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UK - The Winchester Passion held over the Easter weekend was a success and powered in the two major locations by Shermann RS5 systems. Three rental companies were involved in the process of providing sound for an estimated audience of 6,000 at Orams Arbour and up to 10,000 for the finale at Winchester Cathedral.

With 60 radio mic channels and a number of other inputs, sound and other peripherals for this event were handled by Soundbite of Winchester, Kinetic of Woking and AS Sound from Cambridge.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - A Renkus-Heinz loudspeaker system is helping deliver a visitor experience on the Valley Railroad Company's Essex Steam Train, an historic railroad which takes passengers back to the days of coal-fired locomotives.

At 20 miles an hour, passengers have time to sightsee and photograph historic towns, pristine natural scenery and bird life - even the occasional bald eagle - while riding 12 miles of resurrected 19th century track in the Connecticut River Valley.

Andrew Deneen of Xplore Productions, an exhibit design firm based in Old Lyme, Connecticut, reports: "The cars are about 60ft long and just 9ft wide, so it's difficult to get even sound coverage."

Deneen discovered that the only viable space to install loudspeakers was almost directly above the heads of some passengers. "We needed wide coverage in both the horizontal and vertical planes," he poin

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UK - Scala nightclub is a multi-purpose venue in King's Cross, on the north side of central London. In its current incarnation, the building has four main levels and accommodates events for up to 1,145 people. There are three bars, two dance floors and a stage for live performances. Last year, the owners of Scala decided the sound system in the main area needed an upgrade, so resident sound technician George Gregori contacted LMC Audio Systems to design a system using new Turbosound products that would work with the lively acoustics of the room.

"When considering a new sound system for Scala, the venue needed a system both versatile and robust across all music genres for both live and club events, and most importantly one that delivered clarity and quality," explains Gregori. "Since most of our week is taken up with quality live music and the weekends with high pr

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Canada - Adamson Systems Engineering struck a new Greek distribution deal with Nedis S.A. during Frankfurt's ProLight & Sound, and the contract has now been finalised.

Athens-based Nedis S.A. presently employs four full-time employees and two contracted technicians. To date, manufacturers such as Dynacord, Digico, and Beyerdynamic have come on board with Nedis S.A. for their Greek distribution.

Nedis S.A's business structure covers the entire country; 50% is managed through a total of 50 dealers dispersed in every populated centre around Greece, facilitating direct customer contact. The dealers are supported by Nedis S.A. whose staff will not only visit them frequently, but provide design and support on every installation, and perform continuous technical support with every sale, says the company.

Aris Kountouris, who continues as an active engineer with many famous Greek ar

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Norway - Norwegian PA rental company Lydfiksern used its new Allen & Heath iLive system to its full potential during this year's Sami Grand Prix (SGP) music contest.

SGP is part of the Sami Easter Festival, the biggest cultural gathering of the Northern Europe's indigenous Sami people, held at the Bakteharji Arena in Guovdageaidnu.

FOH engineer Thomas Mikarlsen selected the iLive system - comprising an iDR10 stage rack and iLive-144 control surface - for the event, and took full advantage of the eight effect engines, using no outboard processing.

The show was broadcast live by Norwegian national station, NRK, and for the first time in the event's history the FOH mix was used for the broadcast rather than the usual separate mix provided by NRK's own engineers.

Lydfiksern also provided a multi-track recording system for record producer Bernt Mikkel Haglund, comprising the

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UK - Event and entertainment lighting solutions provider MattLX is inviting industry professionals to a Meet, Greet and Scenic LED event to be held on 24-25 April 2008.

"The open days will give an opportunity to get a hands-on demonstration of Scenic LED - one of the newest and design elements to hit the event and entertainment industry and we are one of the few full service lighting companies specialising in this technology," said the company.

There will be four sessions across the two days at 11am and 3pm each day.

The event will take place at Essential Lighting's premises - Unit F, Imber Court Trading Estate, Orchard Lane, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 0BY. Due to the limited number of places at each session, those wishing to take part are asked to confirm their interest with Debby Clutterham at the MattLX office: email admin@mattlx.com or telephone 01580 8803

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UK - With a list of credits that includes the Big Chill fluidnation nights, Chill (DAB), the Fluid Nation compilations, and a previous career as one half of the acclaimed production duo Fragile State, Ben Mynott, now uses Audio-Technica's ATH-PRO700 professional headphones.

"I'm absolutely blown away with the ATH-PRO700 headphones. A lot of music I am mixing is orchestral in style, a lot of stuff with upright bass; with the Audio-Technicas the sound is beautiful. I love the bass response and the clarity. I have never used a headphone that's so perfectly balanced."

A resident fixture at London's Big Chill and Chill House nights, and on Chill (DAB), Mynott now pursues his multifarious activities under the Fluid Nation umbrella, producing, compiling and remixing compilations.

(Jim Evans)

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UAE - Lifting and rigging sales specialists Lift-Turn-Move (LTM) - will show a range of its standard products at PALME 2008.

LTM offers an extensive range of lifting and rigging equipment including the Lodestar and Prostar electric chain hoists which are being highlighted at the show.

Also showing will be the compact CM Prostar hoists, with capacities up to 500 kg and speeds up to 10m/min. This higher speed version will lift at 6 or 10 m/min (increased from the industry standard of 4m a minute).

LTM started manufacturing hoist controllers in 2005 and has constructed systems for both direct and low voltage controlled hoists. The past 12 months has seen the range expand from standard units to more bespoke control systems to fit clients' exact and specific requirements.

To highlight this they will be demonstrating their latest custom products - a variable speed controller whi

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Germany - The new EASERA SysTune software based measurement system, first exhibited at AES in New York and launched in Europe at Prolight & Sound this month, is now available on the ADA-Foundation's Educational Discount Programme.

The powerful EASERA SysTune programme measures time-domain and frequency-domain simultaneously using live programme material while an audience is present. The non-profit ADA-Foundation gGmbH offers educational discounts on software from AFMG Ahnert Feistel Media Group.

All verified university or college instructors who teach courses in the design, installation or analysis of acoustical treatment, noise isolation/remediation and sound reinforcement systems are eligible for substantial savings on EASERA SysTune real-time analysis software as well as on EASE, simulation and design programme, and on EASERA (Electronic and Acoustic System Evaluation and R

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UAE - Special awards recognising the outstanding and creative use of light in the Middle East are to be sponsored by Philips. The Middle East Lighting Design Awards (known as MELDA) celebrate the creativity of the world's leading lighting designers who are enhancing the region's built environment through the power of light.

With climate change, Kyoto targets, rising energy prices, energy shortage and pressure to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are major issues in today's world. However, Philips has been taking a lead in lighting technology that makes a significant difference in terms of energy and CO2 savings.

The company points out that more than 90% of the total cost of lighting is energy and prices of energy are rising year by year. "Switching over to energy efficient lighting systems can save on running costs," said Vikash Banwarie, Philips ME.

MELDA is a

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UK - Goboland chose EvenTech, Scotland as the springboard from which to launch its Gobo Tweaker.

Previewed at PLASA 07 where it received much positive response, this little gadget incorporates any design from the Goboland Premier Steel Collection into an all-in-one tool, complete with orientation handle, for easy alignment of images within the gate of a profile lantern.

The Gobo Tweaker is designed to fit into a standard gobo holder with the handle protruding out of the gobo gate. This allows the gobo to be turned within the lantern into the exact position required and without the use of any additional tools. The heat dispersing holes in the handle ensure this manipulation can be made without burning the fingers whilst a clip holds the Gobo Tweaker in place to secure it from being knocked out of position.

Gobo Tweakers are made of the same non-reflective, black coated steel

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Finland - Thrash metal purveyors Megadeth kicked off another ambitious world tour in Finland in February, and once again, Dave Mustaine and the band were relying on equipment from EV.

Dave Mustaine and bassist James Lomenzo are longtime users and endorsers of EV microphone products. From the band's employment of EV's RE-1 dual guitar/bass wireless systems on the past two world tours to their recent upgrade to EV's latest offering, the REV, in mid-2007, the band has come to rely on EV, says the company. The EV N/D967 vocal microphone has also become a mainstay for its high gain-before-feedback, while the RE27N/D is the microphone of choice for James Lomenzo's bass.

(Jim Evans)

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Russia - The new multi-purpose ballroom and conference facility at Moscow's Holiday Inn Sokolniki hotel has been installed with over 60 Robe moving lights and colour mix fixtures, all custom finished in white to compliment the surrounding interiors.

The Holiday Inn Sokolniki is one of Moscow's newest hotels with one of the busiest function spaces in town. The room is utilised to stage anything from conferences and corporate presentations to exhibitions, weddings, awards shows and gala dinners.

The Ballroom can be divided into two separate areas by a screen-style folding wall, and the lights are installed on two box trusses in the ceiling - one in each room. "The idea was to ensure the room lighting offered absolutely the most flexible options," explains Dimitri Nikitin, head of lighting for lighting specifiers Light Sound Contractors (LSC).

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UK - Back in the golden age of disco, Mr. Smith's in Warrington was at the vanguard of 1980s club culture, and with its advanced moving rig was firmly in the 'superclub' bracket.

Last December the venue was one of three purchased by Paul Kinsey's Nexum Leisure. Earmarking a generous £7m for redevelopment, the company assembled a design team - including Alan Brown at Blueprint Design and Will Norton at Leicester-based Willpower Sound and Vision - to reinvigorate the nightclub and transform the interior into a 2,000-capacity, two-room space.

Although the experienced Willpower started out in the rental industry more than 25 years ago - and still services stages at the major festivals - today the company is making great inroads in the corporate nightclub installation sector. While Will Norton has been buying QSC amplifiers for many years, he has chosen a QSC-processed line a

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The move to digital continues - worldwide. PA company Sound Linear has installed a digitally-networked sound reinforcement system for the Bielefeld Convention Centre in Germany, using the latest loudspeaker modules from Nexo and Camco. In India, Bestt Sound is the latest company to invest in a DiGiCo D5 Live console.

In a year of unprecedented theatre renovations in Russia, one of the most ambitious has been the £7.5m restoration of the Mikhailovsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet in St Petersburg. In just four months, the theatre renovated the hall, stage, lobby, orchestra pit, plumbing, heating and electrical systems, plus the building's roof and façade, all in time to kick off its new season. At the same time, the Mikhailovsky overhauled its lighting system, outfitting its stage with equipment from ETC.

In Moscow, The new multi-purpose ballroom and conference facility at the Ho

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Spain - Hotel Alexandra, located in the heart of Barcelona's most elegant shopping district and just minutes from modernist architectural monuments such as Guadi's La Pedrera and Casa Batlló, has recently undergone a complete refurbishment of the reception, bar and restaurant areas. In keeping with the new, modern image, PGN Audiovisual Group has installed a new Tannoy sound system driven by Lab.gruppen dedicated installation C Series amplifiers.

With offices in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona, PGN Audiovisual is one of the leading AV systems integration and rental companies in Spain. The company numbers several prestigious installations in its portfolio including the Hard Rock Cafe in Barcelona, Banco ING Direct in Madrid, SEAT's (premier Spanish automotive company) private auditorium, and many more.

For Hotel Alexandra, PGN opted for a Tannoy Di5T system boosted by TS Series s

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Russia - In a year of unprecedented theatre renovations in Russia, one of the most ambitious has been the £7.5m restoration of the Mikhailovsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet in St Petersburg. In just four months, the theatre renovated the hall, stage, lobby, orchestra pit, plumbing, heating and electrical systems, plus the building's roof and façade, all in time to kick off its new season. At the same time, the Mikhailovsky overhauled its lighting system, outfitting its stage with equipment from ETC.

Head lighting designer Mikhail Mekler chose an ETC Congo control system. "Congo has the ability to control conventional theatrical luminaires and modern, complex concert equipment," says Mekler. "This type of system configuration is especially important in musical theatre. That's why Congo is also used in St Petersburg theatres such as the Mariinsky. With Congo,

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Germany - Launched at ProLight & Sound, Anchor Audio's MiniVox public address system is capable of delivering 108dB of intelligible speech from one small, self-contained portable sound system.

The MiniVox offers a 16-channel UHF wireless receiver and the ability to connect an external audio source such as an iPod, CD or MP3 player. The wireless microphone has a range of 250ft from the receiver and for hands-free use, Anchor offers headband, collar, lapel and handheld microphones.

Also new from Anchor is the Explorer Pro portable sound system. "Even in areas where AC power is not an option, the Explorer's built-in battery continues to perform. One wireless mic, two wireless mics - it's up to you. And remember, even when the power goes off the unit stays on," says the company.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany - Rap star Bushido savoured the taste of a dual victory at Germany's 17th Echo Awards, held in Berlin last month. Billed as the Teutonic Grammys, the Echos are considered to be one of the most important music prizes in Europe. Rubbing shoulders with international prize-winners such as James Blunt, Linkin Park, 50 Cent and Nelly Furtado, Bushido was voted Best Domestic Live Act and Best Domestic Artist R&B/Hip-Hop for the third time running.

Something of a national icon in Germany by virtue of his controversial lyrics and colourful live presence, Bushido has recently finished a sold-out tour supplied by premier German live production specialists, Complete Audio, Berlin. The rider specified a Martin Audio line array driven by Crest Audio Pro8200 and 9200 amplifiers.

Bushido has been working with Complete Audio for all his recent tours. According to Complete Audio'

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USA - Helen Meyer, co-founder and executive vice-president of Meyer Sound Laboratories, has been honoured by California's East Bay Business Times as one of this year's Women of Distinction. The annual award celebrates 25 women who have broken barriers, served as mentors to other women, and left a mark on East Bay business.

"I'm honoured to be included among such an interesting and diverse group of women who have led and supported the community in the East Bay," says Meyer. "I thank the East Bay Business Times and all the other sponsors for their support of our accomplishments in business and in life."

(Jim Evans)

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India - Back in 1991, Ahmedabad-based pro audio supplier Bestt Sound System was one of the first professional audio companies in India to embrace digital audio technology. Since then, the company's commitment to digital has progressively increased, culminating in the purchase of a DiGiCo D5 Live console.

"Other big players in the Indian market settled for different consoles, mainly due to financial constraints. Indeed, we also looked at other consoles which were much cheaper, but we couldn't convince ourselves to make such a compromise," says Bestt Sound System founder Amiel Best.

"Looking at all the options, the DiGiCo D5-112 Live EX won hands down, because it is widely used, features fibre optic connectivity, is extremely flexible and, most importantly, user friendly. We also purchased the D-TuBe remote digital tube mic preamp module to add a further dimension

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