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USA - With more than 100 of the nation's top DJ artists pumping out tunes for 11 hours straight, Nocturnal Festival has become one of the premier electronic music events in the US. Produced by Los Angeles-based Insomniac Events, the one-day music marathon keeps getting bigger and better. This year's festival, held at the National Orange Show Events Centre in San Bernardino, drew a record 42,000 electronic/trance/house music fans who braved the sweltering 100°-plus heat to listen and dance to Ferry Corsten, Steve Angello, Simon Patterson and Pretty Lights, to name a few.

"Bigger and better" also describes the size and design of Nocturnal Festival 2010's physical facilities, which encompassed six different stages featuring simultaneous performances. Most

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UK - The ARC Show 2011will be previewed online on 1 December 2010. Without leaving the office, visitors can experience this virtual event and see first-hand what will be on offer at The ARC Show 2011. The show will feature on-demand video seminars, interactive booths and a live networking lounge.

Preview seminars on LED technology, Urban Lighting and Lighting Controls will all feature, with live video streams and webinars from industry associations, including The Lighting Association and Lighting Industry Federation, as well as lighting experts Jason Bruges, Leni Schwendinger and Mark Sutton Vale - with live question and answer sessions.

The ARC Show's event director Tony Crinion commented, "The ARC Show preview event is a fantastic way to bring global communities of people together where they can learn, network and see the latest advances in lighting. 1 December will see

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Japan - Yamaha has announced that it will join AVnu Alliance "in order to support and promote the next-generation AVB network standard".

A company statement declares, "Yamaha pro audio products have always been designed to take advantage of the most advanced system infrastructure available for target applications by providing support for high-performance network formats such as Dante, EtherSound, CobraNet, and more. Yamaha has also cooperated closely with third parties to bring a variety of Yamaha-compatible network products to market

"And now, while maintaining support for existing open-format protocols, Yamaha joins AVnu Alliance, an industry forum dedicated to advancing and promoting the next-generation IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) standard.

"AVnu Alliance was established in August 2009 by a group of world leaders in the audio and IT fiel

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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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UK - Working with the course professors Rob Locke and Stuart Green from the BSc Live Event Technology degree at Glamorgan University, Green Hippo's head of training and education Simon Harris provided extensive tutoring and support to a group of students who welcomed the chance to use a Hippotizer for their sensory garden project.

Rob Locke remarks, "The University's relationship with Green Hippo was essential to this project which would not have been possible without the support of Simon and Nick, and we look forward to further collaboration in the future."

Erica Frost and five of her fellow students were given the brief to design an 'interactive sensory garden' for their final end of year project. This event was a first for the course as the planning and programming of interactive sound, lighting and video was not something taught or discussed as part of the course

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UK - With at least £15m at its disposal, the global Technology Taskforce will recruit the very best technology companies and talent to Britain and help entrepreneurial and innovative start-ups in the UK to internationalise, it was suggested yesterday.

The new programme was unveiled by the Prime Minister at a visit to Shoreditch and the Olympic Park media centre. The UKTI taskforce will have a global network and a presence in East London to maximise the opportunities before and after the Olympic Games.

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said, "We are firmly on the side of the high-growth, highly innovative companies of the future.

"Right now, Silicon Valley is the leading place in the world for high-tech growth and innovation. But there's no reason why it has to be so predominant. Our ambition is to bring together the creativity and energy of Shoreditch and th

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USA - After years of being known as one church with two locations, the members of California's Oasis Church decided to vacate its Beverly Hills address and permanently settled into its 600-seat Hollywood location. In doing so, the church audio team upgraded the audio system with an Aviom Pro16 Personal Mixing System.

Now, the church is ready for both on-location and off-site celebrations, including the church's annual GodChicks Conference that takes place in Pasadena, CA. For Oasis Church technical coordinator, Daniel Rivera, the biggest factor in choosing the Aviom system was the need to change the theatre's aesthetics and to lower the stage volume. He also wanted a system that could accommodate the 60 musicians who share the stage at any given time.

"The Aviom personal mixers have given each musician the flexibility and control to create their own custom preset,&

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USA - The annual ESTA Dinner and Awards Ceremony was the setting for the RSC Lightlock to receive its most recent accolade. Nominated in the best new product category for ESTA's Rock Our World Awards, the RSC Lightlock was chosen as the product which had the greatest impact on our industry in the last year.

The RSC Lightlock is a motion stabilizing device for moving head lighting fixtures, allowing them to be installed with a minimum of rigging equipment, removing the need for battens or trusses in the system. Its stabilization also allows the RSC Lightlock to be used with pantographs and motorized battens without the inherent movement caused by the moving head fixtures.

In its third year, this Rock Our Worlds programme has no real rules. The panel of judges, some of the best known people in our industry, has sole discretion on the number of awards to bestow and

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UK - Producers Julian Marks and Clive McElarney of Event 360 in London called upon lighting designer Vince Foster and Bandit Lites UK CE Lester Cobrin to illuminate the team introductions for the fourth annual NFL game in Wembley Stadium, between the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos.

In order to produce a visually exciting show, but minimize power consumption, heat and impact on the environment, Foster chose to use a substantial number of Chroma Q Chroma Strip Mark II's as well as GLP Impressions for the bulk of the dramatic effects effect.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Martin Professional UK will be holding a Pixel Mapping Workshop on Thursday and Friday, 11-12 November at Riverside Studios in London. Using the latest Martin LED lighting fixtures, video screens and processor, lighting consoles and media server products, Martin UK will demonstrate lighting and video convergence in a number of practical show-type applications.

The workshop is designed to allow participants to get hands-on with the kit in order to gain insight into how to design and operate a pixel mapped rig. Designed to be an inspirational look at convergence, technical issues will also be covered.

"The convergence of lighting and video is a much used phrase in the entertainment lighting industry and on the 11 and 12 of November we'll be demonstrating what it's all about," says Martin UK sales director Mike Walker.

"We will address the lights with

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USA - After winning the Award for Innovation at the PLASA in London thanks to its new Reflection, Coemar turned its attention to the Las Vegas LDI - and won the award for creativity.

A company statement declares, "Innovation and creativity are at the heart of Coemar's DNA. The company is always one step ahead in the search for products that open up new possibilities for the professionals of entertainment lighting systems.

"A sharp focus on the concepts of creativity and innovation is the strategy that Coemar intends to use for facing the future. This will be based, of course, on a solid production capacity and a distribution network covering all five continents. A tested organisational structure that allows the company to meet the market's needs in a quick, concrete manner, always offering new ideas to constantly improve its products and services."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - ANSI E1.15-2006, Entertainment Technology - Recommended Practices and Guidelines for the Assembly and Use of Theatrical Boom & Base Assemblies, is being considered for reaffirmation.

The public is invited to comment on the existing standard from now through 3 January 2011. The review is over when the 'Review End Date' of 4 January starts. The public review forms are available at http://www.esta.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php. The existing standard is available for purchase from The ESTA Foundation at http://www.estafoundation.org/pubs.htm.

ANSI E1.15 gives advice on boom and base assemblies, simple ground-support devices for lighting equipment and accessories. If the assembly is tall, not plumb, loaded unevenly, or likely to get run into by stage wagons or performers, there is substantial risk. This document offers advice to lower or eliminate that risk.

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France - As well as the powerful new Liberty and Freedom lighting control desks, ADB Lighting will also show its latest desks, dimmers and the latest generation ALC4 LED cyclorama light, at JTSE 2010 in Paris.

On show will be the Domino 48 XT M control desk. Providing 48 faders in two preset mode or 96 faders in extended mode on the Domono 96 XT, or 24/48 faders on the 48 XT, a minimum of 500 theatrical memories allows easy creation and modification of theatrical playbacks.

ADB, recently appointed as exclusive distributor in France for EGO Systems and PREGO software, will display this lighting control software along with associated control hardware solutions.

ADB's latest dimming technology will also be on display, in the shape of the powerful and versatile Eurodim Twin Tech modules. Capable of dimming and switching every type of stage luminaire and house lighting in one int

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USA - At WFX 2010, Tomcat offered solutions and products as support to religious venues with rigging, staging and support structures to overcome various technical challenges. Examples of the wide range of standard truss support products were displayed at the expo as Tomcat team members spoke with worship facility leaders from across America.

"Tomcat has provided a wide variety of solutions for religious venues ranging from simple truss spans on a couple of points, to complex custom grids finished to exact specifications with rigging automation and other features that were once imagined and then created," stated Brad Barnhill, brand manager for Tomcat.

"We know that church teams have specific needs and requirements, so we encourage them to contact us for assistance in the design and provision of superior structural products for their projects and to engage our in

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USA - Clear-Com exhibited its first instalment of the new intercom system, HelixNet Party-line, for the pro audio industry at this year's AES 2010. In addition, the company showcased its enhanced version of Tempest2400 digital wireless intercom system, which is now shipping worldwide.

Clear-Com's HelixNet Party-line and enhanced Tempest2400 offer audio professionals communications that are easy to set up and use, yet highly sophisticated, flexible and scalable, says the company.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - At AES in San Francisco, Avid debuted Pro Tools version 9, billed as "a groundbreaking evolution of the industry's most popular music creation and audio production solution".

Version 9 of Pro Tools offers customers the choice to work with Avid audio interfaces, third-party audio interfaces, or no hardware at all when using the built-in audio capabilities of a Mac or PC. This first-ever software-only option for Pro Tools delivers customers the most open, flexible and feature rich version in history, while also providing top professional features customers have requested, says the company.

Also, new support for the Avid EUCON open Ethernet protocol now enables customers to expand control surface options to include Avid's Artist Series and Pro Series audio consoles and controllers (formerly known as Euphonix consoles and controllers).

(Jim Evans)

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China - Clay Paky has joined its Chinese partner, ACE, in organising a successful open day for over 100 lighting and sound professionals at the Shanghai World Expo.

ACE, which has provided equipment and expertise for all the events and ceremonies surrounding the World Expo, invited prominent lighting designers from China's TV and events markets. Attendees at the ACE open house were treated to backstage access at the Expo and presented with Clay Paky's latest line of luminaires.

The aim was to familiarise the designers with Clay Paky's Alpha 700 and 1500 series and emphasise the high level of support offered to the Chinese market place.

Clay Paky has already established itself as a firm favourite in the region. At the opening ceremony that launched the Expo in April, Clay Paky was the only non-Chinese brand of lighting represented, with well over 350 Alpha 1500s put to specta

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Russia - Over 100 Robe moving lights and 500 Anolis LED fixtures were supplied by Moscow based Light Sound Contractor(LSC) for the Colourful Neighbourhoods for a Better City area of the Russian Federation Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.

The lighting design and sophisticated lighting, sound and video control for this award winning pavilion were engineered by LSC's Denis Lyapunov and Alexey Pereverzev based on a concept from leading Russian set and scenic designer Boris Krasnov, who created the general design of the Russian Federation Pavilion.

Over the course of the Expo which ran May to October, the Russian Pavilion was one of the most popular out of over 200 exhibits, seeing a total of 7.5m visitors pass through the double storey environment.

The 122 moving lights were a combination of Robe's ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E ATs - dotted all around the space illumin

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Australia - Live bands, stunt motorcyclists, abseiling, gang shows, sports, singing competitions, gold panning, bushcraft, comedy and the wryly titled Cirque du Scouté were just some of the many activities on offer at this year's 22nd Australian Scout Jamboree. And reinforcing a main arena needing to accommodate 9000 youngsters plus staff was an Alcons PA system.

Attracting scouts from across the world, the event took place near Appin, New South Wales and took place over a fortnight. The main arena's audio requirements were supplied by Sydney-based Loud and Clear, who specified a comprehensive main Alcons system comprising 24 LR14, eight LR14B and eight BF181, with two further LR14s as front-fills and six VR12 as stage monitors. The main system was powered by ALC2 and ALC4 amplifiers with DDP digital drive processors, with the monitors using a further ALC2 with DDP

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UK - Stagetruck has been appointed as the trucking company that will handle the much-publicised Take That Progress Live 2011 tour.

Stagestruck has been Robbie Williams' trucking company of choice throughout his solo career, and was responsible for transporting all of the Take That Circus tour in 2009. "As a result, we are very much looking forward to continuing our great relationship with the boys and crew as they are reunited for Progress Live," says Ian Williams.

"It is a huge responsibility to be asked to handle the transport logistics for the tour, but we are looking forward to the challenge. We are extremely excited to have been chosen for this job by the newly re-formed Take That."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Country superstars Martina McBride and Trace Adkins worked together and apart throughout 2010 with Bandit Lites for their illumination needs.

Martina and husband John McBride, along with tour manager Mark Hively, production manager Meesha Kosciolek and stage manager Pat O'Neil worked with Bandit VP Michael Golden to continue what has become a long stream of over the top visual treats. They again brought in designer Abbey Rosen Holmes - renown for her work with artists such as Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel, Cher, Janet Jackson, Disney, The Cure and many others.

Holmes and Abbey and Martina collaborated with Tom McPhillips and the staff at Atomic Design to deliver a set including ramps, risers, revolving platforms, elevators and Martina's 'moon' which flew her to front of house to sing a few tunes.

Trace Adkins worked with the same system as Martina nightly, yet it was rec

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UK - Up-and-coming Leicester-based lighting designer/programmer Paul Nicholls graduated from Rose Bruford College last year where he studied the Lighting Design degree course, and then launched his freelance career. His nascent business - PDN Design has invested in a grandMA2 ultra-light console.

Nicholls had started working with grandMA consoles whilst studying, primarily via extra-curricular freelancing work for UK rental companies including Hawthorn Theatrical, which gives him the chance to use the grandMA 'series 1' full-size, light and ultra-light.

There are numerous reasons that Nicholls chose the console. "It has the same software and DMX outputs as the grandMA full-size, and is built on the really quick and easy to use architecture of the 'series 1' which has been made even more versatile and flexible. The way you can completely customise the layout and make it yo

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