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Italy - TV lighting designer Pino Quini has specified 12 Robe DigitalSpot 5000DT moving head projectors for the popular series Tutte Donne Tranne Me (All Women Except Me), a one man show starring actor/singer Massimo Ranieri with special guests. The RAI 1 show is broadcast live from Studio 15 of Rome's Cine Citta complex and is on air at 9 p.m. Friday - one of the channel's prime time TV slots.

The scenic design by Marco Calzavara includes a 360 degree white cyclorama which encases the whole studio set, including the seating stands and the stage. "It was an obvious artistic decision to make in filling this space with colour and texturing" explains Quini, but he wanted to go beyond just gobo and lighting effects to moving images and photographic impressions.

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UK - AKG, celebrating its 60th anniversary, and its British distributor Harman Pro UK are showing several of the company's latest products at Sounds Expo 2007 at Olympia.

Perhaps the best commemoration of AKG's heritage on display is the limited anniversary edition of the C414 large-diaphragm recording mic. Only 2007 of these mics are being made worldwide, and only during this year.

Two of AKG's biggest launches this year are the D5 and C5 vocal microphones. The supercardioid D5 is a hard-wearing handheld dynamic mic (also available as the D5S with an on/off switch), while the C5 is a rugged cardioid condenser mic. Both mics are designed for recording or stage use, and use some of AKG's most recently developed microphone technology, including a laminate diaphragm in the D5 and a 24-carat gold-sputtered capsule housing in the C5 as a protection against humidity and moisture bui

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UK - Harman Pro UK dealer Mersysound Productions has completed a project to install conference facilities and a performance Room at the Alima Centre in Liverpool, which is operated by the Novas Group community project.

The installation features a range of Harman products, including a Soundcraft GB4 24 channel mixing console; Crown I-T4000 and Xs500 amplifiers; DBX 260 Loudspeaker EQ & Management System; Lexicon MPX550 Multi-FX processor and a range of JBL Professional speakers including Control 25 Compact 2-way loudspeakers, VRXX932LA line array loudspeakers, an SRX7188 sub woofer and a JRX112M two-way wedge monitor.

The Alima Centre is a multicultural community venue that offers a range of services and educational and training facilities to community arts groups and schools. Its aim is to create a platform for local people to develop their individual, community and cultural a

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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!

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UK - Support and training organisation Britt Worldwide UK, held its winter conference at Nottingham Ice Arena under the banner 'The Start of a New Day'. Panda Hire provided and installed the lighting for the event where the aim was to design a flexible lighting rig that could be used for great lighting effects during the introduction and musical play-ons and static lighting for the rest of the weekend.

With this and time restrictions in mind, an all intelligent rig was put together comprising of Martin MAC 700 Profile and MAC 700 Wash units on the front truss and MAC 250 Entour and MAC 250 Wash units to the back truss and stage. Two Jem Glaciators were used stage left and right to create a heavy fog effect for the introduction and Jem Stage Hazers and a Magnum 2000 smoke machine to enhance the lighting.

Lighting designer, Panda's Paul White comments, "The MAC 700 Wash uni

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Germany - Sennheiser has added Mobile Transmitter to its Guideport wireless multi-lingual visitor information system for exhibitions, museums, theme parks, zoos, botanical gardens, and historic sites. The belt-worn Mobile Transmitter and headset gives tour guides speaking to a group with pre-assigned Guideport headphones the flexibility to mix their live guided tour with pre-recorded audio at the press of a button, says Sennheiser.

The Mobile Transmitter Guideport system monitors the location of the tour group so that when the guide switches to pre-recorded audio, visitors hear content that is context appropriate - it matches the exhibit to which the tour guide has directed them. This frees the guide from the distracting and easily bungled task of triggering the appropriate audio clips.

"No other system on the market has the flexibility of our Sennheiser Guideport technol

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UK - St Bride's Church in London's Fleet Street - often known as the journalists' church - has taken delivery of some 50 ETC Source Four fixed focus spotlights as part of a refurbishment to replace worn out lighting.

Designed in 1672 by Sir Christopher Wren, the current St Bride's replaced a smaller church of the same name destroyed in the 1666 Great Fire of London. The 234 ft spire, added in 1701, was the tallest ever designed by Wren and was supposed to withstand both lightning and war. The tower's shape, which looks like three tiers, has led to it being dubbed the Wedding Cake Church. It has a traditional link with journalists and newspaper proprietors, who paid for it to be rebuilt after it was gutted by incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe in 1940.

Since then, it has acquired a reputation as not only a place of worship for traditional services, but also for concerts

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UK - After thirty years, the powerful drama Equus has returned to London's West End, with lighting designed by David Hersey and supplied by PRG Europe. Daniel Radcliffe, better known for playing the lead role in the Harry Potter movies, plays the part of a 17-year old who has a passion for horses, with Richard Griffiths as psychiatrist Martin Dysart.

Written by Peter Shaffer in 1973, the show, which is produced by David Pugh and directed by Thea Sharrock, has received rave reviews since it started previews on 16 February with a standing ovation for Radcliffe, surprising many of his critics. The lighting includes some 140 Source Four luminaires and over thirty moving lights, as well as a number of custom gobos produced by PRG Europe's Gobo Resource facility.

Production electrician for the show, which is being staged at the Gielgud Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, is Ian Moulds; p

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USA - Through a generous grant provided by GE Consumer & Industrial, Thomas Edison House in Louisville (KY) has installed new museum lighting. The project was completed in commemoration of Thomas Edison's 160th birthday. The inventor lived and worked in Louisville, and later became the founder of the General Electric Company.

Kevin Ruppelt, general manager of Water Products, GE Consumer & Industrial, and a member of the Thomas Edison House's Board of Regents, comments: "This was a great way to utilise GE's design, products and resources, and to give back to our local community. Thomas Edison would be proud of GE's advances in lighting technology and what we've done to highlight his inventions at the Museum. We are proud of our heritage."

The lighting installed at the Museum includes GE's new Diamond Precise track lighting designed for interior museum applications. Di

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UK - The new Digidesign 003 family, which includes 003, Factory and 003 Rack, promises professional-grade I/O, high-definition audio resolution, the compatibility and performance of Pro Tools software, and a bundle of up to 80 professional instrument and effects plug-ins, compatible applications, and sound libraries, including the new Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 software collection.

"Since the launch of the Digi 001 nearly seven years ago, more and more users are realising the advantages that come from having seamless integration between the home and professional studio, as well as the benefits of having access to our extensive library of effects and virtual instrument plug-ins," explained Dusty DiMercurio, marketing manager for Digidesign's personal studio products. We have met this demand by continuing to introduce innovative Pro Tools -based products for the personal

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USA - Super Vision International Inc is changing its name to Nexxus Lighting Inc, with effect from April 2007, and is relocating its corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina. These changes are part of the company's new strategic plan to direct its focus toward advanced technology lighting products and systems. The company's stock symbol will change from 'SUPVA' to 'NEXS' in April 2007, and trading under the new 'NEXS' symbol is also expected to start in April.

The company will focus its resources on the rapidly expanding market for LED lighting system technologies, fibre optic lighting technologies and other new emerging white light technologies through both new product development and potential strategic acquisitions. "Nexxus Lighting can be viewed as a brand new company with a solid foundation and a very clear vision," stated Mike Bauer, president and CEO.

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UK - Roadmender in Northampton is a long-established contemporary performing and visual arts centre which is now under new management and stages concerts including rock, reggae, hiphop, dance, world, jazz roots and experimental music.

The Fabtronic Group in Northampton was asked to provide an alternative to architectural LED lighting and colour-changing products. The new system was designed, programmed and commissioned by Chris Hobbins, events and special projects manager at Fabtronic. He says, "My solution was the CX-10 Extreme to provide colour change, morphing texture effects and gobo projection."

The venue was also refurbished during this project, using a good selection of Martin products which included, MAC 250s, Atomic Strobes, Martin Roboscan 218s, Martin Roboscan 518s, Martin Freekie, Jem ZR-12 DMX and Jem ZR-30.

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UK - Audio-Technica has announced the resignation of UK sales director Tony Cooper. Appointed to the board of directors in 2004, Cooper leaves the company after more than seven years service with the microphone and headphone manufacturer.

Commenting on his resignation, Cooper stated: "I have very much enjoyed my time at Audio-Technica and feel the time is now right for me to pursue other interests. I am confident the strong sales team I have grown and developed in the UK will continue to be successful and I wish them all the very best."

Managing director Adrian Rooke said, "We are extremely sorry to be losing Tony. He has been a key member of the management team here, and of the board of directors, during a prolonged period of growth for the company. His talents will be greatly missed and we wish him every success for the future."

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Germany - Pioneer Pro DJ will present "an exhilarating and educational snapshot into digital DVJing" during ProLight&Sound 2007 (Frankfurt, 28-31 March 2007). Pioneer's stand will feature all its latest Pro DJ equipment. This includes digital DJ mixers like the DJM-800 and DJM-400, as well as the new range of CDJ CD decks: the CDJ-1000MK3s and CDJ-800MK2s.

More established items, such as the DJM-1000 mixer, EFX-1000 effects unit, and Pioneer's plasma screens, will also feature, but the "true star" of the show, the company says, this year will be the DVJ-1000 - successor to the groundbreaking DVJ-X1 hybrid DVD/CD deck. Like the DVJ-X1s, the DVJ-1000s combine the capabilities of the industry standard CDJ-1000 series with the ability to perform multimedia sets.

DVJ'ing is seen by many DJs as an evolution of their audio art form, and it is now universally accep

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USA/Japan - Analogue signal processing and mixing equipment manufacturer API Audio has appointed Mix Wave as its Japanese distributor.

Hide Suzuki, director, pro audio sales manager at Mix Wave says: "API manufactures some of the very best analogue equipment in the world. They've been making waves for decades, and with the industry's renewed interest in imparting an analogue sound on digital recordings, interest in API keeps increasing. For those customers who were clambering for API, we're happy to add them to our line card. For those customers who haven't heard of API's products, we're happy to let them hear what they've been missing!"

API's managing director, Gordon Smart, commented: "We're extremely pleased to have Mix Wave as our distributor in the important Japanese professional audio market, and we look forward to working closely with them."

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Sweden/USA - Wireless Solution Sweden AB and Illumivision, Inc. recently turned the Murray Lock and Dam Bridge in Little Rock, Arkansas into a spectacular tourist attraction. The newly constructed pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Murray Lock and Dam, dubbed the "Big Dam Bridge", recently held a special ceremony to show off its new look, bejewelled with coloured lights.

The bridge, which spans the Arkansas River, is 4,226 feet long, with a span over the river totalling 3,463 feet, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers. Billed as the world's longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge, construction was completed in August 2006. The addition of lights was completed a few months later.

Illumivision of Edmonton, Alberta, was responsible for the design and installation of the bridge lighting - 169 Illumivision Light Wave LX fixtures are installed at the base of the thirt

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Finland - For the Finnish Symphony Orchestra's Tapiola Sinfonietta, lighting and set designer Valo Virtanen used the Martin MAC TW1 because of its "quiet operation, power and functionality". Tapiola Sinfonietta wanted to deviate from the typical black suits and concert lights to create a story about musicians' fantasies, both happy and sad, by incorporating acrobats, magicians, dancers, singers, and even a "wild vacuum cleaner".

Valo chose the MAC TW1 tungsten washlight because "traditionally powerful Tungsten washlights have been a problem. When the TW1 came out our local distributor Electrosonic Lightinen kindly sent one to me for testing. Now we have twenty on tour. Its "quiet operation - not just virtually silent - combines with really good colour mixing and a wide zoom range to make these units heavy workhorses for us. I really enjoy working wi

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Germany - Loudspeaker manufacturer HK Audio will be showing additions to its ConTour Series at ProLight&Sound (Frankfurt, 28-31 March 2007) CN 112 is a compact passive full-range cabinet with high assertiveness and precise directivity. CN 115 is a passive cabinet for full-range applications with increased low-mid/bass performance and high speech and syllable intelligibility. The bi-functional housings can be used as symmetric L/R versions and allow for a microphone-adjusted monitoring at almost no acoustic feedback.

Both the CN 112 and CN 115 are equipped with modern neodymium speakers with passive crossovers which can be switched off for bi-amp mode. HK's DuoTilt pole mount with 3° and 7° tilt angles allows for easy adjustment of the cabinets towards the audience without additional accessories.

Designed for speech or music applications, as FOH cabinet for a club PA or

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Italy - Link has announced the latest enhancements to its eurocable line of ultra-flexible speaker multicore cable, specifically designed for the connection of multi-amplified portable systems. The new LK48N40AD2 48 conductor hybrid multicore continues the eurocable tradition of providing strength and flexibility for portable applications while maintaining exceptional electrical properties, the company says. "We had numerous requests from our existing 16N40 customers to introduce a 48 x 4sq.mm version of the cable with two additional AES pairs. The first production run has shipped to a major concert tour in the United States this week and we are extremely pleased with the flexibility and the electrical properties", stated company president Marco Piromalli.

For this particular application, Link was also asked to design a compatible 54-pin hybrid LK connector capable of

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Czech Republic - This June, Prague will host the combined celebration of design for theatre at the Prague Quadrennial and the PQ Scenofest. In June every four years, Prague hosts an international competition of the work of individual designers and nations. The best design from across the world will be on display for the 10 days of the Quadrennial.

Scenofest sits in the very heart of the Quadrennial, designed to bring the next generation of designers together to collaborate as a part of a huge range of exhibitions, performances and workshops. The world's greatest designers will take part as workshop leaders and in delivering a series of Lectures and presentations.

The venue is the Industrial Palace, and the PQ organisers have given Scenofest pride of place in the Central Hall. This space will see a 300-seat theatre space, workshop areas and exhibition areas - and the Tower of B

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UK - Drapes and scenic specialists J&C Joel has launched its line of 'Brusan', described as "a revolutionary new innovation for the entertainment industry" and made by LDC International. Custom-designed with set builders in mind, Brusan is produced by laminating aluminium and textile together to form a flexible, distortable fabric - with no elastic return.

J&C Joel's Fiona Blackett states, "We chose Brusan to complement the diverse range of theatrical fabrics that we already offer. It's unique and also highly practical for our industry, allowing set pieces to be made quickly and easily. It is also reusable which is perfect for touring companies or those with limited storage space for sets from past productions".

Brusan's flexibility enables endless possibilities in terms of the quick and easy creation textures, three-dimensional shapes and special effects,

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UK - Leicestershire-based Hawthorns, providers of lighting, sound and video have announced the acquisition of Core Creative from The Concerto Group.

Managing director Martin Hawthorn comments, " We have been looking for some time now for London premises and the opportunity arose. Having an established base in London provides another resource to the London customer as we continue to grow. An increasing amount of our conference and party work is London-based and now is a great time to build on that success with Core's experienced full time staff and equipment based in town."

The Hawthorn inventory of £5 million worth of state-of-the-art lighting, sound, drapes and staging will be based across the two locations, supporting the events market with their creative in-house project management team and the continued dry hire of equipment. The move will make Hawthorn a &

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