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Norway - The new F10 AS3D projector from projectiondesign is billed as the world's first single-chip high resolution active stereo 3D projector.

Anders L°kke, international marketing & communications manager at projectiondesign says, "The majority of active stereoscopic projectors available in the market tend to be large and cumbersome and are mainly available only for companies with large budgets. Seizing the opportunity to introduce an active stereo and compact projector, projectiondesign decided to bring the same levels of performance and include them in our single chip F10 chassis."

The F10 AS3D projector is designed for the demanding scientific visualisation, simulation and entertainment environments in applications that have not been able to achieve this leve

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UK - Girls Aloud are currently on the Tangled Up tour of UK arenas accompanied by Sennheiser in ear monitors and custom designed microphones. The microphones in question, five SKM 935s individually decorated with pink crystal by CrystalRoc, were warmly received by the band at the beginning of the tour.

"We revealed the mics to the girls before the final dress rehearsal in Sheffield," explains monitor engineer Nick Maddren. "I gathered the girls just before they started and pulled back the cover. There was a mix of screams, hands covering mouths and loads of excitement. The standard mics were immediately returned and the new ones disappeared like it was like Christmas day. CrystalRoc did an amazing job and the mics looked amazing."

Beneath the bling, the mics were still Sennheiser SKM 935s. "The 935 capsule was definitely the right capsule for th

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USA - "The audience pays to hear Dolly and it's my job to make sure they can," says Michael Fechner, Dolly Parton's longtime house engineer and production manager who recently linked with Thunder Audio to power Parton's Backwoods Barbie world tour with a Meyer Sound system.

Parton spends much of her show telling stories, jokes and ad-libbing for the crowd. According to Fechner, the performance of the previous sound system prevented the audience from enjoying the full live experience. "The problem was we were losing a lot of that great interaction," explains Fechner.

"We were originally called in to tweak their system," notes Thunder vice president Paul Owen. "But once they realised the possibilities with the Milo system and our production services, they were sold."

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UK - Specialist audio visual support from Sheffield company tdc has helped to celebrate the achievements of some of the most inspirational women in the north west of England.

The Heeley-based AV and live event company was selected to provide technical support for the 16th annual Inspiring Women Awards in Manchester. The prestigious sell-out lunch, attended by more than 350 guests, highlighted the achievements of special women from the public sector, arts, business and community who were nominated by the public for going the extra mile.

tdc director Eamonn Hunt presented the Arts awards to Claire Moore who set up the successful Certain Curtain Theatre in Preston nearly 20 years ago.

Hunt said: "We were delighted to be involved with the Inspiring Women Awards for the first time. There are so many truly inspirational women in the region, many of whom go unrecognised yet be

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USA - Bandit Lites supplied lighting production and crew for the UK leg of guitar hero, Joe Satriani's Professor Satchafunklus & The Musterion Rockadelic World Tour, which has just kicked off in Europe. The lighting designer is LA-based Ernesto Corti who is enjoying his third tour with the band.

The tour primarily plays large theatre venues, and the rig is based around four trusses - front, back and two mid-stage, that were subtly angled into a V-shape.

The upstage truss is used to hang a 33ft wide by 16ft drop of SoftLED cloth, adding a new dimension to his powerful performance, and nine ColorKinetics ColorBlast 12 LED wash lights are also over-rigged on the top rail of the back truss for stage depth.

The two mid-trusses are made up from pre-rigged sections - chosen for the larger spacing between the two rails.They vary slightly in length - the stage right truss meas

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UK For the Ricky Hatton v Juan Lazcano fight at the City of Manchester Stadium, Britannia Row technicians - system engineer Davide Lombardi and FOH engineer Derrick Zieba - set up eight clusters with 12 Outline Butterfly Hi-Packs each, for a total of 96 modules; the bottom end was courtesy of eight Subtech 218, flown in four clusters of two subs each. The PWM power amps were also Outline - T9 (2 x 4800W), a single rack unit and twelve kilos each.

As well as the MC's voice and the contributions from Sky digital TV (music and publicity), there was also a performance by classical singer Russell Watson.

FOH engineer Derrick Zieba commented, "The Outline system performed perfectly in the stadium situation, there was enough power to overcome the noise from the huge crowd of enthusiastic Ricky Hatton fans without problems. The Outline Butterfly's projection enabled us to turn

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China - Total Solution Marketing, ChainMaster's Singapore-based distribution partner, has been presenting the company's current range of kinetic solutions for stage and show applications at the Palm Expo Beijing 2008 trade fair for events equipment, which ran from the 29 May to the 1 June in the China International Exhibition Centre, Beijing.

At the Beijing fair, the ChainMaster products on view included the newly improved controllers of the XYZ series as well as the BGV-C1 pro touch-panel control system with its expanded function set.

The XYZ Stage Controller governs movement along all three axes. It is equipped with a 12" flat screen and offers, depending upon the version selected, up to two separate joysticks. The integrated keyboard and mouse permit swift and efficient control and programming. In networks, it is possible to run multiple XYZ Stage Controllers in parall

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UK - Hoist UK will be exhibiting a range of new products including: The LX Ladder - a purpose built aluminium lighting ladder beam designed to BS8118; Pilewind Winch - billed as "an ideal solution for schools, smaller venues and retail outlets for banners, small trusses and lighting bars"; a full range of radio controls for the entertainment industry; ALU lightweight crane system - a lightweight tracking system which is a modular aluminium structure for making custom handling systems and moving loads from 500kg to 2000kg, andRoperunner - a cable managementsystem for theatre lighting bars.

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UK - The Band of The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers are now projecting a larger sound than ever before thanks to the supply of a new KV2 Audio EX Series sound system supplied by A.C. Lighting's Audio Division.

The brass and woodwind military band have been discussing their ultimate wish list with A.C. Audio for almost a year, so when the budget was finally approved to completely over-haul their old sound system, the band's coordinators were quick to ask A.C. to design them a completely new audio rig that would be fully versatile and tailored to their specific requirements.

A.C. Audio sales executive Glen Thompson, who has extensive experience on both sides of the microphone, worked closely with KV2 and the band to design a fully flexible system which would complement the various formations in which they play. The diverse band is known to play in combinations ranging

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France - L-Acoustics has announced the introduction of the LA-RAK touring rack. The LA-RAK is the central element of the new L-Acoustics system architecture built upon the LA8 amplified controller. It offers an advanced drive rack solution for all L-Acoustics systems covering signal and power distribution in a comprehensive plug and play touring package.

LA-RAK was created as a universal platform designed to facilitate cross-rental between DOSC Network members and to ensure compatibility with the legacy analogue cabling standard of L-Acoustics systems, says the company.

The LA-RAK module comprises: One 9U rack with LEXAN® front and rear covers; three LA8 amplified controllers; an 1/O distribution panel for analogue signal, L-NET (control and monitoring) and L-DGA (digital audio) networks distribution within the rack and link out with other racks ; 2U space for implementing

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UK - The Automatic, the Welsh rock band that first shot to fame in 2006 with hits like Raoul and Monster, took delivery of a host of Sennheiser microphones for their month-long sold out tour of the UK this spring. The band played intimate venues across the country for an entire month, road-testing tracks from their second album, This Is A Fix, due out later this summer.

The band took a full range of microphones from Sennheiser, including four e 945s for the three vocalists, e 906s for guitar cabinets and snares, e 604s for toms and an e 901 on the kick drum.

James Lawrenson has been front of house engineer for the band since their inception. He says, "I approached Sennheiser's artist relations manager Phil Cummings and discussed getting hold of some mics before the tour started. I used to work at the Cardiff Barfly and still work at Clwb Ifor Bach in

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UK - The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford is one of the leading schools for young people seeking to gain a skill set that will help them launch a career in the music industry. The curriculum encompasses a wide range of studies and classes for people wishing to become professional musicians and event technicians.

Recently the Academy made HK Audio its PA brand of choice. The Electric Theatre, the venue located next to the ACM's main building that hosts weekly live performances, is now equipped with a flown HK Audio ConTour Array system comprising six CTA 208 2x8"/4x1" mid-/high-range units and four CTA 118 Sub bass bins. Four D.A.R.T enclosures serve as monitors, while an Elias PX provides the drum-fill.

The ACM is also relies on HK when it comes to the school's portable rig. This combination of a D.E.A.CON system and D.A.R.T. monitors is compact and flexibl

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UK - Swindon town centre is set to play host to the first BBC Big Screen in the South West of England as a giant Lighthouse LED screen, installed by TMC screen specialists, is officially switched on.

'Big Screen Swindon' is the first giant, permanent BBC Screen in the South West of England. It forms part of the Wharf Green development - the first area in Swindon to be redeveloped since The New Swindon Company unveiled plans to regenerate the town centre.

Following the approval of designs for the Wharf Green by LDA Design, the large screen specialists TMC was appointed to install the giant 7 x 5 panel (7.14m x 3.8m) P16i/o Lighthouse LED screen, which has been placed along the North Façade of the Brunel West car park. It is housed in a freestanding structure, which camouflages the car park, and is controlled by a Lighthouse LIP-DX, an X-Drive Pro and an auto brightness control

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UK - In the first two months since its March launch, over 1,000 panels of Lighthouse's R7-Enhanced Resolution (ER) LED panels have been sold, reports the company. Using the same advanced digital processing technology as R12-ER and R10-ER panels, R7-ER's enhanced resolution doubles the effective resolution on the same-sized panel as its 16mm counterpart.

Creative Technology (CT) placed an early order for 163 panels. "We decided to invest in a new generation of outdoor screen and wanted a product which would raise the bar on the current generation of products, providing improvements in performance, weight and functionality," says Dave Crump, business development director for Avesco Group, parent company of CT.

The R7-ER panels were put to immediate use, after acceptance testing by CT staff being shipped straight from the Lighthouse factory to Bahrain for use at that co

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UK HD Pro Audio, the new Egham-based pro audio distribution company formed by Mark Brown and Andy Huffer, will enjoy their first public outing by exhibiting at ABTT 2008 in London. The HD stand will focus on the main brands distributed by the company, including Digidesign, Yamaha, Optocore and Bose.

From Digidesign, HD will be showing and demonstrating a fully integrated FOH and monitoring solution in the form of the D-Show Profile surface in combination with the Mix Rack.

The Yamaha M7CL-48 and LS9-32 consoles will also be on display and demonstrated. . With an array of advanced concepts such as the 'Centralogic' control interface, which makes it as easy and intuitive to use as an analogue console, the M7CL is designed for medium size live sound applications. The 32-mic/line input 64-channel LS9-32 is compact and light enough for one person to move and set up easily, and incl

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UK - PSL creativity and technology helped generate the appropriate pizzazz for the after-show party for Speed Racer, the new movie directed by the Wachowski Brothers, famous for The Matrix trilogy.

Speed Racer was described by one critic as "hyper-stylised, primary-coloured and taking on the aspect of a glamorous cartoon", and PSL worked with production designer Amanda Davies from AD Events to create a suitably sensational environment for Sir Ian McKellen, Christina Ricci, Emile Hirsch and others who had attended the film's premiere.

The party's unusual location was an edgy new space in central London called P3, once a 14,000 sq.ft concrete testing facility belonging to the University of Westminster, and only recently opened as an exhibition area and venue.

With its 30' high ceiling and mezzanine gallery floor, P3 offers interesting possibiliti

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UK - The DMX interface is available as a factory-fitted option for new installations, or as a 'retro-fitted' module for existing DGH owners, and will be shown at ABTT 08. Replicating all normal functions of the standard unit, the DMX card can initiate open/close/speed selection from the comfort of the lighting box.

Also available from Hall Stage North America fitted to 110V units, the DMX DGH comes in 10m and 20m travel options, with custom units available for drapes up to 100m wide.

Additionally, The SkyDeck modular tensioned wire grid system will be available in the UK from this summer. The system provides safe access to theatrical lighting, audio cables, loudspeakers, stage rigging and effects - in fact, anything you need to get to on a regular basis, says the company.

Installed in venues across the US, SkyDeck panels are built with a woven wire working surface in modula

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UK - XL Video is supplying equipment and crew for the successful Boyzone reunion tour, which sees the Irish boyband take to the stage again for the first time in eight years.

The stage concept is that of a giant video box, with the floor, ceiling and walls all utilised to create a fast-moving, dynamic and constantly changing performance environment.

This features over 1000 MiTrix tiles which are lining the 12-stepped stage set making up the floor of the performance area, and bordering six staggered overhead trusses on three sides, creating a mirror-image effect to the stage below. The truss mounted MiTrix was made up as custom lengths for the tour.

Upstage centre is the back wall, comprising a 22.5sq.m Barco ILite 10 LED screen. The side walls feature a total of 128 Element Labs VersaTUBES, mounted on special frames, and arranged in horizontal lines.

All these video elemen

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UK - Seafood specialists, CT Holmes has become the first trader in the new Docklands-based Billingsgate Fish Market to embrace digital signage. The new 60i" dnp UCS rear projection display installed by Digital Vision AV has given the company (which trades as Holmes Seafood) a competitive edge during the brisk early morning trading at the world-famous 900-year-old market.

Paul Mayhew, who set up Digital Vision AV two years ago, says: "They had considered hanging a plasma or LCD display but these would have been too bulky given the confined area within the shop; they would also have suffered from reflection and would have had to battle with the elements and humidity in the market."

Instead he proposed an alternative solution. The 60" Ultra Contrast Screen (supplied by UK distributors Paradigm AV) provides enhanced brightness from a lightweight chassis - and t

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UK - Projected Image Digital (PID) will once again be exhibiting at ABTT - and will be displaying Catalyst Digital Media software Version 4 this year, which is being used extensively for theatrical productions including the Royal National Theatre, The Royal Opera House, Royal and Derngate Northampton, UK Tour of Oh What a Night, West Yorkshire Playhouse and The National Theatre of Scotland.

It is also in action on a myriad of tours and live events, including James Blunt's 2008 world tour (LD Paul Normandale), Boyzone (LD Peter Barnes), the recent Kaiser Chief's homecoming gig at Leeds Elland Road stadium (Video director Jon Shrimpton/LD Richard Larkum) and will be used on the upcoming Coldplay world tour (LD Paul Normandale).

Catalyst is flexible, configurable and adaptable to suit productions of any size or budget, says the company. The latest PRO version, when coupled

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UK - Adlib Audio continues its busy spring, with their new V-DOSC system once again in action, this time on the recent Matchbox 20 UK arena tour, specified by industry veteran FOH engineer Jim Ebdon. It was the first time Adlib has worked with the band but had worked on Rob Thomas's last UK production tour.

Adlib supplied their most experienced V-DOSC systems engineers - Tony Szabo and James Neale, plus monitor guru Marc Peers who looked after everything onstage.

The spec comprised 12 V-DOSC elements and 3 dV-DOSC under-hangs per side for the main arrays with four V-DOSC left and right for the side- hangs, complete with six dV under-hangs per side. Ground-stacked were 16 of the new V-DOSC SB28 Subs, eight per side.

For in-fills they used two L-Acoustics ARCS cabinets per side, and four dV-DOSC fills were positioned along the front lip of the stage.

The whole system was run

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