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USA - For Chicago-based rock band Disturbed's Music As A Weapon tour of the East Coast, South and Midwest, lighting designer Travis Shirley has chosen to use Martin MAC 2ks, 600s, 500s and 250s, Martin Atomic Colors, Atomic 3000 strobes, Color Kinetics Colorblast and Coemar Infinity spots. Control is via two Whole Hog II's.

Shirley says that the Coemar Infinity lights play a substantial role ion lighting the backdrop scenery. By operating the lights with the zoom open, the Coemar Infinity lights provide an even, soft zoom. Shirley adds that "the colour-mixing abilities are phenomenal."

The atomic strobes are placed asymmetrically, enabling very intricate chases top be performed. The Martin Atomic Colors and Color Kinetics Colorblasts also prove to be beneficial

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USA - Renkus-Heinz's Iconyx Digitally Controlled Array System has been recognised with the award of Best Large-Format Loudspeaker at the 2006 WFX New Product Awards held recently. The Worship Facilities Conference & Expo (WFX) New Product Awards, presented by Church Production magazine and Worship Facilities magazine, are designed to recognise the newest and most innovative building, management and technology products marketed to churches within the past year.

The Iconyx Series uses advanced technology to provide natural music and intelligible speech in the highly reverberant environments typically associated with architecturally distinguished buildings. Their slender "thin stick" vertical profile mounts flat to the wall, blending easily with both classical and contemporary architecture. Iconyx arrays are available in 8, 16, 24 and 32 channel sizes to sui

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USA - The Pet Shop Boys recently completed their first North American tour since 2002. Houston-based LD Systems deployed EV X-Line, X-Array and remote-control Precision Series amplifiers for the dates, which wrapped up in Monterrey, Mexico.

"We already knew how well the X-Line works as a rock box," says Systems Tech Mike 'Monk' Shear of LD Systems, "and it's done an equally impressive job handling the electronic music on the Fundamental tour. What sets the X-Line apart is its smooth HF response; digital signal reproduction can be a bit harsh in the high frequencies, but this rig sounds seamless and warm up in the mids and highs. We can hear the HF details without pushing them too hard."

"I rate X-Line very highly," says FOH engineer Colin Boland. "It's so easy to get a good mix on this system. I can hear the slightest EQ adjustments through t

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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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USA - Since opening in the summer of 2006, Hotel 1000 has fulfilled its focus in becoming Seattle's finest luxury boutique hotel. Located in the heart of downtown Seattle, Hotel 1000 boasts 120 luxury hotel rooms on ten floors, 47 condominium residences on fourteen floors. It also includes a selection of restaurants and bars, a full service spa and fitness centre, a wine cellar for the residents, a dog-walking park on the roof, and over 6,000 square-feet of high-tech meeting and banquet space for business guests.

Design/build firm Pro-Comm and its division, The Music Room installed AV systems and automatic shades in all 120 hotel rooms. Hotel 1000's nine boardrooms and conference rooms also feature an AV distribution system installed by The Music Room using SymNet audio networking equipment.

"We were referred to the product specifically by our A/V designer, Stan Holt. We

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USA - Symetrix Inc. has appointed Ray Tantzen to the newly-created position of product and training specialist/field engineer. Tantzen will spend most of his time travelling to help existing and potential customers understand the applications for Symetrix technology and to listen to their needs and identify solutions. While he will work with all of the Symetrix brands, his focus will be on the growing SymNet line.

Tantzen spent four years as a product specialist at Loud Technologies, where he successfully grew the TAPCO brand. His wide-ranging freelance audio engineering activities include studio recording, editing, and mixing; location recording and mixing; audio for video; and live sound and broadcast mixing. In addition, he developed and taught classes at Seattle's 911 Media Arts.

Commented Tantzen, "I'm happy to put my skills to use at Symetrix because it has such a g

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UK - Liverpool-based Adlib Audio has added 30 channels of Sennheiser Evolution G2 wireless to its extensive catalogue. The systems include ten dual channel EM 550 receivers, SK 500 Bodypacks, SKM 935 Handhelds, and ten EW 300 IEMs. Evolution G2 wireless features 1440 tuneable UHF frequencies for interference free reception set up in nine frequency banks, each with up to 20 directly accessible presets.

Adlib director Dave Kay, who specified the systems states, "I have been a great fan of Sennheiser wireless for many years, and my global FOH duties means it is essential that I can rely on equipment that won't let me down on the night. I find this is especially important when touring internationally and have to integrate a system with the available frequencies out there."

Kay, who won the 2006 Total Production International Award for Sound Engineer of the Year, is curre

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USA - Guns N' Roses are currently on tour through North America. To handle the live shows, audio veteran Toby Francis was tapped for FOH duties, Andy Ebert was selected for monitors, and the Digidesign Venue live sound environment was chosen to run the show. With two Venue D-Show systems in tow for FOH and monitor mixes,

"This is what I've wanted for years," says Francis. "I've tried everything - at least demoed everything. This is the first console I've wanted to own. I've always looked at the others as a temporary step. Even though some of them I used for four or five years, I was just waiting for technology to advance."

Ebert is equally enthusiastic: "I had used digital consoles before, but I never really liked them because of their sound quality and the fact that they're so complicated to operate. What I'm looking for in a digital console is someth

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UK - The period from October 30 to November 6, 2006 saw the first Integrated Systems Europe Roadshow travelling around four countries in Eastern and Southern Europe. Among the attending companies was LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies Limited, which added its support to the event in the form of Gold Sponsorship.

Western and Central Europe sales director Michiel Hettinga and Western & Central Europe sales manager Jens Schelde presented introductory sessions of Lighthouse Technologies and its technologies at the Polish, Czech Republic and Hungarian shows, whilst Southern European sales support manager presented at the Turkish event.

Lighthouse Technologies also took the opportunity to demonstrate its ultra-high resolution R4 4mm and best-selling R6 6mm indoor LED screens, both of which were greeted very favourably by Roadshow attendees.

"The Istanbul show was

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UK - Sound Control, the UK's biggest musical instrument retailer, has taken delivery of 18 new Sennheiser Evolution stands, each displaying five Evolution handheld microphones, five instrument mics, two wireless systems, and eight headphones. Explanatory information describing the benefits and technical features also accompanies each product.

Sound Control sales director, Ray Miller says: "These displays demonstrate the proactive approach that we share with Sennheiser. It is quite unusual to utilise freestanding units in stores and we felt this was a good way to draw attention to the products. Today's retailers are more conscious than ever of making every square foot count, and we think this is an innovative and creative way of presenting a product range. This format is an attention-grabbing system, and also means our customers can get touchy/feely with the Sennheiser range

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New Zealand - New Zealand is no exception when it comes to the TV phenomenon that is Pop Idol. The show has just completed another run on NZ TV2, where it is known as NZ Idol, and was, remarkably, the testing ground for a new Soundcraft Vi6 digital audio console.

Andy Tait of Tom Cat & Associates, the Auckland-based sound company that provides production and broadcast audio for NZ Idol, has just ordered the second Vi6 in the country. His experiences using the console on a 12-week trial basis during NZ Idol proved so positive that he decided not to give it back to Jands NZ, Soundcraft's New Zealand distributor.

"I only had about an hour to get my head around it before having to use it to mix a live-to-air music TV show," recalls Tait. "I didn't get a chance to read the operators' manual of course; but thanks to the excellent layout and functi

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Germany - Since 6 November 2006, Markus Schmittinger has been strengthening the team of EVI Audio. An experienced sales representative, Markus will be taking over the position of sales manager, Electro-Voice Microphones, for the regions Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Schmittinger has a proven track record as a pro audio specialist. For over 25 years, a passionate guitarist and singer, he has been gathering experience in different sectors of the musical instruments and pro audio industries, and can point to such successes as the creation of an international distribution network for a record label and most recently a profitable spell in the role of director of business, Central Europe, for a large American manufacturer.

Schmittinger says: "The task of helping to push this legendary microphone brand even further to the forefront of people's awareness is an exciting one.

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UK - The World Music Awards 2006 took place at London's Earls Court Arena on Wednesday 15 November, and featured a lavish set complete with Lighthouse LED screen forming a central archway.

The event was hosted by Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan and it featured performances from Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, Enya, Andrea Bocelli and Katie Melua. R&B star Chris Brown, backed by dozens of dancers, opened for Michael Jackson who was making his first UK appearance since 1997.

A total of 130 panels of Lighthouse R16 16mm LED screen formed the arch - measuring 15m in height, with each leg being 3m wide. Processing was via Lighthouse LIP-KX processors with Supervisor LH Universal Display optimisers for scaling.

Three projection screens provided for IMAG requirements: one central rear projected and two front projected screens, stage left and right. Additionally, 60 plasma TVs were arr

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UK - Effective 1 December, David Budge has joined Crown International as the manufacturer's sales director for Europe/UK, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The announcement comes from Scott Robbins, Crown's senior vice president of worldwide sales, to whom Budge reports.

A familiar face to the international pro audio industry, Budge most recently enjoyed a five-year tenure as the sales manager for engineered sound at Harman Pro UK where he was involved on install projects for several of the country's premier soccer stadiums (Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, etc.), the AEG O2 Arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome), and other high-profile projects. Prior to that, he spent eight years in various sales management positions with Realscape, Celestion, Canon Audio and Echosphere, which, coming full-circle, followed seven years of employment with Harman International Industr

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Denmark - For seven days in November, the seaside town of Frederikshavn in Denmark hosted Light Visions, an international symposium and light workshop arranged with cooperation of the international lighting design organization ELDA.

Students of architectural lighting from around the world teamed with prominent lighting designers to create six intriguing architectural lighting environments around the city. Martin Architectural, whose manufacturing facility is located in Frederikshavn, was strongly represented, both in terms of personnel and lighting fixtures. The six lighting environmentsare outlined below.

Kattegat Silo - lighting design by Jesper Garde Kongshaug (Denmark): The recently renovated Kattegat Silo is the first building you see when entering Frederikshavn. Triggered by the arrival and departure of ferries, a range color mixing Exterior 600 and Exterior 1200

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France - Blackout supplied all rigging and drapes tocover 6,500sq.m of exhibition space at the Paris Expo - Porte deVersailles for the Sapphire '06 conference.

Hosted by SAP, supplier of enterprise software applications and businesssolutions, Sapphire '06 Paris is an International customer conference heldfor three days for decision makers and businesses from more than 25 industriesworldwide.

To host and support the many different elements of the conference, a largeand intricate infrastructure was supplied. Blackout staff were involvedwith not only with the supply of product, but were also on site to helpwith the rigging of the venue, which included 800 rigging points and 6km ofBlackout truss to support over 3,700 lights.

Over two kilometres of drapes were used as well as cyclorama and banners.Blackout allocated, partitioned and dressed each area. Exhibition space wasdressed

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USA - Loud Technologies have announced the appointment of pro audio industry veteran, Jon Sager, to the position of vice president of sales, EAW. In this newly created position, Sager will focus solely on leading EAW sales in the U.S. and Canada and direct EAW's team of 17 independent sales rep firms.

"Jon's addition is a key component in our aggressive long-range EAW plan, and is another example of the calibre of investments we are making to grow the brand," remarked Loud's president and CEO, Jamie Engen.

Sager's addition comes on the heels of Loud's recent investments in EAW brand leadership; increased worldwide manufacturing capacity; an expanded engineering, prototyping and BTO facility in its Whitinsville, MA factory; and an expanding service and ASG team, says the company.

"We are thrilled to have Jon back," said Ken Berger, Loud senior vice preside

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UK - Forward-thinking book retailers, Maher the Bookseller, are pioneering a revolutionary new interactive Listening Post in their shops, designed to increase sales of audio book titles. The pilot scheme is the initiative of managing director, Tony Maher, and his idea has been turned into reality by multimedia solution providers Creative Retail Entertainment (CRE).

Two of Maher's three shops - in Welwyn Garden City and Fleet - have been equipped with the technology and they are already paying dividends. Tony Maher says the development is in line with his company's policy of providing a more welcoming environment in which to shop, conscious that 50% of the population never ventures into a book shop. "We wanted to create a bright, contemporary design, with the infrastructure that would enable our staff to be able to offer an exceptional service to customers," he said.

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Argentina - The Pepsi Music Festival 2006 which took took place in Buenos Aires recently, featured more than 200 bands and artists performing over eleven days and attracted 160,000 visitors. Argentina. Among the artists were Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Ziggy Marley, Gustavo Cerati, Massacre, Catupecu Machu, Los Auténticos Decadentes and Rata Blanca.

One grandMA full-size, one NSP, grandMA on PC and one grandMA ultra-light for pre-programming, showed their full capability over the duration of the festival. "We decided to use the grandMA system, due to the easy programming," explains programmer Pablo Hernando, "We felt really comfortable during the programming time. The whole system is very reliable and strong. Also the software tools that go along with the system are extremely useful and easy to understand."

The lighting rig for the main stage included 12

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Belgium - Creative LED specialist Barco is delighted to announce that 3000 of its MiStrip LED modules are used for George Michael's 25 Live Tour. The modules, playing video and graphics effects, form a curved display of LED behind and underneath the former Wham singer.

For the current George Michael tour, celebrating his 25-year career, a massive nine metre wide and 25 metre long screen was designed, incorporating 3000 of Barco's MiStrip LED modules. This giant backdrop flows onto the stage and beyond via both concave and convex curves to create a stunning visual element, strong enough to be both stood and danced on. Barco specialists were involved in the set design from the very beginning and worked closely with XL Video to design the spectacular stage.

Phil Mercer, project manager of XL Video, says: "The project was very ambitious, demanding for extremely high re

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USA - D-Tools, Inc. a leader in system integration software, has announced that Planet Waves, respected designer and manufacturer of cable and connector products for A/V systems, has joined D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) program. Planet Waves is a product line acquired by D'Addario & Company in 1998 and features a full line of cables for the custom installation market. Now, Planet Waves dealers who are users of D-Tools' award-winning System Integrator software can download detailed information on Planet Waves cable solutions directly through the software, making it easier to specify Planet Waves products.

"Partnering with the D-Tools MVP program was an excellent way to expand our product exposure and educate integrators and consumer electronic professions on the benefits of Planet Waves Cable Station line," said Robert D'Addario, Planet Waves CI product manag

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USA - Lighting design for The Fray's world tour is a collaborative effort by independent LD Tory Stubby and Joel Wojcik of The Opera Shop, Inc. of Denver. The pair have specified Martin's MAC 700 Profile along with Atomic 3000s, Robe LEDBlinder 148 LTs, 4, 6 and 8 ft MR 16 ministrips. MAC 600s and lekos join the gear list when the band hits the road again in January. All lighting gear is being supplied by The Opera Shop.

"Besides looking for a new fixture we were looking for something that is less power consuming than the 2K," says Joel Wojcik. "It's basically half the power draw with almost the same output. And the speed is incredible."

Of the 18 MAC 700 Profiles only two grace an overhead truss with the rest on staggered T's two, four and six feet below the truss. "It gives the multi layer look without the trouble," Wojcik says. "All our li

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