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USA - FiberPlex reports that its LightViper audio transport system was recently acquired by David Jacques for the Atlanta-based contemporary Christian music group, Third Day. The 15-year old band's first usage for the advanced fiber optic audio transport system was on their recent Christmas 07 tour that also featured another popular CCM group, Jars of Clay.

Two standard Model 1832 'plug n' play' LightViper fiber optic audio 'snake' systems provide a total of 64 channels of LightViper fiber optic audio transport (32 sends by 8 returns each). Performance mics terminate into racks of digital preamplifiers that are remotely controlled by two, 96-channel Yamaha digital FOH and monitor consoles equipped with LightViper plug-in VIM-MY-32 mini-YGDAI circuit cards.

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UK - Granada TV's Coronation Street, the UK's longest-running soap opera is still filmed and produced at the famous studios, now renamed The Manchester Studios and operating under the title 3sixtymedia, which have been its home since the show began in 1960.

The Manchester Studios has recently upgraded the audio monitoring in all five of its multi-camera studios by purchasing a wide range of loudspeakers from Klein + Hummel. The studios now boast five pairs of O 300D active studio monitors, six pairs of O 110 near field monitors and three O 800 subs.

Dubbing mixer Martyn Whitley comments: "I'm very much enjoying having the Klein + Hummel 500s. They're very different to the equipment we were previously using. They have proper detail, are more accurate at the bottom end and produce a better image."

(Jim Evans)

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Malta - Voted the number one DJ in the world last year in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs poll, Armin Van Buuren recently played the popular indoor venue Eden Ice Arena, which is located in the heart of Paceville. The event attracted 5,500 clubbers and was promoted by Fresh Music Agency.

The sound equipment for the night was supplied by Visage Sound and included three XTA DP226s. One controlled the main arena, one was used for the VIP area and the third for the DJ booth monitoring system. XTA AudioCore software was loaded on to a laptop to control the three XTA units, utilising an XTA wireless cards and Wiser2400 receiver antenna kit.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - The Long Reach Long Riders and The ESTA Foundation have announced details of their annual raffle to benefit Behind the Scenes at the USITT conference. This popular event will be held on 22 March, 2008 at the Behind the Scenes booth on the trade show floor of the USITT Conference in Houston, Texas. Every dollar raised will be tripled thanks to challenge grants sponsored by Bigger Hammer Production Services, Sapsis Rigging and Strong Entertainment Lighting.

Twelve raffle prizes have been donated by: Altman Rentals (ghostlight), Barbizon ($250 gift certificate), City Theatrical (Lightwright), D&D Software Co. (LD Assistant 04), Field Template (SoftSymbols and Field Templates), Le Maitre Special Effects (Radiance Hazer), Live Design (Broadway Master Class), Nolan Engineering Services (Structural Master Class by Shawn Nolan), Sapsis Rigging (Safety Seminar by Bill Sapsis), USIT

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USA - Shure has announced the release of an upgraded version of its Wireless Workbench software that is now compatible with Mac OSX including 10.5 Leopard. Wireless Workbench lets users of Shure UHF-R and U-series wireless microphone systems easily configure and control large installations of wireless microphones in performance venues, theatres, meeting facilities, and houses of worship.

"Remote control of audio equipment is becoming increasingly critical in professional sound systems," said Nick Wood, Associate Product Manager at Shure USA. "We're excited to bring scanning, frequency coordination, and control of Shure wireless systems to Mac users," he continued. "Wireless Workbench 5.0 brings a new level of confidence, efficiency, and performance to wireless microphone operation."

Like earlier versions of Wireless Workbench, the software can sca

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UK - Stuart Reay has joined PSCo as it's new advanced product specialist, a role which has been designed to ensure PSCo continues to provide optimum technical support to its clients.

Reay has many years experience within the AV industry, specialising in visualisation for leading manufactures, such as Panoram Technologies and CRT Displays.

Managing director Stuart Holmes comments: "In response to customer feedback, it became apparent that we needed to look for an additional product specialist to support the fleet of 'advanced' products throughout complicated design integration projects and installations. Stuart's skills will also provide key logistical information, especially for the more challenging and complex projects."

"Joining PSCo is a very exciting time in my career, as it provides me with the opportunity to focus my experience working with a company wit

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UK - Maltbury Staging has supplied RAF Brize Norton with equipment for its maintenance hangar which is prone to flooding.

A Maltbury Metrodeck package comprising some 80 decks, phenolic-coated boards and alloy legs has solved the problem and the RAF has ordered further supplies. Now the base has more than 300sq.m of decks on which to maintain, prep. and store their equipment.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Chris Rigden has joined Dynalite as UK sales director responsible for UK sales in the commercial, residential and custom install markets. Rigden joined Dynalite from Crestron where he worked on the residential AV business and lighting controls systems.

"This is an exciting time for lighting controls and being a key part of Dynalite's growth will be very rewarding, I'm looking forward to the challenges of the future with this great company," says Rigden.

Paul Wilmshurst, Dynalite's general manager, adds: "It's fantastic to get Chris on board at this time of growth for Dynalite Europe. His sales experience and knowledge of the lighting controls market will be a great asset as we continue to grow."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - When the monster is shocked to life in the current Broadway production of Young Frankenstein, no effect is spared in Peter Kaczorowski's lighting design. The stage visuals are achieved by a creative combination of projection, conventional and moving lights, with the elaborate automated rig controlled by an ETC Eos system.

Young Frankenstein's extensive light plot is based around a mix of 120 Mac 2000s - including performances, profiles and some washes. "Eos is great for handling a large rig like this," says Josh Weitzman, moving light programmer for the production. "It has new tools that help you manage that size of rig and work really quickly."

The opening scene features dramatic flashes of lightning, which involve the use of both projection and lighting. "With projection," explains Weitzman, "you can't change the colour

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Germany - The EVI Audio team will be presenting an array of new products at ProLight&Sound 2008, including the Dynacord D-Lite 1000, D8, PowerSub 312, D12A and D12-3A, along with Electro-Voice's DC-One and ZX3, and the new DN9696 splitter from Klark Teknik.

As well as the new products, there will be "a generous helping of entertainment, a prize draw and live music in the Agora marquee and at the EVI stand itself.

The Agora Marquee is run jointly by the Musikmesse Frankfurt and EVI Audio, and has established a reputation as a live venue of class over the course of the last few years. Stage one will feature the compact XLE system from Electro-Voice; on Stages two and three, a Dynacord VariLine system mixed via two Midas XL8 digital consoles, will be in operation.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - After spending the last nine years in Dubai with Middle East Harman Pro distributors, GSL, Grant Roomes has moved back to the UK. Replacing the United Arab Emirates with Latin America, Mexico and Canada on his territorial map, he has joined the Soundcraft Studer Group as regional sales manager, with responsibility for Soundcraft in those territories.

"This is an excellent move for me," he said. "I'm relishing the challenge of spearheading Soundcraft's digital mission in these regions, I see a huge potential for Live and Broadcast sales in South America."

Prior to joining GSL, the Soundcraft man was overseeing sound system installations in the Gulf specialising in the international five-star hotel market.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany- Allen & Heath will unveil two new additions to the ZED range of small-format USB mixers for live performance, recording and production at ProLight&Sound. The ZED-12FX (6 mono + 3 dual stereo channels) and ZED-22FX (16 mono + 3 dual stereo channels) retain the same professional feature set as other models in the range with the addition of a comprehensive section of in-house designed effects.

ZED's effects are divided into four types: tap tempo delays, short reverbs, long reverbs and modulation. They are controlled by three buttons for easy navigation and editing, allowing the parameters of each effect to be quickly 'dialled-in' to, for instance, pinpoint the ideal delay time or amount of reverb.

"Much like the ZED range's build and construction, Allen & Heath's approach to the effects was with professional standards and quality in mind. ZED effects are designed by

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Writing in The Times, John Niven makes some interesting observations on how the music industry has changed: "The late Nineties are increasingly starting to resemble a glorious last hurrah for the music industry, a spangled fall-of-Rome era. The sales of CDs have declined year-on-year since 2000. Profit margins have been decimated. Bands give their music away free with newspapers to drive up ticket sales for their profitable live shows - a complete reversal of the time where an act lost money on the road in order to drive CD sales.

And on the green front, over to Ken Livingston, Mayor of London: "The Arcola Theatre is a good example of why London's cultural sector is so dynamic and successful. Arcola is leading the theatre industry in developing this premiere sustainable production and I know that many other theatres are now keen to follow. The Living Unknown Soldier is

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USA - Kenyon Whitright has returned as president of Wybron, Inc. overseeing all day-to-day aspects of the company. Previously, Whitright enjoyed semi-retirement while continuing to be chairman of Wybron.

"It has been a rough time for me, all the fishing was really starting to grate on my nerves," said Whitright. "I'm excited to get back to the serenity of my office."

Wybron's aggressive product development schedule continues with some revolutionary new ideas provided by Whitright. "I don't know if we'll get to everything this year. I've had almost too much time to think up new products and can't wait to see it all come together," he added.

Speaking of his decision to return, Whitright said, "I've built this business out of a garage to what it is today. Along the way I've been joined by an extraordinary group of people. It is their commitmen

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Germany - To complement the VisualDMX lighting control software product, Dutch manufacturing company Visual Productions will be introducing the new series of DIN Rail articles, including GPI (General Purpose Input), GPO (General Purpose Output) and the DMX splitter. There will also be a new version of the VisualTouch screen-user interface.

The newly available Frontier will be on display further demonstrating the commitment Visual Productions has taken towards designing products for fixed installations. This 19" rack-mountable interface was specially designed for fixed installations that require a standalone replay unit for pre-programmed lighting sequences.

One year on from its launch during the last ProLight&Sound, the Canvix dedicated matrix controller will be shown with a wide variety of new features. Visitors will see how this powerful lighting tool can enable them to

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UK - Harman Pro UK, distributor for AKG microphones in the UK and Ireland, recently supplied British broadcast equipment provider and rental company VME with 20 AKG C77 WR lavalier (lapel) microphones for use in their work for television sports broadcasters. VME provides equipment and comms systems for Sky Sports and BBC TV coverage of many major Rugby tournaments.

The CK77 WR is a dual-diaphragm, wireless-compatible omnidirectional lapel mic with a water-resistant head widely used by broadcasters in situations where moisture, either from the wearer or the local weather, can be a problem. The 20 new CK77 WRs debuted on Sky's coverage of the Rugby League Gillette Fusion Test Series in October and November, in which England's Lions beat New Zealand's Kiwis for the first time in nearly 15 years.

VME Director Dion Davie comments: "We needed something reliable and waterproof,

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USA - Architects, theatre consultants and dealers who specify rigging equipment from J. R. Clancy can now download catalogue pages with the equipment drawings and specs to include in their presentations to clients.

"It's imperative that our customers have up-to-date, practical information about our products at their fingertips while they are drafting or specifying a job," said Tom Young, J. R. Clancy vice-president of marketing. "Our customers want to access accurate information any time, day or night. This new feature on our website gives them everything they need to ensure accuracy in every proposal, no matter when they need the information."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - High End Systems will introduce DL.3, the newest addition to - and the next generation of - its line of digital lighting products.

The DL.3 digital automated lighting fixture, featuring an integrated media server, takes projection possibilities to the next level with a number of new features, says the company.

DL.3 is equipped with a 6500 lumen 3-chip LCD projector. A high 2000:1 contrast ratio results in a dark 'video black'. The projection possibilities on DL.3 are expanded with new lens options for longer throw projection applications. Also new in the DL.3 is an SDI input/output for professional AV applications.

A new projection feature includes an innovative DMX-controlled vertical lens shift function. This allows the user to set the lens shift function by DMX cue and thus reduce the amount of keystone correction required to produce a normalised image.

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Norway - projectiondesign has appointed Chris Axford to the role of director of international sales & marketing. He has worked within projectiondesign for two years as senior regional sales manager, responsible for the UK and Ireland markets.

J°rn Eriksen, CEO at projectiondesign comments: "Chris has already proved himself in a senior sales role within the company. He's extremely well respected by his peers and byour important clients. In his new role, we're expecting Chris to further his outstanding contribution to projectiondesign as well as the whole Professional AV and Home Theatre industry."

(Jim Evans)

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Ireland - Over 80 Robe moving lights proved they were real winners in an eye-catching design by LD Tom Kenny for the 2008 Meteor Irish Music Awards, staged at the RDS in Dublin last weekend, produced by Caroline Downey and Louis Harte for MCD and broadcast on national TV channel RTE in a special programme directed by Niamh White. All lighting for the celebrity clad event honouring the very best in contemporary Irish music, was supplied by Dublin rental company Just Lite.

The show was presented by comedian Dara O' Briain, and featured performances by 11 leading artists including Westlife, Shane Ward, the newly reformed Boyzone, Sinead O'Connor, Scouting For Girls, Tom Baxter, Cathy Davey and others.

Robe fixtures took centre stage for the Awards, a mix of ColorSpot and ColorWash 1200E ATs and 700E ATs which were arranged across four trusses and operated by Darragh McAuliffe usi

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USA - Bandit Lites recently lit the University of Tennessee 16th Annual Lead-off Banquet, which was held at the Knoxville Convention Center in front of a sold-out crowd.UT honored former UT athlete, Todd Helton, by making him the first baseball player in school history to have his jersey number retired.

Lighting designer Chris Lisle chose to use Martin MAC 600s, 500s and 300s and Color Kinetics iColor Accent 4ft tubes to light the event. Lighting was controlled by two High End Systems Whole Hog IIs.

"It was truly a pleasure to be involved with the UT Baseball Lead-Off Banquet," commented Lisle. "One of the key purposes of this event was to honor Todd as they were retiring his UT jersey at this ceremony. I used Mac 500s with custom gobos to project onto the walls with both [Helton's] UT and Colorado Rockies jersey numbers."

Lisle used Mac 600s to spread so

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