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USA - Zaxcom has introduced the latest addition to its family of Deva hard disc recorders. The new Deva 5.8 features eight integrated hardware faders, an internal DVD-RAM drive, and a Flash media slot, making it the only professional audio recording system to provide complete recording, mixing, and effects capabilities within one lightweight package, says the company.

"We've incorporated many new features into the Deva 5.8 that will make it more intuitive and flexible than ever. The system's new integrated eight rotary fader control panel makes it a great choice for reality television productions in particular," said Glenn Sanders, president of Zaxcom. "For those who are already enjoying our legacy Deva IV and V units, we'll now be offering complementary software up

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Germany Crowley and Tripp, the US manufacturers of ribbon microphones, has teamed with Digital Audio Service (DAS), operating out of Hamburg, for distribution in the German pro audio market.

"We are very happy to have Crowley and Tripp microphones on our line," said Stefan Goestch of DAS. "They combine the beautiful sonic character of a well-made ribbon microphone with innovative transducer voicing technology, so their microphones can be used to capture rich, lively audio. We see huge potential for these great sounding microphones in the German audio market."

"Talk with anyone at DAS and it becomes apparent that they understand the practical benefits from the superior materials and acoustic voicing techniques at work in Crowley and Tripp ribbon mics," commented Chris Regan, Crowley and Tripp's product manager.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - York Minster, the largest gothic cathedral in northern Europe, was brought to life recently when the legendary stained glass windows were used for a series of projections as part of the Illuminating York festival.

Co-ordinated by Ben Pugh, the event enabled visitors to assemble between dusk and midnight over a three-week period and see 70ft high-definition portrait-shape projections depicting work from cutting-edge New York artists Mark Downie, Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser under the title Recovered Light.

The task to deliver the content was entrusted by City of York Council to locally-based video specialists, YSL Videowall Hire; they in turn sub-contracted The Picture Works, whose director, Robin Wealleans, knew that his Christie Roadie 25K 25,000 ANSI lumens 3-chip DLP projectors were probably alone in being able to meet the stringent criteria.

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France - E//T//C France supplied a complex and elegant high powered video projection show last week for leading Parisian jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels. This was onto the front of the their newly redesigned flagship store.

Produced by Aslize and designed by Scenographism, the projection show featured two Christie 25K projectors and E//T//C France's OnlyView control system.

The event marked the end of a year of celebrations for Van Cleef & Arpels' centenary, which started when they moved into the Place Vendume salon in 1906. The interiors have now been completely redesigned by Patrick Jouin.

The opening was a select, invitation-only red carpet event for Van Cleef & Arpels' 500 best clients. The exclusivity of the occasion demanded some very special presentation, so Van Cleef & Arpels turned to innovative event producers Aslize to conceive and design a 'magical' video projection

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UK - A new website called Enhanced Listening, www.enhancedlistening.co.uk, offers a wide range of products that help counter problems associated with the impact of living and working in today's noisy environment that can have seriously harmful effects peoples' hearing.

Specialising in auditory and assistive listening products Enhanced Listening intends to offer solutions for users with a new range of specialist products as well as straightforward advice. Having studied the marketplace Enhanced Listening intentionally decided to offer a diverse range of products, which the user would find generally hard to locate in most searches on the internet.

Recent additions to the site includes the 'Snoremasker Pro' an active earplug system developed for people suffering from sleep deprivation that are generally at their wits end and looking for a solution that does work in the real world

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UK - Registration to attend the 29th ABTT Theatre Show (13-14 June, Royal Horticultural Halls, London) is now available via www.abtt.org.uk/theatreshow.

Already sold out, this years show will play host over 100 exhibiting companies filling all three halls to capacity. With several new exhibitors, including ChamSys Consoles, Sunbaba Fabrics and Northern Stage Services, the event presents a comprehensive range of products and services for professionals and non technical users involved with equipping, refurbishing or up-grading their drama studio, theatre, auditorium or multi-purpose performance space.

One of the show's aims is to illustrate all aspects of performance technology and offer practical advice from leading suppliers about the enormous value that can be added by investing in technology.

Also illustrating the Show's commitment to education, drama schools from around t

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Germany - The orchestral production of The Lord of the Rings Symphony made its debut in Germany recently at the Arena Leipzig. The 7,000-seat venue hosted two sold-out shows, replete with an 86-member orchestra, four soloists and a choir of 130 voices.

The sound system provided by Leipzig-based ProTech, was based around two main arrays of eight Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers and two Milo 120 high-power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeakers each. Six M'elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers were used for frontfill, while two ground stacks of six M1D ultracompact curvilinear array loudspeakers each covered sidefill duties.

Further back in the hall, another hang of eight M1D cabinets, along with two arrays of six M'elodie boxes, were utilised as delay speakers. Low frequencies were covered by six 700-HP ultrahigh-power subw

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USA - Brian Peters has joined Metric Halo as the company's first field application engineer. Peters will be utilising his experience as a recording and systems engineer to "help Metric Halo's customers realise the unique power of the company's product line".

Primarily focused on the proactive development of training and marketing materials highlighting the technical advantages of the Metric Halo product line, Peters will also be available to help customers work through complex pre- and post-sales systems integration issues.

"We are very excited to have Brian join us as our first field applications engineer. We originally got to know Brian as a customer six years ago when he purchased a Mobile I/O," said Joe Buchalter, president of Metric Halo. "Over the years Brian has been incredibly insightful; always pushing the boundaries of what could be accomplis

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South Korea - Avix Tech, a Seoul-based distribution and sound reinforcement company recently installed systems in two different South Korean projects - the newly refurbished Hannuri Art Hall in Suwon City's Jangan Ju community centre, and the Chuncheon Art Hall located in the recently renovated Chuncheon Culture and Arts Centre in the province of Gangwon. Despite dramatic differences in shape, profile, and capacity of the two halls, Avix Tech determined that the needs of their diverse calendars of musical theatre, live music, and dance programs would be met ideally by loudspeaker systems from Meyer Sound.

Eric Han, manager of Avix Tech's system design and technical support department, cites the self-powered nature of the Meyer Sound systems as key in making them the best solution. "The speakers and onboard amplifiers are perfectly matched, eliminating any loss of quality fr

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UK - Adlib supplied full lighting production and - in conjunction with Capital Sound - PA for the recent Kelly Jones tour. The Stereophonics front man's high profile solo tour sold out in minutes, visited a series of high profile theatre and concert hall style venues, and has been hailed as a massive critical success.

Jones played his acclaimed Only The Names Have Been Changed album in its entirety, and wrapped the set up with a small selection of acoustically re-worked Stereophonics classics. He was accompanied by his guitar, his voice and ample charisma, and backed for some of the set by a string trio and keyboardist Tony Kirkham.

Adlib came onboard through tour manager Neil MacDonald. Adlib project manager Phil Kielty says, "It's been great working with an artist of Kelly Jones' calibre. The show looked and sounded stunning, featured some great teamwork (both cr

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Greece - Rick Pope, Jamiroquai's long-time sound engineer, used the Focusrite Saffire to record a one off, record-breaking performance by the band in the front of a plane on a trip to Greece. A specially selected audience mostly comprised of competition-winning Jamiroquai fans witnessed the 'Gig In The Sky' and the band performed half a dozen tracks.

"We had a full band, six musicians and three backing singers," said Pope. "I needed to record the gig and needed something standalone and FireWire because it was all done on batteries as obviously there was no mains in the plane. So I needed something that would power off FireWire from my computer and the Saffire PRO 26i/o was the first thing that came to mind.

"It was simple once it was up and running: stand alone, just hit record, go and that was it. It did everything I wanted it to do and was ideal for the g

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Germany - HK Audio was recently awarded a golden Iron Maiden Dance of Death album for having contributed to the success of the band's worldwide touring.

Iron Maiden Drummer Nicko Mc Brain said, "I have been using the HK ConTour Series for the last two world tours and have been overjoyed with the sound, quality and power of these fine speaker systems. Being located behind the backline on stage with my drum set, it is very important for me to have a clear and powerful monitor and the ConTour Series delivers exactly what I need.

"I first met HK Audio and their head of international sales Christian Stumpp a number of years before at the Music Life Show in Birmingham way back in 2000. Since then a strong bond of friendship has grown between us, as well as my bond with the product and the brand.

"It was about time to say thank you for the great worldwide supp

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UK - One of the pioneers of early HD projection technology in event staging, London-based QED Productions has adopted the latest generation 3-chip DLP technology with the purchase of eight Christie HD8K projectors.

QED director Paul Wigfield says that these devices are the brightest high definition projectors in their class, setting new standards in quality and ease of use. "We are delighted to begin a new partnership with Christie and I can confirm that this purchase is just the start," he promises. QED is also the first company in the world to take delivery of the new HD18K extreme high brightness projectors from Christie.

Wigfield set up QED with co-director Stephen Heliczer over 20 years ago, since when they have remained in the vanguard of technical production in a range of sectors from prestigious live events to broadcast. "We had been looking closely at t

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UK - Baldwin Boxall Communications will be launching its latest Emergency Voice Communication system - VIGIL OmniCare at International Fire Expo. This latest development allows users to have disabled refuge remotes, fire telephones remotes and disabled toilet alarms all on the same system. A considerable saving can now be made as only one system is required. Prior to this product three separate systems would have been necessary, says the company.

The system works in the same way as Baldwin Boxall's market leading 'CARE' products. Remote units are wired in a loop configuration and it is possible to have a number of disabled refuge remotes, fire telephones or toilet alarms all on the same loop. Also in the range, Baldwin Boxall has developed a combined disabled refuge and fire telephone remote. Like all of Baldwin Boxall's 'CARE' products the system is compliant with BS5839 part 9

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Germany - When Dortmund-based Licht & Ton set out to find a digital console that would handle their special event and concert work, versatility and accessibility were top of their list.

After researching the market, the new, fully-featured Soundcraft Vi4 comfortably met the criteria. Remarking on the desk's sound quality and state-of-the-art design, Dortmund proprietor, Wilhelm 'Helmer' Lennertz, highlighted a number of special features - in particular the console's Vistonics II touch-screen Interface, allowing the sound engineer to access 24 full channels at a time, and the incorporation of other interfaces (particularly the MADI link).

"In my eyes the Vi4 was simply the most professional and user friendly console - with the best quality sound - currently in the marketplace," he said. The desk was supplied by Audio Pro, Soundcraft's German distributor.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Democracy Now!, an award-winning national, daily independent news programme that airs on over 500 radio and TV stations in North America, has recently taken delivery of an InnovaSON Sy48 digital mixing console and a remote Stage Box to handle a live news broadcast five days per week. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the US, Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, community and National Public Radio stations; on public access cable television stations and satellite television; as a podcast and on the internet.

Democracy Now! chief broadcast engineer, Nick Marcilio, explains why he opted for an InnovaSON console over anything else. "There were a number of reasons," he remarked. "I'd seen the board side by side with a number of other digital console brands at a recent AES show, and was struck by the versatility of the d

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UK - London's Comedy Store recently installed an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to improve sound quality and manage the complexaudio distribution needs of the club.

Initially, it seemed iLive would exceed the demands of the application but after consulting the club's technical team it became clear that it was a more complex installation.

Input sources include a stage mic, an MC mic, radio mics for improve groups, and DVD and CD playback devices, whilst the club's output structure is complex with 12 matrices feeding various speaker zones - including different seating sections, the bar area, toilets and entrance hall - plus time align delays, and broadcast feeds for Paramount Comedy channel and the BBC, who both record shows at the Store.

The club also has a tiny sound booth requiring a console with a small footprint, and, due to the demanding schedule, the club emp

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New Zealand - Processing devices from BSS Audio have helped bring a new aviation heritage centre, majoring on World War 1 aircraft, to life. The highly anticipated Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre is an exciting new concept specialising in aviation history. Located just outside Blenheim in the Marlborough region of the South Island of New Zealand the centre's first exhibition, Knights of the Sky, occupies 3,000sq.m of purpose-built display area. The collection is managed by the 14-18 Aviation Heritage Trust, chaired by the New Zealand film Director Peter Jackson and comprises one of the world's largest collections of World War 1 aircraft and memorabilia; this has been brought to life with a number of dramatically staged static displays along with functional planes.

From the AV perspective the entire project was managed by Grant Collie of technical solutions company LDPS, Ne

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Japan - Beyonce kicked off her Beyonce Experience world tour on 10 April with a large video-dominated production featuring 14 High End Systems DL.2 digital light fixtures, the most ever specified on tour, in the design. LD is Justin Collie of ArtFag; DL.2 supplier is XL Touring Video of Los Angeles.

John Wiseman, CEO and president of XL Touring Video, says, "This is not only a large tour in terms of scale of production, but in terms of fixture quantity, this is the largest tour DL.2 has ever been on. We're proud to be supplying the fixtures for it. The DL.2s are a major element in Justin Collie's design, and this is definitely a visual experience to see."

The tour started in Tokyo, moves to Australia, hits Europe/UK in April-June, and North American arenas July-September.

(Jim Evans)

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The Netherlands - Dutch rental company Orion Licht en Geluid didn't own a single piece of QSC equipment until one of its customers requested QSC amplification and WideLine loudspeakers for a new discotheque he was building. A few months later, and Orion has now become the first company in Holland to be able to offer QSC's new WideLine 10 line array system - from its own rental fleet.

With 25 years' experience behind them, the production hire company had been considering investing in a line array system of their own for some time, to service their wide range of event productions. "We were impressed with how perfectly the QSC system had worked in this discotheque," remembers Orion's commercial manager, Remko Langendonk. And before long Jos Muller from QSC distributors, Holland Audio Import (HAI), was knocking on his door.

"We had already looked at the major compet

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Denmark - Architects Dissing + Weitling have created a combination of form and function in Bryggebro, a 190m long, 7m wide bicycle and pedestrian bridge that forms part of Copenhagen's growing network of pedestrian and cycling paths. Inaugurated in September 2006, Bryggebroen is a swing bridge for the passage of large ships, and the first bridge built over the city's harbour in 50 years.

Besides saving Copenhageners several minutes on their commutes, not to mention providing a safe and beautiful alternative to the noise and trafficked roads, visually Bryggebro connects two sides of Copenhagen - Islands Brygge with Havneholmen - while defining the space of the harbour.

At night the bridge stands as a lighted ribbon over the water thanks to built-in linear luminaires designed by Dissing + Weitling in collaboration with Martin Professional. The bridge's central spine, which divid

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