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Australia - Brisbane-based IJS continues to expand its operations with the recent purchase of two Soundcraft Vi6 digital audio consoles.

"We were finding that the Soundcraft Vi6 was regularly being specified on riders and we like to keep up to date with the market trends," said IJS's managing director Ivan Simon. "I also noticed that the Vi6 was selling well overseas. Digital consoles are obviously the way of the future - they're easy to set up, everything is in one place and the boards are really reliable these days especially the Vi6. I believe that the Vi6 is definitely one of the easiest digital consoles to use and get your head around. It's also a really great sounding board."

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Norway -projectiondesign will use Integrated Systems Europe 2009 to showcase a completely updated range of professional projectors, as well as the range of high-end home theatre products, and the latest in 3D stereographic projection systems.

Anders L°kke, international marketing and communications manager, notes the irony of projectiondesign this year choosing to showcase its products inside a 'blackbox'. "Given that many of our projectors are used in research applications which, for political, scientific, or commercial reasons are top-secret, it seems rather appropriate for us to showcase the latest fruits of our own R&D in a way that is controlled and discreet," he says.

Among the new products on view 'in the box' will be three revamped product platforms - the F12, F22 and F32 series - all of which are updated to feature performance enhancing VIDI lamp technol

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UK - Lighting designer Nathan Wan used over 80 Robe moving lights for the Live Action Arena at the Autosports International 2009 show, staged in the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.

It was the first time that Wan has lit the event, for which lighting and audio equipment was supplied by Network Productions. The Live Action Arena was co-ordinated for exhibition organisers Haymarket Events by Waltham Services.

With up to six sold out shows a day watched by 4700 people each time, the Live Action Arena saw some serious seat-clutching speed, smoke and burning rubber from an array of fast vehicle genres, all completing in a series of hair-raising races.

Wan's brief from show director Roger Burlinson was to bring a real flow and continuity to the pacey, highly choreographed show which segued seamlessly from one set of hot-rodded vehicles to another. They zoomed round the trac

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Australia - Bosch Security Systems Australia has sold the country's first Midas PRO6 Live Audio System to Osmond Electronics. This follows a tradition of firsts for Adelaide-based company, which also bought the first Midas XL3 and XL200 consoles in the country during the nineties.

Osmond specified the PRO6 with the DL431 Input splitter and DL451 I/O box usually supplied with the XL8. The DL431 will allow a total of five output splits from a single input with dual variable gain pre-amps providing both digital and analogue splits, with an additional transformer isolated analogue output as the fifth split. Increased functionality will also be provided by the DL451 I/O box by way of remote inputs and outputs for the system, in addition to the DL451 I/O cards fitted into the PRO6 surface. Each DL451 box and the PRO6 surface contain three module slots that allow input and output modul

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USA - Bandit Lites recently held its annual general meeting for its global staff. Over 150 people were in attendance to hear chairman of the board, Michael T. Strickland speak on the current state of the company. Strickland also presented service and merit awards and discussed several newly implemented additions to Bandit's global growth strategy.

Each AGM, Bandit recognises employees for years of service. Peter Heffernan, who was announced as Bandit's president in 2008, received a plaque for 30 years with the company. Business manager, Lee Anne Cooke (formerly Donaldson) received a plaque for 20 years of service. She also received a Rolex watch, which employees are awarded after 20 years with the company.

Director of educational services, Rick Berry, San Francisco general manager, Dizzy Gosnell and director of logistics and safety, Leonard Cox were all recognised for 15 years

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USA - Carnival Cruise Lines recently upgraded its fleet with a series of three Electro-Voice and Dynacord audio installations. Each installation was performed by SES Live Professional, a sound production company based in Senoia, Ga. Since its foundation in 2008, SES has earned a reputation across the Southeastern United States for quality sound, performance, and consulting.

SES was first commissioned to refit the main theatres of Carnival's four Spirit Class liners - the Pride, Legend, Spirit, and Miracle - with EV NetMax N8000 System Controllers to control all matrix routing, equalizing, and time alignment of each multi-speaker cluster throughout the ceilings of the main theatres.

Steve Stapleton, owner of SES LivePro, comments: "To ensure a smooth and seamless installation, we walked Carnival through every step of the process. They needed a partner with the proper profe

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USA - Stageco US was at the heart of the production team putting together the celebratory concert welcoming President Barack Obama into office in Washington DC. Stars including Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Stevie Wonder, U2 and Elvis Costello feted the president elect, while hundreds of thousands of people attended the free concert.

The event footprint was 2.5 miles long, stretching from the Lincoln Memorial in the west, around the Washington Monument, to the Capitol Building in the east, with a main stage and an extensive system of delay and video towers running the entire length of the site.

The stage-building team installed a 166ft x 60ft multi-level stage including two audio/video support structures, two lighting support towers and two 122ft x 80ft audience viewing platforms with video support platforms built at the rear.

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Austria - Luxury crystal glass brand Swarovski recently graced its headquarter building in Wattens (Tyrol), Austria with a 250m long transparent metal curtain. The fabric, made of 26,250,000 flexible stainless steel rings, rises 10m in height and is dynamically illuminated by 133 Martin Professional Inground 200 colour changers.

The Martin Inground 200 fixtures are embedded in the ground along the inner path of the curtain. The curtain's sleek, sculptural fabric, which defies weather and corrosion, interacts with the sun and passing clouds in a play of light and shadow. At dusk, the light show begins as static colour scenes interact with the shifting shades of the evening sky.

"The main task was to illuminate the stainless steel curtain in the evening and to that end powerful and visually appealing inground luminaires were sought," commented lighting designer Stephan

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USA - FiberPlex reports that its LightViperTM audio transport system was recently acquired by Taylor, Michigan-based audio production company, Thunder Audio, who has employed the advanced fiber optic technology in an innovative sound support touring system for Metallica's Death Magnetic World Tour which kicked off last October and will wrap up a US performance schedule in New Jersey next February. The tour, with high-energy concerts predominantly in large arenas, continues throughout Europe from February through July 2009.

At the heart of the large touring sound system developed by Thunder Audio, a 64-channel LightViper fibre optic audio system is configured as a 'drive snake' to provide AES/EBU digital audio signal distribution from FOH equipment racks to a massive, 44-zone loudspeaker array. Nearly 200 self-powered speakers are arranged in an 'in the round' configuratio

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China - Italian pro audio manufacturer Outline has appointed Shoushan system integration as its sole distributor for China, Hong Kong and Macao, with effect from 1 January 2009.

Since its foundation, Shoushan, headquartered in Guangzhou Panyu, has been committed to the professional audio field. Its key market areas include theatres, radio and television broadcasters, multi-function halls, meeting, conference and exhibition centres.

The company's CEO Mr. Tempo has been committed to China's audio industry for many years, holding key sales positions with top Chinese and International brands since 1991.

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USA - Like most secondary schools, Shakopee High's football field is a multi-purpose venue, used for football, track and field, rallies and ceremonies. And like many high school football fields, Shakopee's was somewhat lacking in audio coverage, with an underpowered system that was being pushed well beyond its reasonable limits.

"The system was two speakers and a 150W amp," says Dohn Fadden of Shoreview, MN-based Electronic Design Company. "In the few areas where the loudspeakers could be heard, the sound was largely unintelligible."

Fadden's new system design faced a few challenges, including the logistics of covering both the home and visitors' seating from a single point. "Mounting the speakers above the press box on the home team's bleachers was really the only viable solution, since trenching for cabling across the field would have been expensive

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Germany - Rosco has provided X24 X-Effects Projectors to give a shimmering and realistic watery effect to a new Aquarium in the German city of Stralsund, with 39 tanks, which are home to rare coral fish and other marine life from around the world.

Inside the Giants of the Sea exhibition, a series of rooms with 20m high ceilings, there are full scale models of a 26m long Blue Whale, a 16m humpback whale accompanied by a baby 5m humpback whale as well as a 10m sword whale. Most spectacular however, is a battle between a 15m sperm whale and a giant squid. The X24 projector gives large scale ripple effects, to help create the sense of habitat.

German engineering agency Walter Bamburger had seen the X24 in use in the Deutches Meeresmuseum, and specified 10 Analogue X24 Projectors for the Giants of the Sea exhibition.

The Giants of the Sea project was organise

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UK - A set of three Compulite Vector Greens ran a complex lighting rig that included moving lights, media servers, LED screens and conventional lights on the recent X Factor live finals. Lighting designer for the finals was Dave Davey, with Bill Peachment, John Ford and Russ Grubiack working as programmers.

Peachment comments: "All 3 Vector systems performed very well on this fast moving show. We used a vector PC to back up the systems but this was never needed. I think that the Vector is a very fast and flexible desk to program on these complex TV shows. "

The lighting rig included: 4 Vari-Lite VL 3500 washes; 18 Vari-Lite VL 2000 washes; 29 Vari-Lite VL 3000 spots; 22 Vari-Lite VL 3000 washes; 2 Nova flowers; 18 Vari-Lite VL6c spots; 36 James Thomas PixelPar 90s; 46 James Thomas Pixel line 1044s; 12 Vari-Lite 1K Tungstens; 3 Chroma 12 RGBs from Pulsar; 20 ACL PAR b

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The Netherlands - Omnisport, the new multi-function hall in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn is designed for bicycle races, a variety of other sporting events, and large concerts. The new building can seat up to 11,000 spectators - making it one of the largest and most comfortable halls in the Netherlands.

When the time came to choose a sound system, the hall's managers opted for a central cluster of 14 Electro-Voice FRX+ coaxial loudspeakers, which can be used for the playback of recorded music as well as announcements and evacuations.

"The Electro-Voice enclosures are able to play all their trump cards - compact format, precise control, reliability and versatility, and ease-of-use - in this modern hall," says Axel Nagtegaal, managing director of the Dutch Electro-Voice distributor, E-audio benelux. "This is one fixed installation that will really make people in thi

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Singapore - In 1969, on the advice of the Science Council of Singapore, the Government decided to convert the National Museum into an art and historical museum and to build a new institution which would be devoted to scientific and technological education. The Singapore Science Centre is a non-formal educational institution for the promotion of science and technology among students and members of the public.

It has the country's largest collection of educational exhibits devoted to science, and has been acclaimed as one of the top science centres in the world. More than a million visitors come to the Singapore Science Centre every year.

With the advent of multi-media, the Ministry of Education financed video/chroma keying/animation Studios for the teaching of the subject.

Following the tender process and the approval of the consultant engineers, Zero 88's distributor Combine

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Spain - Located on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Las Franquesas del Vallès - a short distance from Barcelona - the shell of a standard factory unit has been converted, at great expense, into the new nightclub, Incognit. Owners Guillem Soler, Jordi Galcerán and Gerard Guerra have divided the spacious venue into two distinct rooms - one playing commercial hits, the other house music.

With over 12 years experience in the club market the owners realised the value of a good sound system - and they contacted Carles Xandri, from Xandri Brothers SL to help make the selection.

Xandri were already familiar with the attributes of QSC Audio, having been impressed by their performance in other venues in the Barcelona region. As a result 14 active HPR152i loudspeakers have been flown across the two rooms, underpinned by 12 floor-mounted HPR181i powered (single 18in) subwoofers.

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USA - Bandit Lites chairman of the board, Michael T. Strickland was recently honoured as the new University of Tennessee College of Business Administration building opened. The UT alumnus is being recognised for his varied contributions by having a classroom in the facility named after him.

Strickland attributes much of the success he's had in business to the education he received at the University of Tennessee. He currently serves on the U.T. Development Council and as a chancellors advisor as well as in many other volunteer roles within the University.

"Each of us has an obligation to put the next generation in the best possible position to succeed," Strickland commented. "Gifts to the College of Business Administration ensures the success of this and future generations in this world. It is a privilege to be able to assist others as we all work together to mak

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UK - A.C. Rigging has been appointed as the UK stockist for the Tomcat Classic truss range. Under the agreement, it will provide the large Tomcat client base in the UK with a continued local stockholding, pricing and technical support for the Classic range following the recent relocation of production to Italy.

A.C. Rigging was appointed based on its track record and long standing relationship with Staging Systems Europe (SSE), manufacturer of the Tomcat and Litec truss brands. The agreement compliments A.C. Rigging's exclusive UK distribution of Litec, offering customers substantial UK stocks of two of SSE's leading truss brands.

Paolo Dozzo, sales director, Staging Systems Europe, commented: "I'm delighted to have A.C. Entertainment Technologies on board for the Tomcat Classic range. Their experience and focus on trussing and rigging is unquestionable, and this ensures

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UK - 2008 saw Artistic Licence celebrate its 20th Anniversary. It also marked 10 years since the advent of Art-Net, the communication system which allows large amounts of DMX512 data, and multiple DMX universes, to be transmitted over an Ethernet network. Art-Net was originally launched, royalty-free, into the public domain and has since become the industry standard in control protocols.

Technology has continued to developed and advance during these years and, with it, so has Artistic Licence's product range.

"The popularity of Artistic Licence's control solutions is, in part, due to our philosophy of creating products which are demanded by the market and which can be updated as technology develops," says the company.

In line with this, Artistic Licence has recently undertaken a complete redesign of its popular Art-Net products to bring them up-to-date and make the

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USA - Loud Technologies used the forum of the recent Winter NAMM exhibition in Anaheim, California to refute rumours that the company was bankrupt. Earlier, at the opening of the exhibition, Convention TV had reported that Loud Technologies would either be purchased or file for bankruptcy protection.

By the end of the exhibition, on Sunday 18 January - following what discussions between Loud's management and the show's organisers one can only imagine - a front page story on the show newspaper, UpBeat Daily, said the rumours were unfounded.

Speaking to UpBeat Daily and Music Inc publisher Frank Alkyer, Loud CEO Rodney Olson, who took over management of the group last August, said the earlier news report was "totally unsubstantiated and painted the wrong picture of our situation. The truth is Loud has an envied senior management, supportive owner

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Sweden - Lab.gruppen has announced the addition of three new models to its FP+ range, including a new flagship amplifier, the FP 14000. Also new are the FP 9000 and the FP 4000, bringing the total number of amplifiers in the FP+ range up to seven.

FP 14000 delivers 14000W (2 x 7000W @ 2 ohms) in just 2U. The Regulated Switch Mode Power Supply (R.SMPS) has been updated throughout the range to provide more sustained high power during extended bursts of low frequency content, while at the same time ensuring stable rail voltages even with wide fluctuations of external mains voltage.

FP 9000 and FP 4000 also offer considerable power density, delivering 9000W (2 x 4500W @ 2 ohms) and 4000W (2 x 2000W @ 2ohms) respectively, in just 2U. At the core of their performance, and indeed that of the FP 14000, is Lab.gruppen's Class TD output stage, an amplifier topology that approaches the e

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