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"The 4D is the centrepiece of my set up and is based on the way I DJ. I have two computers on stage that are synced to each other: one has the synths, keyboards and controllers hooked up to it and the other is full of the audio material. The Xone:4D gives me control of everything I am using," explains van Dyk. "I wanted rotary knobs instead of faders to give me finer control of the volume, and the feel is more precise."

Used for the first time at ADE, Paul's modified version includes VCA rotary faders rather than the standard linear faders. There is also custom-designed silk screening for the faceplate with Paul's name in UV paint.

"One of the great things about the 4D is the great sound and the fact that everything on the mixer can

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The Riverbank Arts Centre was able to secure funding to invest in a Yamaha audio system, to replace a system which wasn't performing up to the standards required.

"We put on everything from films to live bands and a wide range of theatre productions, everything from local to internationally-renowned shows," says the Riverbank's technical coordinator Damien Dollard.

"The system needed to be very flexible, deliver surround sound and we also felt it was the right time to 'go digital', in order to maximise that flexibility. We looked at a number of systems, tested a lot of

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The Mobile Showroom has become increasingly popular, and presents a survey of Wybron's stable of products, including the new Cygnus LED Wash Light, in a environment more intimate than a trade show. "The challenge of this industry is to actually get information to the people who will benefit from it," said Wybron CEO Keny Whitright. "A trade show is terrific, sure, but you're often lacking time to connect with all the folks you would like to."

The Mobile Showroom provides hands-on demonstration of Wybron offerings and an opportunity for tΩte-à-tΩte with lighting professionals, including their local dealers. Most importantly, however, the Mobile Showroom offers education on the general theory behind and mechanics of profes

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Waves required a solid reinforcement solution for their NAMM exhibit booth, where they had some of the world's top mixing engineers including Chris Lord-Alge, Eddie Kramer, Jack Joseph Puig, and Tony Maserati, talk about their work with various Waves tools. Adamson's assignment was simple: to deliver clear and coherent speech and audio over the noise floor of the show, without shouting or disturbing other exhibitors.

The set-up at NAMM could not have been simpler.The plug-and-play package incorporated two of Adamson's

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Adding two white channels to the existing RGB format, gives designers more shades of colour than was achievable before, particularly with pastel ranges, and the ability to use single white LED's for powerful and clean open white beams.

The GLP impression XL weighs only 23.5 kg / 52 lbs. and has the same design as previous impression fixtures featuring no fixture base, low noise operation, simple yet comprehensive menu navigation b

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Luc Petit created a one-off show at the Palais 5 Expo Bruxelles Expo Area. The show itself was made of 12 parts telling BESIX values and its history. More than 70 performers from different artistic disciplines took part in the show. More than 1000 people attended the anniversary party.

The lighting design included Clay Paky, Martin, Varilite and two Compulite Vector Reds and six Compulite ePorts.Tof Leuba who programmed the show said, "I patched all the fixtures with one Vector during the setup, and then I connected the second vector as a Node to get

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Operated by the Kempinski Hotel Group, among its many corporate conference and meeting room facilities is a giant ballroom. Measuring a massive 80m x 25m it can accommodate up to 2,800 people.

AV system integrators, Bond Communications, were recently tasked with replacing and retro-fitting a new sound system that would not only serve the ballroom space as a complete unit, or in its three separate, divisible modes, but do so discreetly, aesthetically and with simple control and operation.

The system also had to be sufficiently flexible to deliver high spec intelligibility across the frequency spectrum for presentations but also be capable of concert style reinforcement from a conventional L

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Exhibiting with Dutch distributor TM Audio, Renkus-Heinz will showcase the full Iconyx Digitally Steerable Array series, in the shape of the recently launched high-power, portable IC Live, and the new IC Live fixed installation version that's been added to the product line due to high demand from consultants and integrators.

To illustrate the ease and flexibility of RHAON software, a RHAON-networked Iconyx IC16R will be controlled and monitored with a simple laptop for live demonstrations and questions.

These products are particularly suited to accompanying large scale digital signage in public spaces, as the digital beam steering allows sound to accompany video in a highly controllable area - and the unit's slender column shape is a great benefi

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As the venue reaches full capacity and with 1,000 visitors already registered to attend, the demand for a high quality show for the North of England's entertainment and installation technology community is self-evident. PLASA Focus is once again on track to bring the latest products from around the industry to a region that looks set to become the location for an annual creative forum for the North.

Since the show and its website were launched in early December, both exhibition halls have completely sold out. New exhibitors Adam Hall, Chauvet Lighting, Cloud Electronics, GDS, Hi-Lights, Le Mark, Lumen Radio, Pola

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As The Crucible was awarded Grade II listed status by English Heritage as a building of architectural and historic importance in 2008, Hawthorn's in-house installation team had to ensure that the fittings used were not only in keeping with the period of the theatre, but also state of the art and energy efficient at the same time.

Phase 1 of the project was completed prior to the 2009 World Snooker Championship with Phase 2 commencing immediately after the championship and completion by December 2009.

Undertaking the installation of new dimmers and technical infrastructure to the Studio Theatre and the expansion of the paging system, Hawthorn's installation team, working closely with Theatreplan Consultants, undertook a 12-week installation programme compl

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The closing concert took place in Amsterdam's Heineken Music Hall and was broadcast on Radio 2 and the second Dutch television channel on 1 January 2010, immediately after the clock struck 0:00 marking the end of 2009.

This eleventh edition saw national and international artists performing their own song plus one personal favourite from the Top2000. The artists included Acda en de Munnik, Ruth Jacot, Spandau Ballet, Jamie Cullum, Björn Again, Lee Towers, Rowwen Hèze and Jeroen van der Boom.

The live-sound was engineered by The Ribbon Network member Hof Audio from Haren, the Netherlands, supplying FOH and stage monitoring. The system was designed by Bart Hof. The

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The MA60MEDIA is billed as "an exciting new development which combines the reliability and proven versatility of Cloud mixer-amplifiers with the convenience of an on-board media player in a single, compact (2U, half-rack width) unit".

The unit plays MP3 or WMA files directly from a USB device or SD memory card plugged into the front panel of the unit, via a simple set of playback controls. Optionally, music source selection and level may be controlled remotely. All standard data rates and sampling frequencies are supported.

The MA60MEDIA may be configured to suit most paging systems. The balanced mic input (phantom power available), can be mixed with one of four music inputs; one of these

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Daktronics manufactured and designed two vertical displays, featuring the latest LED video technology that replaced fixed banners, previously used for promotion. The displays are approximately 11.8m high by 2.7m wide with pixels on 23mm spacing.

Three custom, curved LED displays were also installed horizontally, mimicking the façade of the building, the displays measure approximately 1.83m high by 25m wide.

"I'm proud to have worked with this historical theatre on such an amazing project," said Alain Castelbou, Daktronics France, sales manager. "Everything looks great. It couldn't have turned out any better."

Every hour a theme will repeat on the two vertical displays. The content will relate to the c

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Swisspor is a leading manufacturer of insulation and sealing technologies for the building and construction industry. The high profile event included two evenings of a gala dinner followed by live entertainment, each attended by up to 1000 people drawn from a selection of Swisspor's clients, staff and management, business contacts, local politicians and others. A stage was erected in one of the factory's new Production Halls and each evening's show culminated in a performance by the popular Pepe Lienhard Orchestra.

Kern was responsible for the lighting and media design, operation and programming for the event. He w

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Lusby has over 30 years experience in technical sales, exhibition, project and product management working in at various companies such as Samualsons, Teletape Video, JVC Professional Europe and Ultra Electronics.

"I'm delighted to have joined Calibre, a company with a long established reputation as a manufacturer of high quality image processing solutions used in a variety of markets ranging from broadcast, digital cinema, professional AV, medical, defence simulation & training," says Lusby. "Calibre has a new and expanding range of HQView image scalers, switchers and warp & blend processors. With the increasing range of formats and ways in which video

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Gordon Innocent, RGB chairman, states: "We are excited to work with Xantech, who share our passion for providing reliable, innovative and technically superb products. We look forward to bringing our new solutions to market and have extensive marketing and support activities planned."

Graham Hallett, Xantech president, adds: "RGB Communications offer a level of professionalism that provides our customers with consistency, high-level technical support and experience, which precisely aligns with Xantech's product line and planned trajectory for growth. Xantech is proud to have RGB join our network of distributors."

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The LC Plus is a modular system of semi-transparent LED video panels with new generation technology that closely integrates light, video and set design for new possibilities in indoor and outdoor staging.

The LC Plus is driven by Martin's P3-100 System Controller, an ultra robust unit for advanced video signal processing and integration with lighting control.

FlexDOT is a lightweight yet bright string of LED pixels that allows designers to break free from the flat, rectangular format of conventional LED displays and create

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To complement this, Artistic Licence has produced a Technical Focus brochure reflecting these areas of technology, which is full of information covering the functions and features of a number of products and brings readers up to speed on the latest versions on offer. It also gives working examples, within project settings, of is

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CityCenter also deploys fully networked AV technology on an unprecedented scale, with the core network technologies for audio systems - as well as the lion's share of all connected audio equipment - supplied by the Harman Professional Group.

"This is rumored to be the largest consolidated AV system design in history," reports Darren Smith, who has lived and breathed CityCenter for three