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usa - In a move to provide systems integrators with deeper knowledge of the features, benefits and applications of the AVB protocol for multichannel A/V networking over standards-based Ethernet, Harman Professional will hold multiple training sessions and discussions throughout InfoComm 2010 that focus exclusively on the new protocol.

The training sessions and discussion will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Centre on separate days throughout the three-day exhibition, while its new AVB system, which demonstrates the benefits of the technology with an emphasis on Houses of Worship applications, will also be on display at the Harman Professional booth.

The House of Worship demonstration system features the three interconnected elements of Harman's AVB system solution. The ha

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USA - D-Tools has announced the release of the newest release of its System Integrator software, SI 5.5. SP2. D-Tools System Integrator is currently used by over 3,000 companies to streamline the design, estimation, and documentation processes associated with the installation and integration of low voltage systems.

SP2 contains over 20 new usability features and enhancements, fixes numerous bugs, and introduces new support for Canadian Quick Book 2010 users.

Existing users will experience increased productivity through new drag-and-drop data management tools as well as improved application performance, says the company. New support for AutoCAD 2011 and QuickBooks 2010 will mean integrators can use SI5.5 to stay connected with the most current technologies. A new suite of integrated support and documentation features will help integrators take full advantage of the benefits of

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Australia - Sydney-based Dubology Studios has recently unveiled the DubMobile, a mobile facility featuring a 128 channel DiGiCo DS-00 digital console with two EX-00 fader expansion modules, DiGiRack and MiNi-DiGiRack, with up to 288 tracks of multitrack recording on to ProTools HD, Steinberg Nuendo and Motu Digital Performer.

Developed in conjunction with Sony Australia, Dubology owner Ivan Ordenes has created a comprehensive facility in a vehicle measuring just 5.8m long by 2.8m high, making it suitable to work in the most restricted of spaces.

"The DubMobile was the culmination of a long term plan to create a multi-purpose mobile control room and recording rig," says Ordenes who has worked with top bands including Oasis and Metallica. "We chose the DS-00 for its power and performance to handle complicated audio situations.

"Another advantage is that DiG

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The Netherlands - Dutch PA hire company Rent-All has become the latest European member of the L-AcousticsK1/Kudo Pilot Programme, taking delivery of 48 K1 and 36 Kudo large format line source cabinets, 24 K1 subwoofers and LA-RAK touring racks fitted with LA8 amplified controllers to drive the system.

The company, headquartered in Bemmel, provides dry-hire rental services to the Netherlands and Germany. It already has a large hire stock of L-Acoustics equipment, including V-Dosc, dV-Dosc, Kudo, Arcs and coaxial speakers.

"K1 is not a substitution for our existing large V-Dosc inventory, which we will be keeping, but a logical continuation of the revolutionary L-Acoustics waveguide and loudspeaker R&D," says Rent-All's Rene van der Linden. "The K1 system will bring us new opportunities and challenges regarding high-end sound reinforcement in the large scale marke

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USA - Denon Professional has announced the introduction of its DN-V500BD professional reference Blu-ray/DVD player, designed to meet the needs of sound contractors and systems integrators. The DN-V500BD is designed for applications where the best-possible video and audio quality is required, and offers ease of installation, versatile playback capabilities and reliability under the most demanding conditions, says the company.

The Denon DN-V500BD provides HDMI 1.3a, 1080p/24-bit video with Deep Colour and x.v Colour support, along with High-Bit-Rate audio output. It employs an Anchor Bay VRS high-bit interlace-to-progressive scan converter and scaler and Denon's High Picture Quality Circuitry. In addition, the DN-V500BD provides BD-Live Profile 2.0, AVCHD and DivX HD support, and includes an HDMI Source Direct mode to output the native resolution of a Blu-ray Disc.

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Germany - e:cue lighting control makes video-to -light installations "easier than ever" with its Video Micro Converter DMX (VMC DMX). This compact device converts DVI source to DMX512 protocol for control of creative LED media installations.

One VMC grabs video signals of up to 4096 pixels from a DVI source and converts them to DMX channels, while multiple VMCs can be daisy-chained to convert an entire video via DVI signal for projects requiring more than 4096 pixels. The VMC features very flexible pixel mapping capabilities for demanding LED installations ranging from a few hundred to one million pixels.

Each VMC has an internal active DVI signal booster for repeating and boosting the DVI signal when multiple VMCs are clustered to control video installations greater than 4096 pixels. A default image file can be uploaded onto the VMC, using a PC, for display in the e

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USA - At Infocomm 2010, TiMax will showcase the TiMax SoundHub system matrix controlled by a Crestron remote touch-panel, using Out Board's new AVControl ethernet interface - which is also configured for AMX and Medialon control systems.

Also demonstrated will be TiMax SoundHub's new S-Version advanced audio showcontrol software. Aimed at event and attraction sound designers, new features include multitrack timeline cue programming, clip editing, looping and volume-profiling plus waveform-based pan programming and showcontrol playlists.

TiMax SoundHub is a multichannel mix matrix and audio playback server for AV installations, museums, attractions, corporate, retail and themed environments and events. The system comprises scaleable audio routing, mixing and EQ processing from 16 up to 64 channels in/out with up to 64-tracks of random access audio playback in a single 2U chassi

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Denmark - The new MAC 350 Entour from Martin Professional is billed as "the most powerful and energy-efficient LED-based profile moving head fixture on the market to date". It marks a radical advancement in light output and quality compared to other LED profiles on the market, says the company. It is the direct result of a technology grant for the development of new LED technologies.

Light output is exceptional for an LED profile yet the MAC 350 Entour is highly energy efficient. It delivers 8,000 lumens of output from efficient 50 W white LEDs, an output greater than many larger and more expensive 250/300 watt fixtures.

The MAC 350 Entour houses eight easily interchangeable dichroic colours with split colour effects and continuous rotation. It houses six rotating and indexable gobos, all new designs that are easy to change. Beam angle is 25o.

The LED light sources

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UK - On 5 June Charcoalblue projects director and motorbike enthusiast Jack Tilbury accompanied by pillion riding, camera wielding, industry journalist Sarah Rushton-Read, will join The First Night Riders - a group of motorbike riding entertainment and theatre professionals - for a seven-day tour of new, interesting and historically significant UK theatres.

The trip will take riders to venues up and down the UK and raise much needed funds for The Theatrical Guild (TTG) - a charity dedicated to supporting individuals who have been or are currently employed in professional theatre - backstage and front of house.

The First Night Riders will depart from outside London's National Theatre on 5 June 2010 and will return just in time for the start of the Theatre Engineering & Architecture Conference on 13 June 2010. In all, riders will cover 1400 miles in eight days and finish up at H

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USA - After selecting Coemar lighting fixtures for alternative/funk party band 311's 2008 and 2009 tours, lighting designer/director Joe Paradise once again chose a complement of Coemar Infinity XLs and ACLs for the band's much-anticipated 2010 311 Day Concert.

The biennial event, which celebrates the band and salutes fans worldwide, was held at the Mandalay Bay Event Centre in Las Vegas on 11 March. The five-hour communal concert began in 2000 and has become a 311 tradition; this year fans could also tune into a live webcast.

"The show featured 68 songs, LED video and two laser tables; there was a lot of non-stop programming right up until the last minute," says Paradise who also programmed the concert and directed the video.

"I used 18 Infinity XLs as a wash on stage over the band instead of using a keylight," he explains. "I also used their effect

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USA - A new Anolis LED landscape lighting project has been completed in the newly renovated Town Point Park in the heart of the city of Norfolk, Virginia.

The 2.8 acre waterfront park was recently regenerated by the City of Norfolk in a project aimed at enhancing the experience of visitors and residents choosing to spend their leisure time downtown. Norfolk is replete with a selection of restaurants, vibrant night life, aesthetically appealing residential and commercial buildings, historical landmarks and museums, with Town Point Park right at its core.

It is located right in Chesapeake Bay on the Elizabeth River with panoramic views of the surrounding cities, and is also the home of frequent festivals, events and concerts produced by the city's busy event planning organisation, Norfolk FestEvents.

The City of Norfolk called in Blue Steel Lighting Design from Virginia

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UAE - The Ratsky in Dubai's Excelsior Creek recently installed a sound system from Dynacord.

Liberty Acoustics was entrusted with the task of performing the installation. Supported by Dynacord's's partners in the region, AVL, the team from Liberty Acoustics installed, for the first time in any Dubai club, a fully digital control platform. Its nerve centre is a P 64 Digital Audio Matrix Manager.

This network-capable and freely configurable audio system controller offers not only the live bands but also the DJs making guest appearances in the club a wide range of possibilities: the entire audio system is configurable, remote controlled and also supervised remotely by means of the IRIS-Net software. "It's the P 64 and IRIS-Net that does all the work in the club," says Liberty Acoustics MD Mark Legaspi. "The DSP system spares those responsible a great deal of time a

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UK - Proel (International) has announced the UK launch of two new Flash8 speakers, which join the Flash 12 and 15 models, replacing Proel's established Next series.

The Flash8 is a full-range speaker in a polypropylene enclosure, available in active and passive versions, (8A and 8P) featuring Celestion 8" woofers, designed for PA and all general sound reinforcement uses.

The Celestion 8" woofer comes with an enlarged voice coil (1.8" as opposed to 1.5" in the Next8) which means the speaker offers increased power handling and greater extension at lower frequencies. Meanwhile, the newly developed large format HF horn offers higher efficiency in the HF region and better coverage. HF duties are handled by 1" tweeters with titanium diaphragms.

Despite its small size, the Proel Flash8P will handle 150W continuous input (300 Watts peak) and will deliver 96d

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USA - When Just George's, the sports bar connected to the Captain George's Seafood Restaurant in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, needed a way to let each booth control its own A/V content, they turned to Virginia Beach-based Fidelity Sound Reinforcement. Fidelity selected solutions from Xantech Corporation.

Mike Phillips, project manager and audio engineer at Fidelity, which did the system design and integration at the sports bar, chose the Xantech LM110RP Smartpad3 Single Gang Keypad Controller to enable the system to allow patrons at each booth in the lounge to control their own A/V content. In addition, the Xantech CSPLCD64 Commercial Touchscreen Display was also integrated into the system.

Fidelity Sound Reinforcement installed a dozen LM110 push-button controllers in the lounge, one at every booth. The LM110 offers those seated in the booth the ability to call up any ch

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USA - Barco reports that its Cyberlight 2.0 moving mirror lighting fixture is now on tour with acts including Alice In Chains, Bon Jovi, and John Mayer. Rooted in the legendary Cyberlight fixture of the 1990s, the Cyberlight 2.0 is a modern piece of engineering that merges power with speed and precision control. The Cyberlight 2.0's 30,000 lumens of pure light output is directed via an on-board high speed moving mirror with smooth motion at all speeds. Fixed and rotating Lithopatterns®, unique glass effects, and smooth CMY color mixing provide an infinite palette of colors and creative options for amazing lighting effects.

Mike Baldassari, production designer for the current Alice In Chains tour, Baldassari chose four Cyberlight 2.0's to backlight the four band members. By fitting the moving performers with tiny infrared trackers, the Cyberlight 2.0's can track the movement

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Cyprus - Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises have sold MRG Rentals in Cyprus the country's second PRO6 Live Audio System. The company which already owns a Heritage 3000 analogue console from Midas has decided to move into the digital domain with the PRO6 as it offered them the audio quality they were familiar with but with the routing benefits of being digital.

"After the training session the engineers realized that a great bonus with the purchase of the PRO6 was how quickly the desk could be used as compared to other digital mixing consoles," commented marketing manager Richie Hiranandani. "The small as compared to the H3000 also means we are quicker on setup and tear down of shows."

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UK - A grandMA2 full-size, a grandMA2 light and an MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) are on tour with the 2010 X-Factor Live arena show, which have been specified and are operated and owned by lighting designer Neil Trenell.

Trenell was asked to create a lighting and video design by the show's technical producers Production North. He worked closely with the show directors Annabel Hayden and Stacey Haynes.

When it came to visual control, "It was a completely logical choice as I know the system so well," he says. It's a large investment for an LD to make in consoles, but Trenell thinks it's one of his best moves ever, as he can always use his system of choice. This makes a big difference to how fast he can programme a show and consequently to how adventurous and imaginative he can be with the design.

The X-Factor Live lighting rig consists of five trusse

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USA - Nominations open 1 May 2010 for the third annual ESTA Rock Our World Awards, which recognise groundbreaking achievement by ESTA Members in new products, product applications, or projects. These awards were created to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of technology and the designer or integrator who applies the technology in a real world environment.

Contestants for the 2009 awards showcased a wide variety of new products and product applications from the simplest problem solver to complex uses of technology that extended the boundaries of the entertainment technology field. Project nominations showcased everything from the lighting of the Grand Mosque to the staging of the Democratic National Convention and highlighted the collaborative nature of our industry.

Nominations may be made by anyone in the industry, but an ESTA member must be involved as the de

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UK - Adam Hall has expand its growing product portfolio by becoming the exclusive UK distributor for Audac.

Audac is an audio manufacturer that offers a complete range of professional audio equipment including amplifiers, loudspeakers, microphones and more.

"The installation market is extremely important and Audac will be a perfect supplement to our existing range," says Adam Hall's general manager, Andrew Richardson.

Audac's export manager Mark Asselberghs adds, "We are proud to have a respected company like Adam Hall for our major markets within Europe. With their wide range of products they have the right customers for our products. Together with the support from Audac they will continue to flourish in the successful installation market."

(Jim Evans)

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UAE - Abu Dhabi hosted the first ever Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Middle East and the first in the open air - in front of 11,000 fans, a highly charged atmosphere and beneath a monster steel roof structure specially designed and built for the occasion by Al Laith Events Services.

Al Laith Events Services effectively delivered the entire stadium infrastructure - including all the seating grandstands - that was built to stage the event, juxtaposed with the futuristic backdrop of the new Ferrari World indoor theme park on Yas Island.

The production company was Flash Events. The roof design was developed by Serious Stages' chief designer, Dragan Kuzmanov. Jo Marshall project managed for Al Laith, the site manager for Flash Events was Malcolm McInnes and Flash's production manager was Lee Charteris.

Says Jo Marshall, "This was a very demanding event for us, and it

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Italy - For the first time in a museum setting an historical figure - Federico da Montefeltro - has been depicted full-size in a three dimensional holograph.

On 23 April, the permanent installation created by Paolo Buroni, and sponsored by the Umbria Superintendence for Architectural and Natural Heritage was inaugurated. The installation entitled At Federico's Court brings the court on the main floor of the Ducal Palace in Gubbio to life.

Under the artistic direction of Paolo Buroni, Federico da Montefeltro, played by renowned actor Giulio Base, comes to the life. Using StarkHologram, a new Italian technology, for the first time in a museum setting, an historical figure like Federico da Montefeltro is presented in a three dimensional, natural size holograph representation. The leader converses for 15 minutes with an angel.

Paolo Buroni reports, "My idea was to re

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