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USA - Steve Sweet has joined the Theatre Project Consultants (TPC) technical production team. His responsibilities at Theatre Projects focus on the design and selection of performance equipment components such as stage machinery, rigging, lifts, and platforms, as well as field work and commissioning for building quality control of the theatrical function.

"Coming to work for Theatre Projects is the perfect evolution in my career," says Sweet. I'm extremely excited to be a part of this incredible team of people."

Sweet joins TPC after seven years as technical director at the RiverCenter. Prior to RiverCenter, he worked as a national freelance rigger and spent multiple years as the production operations stage manager for the Palace Theater in Myrtle Beach, SC.

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UK - Adlib Audio has completed it's first School Tutorial Event of 2008. Adlib's Andy Dockerty says, "The way to learn how to become a live sound engineer and system technician is to actually be involved in the environment.

"Many young people are pushed into 'live audio' and 'technical' courses by career advisors at schools. Whist sounding superficially exciting, these courses are obviously bringing in funds to educational establishments, but "live" production cannot be taught in a classroom or a one space environment.

"You need to be able to anticipate venue-to-venue problems and nuances and experience true working days - including load-ins and outs before you leave college."

Dockerty adds that apart from highlighting technical issues, the Adlib Schools Events are realistic about the fact it's not an especially glamorous career at the outset, a

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The Netherlands - XLNT Advanced Technologies has announced a strengthened distribution, sales and customer support structure for CyberHoist motion control products in Germany.

Sales distribution for Germany will be handled by Hagen-based CAST, headed by managing director Heinz Siller.

A new company, CyberHoist Germany GmbH, will become the country's CyberHoist Service Point, responsible for all service and rental support in Germany. The company has been set up by the team from current CyberHoist rental dealer Lightcompany of Neuss, Germany, and is headed by managing director Peter Nellen.

CAST and CyberHoist Germany GmbH will together form the complete team that will support all CyberHoist clients in the fast-growing German market, says the company. Meanwhile, Lightcompany will continue in its existing role as CyberHoist rental dealer, supplying full productions using CyberH

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Germany - ADB Lighting Technologies will preview its new flagship in dimming technology, Euyrodim Twin Tech, at Pro Light + Sound this week. Eurodim Twin Tech allows Sine Wave dimmer modules to be freely mixed with cost-efficient Thyristor dimmer modules in a single cabinet.

Mixable in any proportion up to 128 x 3 kW or 96 x 5 kW channels, divided into 32 plug-in modules, each module has a 63A supply protection for optimum safety. ADB's R&D team made this possible through the development of an Assisted Ventilation system that provides high efficiency cooling and ensures continuous and reliable operation up to the nominal power of 600A per cabinet, says the company.

Eurodim Twin Tech also incorporates new remote operation facilities which provide both multi-user remote dimmer channel assignment via wi-fi PDA's, and remote dimmer diagnostics over IP.

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Germany - The A.C. Lighting stand at Prolight & Sound 2008 is featuring the recently launched Jands Vista I3 lighting console and a selection of other leading entertainment technologies distributed by the company.

Also on show is the new Chroma-Q Color Punch, a compact LED washlight with a 1350 lumens output. The fixture is also IP65 rated, features convection cooling for silent operation, a built-in power supply and standalone mode for ease of setup, and a choice of RGB, RGBI and HSI control modes, making it suitable for a wide range of indoor and temporary outdoor applications.

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Korea - A number of new QSC Audio ILA line array installations have been carried out in Korea recently by territorial distributors, Sama ProSound. The long-established Seoul-based company reports that applications vary from auditoria in educational establishments to places of worship.

The main auditorium at Wooshin High School in Seoul is used for a variety of functions and its long rectangular shape would generally have dictated that a large number of subwoofers would be required to complement the main full-range main speakers.

QSC's Installation Line Array (ILA) offers 140° horizontal coverage, and 12 enclosures have been specified (in two hangs) with four WL118-sw subs. This necessitated adding only a pair of QSC's AcousticDesign AD-S82's in each of the corners of the auditorium's second floor to ensure that an evenly-dispersed sound can be experienced from any location

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Germany - Philips Electronics will present its latest innovations in entertainment lighting technology at Prolight & Sound 2008 this week.

In addition to the successful Philips FastFit lamps, Philips has extended the FastFit product range with the Philips MSR Gold 300/2 FastFit and Philips MSR Gold 2000(/2) FastFit. The base and lamp holder design allow changing lamps in a matter of seconds. On top of that the FastFit system reduces the overall length of the lamp, which means lighter and more compact fixture designs are possible, says the company. The total FastFit range will be displayed at the Philips booth.

Recently, Philips acquired Lighting Technologies International (LTI), a US manufacturer of high-power Xenon lamps for the entertainment industry. The Philips Helios Xenon lamps will be shown.

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New Zealand - Audio networking for Skycity's new Vue Bar in Hamilton, has been placed entirely in the hands of the Soundweb London DSP platform from BSS Audio.

The Soundweb system, comprising a BLU-80 signal processor and BLU-32 I/O expander, forms part of a Harman Pro integrated system, designed and specified by James Greet from Greet Consulting of Auckland, in consultation with Paul Edlin of JANDS NZ Technical Resource Group (TRG). The system was supplied and installed by Security Specialists of Auckland - and all network design programming and commissioning was handled by Robson Birch, of JANDS NZ TRG.

The 600-capacity Vue Bar has been designed specifically to provide world-class entertainment in the city centre, and marks the end of a multi-phase development which also saw the opening of the Rebo Restaurant and Bar in May of last year. General manager Geoff Hogg confirms t

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Germany - In tandem with the announcement that JBL Professional's V4 DSP preset library for Vertec would soon be available for Crown's I-Tech platform, the two brands are also announcing at ProLight + Sound the introduction of 44 new JBL loudspeaker presets specifically tailored for use with Crown's XTi Series of power amplifiers.

Downloadable for free from the Crown International (www.crownaudio.com) and JBL Professional (www.jblpro.com) websites as of Musikmesse Prolight+Sound's opening day, the System Architect device files will comprise six presets for JBL's JRX Series loudspeakers, six for MRX, 19 for SRX, and 13 for VRX.

According to Andy Flint, Crown vertical market manager for portable PA, "The release of these presets shows the commitment of the Harman Pro companies to offer simplified system solutions. With XTi's extensive feature set and now the JBL preset libr

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UK - BDP Lighting won the special projects category and had a further entry short-listed in the workplace category in this year's Lighting Design Awards. The awards were presented at the London Hilton on 6 March. BDP's Guerilla Lighting events in London and Manchester won in the special projects category and Westminster Academy, London was short-listed in the workplace category.

The concept of Guerrilla Lighting was created by Martin Lupton, director of BDP's lighting group, to promote lighting design and create a platform to discuss key issues such as professional design, waste and sustainability. The power behind the exercise was the participation and collaboration, which was what particularly impressed the judges.

Under the guidance of a team leader, the teams created transient lighting designs by using high powered torches, battery powered LED projectors, luminous dot ligh

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All flights to Frankfurt full! The annual ProLight + Sound gathering looks set to be busier than ever. Judging by the number of press releases and product launch invitations received at LSI, visitors and exhibitors are in for a hectic few days.

Meyer Sound has announced that professional audio veteran Dave 'Wiggy' Wiggins has joined the company as its director of marketing for Europe. In this newly created position, Wiggins will be responsible for planning and executing strategic marketing efforts and will work closely with Meyer Sound's marketing department in Berkeley and with the sales force throughout Europe.

Meanwhile, another major North American loudspeaker specialist is ramping up its European activities - Toronto-based Adamson has launched Adamson Scandinavia, so expect some serious marketing activity there.

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Germany - LSI Online can exclusively reveal the launch at Frankfurt's ProLight&Sound exhibition today, of MA Lighting's brand new grandMA2 series lighting control system.

With the introduction of grandMA2 series, MA Lighting has made a significant development of its successful grandMA system. grandMA2 comes with completely newly designed hardware supporting the grandMA software as well as all current and proposed lighting control standards.

Listening closely to the market, MA Lighting has kept the intuitive grandMA control philosophy, including the same command line and syntax. However, the company has cleaned up, improved and extended the software, and optimized the colours and views. The advanced networking architecture is even more powerful and allows full upward compatibility from the "old" grandMAs, while a 'Series 1' mode also allows for full downward compatibi

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USA - City Theatrical says it has completed the first ever 16 universe test of wireless DMX documented under real world conditions. Using CTI's wireless technology, SHoW DMX (Synchronized Hopping of Wireless DMX), CTI created an outdoor testing facility in which the data fidelity of the wireless DMX could be monitored and measured.

CTI's president, Gary Fails commented, "Our testing has allowed us to confirm for the first time what the data fidelity levels are in a very saturated radio environment. In a range of tests at a distance of over 700'/213m at optimum power output settings, the maximum packet loss was in the low 20% range with many universes showing packet loss in the 10% range.

"Packet loss in the low 20% range has a minimal effect on performance of moving lights, although it may be occasionally noticeable. You may not ever operate 16 full universes of SHoW

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USA - Spectra, is one of two art pieces commissioned during the construction of the Lynnwood Convention Centre north of Seattle. It is a 35ft outdoor sculpture created by Seattle artist Doug Hansen. The tower is made of steel fitted with fused colour glass panels, reflecting light from PixelArc C LED fixtures uplighting from the base.

Director of operations Mohnie Mangat explains: "We looked at a lot of fixtures before choosing PixelArc. It was the perfect choice for our needs: simple, easy to use, low energy and very powerful."

When the existing fixtures specified by the construction architect were found to be insufficient and the intended water feature did not work - the Lynnwood PFD who own the building, asked the Center's management company SMG to look at ways to make the sculpture more dynamic.

SMG's Mohnie Mangat has a lighting design and theatrical backgroun

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UK - XL Video UK supplied MiTrix screens to Mark Ronson's LD Matt Arthur for the latest UK leg of the Brit Award winning star's tour. XL worked closely with lighting suppliers Lite Alternative, who supplied the Catalyst digital media server and suggested using media server tech Stevie Marr to look after both elements of the video.

Upstage were five 'fingers' of MiTrix, each 1.5m wide with a 4.5m drop, rigged with six 250Kg CM Prostar motors (two for the centre panel and one each for the others) suspended inside an upstage truss. These fingers were each constructed from 54 panels of MiTrix and spread out into a 1960's style fan, as Ronson was particularly keen on a retro look for the stage.

There were several risers spread across the stage, including a downstage section for people and dancers, accessed via two sets of stairs. All the riser fronts were bordered by MiTrix panels,

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UK - MA Lighting UK has announced the expansion of its UK sales team. Paul Young and Olivia Yan are the two new members joining the company to further develop the UK market.

As sales and general manager of MA Lighting UK, Paul Young has lengthy sales and technical experience. Leaving education, he joined James Thomas Engineering where and worked in various positions, in design, then sales to eventually become project manger. Having spent almost 10 years at JTE and wanting a new challenge he moved on to set up a successful business importing specialist lamps for UK distribution. Now he is looking forward to bringing to MA a wealth of experience, knowledge and the contacts he has built from his previous employment, plus the enthusiasm to enhance the current team in the UK, the company says.

Olivia Yan, who assists the MA UK team in sales and marketing, comes straight from univer

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Oman - The visual effects for the opening of the new Lexus showroom in Oman were created by Tim Riley, video designer from XL Video. The opening took place outside the new showrooms with grandstand seating for around 500 and the Lexus building as a backdrop.

Running the full length of the showroom are eight metre high windows which allow the passers-by, or in this case the audience, to look into the floor and view the array of new, cars. But around dusk, this all changed when a large section of the windows came to life. They were lined with 72 Martin LC2140 LED panels covering a total of 144 sq.m.As the LC panels moved through colourful stages of intensity, beginning with images gently floating on glass, the cars inside the showroom slowly disappeared and the focus became the staged area outside.

"I had been looking at several other LED products, but when I saw the LC2140

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Germany - Meyer Sound announced at ProLight + Sound, Frankfurt, that it has incorporated its business in the UK by establishing Meyer Sound UK. This marks the second announcement from the company this month that demonstrates Meyer Sound's commitment to the growing European marketplace, says the company, the first being the appointment of Dave "Wiggy" Wiggins to the newly created position of director of marketing for Europe.

"The continuing development of Meyer Sound's business in Europe has made it essential for the company to form a strategic presence in the UK, which is one of the most influential professional audio markets in the world," says Helen Meyer, executive vice president of Meyer Sound. "The move to establish Meyer Sound in the UK is a key ingredient in our medium to long-term plans for growing our customer base, developing new markets, and g

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Austria - When the Grand Casino Baden reopened in 1995 - as part of the resplendent Congress Casino Baden - it not only became the largest casino in Europe but one of the most prominent event centres in the country. A subsidiary of Casinos Austria AG, the venue was set up to handle around 240 events a year (in three different function spaces) 365 days a year.

Back in 2002 Andreas Gallé, Congress Casino Baden's senior technician, decided to install a CobraNet digital backbone. "When we started to evaluate new amplifiers two years later it was logical to look for network-based audio devices," he explained.

The technician specified quantities of QSC PowerLight PL6, PL236, PL230 and PL218 amplification, networked via seven QSC BASIS 922 units. To this the Casino subsequently added a further three BASIS 922 DSP's, linked by the DataPorts of two QSC CX 168's and and

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Germany - Audio-Technica has taken on the exclusive distribution of speaker systems manufactured by AD-Systems in Germany, it was announced at ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt this week.

"We have been looking to expand our product range over the last 18 months, to offer our customer a complete 'system house' solution," stated Joerg Rader, branch manager for Audio-Technica Germany.

"We have found a perfect partner in AD-Systems and secured very close cooperation with a highly motivated and flexible manufacturer, which offers a complete win win situation for both our customers and ourselves."

AD-Systems and its team of 14 employees, is located on the outskirts of the Ruhr area in Wesel. After their relocation from Spain to Germany in 2006, the organization's national and international operations underwent a fundamental restructuring programme. "We are loo

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Germany - Barco has announced the European launch of the DML-1200, the first moving digital luminaire which can be used as both a super bright, moving light source and a high quality video projector. It is being shown for the first time to the European market at ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt.

In lighting mode, the DML-1200 produces a circular light beam with a light output equivalent to that of a 1200W hard edged moving light - 12.000 field lumens and three times as bright as any other digital light on the market today, says the company.

In video mode, the DML-1200 delivers a light output of 10,000 ANSI lumens in a rectangular format. The DML-1200 also features a fully sealed DLP engine which delivers full colour DLP quality video with SXGA+ (1400 x 1050 pixel) resolution. An internal optical dimming mechanism provides smooth, accurate intensity control from 0 to 100% ensuring t

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