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Spain - Rental company Maysonic, based in Montilla, Córdoba, is one of the most distinguished sound companies in Andalusia and has many years of experience in the touring business. The latest acquisition of these Spanish live sound specialists is an HK Audio COHEDRA Coherent Dynamic Response Array system, consisting of 16 CDR 208 S/T Mid/High Units, 16 CDR 210 Subwoofers and two PR 16 amp racks.

Owner Francisco 'Paco' Espejo comments: "Here in Andalusia there are a large number of big, heavy systems that are being used throughout the region. But we were looking for a lighter and more compact system, both to be more flexible and to differentiate ourselves from our competitors. The system needs to be deployable for productions with smaller ground supports or rigging towers, bu

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UK - Darren Beckley, business development manager for Stage Electrics London was impressed with the Selecon Arena PC when he saw one for the first time at a Selecon Workshop in Crawley recently. The even beam spread and quality of light was enough to convince Beckley to recommend the Arena PC to the technical manager of the Roundhouse project a few weeks later.

The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm in London is a historic steam engine repair building which was closed in 1983 and remained in a state of disrepair until 1998 when the Roundhouse Trust was set up to lead its redevelopment and restore this legendary venue, whose walls rocked to the sound of The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd in the '60s and '70s, back into the arms of London's cultural scene.

David Wilkins, UK market manager for Selecon says he is "delighted" to have been able to supply 20 Are

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UK - freelanceColony, the UK's first dedicated on-line resource for the AV industry, has officially gone live. Brainchild of industry veteran Antony Drew, the new website allows freelance members to record their specialities, daily or hourly rates and availability online. Business users can then subscribe to search for freelancers from the comprehensive members' database.

Freelancer profiles can be viewed by speciality, day rate, and ability while the site'sup-to-date availability feature allows resources to be optimised, keeping the project management process flowing freely. The web and SMS text-based service allows businesses to issue a text alert when they require support to which interested freelancers can respond direct, In return, FreelanceColony members can also use the Internet Browser or SMS text to keep their personal calendar up to date.

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

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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The Netherlands - Denon DJ Holland have announced their 2005 Dealer Awards, selecting winners in three different categories through an extensive list of criteria.

Picking up the award for Best Denon DJ Webshop 2005 was www.RJShop.nl, while in the category Best Denon DJ Showroom 2005 Jacobs Breda Electronics was voted best of the three nominees. Finally, dealers who had commenced trading during 2005 were eligible for the Best New Denon DJ Dealer 2005 category - and the successful Denon reseller was again RJ Shop.

All the winners received a Denon DJ Bowl and an espresso machine for the Best New Denon DJ Dealer 2005 (the runners-up received a Denon DJ plaquette).

Such was the popularity of the event, Denon DJ Holland's Herjan Mennegat promises that they will be back in 12 months time - announcing the Denon DJ Dealer Awards 2006.

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UK - Production Gear - broadcast and professional production equipmentdealer and distributor has moved into larger premises at Millennium Studios in Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

With excellent road/rail access the companies new head office benefits from a showroom which is stocked with a wide range of products including tripods, lights, audio, lens accessories and more.

Since the beginning of the year Production Gear has secured UK distributorships with Sachtler, Oconnor, Chrosziel, Panther, Cavision, Easyrig, Bebob, Zunow and ERG. Production Gear are also authorized UK resellers for many other brands.

Improved workshop facilities reflect the companies recent accreditation and commitment as a Sachtler Authorised Service Centre and are instrumental in the development of future products including the newly released range of HDV lens mount adapters.

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Canada - Multi-Grammy winner Kanye West was joined by Canadian rocker Sam Roberts at the red-carpet opening of Toronto's newly renovated Masonic Temple, the venue for MTV Canada's first live concert. The Masonic Temple located downtown Toronto, was built in 1918 and has undergone several renovations over the years. It has been a music hall, a TV Studio and most notably in recent years, The Rolling Stones used the venue as a rehearsal hall for their upcoming tours.

To restore The Masonic Temple to its former glory as a music hall, it underwent a $9-million renovation by the designers of Toronto's stylish Drake Hotel. The venue will be used as MTV's Canadian headquarters and TV-studio, but will also be a highly desirable mid-size venue for touring acts. "It was restored it with an ear and an eye to the past, and we respected the history" commented Brad Schwartz, senior v

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The Netherlands - Nestling in the heart of Amsterdam, one of Europe's most popular and vibrant cities, is the NEMO Museum of Science and Technology, which is the biggest science centre in the Netherlands. Built over a traffic tunnel that goes under the centre of the city, the museum boasts a host of state-of-the-art exhibits to display and interpret the latest in cutting edge science and technology in an entertaining way, claiming to take you on a voyage of discovery between fantasy and reality.

A major asset of the museum is their continuing programme to educate and inform school children, with groups of students visiting every day to see the impressive galleries and learn from the modern interactive displays. Naturally, part of every visit includes a welcome talk and introduction to the museum, its objectives and displays. "We chose to use a PA system using d&b audiotechn

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UK - Slingco has installed a circular CableNet tension wire grid system - only the third circular one in the UK - at the Roundhouse in Camden. The venue is due to open next week after a 29.7 million refurbishment project setting it up as one of Europe's most dynamic performance spaces.

CableNet was initially specified by the project architects John McAslan and Partners as the safest and most flexible way of providing access to the high level technical space. This contains rigging, lighting and audio equipment above the stage and auditorium.

Slingco was initially consulted in 2002, and CableNet was an integral part of the rebuilding plans very early in the design process. They liaised with other civil and engineering contractors to co-ordinate the design, and ensure a smooth and efficient installation.

Circular tension wire grids are rare. Slingco's first UK model was complet

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UK - Legendary guitarist Gary Moore will star in the charity music spectacular being held in Horam, East Sussex this summer. The ex-Thin Lizzy member, who recently accompanied BB King on the blues legend's farewell UK tour, will be headlining the 'Super Jam' session at Vibes from the Vines, at Hidden Spring Vineyard on Saturday, 12 August.

All proceeds from the one-day outdoor concert in Horam will go to Cancer Research UK. Gary, who recently released the album Old New Ballads Blues, will be joined by a host of other famous names including fellow guitarist Ray Russell, Mo Foster on bass, and drummer Gary Husband of Level 42.

The line-up for the day also includes percussionist Pete Lockett, who has played with Peter Gabriel and Robert Plant; John Helliwell, sax player from Supertramp; Leee John, lead singer of Imagination. Other guests include the Led Zeppelin tribute ba

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UK - XL Video supplied lighting designer Nick Jevons and his company Electric Fly productions with over 7000 Barco Mi-Sphere elements for Radio One's largest One Big Weekend to date - in Dundee.

The event kicked off the glorious 2006 UK festival season in style with a powerful line up, including Snow Patrol, Muse, The Streets, Razorlight, Primal Scream, Bloc Party, Dirty Pretty Things and many more.

The Mi-Spheres are a customised LED product originally manufactured for U2's epic Vertigo Tour, when they were hung as giant low resolution roll drop fixtures. This is the first time they have been used in an alternative context, and XL undertook several modifications to ensure they worked with Jevons innovative design.

Jevons has produced creative lighting and video visuals for the One Big Weekend since it started. This year he titled the work "Eclectricity&qu

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France - DPA has launched the BLM4060 Boundary Layer Microphone, the stylish design and high performance of which makes it ideal for use in boardrooms, conference facilities, courtrooms, teleconferencing and other applications where excellent vocal pickup is required, says the company.

The BLM4060 is a transducer designed to work under optimum conditions when placed on a tabletop, but it also performs well on any other hard, flat surface that reflects sound. The microphone element is a prepolarized omnidirectional miniature condenser microphone with a 5.4 mm (0.2 in) vertical diaphragm specially designed for maximum performance. The microphone body consists of a centre rubber disc that holds the microphone element mounted in a stainless steel base.

The BLM4060 can be very easily placed in essentially any position on the surface, even close to the edge. Users will benefit from

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USA - Martin Professional have announced Jamey Brock as national sales director for the company's commercial segment. Martin's commercial segment is an extensive and growing market area that includes club/DJ, retail, cruise ship, themed environments, and more.

Brock is a long-time Martin employee, having worked for the company since 1996. In his tenure at Martin he has worked in various regional sales manager positions, primarily in the Midwest and East Coast. In his new position as national sales director - commercial Brock oversees Martin U.S.'s commercial segment sales staff nationwide.

Prior to 1996 Jamey, a former Marine, worked as an independent sales rep. Before that he worked in the audio industry in his own rep firm. He also has experience working as a DJ in nightclubs and in local radio and has been involved in the entertainment technology industry since 1983.

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UK - After the enormous success of last year's event, the 2006 Audio Industry Regatta (AIR) will take place on the renowned waters of the Solent during the weekend of 23-24 September and the time to get aboard is approaching fast.

The weekend charity event requires no sailing 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. So far several audio companies have already signed up to sponsor a yacht and there is still time for your company to do the same.

The aim of AIR is to raise money and awareness for The Elizabeth Foundation. Based in Cosham, Hampshire, The Elizabeth Foundation is a voluntary organisation offering support nationwide for deaf children from 0-5 years and their families.

If sailing isn't your thing then why not just sponsor a table for the Satur

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UK - With three theatres totalling over 2300 seats on the South Bank in London, the National Theatre presents an eclectic mix of new plays and classics, with seven or eight productions in repertory at any one time. The National has now upgraded its Sennheiser radio microphone system and increased its facility to forty channels. Twenty-four ways of EM1046 receivers have been installed across the three theatres whilst the remaining sixteen can be added wherever they are required.

Mike Walker of Loh Humm Audio, who specified the system in conjunction with the National Theatre sound department, says: "As well as superb audio quality, we need systems that are physically robust and able to withstand the rigours of the 1000 performances that the National presents each year. We auditioned other brands but never found anything to match the quality, durability and reliability of Senn

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USA - Ken DeLoria, founder and former president of Apogee Sound Incorporated, has joined Community Professional Loudspeakers in the role of product manager. DeLoria brings over 26 years of experience in pro audio product design, business development, and marketing initiatives to Community's management team.

In addition to a lengthy career in manufacturing, he worked for seven years at McCune Sound Service as a sound system designer and engineer where he pioneered high-fidelity sound for SuperBowls XVII and XIX. Later, DeLoria was the system alignment engineer for seven years of the Grammys, six years of the Oscars, two Democratic National Conventions, numerous Broadway shows and more than a hundred permanent system installations.

DeLoria says: "Community has long been known as the 'go to' company for outdoor and weather resistant loudspeaker products. What's not as well k

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UK - Stage Electrics is continuing its program of safety training courses tailored to the entertainment industry with more scheduled in July.

The four safety training courses will be held at the Birmingham Hippodrome from the 3 - 6 July and will include: Basic Health and Safety, Pyrotechnics Safety Awareness, Electricity At Work - The Entertainment Environment and Working At Height Regulations/Tallescopes & Ladders.

Stage Electrics is committed to raising standards in Health & Safety across our industry and is working closely with many other agencies to establish a recognised series of training courses that will improve standards, increase safety and promote the health of all those working in the industry.

Successful completion of the Pyrotechnics Safety awareness entitles free membership to the Association of Stage Pyrotechnicians (ASP).

Courses cost from £120 + VAT

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Nigeria - Over a two-week period in April, nearly 20,000 athletes gathered at venues in and around the city of Abeokuta for Nigeria's 15th semi-annual National Sports Festival. Divided into teams representing the 36 semi-autonomous states of this federated West African nation, the athletes vied for top honours in Olympic-style sports such as soccer and swimming, and squared off in traditional African sports like ayo and abula. Even the cerebral Western games of chess and Scrabble had their own medal rounds.

Though competitions were scheduled at venues throughout the host state of Ogun, the showcase opening and closing ceremonies were reserved for the newly renovated MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, the state's capital city. The venerable soccer stadium had been upgraded with a new running track and electronic scoreboard prior to the games, but the aging permanent PA system

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Germany - Offering more power and enhanced performance, QSC's MD Series self-powered loudspeakers made their European debut recently at Frankfurt's ProLight & Sound expo. Ideally suited for a wide variety of applications ranging from houses of worship to hotels, casinos, nightclubs and sports facilities, the product group is a family of modular, arrayable enclosures including full-range models MD-FP122/64r, MD-FP122/94r, MD-FP152/64r and MD-FP152/94r.

Offering various coverage patterns employing 12in or 15in low frequency drivers, the new full-range, self-powered MD models all share the same 35in tall trapezoidal enclosure as QSC's passive MD Series. Given the identical dimensions of the cabinets, the task of creating full-range or combined full-range/low frequency clusters becomes an easy task. Designed with 30° angles, the self-powered MD Series enclosures can additionally

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UK - Over four mad days at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Blitz installed and de-rigged four sparkling award events back to back. The four awards in chronological order were: The Publican Awards; Design Week Awards; Money Marketing Financial Services Awards and the IVCA Awards.

For the first event, The Publican Awards, Blitz was commissioned by H2 Business Communication's Anthony Chilton, to provide the technical expertise for an event which played to a capacity crowd for dinner - some 1800 seated guests. Due to the large audience the stage was just 10' x 10' and the set included four new Panasonic projectors, projecting on to a cuboid 'Boxing Ring' consisting of four 14' x 7'6"' screens suspended from truss in the centre of the room. Blitz also provided audio equipment and operating crew to complement the in-house kit. Rigging started at 4am on the day of

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UK - Launched at the Paris AES, Sennheiser's new A5000-CP passive helical antenna provides high gain, virtually no multipath problems, and high-quality RF performance over the entire UHF broadcast band. Designed for the most demanding projects and toughest transmission conditions, the circularly polarized A5000-CP can be used as both a transmit and receive device, making it ideal for radio microphones and in-ear monitoring, say Sennheiser.

Unlike conventional helical antennas, most of which have a much narrower bandwidth, the A5000-CP covers the entire UHF range from 450 to 960 MHz. This flexibility makes setting up complex RF transmission systems much easier. The antenna minimizes variations in signal strength and almost completely eliminates multipath problems. The gain of the A5000-CP over the entire UHF band is also far superior to that of conventional antennas.

The A5000-

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UK - To harness the potential offered by the increasing availability of LED fixtures and sources for architectural lighting applications, Dynalite says it has developed a comprehensive range of controllers designed to directly connect and drive most popular conventions of LED fittings and sources.

Coupled with Dynalite's existing products, the range of controllers enable LED fittings and sources to be readily utilised with other conventional lighting sources. By integrating the power management circuitry, Dynalite's LED controllers offer considerable installation cost benefits when compared to discrete analogue controlled LED fitting power supplies, the company says.

Incorporating native DMX512 support, all Dynalite LED controllers can be readily connected to a theatrical or entertainment lighting control system. Dynalite says that its range offers a solution for any project w

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