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USA - When the ClearView Baptist Church wanted to ramp up its stage lighting for video production, designer Peter Vaque knew the project would be a challenge. His production company, Springtree Media Group LLC (Franklin, TN), had worked with ClearView just a few years before, and Vaque was aware of the Tennessee church's limited electrical load capacity.

"Several years ago, before video became a factor, ClearView wanted to improve its stage lighting, and they were told there was no way they could do this without spending a fortune on a new transformer," recalled Vaque. "We went in and showed them how they could do it on their existing circuitry, using intelligent lights. We installed several CMY colour-mixing intelligent lights, and the look was phenomenal."

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UK - UBM's Live Media business is delighted to announce the acquisition of Mondiale Publishing's Sleep and Arc Exhibitions, Conferences and The European Hotel Design Awards.

Sleep and Arc were both launched in 2005. Sleep, comprising a design-led exhibition, high-level conference and prestigious awards ceremony; has rapidly established itself as Europe's leading event for all those involved in the creation of new hotels. Now in its third year, the show is bigger than ever and has moved to a new venue; the Business Design Centre, Islington, to accommodate the increasing participation demand.

Arc exhibition and conference, is the UK's leading event for Architectural, Retail and Commercial lighting. UK architects, designers and lighting designers are creating stunning high profile projects across the world as emerging economies transform their cityscapes. With such an influential

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Korea - This year, Shure Incorporated's channel partner in Korea, Sama ProSound, is celebrating its 40th year as a Shure distributor. Mr. Joong S. Inn established the firm and began its partnership with Shure in 1968.

"In today's marketplace, it has become increasingly rare to find the kind of long-lasting, productive, and cooperative partnership that we have enjoyed with Sama ProSound over the past 40 years," said Sandy LaMantia, president and CEO of Shure. "We recognize that our own growth and reputation in Korea is directly impacted by Sama ProSound's interactions with our customers, and we truly appreciate the relationship that we have with Mr. Inn and his staff. They have played a vital role in our success in Asia."

Sama ProSound Company is one of the most successful distributors in the pro-audio industry in Korea. The company currently represents/dist

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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UK - DPA Microphones will be unveiling the first microphones from a new range geared towards the MI market at PLASA 2008 and visitors to the company's stand will have the opportunity to win one of the mics in a prize draw.

DPA believes "that musicians deserve to get the best sound possible from their precious instruments when playing live. To this end, they have taken their groundbreaking technology and created a range of cost-effective mics tailored for a wide array of musical instruments, complete with robust carrying cases and gentle, discreet mounting solutions".

On the DPA stand, a live band will be putting these new mics through their paces. Visitors' badges will be scanned and entered into a competition to win one of the new instrument mics.

(Jim Evans)

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Italy - Within a short space of time, Brescia's Piazza Paolo VI was the spectacular setting for two shows - concerts by Giovanni Allevi and Loreena McKennitt.

As well as being a pianist and orchestra conductor, Giovanni Allevi is also one of the top composers on the current international scene. At the Brescia event, a stop on his Evolution Tour (named after his latest album), Allevi was accompanied by the 36-member Symphony Orchestra I Virtuosi Italiani.

Canadian singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt only played in two Italian towns (Brescia and Udine) on her 2008 European Summer Tour.

Both concerts were reinforced through an Outline Butterfly-based system. Cipiesse Produzioni per lo Spettacolo was the Brescia rental firm responsible for the project. In May, the company purchased a Butterfly rig comprising 16 CDH 483 Hi-Packs, eight Subtech 218, Genius 26 processors an

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Germany - In the recent past, ChainMaster Bühnentechnik of Eilenburg has provided chain hoists and chain-hoist controllers for a variety of projects in Eastern Europe. One notable venue to be equipped was the Luzhniki Olympic Complex in Moscow - a stadium associated primarily today with football. ChainMaster supplied 120 D8 Plus 500kg chain hoists for the stadium. The equipment was used for the European Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester Unioted.

The Lomonosov Moscow State University has also invested in equipment from ChainMaster, including four D8 Jumbo Lifts (the 6-tonne model) to manoeuvre the university's heavyweight video cube into position and a D8 manual control for installation work also involving the video cube.

Also in Moscow, four VarioLift 500 hoists and four VarioTrolleys - electric running gear with integrated frequency converters and positioning units -

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USA - Touring in support of his Everything is Fine album, Josh Turner relies on Shure UHF-R wireless for his vocals and guitars well as a Shure PSM personal in-ear monitor system.

"I like to get as close to what you hear on my records as possible," he says of the mix he listens to through his PSM system. "My vocal should be out front to the extent that I can really hear every little nuance in my voice. I've found that helps me sing better in any situation. The rhythm section should be prominent too, but not overbearing. I love hearing all the fills from the steel, fiddle, and guitar."

Covering a wide range, Turner's voice is captured on the road with a UHF-R handheld transmitter equipped with a SM58 capsule. Cutting the cord on his guitar was a feat managed by the Shure UR14D Dual Bodypack Wireless System.

"My wireless stuff has been great,&qu

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UK - HHB Communications has supplied a significant number of RSS Digital Snake multicore systems to BBC English Regions, which have been allocated to local radio stations across the UK. 17 stations will each receive a pair of Roland's new S-1608 Digital Snake multicore systems, teamed with a Yamaha LS9 digital console, to update their multi-mic outside broadcast capabilities.

Martin O'Donnell, HHB broadcast sales manager explains: "The Corporation's engineers first saw and discussed the possible applications for the new small-format RSS Digital Snakes on the HHB stand at IBC last year. Further talks took place at SBES and, with other Corporation OB vehicles using the 32-Ch systems (S4000), the new 16-In/8-Out configuration offered many of the same facilities in an even more compact and lightweight package. With connection options via rugged Neutrik Ethercon on 80-metre CAT5

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Germany - The Procon Group, international leading full-service provider of technical equipment for events and TV productions, has invested in equipment from Barco and High End Systems, representing the biggest single investment in Procon's history.

Procon's order of LED equipment included a significant amount of Barco NX-6, MiTRIX and OLite.

"We always aim to offer our clients the latest products that are available on the market. As well as the increase in MiTRIX and OLite, we have now also decided on a Black Face LED system. The decision was made in favour of the NX-6 from Barco for reasons of its quality and flexibility", stated Morten Carlsson, managing director of Procon Event Engineering.

With this order, Procon has increased its stock of LED walls by more than 1,000 sqm this year. The company has also invested in projection equipment. The stock of Barco XLM H

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UK - Stage One, working with Cricket, a brand communications agency, helped to create a new photographic exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) in London to celebrate Land Rover's 60th Anniversary.

The exhibition of 60 images, entitled Portraits of Adventure, consisted of 50 regular sized photographic images along with 10 specially commissioned four-metre high portraits by photographer Alastair Thain.

"We enjoy a close working relationship with both Cricket and Land Rover and are delighted to play a part in Land Rover's celebrations," said Simon Wood, sales director, Stage One.

For the exhibition, Stage One was asked to construct a number of different items including several plinths, two of which were designed to take a Land Rover vehicle and one used to display an Alastair Thain camera. In the main gallery area four double-sided aluminium walls

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The Netherlands - Robe Lighting is collaborating with Netherlands-based Leasing Services to develop a series of financial packages for its clients and business partners. These can either be arranged directly with the client/rental company/end user or via over 40 of Robe's worldwide distributors.

"We have been looking for a suitable and solidly reliable leasing partner for some time, and a lot of careful consideration has gone into our decision to team up with Leasing Services," comments Robe lighting MD Josef Valchar. "This agreement is a major step forward in Robe's evolution, and will greatly benefit a majority of our business partners and clients by facilitating a wide range of accessible, flexible, cost-effective finance options."

Interested parties will be able to fill in the initial inquiry forms on the Robe website www.robe.cz and send these directly

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Guatemala - Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala (also known as Mega Frater) is the largest Christian church in Latin America. Measuring 1,217 million square feet, this massive structure includes a school, restaurant, swimming pool, full television and radio production facilities, a heliport atop an eight-story parking garage, a 12,500-seat theatre in the main sanctuary, a stage larger than most major concert venues, and much more.

To find a powerful sound system capable of delivering even coverage for spoken word and live music material in the expansive room, Mega Frater turned to Guatemala City-based Pro Sound. After thorough considerations by a committee which included the church's senior pastor, Jorge Lopez, a self-powered system based on Meyer Sound's Milo line array loudspeaker was chosen.

"For me, the biggest priority for our sound system is intelligibility," sa

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UK - At this year's Scottish festival T in the Park, local rental company EFX Audio deployed their two Midas XL8 Live Performance Systems at front of house for the Radio 1/NME stage with two Heritage 3000s on monitors. Main stage headliners REM also brought in a pair of XL8s supplied by Rat Sound, plus a Klark Teknik DN9696 hard disc recorder which they've been using for their European tour. In addition, Britannia Row supplied the main stage with two H3000s for front of house and Kings of Leon brought in their own XL4.

"Any misgivings we felt about running a festival on digital consoles were lost after the first day," says EFX systems tech Bill Laing, who worked with the XL8s alongside EFX's Stevie Murray. "First time users found the consoles immediately familiar thanks to the traditional channel strip layout and easy channel access. Bands that already had show fi

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Denmark - Artcoustic will host its third Global Annual Conference from 13-15 August 2008. The three-day event will take place at the showroom Artcoustic opened in Copenhagen last year.

Artcoustic will present its latest news with products and audio solutions aimed at optimizing customer lifestyles. The conference will be a meeting place for its worldwide exclusive distributors where they will be able to share ideas and techniques and immerse themselves in the latest audio technologies presented by Artcoustic, says the company.

At the conference Artcoustic will also honour the best projects and installations from Artcoustic's Worldwide Dealer Network.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Foley supervisor and film sound recordist Alex Joseph encountered a useful new addition to his arsenal of DPA microphones when working on the movie version of Mamma Mia! - the DPA 4017 shotgun mic.

Adapted from the successful stage musical (which featured DPA miniature mics across the cast) Mamma Mia! presented Joseph with the brief of working the sound effects into the music while retaining many factors which make it a success on stage. Joseph worked with a core sound team of sound supervisor Nick Adams, sound designer Alistair Sirkett, dialogue supervisor Tim Hands, dialogue editor Jenny Evans and assistant sound editor Connor Mackey during the six-month project, on various location recordings and Foley studio sessions before mixing the film at Sound One in New York.Set on a Greek island, water sounds feature heavily in the film. "We rented a local swi

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Germany - In February this year, Kamil Swobodzinski was appointed sales director ACT (Advanced Communication Technology) EVI Audio. Now he has assumed additional responsibilities, having been appointed sales director CCS (Critical Communication Systems) for the regions Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

As well as responsibility for turnover and profitability, Kamil Swobodzinski's brief includes increasing market penetration, internationalization/expansion of the distribution network with a view to increasing growth potential, direction of the sales team, and the targeted use of marketing measures. "Once the team has been together for a few days," says Swobodzinski, "I'm convinced that, in view of the quality of the product portfolio, a sound basis will exist for sustained growth."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Behringer and Bugera have announced new artist and public relations partnerships for their European territories. UK based AMP will be handling AR and PR for Behringer and PR for Bugera while Artist Relations LLC will handle European AR for Bugera.

Artist Relations LLC are a Miami-based AR operation fronted by Randy Fuchs, who has worked in the music industry for over three decades.

AMP Ltd's Jonathan Miller comments: "We at AMP are delighted to be taking Behringer and Bugera's artist, media and public relations to the next level." Randy Fuchs adds: "Together with AMP we are keen for artists across the continent to be introduced to - and be blown away by - products from both Gehringer and Bugera."

Scott Garside, Behringer's's corporate communications manager, adds: "Partnering with both AMP and Artist Relations LLC demonstrates our ongoing commit

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UK - Void Acoustics will be unveiling three new X-rated products - two bass loudspeakers and a range of amplifiers at PLASA 2008. The whole Void team will be on the stand to introduce the Arcline X, a new 2 x 15" bass unit for Void's Arcline line-array touring system, as well as the diminutive 2 x 12" Mycro X, together with Void's new range of UK-built, switch-mode Infinite X power amplifiers.

Measuring just 680mm x 335mm x 440mm, the tiny Mycro X bass system features two 12" drivers in the same cabinet volume normally occupied by a single driver, increasing the sub's power handling to some 1400W and generating a SPL up to 130dB. This level of performance gives the Mycro X one of the highest outputs from one of the smallest bass enclosures available. Aimed at generating powerful low-frequency support in space-restricted clubs and multi-purpose venues, the Mycro X

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Spain - The C.A.T Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius, a major theatre in Barcelona promoting the Catalan tradition, has become the beneficiary of a new Installation Line Array (ILA) system from QSC Audio.

In order to reflect its growing importance, and increasing number of traditional festivals it is hosting, this civic auditorium recently commissioned a complete technical overhaul, completely rewiring the building and and installing a system comprising six WL2082-i and one WL115-sw sub per side.

The Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius was opened in 1993 on the initiative of l'Associació Cultural TRAM (an organisation set up to promote the Catalan traditional culture), with funding from the Cultural department of the local government.

It was they who financed the upgrade of the 400-seat auditorium, which hosts everything from traditional instrument players to folk dance and expositi

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Germany - Heavy metal band Manowar secured a place in the Guinness Book of Recors during the 1990s as the loudest band in the world, and sheer volume has remained an integral part of the Manowar concert experience. The band's technical rider specifies a minimum unweighted SPL of 126dB at FOH position.

At the recent second annual Magic Circle Festival in Bad Arolsen, Germany, Manowar achieved levels in excess of 139dB through Westfalen Sound's Meyer Sound Milo system.

The Meyer Sound system that Westfalen provided comprised a total of 32 Milo and two Milo 120 line array loudspeakers, with massive low end provided by 64 700-HP subwoofers. Twelve M'elodie line array loudspeakers covered front- fill, with three CQ-1 loudspeakers handling centre-fill and out-fill duties.

Westfalen Sound's Dirk Maron points out that the earth-shattering sound levels were maintained

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