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UK - Event LED Signs took their sign system to Earls Court earlier this month to work backstage at the British Military Tournament (formerly known as the Royal Tournament). The networked signs provided a cue light system to marshal the troops backstage and indicate when they should move into the arena.

The LED signs were placed at strategic points backstage, using text and colours to call specific performers to get into formation; to proceed to a waiting position; then to enter the arena. The signs were updated from a single control point under the direction of the deputy stage manager.

Karen Mayne, Event LED Signs director said: "Participating in the Tournament was a fantastic experience, as it such an iconic show. I was providing the cues for the bands and troops to enter

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Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden AB was recently a 'green' participant for Allt Ljus på Uppsala 2010 ("All Lights on Uppsala 2010') in which lighting designers and architects lit a variety of buildings, statues and trees in the city. The event first took place in 2008, aiming to promote the city with all its beautiful facades, as well as promoting and improving public health by getting people out of their apartments at night walking around to see the lights. The project was a huge success and the Uppsala Municipality decided to make the project a biennial event therefore reoccurring this year, 2010.

One of the objects of 2010 was the old mill in the city centre and the water surrounding it. Kreativ Teknik AB created and transformed the area into a dynamic coloured adventure with music and sound effects. The theme was 'The Four Seasons' and the site went from winter throug

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Romania - The National Council of Private Small and Medium Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR) last month ranked Synco Network member Five's in the highest position of the 'National Top of Private Companies in Romania 2009', awarding the company for its outstanding financial performance in a challenging 2009.

Five's thus becomes the leading company of the corporate and musical events production market in Romania in 2009.

"It is a matter of great honour for our company that Five's not only secured first position in the shows and events category, but also indirectly awarded our clients, partners, suppliers. Actually we win when our clients win, and our commitment, first and foremost, is to provide them best-in-class services and solutions." stated Liviu Stanescu, general manager of Five's.

Just like previous years, the ranking was established based on data provided by T

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Europe - Danish rockers Volbeat are currently in the midst of an extensive European tour to promote their latest album Beyond Hell / Above Heaven. With inspiration ranging from Elvis Presley to Metallica, the band's sound features two DiGiCo consoles on the live shows.

Supplied by Danish audio company DPA SoundCo, which has a wide range of DiGiCo consoles in its inventory (purchased from DiGiCo's Danish distributor Soundware), the Volbeat touring rig features an SD7 at the Front of House position and a D5 on monitors.

"I have been using the D1 and D5 for the last couple of years, but the size of this tour gave me the opportunity to work with the SD7 and it has been a very pleasing experience," says FOH engineer Mads Mikkelsen. "I love using the dynamic EQ and three-band compressors. I use them on almost all my outputs and on many of the input channels. Fo

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UK - Paul Weller's tour across the UK and Ireland saw a Midas XL8 FOH, supplied by Canegreen/SSE, earn new fans in the shape of Andrew Jones, Weller's FOH engineer of over 20 years, and tech support Mike Savage who used the same console for support acts The Bees, The Rifles and Cow.

With no previous files to install, Jones's first task was to build the entire show from scratch for an artist who draws on an extensive repertoire for his sets where, according to Jones, no two shows are ever the same. But the basic show with 20 or so scenes was ready to go pretty quickly, and his final set up encompassed some 45 scenes.

Savage, who has completed in-house training at Midas, helped with the initial set up. Utilising the XL8's flexible modular system, they decided on three DL431 splitter units to create a total of 72 available channels plus an isolated split to allow for any outside

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Australia - St Mary's Anglican Girls School in Karrinyup, Western Australia is home to the Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre, a 509 seat auditorium which hosts an array of school events including plays, concerts, debates, dance productions, assemblies and lectures.

Recently the School decided to upgrade their lighting system with the purchase of eight Selador Vivid 22" and eight Vari*Lite VL500 80V.

"The Selador Series high power Vivid LED fixtures have made an excellent side light replacing what was once a very patchy par-can wash in basic colours," reports Peter Rubie, head lighting operator for the venue. "I love the 7-LED colour mixing. It gives me the ability to accurately match any gel colour instead of just the party colours you get from so many LED wash lights on the market.

"As we have such a fast turnaround of shows and a wide variety of s

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Italy - The ancient Adriatic port of Porto San Giorgio is a historic town, popular with tourists and famous for its annual chess tournament and festival of the sea. Now, however, Yamaha loudspeakers and amplifiers have brought a new attraction to its nightlife.

Originally a 'literary bar', a comprehensive refurbishment has seen Caffè 900 transformed into a disco bar - high quality food and drinks complementing equally high quality sound, thanks to the Yamaha audio rig.

Specified and installed by Promo s.r.l, based in nearby Alba Adriatica, Caffè 900's nightly DJ sets are distributed throughout the venue via Yamaha Installation Series IF2108, IF2208 and CW118 loudspeakers, SP2060 loudspeaker management units, XP 5000 and XP 7000 amplifiers.

"Caffè 900 is a well known site for the town's nightlife, where many people like to 'see and be seen'," says Mauro Traini, t

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Australia - Perth's Helvetica Bar is one of those cool city bars that you have to walk down a dark and dingy alleyway to find. Recently the venue opened a new space upstairs, contacting B & H Australia to design and install the audio system.

The audio system has been configured for music playback utilising JBL speakers, Crown Amplifiers and a Soundcraft mixer to provide superior, clear intelligible audio throughout the upstairs area. Background and foreground music was required resulting in the installation of six JBL Control 226CT and two JBL Control 19CS in ceiling subwoofers. The speakers are powered by two Crown XLS1000 amplifers.

"The JBL Control 226CT in ceiling speakers are ideal for applications where superior musical impact, voice clarity and high sound levels are required," remarked Paul Raphael, B & H Australia's account manager for Western Australia. &quo

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Slovakia - ADB Lighting has appointed City Light Slovakia as its new distributor for Slovakia. City Light recently staged two open days to show off ADB's new products.

The company, headquartered in Humenne and with a new showroom in the capital, Bratislava, is a major player in the Slovakian entertainment technology industry, stocking many leading international lighting, audio, staging and special effects brands.

"We have been seeking to grow our presence and market share in Slovakia, where a thriving entertainment industry is looking for new innovations in product development," said ADB Lighting area sales manager Andre Bragard-De Naeyer.

"We are strongly positioned with our new and forthcoming product lines, and with the perfect partner in City Light Slovakia we anticipate building on our combined strengths to create exciting new opportunities."

Marek

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UK - Lighting designer Yenz Nyholm took to the O2 Arena, London, UK, with a Diamond 4 TITAN for much loved pop-rock band, Level 42's 30th Anniversary world tour. Nyholm has been a keen Avolites user for some years and he particularly likes the power and functionality of the D4 for larger shows.

For this tour he was one of the first to try TITAN V4, the latest software due for official release in the new year. Having now used the TITAN D4 on over 60 shows, it's proved to be "Very reliable," he states.

Lighting equipment for the UK tour was supplied by High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire based rental company Siyan.

The tour's lighting design was based around three large and striking backdrops - a central cloth and two legs - featuring artwork from all the band's record sleeves since 1980. The general vibe on stage was that of a big celebratory party atmosphere with lots of

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UK - 5 Star Cases has designed and manufactured a bespoke flightcase for Paragon Projection, to house their new fleet of Christie MicroTiles.

Paragon Projection, in Hednesford, Staffordshire is a trade-only rental specialist in professional display equipment for exhibitions, and training seminars, as well as being one of Europe's leading trade-only plasma screen rental company.

The company has been a long time customer of 5 Star, which has supplied them with a numerous cases for plasma and LCD screens, projectors, lenses and numerous accessories over the years.

New to Paragon's hire inventory is the Christie Micro Tile, and as soon as they'd taken delivery of the first batch of 60 Tiles, Paragon's Mark Davies again contacted 5 Star to create a case solution.

The brief was to house six Tiles, the associated mounting hardware, accompanying ECU control unit and the front disp

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UK / USA - Big screen and videowall specialist PSCo is launching an exciting new LED technology from US manufacturer NanoLumens, which is not only flexible, but also thin, lightweight and extremely efficient in its power consumption.

NanoLumens is a display technology innovator that has designed and manufactured a flexible digital LED display that can be curved in convex or concave formations, flexed around walls and wrapped around large columns. The screen is lightweight and thin, which means it can be hung simply from ceilings, with very little infrastructure. Incredibly, they can be used in locations where large, heavy and fragile flat panelled displays are impractical to install or projection systems are unlikely to work.

PSCo is currently offering the technology as a 112" screen, designed for both indoor and outdoor use. In the longer term the products will be able t

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UK - XTA's iCore software package was developed to provide the interface for sister company MC² Audio's Ti Series and XTA's DC1048 integrated audio management system. Now, the new iCore2 package has been extended to support all 4Series products as well as adding a number of features that will make operating systems - whether in live sound or fixed installations simpler.

iCore2 sees upgraded control features including the aforementioned control of 4 Series devices, Parameter Linking, Custom Control Panels, application auto-update and wireless kit compatibility.

The XTA 4-Series is completely supported by iCore. Although Library Manager files cannot be handled by iCore, presets and memories (including those with locked parameters) can be uploaded from 4-Series devices to iCore. Settings can be intelligently copied and pasted from 4 Series memories and presets into DC1048 device

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UK - Belfast-based Production Services Ireland (PSI), supplied lighting, video (including screens and media servers), trussing and rigging to BBC Northern Ireland for the 2010 Belfast Children In Need concert staged at the city's Odyssey Arena.

PSI has been involved with this annual fundraising event for at least seven years, but this was the first year that they have supplied such a comprehensive package of technical equipment and crew for the show, which was presented by John Daly and BBC Radio 1's Reggie Yates. The capacity audience enjoyed live performances by Westlife, The Script and Jedward among others, and it was broadcast live across the region, with link ups to the simultaneously running London event at the BBC.

PSI's Brian Reilly project managed, commenting: "We were delighted to be so involved with Children in Need this year as it's a fantastic cause, and it w

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The Netherlands - Orion has announced it will be taking a booth at this year's Integrated Systems Europe exhibition (1-3 February 2011, Amsterdam), using the opportunity to preview the seventh generation of its Infinite Plasma range at the show for the first time.

Orion is the world's leading independent videowall manufacturer, with a successful range of bezel-less plasma technology in the UK and European market. The company says that this year's ISE will feature a preview of the new seventh generation of the technology, offering increased brightness and contrast, an even smaller seam gap and high quality colour reproduction. The stand will showcase the whole range including models to suit both rental and permanent installation applications.

Stuart Holmes of UK distributor PSCo explains: "This will be the first time that Ori

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The Netherlands - Alcons Audio is showing the latest of its audio systems at ISE 2011 in Amsterdam (1-3 Feb 2011), including the CR1ultra-compact three-way system, CSS3 ultra-compact Digital Cinema surround system and Q-series scalable ribbon array.

The company's systems have been installed in a range of high profile locations worldwide, including CDKG Railway Moscow, Denmark's Esbjerg Performing Arts Centre, Sydney Riverside Theatre, Universal Pictures London screening room, the Norwegian Film Institute, BAFTA London, the Fraunhofer Institute of Digital Media Technology in Germany, ZOO Film studios in Chile and the Finnish Film Archive, so are sure to be a show highlight.

The CR1 is provides medium output, high quality cinema and A/V sound reproduction and is recommended for cinemas, screening rooms, boardrooms, dubbing stages,

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The Netherlands - 2011 will see Dutch rockers Golden Earring celebrating a remarkable 50 years in show business. Famed for 'biker anthem' Radar Love, Golden Earring are celebrated as one of Holland's most enduring rock acts. Although these days the touring schedule is a less hectic than in the past, the band is committed to delivering the very best live productions. The Hague-based rental company Bourgonje Sound & Lighting which (backline apart) supplies all of Golden Earring's production equipment.

Front of house engineer Arjan van Egmond has worked with the band for 23 years, using the Yamaha M7CL mixing console since it was introduced. "The M7CL is easy and simple to operate, its layout is clear and logical and, most importantly, it always works," says Arjan. "I have tried all the other brands of digital console and came across bugs in all of them - except Yama

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USA - DigiTech has announced the appointment of Tiffany Feltenberger as marketing manager. In this role she will be responsible for all marketing, promotional and new product launch efforts for DigiTech. Feltenberger will report to Jay Woolley, director, marketing for Harman Music Group.

Most recently, Feltenberger was director of product management at Covario, where she managed five major corporate product lines, including three new products that were in development. She also developed online marketing strategies, promotional campaigns, and implemented web analytics along with SEO marketing.

"With over 13 years of marketing and product management experience with innovative technology companies, Feltenberger's professional background makes her the perfect addition to the DigiTech team," said Woolley. "We look forward to the wealth of knowledge and expertise Tiff

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Denmark - Martin Professional has announced the release of V2 software for the P3-100 System Controller, which the company says "puts this award-winning LED video screen processor even further ahead of the competition".

Martin says it has added a host of new and advanced features, including an improved user interface. The V2 software will run on any P3-100, with no need for any hardware upgrades, the company says.

Highlights of the V2 software include: LED video screens with different pixel pitches (resolutions) can now be combined on one P3-100 System Controller - the P3-100 (V2) does all the scaling for you; Easily adjustable colour temperature (white balance) of screens; Undo and redo buttons; rotation of content on any video panel or group of panels to any angle; Easy-to-select groups of panels; Layout and quick-addressing wizards; additional video-presets; and a

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USA - The new Elation ELED Tri Par 56 is a 42W fixture that features 14 x 3W RGB LEDs (an equal number of green, red and blue). Each of the 3W LEDs is actually a 3-in-1 lamp, comprised of three different-coloured LEDs.

"Everything about the ELED Tri Par 56 is advanced, except its price," said Eric Loader, director of sales for Elation Professional. "This technology is a vast improvement over single-colour LED RGB fixtures."

The ELED Tri Par 56 works on seven DMX channels, and six DMX work modes. It uses USITT DMX 512 16-bit resolution, and it has a multi voltage power supply of 100 to 240 volts, 50/60Hz. The rugged durability of the ELED Tri Par 56 make it suitable for the touring and rental markets, says the company.

(Jim Evans)

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Oman - The Oman Tattoo is held every five years and is unquestionably the biggest event for the Oman government. So when Wizcraft entrusted Sound.Com to provide the complete sound design and equipment after the company's successful work at the Commonwealth Games, they prepared to ship two containers of audio equipment on their maiden voyage overseas - including a full Optocore fibre optic system.

"This time we provided total audio solutions and not just engineering solutions as we did in the past," states the company's managing director, Warren Dsouza "That is why this event goes down as a milestone and Sound.Com's first international show."

With all the experience gained from the Commonwealth Games, it was a matter of successfully redeploying a winning formula for the sound design at the Al Fateh Stadium. System integrators Sunil Karanjikar and Warren D'so

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