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USA - The Red Raiders of Lubbock's Texas Tech University are one of the state's higher-profile college football teams: a big 12 team that swept the Holiday Bowl last year in San Diego, and played in the Cotton Bowl this year. The team's coach, Mike Leach, was recently the first coach to make the cover of the New York Times Magazine, achieving the distinction of being named one of football's best offensive coaches. Home for the team is Jones SBC Stadium, a 55,000-seat venue that underwent a $90 million renovation last year, including replacing the stadium's patchwork sound system with a new system built on Meyer Sound's Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers.

The stadium's original design dates from the 1960s, and while it's not all that out of the ordinary, it presented a

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UK - One of the most unlikely hybrid retail operations in London's burgeoning Fitzrovia area, is that of CVO Firevault. Immersed in the luxurious basement showroom of prestigious fireplaces and flickering flames is an ultra-chic cocktail bar and restaurant - the brainchild of husband and wife owners, Carolyn and Christian van Outersterp. Given the unique surroundings, after hours this transforms effortlessly into a seductive intimate party venue.

The only element letting the place down was the sound system, as manager Matthieu Destandau explained. "When I first came here three years ago it was more like a casual coffee bar, but slowly we increased the restaurant and bar activity, as well as the outside entertainment."

With the sponsoring of private parties and receptions in the 85 cover restaurant came the requirement for outside production, and Destandau called on C

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Canada - PALM Expo 2006 (formally known as CALM Expo) will bring more than 1200 exhibiting companies with some 130,000 qualified visitors together, over the four days of exhibition. This international exhibition spans over 12 halls in the China International Exhibition Centre (CIEC), between 31 May and 3 June in Beijing.

Brock Adamson, founder and CEO of Adamson Systems Engineering will attend China's 15th annual PALM expo and will be present at booth 8120, hosted by Adamson's Chinese distributors Eastern Acoustic Development. EAD will exhibit Adamson's newest products the T-21Sub and M15 multipurpose enclosures, along side with Y-Axis Y10's and Y18's. Mr. Adamson will show power point presentations and report further on the new T-21 Sub's driver ND-21 design and on the Adamson Co-Linear Drive Technology.

Adamson Systems Engineering develops and manufactures high-end loudspeak

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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Belgium / Greece - Belgian manufacturer Amelia NV, known worldwide for its ShowLED starcloth product, has provided a massive backdrop for this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place this weekend at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece.

The starry sky in Athens is made up of 45 cloths of 3m by 12m, creating a total of around 1,600sq.m of LED starcloth, containing some 10,000 LEDs, connected by 12.5km of electrical wire.

This is the latest event to boost ShowLED's growing international reputation. Recent additions to the company's growing international distributor network include Gerriets (Germany & Austria), Azur Scénic (France) and Peroni (Italy). Other recent projects include Night of the Proms and some 1,000sq.m of starcloths for several TV shows at Dubai Television.

A full report on the Eurovision production will appear in the July-August iss

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UK - Dialight Lumidrives' L2Optics brand has launched the new OPT series of lenses, specially designed for use with the world's leading high power LEDS.

The new L2Optics OPT lenses are compatible with a wide range of leading high power LEDS including Luxeon K2, Osram Golden Dragon, Cree XLamp 7090 and the Nichia Jupiter. Each lense comes supplied with a quick and easy 'peel and place' assembly system, together with a highly efficient base module-typically 85%.

An interchangeable sub lens system provides multiple beam angle options covering spot diffuser, wide angle and oval, as required. Optics are produced to PMMA grade.

Gordon Routledge, Dialight Lumidrives' managing director, says; "L2Optics' new range of OPT Optics meets the growing need for high performance optics at competitive prices."

(Chris Henry)

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UK - Shuttlesound has successfully hosted its latest Telex Academy, one of a series of educational events which are aimed at professional end-users and resellers working with Electro-Voice, Dynacord, Midas and Klark-Teknik technologies. 20 'students' from all over England and Scotland attended this Academy, which focussed on the needs of the permanent installation market.

The two-day event covered a variety of subjects, from basic principles of audio engineering to complex installation design tutorials, referencing Telex's numerous networked installations in the World Cup football stadia in Germany. Presenters from Shuttlesound, including John Ellis, Jason Kelly, and David Howe, were joined by Frauke Jungbluth from Germany, Dynacord's brand manager. Together, they took their audience through the Telex product portfolio, discussing different brand philosophies and the possibiliti

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UK - One of the studio industry's best-known faces, Ian Davidson, has joined the team at Technical Earth Ltd, the London-based specialists in equipment servicing and technical design/installation. Davidson's appointment is a coup for Technical Earth's founder and MD John Fredericks, who regards it as a key step in the company's plans for expansion and diversification.

Davidson has a long and distinguished track record in the British film and music recording industries. He spent 18 years in various technical and managerial roles at Townhouse and Olympic Studios in London, before moving to Abbey Road Studios, also part of the EMI Studio Group. Most recently, he served as operations manager of the famous De Lane Lea film and TV post-production facilities in central London. He has also completed several consultancy projects in the studio sector.

His move to Technical Earth came ab

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UK - In little over a month since its launch, SSE Hire has placed an initial order for four Soundcraft Vi6 digital live mixing consoles to add to its impressive digital rental stock.

Headquarters near Birmingham, with additional sites in Europe, SSE Hire is a member of the SSE Audio Group, which offers integrated services including sound design, service and repair, fabrication and structures. SSE Hire provides audio systems for events, tours and concerts worldwide.

Having had input to the development of the Soundcraft Vi6, and recently completed trials with the unit at their warehouse in Redditch, SSE hire manager Rich Rowley, says: "We've known Soundcraft for many years and have been familiar with their trusted MH range, but have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the digital Vi6. We were not disappointed - our first experiences with it have been very exciting. The use

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USA - When Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire was published in 1976, it quickly became the most popular vampire tale since Dracula. Nearly 10 years passed before Rice wrote more vampire stories, which have since continued in a steady stream of books totaling a dozen volumes as of 2003. Naturally, several movies have been made from this colourful body of work, but it was only in 2005 that a full theatrical production was mounted based on Rice's vampire writings. Now opening on Broadway, Lestat is a musical scored by the Sir Elton John and his longtime collaborator, Bernie Taupin. The elaborate production's complex soundtrack is rendered by a sound system built around a powerful LCS Audio Matrix3 digital audio system and an extensive complement of self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers in an innovative configuration.

Lestat premiered at San Francisco's Gea

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Italy - A spectacular music event took place in Italy recently to mark the end of the two-day celebrations to launch Turin as the Book Capital of the World. Organised by the band Subsonica, a four-hour concert was staged at the Olympic Palasport (Palaolimpico Isozaki) in the city, named Volumi all'Idorgeno.

This was Subsonica's only performance of 2006, and joining them onstage were Africa Unite, Linea 77, Marlene Kunz, Mau Mau, Perturbazione, E'LIA, Gatto Ciliegia and Wu Ming in an evening that didn't just set out to be a concert but a major 'happening'; all the bands worked between themselves, building a cross narration through a game of quotations, turning several books into music which ran across various video screens.

The marathon show ran continuously, without change of stage, almost like a rave of electronic images, lights words and music. The name of the evening,'Volum

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USA - Imagility, a holding company that invests in illumination, imaging and related technology, today announced it has acquired the assets of Ribbonlift, a designer and manufacturer of advanced lift systems known for their exceptional portability, reliability and ease of use.

Ribbonlift's patented lift equipment is used to position cameras, lights, projectors, communication devices and more for motion picture shoots, live events, construction, industrial, military and other applications. Based in Owatonna, Minnesota, its clients include Walt Disney Imagineering, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Defense.

Founded in 1998, all employees of Ribbonlift are expected to remain with the new company in Owatonna - a wholly owned subsidiary of Imagility - while certain corporate functions such as finance and strategic

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Canada - MediaTech s.r.o., a leading pro audio company, has been appointed Adamson's distributor for the Czech Republic. Established in 1991 in the former Czechoslovakia, the company has grown from its four founding members to close to 40, and has compiled an impressive line card that includes Lab.gruppen and it's parent company t.c.electronic. MediaTech headquarters are about 100km east of Prague in the town of Chrudim and a regional office is located in the eastern part of the county. Mediatech s.r.o is also a majority shareholder of Mediattech Spol.s.r.o in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Their Adamson demo stock consists of 16 Spektrix, six Spektrix Subs, a turnkey solutions package that includes Lab.gruppen fP3400's and fP6400's amps, Adamson's DX6000 Processors, Adamson's European Touring Series panels, and Adamson European A/C Panels.

MediaTech's employees attended Adamson's trai

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Spain - Fridays' Project, Barcelona's largest multiple brand fashion store located at the most exclusive part of the Paseo de Gracia, was recently outfitted with a D.A.S. Audio sound system. Installed by the Fidel Color company, a custom sound system comprised by a total of 64 Factor-5TE speakers (wall-mountable with line transformer) were distributed throughout the store's three stories using 32 white and 32 black enclosures. Powered by two Energy E-12T amplifiers and a Dateq ACE mixer, the system provides musical ambience to two women's and one men's fashion floor.

Thanks to their elegant and discreet design, the Factor speakers have been seamlessly integrated into the store, providing a warm and cozy musical ambience, transforming the customer's store visit into a comfortable and pleasant experience. This, in turn, is essential to further the length of their shopping visit. T

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USA - When it comes to live work, no one knows more about front of house soundthan Kevin Pruce. Over the last 23 years he has worked with the biggest names in the business including Madonna and Bjork. So what gear does he take on tour with himΩ Focusrite.

Reading Kevin Pruce's live engineering credentials is like looking at a who's who of icons from last three decades of pop. It includes Duran Duran, Adam Ant, The Human League, Tears For Fears, The Style Council, Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, Lemon Jelly, Starsailor, Yoko Ono, Meat Loaf and, last but by no means least, Madonna! And with all that experience, it's difficult to ignore what this man has to say about which equipment to use for liveduties.

"When it comes to FOH, spec the right equipment for the job, not what is flavour of the month," he says. With that in mind it's not surprising to find that an engineer o

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Denmark - The companion washlight to the MAC 700 Profile is ready to hit the market. The MAC 700 Wash is the latest luminaire in Martin's line of award-winning MAC moving heads. It carries on the MAC tradition by offering much of the same technology, modularity and design as the MAC 700 Profile.

The 700 Wash is a powerful 700-watt Fresnel luminaire with a remarkable light output. It features a full CMY colour mixing system and variable CTC plus eight position colour wheel. Other useful features include a wide range variable zoom, continuous and indexable beam shaper, and extremely smooth and fast dimmer shutter system. It also boasts the same service friendly modular design and silent cooling as the MAC 700 Profile.

The MAC 700 Wash houses a superior and highly efficient optical system powered by a 700 watt short-arc discharge lamp. The durable short-arc HTI 700 D4/75 lamp is

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UK - LD Nick Jevons of Electric Fly Productions chose an Avolites Diamond 4 console as the primary control desk for the main stage at Radio One's Big Weekend in Dundee.

Headlining artists included Razorlight, The Streets, The Editors, Muse, Snow Patrol, Mylo, Pink, Keane and the Sugababes. For the first time, the event was recorded for broadcast on the digital channel, BBC 3.

The high profile two day event - Radio One's biggest Weekend to date - was the first time that Jevons has used a Diamond 4 - although he is experienced on other Avo consoles. "I always like pushing the technical boundaries for these shows," he enthused. "I needed a powerful desk and it was an absolutely ideal opportunity to use a D4," he says.

A week beforehand, he went into Avolites' training room for the day in London and did a crash course on the console - which he f

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UK - On ticket sales alone, the current tour by Take That has taken everyone's breath away. Having split up 10 years ago, it's a tribute to their status as Britain's first real boy band that they can attract even bigger audiences today than in their heyday. But the passage of time imposes certain burdens, as tour production manager Chris Vaughan explained: "The key difference between this tour and the ones in the nineties is that this has to be as spectacular as we can make it."

Building that scale of spectacle has involved the talents of Bill Lazlett and Simon Tutchener for stage set and lighting respectively. At the behest of band svengali Kim Gavin the presentation also includes arguably the largest LED screen ever used for an arena show, as supplied by large-scale screen specialists Creative Technology (CT). "It's a Unitek Version Mk3 - a screen I love,"

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Australia - Australia's leading dance music event organizer, Fuzzy, has specified Allen & Heath Xone DJ mixing consoles for all its forthcoming events. Fuzzy's programme includes the biggest, highest profile events on the continent including Shore Thing (NYE Bondi beach), Field Day, Summer Field Day, 360, Park Life, Harbour Life, Sydney's Metro, The Basement, and 'After Hours' - a weekly event at YU.

"Fuzzy have taken this unprecedented step in order to guarantee good sound quality," said John Wall, CEO of Fuzzy. "We only want the best at our events and that's why we're using Allen & Heath. Despite the fact that many of our international guest DJs have personal mixer endorsements, standardising on Allen & Heath hasn't been difficult - it's the console every pro is happy to use."

"This is a fantastic relationship for us," commented Jamie Kaye, Aust

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USA - Making big improvements to a live venue's sound doesn't have to be complicated. When new ownership took over an existing 600-person club in New York named Revolution Hall, they expected it would take a lot of work to turn around its infamous negative sonic characteristics. Instead, all they had to do was install a new live sound system from Danley Sound Labs.

"My goal with Revolution Hall was to create an all-purpose venue where you could perform all genres of music with the highest quality sound," says John A. Chiara, owner. "Installing loudspeakers from Danley Sound Labs has been instrumental in achieving that. A drummer that played in this venue regularly over the years told me that it has gone from being the worst-sounding club he ever played to the best-sounding. Then he asked me what acoustic adjustments I'd made. I said, 'None yet, I just changed the

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Iran - The 300-seat Talan Honar theatre is an antique building located in the heart of Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The theatre is mainly used for multipurpose applications, such as theatre, drama, live music and - being equipped with 5.1 Dolby equipment and a 35mm cinema projector - for screening movies.

The theatre is owned by the Municipality of Tehran and its refurbishment was recently completed by one of Iran's largest Iranian companies (Sazeman Farhangi Honary Shardari), which renovated the hall, changing the interior decoration, seats, screen, acoustic treatment and wall covering, as well as the sound reinforcement system and lighting fixtures.

The project manager in charge for the municipality was Masood Roostaei and the upgrade began in August 2005 and ended in February 2006. The sound equipment was provided by Italian manufacturer Outline, and

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USA - Studio Command 1200 is the newest product debuting in May from High End Systems. This is the third model of the Studio Command automated wash luminaire. The 700 version was introduced and began shipping in September 2005, while the Halogen version began shipping earlier this month.

Studio Command 1200 shares the same features as the 700 model with the exception of the lamp source. Studio Command 1200 uses a proven long-life Philips MSR 1200 source offering a colour temperature of 5900K, or may be fitted with an MSR 1200/2 source for a colour temperature of 7200K. These models also offer a variable mechanical and electronic strobe, boosted with the Light Burst effect, and a mechanical douser for smooth fade to black. Both use 14 channels on a DMX link.

All three models of Studio Command feature a large exiting beam with a compact head. All use a patented lenticular array

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