. Behrens' extensive experience in European sales was gained while export sales manager at TC Electronic, being in charge of distributors in many areas including Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, Africa and South America.

Prior to joining TC Electronic, Behrens enjoyed major success at TC Works as international sales manager. Chapman's 25 years in the professional audio business has included successful and lengthy stints at Turbosound (as marketing manager), Crest Audio and Meyer Sound (as director of marketing). They join the existing team of Martin Andersson (coordination & do

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Total Structures' CFO Peter Johns was on good form at LDI. Following a tough time for the company, business is on the up again, and at the time of the show, the company was undertaking a major motor show build for Ford at the Cobo Hall in Detroit which, incredibly, is the single biggest job TS has ever done. Johns also reported that Kleege Industries has bought its fourth roof system from the company, which it will be using for the Coachella Festival in California. Other big projects for the company recently have included the provision of towers and a massive 8" steel cable spanning 210ft - all to suspend a small speaker cluster above an amphitheatre - at the Getty Villa in Malibu . . .

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Staging Dimensions showed its Pixel Panels, modular interlocking deck pieces with programmable LED technology. The company now also handles the Soft-LED curtain from Main Light Industries.

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Zero 88 had an excellent presence on the stand of US distributor ACT Lighting to show its range of lighting control products, including the Frog console which, incredibly, has now been on the market for five years. The company was showing the 10th version of the Frog's software, which now offers programming down to individual parameter level, as well as Tracking and Move on Dark features. Also on show was the V2.0 software for the more powerful Frog 2 console, and the new mid-level memory console, the Jester.

Also being demonstrated alongside Zero 88 was the Arkaos VJ software for DMX consoles. Aimed primarily at nightclub environments, Arkaos allows lighting operators to trigger visual media through the lighting control desk. The package offers simple and intuitive operation, say the company.

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Le Maitre showed the Radiance hazer, defined by greater output, onboard DMX, and an internal fan. Also shown was Le Torcia, a hand-held flame effect powered by butane, and the Power Fog 90 unit.

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Meyer Sound's big news was its acquisition of LCS, maker of sophisticated multi-channel digital audio-mixing and processing products and electronic acoustic enhancements.

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Clay Paky America showed the new members of the Italian manufacturer's Alpha range: the Alpha Spot 700, Alpha Spot 1200 and Alpha Spot HPE 1200. The first features a 15-40° zoom, CMY colour-mixing, and 14 gobos, plus an animation disk. Alpha Spot 1200 is 1,200W effects projector with a 15-40° zoom, CMY colour-mixing, and 14 gobos plus animation disc. The HPE edition has 10-40° zoom, CMY colour-mixing, and a seven-colour wheel.

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Sweden - Lighting specialist Spectra supplied creative design and production management services, plus all lighting and AV equipment to the prestigious 2005 Nobel Prize Awards Banquet, staged at the Blue Hall of Stockholm's City Hall.

Sweden's highest profile event of the year was attended by the King, Queen and other members of the Royal Family, a host of Nobel Laureates, politicians, dignitaries and VVIPs - around 1,400 guests in all. The entire evening was broadcast live on Swedish National television's SVT1.

Spectra instigated several important technical firsts for the occasion, including stunning roof projections, created using the new Catalyst Version 4 digital media server. The event was also the European debut for Wybron's new Nexera tungsten colour-changing wash fixtures. Spectra also utilised SGM's latest Giotto Synthesis 700 moving lights, Barco R18s for the project

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