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USA - Billing itself as a "church for people who don't like church," Real Life Church didn't follow a conventional path when it built its own facility after nearly a decade of holding services in, first, a movie theatre and, most recently, a high school auditorium. Everything about the Valencia, CA church's new 40,000sq.ft building was carefully planned to serve the 'real life' needs of its congregants and the greater community - from a coffeehouse in its basement, to its strategically centralised location for touring concerts, to the environmentally-friendly design of the structure itself, which sits largely underground to reduce energy requirements for heating and cooling.

At the hub of the building is Real Life Church's main sanctuary, an amphitheatre-style auditorium

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USA - Showcasing all that Miami has to offer-from accommodations and dining to attractions, shopping, and a vibrant nightlife, South Beach has it all, including the new Pinkroom. With its unparalleled luxury, attention to fashionable detail, and a keen focus on the sound and light experience, Pinkroom is one of the region's hottest nightclub destinations and now features a D.A.S. Audio sound system.

Miami-based Paradise Production Services was contracted to handle Pinkroom's sound system design and installation. Carlos Henao, the firm's owner, was tasked with all aspects of the sound reinforcement system project.

"Pinkroom is brand new," states Henao, "and the sound system's ability to blend inconspicuously with the room's décor was every bit as important as its ability to deliver superior audio quality. The main nightclub area measures roughly 50ft long

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USA - In the continuing goal of being one of the industry's green leaders, Bandit Lites reports a number of achievements.

All Bandit Lites offices' computer equipment and components are recycled though Scotts Recycling in Knoxville, TN. They accept complete and partial computers, phone systems, TV's, household electronics, cables, UPS Systems, printers, cameras, VCRs & copy machines. They also accept a wide range of metals, utility equipment, subassemblies, scrap wire and system components. Parts that can be re-used are sold and everything else is separated and recycled.

Office printers and copiers have been replaced to allow for energy efficient units and toner savings. Duplex printing, toner saver modes, and standby modes have been adjusted to allow for the efficient use of supplies and power when not in use. All office computer monitors have been set to turn off when idle a

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

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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Wight is Green - Sir Paul McCartney has lent his support to reducing the carbon footprint of this year's Isle of Wight Festival, where he is the headline act. The ninth festival to take place on the island since its return from its 1970 heyday gets under way on Thursday. Organisers want to make the event as "green" as possible after winning the Greener Festival Award last year.

Generators will partly run on bio-diesel, solar power will be used, while rangers have set up a wildlife and bee haven near the site using funds from festival-goers. The Let It Be campaign is named after one of Sir Paul's Beatles songs and aims to help dwindling bee populations.

Sir Paul said: "I'm glad that winning the Greener Festival Award last year has helped to encourage them to take further action in 2010. It is fantastic for artists like myself to see festival

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UK - OneBigStar and EV distributor Shuttlesound saw Europe's largest festival for tribute bands and new acts turn into a veritable showcase for Electro-Voice PA systems. Now in its sixth year, Glastonbudget has become a serious fixture on the festival circuit, and sold out nearly 7,000 tickets over its three-day weekend.

With four stages on site, OneBigStar was able to draw on the full range of Electro-Voice's line array and point-source reinforcement options, using EV speaker processing with every system.

For the main stage, which hosted the headlining tribute acts, the system used XLC cabinets, flown 12 a side, with X-Subs, and powered by EV Tour Grade amplifiers. Under the big top tent which housed the second stage, mainly used by new acts, the system featured a combination of EV's XLE line array with QRX cabinets, powered by EV's CP amplifiers.

Two smaller stages

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UAE - Sennheiser Middle East, which exhibits at PALME with the assistance of local distributor Venuetech, made fundamental changes to its stand at PALME 2010 and picked up an award in the 'Best Pro Audio Technology Of The Year' category for Neumann Digital Microphones.

This year's PALME saw quite a difference in the stand set up, with almost all products as active displays, which meant that visitors to the stand could take the opportunity to use the new 2000 series products via the Wireless Systems Manager software. Also on show was an interactive guidePORT display, allowing visitors to use the new Porsche designed receivers to listen to live streaming audio from a video that explained how the system operates and to listen to the audio files stored within the device.

Neumann also had a significant presence on the stand, with an active display for the new digital range of micro

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UK - Blackburn-based HSL continues an active 2010, supplying lighting and crew to the current UK and European tour by Australian drum 'n' bass rockers Pendulum, whose distinctive hi-energy sound and performance is storming around the world with their third album Immersion.

The show, a fusion of video and lighting, is designed by Mark Calvert of Immersive (formally known as Pixel Addicts), together with his colleagues John Munroe and Dave Green. It features a striking set architecture constructed from special dollies containing Barco MiStrip LED screen, which has its own set lighting system some parameters of which are controlled, along with the video content, by Immersive's Addict show control system. Additional lighting onstage is controlled through a 'traditional' lighting console operated by lighting designer Simon Barrington.

Mike Oates is project managing for HSL.

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Germany - The Civic Centre (Stadthalle) in Singen, not far from the Swiss/German border, has been a stronghold of cultural life in southwest Germany for several years now. It is known for the broad variety of its entertainment programme, from drama to musical theatre, from comedy to rock concerts.

As the productions in the Stadthalle have become more and more technically demanding, a new sound reinforcement system was installed. The Main PA consists of sixteen HK Audio Cohedra Compact CDR 108 C line array mid/high units on each side of the stage. A central subwoofer cluster of six CDR 210 C is flown above the centre of the stage.

Whenever the musical productions demand more bass, 16 additional CDR 210 units are available for ground-stacking in front of the stage. Six ConTour Series CT 108 8"/1" cabinets serve as near-fills for the first rows of the audience, with ano

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UK - The temperatures soared for the BBC's One Big Weekend in Vaynol Park, Bangor, North Wales, which officially kicked off the UK 2010 Festival season, with Adlib supplying sound for five areas and lighting for two.

Liverpool-based Adlib has been involved in the event for many years, initially starting with the audio supply for one stage and their role has steadily grown. Adlib account handler Phil Kielty says, "It's always a great pleasure to be involved in this event, which has its own special vibe. One minute you can see an act play an unplugged set in the Live Lounge, an hour later you can see them headline the main stage - it really is a very special event."

The Adlib crew of 14 was chiefed by Richy Nicholson, who also worked on the In New Music We Trust stage, the second largest of the event, headlined by Faithless on Saturday and Vampire Weekend on Sun

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USA / UK - J. R. Clancy is supporting the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (ITEAC), 13-15 June in London, as a Silver Sponsor.

J. R. Clancy joins Niscon Inc, and Verlinde SA in Best of All Worlds, a distribution and partnership agreement formed by theatrical technology dealer Hoist UK. Clancy has been involved in all of the ITEAC conferences since the first one in 2002, and is the only US manufacturer to participate in all of the ITEAC events.

As part of their sponsorship, representatives from the companies will join panel discussions at ITEAC on rigging issues.

Technical representatives from the Best of All Worlds will be available throughout ITEAC and the ABTT Theatre Show immediately following ITEAC, to discuss specific project requirements at a quieter stand in Lawrence Hall.

"We at J. R. Clancy recognise the vital learni

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UK - The team from Roland Systems Group presented its Silent Stage concept at this year's Glastonbudget. Previously deployed to great effect at Glastonbury, the quiet stage infrastructure uses RSS M-48 personal monitor mixers and RSS control equipment to create an all-Roland digital stage environment where musicians can play and/or practice.....without making a sound!

Using the Roland V-Drums, V-Pianos, new GAIA synth and other instruments provided, festival performers were able to rehearse and warm-up, hearing their own output through the M-48 system and headphones while other guests in the VIP marquee enjoyed the hospitality undisturbed. Visitors to the Roland stage included Britpop specialists Blurb and Oasish.

"Many performers find that the M-48 Live Personal Mixer is a breath of fresh air for live performers," says RSG marketing manager Martin Thomas. &qu

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UK - Ross Ashton's UK-based The Projection Studio is consulting on India's first permanent full moving image son et lumière Ishq- e- dilli - The Love of Delhi, which is being installed at Purana Quila, a 16th century fort founded by Mughal Emperor Humayun in 1533 and completed five years later.

Ashton was invited to join the project by its creative director and initiator Himanshu Sabharwal of Two's A Film Company, who wanted this production to be groundbreaking and completely different to anything previously seen in India.The Projection Studio is consulting on the design and installation of the projection hardware and control, and the creation of the show material.

The 50-minute show has been commissioned by the India Tourism Development Corporation, a division of the Government of India to coincide with the opening of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be staged in

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USA - The Metropolitan Opera in New York has purchased a 40-channel Solid State Logic C100 HDS Digital Broadcast console as part of its digital upgrade to 5.1 for the second season of its series The Met: Live in HD. The Met is simulcasting the series, which has already hit a high note with viewing audiences for the last three years, in high definition with 5.1 surround sound to selected theatres across the US and around the world. The C100 HDS enables the Met to bring audio production into the digital realm.

The Opera House chose the C100 HDS, designed specifically for space-limited applications, because the compact surface and processor electronics provides the same power and familiar control surface as the larger frame C100 HD. The Met's compact broadcast control room is located in the balcony area at the back of the auditorium, so the C100 HDS was the perfect solution.

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Switzerland/USA - Barix AG has developed an OEM device for Aiphone Communications Systems based on the successful Barix Annuncicom series of intercom and two-way audio devices. The project is the latest in a long list of significant OEM wins for Barix.

"Barix is very happy to announce our OEM partnership with Aiphone, a market leader in intercom solutions with an extensive sales reach, strong sales organization and a very high and consistent approach to quality," said Johannes G. Rietschel, CEO and Founder of Barix AG. "We are proud that Aiphone has selected Barix as a development partner and supplier for a core product, and look forward to a long and fruitful relationship."

At InfoComm 2010, Barix will exhibit its latest OEM invention that is exclusively marketed by Aiphone and its channel partners. The Aiphone IPW-1A network intercom adapter is a customiz

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USA - EAW has launched the QX Series loudspeakers, optimised for installed system applications that require precise directivity in a powerful low-profile form. Engineered and manufactured at EAW's Whitinsville, Massachusetts facility, the QX Series provides size-efficient yet very high output point source clusters, says the company.

The series is particularly geared toward medium-to-large-sized spaces including sports arenas but is also designed for a wide range of other venues requiring high power and consistent coverage in a compact housing, including houses of worship, outdoor stadiums, performing arts venues, theatres and clubs.

The passive, wired-for-biamplification QX Series draws on the knowledge and engineering resources gained through the development of EAW's AX Series, maintaining its reputation of "big horns in compact packages." A centrally located co-axi

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USA - Martin Professional has confirmed that a deal has been reached between Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) and Martin Professional, Inc. (MP) that sees industry veterans and ICD owners Nick Freed, Noel Duncan and Gary Mass trading in their circle for a yellow triangle and rejoining the Martin US team.

During their time at Inner Circle Distribution, Freed, Duncan and Mass, all of whom have previous work experience at Martin US, emerged as key players in the US rental market.

Inner Circle Distribution has been involved in the entertainment industry since 2005 as a distributor of primarily moving head lights throughout the USA, Canada and the Caribbean.

"Through this agreement, a circle has been closed (no pun intended) as all three owners have worked for Martin in the past, effectively earning their stripes here," stated Brian Friborg, president of Martin Professio

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UK - Since its launch as an independent UK company at ABTT 2009, Goboland UK has reported increasing business and flourishing sales in both custom and catalogue gobos. The company's directors, Wyatt Enever and Vicky Fairall, will be attending this year's ABTT with a selection of both.

"We established Goboland UK as a gobo company dedicated to the UK market," says Enever, "which is something that our customers have really responded to in a very positive way. We find people like the local nature of the company and the rapid response to their enquiries and gobo needs that we provide. We offer the same quality of product, attention to detail and customer service which have always been the key to our success and the business is increasing rapidly as a result."

Last year's ABTT saw the launch of the company's Credit Crunch Gobo to celebrate the formation of Gobol

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USA - AVnu Alliance has confirmed Biamp Systems as a new promoter member.

"Biamp sees AVB as the emerging standard for the A/V industry and our products. We also recognize the importance for interoperability of all equipment that utilizes AVB as well as the need to educate the marketplace," states Matt Czyzewski, Biamp's Vice president of Business Development. "Biamp is excited to have joined AVnu Alliance in order to promote these principles that are critical to the industry in regards to growth and adoption of AVB technologies."

"We are very pleased that Biamp has joined AVnu Alliance. They are a strong player in commercial installed audio applications. Their membership in AVnu Alliance further demonstrates the sentiment of the professional AV community that compliant and interoperable AVB enabled devices are the future of the industry," says Le

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UK - As the countdown begins to arguably one of the BBC's most controversial and best loved chat shows, Richard Martin Lighting (RML) continues to support lighting designer, Chris Kempton, on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

The TV lighting specialists have been providing an evolving inventory of dynamic industry standard effects since 2002 - and now the GLP impressions have joined the production.

They recently provided the main focus when Groove Armada (featuring Will Young) performed their latest hit, History.

The special chrome GLP impression XL - purchased in July 2009 - offers 240 LEDs, making the light output almost three times as bright as the original RGB fixture while maintaining all the other advantages.

"I was delighted with the performance of the GLP units on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross," said Chris Kempton. "We always tr

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UK - The finalised programme for the first PLASA International Rigging Conference - taking place on 13-14 September at Earls Court - has been announced.

Running alongside the established international trade show, PLASA 2010, this special event is the first of its kind for the event and entertainment rigging community and promises to be an invaluable industry forum.

Unusual Rigging's Alan Jacobi, Star Events Group's Roger Barrett, Prolyte's Marc Hendriks, CM ET's Cristiano Giavedoni and Sapsis Rigging's Bill Sapsis are among the line-up of international speakers confirmed.

Bill Sapsis of Sapsis Rigging in Philadelphia comments, "In the past 10 years alone, the event and entertainment rigging industry has experienced incredible growth and change. The PLASA International Rigging Conference offers a unique opportunity to meet with colleagues and peers from across the world

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South Africa - Prism Sound has announced the appointment of Johannesburg-based Specialized Engineering Group in Media Advancement (SEGMA) as its exclusive South African distributor for all SADiE products and Prism Sound recording and post products.

SEGMA director Maldwyn Greenwood says, "We are delighted that Prism Sound and SADiE have appointed us as their exclusive distributor. We are a young company and that gives us an enormous advantage because we are not afraid to innovate and try new strategies. There is plenty of scope to increase market penetration for both brands and we certainly feel that the quality of these products will make them very popular with our customers, who include large scale music production studios, broadcasters and educational facilities."

Jody Thorne, Prism Sound/SADiE's sales and marketing manager, says, "South Africa. is a key terri

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