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UK - i-Pix BB4s and BB7s LED luminaires were right in the front line along with the glamour and clamour of the latest London Fashion Week (LFW), where they played an integral part in Nick Gray's lighting design for the British Fashion Council (BFC) Tent at Somerset House. This was the BFC's official show venue for the September 09 event and hosted up to eight shows a day.

Gray's design company Renegade was asked to light several venues, adding an injection of fresh new style in the visuals department to celebrate the 25th anniversary of LFW. At the BFC tent they were working for production company, Bacchus.

The tent was lower than it has been previously, and black throughout for the first time, creating a more intimate and very slick tailored vibe. Gray's rig was designed to dov

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UK - DiGiCo has introduced the EX-007, designed to substantially increase the number of available faders and the number of channels controllable at any one time on an SD7 - and from a distance of up to 100m via a cost-effective Cat 5 cable connection.

It is possible to augment an SD7 with two EX-007s, each acting as control panel to provide 24 faders and two additional touch screens, as well as metering and other standard functions, transforming the already impressive SD7 into a 100-fader mixing console. The EX-007 networks to the SD7, has its own power supply and its own PC.

"The EX-007 has many applications," says DiGiCo managing director, James Gordon. "For touring, there's the obvious advantage of more faders and the ability to control everything that's on the main desk from multiple locations - ideal for shows where a number of mix positions are required be

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UK - Belfast-based lighting rental company Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied all lighting and crew to the White Sapphire Ball, a high profile gala charity event in aid of the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, staged at the Europa Hotel in Belfast.

Asked onboard by event organiser, actress and local celebrity Séainín Brennan, PSI was challenged with a brief of creating something special for the occasion, which featured entertainment from the cast of Riverdance and other leading theatrical productions for the 400 VIP audience.

PSI's Sean Pagel presented a production design, which included the wrapping of the end of the Europa's Grand Ballroom in a combination of high and low resolution ColorWeb LED surface.

This provided a highly dynamic backdrop, making a dramatic visual impression whilst offering the practical facility of being able to run text, sp

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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!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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Germany - The B4-SUB realises d&b audiotechnik's patented design of a cardioids technique using only one amplifier channel following on from the introduction of CSA (cardioid subwoofer array) techniques to their products early in 2004. Then the approach used a combination of stacking standard loudspeakers with specific amplifier configurations which proved both effective and consistent and was followed by the introduction of both the J-SUB and J-INFRA cardioid subwoofers using front and rear radiating drivers powered by separate amplifier channels. In 2008 d&b perfected and patented the 'Loudspeaker system with reduced rear sound radiation' which in turn led to the development of the B4 subwoofer.

The B4-SUB enclosure houses two long excursion neodymium drivers: a 15" driver in bass-reflex design facing to the front and a 12" driver in a two chamber bandpass design rad

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UK - Kave Theatre Services of West Sussex, England recently supplied all lighting, sound, AV, set and crew requirements on a large-scale production for a dance school client. The show was choreographed around some of the most famous movie soundtracks in history with a set design brief to deliver something "unusual and exciting."

Kave project manager Dave Singleton created a dynamic lighting design utilising the company's staging products including 34 Martin MAC 600 and 16 MAC 700 moving heads along with assorted generic lamps. He then placed a mixture of MAC III Profiles, MAC 2000 Profiles, Atomic 3000 strobes fitted with Atomic Colors scrollers, generic lamps, and other assorted moving and LED fixtures around the set and stage floor, plus a mix of Martin MAC 575 Kryptons and MAC 250 Washes at front-of-house. The visible set frontage was covered with Martin LC Series L

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UK - Stage Electrics is currently supplying all lighting equipment for the colourful new production of Disney's High School Musical 2, Live on Stage!. The story follows the Wildcats as they celebrate their last summer before starting their Senior Year. This all new stage version is based on the Disney Channel's original film, and is produced by Stage Entertainment UK who produced the London production of Hairspray the musical and Sister Act the musical.

Technical equipment includes a large number of moving lights, predominantly a mix of Martin MAC 700 Profiles and Varilite VL2000 Wash fixtures, over 50 Rainbow 6" Pro scrollers, two Ivanhoe follow spots, almost 200 generic lanterns and two 'Big Shots' compressed air confetti canons.

Lighting control for the tour comes courtesy of two MA Lighting GrandMA Lite consoles, with a further full-size GrandMA u

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USA - The new Majestic LED from American DJ is "a spectacularly regal moonflower" powered by 64 red, 60 green and 60 blue brilliant 5mm LEDs. This DJ/club effect produces a shower of 184 dazzling beams that are so intense and razor-sharp they look like a laser light show, says the company.

Designed for mobile DJs, clubs and small venues, the Majestic LED offers a cost-effective, convenient alternative to expensive laser effects. "Because it has such extremely sharp and focused beams, the Majestic LED provides the exciting look of a laser aerial effect, yet at a much lower cost," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American Group of Companies. "Plus, with LEDs as its light source, you don't have to worry about a laser variance or other types of restrictions. DJs and small clubs can now add the impact of laser to their light shows without any hassle,

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UK - Lisburn-based Zest Audio has recently completed the installation of a high power Community sound system for the demonstration facilities of Lightstep Technologies at their Belfast headquarters. Lightstep produces innovative products to help people escape from life threatening situations.

Following many well publicised disasters in recent years, involving major loss of life in high rise buildings, nightclubs, underground stations and at sea, Lightstep has developed systems that represent a significant step forward in life safety systems.

Much has been done to improve and coordinate the response and ability of the fire, ambulance, police and other emergency services but, until now, little progress has been made in developing integrated visual systems to increase the chances of escape from burning buildings, gas leaks, underground black outs, explosions on land or at sea, ca

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UK - School performing arts installer School Stage, based in Wembley North London, have installed the first batch of Showtec Indigo 250 LED moving heads into their prestigious install in the new multi-purpose lecture theatre at Gladesmore Community School, Tottenham, North London.

The installation contained mainly Showtec 3W RGB tri-coloured PAR 64 led PAR cans, Showtec 3W tri-coloured LED Studio beams and the 4 Showtec indigo 250 LED moving heads.

Chris Newton, MD of School Stage said: "I heard all of the excitement about the new Showtec LED moving lights at the recent PLASA Show 2009, but I was unable to attend the show. I wanted to try something different on this install, rather than install the usual industry movers on this project.

"The system was 90% LED anyway, to fit in with the building's design. The lighting rig had to be relatively high. I had future acc

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France - Christie is giving the French debut at Siel Satis in Paris (19-22 October) to its Roadie HD+35K - "the world's brightest projector". Nominated for the Trophées 2009 Siel Satis in the 'event' category, this new addition to the Christie Roadie family of projectors produces 35,000 centre lumens (32,500 ANSI lumens) and features Christie's unique, flexible split-body design with separate lamp ballast.

The Christie Roadie HD+35K is the flagship product in Christie's three-chip DLP line, with native 2048x1080 HD resolution and 10-bit image processing. "There is no comparison in terms of resolution, brightness and performance," says George Tsintzouras, director of product management at Christie.

The Christie Roadie HD+35K is built for the road: it sets up quickly and easily and is tough enough to withstand frequent installs. New to this model is a

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UK - Following two years of planning, the Palladium in London's West End has installed and commissioned new ETC Sensor dimmer racks - some 670 ways - and a Unison system for the house and worklights as well as the 'independent' circuits.

"We knew we needed to replace our previous dimmers, which were installed in 1964 and were definitely at the end of their working life," says the Really Useful Group (RUG)'s operations and technical manager, Julian Rees."When we looked around for alternatives, ETC's dimmers were the clear winner. They've been proven to be reliable, with a lot of installations in the London area. We also felt that we were going to get good support and backup when we needed it. I have no doubt we made the right decision."

As the theatre was in use at the time, Rees and his colleague, Palladium chief electrician David Draude, needed to find a s

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UK - Northern Light has installed a customised lighting system in three Glasgow tower blocks which are poised to bring a splash of colour to the city - and predict the weather at the same time.

The Castlemilk Lighting Project, part funded by Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), will see LED lighting technology installed in the northerly stairwell windows of each of the three, 20 storey, Dougrie Place high rises.

As well as creating a colourful landmark which will be visible right across the city, the lighting system utilises up-to-the-minute internet technology to enable residents to check the current weather conditions - and view the weather outlook for the next day.

The Castlemilk Tenants Housing Association came up with the original concept for the project after taking part in workshops with GHA and Collective Architecture and. In addition to funding from GHA's Wider Action

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UK - A.C. Rigging, a division of A.C. Entertainment Technologies, has recently been appointed as a distributor for CM Entertainment Lodestars. As a supplier of CM equipment to this market for many years, the new agreement extends A.C's stockholding to include the full range of Columbus McKinnon Lodestar and Prostar hoists, winches and associated products.

From its offices in High Wycombe and Leeds, A.C. can provide UK and international delivery of CM products. The company's large stockholding currently includes over 200 CM chain hoist bodies, four kilometres of genuine CM Star grade chain and thousands of CM hoist spares.

This choice of CM products is backed up with a full range of related services, including a comprehensive range of spares, post sales technical support, system integration and product training. In addition, the company has a department dedicated to the assembl

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USA - ZFX Flying Effects recently announced a strategic alliance with Stage Technologies, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, to offer automated solutions for productions that require more complex flying sequences. ZFX will add award-winning products from Stage Technologies, including hoists and control systems, to its roster of complete flying services.

The news coincides with the appointment of Joe Champelli as ZFX's new general manager. An automation and machinery design expert, Champelli will spearhead the development and implementation of automated technology and products, the company says.

"Automation provides greater precision and versatility to the artistic flying effects for which ZFX is already known," says Champelli. "The blend of our artistic experience and Stage Tech's reputation and reliability in motion controlled flying equipment makes an ideal union.&qu

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Germany - One of Europe's largest festivals for jazz, soul, and pop rock music, BW-Bank jazzopen stuttgart 2009 recently concluded after 11 days of live concerts, featuring Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Sonny Rollins, and a special presentation of Katie Melua with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra.

The largest concerts this year were moved indoors to the new Stuttgart fairgrounds, with Meyer Sound systems providing sound reinforcement for the first time.

The transition to Stuttgart fairgrounds offered a convenient location for the 28,000 visitors, and gave the performers a more stable environment despite Germany's unpredictable summer weather conditions. "With this new venue, we opened a new page in the festival's history and it was important for us to also move sound to a new level," says promoter Jürgen Schlensog. "And this year, we successfully achie

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UK - Red Square Audio's Paul Nicholson became the first person in the UK to purchase the brand new NTi Audio XL2 Audio and Acoustic Analyzer system when he made the deal at PLASA09 in London in September. The advantage of the XL2, according to NTi, is its flexible user interface. Its measurement screens can be personalised with only a limited subset of the comprehensive functionalities enabled for simplified operator interfaces. Advanced users may access all menus, settings and store their preferred measurement configurations.

Previously having used the AL1, Nicholson was impressed with the replacement XL2 and took it away from the show. He has already used it at a concert for SPL and FFT mapping and for RT60 and STI measurements at a prestigious installation project on behalf of an audio consultancy company.Nicholson commented: "The XL2 is a brilliant audio tool. It's real

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USA - Harman Professional has announced the creation of a new senior executive position, head of corporate development, and the appointment of seasoned business development leader, Jim H. Huang, to fill the role. Reporting directly to Michael MacDonald, executive vice-president of marketing and sales and to Greg Henry, chief financial officer, Huang is responsible for driving growth strategies including market analysis, M&A activities and emerging market initiatives such as branding, channel strategy and local sourcing and manufacturing.

Jim Huang will also work with David Jin and M. Lakshminarayan, China and India country managers and with Charles Owen, vice-president of corporate strategy, to dovetail Harman Professional strategies with the Harman corporate strategy. According to Michael MacDonald, Jim Huang will add a new dimension of focus, experience and commercial expertis

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South Africa - Johannesburg-based Gearshack Event Services is tasked with providing audio for many of the region's most notable events. The company recently completed a series of projects for the University of Johannesburg, a pre-party event for the 2009 South African Music Conference, as well as a concert date with Hip-Hop artist The Game. For each project, the loudspeakers of choice were Aero Series line arrays from D.A.S. Audio.

Held on 16 June at the University of Johannesburg, the Youth Day Commemoration attracted over 1,500 attendees and included performances by the University's choir, along with several guest speakers. Gearshack erected a sound system consisting of 12 D.A.S. Audio Aero CA-28A self-powered, two-way line arrays. Stacked six modules per side atop three double 18-inch bass bins, the combination of twelve Aero CA-28As and six subwoofers provided a compelling s

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Switzerland - The well-established Swiss rental company Wick Audio AG has completed a major investment in Nexo PA systems, and now boasts the complete range of products from Geo S12 and Geo S8 to PS8.

Headquartered near St Gallen, Wick Audio AV spent a long time evaluating top-of-the-range PA systems before finally making a decision in favour of Nexo. The company now has more than 30 PS Series high-output compact loudspeakers in inventory, along with a 24-cabinet Geo S8 system and an 18-cabinet Geo S12 rig. Wick Audio has opted for RS15 subs and NXAMP 4x4s equipped with EtherSound cards to power the different systems.

Reto Scherrer, the CEO and chief audio engineer of Wick Audio, comments: "Whether it's a simple PS8 system of a complex line-array set-up using GEO S12, the sound quality is excellent from the very start.

"The Nexo systems are engineered to be a preci

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UK - Arena Seating's Special Structures division goes into the Showman's Show 2009 in good shape having created bespoke media desks for this October's Artistic Gymnastic World Championships hosted at the O2 Arena, London.

ATP appointed Arena Seating when faced with the challenge of accommodating the world's media at London's O2 Arena from 13-18 October, as the venue has no dedicated media area in the spectator section.

Arena's Special Structures Martin Clark project managed the design, manufacture and installation of the bespoke desks. The system was designed to be easily installed (and removed), fitting over the existing in-house tiered seating and providing ideal work stations for over 200 international media reporting on the action.

In his capacity as Arena's special structures manager Martin Clark is currently working on an even more ambitious installation for a sporting

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USA - Florida-based distributor LED Source has made several announcements related to the growth of their business.

First, the company has doubled its space. By taking on an additional building and knocking down some walls to provide room for additional inventory and to accommodate growing sales staff.

Company president, Marcel Fairbairn says: "We were literally busting at the seams to a point where not only were we short on desks, but we had nowhere for people to park! We are hoping this new location gets us through the next two years, however we're keeping an eye open for more space already."

The company has added some key people. Timm Stifter joins LED Source from Gear-Source, where he was a multi- tasking sales support manager for the past three years. He takes on the role of the growing sales support structure in LED Source, while also over-seeing some of the l

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