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UK - Baldwin Boxall will be demonstrating a VoIP solution (VIGIL VoIP) for the first time on its stand at PLASA 2010. The products, developed in conjunction with Archean Technologies, add further flexibility to our VIGIL2 systems.

Using an existing Ethernet network, the products provide a flexible public address system with many facilities. Text-to-speech, live paging, stored messages, timed message, timed volume adjustment and realtime log (including fault reporting) are just some of the functions available. There is also a facility to communicate with passenger information display (PIDS) for automatic audio translation.

VIGIL VoIP enables multi-user access and is suitable for numerous applications. It is demonstrated at PLASA with two types of control: touchscreen and telephon

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UK - Australian Monitor will showcase a host of products at PLASA 2010 including its AMD series of mixers and power amplifiers and the new Revolution Series DSP.

The AMD series of mixer and power amps represent "a significant step forward in connectivity, controllability and flexibility for constant voltage amplifiers", allowing integration to third party control systems, PC enabled control and remote control panels. The optional on-board DSP processing provides EQ, dynamics, delay and level control to completely customise any setup.

Revolution series DSP has been over four years in development and provides a DSP platform that is simple to both install and integrate as well as being intuitive to operate. With the series comprising AV Revolution and Zone Revolution models, virtually any installation requirement is covered, including remote control and paging - all wit

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UK - The Saturday night TV show Tonight's The Night is back for its second series and Richard Martin Lighting hotly anticipated which fixtures lighting designer Roger Williams would opt for this time. Tom Sutherland programmed the show.

This season, the lighting rig incorporated a heavy variety of the Clay Paky range including Alpha Spot 575 HPE, Alpha Beam 700 and Alpha Wash 300.

"It's the first time I have used the 700 beams which were astonishingly bright and so versatile. I used just the 700 beams for quite a few numbers throughout the series, they really made the show," says Williams.

The rig also included Martin LC Panels with P3 Controller. Various LED Lights completed the look - including LED Par 36, 2 Lights, iCove QL and Chroma Strips.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - PLASA 2010 will host the European début of the latest products in the expanding IC Live family of digitally steerable array loudspeakers - with a 'world first' from Renkus-Heinz, in the striking shape of the new IC2, or 'IC Squared'. Also new to Europe is the CF/CFX Modular Point Source Array, a groundbreaking solution for today's small and mid-sized venues, including auditoria, night clubs, theatres and houses of worship.

IC2 combines the control and flexibility of Iconyx digitally steerable technology with the power and focus of a point source loudspeaker, creating the world's first 'crossover array' with the full benefits of both technologies, says the company.

Four 8-inch low frequency Neodymium transducers and 1-inch Titanium Nitride coated HF drivers offer high SPL point source performance, while individual steering control of each driver gives the IC2 unriva

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UK - Console manufacturer Midas is actively seeking to recruit new R&D talent, doubling the size of its current team of engineers.

More than 20 hardware, software, DSP and FPGA design engineers are being sought for positions in Kidderminster and Manchester.

The announcement comes just six months after the acquisition of Midas Klark Teknik by the Music Group. The move follows a declaration at the time of purchase to invest substantially in Midas product development.

"I am incredibly excited about the way that we can now develop the company, thanks to the Music Group," says John Oakley, managing director of Midas Klark Teknik. "We have already released a host of new products this year and the pace is about to increase. I want to hear from any R&D staff who would like to join us on our journey, particularly if they have experience of digital audio mixer design. W

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Italy - ChiMiama has recently opened at the former Mercedes Headquarters in Piazza Kennedy, not far from Milan's Trade Fair Center, Fiera Milano. ChiMiama is a new restaurant stretching over a wide open space where Proel was called in to design and install a professional audio system.

It is not only a restaurant, rather a "new and revolutionary concept". Four gastronomic islands offer specialties from different cuisines and various happenings are staged throughout the day. The necessity imposed by the aesthetic choices combined with the need for quality sound led to the request of high-performance professional products.

Each area of ChiMiama feature 18 wide band EDGE25PW loudspeakers, hung on the walls or on the pillars, combined with two Smart SMTV15SA subwoofers.

The whole system is electronically controlled by a Source AMIX4Z 4-zone mixer and an active AS025 cro

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USA - The growth and success of Australian lighting solutions company ENTTEC has led to the opening of its first North American office and factory this summer: ENTTEC Americas, LLC.

Located in Durham, N.C., ENTTEC Americas houses the US sales and warehousing operations for the Melbourne-based ENTTEC. The US operation's large showroom displays its variety of lighting control systems for both training and demonstration purposes.

"We started our US operation five years ago. Since then we have seen steady growth every year," says Nicolas Moreau, ENTTEC's founder and managing director. "The next logical step was to open an office and factory space to further support our North American customers; a location where we would offer training for our existing product line and our new LED-based products. I'm really excited by this new project and confident our customers will

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UK - Han-Yellock is a new industrial connector series from Harting which incorporates a number of features that make it suited to use in stage automation, concert lighting and power distribution systems.

In addition to offering an IP67 mated degree of protection, the connector features an integrated 'seat-belt' style latched locking mechanism that ensures damage limitation under harsh handling conditions. The new connector also allows single-handed mating or unmating, making it suitable for fitting in awkward access areas - often the case for theatre installations.

The locking facility is a key function of the Han-Yellock connector. When locked, the connection is resistant to vibration and shock. When unmated, a red ring is visible around the perimeter of the locking pushbutton. When fully mated, this ring disappears as soon as the internally protected stainless-steel springs

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UK - The Bryant DTL MiniBlox range of distribution and conversion modules can solve many integration problems with one small, reliable standalone unit, says the company. The range is designed as the quick fix to get things running whilst still at full broadcast specification.

"Our customers find these units essential to have on hand when an installation isn't running quite as smoothly as hoped," says a spokesman. Suitable power supplies and racking systems are available to order separately.

The most popular palm sized fixes are: 4206 1x6 3G-HD-SD Re-clocking Distribution Amplifier; 4261A 3G-HD-SD Dual Stereo Analogue Audio Embedder; 4261D 3G-HD-SD Quad AES Audio Embedder; 4262A 3G-HD-SD Dual Stereo Analogue Audio De-embedder; 4424 SDI to Composite Analogue Video 10-bit DAC; 4463A Composite Video to SDI with Embedded Audio ADC; 4464A SDI to Analogue Composite Video &

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UK - The first shipment of the new Chroma-Q Color Force coloured LED fixture range has gone straight into the rental stocks of UK production companies in the event, broadcast and performance lighting sectors. Early adopters include Colour Sound Experiment, DBN Lighting and White Light.

Colour Sound Experiment managing director, Haydn Cruickshank comments, "I've used various LED battens before, but in my experience, none of them have been bright enough to adequately light large stage backdrops. The Color Force fills this need perfectly. I expect it to do really well on our clients' productions needing a powerful stage theatrical style cyc light."

DBN lighting designer, Stephen Page notes, "The Color Force batten offers exceptional brightness and versatility. There's ample output to uplight or downlight stage backdrops, plus the RGBA optics deliver a full range of

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Denmark - City Kirken in Arhus has undergone a major refurbishment. One of the church members Peter Rasch reports, "The church completely renovated the building within which it lives. The main worship room was always intended to bring a fresh modern feel and the church members all agreed that we should employ the equally modern technologies of communication, sound, light and video, but with sensitivity. This is not the place for Iron Maiden, but it is a place where people should be excited by what they see and hear."

The Church Committee sought Rasch's advice, "My career has been in providing audio and communications systems. I worked with Informations Teknik in Copenhagen for some years, and now work with Get Visual, a specialist with particular expertise in video in my home town of Arhus. My primary recommendation was for a d&b audiotechnik PA system; speech is

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Argentina - Teatro Colón, the main opera house in Buenos Aires and considered one of the best five opera houses in the world, was recently refurbished with a grandMA2 full-size console and a grandMA2 replay unit.

The city government's original 'master plan' in 2006 involved structural restoration, but Mayor Mauricio Macri decided on a total facelift across the board costing US$ 100 million - the most expensive heritage restoration in Argentina's history - in order to improve both the building's structure and to bring it up to date technologically.

Ernesto Diz was in charge of the lighting system's bid specification. Diz, founder of Estudio Diz, was a professor of lighting design at the Buenos Aires University, and is the lighting and stage designer of several buildings in Argentina and around the world, including Teatro Argentino de la Plata, Teatro Municipal de Bahia Blanca,

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UK - Colour Sound Experiment, the specialist lighting and sound designers, today announced investment of over £300,000 worth in new kit, to meet the requirements for Dizzee Rascal's summer tour and exploit high demand for lighting over the festival season. Investments include 25 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500s, 60 Chroma-Q Color Force 72 LED battens and 6 GLP Impressions.

Festival season is always a busy time of year for Colour Sound Experiment, with an increasing number of headline acts on its books, it needed to rapidly scale-up its product portfolio, to include even bigger spots and popular lighting effects such as GLP impressions. Let down by its High Street lender, Colour Sound Experiment turned to Azule Finance, the specialist sound and lighting finance provider, to source a rapid and competitive quote.

Haydn Cruickshank, MD Colour Sound Experiment explained: "

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UK - Entec Sound & Light supplied sound and lighting equipment plus 19 crew for a non-stop get-in, show and performance marathon Night of Bliss, the biggest ever Christian Conference in the UK - for the Christ Embassy Church at the O2 Arena.

The event featured various Christ Embassy ministers who delivered blessings, prayers and sermons to the crowd. Speakers included Pastor Anita and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. A live worship band and a choir of over 1000 voices accompanied them. The whole event was also recorded for DVD.

Entec's heavy schedule demanded some nimble logistics, so they brought Simon Tutchener onboard as technical production manager for the project, to integrate their services into a vast XL Video set-up, Hawthorn set design and four rigging teams from Summit Steel. Eat To the Beat and Stage Miracles completed the cast. Tutchener was also the anchor between

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Germany - Running from 5-8 August, this year saw the second edition of the Burghauser Konzertsommer mini-festival, featuring four evenings, four genres,and the backdrop of Burghausen Castle. With acclaimed performances by jazz star Roger Cicero and his band, Austrian bard Peter Cornelius, German Volksmusik charmer Hansi Hinterseer, and the similarly well-received Night of Musicals gala, it was a formula that proved successful once again this year. Despite the wet and cold weather, organizers Creative Concerts were welcomed 5,000 visitors.

This year as last, the festival's sound production was the responsibility of a team from rental company MSE Tontechnik. As well as the variety of the acts performing, the medieval venue - a 60 x 20m courtyard - also posed challenges for the crew of technicians. "It's no easy matter here," commented MSE chief Johannes Sch

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UK - Soundking Group, parent company of Cadac Holdings, Studiomaster and Carlsbro, has announced the appointment of Patrick Almond as marketing manager Soundking Group Europe.

Almond, formerly head of marketing for Studiomaster, assumes responsibility for the marketing of the three brands throughout Europe with immediate effect. Almond's new role will see him oversee the group's promotional activities across the professional audio, live sound, theatre sound, AV and event production and MI sectors.

The new position is "a key aspect of group strategy", as Cadac establishes itself, with a wider product portfolio, beyond its traditional market leading position in theatre mixing consoles, and as Studiomaster re-establishes a prominent position in professional and MI PA, and commercial audio markets.

An effective relaunch of the Carlsbro brand is scheduled for next year'

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UK - Independent Studio Services (ISS) is now the appointed installer for Le Mark's new range of projection screens and dance & stage floors.

Stuart Gibbons comments, "It's a pleasure to have secured Simon Caldwell and the ISS team's installation skills in the new Tüchler/Le Mark project. To be able to offer the new, exciting and innovative range of PVC Projection Screens available from Tüchler and have them installed by ISS means our customers will receive superior service from enquiry to installation."

Caldwell and his highly respected team have worked on a number of entertainment projects including installation of stage engineering equipment for Disney Cruise ships, Thesselonika Concert Hall and many projects for system integrators based within the UK .

(Jim Evans)

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UK / Belgium - Stageco's Entertainment Valley neighbours, EML Productions and The Powershop, will be joining Stageco at PLASA 2010. The three Belgium companies who specialise in the international entertainment industry have collaborated on creating a stand that they will jointly exhibit at.

The Entertainment Valley double decker stand, is named after the road all three companies reside on, and will offer clients and friends of the companies a Belgium Beer Café environment to discuss their services and potential projects.

The Belgium neighbours each specialise in different production disciplines; Stageco are internationally renowned for innovative stage designs and temporary structures, whilst EML Productions are a prominent supplier of audiovisual equipment and The Powershop provides event power supplies.

The international trio have collaborated on many different proj

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UK - Wireless Solution Sweden will be debuting the latest addition to the award-winning W-DMX line, the BlackBox F-2500, during PLASA 2010.

The W-DMX BlackBox F-2500 can act as two transmitters, two receivers, and one repeater - three functions in one. It also supports Dual Band of 2.45GHz and 5.8GHz as standard. It carries patent technology for adaptive frequency hopping, error correction, and high fidelity.

Bundled with the new W-DMX Bluebox RDM Controller, the F-2500 offers a breadth of control capability, says the company. The Bluebox RDM Controller is a PC based DMX and RDM controller for controlling large rigs of RDM enabled products. It allows users to search for any RDM enabled product in a DMX/RDM Network, automatically patch and control the fixture, receive status updates and configure settings such as fixture mode, lamp on/off and more.

In addition to the F-2500 a

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UK - The new Biamp Vocia system is a range of products designed to work together as a networked paging and voice alarm system compliant to the new EN54-16 standard.

Vocia offers a high degree of scalability, from simple overhead paging applications to advanced paging systems spanning multiple zones and structures, says the company. With decentralized processing and page routing, Vocia's smart units use network technology to distribute intelligence - eliminating the potential for a single point of system failure. As the first US manufacturer to earn EN 54-16 certification, Biamp built Vocia from the ground up to meet the exacting requirements for Voice Alarm Control and Indicating Equipment (VACIE).

Vocia offers audio distribution over standard Cat 5/6/7 fibre networks and the internet, systems can be remote and connected for real time paging and evacuation. With a range of wal

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Vietnam - ARX, the Australian based manufacturer of USB, Digital & Analogue interface and signal processors has appointed Pave System as its new distributor for Vietnam.

ARX managing director Colin Park finalised the distribution agreement at the recent Palme Exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City. "Pave's Jeffrey Lim, Robert Yeo our Singapore regional director and I finalised our distributor agreement during the HCMC Exhibition," says Park. "Pave Systems have been active

in Vietnam for 10 years and ARX is excited to working with Jeff and his team to develop the market for ARX products in the Install, AV and production sectors."

Along with ARX, PaveSystems also represents other lines including Kramer, Serriavideo, Wolfvision, Clockaudio and LifeSize Video Conference System in the region.

(Jim Evans)

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