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Germany - Germany-based manufacturer axxent will introduce a new one-channel, 400W amplifier in a 2U, 19" chassis at the forthcoming ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (12-15 March 2008).

The amplifier features a low impedance output, as well as 50/70/100V constant voltage outputs. The outputs may be used simultaneously as long as the total of 400W loudspeaker load is not exceeded, say the company.

Under normal working conditions, the amplifier operates quietly, benefiting from its passive convection cooling. When the maximum performance is required and its passive cooling ribs exceed a given temperature, a quiet and controlled fan aids the cooling system. This feature makes the AX-1400T power amplifier an ideal choice for churches and other noise-sensitive applications

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Italy - The orgainsers of the Show-Way 2008 exhibition (Bergamo, Italy 24-26 February) have announced further details of one of the show's key seminar sessions, titled 'Technology and development of lamps for entertainment'.

Guest speakers Roger Van Der Plas of Philips, Gerry Schuh of GE Lighting and Joachim Denz of Osram will briefly discuss the characteristics, merits and limitations of halogen and discharge lamp sources, together with an account of the development to date of these technologies with regard to their efficiency, size, life, colour temperatures, energy consumption and compatibility with environmental regulations. The panel will then discuss the future evolution of future light source technologies with examples of their potential applications in entertainment and architectural markets.

Roger Van Der Plas studied Physics at the University of Ghent in Belgi

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Germany - Kling & Freitag will present three new products at ProLight & Sound 2008. After extensive research, K&F reports that it has developed a line array that "unifies - without compromises - aspects of modern line array technologies into a premium quality full-range system". Every element is equipped with two 10" chassis and a tweeter unit with three 1" neodymium drivers.

Two versions of the vertical 7° coverage system - with 77° and 100° horizontal coverage - will be offered; they are combinable with one another, depending on use.

Kling & Freitag will also introduce the smallest speaker in their product range. The passive two-way speaker is equipped with a 5" bass chassis and a 1" dome driver with a coupled 'Waveguide'. With its uniform and wide coverage, the system is ideally suited for near field applications, says the company.<

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UK - Paul Cox, David Stewart and Matthew Pitman have joined Martin UK.

Paul Cox, 51 joins Martin in the capacity of architectural lighting consultant with more than 25 years in architectural sales experience, and moves from Kreon Architectural Lighting, where he held the position of general manager of UK operations.

"Martin has a great architectural product line - second to none. There is no one else out there with the quality or range," says Cox. "We really have products that make people's jaws drop, like the smartMAC for example. It looks good and does what it says, and people just love it. I am really looking forward to the coming challenges."

David Stewart, who joins Martin as lighting consultant in the Show Segment liaising with end clients, has many years experience working on corporate and live events, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Oasis UK

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UK - Switched on London, the capital's festival of light running from 7-14 February and coinciding with ARC08 will include the Breathing Trees 2 project. This is a revival of a site-specific installation conceived by lighting artist Laurent Louyer and first shown in Geneva.

Inspired by the resemblance of two beech trees to a pair of lungs, Laurent developed his design for the trees to appear through light and colour to be 'breathing', accompanied on site by a synchronised breathing soundscape.

In Geneva the trees were lit by 42 RGB LED fixtures supplied by Look4ideas, and controlled by a single-universe Pharos Lighting Playback Controller (LPC1) which managed the synchronising of the audio effect, as well as time-of-day, special occasion and astronomical triggers for the light show.

For the London installation, a pair of plane trees in Potter's Field Park has b

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USA - New EAW Commercial CAM160 and CAM80 integrated audio mixers-power amplifiers are outfitted with comprehensive input/output facilities and feature sets to provide exceptional versatility from a highly cost-effective package. Designed for a wide range of fixed installation applications, the CAM Series offers "all in one" functionality without need for add-ons such as expansion modules.

Both models are equipped with six actively balanced combination mic/line inputs as well as individual adjustable potentiometers for line level input, mic level input and mic level input with 24V DC phantom power. Input 1 also offers the flexibility of an integrated transformer for connection to telephone paging systems.

Inputs 1 and 2 are divided into four discrete input sections: a combination XLR/TRS connector, Phoenix connector, or terminal strip. Meanwhile, Inputs 3, 4, 5 and 6

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Germany - Meyer Sound Germany has appointed Peter Schaedel to the position of sales manager, business development. A 14-year music industry veteran, Schaedel is the latest addition to the company's growing sales team, managing some of the existing accounts and pursuing new markets for Meyer Sound's pro audio equipment in Germany.

"Peter has been very successful in various segments of the industry," says Jim Sides, managing director of Meyer Sound Germany. "He shares our vision and has shown that he is capable of delivering bottom-line results. We are very excited to have him on our team."

Schaedel's career began at a recording and mixing studio. Since then he has worked for music production and event management companies, and has successfully built long-term relationships with artists, managers, promoters and technical crews.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany - The HK Audio Cohedra and Cohedra Compact line arrays continue to enjoy increasing popularity throughout the world, both in live use in mobile applications and in fixed installations, says the company.

"Last year in 2007 we were able to solidify and expand upon the double-digit growth we experienced in 2006," says Christian Stumpp, head of international sales for the HK Audio Concert Sound and Install Sound divisions. "With new users and installations in many countries, in addition to our home market of Germany, we have been able to expand our circle of users in the hotly contested European market as well.

We are especially gratified by the rapid growth and success of our users on the Spanish mainland. The Canary Islands have been very well equipped for some time already by the substantial Cohedra User Network there. Denmark and Russia also experienced

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USA - Crown International confirms that Thomas Marcher is now serving as the company's sales director for Asia and the Pacific Rim. The announcement comes from Scott Robbins, Crown senior vice president of worldwide sales, to whom Marcher reports.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Marcher is tasked with overseeing all of Crown's sales activities in a territory that spans from Pakistan and India in the northwest to New Zealand and Australia in the southeast , as well as everything in between, including China, South Korea mand Thailand. He will also act as a liaison between the field and Crown factory in regards to product development, large-scale sales opportunities, and various marketing issues, such as international trade shows and advertising.

Marcher comes to Crown from Klotz Digital Asia, where he most recently served as managing director. Prior to that, he spent two and a

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Ireland - LED Group has confirmed the acquisition of lighting design and consultancy business DLDP which is directed by Paul Donegan.

Donegan and his team will manage all new product design and development and will also continue to provide a lighting design and consultancy service. This new company is called onepointtwo.

Donegan has experience in all areas of the lighting arena with a career spanning 22 years. He is a member of the Society of Light and Lighting, the Institute of Lighting Engineers and holds a Master of Science degree in The Built Environment (Light & Lighting) from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He has lectured on retail lighting at Griffith College Dublin, Dublin Institute of Design and architectural lighting at University College Dublin.

onepointtwo offers architects, designers and engineers "a comprehensive and holist

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Iceland - MC2 Audio has confirmed the appointment of Sense as its distributor in Iceland. Sense, which is a subsidiary of Nyherjihf, one of Iceland's leading IT service providers, is located in the town of Kópavogur on the southeastern shore of Faxa Bay in southwestern Iceland, close to Reykjavík.

Sales manager Bergthor Leifsson and his team are specialists in the provision of both professional and high end consumer solutions with an aim to create value for their customers through in-house team work and close collaboration with their clientele. Other brands represented by Sense include Audio-technica, Turbosound, Bose, Biamp, Sony, Renkus-Heinz, Artcoustic and Crestron.

"Iceland is a new and exciting market for us," comments MC2 managing director Ian McCarthy. "I know that the sales team in Sense is already working on some interesting projects using our amps.

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Italy - Outline is pleased to inform you that it is exhibiting at the Show-Way International Pro Audio and Lighting expo being held in Bergamo from 24-26 February . Like the majority of the members of the APIAS (Association of Italian Manufacturers for the Entertainment Industry), the Brescia company announces that it will support this international trade show, highlighting its loudspeaker systems and new products being launched in 2008.

As well as showcasing the entire range of Outline products, the 100 sq.m stand will also host the presentation of the self-powered versions of the new compact DVS 12 and DVS 15 systems, high-performance units.

Recent introductions will include the new Kanguro 2008 system ("the speaker within a speaker"), the previous version of which won a PLASA Award for Product Excellence and (like its predecessor) is able to ensure 130dB SPL of to

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France - Design consultants, Axys, recently installed Allen & Heath's new Xone:S2 club mixer at the L'Escale club, located on a barge at Louvecienne on the banks of the river Seine.

The 4U rack mixer offers many features suited to fixed installation in clubs, including an output limiter system, a mono master output doubled for sub with filtering, alternative output for sending to a second zone with the possibility of controlling volume remotely, and an alarm message audio input connection. Allen & Heath hasn't forgotten new technology either, as the Xone:S2 also includes a USB port, allowing the transmission of a stereo signal to a computer.

Resident DJ, DJ Rom-1, commented, "I am very satisfied with my new toy as it is an accurate and efficient control surface. The cherry on the cake was that after it was installed, the dynamics and sound quality in the room clearly impr

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USA - On 14 February, Céline Dion will embark upon her Taking Chances world tour of over 100 show dates, following her successful, multi-year resident show in Las Vegas. The tour opens with a benefit concert for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, and will bring Dion to 85 cities in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe before the final stop in Florida in January 2009. The tour includes a stop in Tokyo, which features the largest Meyer Sound Milo system with a record 168 Milo line array loudspeakers.

The system design for the elaborate, in-the-round production is handled by Dion's long-time head of audio and first-time FOH engineer, Francois "Frankie" Desjardins, whose sound design credits include the Beatles-inspired Revolution Lounge in Las Vegas's Mirage Hotel and the Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco touring show.

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USA - One of the many attractions of Winter NAMM is the top-calibre entertainment found on stages all around the Anaheim Convention Center each evening. One of the hottest tickets at this year's show was the party co-sponsored by Heil Sound, Lectrosonics, Renkus-Heinz, and Roland Systems Group.

The event showcased both top-tier musical technique and leading-edge pro audio technology. "We are proud to have been part of an event that everyone who attended will remember," said Renkus-Heinz VP of operations Rik Kirby. "It gave us a great opportunity to show the advantages of integrating digital audio distribution, computer control and supervision, and real-time test and measurement software in an actual live performance environment. The system went together quickly, worked flawlessly and delivered exceptional sonic results, given the low-ceiling hotel ballroom environ

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UK - Smash hit musical Mamma Mia! has marked the return of Smoke Factory to the West End, with exclusive use of its fog and haze products. Lighting Partners, the UK distributor for Smoke Factory, worked with Smoke Factory's German HQ, PRG Europe and the Mamma Mia! London production team, swapping 11 machines for eight Tour Hazer IIs and three Data II fog machines.

The Tour Hazer II is a 1600W hazer built into an Amptown flightcase; the Data II is a 2600W high emission fog machine; both units are DMX-controlled and have recently obtained BGV-C1 certification from the German authorities to show that the machines, the fluid and the fog they produce have no adverse health effects.

David Morgan of Lighting Partners said: "Since taking on the Smoke Factory distributorship in 2007 we have worked hard to re-establish the brand in the UK. This tie-up with one of the

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Australia - In front of a pre-Christmas audience of approximately 5000 on the South Perth Foreshore West Australian Rental Company PSI Sound provided production for the annual Mandurah Christmas Carols evening.

PSI has recently added a pair of ARX MSX 48 Mic / Line Splitters to its rental inventory, allowing them to split the fully mic'd 10 piece band, backing groups, soloists and the MC that easily filled their 32 channel monitor console.

PSI's Rodger Miller said: "Everyone at the gig commented to us that it was the best sound they have had in four years of doing the event, and the MSX48 split made it possible to achieve this with ease. System setup took an hour and a half and patching was easy."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Part of the new expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, FL is the WonderWall, a $2 million interactive water fountain. Fuelling the fountain with content are eight High End Systems Axon media servers. Axon is a rack-mount unit featuring the DL.2 graphics engine, allowing users to feed media content to their own output device.

Luxious Lighting's Andrew Wilder of Los Angeles programmed the display using a Wholehog 3 and Hog 3PC. "I used all stock library content that comes with Axon, except for the Hard Rock Seminole logo," Wilder explains. "I also combined it with a satellite music video feed that runs in the casino. The Axons are housed in a small room, behind the fountain, set up in two rows of four, with projectors. I've mapped the Axon content into a sphere and they're rear-projecting."

The Wholehog 3 not only controls the cont

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USA - Gopher Stage Lighting has appointed Karin Lindquist as architectural lighting sales manager.

Lindquist brings over 20 years of sales experience in the electrical distribution industry working with architects, contractors and owners. She has been involved in the design and sale of numerous specialty lighting products for casinos, themed restaurants and retail venues. She was also one of the first in the Midwest region to promote Color Kinetics LED lighting in the architectural marketplace.

Gopher Stage Lighting provides lighting, control systems, technical services and stage draperies and rigging throughout the upper Midwest.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Alpha One Technology's new Falcon 6000 and the existing Falcon 7k xenon lights played key positions in this year's Super-Bowl XLII Halftime Show. Premiering at the big event, the Falcon 6000 is a compact indoor/outdoor, DMX controlled, xenon fixture equipped with douser, pan-and-tilt movement, electronic and mechanical dimmer, electronic and mechanical strobe, zoom and integrated electronic power supply. The next release of the Falcon 6000 will include a CMY+1 colour changer, with extra scrolls for special effects.

"Finally, a versatile xenon light designed especially for both floor and inverted use," states Emmy Award winning lighting designer Bob Dickinson. "Its exceptional output, comparable to that of the 7k at a third the size and weight with one-third the power consumption, is a great advancement in xenon technology. I am looking forward to using A&O's

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UK - Exhibitors at The Event Show have declared the 2008 exhibition a resounding success with almost all mentioning the very high quality of visitors as the defining factor, say the organisers.

Over 4,000 people attended the Olympia show over the two days. Michelle Tayton, manager of The Event reports, "So often we hear claims of significant increases in visitor numbers year on year to exhibitions, but this really is irrelevant if those people are not serious buyers. There are only so many people working in the industry and our visitor list reads like a who's who in events and these people have actually placed orders during and straight after the exhibition.

"We have fulfilled one of our main objectives to deliver revenue straight into our exhibitors' pockets, which has resulted in a 20% increase on re-bookings for next year's Show."

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