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UK - Point Source Productions has recently achieved ISO 9001: 2008 quality control accreditation status.

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for an organisation's internal quality management systems whereby each service offered to the company's customers has been subject to scrutiny. All processes are then structured to ensure that all Point Source Productions services satisfy its customers' quality requirements and comply with any necessary regulations.

"There are a number of benefits to achieving the ISO 9001: 2008 standard," says Point Source Productions quality control manager, Ian King. "Examining and improving our internal working procedures leads to fewer errors and less re-working, which in turn improves our customer satisfaction and loyalt

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UK - eMerging, the UK distributors for Digital Audio Denmark's high-end A-D and D-As, has sold four DAD AX24 converters to EMI's Abbey Road Studios, for use in the Abbey Road Mobile. All four are equipped with plug-in MADI options, and two include DAD's new direct Pro Tools HD interface card.

Abbey Road Studios engineer Jonathan Allen, who undertook test recordings with the AX24 before Abbey Road purchased the units, comments, "For the last few years, the Abbey Road Mobile Recording unit has been looking to create affordable recording and editing packages without compromising on quality. Key to this was our search for a unit which had world-class digital converters, great built-in mic amps and the ability to run MADI back to the control room. The DAD AX24 not only ticked these boxes but made one of the best arguments for working at higher sampling frequencies."

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USA - Line 6 has announced an extension to its XD-series line of digital wireless microphone systems - XD-V30 and XD-V30L.

XD-V30 digital wireless microphone system includes a handheld cardioid microphone transmitter; XD-V30L includes a beltpack transmitter and professional miniature condenser lavalier microphone. Both systems offer six channels, 100ft ranges, and low-profile desktop receivers.

"With the advances provided by Line 6 digital wireless technology, budget-minded professional singers and presenters can now perform wirelessly with premium sound and features," says Don Boomer, microphone product line manager at Line 6. "XD-V30 and XD-V30L provide unmatched wireless performance, uncompromising sound, and uncomplicated operation around the world - licence free."

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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!

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UK - The newly available Rane Sixty-Eight Mixer with Serato Scratch Live 2.0 is being championed by DJ Kofi, who bought the first one to be made available in the UK.

Rane and Serato have created the first scratch live compatible DJ mixer to allow two computers to be connected simultaneously, making it "the ultimate club mixer experience". Using two USB ports, the Rane Sixty-Eight lets two DJs play Scratch Live at the same time, enabling seamless handover from one DJ to another.

The mixer also lets you manage up to four decks with a single laptop and offers access to more tracks and effects than ever before.

"I was using the TTM 57 before and it didn't have beat roll and other things, so it was a bit more complicated to manoeuvre around," says DJ Kofi. "But so many things have been added. On the Sixty-Eight you have all these triggers for the cue poin

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UK - High end audio manufacturer, Audient has brought UK distribution of Audient branded products in-house. Through a network of dealers headed up by a new UK sales manager, Audient is "determined to strengthen connections with end-users".

"Taking over distribution in our home territory creates a great opportunity for us to provide the high level of service that our customers expect," says sales & marketing director, Luke Baldry.

Gareth Williams steps into to the role of UK sales manager at the north Hampshire headquarters. Coming from a musical background, Williams has forged a career in studio recording and professional audio sales before joining Audient. He comments, "We're looking forward to working closely with dealers and end-users to further develop sales of Audient's high quality recording products to the UK market and beyond."

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- b>UKProduction Services Ireland (PSI) supplied lighting for the first gig staged at Belfast's new Giant's Park venue - headlined by DJ Fatboy Slim - together with a line-up of dance acts, including Deadmau5, Kissy Sell Out, Zane Lowe, Sidney Samson

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UK - The Friendly Fires' FOH engineer Richard 'Bars' Barling was one of the first users to put the new Soundcraft Vi1 digital consoles through its paces at a private corporate event at a noted London jazz venue in April.

"As we already use the Vi6 on our tours, it was really easy for me to use the Vi1 and its Widescreen Vistonics interface right away," Bars said. "The integrated I/O on the desk meant we could quickly swap it out for the existing house console, and I could just download my usual show file from the Vi6 on my USB key, with minimal adjustments."

Bars used 24 inputs plus four FX for the gig, and the Vi1 easily met all his demands. "I had to just tell everybody that the Vi6 has had a baby." reported Bars to Andy Brown, head of digital console strategy at Soundcraft Studer, who worked with Bars on the night.

The Vi1 has many of the fun

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Italy - FaitalPRO has introduced the 3FE20, a full range, three inch, 80 mm, loudspeaker with a basket in pressed steel, an outer ring neodymium magnet assembly boasting superior magnetic performance, a total weight slightly over 200 grams and optimum features, such as very ample frequency extension and an elevated dynamic behaviour.

Flavio Naggi, FaitalPRO overseas sales manager comments, "Perhaps because of its purpose, which covers an expanding market sector such as rotable columns, or 'slim' applications for small size arrays. Or maybe because it is also a solution in the Pro2Car area, customized professional components for installation in prestigious acoustic systems within certain cars, we are confident of this product's appeal."

(Jim Evans)

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Canada - The latest extension for wysiwyg R25 is featured on the Apple iPhone website as part of Apple's new Apps for Everything campaign focusing on remote control. Essentially, the theme is that apps can make your handheld device the ultimate remote.

wysiwyg R25, developed by CAST Software of Toronto, Canada, is the latest update in the industry standard for professional lighting previsualisation. The Company added this addition to R25 as a new third party application extension to work with Luminair 2.0 wireless multi-touch DMX control software for the iPhone and iPod touch, developed by Synthe FX of Cincinnati, Ohio. wysiwyg can download fixture point of view and the necessary DMX data to these handheld devices so users are able to see what a specific fixture's focus should be and adjust the fixture accordingly. Once that fixture is focused, the user can turn th

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USA - EAW has announced strategic partnerships with Lake, Lab.gruppen, and Powersoft whereby all manufacturers will integrate proprietary EAW DSP algorithms into a subset of their respective product lines. Additionally, in Q3, 2010, Lake, Lab.gruppen, and Powersoft will announce separate agreements expanding the partnership to enable EAW to sell a selection of their respective product lines as components in EAW system sales.

"At the onset, the integration of EAW's lauded DSP, most notably Focusing, will ensure seamless integration and optimum performance of EAW loudspeaker systems matched with Lake Processors, Lab.gruppen Powered Loudspeaker Management (PLM) systems, and Powersoft amplifiers," commented Jeffrey Cox, Loud Technologies' Pro Audio Group VP. "And once the sales component of the partnership is implemented, EAW will proudly offer a range of amplifier so

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UK - Following on from the recent successful Avitas seminar on BS 7909 'Code of practice for temporary electrical systems for entertainment and related purposes', the industry training organisation has added Tuesday 13 July to its programme in order to meet the demand from the industry.

Hosted by White Light in London, the seminar gives delegates a good understanding of how the Code of Practice should be used with the IET Wiring Requirements to provide safe electrical environments at events. According to White Light's head of production, Stuart Crane, "The BS7909 course proved to be a very useful day for me and my team. As well as confirming existing knowledge, it also proved to be very thought provoking and has made us look in greater detail at the way we design and install event distribution systems and the management of those systems whilst on site."

The seminar t

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USA - Entertainment lighting, effects, and sound equipment manufacturers are invited to supply product for this year's Connectivity Pavilion at LDI 2010, to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre, 22-24 October in Las Vegas.

The organisers are looking for controllers, monitoring equipment, signal distribution devices, luminaires, accessories, and other devices that use the American National Standards developed by ESTA's Control Protocols Working Group, particularly ANSI E1.11, E1.17, E1.20, and E1.31, otherwise known by their acronyms DMX512-A, ACN, RDM, and sACN (streaming DMX-type data using ACN) respectively. The devices will be shown working together as part of a multi-protocol network to show the utility and compatibility of the protocols.

The Connectivity Pavilion at LDI 2010 will be a 10ft by 30ft space across from the ESTA/World ETF booth. The Pavilion provides a d

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Israel - Better Place electric vehicle (EV) services provider has recently opened its first electric vehicle demonstration centre in Israel, which, as a symbolic gesture, was constructed inside an old oil tank located in one of Israel's last remaining gasoline storage and distribution facilities.

The visitor centre concept was developed, designed and produced by Promarket. Protech Integration, an Israel-based AV integration company, designed, made, installed and programmed the entire multimedia and control system of the Better Place centre. Protech selected Medialon Manager Show and Media Control software to be the main AV controller of the Centre.

The Visitor Centre offers the public to come and familiarise themselves with all the aspects of the Better Place solution: a fully electric, battery-powered car and comprehensive infrastructure that includes charge spots and a batte

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UK Stage Technologies was a sponsor of the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conferences (ITEAC) in 2002 and 2006 and is returning as the sole platinum sponsor of this key quadrennial event in 2010.

The conference, which returns to the UK from 13-15 June, is in a new location at the Central Hall Westminster, London. The programme includes around 30 presentations and moderated debates in a structure that allows delegates to attend up to 10 sessions and the 2010 theme is ensuring that performing arts buildings are fit for purpose now, and in the future.

Session topics include stage engineering standards, power flying operation, the principles of stage engineering and technical planning, as well as sessions on lighting and auditorium design.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Orbital Sound reports that HME digital wireless intercom systems - exclusively distributed by Orbital to the UK professional audio market - are being deployed by Leicester Royal Infirmary, for medical training communications within its simulation facility. Orbital has supplied Leicester's Clinical Skills Unit with 10 intercom sets, comprising HME100 base stations and headsets, to aid team communications during training scenarios.

The simulation training facilities at Leicester utilise military-specification mannequins, which are controlled wirelessly and enable realistic monitoring of parameters such as blood pressure, heart rate and lung condition, and even allow blood samples to be taken. Life-size, and of realistic weight, they enable skill and confidence levels to be tested under close to real world conditions, along with the ability to arrive at the correct diagnosis u

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USA - Roland Systems Group has expanded its extensive V-Mixing System line-up by introducing the M-300 Digital Mixing Console. The M-300 V-Mixer is a 32-channel console that possesses many of the powerful features and extensive benefits of the award-winning M-400 V-Mixer but in a very compact format.

The M-300 Mixing Console provides a third console choice in the growing V-Mixing System lineup that also consists of Digital Snakes, Personal Mixing and Multi-Channel Recording. Its size and affordability allows smaller to mid-sized venues to replace their analogue consoles with a digital mixing solution, says the company. The M-300 Live Mixing Console can be rack-mounted, and is suitablefor any event production, houses of worship, education, government and corporate applications.

The M-300 V-Mixer features rapid recall of setups, 17 - 100mm motorised faders, an 800 x 480 colour s

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USA - At infoComm 2010, Audinate launched Astoria, its new IP based Dante audio networking PCI Express sound card. Astoria unlocks recording and production potential by providing 256 channels of uncompressed, digital audio with astoundingly low latency.

Astoria is a high capacity Dante PCI Express card for PC or Mac that provides a cost effective solution for OEMs seeking to create high performance recording and audio processing products, says the company. The Astoria PCIe sound card provides an unprecedented number of super low-latency Dante audio channels with support for all popular sample rates. Onboard processing frees your computer's resources for native DSP and plug-ins. Astoria can support configurations for 128x128 bi-directional channels at either 48 kHz or 96kHz sample rates, or 64x64 bi-directional channels at 192kHz sampling.

"Following the success of the Dan

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UK - Bandit Lites reports "an extraordinary start to 2010 in Europe, delivering services to some of the world's leading artist and designers".

Designer Vince Foster and production manager Julian Marks called upon Bandit to Illuminate the FA Carling Cup Finals.

Designer Greg Hamm along with tour manager Bill Thompson and production manager Peter Edmonds again tapped Bandit to provide touring lighting needs for the always sold out Elvis The Concert.

Ronan Keating put on his ever typical over the top extravaganza with designer Hunter Frith. Ian Whitehead of Production North produced the entire event. The tour manager was Paul Bultitude.

Designer Pat Marks continued his long relationship with Bandit using them again on the Status Quo tour for which production manager Glen Smith was ably assisted by stage manager Lloyd Gilbert.

The British Open Show Jumping C

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South Africa - UK-based Summit Steel were called in to provide specialist rigging services for the installation of a spectacular sculpture made from nearly 3000 footballs, installed into the atrium of the Carlton Centre shopping mall in downtown Johannesburg.

'Ballman' as he has become dubbed, is a World Cup project for sportswear brand Nike. He is comprised from 537 x 2 mm steel wire rope drops each containing specific numbers of balls.

The atrium of the Carlton Centre is being used as a Nike event and exhibition space for the duration of the tournament. Summit was initially approached by structural engineers, Leeds based Ratcliff Fowler Design, who designed the sculpture for Nike, and then needed some serious rigging expertise for the very intricate installation.

Prior to being sea freighted to South Africa, a complete Ballman test-build took place at Magna, the Science Ad

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China / Belgium - At a highly successful PALME Expo 2010 in Beijing, ADB Lighting announced the appointment of RACPRO (Rightway Audio Consultants) as its distributor for the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Macau with immediate effect. The move follows ADB's recent opening of its new ADB Asia office in Hong Kong, headed by Bertrand Dauphant.

RACPRO, headed by managing director Danny Lau, has put in place a specific lighting team and a technical lighting department headed by Mr Patrick Wong, also an entertainment lighting specialist for over 15 years with deep industry knowledge. The RACPRO team has received full sales and technical training at ADB's head office in Belgium and is fully equipped to serve both existing and new customers.

ADB Lighting CEO Christian Léonard commented, "We are delighted to have the expertise and market knowledge of RACPRO headin

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USA/Finland - As Oasis of the Seas sailed out of a Finnish shipyard, the luxuriously outfitted flagship of Royal Caribbean International went straight into the record books as the largest and most expensive passenger vessel ever built - weighing more than 225,000 gross registered tons and costing $1.5bn.

Oasis of the Seas also sets a new record for the largest ocean-going Meyer Sound systems. Three complex Matrix3 audio show control systems are installed, along with a total of 268 loudspeakers that include Meyer Sound's most compact subwoofer, custom designed to meet the stringent space requirements on the cruise ship.

Responsibility for the detailed design, integration, and installation of the AV systems was contracted to FUNA International. "This was like building a full-scale Las Vegas hotel-casino or themed resort inside a ship," says Derek Warner,

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