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USA - Denon DJ Europe has announced the launch of three major new products at this year's DJ Expo in Atlantic City.

The Denon DN-MC6000 ushers in a new product category as an integrated, full blown mixer and 'dual deck' MIDI Controller. This mixer / MIDI Controller combines a four-channel / eight-source standalone digital mixer - featuring real time channel matrix operation - USB MIDI control and two stereo in / two stereo out USB audio interface. A slim tabletop design with solid steel chassis, paired with the DJ software of choice, the DN-MC6000 is billed as a complete turnkey control solution.

The Denon DN-X600 is a highly spec'd two-channel performance mixer, optimised for both traditional vinyl techniques and the latest digital media and computer DJ systems, that offers lev

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USA - At the Country Club Hills Theatre, an outdoor venue situated in Country Club Hills, a suburb of Chicago, this summer's schedule includes performances by Toni Braxton, Al Jarreau, Eric Benet, Bobby Brown, David Sanborn, and Smokey Robinson. This season sound reinforcement is via a new sound reinforcement (SR) system comprised of components from D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 catalogue.

Chicago, IL-based Sound of Authority was contracted to provide the sound system at the venue. Ernest Greene, Sound of Authority's president and CEO, deployed a new SR setup consisting of D.A.S. Audio's Aero 50 line array enclosures and LX-218 subwoofers from the Aero Series 2 product group, augmented by Aero-12A line array modules for side-fill.

"This is our third season handling sound services for the Country Club Hills Theater," Greene reports. "While our client has always be

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China - Expo 2010 Shanghai China (Expo 2010) is in full swing on the banks of the Huangpu River, where more than 190 countries and 50 international organisations have gathered to display their brands and cultures to the world. Open until 31 October, Expo 2010 is the largest (5.28km2) and most expensive world expo ever held, and organisers expect between 70 and 100m Chinese and international guests, making it the most visited in history.

As part of this landmark moment, LED rental screen provider JM Rental has installed Lighthouse LED screens at the Macau pavilion, in the Expo's Urban Best Practice Area (UBPA). Located in Puxi District, the UBPA allows cities to independently participate in the World Expo to show explicitly innovative programs designed to improve the quality of urban life. JM Rental worked closely with Don't Believe in Style (DBIS), the creative agency responsibl

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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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USA - Tomcat USA has appointed Fernando Perez-Cervantes as its new operations manager of the Americas. Among others, Fernando held a number of important positions within the Chrysler group and has recently joined the team to plan, organize, direct and control the operations functions in the US and Mexico.

"Regardless of the project, Tomcat is committed to providing innovative products and innovative solutions to serve the challenging needs of our customers, and to make that happen we make sure we have the best people on board" said Stefano Rossellini, CEO.

"We are very excited to have Fernando on Tomcat's team and are confident in his leadership. He is a professional with valuable knowledge of supply chain, lean warehousing, stamping operations, welding operations, assembly operations, and human resources."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Manchester-based DBN Lighting supplied stage lighting to two recent high profile Liverpool City Council events, A Wave At Picasso and Dance On the Waterfront, working for creative producers, Walk The Plank.

The free events took place on and around the Pierhead area of downtown Liverpool, and were part of a lively programme of public shows and installations staged throughout the summer for the enjoyment of all

Staged in Salthouse Quay and directed by Mark Murphy, A Wave at Picasso was inspired by the Picasso: Peace and Freedom' exhibition. The 'Wave' was an eclectic and imaginative combination of canoeists, co-ordinated swimmers and dancing boats, together with fire performers, pyrotechnics, sound and projections, all choreographed into a daring mixed media performance, merged with other special effects to bring the dock alive in a blaze of colour and

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UK - Marta Sebestyen is the leading light of Hungarian folk music and an internationally renowned performer. Best known as the haunting voice on the Oscar-winning soundtrack of The English Patient, Sebestyen's latest album, I can see the Gates of Heaven was performed in an intimate concert at the Paul Hamlyn Hall in the Royal Opera House in London. Marta was joined by album collaborators Balázs Szokolay Dongó and Mátyás Bolya for a special performance of songs personally chosen by the artists.

The ROH's Martin Adams turned to Paul Nicholson of Red Square Audio to specify a PA system for the show. Following a detailed sound assessment of the venue, Nicholson finally opted for an APG Beam Series system with an Innovason Eclipse console for FoH, monitors and recording.

"The brief was very straightforward," says Nicholson. "It was for a traditional

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Finland / China - FogScreen Inc, creators of the world's first walk-through projection screen made of 'dry' fog have signed a co-operation and reseller agreement for China. The first pilot FogScreen projection screens will be delivered to Nanjing Santa Claus Media which is promoting the Finnish Santa Claus in China.

According to FogScreen Inc. key account manager Riikka Keppola, the walk-through FogScreen projection screen is the audience's favourite regardless of time and space. "Wherever the FogScreen has been used, it's always proven as the number one attention grabber at the centre of the audience's admiration and amazement. We are convinced that FogScreen will be the perfect means of conveying that special magical Christmas spirit to both Chinese children and adults.

"Expanding our business to the Chinese market and finding a reseller is a remarkable achievement

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UAE - Tannoy's VQ Series loudspeaker system has been putting in a leading performance at a theatre in Dubai, with a pair of VQNET 60 cabs at Dubai Community Theatre & Arts Centre (DUCTAC), located within the Mall of the Emirates.

DUCTAC is the first modern, non-profit, cross-community creative centre in the Gulf region, built to international specifications. The brainchild of local theatre-lovers and business people who recognised the need for an entertainment and educational centre for the community and future generations of Dubai, the facility opened in late 2006.

The main auditorium within DUCTAC comprises of a tiered two level theatre with a capacity of 543, including four VIP boxes, and plays host to an array of international and local theatre, dance, comedy and music as well as TV shoots and exhibitions. The centre has been trying out Tannoy's new VQ Series, with positiv

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Europe - Jay-Z has just completed a run of European dates and festival appearances accompanied by a FOH Midas XL8 live production system, provided by Clair Brothers. At the controls is Kenyatta 'Kelo' Saunders, the rap artist's long-time sound engineer and Grammy-award winner, whohas worked with artists including D'Angelo, Eminem, The Roots, Joss Stone and Erykah Badu.

Philadelphia-based Kelo has favoured Midas consoles throughout his long and distinguished career, and this was his first outing with a Midas digital system. "At heart I'm an analogue guy," he states. "I've been using the H3000 for most of my work for years, and I'm all about the warmth of analogue. I've tried other digital consoles, but moving to the XL8 is the only thing so far that makes me feel at home, I love it.

"I was able to get my mix going very simply; the learning curve was incredib

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UK - With little more than one week remaining before the closing date for entries to this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation, PLASA exhibitors are being urged to put their latest innovations forward for these prestigious awards.

Up to eight Awards for Innovation are available each year, as well as a special Environmental Award for a product which the judges feel contributes to the industry's quest for energy efficiency and sustainability.

This year, for the first time, all nominees will have the opportunity to present their products live to a panel of expert judges, during the Sunday of the show, on a specially-built stage on the Innovation Gallery itself, inside Earls Court 2.

The presentations and subsequent Q&A opportunities will be filmed and the winning presentations repeated on the PLASA Show's central LED screen during the Tuesday and Wednesday of the show, as well as

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USA - A Jands Vista T2 console has provided lighting control for an event winner at the InfoComm / LSA Staged Events Awards. Freeman received the 2010 'Best Overall Staging for a Corporate Industrial Entertainment Event' award for their work on the American Library Association's Annual Conference.

The annual awards are held at the InfoComm tradeshow and represent achievements in AV excellence in some of the most unique and challenging environments. One judge commented on the winning Freeman event: "It is difficult for a lighting submission to grab attention when it's up against so many great total staging projects with video. But lighting is one area that can own a show if it is done properly and this event exemplifies the power of light over the audience."

Freeman provided full lighting, audio, video and scenic elements for the winning conference. The multi-day even

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UK - Kinesys comes to PLASA 2010 with a new fixed speed chain hoist controller range and a stylish new website. The new DigiHoist product range from Kinesys brings digital technology to the forefront of chain hoist controller design.

Digital communications allow multiple controllers to be daisy-chained together, eliminating the need for bulky multicore cables. Self-healing emergency stop connections remove the requirement for shorting plugs, and monitoring of the hoist's status means that information about hoist presence and the state of the limits can be displayed to the user, and acted upon immediately to provide Group Halting if limits are hit whilst moving, says the company.

The new website goes live on 12 September, the first day of the show, and has been built from the ground-up with both specifiers and end users in mind.

Easy to navigate product pages and an enlarged

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UK - Highlite International is launching a new Showtec product at PLASA 2010 - Citypainter 18000 LED.

The Citypainter 18000LED is a bright LED based fixture powerful enough to illuminate large architectural facades or canvas on big stage areas, says the company. The Citypainter 18000 LED utilises the extremes of LED technology and its rugged design allows installation in any environment. With an output of over 18000 Lumen and maximum projecting distance of 300m, this fixture is designed forr entertainment or architainment applications of any scale.

Features include RGBWA colour mixing. The Citypainter uses IP-67, independently controlled LED modules and quick-lock for easy mounting.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Visual Productions will showcase Cuelux for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows during PLASA2010.

Cuelux is a cost-effective DMX512 lighting controller for intelligent, conventional and LED lighting, says the company. It offers a darkened and touch screen optimized graphical user interface, industry-standardised cuelist system, iPhone remote control and can be used in 10 different languages. Cuelux has Plug&Play support for MIDI control surfaces that include fader wings, motorized faders and button stations.

With the new software release for Linux, Cuelux is now a multi-platform lighting software package; Cuelux was already available on Mac OSX and MS Windows (with both 32 bit and 64 bit drivers available). The advantage of a multi-platform system is that every user can choose his own preferred operating system in which he feels technically comfortable and in the case of Linux, ev

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UK - Wireless Solution Sweden will unveil the latest product to the award-winning W-DMX line, the BlueBox RDM Controller, during PLASA 2010.

BlueBox is billed as the industry's first PC-based intelligent, integrated DMX and RDM controller software. Built from the ground-up specifically for controlling large rigs of RDM enabled products, the BlueBox RDM controller allows users to search for any RDM enabled product in a DMX/RDM Network, automatically patch the fixture, and control the fixture, as well as receive status updates on the fixture and configure settings such as fixture mode, lamp on/off and more. This makes the BlueBox RDM controller suitable for quick setup and programming of corporate and live event rigs and is ideal for autonomous monitoring of large scale lighting installations in architectural environments, says the company.

The BlueBox RDM controller is built wi

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UK - Samson Technologies will give a first UK showing to the AirLine Micro Wireless Earset Systemwhich utilises the latest in lithium ion battery technology and couples it with small, high-quality audio components.

Samson's Expedition Series offers an array of practical and portable PA solutions for a variety of applications. Now, the series has a new flagship model: the XP510i that offers more power with a comprehensive feature set.

Bridging the gap between fixed installation and portable applications, Samson will also introduce the Auro active speaker systems.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - 5 Star will be displaying a selection of its standard and custom designed and built cases most relevant to the entertainment industry at PLASA 2010.

Sound console manufacturer DiGiCo's recently launched their SD9 Red Snapper digital console - which is housed in its default 5 Star flight case that will be highlighted on Stand 1-L36.

Also on display will be another set of cases, designed and manufactured specifically for Martin Audio's new MLA (Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array) System.

A selection of CNC-routed foam inserts will also be present, in the form of a professional tool case. This demonstrates 5 Star's flexible and dynamic machining capabilities - which also enhance the quick turnarounds and quality for which 5 Star is renowned - using three Thermwood CNC systems, says the company.

5 Star's standard ranges will include the Arena - cost effective general purpos

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UK - In response to the impending need for UK wireless microphone and in-ear monitor users to move from Channel 69 (854-862 MHz) to Channel 38 (606-614 MHz), Sennheiser UK has announced the full availability of its new G3 GB systems.

The G3 GB frequency range variant covers ALL of Channel 38 and as many 'future proofed' interleaved frequencies above Channel 38 as its 42 MHz (from 606-648 MHz) tuning range will allow.

As previously stated in July, Channel 69 remains available nationally for wireless microphone use and continues to be licensable. However, the current Ofcom timetable will see access to channels 61-69 inclusive (790-862 MHz) cease during the second half of 2012. This means that any Channel 69 equipment purchased now will have a steadily reducing window of usability for most of its tuning range, with just over two years the longest period for which it will continue

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Denmark - The EC-20 is a new generation LED panel by Martin Professional designed for "those who place value on solid, dependable performance and superior image quality".

By combining the image quality and precision of conventional high resolution screens with the creativity and low weight of mesh type screens, the EC-20 provides new design possibilities for all manner of indoor and outdoor staging, as well as permanent installations.

The EC-20 offers several advantages over other types of LED panels. It features a 20 mm pixel pitch and delivers an impressive 4,000 nits of brightness. Designed for rapid setup and teardown in combination with maximum flexibility, colour and brightness is calibrated for each individual pixel for maximum image quality.

Using high efficiency Nichia LEDs, the EC-20 offers visual performance at the highest level. Pinpoint 48-bit colour p

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UK - With two simultaneous events taking place in the north and south of the UK, the NewWine Festivals provide a wide spread of PA venues for sound rental company Wigwam's young engineers to gain experience with the latest equipment. More than 30 stages have to be equipped, and this year sees the addition of eight Roland digital consoles to the inventory.

New Wine originated as a Christian festival, established in 1989 by members of the Anglican clergy. It now appeals to the largest network of Christians open to the charismatic movement in the UK, running a number of week-long festivals in England, Scotland and Wales and currently attracting around 30,000 delegates per year. Its success has spawned the well-known Soul Survivor event for teenagers.

Wigwam has provided sound reinforcement services for the twin festivals for several years, using the residential even

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UK - The Paul Hamlyn Hall in London's Royal Opera House is the latest in a line of prestigious venues to be graced by an Innovason Eclipse digital mixing console with onboard multitrack recording. The occasion was a special one-off concert by Hungarian folk artist Marta Sebestyen. Paul Nicholson of Red Square Audio was called upon to specify all the PA and FoH equipment for the event, which included an Innovason Eclipse.

Nicholson engineered the whole show from the Eclipse console, including monitors, and he also recorded it using the onboard M.A,R.S. system. "With the Eclipse I feel really comfortable having simultaneous control of FoH, monitors and multitrack recording as all the functions are at your fingertips and displayed on the surface and the screen," he noted. "I also like the fact that as the surface is fully user configurable and very analogue to the to

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