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Australia - LSC Lighting Systems will officially unveil the full TEKO dimmer range at PLASA 07. Born from LSC's successful EKO installation dimmer, the TEKO is designed for use in the television, film and live entertainment industries.

There are four models available in the TEKO range, from the 12-channel 3kW through to the 3-channel 15kW model, with the ability to control any inductive or reactive load with a 100% duty cycle. The TEKO also has the option to include LSC's Houston Remote Monitoring Software and ePlates to externally recall pre-recorded memories.

The TEKO joins a growing catalogue of products at LSC, including the, maXim Lighting Control Console, EKO Dimming Systems and the Delta range of distribution products. The full LSC range will be on show at PLASA 07.

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Germany - beyerdynamic has recently added the TG-X 930 condenser microphone to its TourGroup line. Based on the capsule construction of the company's popular MC 930 studio condenser microphone, the TG-X 930 provides the sensitivity of a condenser in combination with the TG-X touring line's durability, says the company.

Suitable for close-micing situations, the proximity effect of the TG-X 930's cardioid capsule was compensated to achieve a neutral transmission of low frequencies. To ensure an exceptional top-end, the mic features a slight treble boost. Its maximum sound pressure level is 150dB SPL. The TG-X 930 also includes a low internal noise level, offering users a high dynamic range.

"Sound quality is a key element to every audio application, but in the case of live performances, durability becomes paramount," explains Paul Froula, beyerdynamic's Pro Audio busin

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UK - The Verlinde Technologies division of French manufacturer Verlinde has announced that that Simon Rothechild's new title is business development manager for UK and Ireland with immediate effect. Rothechild is now also responsible for the South African territory, as well as other international regions for Verlinde, which are due to come on stream soon.

Thomas Descamps, Verlinde's managing director, said: "Simon has proved over many months an enthusiasm and aptitude to perform in the role, and he continues to hit his new business targets. Our sales in UK and Ireland are on track, and we are pleased to extend Simon's role to South Africa where he has already helped us make significant inroads into a major new marketplace."

(Jim Evans)

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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!

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UK - Audica Professional is launching the new MICROseries WMR wall-mount remote control at PLASA 07, with UK and Ireland distributor CUK Audio.

The 85mm square front-panel WMR is designed to fit a standard UK lighting switch back-box or pattress, and is wired to the MICROzone amplifier/controller using Cat 5 cable with RJ45 connectors. Providing full control for a remotely located MICROzone, the unit duplicates the front panel functions for source selection, mute, standby and volume. It also houses an infrared receiver to allow for use of the IR remote control unit supplied with the MICROzone.

"The future of installed sound for background music and AV is with a greater emphasis on style and ease of use," comments Audica's Derek West. "With more and more systems being computer and media player driven, the end user no longer wants visible hardware - just simple, c

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UK - Brand new products being launched by Czexh-based manufacturer Robe Show Lighting at PLASA 07 will include the Media Hub 5000 DT, the latest version software for the DigitalSpot 5000 DT, 3 new LED products from Robe's LT range, using K2 LEDs, Media Server Qube Control for the StageQube 324 and a new lighting controller - the DMX Control 2048.

Robe also shows its popular range of AT Series moving light products - including the ColorSpot and ColorWash 2500E AT, and from the 700 Series, the ColorSpot 700E AT, the ColorWash 700E AT and the ColorWash 750AT Tungsten.

The MediaHub 5000 DT completes Robe's successful Digital 'DT' series. This graphics engine provides all the features of the DigitalSpot 5000 DT (i.e. two digital gobo layers with selection of up to 244 x 255 video clips or images per layer; two independent effects channels on each gobo layer with 120 effects,

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UK - Visitors to the PLASA Show at Earls Court from 9-12 September, can pay a visit to Stand H69 for an opportunity to win a prize of £1000 worth of staging products - courtesy of the boys and girls at Hoist UK, Litestructures and Rope Assemblies.

Visit Stand H69 at PLASA 07.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Now in his 12th year as Elton John's monitor engineer, Alan Richardson has spent a number of those with a Yamaha PM1D as his mixing console of choice. Summer 2007 saw the flamboyant pianist playing selected dates across Europe and the UK, with Richardson reporting that the PM1D is key to the task.

"I really like the versatility of the console," he says from Glasgow's SECC. "It has loads of ins and outs, a lot of features and the recall is essential. I means I don't have to tour with the desk - I just pick one up in whatever country we're in, insert my card and there are all my settings! Plus it's very easy to use."

The venues on the European tour have been wide ranging, which has kept the sound team on its toes. "One day recently we were playing in a tent, then a few days later to 150,000 people in a square in St Petersburg," Richardson conti

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UK - Wybron has announced that it is launching and previewing six new products at PLASA 07. During three 45-minute sessions, Wybron's CEO, Larry Turner, will preview each new product and discuss the company's direction to current Wybron/PRG Distribution dealers.

In February 2007, Wybron's new management team presented plans for actively picking up the pace of its product development. The company promised to introduce one product per month from April 2007 through the start of this year's trade show season.

"We set a high benchmark for Wybron's product development team and are really pleased to report that they have exceeded our commitments," said Turner. "A number of the new products Wybron will be showing at PLASA 2007 are platform independent and stem from the success of our InfoTrace Control and Management System. The industry requested additional platform sup

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UK - Stage Electrics reports that its new L-Acoustics stock has been "flying off the hire shelves" since the company signed a UK dealership agreement with the French manufacturer.

The new hire stock includes 24 of the new 12XT loudspeakers and 10 of the LA4 amplified controllers. There are also plans to take delivery of LA8 amplified controllers once they are released. Stage Electrics has also added to its existing stock of 115 XT-HiQ with an additional 12 cabinets.

Chris Vass, Stage Electrics' audio project manager, comments: "The new L-Acoustics equipment is versatile, easy to use, looks the business, and offers great sound. L-Acoustics is a proven manufacturer and well thought of. We had been planning an upgrade for some time and their new range fits extremely well into our current stock profile.

"The new equipment has been constantly in demand since d

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UK - Matrix Display has been awarded a contract to supply interactive whiteboards to Scotland's third largest council. The £1.5m deal with Dumfries and Galloway is, to date, the largest interactive whiteboard project delivered to any UK local authority, says the company.

Matrix Scottish area manager Adrian Robertson comments: "This is a fantastic opportunity for us and will enable Matrix to make its mark north of the border and prove we can deliver large-scale bespoke installations.

"The first phase - comprising 550 whiteboards - has already been delivered and we're now looking at linking all schools in Scotland to the Glow digital network, which is a major priority for all Scottish local authorities."

Matrix has, for the past two years, been named audiovisual reseller of the year and has again been nominated for the 2007 awards. The Scottish operation's

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UK The new Outline turntable for polar measurement, ET250-3D has been nominated for a PLASA Award for Innovation. The idea came from Guido Noselli, the company's founder, and was initially intended for in-house use, inorder to facilitate measurement of the polar dispersion of the firm's loudspeakers.

In fact, this device became the most sought-after work tool for (well-known and lesser known) competitors and the world's most famous sound designers, as well as multinational companies, authoritative institutions such as MIT and Synergetic Audio Concept and many universities teaching acoustics worldwide, says the company.

After almost 20 years' life, the ET System is still one of Outline's best sellers. The remote control software supplied with the turntable was also entirely developed in Outline's laboratories. This software enables the user to programme 'macros' using an intuit

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USA - From 31 August, Stage Technologies' US office will be closer to the heart of Las Vegas. Recent projects such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, the San Francisco Opera and a large number of new US contracts have resulted in Stage Technologies' American operations quickly outgrowing its current office and workshop facilities.

The company has experienced rapid expansion over recent years and believes that the new 8000sq.ft premises will provide its engineers with better facilities and allow it to respond and deliver a high quality service to its clients.

The new office is located within close proximity to major interstates 15 and 215 and is within six miles of McCarran International Airport. The full address is: Stage Technologies Inc, 6651 Schuster Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89118, USA

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Blitz, part of the Blitz Charter Group, was commissioned for the second consecutive year by fashion footwear label Lacoste to provide AV design, equipment and support to showcase its Spring/Summer 2008 shoe collection which was launched at the Science Museum in London.

Following a successful partnership with Lacoste in 2006, Blitz says it was delighted to have the opportunity to showcase its technical abilities once again in providing a total AV solution at the event.

The Science Museum's impressive 26 x 9m IMAX screen provided the backdrop for the Lacoste images. Blitz combined the use of theEncore and Watchout systems with four new Panasonic HD DW10000 projectors and added LED Par 90 lights to powerfully project Lacoste's images throughout the event.

Andy Simister, president of Lacoste Footwear comments: "The entire team at Blitz contributed to the phenomenal suc

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Brazil - Sao Paulo's Teatro Abril provided the venue for the sixth production of the hit musical Miss Saigon to open this year, as the show started its first ever run in South America last month. Sound design is by Peter Grubb of Melbourne-based theatre sound engineering company, System Sound, with a Cadac J-Type Live Production Console at the heart of the sound system, supplied by local rental company Loudness.

The 1500-capacity Teatro Abril, regarded as one of the city's most beautiful theatres, is the premier venue for large-scale international productions, performed in Portuguese and featuring Brazilian casts. Destroyed by fire in 1969, the theatre was restored to its former glory and reopened in 2001. The venue provided the sound team with a straightforward load-in and set-up, presenting few challenges thanks to the good acoustics.

For Peter Grubb of System Sound,

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UK - When Jedi Lighting & Sound were asked to install two new Essex nightclubs recently, they enlisted Futurelight distributors Fut-Euro - not only to meet their beam effect requirements, but also for their creative LED lighting.

Set up last year by Darren Jackson, the Wisbech-based Fut-Euro has quickly become a one-stop shop for lighting designers and architects looking for imaginative ideas in a wide number of applications.

Said Jedi managing director Andrew Baldwin, "What we aim for first is reliability and value for money. If we need something specific Darren can usually find it - but any new kit we are offered we will strip and pull apart before we have the confidence to use it."

Jedi first specified the Futurelight effects - notably the PHS-220 pro moving head with 48 pre-programmed scenes for stand alone operation and EVO-7 effects projector at Tony and Inge

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UK - Four decades after Cliveden in Buckinghamshire had its most infamous encounter with rock 'n' roll, August 2007 saw the music return with a vengeance as the National Trust-owned property hosted the two day Cliveden Rocks festival.

It was in May 1965 that the Beatles famously spent two days at Cliveden while filming scenes for the film Help!, so it was appropriate that the second day of the festival featured tribute act The Bandit Beatles.

A family-orientated festival featuring tribute bands The Strolling Bones, ZU2, the Bandit Beatles and The Magic of Abba, ending with a spectacular firework finale, Cliveden Rocks saw Star Events Group provide a Morbit stage for the bands to play on.

"This is the first rock / pop event that Cliveden has hosted," says the National Trust's Richard Jordan-Baker. "But I have worked with Star Events Group many times in t

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Germany - Pro Audio Technik has introduced a notebook stand under the name Luke Dreistand. The stand has been designed in close cooperation with renowned DJs during practical work with computer based DJ systems. The notebook stand tray accepts most portable computers. A clamp mounted side tray can be used to hold a Scratch LIVE Interface, an external hard disk or a sound card.

The tripod stand stays securely in place - even on uneven surfaces, with minimum space requirement. Tray height is adjustable and it may be turned sideways and tilted down or up. Thus, the notebook positioning may be adjusted according to the user's preference and to the space available.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Elation Professional has chosen Eric Proces of Madison, Wisconsin, as the winner of the Elation Education Experience. Proces won judges over with his "excellent use of Elation Lighting products and interesting proposal that ensured a multi-purpose use of space". The runners up were Andrew Prince of Como, Mississippi and James Keeley of Wausau, Wisconsin, both of whom also submitted impressive entries.

The E3 contest was designed to help students learn the process of creating a functional and entertaining lighting design. Each entrant designed lighting for a multi-purpose Youth Ministry room by using Elation's Compu Ware Live 3D software. To make the contest more realistic and challenging, entrants had to follow a strict budget and had only a limited amount of power available.

Thanks to their winning entries, Proces, Prince, and Keeley will be attending the upco

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The Netherlands - Located in the basement of the five star Kurhaus hotel in Scheveningen, lively bar Crazy Pianos' evening entertainment is provided by pairs of pianists who play requests from classical to rock'n'roll, get the audience to sing along and generally clown around.

The entertainment might be light-hearted, but the business of Crazy Pianos audio system is very serious indeed. A Yamaha DME24N and DM1000 console are at the heart of a flexible system which is designed to give the club's clientele the best possible audio experience.

The system was designed by Jeroen ten Brinke of Audio Design International and installed by More Stage Services. With Crazy Pianos manager Bjorn being a serious audiophile, updating the venue's eight year old sound system had to be done to the highest possible specification.

"When Crazy Pianos installed the first system, eight years a

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UK - Wybron is launching and previewing the Nexera DX at PLASA 2007. The Nexera DX combines Wybron's award winning virtually silent colour changing fixture with a dimmer and 24V power supply.

The Nexera DX is designed to provide colour changing and dimming functions in a single DMX/RDM fixture that is easy to maintain and troubleshoot. The system is fully Remote Device Management (RDM) compatible and interfaces with the Wybron InfoTrace Control and Management System to provide ease of installation and maintenance.

"The unit is ideally suited for retrofit installations where centralised dimming is not possible or economically feasible," said Larry Turner, CEO of Wybron. "The performance of the dimmer is outstanding, and we expect the ease of installation to broaden the appeal of the Nexera."

The Nexera DX is billed as a complete solution. It accepts DMX an

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UK - Robert Juliat will introduces Victor, the latest member of its follow-spot family, at PLASA 07. A variant on the Super Korrigan spotlight, which is in-use on many shows including Avenue Q and Footloose in London's West End, Victor shares the Super Korrigan's 7-14.5° optical path and compact design, but uses a 1800W MSR lamp instead of the Korrigan's 1200W HMI.

Many other members of the comprehensive Robert Juliat range, from the versatile Lutin washlight with interchangeable PC/fresnel lenses to the 4000W HTI Lancelot arena spotlight, will also be on show.

In addition, Robert Juliat will have a range of other new products on display. These include the CIN'K a 5K tungsten fresnel, the FIGARO architectural profile with the new CDM-T 250W lamp and the LANCELOT followspot / projector; new DMX modules: the NORIA a rotating gobo wheel and CHROMIX, a progressiv

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