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UK - HSL's new Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 700 ATs were delivered from the Czech Republic, unpacked from their boxes, tested and cased up to go on tour with New York indie rockers Brand New.

Lighting designer Sarah Landau was initially recommended to HSL by Mainlight Industries at the end of 2006, when seeking a video based solution to realise her design for the band's upcoming UK tour - their biggest production outing to date.

Further research revealed that HSL carried a large stock of ColorKinetics iColor Tiles, and Landau thought they would be the hire company for her.

HSL's Mike Oates says: "We're all very excited to be working with Brand New and Sarah - there's a real buzz about the band, and Sarah is extremely talented and has a great career ahead."

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USA - Reinforcing the interoperability of JBL Professional loudspeakers across product lines, Clair Brothers Systems recently installed a WJHW-designed audio system at the new Glass Cactus nightclub in Grapevine, TX. The system includes JBL Vertec line arrays, AE Series loudspeakers and Control 29AV speakers.

Built on the grounds of the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Centre in Lake Grapevine, the $16 million Glass Cactus covers a total of 39,000 square feet and accommodates approximately 1,500 people. The state-of-the-art sound stage features musical acts ranging from country to blues to rock. The Glass Cactus regularly showcases local talent, while top-named national acts also perform routinely.

True to its name, the eye-catching design of the Glass Cactus includes an abundance of glass surfaces. While these make for an aesthetically pleasing environment, they pose a cha

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UK - Timothy Bird, director of The Knifedge Creative Network, is celebrating again this week after his company's ground-breaking projections for Sunday in the Park with George helped the West End musical win five Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best Set Design and Most Outstanding Musical Production. Last year, Bird and fellow designer David Farley also won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Design, and the Critics Choice Theatre Award for Best Design for the same production.

Directed by Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George first opened at The Menier Chocolate Factory in November 2005, before transferring to Wyndham's Theatre in May 2006. Originally written by Stephen Sondheim, the musical tells the story of pointillist painter Georges Seurat and his muse Dot.

Knifedge's innovative projections have been a key feature of the production, allowin

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Norway - Often referred to as 'the Scandinavian Alps', Hemsedal in Norway is the premier Norwegian ski resort. One of the oldest hotels in the area is the esteemed Skogstad Hotel. Owned by the Thorset family since its beginning in 1905, the hotel boasts more than 100 years of atmosphere and history.

On 17 Febuary, the doors opened to the completely renovated Skogstad Club, which is among the most modern nightclubs in Hemsedal. With a strictly enforced dress code and age limit, Italian-designed furniture and excellent ambience, the Skogstad Club is a classy venue with a genuine club feeling.

The sound installation at the venue, carried out by EHS Pro Shop, utilised a total of 12 Cornered Audio C6TRMs as sound reinforcement for the bars. These were chosen because of the speakers' "Armani-like" design, as one of the hotel's project managers described it! The only compla

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Switzerland - Zurich's Alstadt district or "old town" is an area of tiny twisting streets, exclusive art galleries and chic shops which is spread on both right and left banks of the Limmit-river that separates the city. In the outskirts of Alstadt in the left bank resides the famous Kaufleuten building.

Increasingly popular since Prince and Madonna graced it with their presence, Kaufleuten is the best known entertainment structure in Zurich. Located in a historic building, occupying two floors, the venue is comprised of several distinct sections, including a restaurant, a nightclub, bars and lounges. The brand new "festsaal" includes a stage in which regular entertainment is provided by a variety of top DJs and live performing acts. Kaufleuten's plush decor is reminiscent of a baroque theatre with its classic furnishings, antique paintings, chandeliers, and e

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Italy / Germany - RCF has introduced the latest addition to their TT+ range of speakers, the TT08-A, which will be displayed on the company's stand at this year's ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (28-31 March).

The speaker, by far the smallest member of the TT+ family, is also the most flexible and powerful tool in its class, say RCF. The company says that the TT08-A utilizes the highest quality in-house transducers and a powerful amplifier which makes it an ideal solution for small live sound situations, as well as playback and monitoring, corporate events and broadcast studios.

The TT08-A is a 2-way active system with a 90°x 60° constant directivity horn. The 8" mid-bass, with 64mm voice coil, which provides large excursion with a lightweight neodymium design. RCF's head of Research & Development - Alessandro Manini comments: "The TT08A represents a b

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World - Andre Rieu has been called everything from the Waltz King to the Kid Rock of Classical. The charismatic 56-year-old Dutch violinist and conductor is an international phenomenon, selling in excess of 20 million albums and filling halls across Europe, North America and Japan with his Johann Strauss Orchestra for nearly a decade.

The Maastricht-based Rieu is known for being a stickler for sonic excellence. Sensitive to the acoustical limitations of the arenas and stadiums in which he often holds court, Rieu has trusted Montreal-based Solotech with his tour sound for nearly a decade. The highly respected company behind the shows of Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion, and many others provides Rieu with a finely tuned audio system based around Meyer Sound's Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker.

The main system is centred on two arrays of 14 Milo cabinets and two Milo 120

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UK - For the fourth successive year, Hawthorns were contracted by the East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC), based on the Nottingham University Campus, to provide the technical solution for the Xerox Annual Year Start Conference. The Conference took place over four days and attracted 1700 delegates.

"This year, Xerox and the EMCC were looking to do something completely different and less corporate, whilst maintaining the Xerox Corporate Brand and the ability to use their standard PowerPoint presentation content," said Hawthorn's project manager, Oliver Moores.

The Hawthorn solution in the main auditorium was to provide a 24m x 7m cyc white backdrop as a massive projection screen, utilising a triple projection system driven by Barco's encore system. This gave the ability to use many creative and interesting backgrounds, both static and animated, with an infinite numb

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Denmark - Dansk Supermarked A/S chose local firm Aarhus Arkitekterne to design an expansion and modernisation of one of their premiere retail properties, Storcenter Nord shopping mall in Aarhus, Denmark. The project consisted of a large expansion of the retail area together with a new plaza and main entrance atrium meant to jettison the company's slightly outmoded image.

Besides re-imaging the centre in the minds of customers, there was also a need to do something more dramatic in order to draw customers to the area which essentially lies outside the city centre. "Storcenter Nord is a key part of a larger residential and business area that is experiencing dramatic growth," comments Architect Mogens Kristensen of Aarhus Arkitekterne. "The expansion gives the centre a new identity and the possibility to re-evaluate its relationship to its surroundings."

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USA - There were no sirens or flashing lights, but the return of The Police to the stage at the 49th Annual Grammy Award Show, following a 21-year layoff, was certainly arresting. Just seconds into the telecast, with audience members still heading for their seats, Sting shouted into his Sennheiser e865 vocal mic, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are The Police, and we're back," and the band launched into Roxanne, perhaps their best-known song. Stewart was on the HSP4-EW headset and an SK500G2 bodypack.Andy was on an e865 as well.

The Police were just the first of a succession of artists on the telecast using Sennheiser wired and wireless microphones, many of them also making use of Sennheiser RF personal monitor systems. Beyoncé, Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo Green, Shakira, Rascal Flatts and a host of presenters and award winners benefited from the Sennheiser

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USA - Aviom Inc a leader in personal monitor mixing technology, has enabled Houston-based church Fellowship of the Woodlands to improve its efficiency and sound quality through the installation of Aviom's personal monitor mixing system.

Harold Rubens, the church's director of audio, says that the Aviom equipment has helped reinforce the church's sound integrity and ability in delivering a true worship experience for its 14,000 parishioners.

"Converting 16 channels of audio and transmitting them through a Cat-5 cable directly to the band produces a much clearer and defined sound for the musicians, who can then adjust their mixes as they see fit," Rubens explained. "This helps them keep on key and in sync - a combination that results in a performance that effectively captivates, moves and inspires."

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Spain - The Ti Line from Vieta is a new, compact, remote-controllable amplifier system, designed for low to medium power use in fixed installations. The small, modular Amplifier Blocks are to DIN rail size and fixing standards, the standard for mains wiring in Europe, compatible with a range of off-the-shelf accessories such as waterproofing and fire-safety covers, which can be sourced from any electrical trade wholesalers. The Ti Line Blocks simply click into place on the DIN rail.

The DIN standard allows the amplifiers to be fitted where all the other electrical mains hardware lives - fuse boxes etc - saving valuable space in smaller shops and bars. Alternatively, the Blocks can be mounted locally throughout larger multiple speaker installations, close to the speakers and thus saving long cable runs and signal losses.

EQ and Level can be set on the Blocks themselves or contr

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Poland - UK The Polish authorities held national celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the imposition of martial law in the country and the move towards the democracy it enjoys today. Central to the anniversary celebrations was the national television broadcaster TVP, which staged a musical tribute to those monumental events a quarter of a century ago at the city of Wroclaw's Congresses, Fairs, Music and Sports Performance Centre Centennial Hall. The visual focus of the event was a large cross, constructed from over 50 square metres of Lighthouse R12-ER LED screen.

Titled Requiem Pro Pace, this was a major multimedia production and took its main references from a requiem Mass. Song titles were similar to the Liturgy: Benedictus, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, etc, with the lyrical themes being those which dominated the Polish society 25 years ago - fear, denunciation, censorship, st

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UK - Northern Light recently played a big part in the £360,000 improvements at Buxton Opera House. During the theatre's six week dark period - which ended on 16 February 2007 - Northern Light was responsible for managing an overhaul of the dimmer system and performance lighting circuits.

The Derbyshire venue is one of Britain's leading receiving theatres, presenting around 350 performances every year. Originally opened in 1903, Buxton Opera House was lovingly restored to its former glory in 2001 and this most recent improvement to the 938 seat theatre will ensure that the latest technology helps make each performance one to remember.

Northern Light's scope of work focused mainly in the backstage area and included the installation of a brand new ETC Sensor dimmer system - incorporating a total of 192 ways of dimming - and rewiring of all the performance lighting circuits.

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Australia - LSC Lighting Systems, the Australian designer and manufacturer of lighting control equipment, has just released its Houston Software, a PC-based application that allows for remote monitoring of your venue's dimmer systems.

Houston can diagnose any operational fault, such as a phase failure, loss of DMX, over temperature etc. When a fault occurs in any given device, a message is sent to one or more of the PCs running the Houston software. This immediately notifies the user of a fault, and the normally Green status indicator starts flashing Red. A quick glance at the screen then gives detailed information about the device failure and the nature of the fault. "Essentially, Houston provides an early warning system, so your show can run as smoothly as possible," the company says. Houston also keeps a permanent log of all lighting system events for later viewing

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USA - Stage Technologies has announced that Jack Suesse will be assisting them in worldwide projects as special projects advisor. After working with entertainment technology company J.R. Clancy for many years, Suesse moved on to form J Suesse & Associates LLC in 2005.

With over 30 years' experience designing and coordinating a wide variety of projects, Suesse specialises in stage rigging and motorised stage equipment. In 1993 he was elected to be a Fellow of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and is a committee member of ESTA (The Entertainment Services and Technology Association). In 2004 and 2005 he was appointed as a Rigging Subject Matter Expert for the Entertainment Technician Certification Program Council (ETCP). For the past several years he has been an instructor at the IAAM Backstage Boot Camp, instructing facility managers about the operation an

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UK - Bosch's sophisticated Praesideo public address system has been selected by SDD Sound and Light for use in an extensive project for the three campuses of ACS International Schools in Greater London. With a combined area of over 300 acres, the three campuses in Cobham, Hillingdon and Egham enrol a total of 2,400 students offering both day and boarding education. The students come from over 70 countries, predominantly the USA.

Security is a key concern for the school, and to upgrade the small paging system in place, it turned to Staines-based installers SDD Sound & Light to provide a campus-wide system, which could be linked together to provide pre-recorded announcement and other advanced security features across the three sites.

SDD chose Bosch Praesideo, the world's first fully digital public address and emergency sound system, because unlike traditional PA systems, which

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France - Digigram, a leader in PC audio interfaces and innovative networked audio devices, has announced the appointment of French pro audio specialists, Audiopole, as their new distributor in France with effect from 1 February 2007. Audiopole is one of France's premier distribution operations with a number of prestigious brands already numbering in their portfolio including Focusrite, Genelec, Turbosound, Studer, Beyerdynamic, ClearCom and Allen & Heath to name but a few.

Digigram's CEO and president Philippe Delacroix is confident that this new partnership will continue to reinforce the company's presence in the fixed installation market in France in addition to providing an avenue into the broadcast market: "A significant part of Digigram's product range is aimed at the broadcast market, therefore it is imperative that our distributor is also operational in that market s

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Germany - Audio-Technica is showing major new microphone and professional headphone product for the first time in Europe at this year's ProLight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (28-31 March).

The AT2010 handheld cardioid condenser microphone is a live performance companion to the successful AT2020 large diaphragm studio model, sharing the large 16mm low mass diaphragm of the AT2020.

Joining Audio-Technica's range of professional headphones is a new flagship pro monitor model, the ATH-M50. Featuring the company's latest transducer technology, including proprietary 45mm large-aperture drivers, the closed back ATH-M50 provides exceptional power handling and unparalleled high resolution signal reproduction for critical monitoring applications, the company says.

.Audio-Technica is also introducing the first in its new QuietPoint headphone series, featuring the company's advanced no

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Germany - Clay Paky will present several products at ProLight + Sound, Frankfurt, on stand B59, Hall 9.0, 28 - 31 March.

Clay Paky's Alpha Profile 1200 is the professional beam shaper which combines the technology of the Alpha projectors with an exclusive framing system, designed and patented by Clay Paky. Alpha Profile 1200 has a wide range zoom 10° - 30°, a Total Colour System, 14 special dichroic gobos, and an animation effect, a prism.

Ultra-luminous, extremely silent, with high-tech electronics and software, Alpha Profile 1200 is a precious resource for Lighting Designers who work in top professional environments, says the company.

Alpha Wash 1200 is the most powerful washlight in the Alpha family.The optical system uses uniform CMY colour mixing that, together with a fixed colour wheel, with linear CTO and with a CTB filter, allows every chromatic combination t

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UK / Germany - OHM, a leading designer and manufacturer of professional loudspeakers and sound systems, will be exhibiting its full range of business music systems including ceiling speakers, active subs and surround sound for cafe bars, bistros, shops, schools and churches, at the forthcoming ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (28-31 March).

OHM will also be displaying its BR Installation systems, which the company says are particularly well suited to larger venues, night-clubs, cinemas and discos, plus its Planet Suite - a concert and live sound system, and a range of amplifiers and digital controllers.

OHM will also launch its new HD-FM high power stage monitor at ProLight&Sound. Each HD-FM cabinet comprises of two 12" low/mid-range drivers coupled to a coaxial compression driver featuring a separate 3" and 1.75" coil diaphragm assemblies on a single thro

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